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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)
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pedia Americana, my panel of
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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
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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.
March 1, 1910, Wellington,
fWash., 96 killed.
Dec. 19, 1876, Ashtabula, O.,
92 killed.
Feb. 6, 1951, Woodbridge,
N.J., 84 killed.
Aug. 10, 1887, Chatsworth,
111., 81 killed.
Sept. 6, 1943, Shore, la., . 79
killed.
Nov. 22, 1950, New York com
muter train,. 79 killed,
v Dec. 16, 1943, Lumberton,
N.C., 72 killed.
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