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a Gold Diamond Beautiful MARKET Is SECTION Worth New SONS Jewelry Dillinger, Takes Life Purvis, Dillinger tracked down Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd 25 years took own with bullet Monday in a hallway of his home. Purvis, 56, an attorney and radio-station executive, shot himself with a pistol. His wife found his body, Coroner William Eaddy ruled death a suicide and said no inquest would held. thee Purvis was ill, despondent, and depressed, a spokesman said. Survivors include his wife and three sons.

Purvis was agent in charge of the F.B.I. squad that tracked down and killed Dillinger in front of the old Biograph movie house in Chicago the night of July 22, 1934. Died In Hail Of Bullets Dillinger, the nation's Public Enemy No. 1, died in a hail of F.B.I. The G-men, under Purvis' direction, opened fire when Dillinger tried his gun.

Purvis had directed the search for the desperado since 1932. He agents tracked down and captured or killed such criminals as bank robber and killer Floyd, kidnaper Vern Sankey, and members of the mob the late Touhy, who kidnaped John "Jake The of, Barber" Factor. Purvis left the F.B.I. in 1935. (As an F.B.I.

investigator, Purvis visited Louisville several times. Perhaps his most publicized visit was as a key Government witness in the Stoll kidnaping case, tried in Federal Court here in 1934. Abductor Got Long Term (The case involved the abduction of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll for a $50,000 ransom.

Her abuductor, Thomas J. Robinson, was convicted and sentenced a long term in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, (Purvis' last visit here was as an attorney in July, 1958, when he appeared in Federal Court representing the M. P. S. L.

Express Company, Paducah, in an injunction suit against the Interstate Commerce Commission.) Louisville Deaths And Funerals MISS FLORENCE VOSS Miss Florence Voss, 75, retired 1 g-distance-telephone operator, died at 4:30 a.m. Monday at Virginia Convalescent Home, 2725 Virginia. "A native of Meade County, she had worked as an operator there and later at the Old Inn and Seelbach hotels in Louisville before her retirement in 1932. She lived at 3534 Greenwood. Miss Voss was a member of St.

Ann's Confraternity and the Purgatorial Society of Holy Cross Catholic Church. Surviv. ing is a sister-in-law, Mrs. McConnell Voss. The body is at Ratterman's, 2114 W.

Market. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Cross Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. RILEY BECK Riley Beck, 79, a retired butcher, died at 7 a.m. Monday at Shipley Nursing Home.

His residence was 212 S. Wenzel. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Raymond Fuqua, Mrs. Avery Brickels, Mrs.

William Haynes, and Mrs. Carl Holder of Fern Creek; five sons, Benjamin Beck, Bowling Green, Carl Beck, Hollywood, and Callis, Harvey, and Elwood Beck; a brother, Edward Beck, and two sisters, Mrs. Eva Mason and Mrs. Pearl Hunt. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday at Neurath Son Funeral Home, 725 E. Market. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park. MRS. JEROME R.

SCOTT Mrs. Jerome R. Scott, a member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church, died at 4 a.m. Monday at her home, 1148 Algonquin Parkway. She was 62.

She was former May Foster Sherrill. Surviving are a daugther, Mrs. Vivian Williams; her mother, Mrs. Mary B. Lighton, and, two funeral grandchildren.

will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Owen Funeral Home, 2611. Virginia, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery. Unionist Missing 4 Months Still Retains 2 Posts Cincinnati, Feb. 29 (P- -John Curtsinger disappeared almost four months ago.

Police now believe him dead. Hsi wife is reportedly resigned to the same belief. Yet officers of Teamsters Local 100 still carry him on the books as a union trustee and he is still the subject of violent controversy within the local. Walter Schultz, president of the local, says he has no plans to replace the 42-year-old Florence, trucker as trustee or steward at Silver Fleet Trucking Company, despite demands by some members that the jobs be turned over to someone else. Mrs.

Lilly Bates Dies Special to The Courier Owensboro, Feb. Mrs. Lilly Bates, 83, Utica, died Monday at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital. A native of Jefferson County, she is survived by five sons, including Jesse Bates, Louisville; a sister, Mrs. Fannie Sanders, and two brothers, Albert and Ed Harrison, all of Louisville.

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WELSH Dominick Welsh, a Louisville Nashville Railroad employee for 54 years, died at 10 p.m. Sunday at Bruce's Nursing Home, Jeffersontown. He was 76 and formerly lived at Few Acres Farm on Taylorsville Road near Jeffersontown. Welsh retired from the L. N.

six years ago as an inspector. He was a member of the L. N. Veterans Club and the Holy Name Society of St. Francis of Assisi Church.

Survivors include his wife, the former Elizabeth Miller; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Nagel; two sisters, Mrs. James Phillips and Miss Mayme Welsh, and a brother, John. The funeral will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Highlands Funeral Home, 3331 Tay.

lorsville Road, and at 9 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. JOHN W.

SPROAT John William Sproat, 59, an airplane mechanic, at 9:15 p.m. Sunday at Jewish Hospital after a month's illness. He lived at 2315 Ecton Lane. Sproat was an employee of Eastern A Air Lines at Standiford Field for the past eight years. He was a 25-year Air Force veteran and member of the Shively Moose Lodge, the Jefferson County Sportsmen's Club, the Dearborn Club, and the Louisville Turners.

Survivors include his wife, the former Edith Bee Wolz; a daughter, Miss Suzanna Sproat, and two brothers, Clarence D. and Charles, Sproat, both of Albany, The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the W. G. Hardy Funeral Home, 3415 West Broadway.

Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. ROSCOE C. WARD The funeral for Roscoe C. Ward, a retired City park policeman, who died at 5:05 p.m. Sunday at General Hospital, will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at the Lee Cralle Funeral Home, 1330 S. Third. Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery, Ward, a native of Metcalfe County, lived at 1102 S. Fourth. Survivors include two sisters, Miss Geno Ward, New York City, and Miss Ivy Ward, and a brother, J.

H. Huntington, W. Va. CHARLES E. O'BRYAN The funeral for Charles E.

O'Bryan, who died at 11:40 a.m. Saturday at his home, 726 S. Seventh, will be 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Church, Corydon, Ind.

Burial will be in St. Michael Cemetery, near Corydon. O'Bryan's address was listed incorrectly in the Sunday Cour. ier-Journal as 1808 S. Seventh.

BEN F. SAUER, SR. The funeral for Ben F. Sauer, 85, of 431 Hillerest, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Church.

Burial will be in St. Michael Cemetery. He died Sunday at Kentucky Baptist Hospital. MRS. HENRY NIX Mrs.

Nix, whose husband operates Nix's Bakery, 901 E. Walnut, died at 4:45 p.m. Monday at her home, 216 Fairlawwn Road. She was Mrs. Nix was the former Barbara Mary Scheibert.

She was born here. She was a memhers of St. Altar Society St. Martin Catholic Church. Besides her husband, sur.

vivors include three sons, George M. Nix, Joseph F. Nix, and Fred W. Nix, two daughters, Mrs. John Thieneman and Miss Gertrude her stepmother, Mrs.

Ida Scheibert; a brother, George Scheibert, two sisters, Mrs. Sam McConnell and Mrs. Sam Hoskins; two stepbrothers, Eugene Lichtefeld and Joseph Lichtefeld, and 12 grandchildren. The funeral will be at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Bosse Funeral Home, Barret and Ellison, and at 9 a.m.

at St. Martin Church. Burial will be in St. Michael Cemetery. LeROY TURNBILL LeRoy Turnbill, a night watchman for Federal Chemical Company, died at 10:10 a.m.

Monday at his residence, 1215-E Moore Court. He was 69. Survivors are his wife, the former Bertha Cox; daughter, Airs, David Meece; four sons, Jack, John, Thomas, and LeRoy Turnbill, two sisters, Mrs! R. M. Morgan and Mrs.

Fred Salmons, both of Oakdale, grandchildren, and two great dren. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hardy Funeral Home, 4101 Dixie Highway. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery. ALFRED B.

DERRY Alfred B. Derry, 68, of 1721 Sheridan Avenue, died at 2:30 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Infirmary. He moved here about 10 years ago from Indianapolis, where he was a stock and bond salesman and a grain-market trader.

During most of the intervening years he has been ill, but he did work for a short time as an advertising salesman for Sports Service, Inc. Survivors include his wife, Julia Virginia Mertz Derry, and a son, Richard of Indianapolis. 1310's. body Third. is at Pearson's, HUGH METCALF Hugh Metcalf, chef at the Brown Hotel until his retirement eight years ago, died at 2:05 a.m.

Monday in the Shipley Nursing Home, 1524 S. Fourth. He was 71 and was born in LaRue County, Kentucky. Previously, he had lived with a nephew, George D. Metcalf, at 1537 Durrett Lane.

During World War he served in the Army. His sur. vivors include two stepchildren. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Owen Funeral Home, 2611.

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John circles for more than half a yesterday at Pewee Valley Green was the father the Louisville Chamber of and general manager for phone Telegraph Company. The elder Green, a native of Louisville, formerly lived at 208 Kennedy Court. He lived at 400 N. Hubbards Lane in recent years. He was senior warden and senior warden emeritus of St.

Mark's Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort, for a total of 27 years. He had been a member of the church since its cornerstone was laid in 1895. Green had been a member of Excelsior Masonic Lodge since 1889. Green spent his adult life in the grain business. He owned and operated the old H.

Verhoff Company grain elevator for many years. His wife, Mrs. Maud Hunter Green, died in 1958. Survivors besides the son are another son, Jack W. Green; a daughter, Mrs.

J. R. Biven, San Pedro, and four grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2. p.m.

Wednesday at St. Mark's Church. Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery. The body is at Pearson's, 149 Breckinridge Lane. The family has requested that expressions of sympathy the form of contributions take, Mark's Episcopal Church.

ANTHONY F. MOELLMANN Anthony F. Moellmann, 68, a retired plumber, died at 2:15 a.m. Monday at his home, 550 Barret. He retired eight years ago 43 years with Henry Krauth Plumbing Company.

He was a member of Local of the Plumbers Union. Survivors are his wife, the former Catherine Miller; a son, Kenneth Moellmann, and a brother, Henry Moellmann. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Heady Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak.

Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery. WILLIAM D. OURSLER William David Oursler, 74, of 2244 Date, died on the way to General Hospital at 9:30 a.m. Monday after being stricken at his home. He had suffered from a heart ailment for several years.

Oursler had worked as an enameler for American Radiator Standard Sanitary here for 33 years until his retirement seven years ago. He was a native of Jefferson County and was a member of the Salem United Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife, the former Edith Sophia Steinacker; two sons, George E. and Stuart W. Oursler; three daughters, Mrs.

Mildred E. Rose, Mrs. Anita Mae Jackson, and Miss Doris L. Oursler; eight grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Owen Funeral Home.

The funeral will be there at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. MRS. JAMES W.

HIBBS Mrs. James W. Hibbs, a native of English, died at 10 p.m. Sunday at her home, 3632 Kahlert. Mrs.

Hibbs, 75, was the former Sarah Elizabeth Jobe. Besides her husband, she is survived by four sons, H. Elmer Hibbs, Lexington, and Cecil Irvin and Richard H. Hibbs; a sister, Mrs. Hettie Buchert, Sacramento, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Heady's Southern Funeral Home, 3601 Taylor Boulevard. Burial will be in Schardein Cemetery. century, died about 11 a.m. Hospital.

He was 93. C. Hunter Green, president of Commerce and vice Kentucky of Southern Bell Tele- MRS. R. W.

SCHWEIMLER Mrs. Robert W. Schweimler, 76, died at 12:10 a.m. Monday at her home, 4709 Greenwood Road, Pleasure Ridge Park. She was the former Johanna Gudath, a native of Nebraska and a member of Beechland Baptist Church.

Surviving are husband; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Shipley and Mrs. Mildred Wigley; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Burnside and Miss Freada Gudath; four brothers, A. A.

Judath, Frank Butler, Otto Gudath, and Fred Gudath; six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the W. G. Hardy Shively Chapel, 4101 Dixie Highway, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery.

ERNEST J. SIPES The for, Ernest J. 5508 Johnfuneral, sontown Road, will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Clement Church.

Burial will be in St. Michael Cemetery. Sipes, an Army veteran of 25 years, died Sunday morning after a heart attack at his home. He was stationed at Fort Knox and was game warden for the post reservation. Survivors are his wife, the to former Cecilia Trindeitmar; three daughters, Ernestina, Elizabeth Ann, and Karen Rose Sipes; two sisters, Mrs.

Arthur Louden, Indianapolis, and Warren Redmon, Baton Rouge, and two brothers, Walter and Ervie Sipes. The body is at W. G. Hardy Funeral Home, 4101 Dixie Highway. MRS.

CLARENCE MeGALIN Mrs. Clarence McGalin, a lifelong resident of Louisville, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at her home, 2706 W. Main. She was a member of St.

Cecilia Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Barry; two sons, William S. and James H. McGalin; six grandchildren, and 10 great The body is at Ratterman's, 2114 W.

Market. The funeral will a.m. Wednesday at St. Cecilia's, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. CLIFFORD C.

WHITE Clifford C. White, who retired four years ago after 45 years as an employee of American Radiator Standard Sanitary Corporation, died at 2:15 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Infirmary. White, 68, lived at 1297 Reutlinger.

He was a member of Christ United Church of and the Boaz Lodge, F. Christ, His wife, the former Louise Jasper, survives. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Heady Funeral Home, 1201 E. Oak.

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Paducah Plans Vote On Buying K. U. Properties Courier- -Journal West Kentucky Bureau Paducah, Feb. Board of City Commis. sioners Monday approved preparation of an ordinance providing for a referendum on the question of the City's purchase of Kentucky Utilities Company's electric-distribution system here.

Corporation Counsel Warren Middleton said work on the would start immedimeasure, would be completed "sometime in April, we hope." The ordinance will petition the McCracken County clerk to place the referendum question on the ballot next November. The question, in substance, will ask voters if they favor purchase of the K. U. properties for $5,861,638. Ex-School Official In Ashland Dies Of Flu Special to The Ashland, Courier Journal Feb.

Laura Grosvenor Millikan, 57, only woman ever elected to the Ashland Board of died Sunday in an hospital after a brief illness of influenza. Mrs. Millikan served as a School Board member here from January, 1951, until the summer of 1953, when she resigned. She was a former president of the Y.W.C.A. Mrs.

Newton Dies Special to The Courier-Journal Owensboro, Feb. Mrs. Morris Newton, 85, formerly of Owensboro, died Sunday at Sonora. The funeral will be at 9 a.m, Tuesday at Bolton Funeral Home, Sonora. Hardyville Man Dies Special to The Courier-Journal Munfordville, Feb.

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