Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-16
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ward recovery. Passenger service
expected to be normal tonight,
and with all switching crews back
to work, the freight jam at Poto-
mac Yards was dissolving.
Mr.. Donaldson said the Nations
mail backlog should be brought up
to date by tonight, and the pros
poets were for a normal movement
of freight and express by to-
morrow.
Seconds after the word went
out, 20 persons were lined up with
packages at the City Post Office
Many had called earlier in the
day and were reluctant to leave.
IS Pounds of Noodles. -
First in line was Milton SATIN
ders, 40. colored, Of 1904 H street
NV. who matted Ave 15-pound
cartons of noodles. for the Chung
Wah Noodle Co., 1541 Fifth street
NV. ltt.,- "a t't.,At ~
Getting word by newspaper and
radio, package-laden folk swarmed
to all post Offices. At the city Office,
personnel was shifted from other
jobs to wait on them.
The embargo-lifting restored
service to Chicago and st. Louis
as we'll and among three geo.
graphical sections throughout the
Nation. During the embargo
which began Thursday. all types
of mail was moved within each
of the areas, but only f1rst-class
and emergency matter could be
sent from one area to another.
1000 Pct. Above Normal.
In Washington, the first "a
hours of the embargo saw air
parcel post increased 100 per cent
and since then the service has
shot up 1000 per cent above
normal, Mr.. Donaldson said.
Union Station officials said
some South-North trains will
continue to pick up and deposit
passengers at Alexandria through
out the day, delivering them to
Union Station, by bus.
Rather than pile more work on
overtaxed switching crews, Penn
sylvania Railroad continued to
terminate its trains from the West
at Baltimore, using existing New
York Washington service the rest
of the way here. . -. +,
Terminal officials believed all
trains will be running into the
station by this evening, eliminat-
ing the need for shuttle bus serv-
ice or transferring at Baltimore.
Express Embargo to End.
Railway Express Agency hoped
to begin accepting outbound ship
ments sometime today and saw a
chance for lifting a 15-State
embargo, including the District,
by tonight. In any event, the pic
ture on express should be normal
by Monday, it was said.
The Washington agency has IS
or 20 cars loaded, ready for ship
ment as soon as trains are avail
able. No perishable goods were
caught in the traffic snarl. -.
Striking brakemen, conductors
and switchers began drifting back
to the Washington Terminal and
the vast Potomac Yards at Alex
andria about 3 a m, needing Pres
ident Truman's back-to-work plea.
Ten Engines at Work.
BY 8 am, 10 engines, two or
three more, than normal, were
shutting through the Potomac
Yards, starting to move the 1900
cars damned there. OF prime con-
sideration were about so cars OF
Iperishable rail freight which had
been re-iced on the tracks.
Stuart Shumate. yard superin-
tendent, estimated that IS to 40
trains will move out of Washing
ton before am. tomorrow, thus
practically wiping out the back
log. ...- ...-
Actual classification, or making
up of trains, did not get under
way until s am, five hours after
L. K. Dyer. local chairman of
the Brotherhood. of Railroad
Trainmen. reported to Mr.. Shu-
mate that the crews were re-
turning to work. y e.. ,-,,
The first Washington terminal
crew appeared at $40 am. This
was the crew that usually goes
on at midnight The men con-
tinued to arrive on schedule dur
ing the morning hours, until at