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FOUBTEEK MEDFORD (OBEOOH) MAIL TUBIHR Mdir. August 21, IMS Reprieve Received From Death Sentence On Trip Leasing' By A. ROBERT SMITH Mall Tribune Correspondent Washington Farmers and fishermen have received an eleventh hour reprieve from the Interstate Commerce Commis sion on the death sentence pre viously handed down against the customary practice of "trip leasing." An 'order banning the single trip lease, which was to go into Henry Grunewald, Woman Companion Overcome by Gas Jersey City, N.J. (U.R Hen ry (The Dutchman) Grunewald, the Washington mystery man, and a woman companion were found half-clothed and overcome by gas fumes on a couch in a three room Jersey City apart ment today. Grunewald was taken to Jer sey City medical center on an ambulance stretcher, but later was reported in "satisfactory" condition. Woman Identified The woman, described as at tractive, was identified by police as Ann Anderson, 46, Catons ville, Md., who moved into the apartment early yesterday from a nearby hotel.. She was revived in the apartment and taken to the hospital for observation. Police said two burners on a gas stove were turned on, but a window was open, which prob ably saved their lives. Identified Through Papers runewald was identified al t immediately through pa pers in his pocket. "The Dutchman," who was fined $1,000 and handed a sus pended sentence last June 4 for contempt of the Senate growing out of an investigation into tax fix cases, was understood to own a summer home in Spring Lake, N.J. Police broke into the walkup apartment after another tenant smelled gas and summoned the superintendent. Police refused to comment on the case pending an investiga tion. Mailing Changes For Periodicals To Bring Saving Washington (U.R) The Post Office Department believes that steps it has taken to cut red tape in mailing magazines and newspapers will save time and money for both the department and publishers. The department has just made public changes in mailing regu lations which it put into effect in the last few weeks. It said "substantial savings" will result from elimination of hand weighing of publications at the time of mailing. Under the new system, the publisher de termines the weight of one copy and multiplies it by the number being mailed. Another change permits pub lishers to deliver their publica tions directly to the post office or railway station and pay post age later. They formerly were re quired to present copies at the postoffice where they have a second class permit before tak ing them to the office or station where they actually are mailed- California Man Faces Aufo Bailee Charge Gerald Arthur Nolan,, 22, Los Angeles, has been bound over to the grand jury on a charge of larceny by bailee involving an automobile owned by A. F. Wil liams, according to Deputy Dist rict Attorney James McGood win. Bail has been set in district court at $1,500 by Judge Rawles Moore. The car is alleged to have been taken in July, 1952. In a preliminary hearing, Williams stated that he loaned the car to Nolan "for 20 minutes" and did not see it again for two weeks, until it was recovered from a California parking lot where parking charges of $20 had built up. i Nolan was returned here to face the charge from California. He was extradited to Oregon aft er serving a 10-month California sentence for statutory rape, in volving a 15-year-old Medford girl. THEFT REPORTED The OK Rubber Welders show on Billings hill, just north of Ashland, was entered sometime Wednesday evening, state police were informed yesterday. A check showed that a set of new tires was stolen. - . . effect Sept. 1, baa now been de ferred until next March 1. This move will assure continuation of trip leasing for the entire 1953 harvest season when short ages of trucks and freight cars frequently plague growers of perishable commodities, partic ularly fruit, which must reach the market with minimum of delay. Northwest fruit growers had warned Congress early in the past session that the ban on trip leasing if allowed to go into effect would impose an imme diate hardship upon their trans portation facilities. Consequently, the House re sponded by passing a bill to pre vent the ICC from following its planned course of action. But the bill got bogged down in the Senate before Congress adjourn ed. A Senate committee, on ad journment even, urged the ICC to postpone its order until the full Senate has time early next year to settle the fate of the trip lease bill with full debate. The ICC obliged last Friday with a postponement until March 1. m m m The trip lease practice arises from the fact that trucks carry ing agricultural and fish com modities are exempted from ICC safety and rate regulations un like commercial haulers of manu factured products. Farmers and fishermen, therefore, have taken up the practice of hauling their produce to market and picking up a load of another type for the return haul, thereby cutting his trucking costs. To make this return haul, they lease their truck for a single trip (hence the term trip leasing) and because of the exempt status which they enjoy, they make the haul at whatever rate they and the shipper agree upon. The ICC contends this con tributes to unsafe trucking, since the farmers vehicle is not sub ject to safety inspections. Farm groups contend it is necessary to assure adequate transporta tion, tbat it benefits the con sumer by cutting overhead on produce shipments. The railroads, who must com pete with this trucking, are against trip leasing. The v Eisenhower administra tion has taken no firm position on this practice, suffering from a split between two departments. The Department of Agriculture has come out for continuation of the trip lease, while the Com merce Department has regis tered opposition. The ICC de ferral of the effective date of its order postpones the day of decision. A combination of circum stances has conspired to render me trip lease situation uncer tain at best. It began with the death of Sen. Charles Tobey, (R-N.H.), who had been chair man of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. He was succeeded by Sen. John Bricker, (R-Ohio), a friend of the rail roads who was a member of the sub-committee which considered action on the trip lease bill but put it to rest in a pigeonhole where no action could be taken to kill the ICC order. Getting wind of this develop ment, Sen. George Aiken, (R-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Agri culture Committee and a friend of the farmer, rushed through his committee a resolution call ing on the ICC to give the farm er a reprieve until next year when a final decision by the full Senate could be obtained. Princess Receives Spray of Orchids On 23rd Birthday Ballater, Scotland (U.R) A radiant Princess' Margaret re ceived a spray of white orchids for her 23rd birthday today but kept secret the name of her ad mirer. The box of orchids was among many packages that ar rived for the princess at Balmo ral Castle. She was reported smiling and happy after receiv ing gifts and congratulations. Whether the orchids came from rich, handsome Lord Carnegie, her cousin who is traveling to Balmoral for her birthday party tonight only the princess knew. Would Delight Queen. Lord Carnegie, 24, has known Princess Margaret all his life and it is known that if they were to become engaged, it would delight the queen. His name often has been linked romantically to that of the princess in the past. They have many mutual interests. She calls him "Jamie." "Jamie" will be only one of the princess' dancing partners tonight. , No More Gossip Among other eligible bache lors present will be several who have escorted the princess to theaters, movies and parties. There will be Lord Plunkett, Robert McEwen and James Mac Donald. The princess seems determ ined there shall be no more gossip about her and divorced Capt. Peter Townsend or specu lation about her personal affairs. Farmers Reminded Of Regulations On Child Labor Salem (U.R) The uncertainty of fall school openings because of unseasonable crop harvesting brought a reminder from Labor Commissioner W. E. Kimsey to day of child labor regulations as they affect Oregon farmers. Kimsey said that under fed eral child labor law it is illegal for any farmer to employ a child under the age of 16, other than his own children, during school hours. When schools are not in session there is no restriction on the employment of minors in ag riculture except in those cases where minors are to be em ployed on processing machines such as portable or stationary hop picking machines, prune dryers and the like. Work per mits obtained from the Labor Department are necessary for these jobs and to work on them a minor must be at least 16. Farmers are responsible for every under-age child working on their farms, Kimsey said. 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