Sport: Wartime Skiscape

> All national and sectional championship ski events have been canceled for the duration.

> Most topflight tournament skiers are in the armed forces.

> All snow trains have been crunched by ODT.

> Manufacturers of skiing paraphernalia are working on war orders. >Shortage of manpower, food and fuel have closed famed Sun Valley and other isolated winter-sport resorts.

Despite these bunkers on the U.S. ski-scape, America's thousands of ski trails and slopes will not lie fallow this winter. The Government has urged winter-sport promoters to stress recreational skiing, particularly among teen-age tyros, as part...

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