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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1956 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Crash Said 'Accidental' LOS ANGELES W "Accident si. a coroner's jury has ruled in me deaths of 30 passengers aboard a train' whose engineer said he blactcd out just before it crashed. "No person was criminally re sponsible," the jury of 10 'busi nessmen held yesterday. A doctor reported that the engineer was ovviug muioui conscious volition lor perhaps io to 30 seconds before approaching the curve." The two-car Santa Pe diesel turned over at about 10 m.p.h. on a 15 m.p.h. curve last Jan. 22. East Coast Hit By Sleet Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rain and sleet which hit wide areas in the eastern half of the country yesterday appeared ended except In the Northeast region to day. The storm moved northward up to the East Coast and brought hcavv rainfall to some areas in Pennsylvania and sections of New England. Skies cleared In most other parts of the country although widely scattered showers were reported in Arizona and along the northern HClliU lUHSl. Clear weather prevailed in the southern and central Mississippi Valley, the southern and central plains, the Great Basin region and along the southern and central Pa cific Coasl. Rain, sleet and fog slowed travel, both land and air. yesterday from the Atlantic Coast through the Ohio Valley into Indiana and Illi nois. Rainfall was moderate to heavy in the South and Mid-Atlan tic states. Showers cooled the 80 degree temperatures in southern Florida. Rainfall at Tallahassee. Fla., was more than 2 inches, and was around 2 inches at Macon, Ga. Fresh snows in the Philipsburg, Pa., area during the night meas ured 8 Inches. grinding along on Its left side, 'spilling some victims through win jdoA's and crushing them. The I crash injured 130. ! The engineer. Prank B. Parrish. '61, testified he had cancers ve I moved from his hand and neck ;last September and was off work I seven months in 1946 with a recur- Irence of pulmonary tuberculosis and a pertorated duodenal ulcer ! He repeated previous assertions that he "blacked out" just before the two-car dicsel commuter crashed a few minutes after leav ing for San Diego. He said: "I want no one blamed but me." Dr. Marcus Crahan. county jail physician and a psychiatrist, who examined Parrish several days after the wreck, said in findings submitted to the inquest. Jury: "... There is . . . no doubt but that he suffered a withdrawal from realitv in which consciousness was I suspended for a sufficient interval I to permit the train to hurtle out in the curve too late to gain control befo-e it lelt the tracks." Of the engineer's various ail. mi'nts in the pasi 10 years. Ur iCrahan said: "These conditions shortened his life . and work ex pectancy, speeding the aqing pro cess. This has been reflected in the aging features and the evidence of arteriosclerosis ..." Engineer Parrish testified, "I think the only mistaKe Homer Smith, the fireman, and other crew members made was that they had ioo mucn commence in me. He added: "Outside of the dead and orphans I have caused, I feel most concern for the train crew." PAGE SEVEN Canning Wage Increase Told , PORTLAND If) An increase in minimum wages for women and minoi a in two branches of the can nine industry was announced Mon day by State Labor Commissioner norman Niisen. Ha said the Oregon Wage and Hour Commission decided unani mously that those working In cherry stemming will get a boost from 35 to 66 cents an hour minimum. Those In nut processing and cracking will advance from 40 to 66 cents. Nllsen said other Improvements also were ordered for such em ploycs. including time and a half pay after 10 hours and double- time after 12 hours. l.l.i Poe Changes Mind About Birth SALEM (fl Dupree Poe,. the murderer who has been in hot wa ter at the penitentiary since he killed a Silverton police officer 22 years ago, has changed his mind aljout where he was born. Poe, a permanent occupant of segregation unit of the prison, now savs he was born in China. In the latest of a long series of petitions to win his freedom. Poe advised the State Supreme Court that he should be sent to China. He said he was born there. Records at the prison show thai when he entered, he gave Mt. Ver non, Texas, as his birthplace. Mrs. Nellie Ellis Dies LAKEVIEW Word was re ceived here of the death on Feb ruary' 3 of Mrs. Nellie Ellis, 81, at Ashland. Mrs. Ellis was the mother of Mrs. Anne Sprague of Lakeview, Mrs. Ellen 1 McReynolds of Eu gene. Mrs. Laura Snyder and Arthur Ellis of Palo Alia and C. H. Ellis of Seattle. Mrs. Ellis, who often visited Mrs. Sprague, was known to many Lakeview residents. The funeral was held Tuesday at Ashland. Judy, Sid Luft Work Things Out HOLLYWOOD W Actress Judy Garland has returned to their home and will drop her divorce' suit against him, producer Sid Luft reports. "She went to her sister's," he told a reporter, "but she came home Saturday and we had a good, old-fashioned talk. I guess we had been working- at cross-purposes. "I believe I hadn't been paying cnourh attention to her personal problems. At any rate, we worked things out and everything is smooth again." Miss Garland had moved out Friday and filed a divorce com plaint chnnjing extreme cruelty. ta24 eesslhvlti v Services Held For Mae Janish Funeral services were held to day for Mrs. Mae Bertha Janish. 56. who died Febmnr" 4 at the family home. 1726 Menlo Way, fol lowing an illness of several months. The service was held from O'Hair's Memorial Chapel at 2 p.m. with the Rev. C. Perdue of the Deliverance Tabernacle offici ating. Surviving are her widower, Ed mond Janish, Klamath Falls, her son, Sie Holt, Seattle; her mother, Mrs. Anna Hoffmann, Klamath Falls: two sisters, Mrs. Anna Bish op. Long Beach, California and Mrs. Carl L. Jackson. Klamath Falls; also three brothers. Ray mond Hoffmann, Lopaz, Washing ton, Carl Hotfinann. Newtown, North p-kota and William Hoff mann, Chlco, California. Final rites and interment will be in Seattle on February 8. Lakeview Scouts To Make Report LAKEVIEW Layne Clifton, Cub Scout, Bruce Hopkins, Boy Scout, Larry Johnson and Melvin Adams, Explorer Scouts, will rep resent the Lake district and make the annual district report to the governor of Oregon's office at Sa lem on February 8. Charles Waldron, district chair man, drove the boys to Salem in his car, stopping in Bend over night. They will tour the capilol building at Salem and visit a pulp mill. AIRLINER NOSES OVER NEW YORK IB A National Air lines DCS nosed over last night at Idlewild Airport after a nose wheel collapsed. One passenger was hurt slightly. Among those on board was Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. T.M. u.i r-. . "It gains tan hours a day!' Stevenson Winds Up Tour LOS ANGELES MV-Adlal Steven son, winding up a- whirlwind week of early campaigning In California, clarified his stand on civil, rights and prepared to meet today with southern California labor leaders. 'There are no half-caste Amer icans in my lexicon." Stevenson told a Democratic party group last night. Earlier, during an eight-appear ance swing through Lcs Angeles County, the candidate for the Dem ocrate presidential nomination em phasized that he supports desegre gation in Southern schools be cause "It is the law of the land so enunciated by the Supreme Court." Stevenson also pointed to his sponsorship of fair employment practices acts and desegregation of the Illinois National Guard while he was governor. UIKOLAI . H $44 Jlk J 1005S iriia X lMMUtCt.,1 Stevenson's remarks on civil rights undoubtedly were prompted by published reports hinting his views on the Powell amendment to the proposed federal school aid bill might cost him votes in his pri mary contest battles with Sen. Es- tes Kelauver of Tennessee in Cali fornia snd Minnesota, although not in Florida. In a news conference, Stevenson said he opposed the amendment. which seeks to make desegration essential before a school district can receive federal aid, mainly be cause ' t h e administration of schools Is a local matter." While the amendment's objec tive "seems entirely plausible and proper," Stevenson said, he felt It endangered the program. State Republicans Predict Victory LEBANON W The Oregon Re publican Party's confidence of vic tory in the next election has no', been shaken by the death ol Gov. Paul Patterson, State Chairman Wendell Wyatt said here Monday night. He told a OOP women's group there were lots of good prospective Republican candidates. ' Train Derails In Indiana KOKOMO, Ind. WV-The twin diesel locomotive and four ears of a Chlcago-to-Cinclnnatt passenger train of the Pennsylvania Rail Road jumped the track In south east Kokomo last night, injuring eight trainmen and five passen gers. None was hurt seriously. Power to the entire southeast quarter of Ulis city of 40.000 was Together again! Homecomings are certainly big events. And, of course, a lot of the thrill is seeing tliat extra-special per son arrive. That's why you've no doubt found it a good idea to call the railroad, bus, or airline ticket office beforehand to make sure you have the right arrival time in mind. It's one of so many ways your telephone saves you time and trouble. And that's what it's for. The men and women of Pacific Telephone work to make your telephone more useful every day. cut off as the locomotive smashed Into a transformer. The heavy unit knocked four cars Into a steel warehouse building before the first ; section of the twin locomotive fell! onto Its side. I Electricity' flashing from the ; broken power lines hampered fire-! men as they worked to extinguish burning fuel oil spilled btsida the locomotive. ,, .-, None of the lour ears tipped over, although one tilted . to aa angle of 45 degrees. FIRE PLACE BROOMS FIRE PLACE CRYSTALS' AT Goeller's in February? No, we don't hTe " - Christmas in February... But you'll enjoy a merry, prepaid Christmas ntxt Dtctmhr by joining U. S. National' ; ' Christmas Club now... io February. Do your Christmas saving early... Join our Christmas Club today f KLAMATH FALLS BRANCH Jfi. : Mtmm nemt et posit imsoiahci ceipeiATie In the low price field Most Power Lowest Price GO GO GREYHOUND RADIO RKrORT LONDON ' Ma-cow radio says Soviet scientists have explored a strange antarctic o?si& covering about 200 square miles. 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