Word: dimouts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard Yard may soon blaze forth in all its peacetime glory, as University authorities began to comply with the recently announced Army relaxation of dimout regulations along the Eastern seaboard...
Last week another Army order marked war's turn: West Coast dimout regulations were relaxed. Window shades may stay up in most homes. Motorists may drive with full headlights in all but the areas facing the sea. Inland shopkeepers may light up signs and windows...
...Administration is studying the idea of conserving coal by issuing a national dimout order. In most of the U.S., utility men are unperturbed: the decline in commercial consumption resulting from dimouts would enable them to supply increased industrial demands without acquiring new equipment that might be unnecessary after...
Meanwhile stockholders of Consolidated Edison Co. learned what the dimout has done to their business in New York City, where there is little war production. Reported Edison President Ralph H. Tapscott: the dark streets of New York will cut a round $10,000,000 from the company's gross revenues this year-almost 5% of its electricity sales for last year...
...been brought about because of the impossibility of completely dimming out the stacks, and the objections that have arisen from the local officials as a result of this condition. The Reading Room, however, will not be affected by this ruling, as it is equipped with facilities for complete dimout, and will remain open until the customary 10 o'clock, Metcalf pointed...