New York -- Wide Open Spaces -- This is Times Square, virtually deserted shortly before 9 a.m. today, following Mayor William O'Dwyer proclamation shutting down all places of public assembly in order to cope with a critical fuel shortage resulting from the nine-day old tug boat strike.
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New York -- Wide Open Spaces -- This is Times Square, virtually deserted shortly before 9 a.m. today, following Mayor William O'Dwyer proclamation shutting down all places of public assembly in order to cope with a critical fuel shortage resulting from the nine-day old tug boat strike.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1946]

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