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JIXTEEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tu..j.r, Aug.t 8, 1958 i Teu,;nq Jvfrt farmerj Wife of Released Flier Tells of 1954 Marriage To Another Man Soda Springs, Calif. U.P.) 0 The wife of Airman 2-C Daniel C. Schmidt revealed today she hadsmarried another man last September in the belief her hus G band, imprisoned in Red China for four years on "spy charges", was dead. The former Mrs. Schmidt, now Mrs. Alford D. Fine, wife of a lumber worker in this High Si erra community near the Calif- iJ-prnia-Nevada border, told the Sacramento Bee she married after being notified her hus- band's plane was shot down in Korea. Subsequently the Air Force reported that Schmidt and 10 members of a B29 crew were (f captured by the Chinese. The 11 fliers are being released. Mrs. Fine was reached in a cabin-trailer near a logging proj ct north of Cisco Grove near here. Her husband is employed as a tractor driver. Mrs. Fine said she and Schmidt had only five short weeks together after their marriage May 24, 1952. He was then called overseas. Hopes for Solution 0 "I intend to meet my husband when he arrives from overseas. We have a great deal to discuss, including the future of our son, now two and one half years old. "I believe we can straighten out all our difficulties," the Bee quoted Mrs. Fine. The former Una Schmidt, 20, Jttade no mention of her second marriage when she was con tacted by newspapermen last No 'Vember. She was interviewed .at that time in connection with let ters she. had written to and re Argentina Medical Federation Strikes To Protest Death Buenos Aires (U.R) A politi cal storm stirred by the death of a Communist leader spread to Argentina's hospitals and doc tors' offices today. The medical federation called a 24 hour strike in protest against the death of Dr. Juan In galinella during a brutal third degree by police. Dentists and lawyers threatened to join the jftrike. Except for emergency watches w in hospitals, clinics and first aid stations, there was to , be no medical attention other than urgent cases. Body Still Missing - Ihgalinella's body still was missing despite continued dredging in the Parana river. Four police officers arrested in. connection with the doctor's death said they tossed the body into the river. 0 The officers said Ingalinella died of a heart attack June 18 while being questioned about his participation in the unsuccess- j lui revolt against the reran gov ernment two days earlier. The Communist leader's fate was un known for more than a month and his case caused a political stgtfm around his native Rosario. Soviets To Launch Satellite Shortly Copenhagen, Denmark (U.R) Jbe Soviet Union intends to launch an artificial satellite in (-the near future, Prof. Leonid Jvanovich Sedov of Moscow Uni versity told a press conference here today. ( Sedov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, called a special press conference at the - Soviet Legation here to make his announcement. Sedov, 48, arrived here today with Kyrill Fedorovich Ogorod nikov, 55, an English speaking astronomy professor from Lenin grad University who studied in the United States in 1931 at Harvard University. Both came as observers to the sixth international Astronautical Congress now being held here. Neither Sedov nor Ogordnikov would say exactly when the So viet satellite win De launcnea. "It will be in the near future. The exact date will be fixed later," said Sedov. G Police Investigate Theft of Three Cars . The theft of three cars, ap parently by the same person, was reported to state police last j nightfend .early this morning. Walter L. Miller, route 2, box j 537, Central Point, reported at i 2:40 a.m. that someone had i entered his yard and escaped : with his car before he was able! to stop hins, police said. c An other .car, registered to Byron Colter of the Meadows district near Rogue River, was found abandoned near Miller's home. A 1955-model Grants Pass car was also found in the town of Rogue River, police added, near , the location where Colter's car : was taken. Police stated that j they are continuing the investi-1 gatjon. ceived from her husband in Communist China. Mrs. Fine said she first re ceived word in January, 1953, that her husband's plane was shot down in Korea. The couple's son was born March 31, 1953. "I received no further infor mation about the fate of my hus band and I believed he was dead." Mrs. Fine said. She Made Mistake "In September of 1954 I mar ried Alford Fine, still believing my husband was dead. In No vember of 1954 I received word my husband was a prisoner of war and had been sentenced to a term of four years. "I should have obtained an an nulment immediately," M r s. Fine said, "But I made the mis take of not doing so." Fine said he was prepared to do whatever his ' wife decided. "My wife's happiness means a great deal to me," Fine said. "We are very much in love and we have faith that every thing will work out satisfactor ily," Fine said. Mrs. Fine said that in letters from the prison camp Schmidt had requested photographs of her and news of their small son, Daniel Walter. Schmidt and his wife had known each other as children in Coeur d'Alene, Ida., where they were raised. ' They settled in Redding, Calif., before he entered the Air Force. May Visit in Canada Washington (U.R) The head of the Soviet farm delega tion in the United States was to contact the Canadian embassy today to make arrangemens for his group to visit Canda. Vladimir Matskevich an nounced in Nebraska yesterday that he was heading immediate ly for Washington to complete arrangements for the touring Russian farm group to go to Canda. A spokesman for the So viet embassy said he probably would contact the Canadian em bassy quickly to see about visas for the delegation. ADVICE FROM THIEVES Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) Safe crackers left this sign on a safe in the Pasadena labor temple after they stole $400 "This job is non-union. Please don't patro nize." - . Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Ovefa Culp Hobby Starts on Hew Job Houston, Tex. (U.R) Form er Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby today began a new job as president of the Houston Post Publishing company. Mrs. Hobby succeeded her husband, former Texas governor William Hobby, who becomes board chairman. Mrs. Hobby was executive vice-president to the Post before she became a member of President Eisenhow er's cabinet. She said when she took over as president of the Post yester day that her two and a half years in government taught her to be a better newspaperwoman. She said she learned that it is important that publishers, edi tors and reporters maintain a sense of responsibility for accuracy. Two More Patients On Mercy Flights Two more patients were car ried by the Stinson air ambu lance plane of Mercy Flights, Anti-Poison Ivy Serum Said Developed Philadelphia (U.R) Scien tists at the University of Penn sylvania say they have come up vith an anti-poison ivy serum. Dr. Donald Pillsbury, profes sor of dermatology, said yester day in Philadelphia that tests on thousands of student volunteers have shown "there is absolutely no question the vaccine will re duce sensitivity to poison ivy." However, Pillsbury said there were "a few bugs to be worked out yet" on the vaccine. He said it would still have to be deter minted what the minimum dos age would be to desensitize a person. Inc., yesterday and today. 0 DiAnn Hood, 7-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hood, 1000 Alta st., was returned from Portland yesterday. She had been in a hospital there for diagnostic work, and was brought back to Community hospital. Her mother accompanied her on the trip. Lee Flink was the pilot. Joseph S. Brown, route 2, box 441, Gold Hill, was scheduled to be taken to the Portland Vet erans Administration today for surgery. Al eleven was to fly the Stins'on. They were the 372nd, and 373rd patients carried by the non-profit air ambulance organization. Eugene (U.R) Estelle C. Coyer of Grant county has been named president of Oregon's County School Superintendents' Association for 1955-56. O 2 Accidental Deaths Listed al La Grande La Grande (U.R) State police at La Grande reported two week end accidental deaths T . . one by drowning and the other in an automobile mishap. The drowning occurred1' Sun day in Chimney lake in Wallowa lake basin east of La Grande. 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