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9 Oregon Congressmen Working On Problem of Boxcar Shortage By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) Ore gon members of Congress are trying to get the government a 1 leviate freight car shortages that are expected to develop . this summer. The car sup ply is already "tight", ac- i : . ... Bhl Smith coruiuK w official of the Interstate Com merce Commisison, and it wui get tighter as grain shipments increase this spring and early summer. The Senate Interstate Com merce Committee has sched uled hearings on the freight car situation April 1 and 2 in Kansas City with Sen. An drew Schoeppel (R-Kan.) in chdr6. Rep. Walter Norblad (R Ore.) has introduced the first bill this year on the subject in either chamber. It would implement the ICC's No. 1 legislative recommendation give the ICC the authority to penalize railroads when they hold freight cars of another railroad an undue length of time. This would benefit the western railroads generally, because the eastern railroads are usually most frequently guilty of this practice. Not Repairing Cars Kenneth H. Tuggle, chair man of the ICC, asserted in a letter to Rep. Charles O. Por ter that "eastern lines are not rpnairine cars" and "are not returning cars to western ownership." Tuggle added that "if the bad order situation on these (eastern) roads could be brought in line with south ern and western roads, the car situation would not present such a gloomy picture." The ICC reported that there are now about 160,000 freight cars out of service for need of repair. These bad order cars represent about 9 per cent of the total number of freight cars owned by railroads now. An official said this is about 100,000 cars too many-enough to make the difference be tween a probable shortage and an adequate car supply. SP Due New Cars Southern Pacific next month will start taking deliv ery on 500 new wide door box cars suitable for loading long lumber and plywood, Porter I -was told by the ICC. Northern Pacific has a building pro gram underway which in cludes 200 insulated boxcars and 1000 cars with sliding doors. Tuggle assured Porter the ICC is preparing to do every thing in its power to minimize the freight car shortage. It can issue car service orders to direct railroads to move cars as the ICC thinks best. An ICC official credited Sen. Wayne Morse for getting additional funds for the ICC to employ field agents needed to admin ister car service orders, to find empty cars sitting in yards and get them moving to shippers. Norblad's bill would give the ICC more power than it now has. At present, a rail road using cars owned by an other pays S2.75 per day to the owner. This figure is sup posed to represent the replace ment cost of the car, not what it is worth to use it. Many eastern railroads, with finan cial distress pressing them, find it cheaper to use empties of the western railroads be fore returning them than to build new cars or even re pair their old ones. Would Be Unprofitable Norblad's measure would permit the ICC to increase this $2.75 per diem charge when ever "a shortage or threaten ed shortage of freight cars ex ists." The theory behind the bill is that this increase would make it unprofitable for east ern railroads to "rent" west ern boxcars, the cars would be returned faster and shortages would be reduced or elimi nated. Congress has had similar bills before it in the past but never has enacted one. An ICC official said the eastern railroads fight the idea, and western railroads usually want it to apply only to box-cars-not to open cars which they often "rent" from east ern lines. Norblad said his bill would apply to all types of cars. 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Salem-(DPD-The House Edu cation Committee has recom mended out "do pass" a bill increasing basic school sup port from $105 to $120 per census child in Oregon. The committee amended the bill so that the money would be distributed under the pres ent distribution formula rath er than on a flat grant basis suggested by Rep. Shirley Field (R-Portland), sponsor of the bill. Miss Field's original bill called for a raise to $125 per census child with the money to be distributed on a flat grant basis rather than under the current formula. Similar to Ziegler Bill Another basic school bill sponsored by Sen. Francis Ziegler (R-Corvallis) would have raised school support to $120 per census child to be distributed on the current formula. So, in effect, the House committee just amend ed its bill to correspond- to Ziegler's. The bill probably will re sult in fireworks on the floor of the House both from the viewpoint of where the money is coming from and its method of distribution. Vote on the measure in com mittee was 5-2 with Rep. Staf ford Hansell (R-Athena) and Miss Field opposing it. Largest Hearing The two bills were the sub ject of the largest hearing to gather at the state capital this session when about 2.000 teachers and parent teacher group members descended on the capital Monday night. The Local Government Committee tabled a bill that would have made all meet ings of public commissions, bodies and agencies open to the public. The bill provided that such TORNADO STRIKES Phelham, Tenn. - (DPE - A small tornado ripped through here Thursday night, tossing a fertilizer truck 1,000 feet down a road. No serious in juries were reported, but dam age was reported extensive. This Week Only! No. 2 DRY $77(5)00 PAT & MIKE'S BUILDERS SERVICE 2802 Crater Lake Hwy. PHONE SP 2-8376 public bodies could take no action in executive session or without prior notice and furn ishing an agenda. Rep. Vernon Cook (D-Trout-dale), chairman, said so many specialized problems of va rious state agencies developed in studying the bill that he thought an interim committee should study the measure be fore action was taken. Vote to table the bill was unanimous. Patrolman Finds Blood on Fender A Medford patrolman inves tigating an abandoned auto mobile Wednesday at Office Park, South Riverside ave. at Barnett rd., was disturbed by finding the right front fender was damaged and bore a smear of what appeared to be human blood. It was human blood. But not, he was subsequently in formed, from a collision. He said the owner, William Butler Henderson Jr., 429 Ber rydale ave., told him he had cut his finger while trying to tow the vehicle to Grants Pass Tuesday evening. The' fender damage, Henderson was quot ed as saying, was from a pre vious incident. ASKS FOR SUPPORT ' Washington -(UPD- Chairman Hubert H. Humphrey (D Minn.) of the Senate Disarma ment Subcommittee has asked the Senate to put itself on record in support of the U. S negotiators at the Geneva nu clear test ban talks. New York's ' International airport covers 4,900 acres. Local Man Sentenced Following Accident Jimmie Howard Day, 417V2 King st., was committed to the county jail this week in lieu of a $55 fine for failing to leave his name and address at the scene of an accident. He had pleaded guilty to the charges Wednesday and the case was continued until Thursday for sentencing. The accident occurred on South Mountain ave., Ashland when Day's car struck an unoccu pied car owned by Velma Louise Stewart, Ashland. Corporation Chairman To Visit in Area Don Pruess, chairman of the board of directors of In ternational Swimming Pool corporation, manufacturers of Esther Williams Swimming Pool, is expected to arrive in Medford late tomorrow en route to his home in Grants Pass. Pruess has been on a com bination business and pleasure trip to California, and is en route back to the New York office. Information Given On Thermometers At Heater Meeting Basic information on ther mometer care and testing and suggestions on proper use of orchard heaters was given this week at a meeting in the county courthouse auditorium by William J. Rogers, wea ther bureau meteorologist. Rogers, meteorologist in charge of the frost warning service in the Medford dis trict, stressed to the 75 or chardists, orchard foremen and orchard heating crewmen the importance of cooperating with his office in providing a protection service for the area. Since the pear industry pro vides a major source of in come, the whole community feels the impact of any loss to fruit, he pointed out. The area should be prepared for the worst eventuality, a freeze year, and have heating equip ment and manpower ready to cope with it, Rogers urged. Exact Temperature Knowing the exact tempera ture in every part of the or chard is one of the most im portant considerations in any successful heating operation, Rogers stressed. Plans made before the .first night of firing should include an early start to allow for inexperience of new lighting crews, crew check-ouj on therfometer lo cation and reading safety checks on use of lighting torches and general familiari zation with orchard heating practices. 1 Heavy protection on bor ders and an even pattern of heater distribution within the orchard leaving no blank rows or. areas was recommended. This is most important in freeze years, Rogers explain ed, because of the added pro tection from radiation afford ed trees adjacent to heaters. . The dark side of the tree can be damaged during se vere freezes while the side to ward the heater may be saved, he said. Thirty-five burners to the acre were recommend ed in isolated orchards. Orchards Underequipped Many orchards in the area are underequipped for heat ing, with an average of ap proximately 20 heaters to the acre, he noted. During a bad freeze the added investment in heaters could mean the dif ference between a good har vest and a complete loss, he said. Many heaters at low vol ume provide better protection than fewer heaters at higher velocities, Rogers said. He recommended the same care during critical temperatures for Red Bartletts as for the regular Bartletts. However, some evidence indicates Red Bartletts may be slightly more tender, he added. This could be because they are gener ally younger trees, he explain ed, and further study is needed. A chart on critical tempera tures, prepared by Clifford B. Cordy, Jackson county horti cultural agent, is available to orchardists to serve as a guide to determine the need for or chard heating at various stages of blossom and fruit de velopment, Cordy announced. YMCA Sets Dance For HS Students A dance for senior high school students will be held at the Young Men's Christian association Saturday, March 28, at 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Theta Tau Alpha Tri Hi-Y club, the dance 'proceeds will help finance representatives to the YMCA Youth and Govern ment program in Salem. Chairman of the dance is Miss Pat Blgham. Adult advisor is Mrs. Thomas Ball. Chaper ones will be Mr. and Mrs. Ball, Miss Jo Culbertson, Mrs. Bigham and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Spence. Dance activities will get underway at 8:30 p.m. and end at 11:45 p.m. 4-H Club News Gold Hill Livestock Club The first meeting in March of the Gold Hill Livestock club was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Each member of the club said what projects he planned to take and if he had obtained his animals yet. For enter tainment, Norman Gail had some pictures of animals for us to judge. Greg Schmidt was a new member at the meeting. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served. Dennis Cornutt, Reporter CLOGSTON'S Metal Weather Stripping and Screens Estimates Gladly Phone SP 3-1014 Evenings Huge Cyst Removed From Girl's Body San Bernardino, Calif.-(UPD weighing 105 pounds. -A 25-pound cyst the size of a small pillow has been re moved by doctors from the abdomen of a 15-year-old, 132 pound girl. Surgeons at St. Bernardine hospital said the 20 by 12-inch cyst apparently had filled most of the abdominal cavity of Joyce Preston. It was be lieved to be the largest cyst on record on the West Coast involving so young a girl. Miss Preston, whose parents said the growth did not seem to interfere with her normal work and play, was released from the hospital Thursday Doctors discovered the pres ence of the cyst last week with the aid of X-rays and performed a 45-minute opera tion early this week. TOO MANY PEOPLE Oxford, Ohio (UPD The Scripps Foundation for Re search in Population Prob lems here, which projects population estimates in va rious parts of the world by 10, 20 and 30 years, recently received a letter addressed to: "Too many people in the world," Oxford, Ohio." MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, March 27, lMt 7 Electrical Storm Disrupts Radio New York-TCPD-One of the most severe geomagnetic elec trical storms in years disrupt ed radio communications throughout the world Thurs day night and today. Communications authorities blamed it on sunspots rather than a possible new "Project Argus" and said it was pre dicted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday when a huge eruption was no ticed on the sun. Solar explo sions invariably disturb radio frequencies on earth. The City of London, the business and financial area of the metropolis, still lie be tween old Roman boundaries. Phone SP 3-3613 GLASS CO. 303 North Bartlett SELBY Celebrate Save-on-Stereo Days! 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