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Univ. of Oregon Library GUGSNE, OREGON I WEATHER I rFORECAST , BEND BULLETIN Maximum yesterday, 88. Mini mum luht night, 44. Sunset to iukIi!, 1:23 p.m. Sunrise tomor row, 4:69 a.m. Fair with aome hitch cloud through Sunday; high today and Sunday 90-961 low tonight 46 50. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER 52nd Year One Section Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, Saturday, August 6, 1955 Eight Pages No.206 mi i lllJCi Mrs. Schmidt, 2nd Husband Get Lawyer NEVADA CITY, Calif. UJP) Mrs. Una Schmidt, who married 'another man thinking her prisoner of war husband dead, and her 'second husband, Alford Fine, con tacted an attorney last night t3 guide them through their marital tangle. '. Attorney Harold A. Berliner would nut disclose whether the 20-year-old redhead would stick by her logger husband or return to airman Daniel C. Schmidt, just re leased after imprisonment by the Chinese Communists. "This is a problem that concerns three adult people and only these people can work it out," Berliner i uid. "It's no one's business but their own." "The bright glare of publicity can do them no possible good and could seriously damage the lives of all of them." Berliner added. , Mrs. Schmidt and Fine said they hoped all inquiries would be dir ected to Berliner "in order that our private lives may become pri vate again." The meeting between the couple and Berliner was uncovered by a staff reporter of the Sacramenlo, Calif., Bee. The reporter, Al Triv el piece, talked to the couple after, their meeting with Berliner in re turn for his promise not to dis close their hiding place in the Si erra Nevada. "The boy is the problem, Fine told the Bee. "He calls me 'Daddy' i and I'm the only one he has known." The boy is Daniel Walter, the two-year-old son of Schmidt and Una. Fine indicated he wouldn't give uo his wife without a battle. ""When you love a woman, you stick to her,' Fine said. As to .allotments she continued to receive as the wife of the young airman, Mrs. Schmidt said: "I have discussed the matter with Mr. Berliner. I am certain I have done nothing improper or illegal." Capt. Aubrey Rogers of the Air Force Finance Center at Denver had said earlier the center's legal department was considering 'the "legal aspects of Mrs. Schmidt's allotment." Rogers said the case was unprecedented in Air Force history. fine and Mrs. Schmidt confirmed they still plan to meet Schmidt when he arrives in the United States. They said they would ar range their own transportation to the meeting place. Meantime, Schmidt was attempt ing to contact- his wife by tele phone from Tokyo. Schmidt had stripped from his finger the gold wedding band he was wearing when he came out of Communist China. An Air Force spokesman said. however, "He is still all for the girl and doesn't want to give her up." He added Schmidt was an xious to see his son. Prineville Picnic Due on Sunday Speeijil to The Bulletin PRINEVILLE Pioneer park will he a busy, humming place Sundav. Aug. 7, when hundreds of old-time residents and their fani ilies are expected to gather for the 21st annual picnic and reunion of the Crook county pioneer asso ciation. Family dinners will bo spread on- long tables under the poplar trees and much of the afternoon will be devoted to re calling the "good old days." At noon, the spotlight will turn to one woman who has lived Crook county for 53 years. She is Mrs. Ralph Breese, who will be celebrated as queen of thp 1955 re union. The crowning ceremony will begin al 12:00. with her daughter. Mrs. Krnest Moon placing the rrwn on her head. Rolx rt Yancov, president of the association, ill be master of ceremonies during the afternoon program which will include histo rical numbers, .lorry Breese son of Qu?en Ora Breese, will read her life's history. Another son, Kldred. and a grandson will play a horn duet. Other musicai numlM'rs will br presented by Ann Stearns, Byron Meadows. Dr. and Mrs K. D. Ketrhum. Former pio neer queens will also be honored The public is invited to take par. in tin reunion, the queen rert mony. and the picnic dinners. IMPATIENT MIDDLETOWN. NJ. (UP Po lire anvsted eteht impatient New Yorkers yestprday for gambling a board a boa! bound from New Yoili to Viddletown. The boat was a "race track spec Id" whuh daily lanes rommineri lo the Monmouth Park race I , track Mid-Oregon Swim Meet Due Sunday Nearly 200 swimmers front throughout Oregon and Washing ton are eagerly awaiting the sixth Annual Central Oregon swim meet tomorrow at the Municipal pool. Preliminary heats in the tank test sponsored by 'the City of Bend recreation dept., are slated for 10 a.m., with the finals on tap at I p.m. There are 34 swimming and tour diving events on the pro gram, with competition in both girls and boys division broken up into 11 and 12, 12 and under. 13- 14, 15-16, arid 17 and over. The backstroke, freestyle, and b least - sti-oke will be held ut 40, SO and 200 yards. Medals will 4e presented all first place winners, with ribbons going to first, second and third place finishers. This is not a novice meet. It is a split meet, part sanctioned by the AAU and part non-sanctioned. and gives non-AAU and up-and- coming swimmers a chance to participate in a meet with swim niers of their own caliber. Espee to Halt Rogue Service PORTLAND (UP -.Southern Pacific railroad officials here an nounced today that the "Rogue River" passenger service would be discontinued after tonight's run. despite Public Utilities Commis sioner Charles H. Heltzel's order that the service continue. Attorneys for the railroad filed suit in Marion County Circuit Court in Salem yesterday to test the pow er of the utilities commissioner. Bernal S. Quayle, general pas senger agent in Portland, said the question to be decided was, whe ther the public utilities commis sioner could force the company to undergo continuing louses indefin itely. The railroad s announcement last month that it would discontinue its passenger runs from Eugene to Rosebui-g, Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland brought a storm of protest from Chambers of Com merce and other civic groups in the southern Oregon cities. The protests were climaxed by the "pony express" race against the train last Saturday night. The train won' the race from Eugene to Roseburg by 10 minutes. Quayle said the railroad does not challenge the right of the com mission to investigate the matter after discontinuance of service. He said a hearing should be held and a valid order issued u the rail road's decision to discontinue serv ice were found to be unlawful. The railroad said it has been losing money for years on Us "Rogue River run. Those who protest discontinuance of service contend more passengers would ride the train if service were Im proved. Portland Girl Burns to Death PORTLAND (UP) - Linda Rie derer, 7, of Portland, burned to death in her bed last night from a fire accidentally started by her younger sister. Police said the victim s five-year old sister. Cherie. accidentally set fire to some cloihinc while playlne with a cigarette lighter in the kit chen. Cherie, and two other Riederer hildren. were not injured by the fire, which caused about $6000 1 image. The victim s grandfath-r. Floyd Riederer, who was acting as a baby-sitter while the father. Doyle. was at work, was held for investi gation by police after being ar ested on t drunk charge. T $K .'im3 w , '. ri.-'iV jV " .... CONGRATULATIONS, SLUGGER Prineville pitcher Mike Boyer reaches ouf to ihele handl with a couple of teemmatei after hitting home run in yesterday's game with Eugene. It I wesn't enough, though, for Eugene won 3 to 2, in the first game . . , , currently pvmg ptayvo af inw Faure Facing New Trouble With Cabinet By i:nitkd press French Premier Kdgar Faure convened his bickering cabinet in Paris today , to try and quell a threatened right-wing revolt a jainst his North African policies He is faced with the problem of granting more home rule in French Morocco or oust the Sultan there md try to prevent wide-siule riots threatened for later this month. Three mainstays in Faure's loos?ly-knit coalition have warned lim against taking hasty steps :o wards granting autonomy to the North African protectorate. They nre the Oaullists. the dissident Gaullisls and some of the inde pendents. Some Bitterly Opposed Several ministers were reported ready to resign rather than en dorse large-scale concessions to the Morroean Nationalists who have staged bloody riots to win then way. These ministers included De fense Minister Gen. Pierre Koenig. i World War 11 hero. French deputies and senators re-l eesxed for their summer holiday last night but spokesmen of vari ous parties served notice on Faure they would remain "vigilant" while, bathing on the Riviera or climbing in the Pyrenees. Faure, in a vaguely worded poli y review yesterday, promised not to "precipitate things." But at the same lime he publicly reiterated his full confidence in he new resi dent general in Morocco, Gilbert Grandval. ('outer Next We' Grandval has been the Object of bitter criticism in both houses ol parliament for his plan to replace the present Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa by a regent and discuss- home rule with a Na tionalist cabinet. The final decision on Morocco Is not expected before a week. Grand val is to report fully on the situa tion when he and the governor tumorals in Tunisia and Algeria meet Faure next Wednesday or; Thursday. Other international news: Ajoscow: Western correspondents were informed tney, too. were in vited along with the diplomatic orns to be the guest of Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin aunciay ai nix summer home south of Moscow. Such an invitation was unprece dented. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Gen. Canrobert Pereira Da Costa, chief of Brazils armed forces, called on the military to close ranks for "possible dramatic moments" dur ing this presidential election year Hiroshima. Jaoan: Sirens and u-hutles sounded at 8:15 a.m. marking the 10th anniversary of the first atomic toomDing wnicn destroyed the city in a blinding flash. Driver Injured When His Car Strikes Horses Franklin Edwin Strickland, Rt. I, Box 108A Stayton, suffered mul riole cuts on his chin and throat when his car ran into two horses killing one outright and injuring another near LaPine last night Two more cars were involved, as Bennie James of Gilchrist tried to bring the injured person to La Pino. James backed into another car driven by Gerald V. Hussler, 725 Hill St.. Bend. Both cars were damaged. The Bend ambulance was sum moned at 10:20 p.m. and Strick land was taken to St. Charles Me morial hospital. The injured horse was later shot Information as to how the acci- dent occurred has not yet been mide available. . Ml J I ....... ......... .. ,. r. u., j,,.;u mwiuvip. iv - - 9 iC. FLOWER SHOW HELD This was a good season for flowers, in spite of cooler weather than usual, spectators at yesterday's flower show agreed. The show was held in the National Guard Armory, under auspices of the Bend Garden club. Viewing a group of the displays are Mrs. Ray Cooper, club president (left) and Mrs. W. F. McFadden, general chairman. (Bend Bulletin Photo) 1916 Resident Of Bend Dead Services for Mrs. P. A. Eriek- son, who came here with her family in 1916 and lived in Bend until 1941, will be held at the Nis- wonger & Winslow chapel here Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Obed L. G. Void, pastor of Trinity Luth eran Church, Vancouver, Wash., in charge. Mrs. Erickson, who made her home in Vancouver, with her hus band, since 1946, died in the Wash ington city Thursday night, victim of a heart attack and a paralytic stroke. She had been ill for some lime. Mrs. 'Erickson was the mother of Carl E. Erickson, Bend; Arthur' M. Erickson, Salem and Mrs. E. R. Dean, White Salmon, Wash. Also surviving are five grandchildren Suzanne Erickson, Bend; Sharon and Marilyn Dean, White Salmon, and Arthur and Peter Erickson, Siil em. Born near Trondhelm, Norwuy, on Oct. 22, 1878, Mrs. Erickson came to America in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson were married Brainard, Minn., in 1903. Thirrv nine years ago the family came to Bend from Dover, Ida., and m Bend Mr. Erickson established the first store of a unit that has grown into a statewide system, with his sons in charge. All members of the family were present when death came Monday night. KoIhHvcn Survive Mrs Erickson was the former Pauline Vohanson, daughter of Paul Yohanson, of Trondhcim. Surviving are four brothers, Amo, Emil, Yohan and Yoachim Paul son of Norway, and one sister, Mrs. Jete Hanson, also of Norway. Members of the family have an nounced that the Erickson Market and the Smart Shop in Bend will be closed Monday afternoon, start itjg at 1 p.m. Continued Fair Seen for State PORTLND (UP) The wea ther bureau said todny the wea thcr would continue fair through out the stale during the weekend although there may be some clouds or fog along the coast tomorrow morning. Temperatures were expected to drop slightly from yesterday's "scorchers. ' A high of 102 degreer was recorded In Medford yestcrdny with The Dalles reporting 100 Roseburg had a 95 and Salem 93. It I was H7 in Portland of the state junior tournament ... .. ? IR.,,11.:. Pkntl ., r J i t- 1 Compqny Decides Against Filming Picture in Area Ri'public Productions of Holly wood will not film a picture in Central Oregon this summer, Ma rion Cady, Chantber nf Commerce manager, learned today. The film company was consider ing sending a cast to Bend to muke a western picture In color, using for some of the scenes the log fort at Benham Falls, which was built for filming of "The In dian Fighter," by Bryna Produc tions, starring Kirk Douglas. Film ing of this picture was completed earlier this summer. ' Republic decided against mak ing the film on location because production plans have been changed, and the picture will be made in black and white. A Holly wood location is suitable for such a picture, it was explained. Hiroshima Recalls First Atom Blast HIROSHIMA, Japan (UP) Si rens and church bells broke the stillness of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. today, ten years to the minute since the city vanished in one blinding, terrible explosion. The world's first city to feel the horrifying power of the atomic bomb observed the anniversary to day with prayers and an uppeal by Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoya- ma to scientists to make atomic power work for the welfare of mankind. Ten thousand Japanese, joiner by a sprinkling of foreigners from both sides of the Iron Curtain pleaded earnestly for "no more Hiroshimas al annual memorial rites held by the city in front of 'he white memorial cenotHph the blast center. , "Ten years have already passed since that tragic atom bomb was dropped on this land," Hatoyama told the group. "We fixed as Ja- onn'n national objective the con struction of a cultural nation based on democracy with the aim if a permanent world peace, and have advanced step by step toward that goal .' . . "It is said the study of atomic "nerey in the world today has ad vanced several stages. We lxk forward to the day when It will not be n tool to destroy mankind and civilization but errmloyed for the welfare of mankind." Sisters Rodeo Schedule Packed Full of Events Opening day nrtivities in in!(.as,. Sisters Rodeo will reach their cli-j jmlah was sentenced to 1h? ex mnx tonight at 9:30 pm. with n;cutel on Aug. 18. 1f(&5. He wns B'.cknroo d;inee in the Sisters high school vym. A full schedule of events is on! tap for Sundiiy. A buckaroo brekfatl consisting of prime le'f steak, hush browned i potatoes, snusnce, pancakes, egps camp hn:d. Juice, nnd coffee will botfin at fi a m. It will be served. at the rodeo grounds. onened un two big family rooms he was "captured by a steel Final mdeo events will get un- md rolled in portable beds tojsnnko. drwv at v.v n m. Simdnv wlthinrove their claim that there It n-i Warnoek said he was walking tn bronc riding, bull do"Klng, calf roning, bareback and Brahma hull i Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mayflcld crossed a traffic counter cable, .lohn F. Schwab, said lie spparent rlding. In addition to the clowning,of SL Louis registered with theirlwhlch snapped and colled around ly tumbled into the pond while antics of Ted Billings. eight children all under U. I him, I playing. . Searchers Find 12-Year-0ld Boy SPIRIT LAKE, Wash. (UP) A 44-hour search for 12-year-old Dennis Lloyd. Longview, Wash.. Boy Scout ended at dawn today when searchers found the boy alive and well in an abandoned mine eight miles north of Grizzly Pass in the Ml. St. Helens area. The boy disappeard from overnight Boy Scout hike about ID a.m. Thursday. He told fellow Scouts he was going to return to camp, but none of his companions took him seriously until he failed to return. Dennis was found by James Ray and Bill Kratzenstein of the U. S. Forest Service. They re ported the boy uninjured but weak from hunger and exposure. A pack-horse party was dis patched immediately from Spirit Lake ranger station to bring the boy out of the wild, rugged coun try. With the pack party was J. H Oberteuffer, chief Scout executive of the Portland area council. The boy wns found 11 miles, by twisting trail, from Spirit Lake ranger station and was not ex pected to arrive at the station un til about noon todny. Parents of the boy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lloyd, were overjoyed when news enme that their son had been found. They had spent a slceplexs Friday night at the ranger station. We had not given up hope. We were sure Dennie would keep his head," Mrs. Lloyd said. The radio flash from two moun tain lookouts to the ranger station came only 30 minutes after a small army of mountaineers, national guardmeu. foresters and state pa trolmen had spread out over the rough Grizzly Pass area to resume the search. Gov. Patterson Commutes Imlah Death Sentence SALEM (UP) Gov. Paul L Patterson Friday commuted the death sentence of Donald Dwulne Imlah to life imprisonment. Imlah was convicted of si ay in, Bruce Houck, 30, Hood River rancher, on July 8, 1953. Hourk had taken Imlah Into his home aft er securing his parole from the MacLaren School for Boys, In a statement, the governor said that "the record In the case in my mind that the unanimity of (udgment by the Jury contemplated udgment by the Jury contemplated by the spirit of the law actually existed In this case. "I do not feel that society should exact its highest penalty If there be any doubt thnt the required conditions for that penalty exbt Our constitution and our laws vest in the governor soley the power to commute sentence in pnier cases. I deem this to le a proper fomi( K,ty by verdict of the Jmy without reeumrnemtatlon. The crme was nppeMlcd to the State Supreme I Court and the guilt of the defendant was affirmed. Sii CHAIWiK NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UP) - Clerks at the Hermltne Hotel charge for children under 12. Angler Felled by Shot Near Warm Springs; Condition Said 'Good' A 22 rifle bullet hit Jason M ush er. 35-year-old S. P. & S. railroad worker, at 6:30 p.m. yesterday while Mosher was fishing with Merle Addington, railroad fore man, along the Deschutes river just outside of the Warm Springs reservation in South Junction IS miles north of Madras. The bullet hit Mosher's cheek, one and a half inches below the left eye, chipped off part of the jaw bone, and lodged near the sec ond vertebrae of the neck. He was taken to the Central Oregon Dis trict hospital in Redmond where he was reported to be In "good" condition. Several Indian boys were report- Film Deaths Reach Three In One Week HOLLYWOOD (UP)-The death., of bombastic Carmen Miranda and beautiful Suzan Ball within V2 hours fulfilled today the fearful show business superstition that tragedy always strikes In threes. Friday's swift double deaths. Miss Miranda's by a heart attack and Miss Ball's from lung cancer. made a total of three along with bunday s death of actor Robert Francis in a plane crash Miss Miranda, 41, Portugal -born Brazilian bombshell famed for her sizzling Latin American dancing and singing rhythms and elaborate costumes, died early Friday In her Beverly Hills mansion a tew hours after filming a television show with comedian Jimmy Duran te. The suddenness of hoc death staggered Hollywood, Miss Ball, 21. who lost a leg to cancer and had been 1 1 gh t i ng death for 18 months, succumbed to me areaa aisease in a private home Friday afternoon only week after leaving the nearby City if Hope Hospital. Prior to her death, doctors described her chances of winning her struggle to live as "slim." Her lingering Ill ness and valiant fight against the lisease had all of Hollywood bat tling for her. Ktrieken At TV Show Francis. 25, who achieved star dom for his role as Ensign Willie Keith In the film version of "The Cnine Mutiny," was killed with two other persons in the flaming crash of a HRht private plane al nearby Burbank. Miss Miranda apparently tirst was stricken during the filming of the Durante TV show late Thurs day night. At one point, she dropped to one knee short of brenth, Durante gagged through the break as the cameras rolled, snylng "That's okoy, Canny, I'll take that line. After her death. Durante sadly explained, "I thought she had slipped ... but she goes ahend with her lines. This is a terrible thine. " The singer-dancer, on the trail back to big-time stardom, returned home from the TV show and danced nnd sang in her home for a small party of friends. Hutches Mirror Early Friday morning her hits hand, producer David Sebastian kissed her goodnight in his room and then she went to hers. A shor' time later Sebastian found her dead In a hallway lending frorr the dressing room. Still clutched In her hand was a mirror she har used in nffixing a beauty mask t her face. She was tired from the lorn hours of work the day before am' the pnrty," Sebastian said Inter wanted her to sleep late, i never knew hetore that sne nai heart trouble." Miss Hnll's husband, actor Rich ard lmg. who h-lpfd her as mufl as he could although he knew her chances were slim, learned of her dmth while working on a movie a i film studio, Three months nfter her rh'u ' wis amnutaled on April 11 '9M. the gnlhnt nctress hnr' vnlknd on an nrtifieinl kg (low 'he aisl" to marry I-ong. She trie' o re-establish her star career un i strlefron with enncer' n seeon ' Mine, The rolls of the feared dls--( hd sirend from her hy hrouyhont her body. fAITIRr-.O DETROIT (UP) Robert War wick. 59. of Detroit told today h-w I his car when a passing truck ed to have been target, shooting In the reservation when Mosher was hit. Police have made no ar rest but are continuing their in vestigation in that area. The Madras fire department am bulance was summoned shortly be fore 8 p.m. Mosher was picked up by the ambulance near Cow canyon on highway 97. It is believed that Addington, Mosher's fishing companion, had carried him from the scene of the accident to the highway. Doth Ad dington and Mosher are employes of the Spokane, Portland & Seat tle Railway Co. In South Junction. Mosher is not married. The "bullet is not expected to be removed until special surgeons have examined the case. A piajor artery was narrowly missed by the bullet, doctors said. 10 U.S. Soldiers Die in Accident SEOUL1 (UP) - Ten holidnv. bound American soldiers died to day when an Army truck plunged over a oriuge, burst into flames and rolled over, pinning many of the uis beneath its massive weight. Eight others were injured seri ously. The men were en route to an airfield in a U.S. 24th Division truck for a flight to Japan and a holiday of rest and recreation leave. Eight of the soldiers were killed outright. Another died en route to the 121st Army Evacuation Honpi- tal and the other died after reach ing the huge medical center. The Army said some of the oth er injured men were In such seri ous condition from Injuries suf- fered when the truck crashed and burst Into flames that they, too, may die. Many of the viclims wore pinned beneath the flaming truck. The GIs were on their way to A few days of pleasure In Japanese cities and resorts away from the Ireary monotony of soldiering in Korea. The army said the group of hap py soldiers was en route to Klmpo board a military plane lor leaves In Japan. The accident happened on a narrow bridge over which traffic Is regulated to move In one direction. Hie spokesman said Army In vestigators were studying the cause of the accident. Names of the victims were with held. No Successor To Talbott, Yet WASHINGTON (UP) Defense Rffcri'lury Charles E. Wilson unld Frilny night "I haven't talked to any one man yet" about gucceed- Ing Harold E. Talbott as Air iorco secretary. "I am being careful on this one," Wilson Raid. He was asked alwut Talbott's replacement as the list of ru mored successors to Talbott tjrew blEKer. The White House had no comment. Tnlbolt resinned as air secre tary after Senate Investigators conducted an inquiry Into his bus iness activities. Ills resignation is llcctive Aug. n. One of Hie latest persons men Mnned for the post, Cincinnati pub lisher David S. InKalls, said in Lisbon, Portugal, where he is on vneutlnn. that he "really knows nothing" about the reports. Ingalls is president Hnd publish r of the Cincinnati Times-Star ind a coutiin nnd former campaign -nanagrr for the late Sen. Robert . Tuft ItlOhiol. Quick Thinking Saves Youngster PORTLAND (UPl - A two-yenr-ild hov found uiv-onxftoiiH In S fUh- ootid lote yesterday wns saved rum drowning by the quick ac ton of a neighlior, .Limes F Orrell. 2fl. din-overed 'wo-yenr-old John Schwab flouting fice-up in the pond He imnieol ately applied artifichl respit.it: 'i, -nd brought the child nroun! The batty was being Ireated at a looil hospital. The babv's parents Mr. ami Mrs
