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." - .
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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.
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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.
The victim was 32-year-old Mar
vin Edgar Rysdam of Elgin. He
was on a fishing trip with two
companions.
And on Saturday night, an
18-year-old La Grande eirl was
killed when the car in which she
was riding plunged into Wallowa
lake. She was Christine Roberta
McAlister. (S)
State police said she was aid
ing in a car drives bv Dennis
Patrick Doherty when it collid
ed with () vehicle driven by
Ben Burney of Milton-Freewater.
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