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Show Hoboes Again Heed Call of Open Road As Regulations Ease BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Hoboes are hitting the road again, and in (this one phase of the rush of peacetime peace-time traffic the travelers find little trouble securing accommodations. As Bloomington is a division point for several railroads, local police and charity agencies consider this city a fairly accurate gauge of the activities of knights of the road. Now, as before the war, hoboes make Bloomington an important stop. To care for the itinerants, two charity agencies, the Salvation Army and Home Mission, maintain facilities for quartering nearly 200 men. Increased hobo traffic results from closing of war plants and discharge dis-charge of many hoboes from the army-, believes O. K. Torgen-son. Torgen-son. Salvation Army adjutant. Billy Shelper of the Home Mission Mis-sion attributes the increase to easing eas-ing of wartime travel restrictions that kept tramps off trains to prevent pre-vent sabotage. The 'boes can get a ride in comparative safety now, he adds. , |
