WASHINGTON--The Office of Production Management tonight appealed to residents of seven southeastern states to immediately "black out" all athletic field flood lighting, shop windows, gawdy electric displays and similar non-essential illumination to conserve vitally-needed energy for national defense production.
OPM priorities director Donald M. Nelson ordered a mandatory curtailment by large commercial and industrial users in the "shortage" area, effective November 10 and called for immediate pooling of the output of 40 publicly and privately owned companies in 13 states.
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