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Show FREIGHT CONGESTION IS H PAST SAYS OFFICIALS H WASHINGTON. May 24. The freight Jam was declared tonight to be slowly yielding to the efforts concen-trated concen-trated on the mass of cars which wa jl closing the country's railroad yards" Reports to the American Railroad as' soclatlon's car service committee show jjH ed a reduction In car accumulation from 269,000 on April 24 to less thaD 170,000 last Friday. jH While the battle by no means has been won, railroad officials said indl cations of Improvement were stron" ll ! enough to substantiate the belief thai IH the peak of the congestion had pass 1 oo fH |