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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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House Education
Group Recommends
Basic Support Bill
Salem - dPD - A target
date of April 18 was set
Thursday by Democratic
legislative leaders for the
windup of the current ses
sion. Both Senate President
Waller Pearson and House
Speaker Robert Duncan said
the 18th was the day they
hoped the Legislature could
adjourn. That would mean
a 97-day session.
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
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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
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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."
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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.
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