Fourth Accident Victim Dies; Investigation of Collision Started FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 5—(AP) The fourth crash victim died today as the district attorney opened an investigation of a blazing collision of the Southern Pacific railroad’s San Joaquin daylight with a gaso line tank truck at nearby Kings burg crossing. Half of some 80 persons injured yesterday afternoon when the streamlined train plowed into the truck trailer loaded with 100 gal lons of high test gasoline, have been released from hospitals. Among the uninjured passengers was Amos Alonzo Stagg, dean of American football coaches. He gave his sweater to an unidentified wom an who had lost her coat in the con fusion. Tracks Cleared Wrecking crews cleared from the main line tracks nine modern, steel chair cars and the locomotive, all gutted or seared by* flames which engulfed most of the train. Miss Katherine Ann Hansen, 17 yea.r-old passenger of Pasadena, Calif., was the fourth fatality. She died today at the Kingsburg hospi tal. The other three were killed out right. These included the engineer who apparently set the brakes as his last act before he died. District Attorney James M. Thue sen opened what he termed a search ing investigation of the tragedy, questioning several witnesses and Philip Mayer, of Fresno, the'truck driver who amazingly escaped without injury. He was not held. Visa and Versa — Better Come Home FORT LEWIS, Feb. 5—(AP)—A short time ago Pvt. Donald D. Deere was in Italy and his wife, Mary Louise, in Cottage Grove, Ore., longed for him to come home. Now Pvt. Deere is home and longing for Mary Louise who is somewhere en route to Italy. It all happened when Deere in Italy sent for his wife to join him but when her departure was de layed hopped a ship for home. Meantime Mary Louise set out for Italy. The army and Deere with equal fervor are seeing he stays "put” at the separation center here until they can learn whether Mary Louise has reached Italy, is on the sea, or, hope above hope, has not yet left New York. Panic inside the coaches ana broken glass from windows through which many passengers escaped were held responsible for many of the injuries. Some broke the glass with their bare hands. Many of the injured were burned. A check of the several hospitals where the injured were taken dis closed that all are expected to live. Among seven passengers still in a serious condition is Mrs. Harold Hawkins, 3409 SE Belmont, Port land, Oregon. She is in the Selma, Calif., hospital receiving treatment for cuts and burns on both legs and hands. A Southern Pacific official in Fresno estimated the damage to the crack 14 car passenger train “will exceed $500,000, although there will be some salvage.” Atomic Power Blamed For Nazi Ship Sinking PEARL, HARBOR, Feb. 5— (AP)—A high-ranking navy offi cer said today the Prinz Eugen was a victim of atomic power, ending speculation on the cause of the sinking of the trim former Nazi heavy cruiser. Hammering underwater blows from the second atomic bomb ex plosion at last summer's Bikini tests loosened the Eugen’s plates and caused the cruiser to spring leaks in compartments that naval personnel could not enter because of danger from radioactivity. The Eugen had been taken to Kwajalein lagoon and anchored with other survivors of the Bi kini atomic fleet. It sank at Kwajalein in mid-December. 'Polar Bears' Try Suits LITTLE AMERICA, Feb. 4.— (Delayed) — (AP) Fifteen men, imitating polar bears, splashed and swam for 21 minutes today in the ice-choked, 30-degree water off the Bay of Whales to test new rubber swim suits. The men were all expert swim mers of underwater demolition team No. 4 with the United States navy Antarctic task force. They wore heavy underwear, socks and gloves underneath skin-tight green suits, first designed for the invasion of Japan. WIRE STAFF: June Goetze Bobolee Brophy COLLARD MOTORS Eugene's Lincoln-Mercury Dealer Cordinllv invites you to attend the OPENING their new. temporary automotive headquarters IMMEDIATE DELIVERY of a NEW 1946 Mercury. Someone who ittends our open-house hriday or Saturday, l-'eb. 7 and 8 will have the privilege of purehas ng for IMMKDIA'I'K Delivery a New 1946 MERCERY. (Drawing at 4 p. m. Saturday) New Lincolns and Mercurys now on Display Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8 COLLARD MOTORS 72 East 11th, Ph. 1391-W Soldier Questioned In 'Dahlia’ Slaying FORT DIX, N. J., Feb. 5— (AP) —Corporal Joseph Dumais, 29, of Claremont, N. H„ a military po liceman and a veteijan of the European war theater, was ques tioned by army investigators to day about the torture-slaying last month of attractive brunette Elizabeth Short, the “Black Dah lia,” in Los Angeles. Ma.ior Cornelius T. Morris, post public relations officer who iden tified Dumais, said dark stains in side a pocket of his trousers had been analyzed by state police chemists and found to be blood. Dumais, who Major Morris said, has had three wives, was taken into custody for questioning in connection with embezzlement, the public relations officer announced. During the questioning, Morris said, he talked about the “Black Dahlia” case. Major Morris said Dumais was examined by a psychiatrist today, and that the doctor recommended that the soldier be placed in a hospital. Witness Says Lock Put On Plane Before Crash COPENHAGEN, Feb. 5 (AP) — A Danish airlines radio operator testified today he saw “a tall man wearing a blue uniform” place an elevator lock on a Royal Dutch airline transport shortly before it crashed during a takeoff here Jan. 26, killing soprano Grace Moore and 21 other persons. “I thought it was rather strange, as it was not according to practice to lock elevator flaps,” said the witness, Kesper Andersen. Andersen was one of 23 Kastrup airport employes called before Judge Olaf Baerentzen of the Copenhagen town court during an inquiry into the crash. Other witnesses said they saw no one place a lock, such as was found near the DC-3 plane wreck age, on the elevator flap. Oregon W Emerald WORLD NEWS SECTION Bob Frazier, Wire Editor Truman Advocates Succession Change WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—(AP) —President Harry S. Truman to day asked congress for legislation which would place Republican Speaker Joe Martin first in line of succession to the presidency. The president, in a letter to Martin, and Senator Arthur A. Vandenberg (R-Mich) president pro tem of the senate, renewed his appeal for a change in the tra ditional line of succession. Secretary of State George C. Marshall currently would advance to the White House if a vacancy should occur prior to the 1948 elections. Mr. Truman’s first proposal that the speaker of the house be put in line after the vice president was made shortly after he suc ceeded Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was directed to a congress controlled by his own democratic party and would have made for mer speaker Sam Rayburn presi dent in the event of his own in capacitation. Mr. Truman wrote today: "I said then, and I repeat now, that in a democracy the president should not have the power to nominate his immediate succes sor.” New Coastline Found In South Polar Region j LITTLE AMERICA, Feb. 5 (AP —Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd an nounced today the expedition had discovered a new south polar'^N coastline almost equal the dis tance across the United States and 125,000 square miles of hith erto unknown continental area. Weather OREGON—Partly cloudy today, tonight and Thursday, with local fog in west portion. Little tem perature change except slightly warmer in Medford valley this afternoon. Gentle changeable wind off coast. For Your Hardware Problems See Our Complete Line of > Tools • > Paints • > Housewares « Sporting Goods Auto Supplies Gillette Tires Marshall & Meyer “Your Marsfiall-Wells Dealer” 94 W. 8th St. 326 Main St. Eugene Springfield Phone 4461 Phone 423 i*