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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1956)
o o srx.Tcr.jr medfod (of.egon) mail tbibune Tuesday, December IS, 1938 O O o o o o o o o c o Railroads Free To O o Up Freight Rates Oa Short Notice Q o V.'hinwion (LiR; East ern and Western railroads were frre tnriay to boost their freisht rafes by 5 to 7 per cent on five davs' notice. co Trys Interstate Commerce otommission Moniay authorized the .increases on an "emergency" basrs despite opposition from Secretary of Asriculture Ezra T. Beison, other federal agencies. mate conMnissions and shippers. O The comnT'.r-ttion estimated the increase would provide S4C2.6 million a year in additional rev enue for the railroads. 7 Per Cent in East The IC'C authorized a 7 per O cent iicreee on freicht ravel ing 'in the area east of the Mis sissippi and north of the Ohio ,0 and Potomac rivers and in the Pocahontas ares of Virginia and ff'X Virzinia. It authorized a 5 per cent hike on freight trav eling the area west of the Mississippi, ad between the Eastern. Western and Southern areas. 5m. Increases Limited It specified maximum increas ed on tertain commodities, how ever. Increases will he limited to a maximum of 5 per cent on Train und grain products, live-n-k, fresh meats and packing house priducts. lard substitutes O and vegetable oil shortening. The railroads, including those tri the Southern territory, applied r, th November for an "emer gency" inereae of 7 per cent in all areas. The Southern request, which wes filed later, is still 0 pending before the ICC. LJ The increases are the second C jrrantfd this year. Last spring. the TCC authorized freight rate O'-fcikei of B per cent. O O OC 3 -0 o G O o ' c . o o Floating Fair Leaves Tokyo o o Co o o o Tokyo- U.P) A floating trade fair carrying eamples of Japan's best mechanical pro-due's- left Tokyo today for pot-to-pnrt sales vistt to eight nations of Southeast Asia, n The displays mounted aboard C the r8. 800-ton ship Nissho Maru - Remonstrated Japan's determin ation to win new markets fir its O rapidly-expanding industrial out CD it. " A l.'irge Rroup of government CO officials and industrialists were O On?3 the dock to wave farewell to O tSe lasscnger-cargn sliip. w hich Q h Tjeen Converted into a ship board ,'ioroom. The "Japan Machinery Float CjinPFa" -will make its first stop at Snigon. Indochina. Dec. 27. Q From there it wili proceed to Bangkok, Rangoon, Colombi. Oombay, Kareshi, Jakarta and Marijja. wttrt a Stopover in Sing apore fnrcue-1 and water. Co AH types of machinery are O disp'dved, from tiny cameras and O O Hewing machines ia automobiles, O Otn'n? ecjjtipment and giant In dus&ial presses. Aopokesman srid the floating Cfair will be sent0to Latin Amer-- ica if itprovV successful on its Southeast Asia cruise. Oo O Beetle Kills Famed McGuffeVElmSo O Athens. O. (U.R) A beetle 0 is) kllttg ; famous-McGuffey O elms s hio University here. The trees were planted 117 yea rp ajo wnen v a:ism n. iuc- Q O O O o o u w Gi.'ffey.utarn university presi dent, thought the campus was Oh?e a"& neclrd more scenic biuty. o MciSffcy later became a na- n tinnal f:ure o in education Mcfeuffcy Readers." Ohire University has tried to p-erve the Ures by every-,pns-sible means biit it Vo'ks as if the fretle and Dutch Elm disease are tiie vicTors.J " D.. . O . - . . , All but lour oi u;e irecs nave bcenrfut down. O O Bridge. of Flowers . Once Trolley Line " o o 0 ShclbuHie Falls. Mass. U.P ThtBndge of Flowers, one of Massachusetts' most unusual tounstattractHns w as originally a trolly line, built in 1908 to span the Deerficld River. 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