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: MAIL TRIBBNI, Mrifertf, Or. J A Tliuruljv. Mv 21. 19S9 Pass the salt and butter foil's com to feast on ! frJv J SURRENDERS LL Kurt Franz Rossmeisl, 52, who etcaged from a German S$W. eamp at Camp Butner, N fa August of 1945 has CBjendered to the FBI in Cincinnati,, Ohio. A former lumber of Rommel's crack lOfc; Panzer Corps he has ltt Bying in Chicago since Jacsespe. Porter Discusses Boxcar Shortage With ICC Head Washington - The Interstate Commerce Commission chair man and his director of safty and service have told Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) they believe congressional hearings on legislation to pen alize railroads holding back freight cars would help re solve boxcar shortages. Porter conferred with ICC Chairman Kenneth Tuggle and Director Charles W. Taylor to see what the commission planned to do to meet the pre dicted mid-summer boxcar shortage. In a speech prepared for delivery today in the House of Representatives Porter said the supply of freight cars "is expected to fall 40 per cent short of the needs of the lum ber industry in the Northwest before the year is ended." He noted that spokesmen for both lumber industries and the railroads expect a 1959 car shortage which, will ex ceed the average daily short age at the peak of the 1955 traffic. Experts foresee the possibility of a situation like that of 1950 and 1951, Porter said. The national average daily shortage then was about 40,000 cars. The shortage lasted many weeks. Porter said a recurrence "could destroy the hopes of the lumber industry for 1959." He said the shortage results because of the inadequate ownership offreight cars by the various railroads and the inadequate maintenance of ex isting car fleets. He said spokesmen for the railroad industry have noted that if car loadings were 10 per cent above the 1958 figure the "anticipated" serviceable freight car fleet on July 1 would not be adequate by ap proximately 50,000 cars." He observed that most new cars on order won't be delivered until late 1959 and in 1960. , Porter pointed out that on March 30, 1959, the service able fleet of Class I railroad freight cars numbered 1,563,- 930. He said the bad-order backlog was currently the highest in 19 years, 157,870 cars, or 9.2 per cent of total ownership. He also noted that new car replacements were far below the number of car retirements. SP Commended The difference between Eastern and Western railroads creates a major share of the problem, according to Porter, He commended the Southern Pacific Company for having the lowest bad-order ratio in the United States. The SP is the only major carrier to serve the Fourth Congressional Dis trict in Oregon. Porter ob served that the double-door special boxcars for shipping plywood were also used to ship grain and were too often kept in the Midwest by East ern railroads to meet the pressing shipping needs of the summer harvest. Both timter and grain must be shipped, Porter said, but the solution to the boxcar shortage doesn't come with one carrier holding back an other carrier's cars. We need more boxcars and more co operation, he added. He com mended the ICC for facing up to the problem by having its field force members watch car unloadings and urging car repairs. He said higher pen alties against boxcar pirates might create a better situa tion. CITY SELLS PLANTS New York flJPB The city's three transit power plants If you've ever enjoyed roasting ears "farm-style," you know that corn fresh from the stalk is the best in the world! 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