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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1947
Page
3
Washington insiders warn U S wheat transport is strained as rail bottlenecks push loaded cars to the fields, with grain stocks rising and freight rates up. Experts note higher costs and potential harvest delays as carriers struggle to move cropland supply to markets, while forecasters warn of weather risks and ongoing labor issues.
Overloaded yards store grain and box cars as Santa Fe and others prep for harvest rushes. Railroads push high speeds and heavy loads, retiring older cars faster than replacements arrive, with 10060 cars on order but limited monthly delivery. A junkyard find inspires retrofits for a Buick. Sorghum and cane substitutes widen sugar options though sweetness differs.
A garbled 1907 era reminiscence notes a man named Meoton or Me'. The fragment hints at a car owner explaining why he uses an automobile instead of a horse, with hecklers asking for a horse and a reference to a "hors car riage" and a forested car made.
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