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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
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i going through withthe divorce.
He refused to explain this seem
ing contradiction in plans,
"I am not going to try to get
custody of the child now," he
said. "I am just getting a di
vorce so far. I hope to get cus
tody of the child later."
Staying With Moth
Schmidt was staying with
Una's mother, Mrs. Walter Fregu
son, and her husband in this re
mote resort community deep in
the Sierras.
He left later in the day for
Teachers Union
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Help for Trio
Fort Wayne, Ind. U.R) An
official of the AFL. 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Kemp, piloting his own Piper
115, apparently " overshot the
field. The craft stalled and
crashed about a mile from the
ranch buildings.
Three rescue planes called to
the crash scene by Cecil Garr,
ranch employee, were held at the
isolated ranch overnight after
Kemp died, rather than risk a
takeoff after dark.
McGuire, hospitalized at La
Grande, suffered a broken back
and pelvis, broken rib, concus
sion and scalp lacerations. Coop
er sustained a fractured and dis
located shoulder.
Dr. W. M. Teare of the state
board of aeronautics said the
Horse ranch landing strip is con
sidered treacherous by experi
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Kemp's survivors .include his
widow, Inez; two children, Ran
dy and Susan, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kemp.
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