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Show FREIGHT EMBARGO ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC f SAN FRANCISCO; July 11 An embargo em-bargo on all eastbound freight except copper and other commodities for use of the government, sent via the Sunset and Gulf route, was announced tonight by the Southern Pacific company of Los Angeles, effective at midnight July 14. Congestion of ships at ,New Orleans and Galveston was given as a cause for the embargo, which will be in operation indefinitely. The officials said the embargo em-bargo would be felt largely by shippers of foodstuffs, which invariably have been sent by this route. These commodities must now be consigned by rail. Officials declared the commandeering of several vessels by federal authorities, as well as the unprecedented amount of freight, congested con-gested traffic at Texas ports so badly that recourse had to be made to the embargo. |