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o o 9, o n 'O o u n o G & G 02 3 a o o Co o & Q O o o eg 0 & ? n o u n O Q O O G C; f-! ;', f p. 0 Dame Schmidt Holding Out Hopes for Reconciliation; Still Seeks Divorce Childs Meadows, Calif. (U.R) Danie! C. Schmidt disclosed Saturday he was holding out hope for a possible reconcilia tion with his twice-wed wife, Una, even though he charged her with being an unfit mother in a divorce suit. The former war prisoner who discovered his 21-year-old wife had re-married while he lan guished in a Red Chinese jail was obviously still groping for a solution to his mixed up mar rif ge. "There is a possibility," the 23-year-old airman said when a?ked if he would take back his wife. "Im not saying yes or ,lo. It's possible. I can't tell you any more than that." Won't Withdraw Suit However he indicated he did not plan to withdraw the divorce action. Schmidt has been avoiding the harsh glare of publicity sur rounding his "Enoch Arden" status. Until his brief state ments Saturday he has not dis cussed the matter with newsmen since he retained an attorney earlier this week. The airman indicated at that time he wanted no part of Una, the childhood sweetheart he mar ried shortly before leaving for Korea in 1952 with a B-29 squad- ron. Schmidt filed a divorce suit Friday in Red Bluff, some 50 miles, west of here. He charged Una with "extreme cruelty," al Icdging she was an unfit mother for their 2V2 year old son, Danny Jr. Despite his interest in a recon ciliation Schmidt said he was Daily's U-Driva Medford Airport at last! Freedom from JOHNS-M ANVIt lg m PdODUtT The new standard gauge Johns-Manville TERRAFLEX Vinyl Floor Tile :7 FOR HOMES Install It Yourself, It's Easy Terraflex Vinyl Tile really cuts down on household clean ing: chores. It needs no scrubbing ... a damp mopping: keeps it shining clean. Terraflex is tough, too, stands up Jo the hardest wear. Its built-in beauty defies kitchen oils and greaaes. 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American Federation of Teachers indicated Saturday she would support the decision to appropriate 51,500 to contest the firing of three Newark, N. J., teachers who in voked the Fifth Amendment in a congressional Com munism probe. Miss Hope Carey, Pawtucket, R. I., member of the federation's executive council, defended the granting of funds to help teachers at the union's convention here. Guided by Policy "As a member of the execu tive committee of the American Federation of Teachers, my posi tion in regards to the granting of defense funds is necessarily guided by the federation's pol icy," Miss Carey said. Delegates endorsed action by the committee in granting funds for Drs. Robert Lowentstein, Perry Zimmerman and Mrs. Es talle Laba. Miss Anne Maloney, delegate from Gary, Ind., said the matter was closed now that the council has acted. Refuses Commint George Beacon, St. Paul, Minn., refused comment. A council statement said the action was taken to protest the teachers dismissal on a charge of conduct unbecoming a teacher, not because they invoked the Fifth Amendment. Council members said they were told the Neward School Board fired the teachers in June in a 5-4 split decision. Drudgery NEW JOHNS-MANVILLE TERRAFLEX VINYL FLOOR TILE CUTS HOUSEWORK Can be cut and fitted with scissor 6th at Fir St. Prior. 2-6251 Portland, Ore., where he said he planned . to see his mother, Mrs. Nelli Peters. Una has remained in seclusion since shortly after her tangled marriages came'' to light early this month. Her attorney had refused to divulge her where abouts, but insisted she and hus band No. 2, 21-year-old logger Alford Fine, are' living apart. The attorney, Harold Berliner, said Una would fight the divorce. He withheld any statement "un til we are formally and regular ly served," but he said Mrs. Schmidt would -not consent to "giving up her son." '. Foster Parents Win Suit Postponement Dedham, Mass. (U.R) A Jewish couple Saturday won a new postponement of court ac tion on contempt charges in their battle to keep a 4-year-old Catholic-born girl they have raised from infancy. . , Mr. and Mrs. Melvin B. Ellis of Brookline have been hiding since late June with little Hildie McCcy. Contempt action was put off again . Friday because sheriffs have rt&t been able to find them to slftve papers. The hearing was continued to Sept. 14- .'. , The Ellis couple is-, charged with contempt for refusing to surrender Hildie. to her natural mother, Mrs. Marjorie McCoy Doherty. in line .with a probate order. Mrs.' Doherty invoked a state law barring inter-faith adoptions. She contended she did not realize the Ellises were Jewish when she turned the infant Hil die over to them in 1951. Air Base Commander Killed in Crash Wendover Air Force Base, Utah 4J.R) Col. H. 'II. (Hank) Norman Jr., command-frig officer of Clovis Air Force Base,. N.M., was killed Saturday when h i s F86H Sabrejet "flamed out" and crashed on the Western Utah desert salt flats. near here. Norman was leading the 312th Fighter-Bomber group from Clo vis AFB in the Ninth Air Force gunnery and bombing meet here. Norman had "reported by ra dio that his jet "flamed out" meaning it failed, as 'he was on the final leg of his landing ap proach. Michigan Forest Fire Contained by 5000 Men Grayling, Mich. (U.R) A forest fire which threatened more than $1,000,000 .worth of summer cottages'; and other priv ate property alJng the -Au Sable River near here was "contained" early Saturday after burning out four square mifes of " forest, a Michigan National Guard officer said. "i.. C:: The blaze raged unchecked for several hours thrqugh acres of tinder dry jackpine-and nar rowly missed a; tract. of virgin white pine before an . estimated 5000 National Guardsnien, con versation officers; and 'volunteers brought it under, control. The guardsmen-were. called in only hours before they; were to break camp after two. weeks of summer training at nearby Camp Grayling. Working "in shifts, they helped other firefighters isolate the flames in a 'two and one-half by thr A mile area by .it; . r: T?T .:! 1 11 culling dozers. a fire-lane with bull- Washington Traction Strike N earing End Washington (U.R) Union acceptance of a pay increase pro posed by city commissioners brightened hopes:' Saturday of ending Washington's 31-day-old streetcar and bus strike early next week, possibly by 'Monday. The strikebound Capital Tran sit Co. must also'.agree .to terms of the offer. Butgit was .expected to do so since, under i new law, the city is liableyfor any operat ing deficiencies arisingfrom in creased labor costs not offset by higher fares. Each of the six huge loading machines along IMauiQe Bay's south shore at :Toledo,; O., can empty a 100-tonVcoal car in one minute. They raise cars above ships' holds anditurn them near ly up-side dowri dumping the coal. L -y Economy Grade ; 0 ' 0 24-8' I $10.00 Per M' CHENEY STUD ..CENTRAL POINT Chicago Police Seeking to Pin; Murders on Slayer Chicago W.R) Police tried Saturday to pin three more mur ders on a confessed cop:killer who was captured In Chicago's biggest man hunt since the days of John Dillinger. ; They said Richard. Carpenter, 26, would be questioned .about three unsolved tavern slayings. Carpenter, who has also - ad mitted wounding a . second po liceman, was flushed Thursday night by police bullets and tear gas from an apartment where he had held a family of four hostage nearly 24 hours. ' , ; . Pleaded with Police- The once - cocky gunman, originally sought for a string of tavern robberies, at. first: denied the police shootings and "hegged like a baby" not to-be shot by grim officers. -' But he broke down". under hours of grilling and confessed killing Det. William Murphy, 34, on a subway platform Monday night, and severly wounding rookie officer Clarence ---Kerr, 26 in a movie theater gurvduel Wednesday night. - Both had recognized the. dead ly "lone wolf" gunman and tried to arrest him. Meanwhile, an lhauest was scheduled for Monday into Murphy's slaying, ijgnd . ' State's Attorney John Guffcnecht' said the Grand Jury would be; given the case when it convenes Aug. 30. : . ' V ' Held On High Bond . - V He was ordered held -to the Grand Jury on $100y000 -bond. - Carpenter denied being in volved in any other, shpotings. When a 15-page statement .of his confession of the police shooting was drawn up and handed to him to sign, ' he refused," saying he wanted the advice of an attorney first. Later, one of his r attorney's, James P. O'Malley, indicated the desperado will base Jus defense on "police brutality." '. "I am convinced that inany of the remarks and admissions that our client made were ' for the sole purpose of forestalling any more physical mistreatment," O'Malley said. Freighter Given. Aid, Proceeds to Safety Long Beach, Calif. (U.R) The 13,900ton New York freighter John C-, which had be'en wallow ing without power off the Mexi can West Coast, proceeded un der its own power Saturday after being helped by a Coast Guard cutter. Coast Guard headquarters here said the John C., with 45offic ers and men aboard,' was Shead ing for Acapulco, Mex!,'some 100 miles east, under escort of the cutter Pontchartrainl' The cutter, on a training cruise in Mexican waters, rushed to the stricken vessel and helped repair its stalled engine. The John C, which left here Monday .'for Eu rope, had sent out . a call for help. The freighter is operated by the Dover Steamship Co. of "New York. .v, ..... Marine Pilot Rescued After Plane Ditched j Honolulu (U.R)'' Marine 2nd Lt. Gerald Lovett.of Duncan, Ariz., was rescued from the sea by helicopter Friday. -30 minutes after engine failure -forced' him to ditch his F6F Hellcat fighter plane 13 miles northwest o'f'Oahu Island. T The helicopter picked Lovett up from a lif eraf t a& flew- him to the Kanohe Marine ; Station dispensary where doctors , said he was in good condition -: The fighter pilot was f on a training flight accompanied by another Hellcat when-he-was forced down. 'v Portland Teenagers . i Injured in Accident-- Salt Lake City -L(U.R) Al bert B. Green, diretcor of .Mult nomah County Court Juvenile home in Portland, was '-elected president of the West.ernParole and Probation Association-at its convention here. r j The association, a'division of the National Parole ?and sP.roba tion Association, will hold its 1956 convention in Portland' next summer. -."3 ' i Green was formerly director of parole and probation-for the city of Portland. t Businessman Killed, Two Inured in Plane Crash . La Grande, Ore. (U.R) A Portland businessman was kill ed and two companions were seriously injured Friday night when their light plane crashed at Red's Horse Ranch on the Upper Minam river near here. Norman Kemp, 28, partner in the firm of Kemp and Throndson Wallboard Co., died as rescuers loaded him into another plane for flight out of the remote area. Injured were Dean Cooper, about 40, an employee of the Kaiser Co., and one of Kemp's employees identified as "Mick ey" McGuire, about 45. Plane Stalled The trio were attempting a landing at the air strip provided by the mountain resort when We're Celebrating Our 25th Birthday Choose Any 20-30 or 40 Gallon Size Water Heater -Buy It At- .IF IF!. WITH Naturally IT'S GAS j Look To The Future! CALIFORNIA PACIFIC Sunday, August 21, 1955 Kemp, piloting his own Piper 115, apparently " overshot the field. The craft stalled and crashed about a mile from the ranch buildings. 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