Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 23, 1956, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextI o o Survivor of Train Crasfi Praises Servicemen for Preventing Panic Outbreak Election Campaign Off icially Under Way; Maestro of Buttons Warming Up To Task Editf Note: One of the casualties aboard a Santa Fe train which over turned last night was Joyce Little. 23, San Diego.- who suffered minor cuts and bruises. In the following story she tells of the wreck and Its aftermath. By JOYCE LITTLE Ai Told To United Press Los Angeles (U.R) It was a good thing we had servicemen like sailors, marines and soldiers on the train during the wreck or there might have been a panic. The crash occurred while I was riding in the second car on my way to my home in San Diego. We were going pretty fast and suddenly I felt that we were going around a curve. The train lifted to the right and then to the left. Then all of a sudden, it flopped over on its side. Pinned Under Seals I was thrown across the car and pinned under the seats. I didn't know what happened at first. Then I moved my arms and legs and, fortunately, I found I wasn't badly hurt. All the lights were out. I heard someone screaming. I heard a woman yelling, "What's happened . . . It's a wreck . . . How do we get out? This was vhere the service men took charge. They called out to everybody, "Take it easy and everything will be okay. In a few minutes people quiet ed down . and some of the Marines began looking, around for some sort of emergency exit. Taken Through Window They found a window they could get open on the other end of the car and started taking some of the more seriously hurt out of there, boosting them up because it was high. I waited until my turn and was helped out. Then I was taken by ambulance to Georgia Street Emergency hospital was lucky because all I got was a few cuts and bruises If the servicemen hadn't been aboard, I don't know how bad it might have been. All I can say 1 is that they were great. is That So? A noggin duster. Answers fol low questions and each has its own value. If you score 95 or better, in my league that quali fies you as a Park Naturalist; 85 assures you a position as Ranger Naturalist; 75 qualifies you as a Ranger; below that, 65 rates you a Woodsman; 50 a Dude Wrang ler, willing but lacking in out door experience; 35 as a Drug store Cowpoke, strong on voice and weak, on knowledge. What are we waiting for? I. As you know, January . weather is unpredictable but . yet, some of the following state ments are true. After you have read and reread this group, check those which are correct. (Seven each; 35 points.) , 1. The chances are better than even that if you live in a freez ing area like New York, Boston, Montreal or Washington, D.C., you will experience a thaw be- . tween Jan. 19 and 24. 2. When they come, cold spells last longer in Louisiana than in -Chicago. 3. The coldest week-of-the- year for its particular area will come earlier in Florida than in Maine. 4. Ice storms are virtually un known in Europe. 5. Snow, an extremely good Insulator, may register a differ ence of 50 degrees between the surface and a depth of seven ' inches. II. Some of these statements are true, others false. But mind, ; even if only a small part of the anfver is wrong, the answer must be counted fale. Check those which are true. (Five each; Sfl noints.) 1. A ,whale has been known to Hive 3.240 feet where the pres sures exceed 98 atmospheres : over 1,400 pounds to the square 9! With each snowfall, fertile ' elements such as nitrogen and -..lnVmy ari brought down to aiuiiu. - onrinh the soil. 3. In a study of opossum skele tons at randam at Leavenworth, Kan., it was found that of 95 skeletons. 39 has broken bones whirh healed completely. 4. It is possible for grass to :' ,nr i nnn feet of root hair 6i" 1 . within one inch of soil. 5. On the average, it takes 10 inches of snow to equal one inch nf water. fi. ITd to 19 new-born opossum cppiirelv within the XI l J ww. - hnwl nf a teasroon. 7. A marten's gestation may be as long as a moose's. 8. The elephant, although the largest of all domesticated ani mals, is the most easily tamed and trained as an adult. 9. A bird's blood contains many more red corpuscles per jounce than that of any other ' animal. 10. Although the rabbit and hare have just about the same gestation period, the hare is born with eyes open while the rabbit's will remained sealed for ! three weeks. III. The number of hairs on human heads differs. However by and large a convenient t phrase if there ever was one ' red heads have (?) hairs; blondes ' (?); and brunettes (?). Pair the right numbers: 90,0000; 105,000; 140,000. (Five each; 15 points.) Answers: I. Only 2 is wrong as one travels south, cold spells tend to be shorter. 11. Sorry, but the correct state ments are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 every one. III. 1. Redheads average 90,-, 000; ilondes, 140,000; brunettes, j 105.TO0. i Ask yourself, How'm I doing? j and tote the score. Of course itj could be worse. (Copyright, 1956, by Eugene Burns) Released by Mcure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: Bv sDecial arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo-j pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to j theQreader who sends me the j sThe 225-mile Grand River is Michigan's longest river, the j G 200-mile Menominee river ranks j second. ' New York (U.R) It's offic ial, forks The campaigns are un derway. You always know they are off and running in the presi dential sweepstakes when the poet laureate of politics begins plunking his bloomin' lyre. Emanuel Ress, the maestro of the campaign button, is warm ing up to the task he faces every four years inventing the slo gans that you and I wear on our lapels. Ress, lest we forget, is the man who early in 1952 gave us such lines as "Kefauver, Take Over " . . .' "We Need Adlai Badl' ... "Averrell Will Fill The Bill." He also claims to have invented "I Like Ike" back in 1947 Ress has manufactured and sold millions of buttons, and it goes without saying that he's strictly neutral in politics. When you see him around a nation convention, he usually is wear ing a huge button reading "I Don't Care Who Wins My Bus iness Is Buttons." Old Button "Well," he said, "I've got 'My Pick Is Dick.' I just dusted it off from 1952. It originally was for Dick Russell, but with Nixon looming it could come in mighty handy again this year. "But for something brand new I've got 'Me For Milt.' There's a fellow down in Georgia start ing a Me-For-Milt movement, and he ordered a thousands but tons to send out as feelers. This was shortly after the President's heart attack. But now, with Ike recovering, he's waiting for things to simmer down. ' "This fellow was an original I-Like-Ike-Man, but there's one thing about him he doesn't like Nixon, no how. He wanted some thing on buttons like "Nix on Nixon," but I talked him into a positive approach.. "Also, there were some re- Monday, January 23 195B MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIYl quests from Knowland people in New York, asking how long it would take to turn 'em out, but now they're holding up pen ding a decision by IkeTm turn ing over in my mind like "There's Knowland Like My Land,' but nothing definite yet." Song Parody Ress said he washed off a song parody for the 'Milt man down South and sent it along to him for possible use. "Based on "Tea For Two," it starts like this. "Me for Milt and Milt for me for he's the one that ought to be President if only he will run ..." And it ends: . "First it's Ike, we all agree; but if Ike says no; then it will be, brother Milt, yes, brother Milt for me." tons, and he has made up a sample . of "If We Ever Need- Ress said he's had a couple of calls for " I Stm Like Ike", but ed Ike, We Need Him Now." He's also thinking of this Ike campaign button: "Peace, Pros perity . . . And Ike's Sincerity."' And looking ahead to one possible Democratic . ticket, he's holding in reserve: "Adlai and Estes are The Bestes." n 40-42 NORTH RIVERSIDE AVENUE MEDFORD, OREGON PHONE 3-4264 People 60 to 80 APPLY FOR OLD LINE LEGAL RESERVE LIFE INSURANCE Kansas City, Mo. If you are under 80, you can still apply for a $1,000 life insurance policy to help take care of final ex penses without burdening your family. You handle tfie entire trans action by mail with OLD AMERICAN of KANSAS CITY. No obligation. No one will call on you! Write today for free informa tion. Simply mail postcard or letter (giving . age) to Old American Ins. Co., 3 W. 9th, Dept. L136B, Kansas City, Mo. By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal- rraft binding. Each week new I submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! co of Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausa lito, Calif. LA. Train Wreck Worst in Slate's Railroad History Los Angeles (U.R) Last night's train wreck in Los An geles was the worst railroad tragedy in the history . of Cali fornia. The last California passenger train derailment of major im portance was that of Stanta Fe's transcontinental streamliner San Francisco Chief, 17 miles west of Stockton, Sept. 22, 1954. There were no deaths in that wreck, but 19 persons were in jured. Eight men were killed near Salinas last Oct. 27 when a Southern Pacific train hit a truck carrying 14 Mexican nationals. New York (U.R) The 10 most serious major railroad dis asters in the United States: July 9, 1918, Nashville, Tenn., 101 killed. , Nov. 1, 1918, New York sub way, 97 killed. Aug. 7, 1904, Eden, Colo., 96 killed. 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