Show i EGGS f rAl TO 42 Oregon Starts Probe Of Hospital Dinner SALEM Ore Nov 19 UP UPA ward by check Thurs Thurs- A ward by ky showed Mowed owed deaths from food Effing at th the Oregon state stale staten n na hospital had risen to at east 42 with the possibility that o oce Or two wo more ore of the pa- pa stricken en last night had vital etal Hospital authorities said daily they 44 were dead deadle t a the le confusion attending ef f- f save sa the survivors there u no central cross-check cross on cas- cas two Forty-two were counted counted Bose the h hospital pital morgue Sti doctors agreed that yolks served scrambled at iner Wednesday night were the Iso agent but there was disT dis- dis T n ent as to the nature of dealing mixture divided between 1 belie belief that the poisoning was wasI I e and the theory that the fast tast action action in in some a death came within 15 minto min min- i to t a half hour indicated hour indicated thea the id a ad ad been intentionally pois- pois d. d i JFrank Frank Menne of the Un- Un lity aty nyo of Oregon pathological lab lab- tEy was en route to Salem report to state officials on his r samples sent to Port- Port Wednesday 1 i night Menne re- re o d-o Jj-be Jj 2 be quoted pending an ofa ofil of- of a il report port other than to admit Eggs were responsible instigators from the the U. U S. S Jt the e American Medical as- as abon the federal food and Administration administration and the sur sur- COmmodities administration Converging r converging on Salem by e ea n a San Francisco the L I marketing administration jj used aBed u that the fatal eggs were ll F r f a shipment of as of f frozen yolks school chool children N Y A Aee 1 ee cL ts and institutions in Orend Ore- Ore and nd Washington last spring bile yie the investigation assumed l proportions suffering of ot Ss mr s continued unabated Doc- Doc d td partial respiratory paYS pays pa- pa YS combined with agonizing mInal pains persisted and eared serious effects after-effects ig 19 patients who survived the theL 11 L shock hock of the poisoning John IJohn C. C Evans hospital su- su described the illness ute cute gastro m me e 60 patients on a special l era diet ate the poisoned f Population of the hospital Proximately y still hurried from i lw to ward treating patients l said aid however howe the violence le Ie up flare-up had subsided cony con- con y Ny 11 and said there was a at t on Pace Pue Two 1 Column Column Three POISONED EGGS EGOS FATAL TO 42 Continued from Page One possibility there would be no more deaths Less than 20 patients were considered considered considered con con- still critically ill iII They were being administered supportive supportive supportive tive treatment with stimulants The staff at the hospital six doctors and 10 nurses experienced difficulty in treating the victims because the wards some of them without telephones were housed in widely separated buildings Evans said the canned egg yolks yolks' were given to the hospital six months ago by the federal government government government govern govern- ment under its surplus food distribution distribution distribution dis dis- dis- dis program They had been stored at subzero temperatures A few cans of the same eggs were used at lunch Wednesday to prepare a ri rice e pudding served some of the patients Dr Evans said but until last night there was no indication they were poisonous He said he could offer no explanation explanation explanation nation for Wednesday nights night's trag trag- edy A woman attendant noticed that her her- portion had a foreign taste She advised patients in her ward not not notto to eat their dinners and notified notified notified noti noti- fied hospital physicians Before the warning was spread however nearly had started eating and many had finished their meals Dr Evans said some of the patients patients patients pa pa- given the warning failed to heed it The woman attendant was the only hospital who ate any of the eggs Evans said she was believed out of danger because she had eaten only a small portion Governor Charles A. A Sprague spent a sleepless night gating Well simply have to make a thorough investigation he saidI saidI said I r am terribly shocked and grieved over this terrible tragedy We must take prompt action The state board of control composed composed composed com com- posed of Sprague and the secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of state and state treasurer were were expected to launch a formal investigation Thursday State police were called in by District Attorney Miller Hayden to assist in an independent investigation investigation investigation through postmortems and chemical analysis Hayden said the investigation would be conducted independently of pf any investigation by the state |