FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday. February 22, 1955
Will Starts Legal Battle To Keep
Money From Going to Soviet Bank
New York OJ.P.) On June 28,
1948, a 76-y e a r-old machinist
named Henry Von Der Heid
dropped dead on a New York
street. In his will he said he had
no living relatives and wanted
his estate of $70,000 to go to the
State Bank of the Soviet Union.
The will started a legal battle
which has been going on for
more than six years and has
become a private "cold war" be
tween the Soviet Union and a
professional tracer of lost per
sons, Theodore Roth.
The State of New York con-
Kapers Rehearsal Set;
First Show Wednesday
"Tel-A-Version," the 1955 Ki-j
wanis. Kapers stage production
of music, make-believe and mer
riment, gets its final touches
tonight before presentation to
Medford audience.
Dress rehearsal is scheduled
tonight and on Wednesday the
song, dance, gag and skit-filled
show opens a four night run at
the Medford senior high school
auditorium. The production, in
two acts and seven scenes, pre
, sents hilarious versions of popu
lar television shows. It features
all-local talent with professional
direction.
Student Night
Wednesday will be student
night at the Kapers and the
curtain time for that one night
will be 7:30 o'clock. There will
be a special price for students.
' Adults 'in the first night audi
ence will pay the regular gen
eral admission price and there
will be no reserved seats.
Reserved seats for the Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday night
presentations which start at 8:15
p.m., can be obtained at Barker's
Men's store. Students attending
the final three night showings
will pay full adult admission.
First act of "Televersion" pre
sents a parade of popular Ty
characters, a ballet, a space pa
trol scene, a western movie loca
tion scene, a "Dragnet" routine
and a take-off on the "Hit Pa
rade." Second act is a telecast
review; "The ' Fred Herring
Show." ':
Cast Members .
In one scene Ron Rice and
Buss Jamison are mad scien
tists, Russ Brown and Chet
Guches are wrestlers," Clyde
"Wheaton is a comic and Ray
Johnson is a master of cere
monies. J5m Ambler is the queen
swan in the ballet. Dr. Abner
'' Clark is Prince Siegfried and
Stan Jones is Von Rothbart.
Several Kiwanians are hunters
and others are "beautiful" swans.
Bob Rector as St. Medford
and Hugh Bates as Junior are
School Program
Said Aid To Bankers
Superior, Wis. U.R) The
president of the American Fed
eration of Teachers has called
President Eisenhower's public-
school building program a "fed
eral aid to bankers."
Carl J. Megel, Chicago, told
the annual dinner meeting of
the Superior Federation of Tea
chers last night that he favored
the school construction bill
sponsored by . Sen." Lister Hill,
(D-Ala.).
He said the administration
proposal wouia serve tne pe
culiar administration point of
view of the functions of the
federal government and the in
terests of bankers and other
bond buyers."
The bill sponsored by Hill, he
said, "would provide a billion
dollars in outright federal aid to
the states for school construction
over the next two years."
featured in the space patrol
scene. In the western number
Tom Anderson is Tex Wyoming
and Jack Walker is the abused
stand-in. Mrs. Margaret Huson
as Zircon Lil is a soloist. The
scene is overrun with charac
ters out of the old west and
with movie studio personnel. In
"Dragnet" Jones is Friday,
Charles Champlin is Saturday
and Anderson is Monday. John
son, Jean Edson, Wheaton, Fred
Morlan, Carol Clark, Margaret
Dix and Dick Phair have roles
in the "Hit or Miss Parade."
Dance Routines
Dance routines add to the col
or of the show. Bijou girls are
Carol Wilson Judy Lucas, Sylvia
Teeter, Darlene Kroening, Kathy
Guily, Marilyn Harper, Sharon
Howard and Marie Sefarly. Can
Can girls are Vona Rutherford,
Sharon Zumwalt, Barbara Ed
wards, Myrna Adams, Shirley
Kenner and Barbara Johnson.
Six Kiwanis ladies are "JaDa"
girls and six Kiwanians are the
Charleston boys.
Frank Benesh has the rvole of
SI. Gabriel in the show and
Rector, as 'St. Medford, is the
patron saint of this community.
Randy LaFerr and Don Han
sen of Lassen xneatncai pro
duction's are directing the show.
tested the will on the basis of
a state law which forbids leavr
ing all of one's money to char
ity. In 1953, Roth was given the
job of finding relatives who, by
law, had an interest in the es
tate.
Everyone Has Relatives
"If there's one thing I've
learned in this business," Roth
said, "it's that there is no' such
thing as a person having no liv
ing relatives. I' figured the way
to beat the Soviet Union was to
turn up someone, even a 60th
cousin if necessary."
Roth discovered that Von Der
Heid had a sister named Barbara
who 'had come to America and
married a Carl Bamberg m
1899. Birth records dn New Jer
sey revealed that Von Der
Heid's sister had had three
children, all girls.
The trail was 50 years old
Roth dug into marriage and
death records, police records,
census and voting lists, public
school and college records. He
interviewed dozens of people,
made more than 100 long-distance
phone calls and inserted
many notices in local newspa
pers. One of the newspaper no
tices paid off.
Found Daughters
"I got a call from a girl who
had known one of the nieces,
Elsa," he said. "Elsa had mar
ried and moved to Penns Point,
Pa. I found her there, and learn
ed that Frieda was living at
Canton, 111., and Anna at Sar
anac Lake, N.Y.."
The case is still tied up in sur
rogate court in New York, but
Roth is confident the three heirs
will get the lion's share of the
$70,000. Attorneys representing
the Soviet Bank are still fight
ing, and at a recent juncture it
appeared they might emerge
with about $12,000 of the estate
"I don't think they'll even get
that," Roth said. "In fact, I'll be
willing to bet the Soviet Union
never gets a dime
European Storm
Leaves 37 Known Dead
London '.R) Thirty-seven
persons were Known dead to
day in storm-battered Europe
and weathermen predicted more
snow and cold.
Heavy snows, whipped into
blizzards by 70 mile an hour
winds, have battered the British
Isles and much of the continent
since the week end. Experts of
the Air Ministry weather bu
reau in London said there was
no indication of an early break
in the weather.
Former Skid Row Character
Continues To Make Good
Chicago U.R) William G.
Wood, a distinguished law pro
fessor who became a skid row
bum, had encouraging news to
day for the men who had faith
in him.
He's stayed sober for a month
and he thinks he can keep it up.
Wood, a toothless, 65-year-old
vagrant, shambled into Judge
Hyman Feldman's municipal
court exactly four weks ago yes
terday. Defended Pals
Feldman took a look at Wood's
record and saw that he was once
a professor of law at the Kent
College of Law here. He asked
Wood to defend one of his skid
row pals.
Wood did so, ; successfully.
Then Feldman offered to pay
Wood $5 a day for helping him
with skid row cases, provided
the former professor could stay
sober.
Feldman and Chief Justice
Raymond P. Drynalski of 'the
municipal court held a sort of
birthday party yesterday to
commemorate the first month of
Wood's new life. ,
They gave him a birthday
cake and told him it looked to
them as if he was making good.
It was indeed a new Wood
who received their congratula
tions. He had a set of false
teeth, a new hearing aid, and
was decked out in a new suit
and homburg.
Thinks He's 'Made It'
- He didn't talk much about
whether he thinks he can stay on
the comeback trail, but he indi
cated he thinks he has . "made
it." . - , ,
Last week end, jhe revealed, a
cousin tried to talk him into
going back to . his skid row
haunts. - r, -
"I kept going rthe other way,"
Wood said. "In fact, I tried to
persuade him to go the other
way."
Meanwhile, he hopes to start
work at a steady job soon and
move back into the neighbor
hood where he lived before fam
ily troubles led him to start hit
ting the bottle.
4-H Club
The Griffin Creek school "But
tons and Bows" sewing club
held a business meeting Satur
day, Feb. 19, in the cafeteria
with 11 girls present. Mrs. Walk
er's group, the second year girls
were best represented "with 5 of
their 6 girls present. They are
doing very well on their aprons
and pot holders. .
Most of the girls are showing
excellent progress on their pro
jects. In spite of heavy respon
sibilities of helping to build a
home, Mrs. Meyers has worked
faithfully with the third year
girls. The first year girls have
progressed rapidly with the help
of Mrs. Otis Foreman. Judith
Foreman is already on . her last
project.
Our acting leader, Mrs. Rose
Eskew, gave us a talk on care
of the hair, how to wear it most
becomingly and to be individ
ualists in hair style if it best
suits of personalities.
She also touched briefly on
making decisions. It is how we
make decisions on little things
with the help of our teachers,
parents, churches, 4-H and( other
worthwhile influences, that will
prepare us to meet the big de
cisions in life.
We adjourned until the next
business meeting to be held in
March 26. Smaller units will
meet for sewing as scheduled.
The refreshment committee ser
ved 'cookies, and kool-aid.
Elise Eskew, ,
Reporter.
COW ON QUEUE
Richmond, Ky. (U.R) A
ticket seller, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Kinney, was- surprised to hear
someone ask. "How much does
a ticket for a cow cost?" S H e
looked up and saw a cow second
in line. But the cow decided she
rdidn't want to see the movie and
strolled away, causing a traffic
jam on Main street moments la
ter. Bossie had wandered away
from the farm of J. B. Arnett.
Thermometer Taken From
Man After 33 Years
Waynesburg, Pa. U.PJ Law
rence Mylan was improving "by
degrees" today after an opera
tion at Greene County Memor
ial hospital. ,
Mylan, 66, complained of
pains in the abdomen recently
and underwent surgery Mon
day. Doctors removed a clinical
thermometer which Mylan be
lieves he swallowed 33 years
ago while delirious from the ef
fects of blood poisoning.
Actor Robert Cummings
Father of Daughter ;
Hollywood (U.R) Actor Rob
ert Cummings today was the
father of a six-pound, 10-ounce
daughter, but hadn't decided on
a name for her.
His wife, Mary, gave birth to
the child at nearby Santa Moni
ca Hospital last night. Their
other children are Robert, 9, i dent, said the dispute was partly
Student Newspaper
Members Suspended
Chicago (U.R) Five staff
members of the Illinois Institute
of Technology's student news
paper have been suspended from
the publication on grounds that
they published off-color humor.
A faculty disciplinary commit
tee yesterday announced the sus
pension of the technology news'
editor and four assistants.
Clarence E. Deakins, dean of
students, said the staff had been
told several times to stop print
ing a controversial humor, col
umn and-to delete jokes objec
tionable to some readers.
Henry C. Curcio, 20, assoc
iate editor and senior class presi-
Melinda, 7, and Patricia, 3.
a staff misunderstanding.
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