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CHECKING CAN of food with Geiger counter for radio activ
ity, Richard Hudnut assists in study of uses of atomic energy
lor food preparation and sterilization at Atomic Energy
Commission's laboratory at Lemont, 111. (International)
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JACKSONVILLE (Turn right at Drug Store, V Mile North on
Old Stage Road)
Eastern Railroads Claimed Taking
Advantage of Western Companies
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington In the battle of
words and statistics between the
railroads and shippers over
which is to blame for the freight
car shortage, eastern railrads
were charged with a practice of
taking advantage of both west
ern railroads and their shipping
customers who have been crying
for boxcars.
In the hearings held by the
Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee, E. L. Peterson of the
Minneapolis Traffic Association
presented an array of tables and
figures ' which indicated that
eastern roads pretty consistent
ly have more boxcars than they
themselves own on their systems
at all times. They do this by
taking the cars of other rail
roads, mostly those coming in
from the west, and using them
on their own systems.
Peterson charged that his
studies showed that some eastern
roads were doing this instead of
repairing their own cars and
building new ones at the normal
or desirable rate. He charged
that one railroad, which he
didnt' identify, at one point had
18 per cent of its own cars out
of service due to damage but
was making up this loss of cars
by overusing cars from other
lines.
When one railroad uses the
cars of another, it pays $2.40 per
diem rental for its use a rate
set by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Peterson claimed
that these railroads have found
it more expedient financially to
use new cars of other roads at
this per diem rate than to build
their own new cars. That way
they have the cars they need
when they want them, but are
not stuck with a surplus of cars
of their own if the economy
takes a dip and carloadings de
cline as they did last year.
In a word, while pointing the
finger at all railroads generally
for not building and repairing
enough cars to meet shipping de
mands of today, Peterson said
some eastern lines were especial
ly to blame for letting their
western brethren take the brunt
of the risks inherent in invest
ing in new rolling stock.
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Here is what the statistics
showed:
Southern Pacific, on which
western Oregon lumber and feed
shippers are dependent, owned
28,779 boxcars as of Feb. 1,
1955, but on that date it had
only 86.8 per cent of that num
ber of cars on its system. On
June 15 it had 87.4 per cent on
its system.
Union Pacific, on the other
Rocking-Chair Gardener
Cares for Large Plot
Clinton, Mo. (U.R) M. L.
Rissell, 81-year-old retired rail
road conductor, is a real rock
ing chair gardener.
Suffering from rheumatism
that makes it painful for him to
stand for longer than a few min
utes at a time, Rissell sits in a
rocker while he hoes his garden.'
Upon finishing hoeing in one
spot, Rissell scoots the rocker
along backwards and wields the
hoe at a new place. '
He is caring for a large garden
plot.
hand, owned 24.434 and had
107.1 per cent of that number on
its line June 15 the only west
ern line in that position. . The
others were Northern Pacific
19,519, 82.8 per cent; Great
Northern 20,773, 82.8 per cent;
Milwaukee St. Paul 2,638, 91 per
cent; Atchison T o p e k a and
Sante Fe 33,933, 91.4.
Some eastern lines had these
figures:
New York, New Haven and
Hartford, 5,971, 162.1 per cent
highest in the nation; New York
Central 51,896, 111.2 per cent;
Erie 9,585, 107.5 per cent; Read
ing 7,321, 126.1 per cent; Penn
sylvania 60,066, 110.6 per cent;
Baltimore and Ohio 25,200, 101.6
per cent.
. Taking all roads together in
the eastern district, Peterson's
figures showed that they owned
131,647 cars but on June 15 had
103.8 per cent of that number
on their systems. Railroads in
the Allegheny district owned
99,682 but had 112.4 per cent on
their lines.
Railroads in the Northwestern
district owned 109,193 but had
95.8 per cent of that number on
their lines June 15. Those in the
central western district, which
includes SP and UP, owned 139,
382 but had only 94.7 per cent'
of that number.
Peterson's point in presenting
this statistical picture was to
encourage the Senate committee
to recommend that the ICC in
crease the $2.40 per diem rate,
so that it won't be more profit
able to rent cars than to build
new ones. He said some railroads
are currently trying to get the
ICC to reduce the rate instead.
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Massachusetts
Seeks 43 Nurses
To Aid Polio Fight
Boston U.R) Massachusetts
appealed for 43 nurses today to
care for the mounting number
of victims of a polio epidemic
that has stricken 1,060 persons.
The number of victims jumped
over the epidemic mark of 1,000
Wednesday as 134 cases were re
ported. At this time last year
there were only 98 cases..
As the appeal for additional
nurses went out, hospital admin
istrators prepared for the worst
from Hurricane Connie. Emer
gency generators were borrowed
to keep iron lungs operating in
the event of hurricane-caused
power failures.
Ten iron lungs lent by the
Navy Wednesday boosted the to
tal respirators in use in Boston
to 52.
"We have reached the bottom
of the barrel as far as nurses are
concerned," said Dr. Roy F.
Feemster, Massachusetts director
of communicable diseases.
"The nurses now handling po
lio patients are tired and need
relief," he said. "There is no
question but we will need nurses
shortly from the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis."
The community nursing com
mittee met Wednesday and de
termined that 43 nurses would be
the minimum number needed im
mediately to fill vacancies in
four Boston hospitals. These hos
pitals are caring for many pa
tients from outside the city.
The state Nurses Association
sent 4,000 letters to . trained
nurses asking their help.
In Washington, Rep. Thomas
J. Lane (D-Mass.) asked the. Army
surgeon general for military
nurses and Medical Corps per
sonnel to help fight the epi
demic. Dr. Joseph P. Reardon of the
state Health Department' said it
was a "mild epidemic."
Indians To Grow
Beards in Protest
New Delhi, India (U.R) Six
thousand grade 3 employees of
Indian government offices an
nounced today they would stop
shaving Aug. 16 to force the
government to raise their wages.
If this doesn't work, they said,
they would begin coming to
work Aug. 22 wearing only their
shoes, underwear and trousers.
'- They'll carry the progressive
strip tease a bit further Aug.
30 and stop wearing shoes and
trousers, showing up at work
only in their underwear.
If nothing happens by .Sept.
20, they said, they will begin
wearing loin cloths until their
grievances are redressed.
Consumer Habits Show
Some Impulse Buying
Chicago (U.R) Impulse buy
ing the unplanned purchase of
items not urgently needed ac
counts for nearly one-fifth of all
purchases of clothing, furniture,
appliances, automobiles, and
homes, a University of Illinois
study of consumer habits dis
closed. Results of a study just pub
lished by the university's Bu
reau of Economic and Business
Research indicate that three of
five such purchases are made
because they cannot be post
poned. Of these "necessary" expendi
tures about one in three usually
for clothing or automobile ac
cessories such as tires has
caught the purchaser by surprise.
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Prehistoric Animal
Remains Discovered
Ontario, Ore. U.R) A State
Highway Department crew
working on road repairs one mile
north of Ontario has uncovered
what appears to be the skull
and jawbone of a huge, prehis
toric animal.
Announcement of the discov
ery was made through Dr. J. A.
Shotwell, curator of the Univer
sity of Oregon's "museum of nat
ural history. University paleon
tologists were scheduled to visit
the site.
Highway workmen have rop
ed off the area, pending the
study. They said the object was
30 inches long and eight inches
thick, and appeared to contain
teeth measuring four inches in
lensth and -inches thick.
The apparent fossil remains
were unearthed by a road
scraper.
Dr. Shotwell also announced
that mounds found near Jun
tura, Ore., which were believed
to contain the remains of a 6-foot
animal, were instead geological
formations.
BARBERS COLLECT HAIR
Berlin (U.R) East German
barbers must collect hair they
snip off customers' heads, pack'
age it and send it to the govern
ment-run raw material reserves
commission. The order printed
in the East German legal bulle
tin Wednesday did not say how
the haid would be used.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR JACK
SON COUNTY PROBATE DEPART
MENT In the Matter of the Estate of Newton
Andrew Sharoles deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I
have been appointed Administratrix of
the above estate by an order ,made
therein on July 20. 1955: all creditors
having claims against laid deceased
are hereby notified to present the
same duly verified, and with proper
vouchers attached, to me at the office
of Roberts. Kellington & .Branchfield.
201-5 U. S. National Bank Bide. Med
ford. Oregon, within six months from
the date of this notice.
Dated at Medford. Oregon, this 38th
day of July. 1955.
O. B. Waddell
Administratrix
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