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.
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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.
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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.
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