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Saturday, August 24, 1950 THE INDIANAPOLIS NIW Dreaded News Reaches Families of 3 Gl's BUSINESS sir '-s fe p) Chrysler Wage Increase Puts .1 Ford on Spot Surprise Moyc Adds 10c to 15c an Hour fori 1 0,000 in State Br lh( AmmUOiI Tint DFTROIT The auto Industry's hold-the-line waga policy of a few months ago appeared to be almost com pletrly out the window today. What companies managed to avoid wage boosts in the first phase of ihe fourth round of post-war bargaining were certain to fare mounting pressure in the wake of Chrysler's volunlary $25 million annual pay raise. Excess Profit Tax Proposals Bring Out More Objectors By SAM DAWSON, Associated Pre Reporter NEW YORK "If price and wage hikes are to be curbed, how about profits?" That cry was raised asain this week in the Senate, after businessmen had thought the excess profits tax proposal had been put off until next year. But when Congress went be- very modest profits since the yond the President's request and war while were growing, offered his power to control and art now in position to make prices and wages, the profits is- very substantial ones. If their sue was revived.

Now business- growing years are called "nor-men fear Congress might pile an mal," their earnings this year excess profits 1ax upon the would be considered almost en-higher corporation income tax tirely "excess." rates already in the tax bill. Take the base of invested No businessman has gone on capital. The railroads (many of record as objecting to curbing whose earnings have been rela-war profiteering. But many tively low in the Inst three think there are better ways than yars) have been high invested by an excess profits tax. capital and would fare relatively V.

I CrU JOHN K. HOLMAN PVT. ROBERT C. HERRING ALLIED FORCES ADVANCE Army Prepares Objectors to such a tax make mau. r.srninKs as a prrcpniagp these points' invested capital would have to 1.

There are no war profits uhatanttal to quality as "ex-yet in fact, few war orders yet, cm' and profits on these could be Ufj ir jea Balk controlled by renegotiation of contracts. But the natural gas pipe line 2. An excess profit tax kills companies might be hard hit. incentive plans put forward so Under the law in tha last war far call for taking from MCe to corporations could only use 50 100 of all profits classed as in their borrowed capital in fig-exeess of "normal," killing the "ring their Investment for ex-profit motive for producing more, "ess profits tax purposes. The 3.

Such a tax encourages pipe line companies, however, are spending and waste companies "till expanding at a great rate say, "why should we save money nd are borrowing large sums to on our operations just to pay finance these facilities. more taxes?" They are asking Congress to A Th law in ih luct u.r allow them to consider 100 of borrowed capital as their (south V. KOREA 5uJ KA'rsC: V4 hi suTuTi Mini SO Open arrows show areas where Ihited Nations Forces are either holding or advancing on the 120-mile battle perimeter in South Korea. Allied forces erased an initial Red gain at Chongno and forced other enemy units to pull back from the Kumhwa area north of Taegu. It was quiet in the Chinju sector where American troops (2) are standing firm against Communist units aimed at Pusan.

To the east (3 1 South Koreans made slight gains around Hunghae and were fighting to regain ground lost near Kigye. There was no Red action reported in the Hyonpung-Changnyong sectors. AP Wirephoto Map. DEATHS AND FUNERALS "Missing in Acion" "Wound-ed" Those word hive fallen heavily en the hearts of threa Indianapolis families. Missing In action is Pvt, John R.

Bugg, 7135 E. 14th St. Wounded are Cpl. John E. Holman, 6054 E.

21st and Pvt. Rob-ert L. Herring, 1730 Lockwood St. The 7-month-old son of Pvt. Bugg was his pride and joy the last time he saw him, which was June 16.

Pvt. Bugg stands 6 feet, 7 Inches tall, and all indications are that the son, Martin leroy, will be a second edition of his father. Already he is 33 Inches tall and weighs 24 pounds. Pvt. Bugg played basketball at Camp Hood.

and his team won all championships. Missing since July 27, Pvt. Bugg went into service in 1949. He left for Korea June 28 from ft. Lawton, Washington, A resident of Indianapolis three years, he was formerly employed at Kingan Co.

His wife is Mrs. Greta Phyllis Bugg, of the East 14th Street address. Cpl. Holman, out of service two years following four years in Europe, in which he fought through the Battle of the Bulge and other conflicts, wanted to see Japan. So he reenlisted in May, 1949.

He got to see Japan, here he was sent a year ago, then, July 10. he was sent to Korea. August 2 he received a wound in the right, arm which has sent him to a hospital in Japan. He has two brothers, Michapl Holman. Franklin Park, 111., and Robert Holman, Indianapolis.

He is the son of Mrs. Hazel Schneider. A former Western Union Telegraph messenger, Pvt. Herring was wounded in Korea August 11. Son of Mr.

and Mrs. John Herring, he went Into service in June, 1949. Until five weeks ago, when he was sent to Korea, he was at Ft, Iewis, Washington! He has three brothers, William, Homer and Martin, and four sisters, Frances, Carolyn, Dotty and Janet. Other Hoosier casualties, names of whom were released today by the Department of Defense, included: Wounded Cpl. Dallas E.

i Basey, brother of Clarence Leon Basey, Anderson. Missing Pfc. Jack McDonald, I son of Mrs. Lallie McDonald, Jef- fersonville: 2d Lt. Billie R.

Crab-: tree, son of Joseph H. Crabtree, Nashville. TV Student Confesses Lovers Lane Killing NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UP) A 23-year-old television school student confessed to police today that he killed an attractive red-haired housewife during a lovers lane rendezvous behind the Aqueduct Race Track. Police said Steven Albert admitted battering the head of Mrs.

Teresa Maguire, 34. with his fists and stones and then ripping all the clothes from her body. Albert signed a confession this morning after all-night questioning. Hoosier Continued from Page 1 reau office here under the direction of J. H.

Armington. "He had majored in chemistry," she said, "and that was helpful in this job." Bertrand didn't stay in the Indianapolis office long but was transferred to Bellefonte, where he met the girl who was to become Mrs. Bertrand. From Bellenfonte he went to Detroit, then to Parkersburg, W. and on to Cal.

He was assigned to the New York regional office about eight years ago. Bertrand will replace J. J. Davis, who has been filling a temporary assignment here for three moTlths and will return to his permanent assignment in Washington. Davis had taken over the Indianapolis position after Paul Miller was transferred to Washington.

Bertrand comes here in a year which has done its best to break the recards for unusual weather. It had the wettest and one of the warmest Januarys in history, which brought five big floods, and the August just ending has been exceptionally cool. Maybe a native son can get the weather straightened out. Democrats Continued from Page 1 troduction of Campbell to see if preconvention coolness it. was an open secret that Schricker didn't particularly approve the nomination of Campbell has been forgotten in the interest of traditional campaign unity.

If the Governor finds time away from his official duties to take the stump for Campbell this fall, it will be a valuable campaign boost for the Ft. Wayne lawyer and former assistant United States Attorney1 General. Campbell's speech is slated as an important one, too, the first big speech of the 1950 campaign and one which might well set the tone for the other Democratic candidates running with him. Friday the State Committee got some advice on the 1950 campaign from Victor H. Harding, director of the Democratic campaign committee.

The State Committee also settled a long-standing fight over the chairmanship of Orange County by seating James Denbo. of Newton Stewart, whose right to the chairmanship had been challenged by Norman Edwards, Paoli. PVT. 40HV Bl'iirt Doctor Bills Continued from Page 1 James McMullen at the state's induction center that the price would be high because it would conform to the Indiana Roentgen Society's basic rates. "What makes me ma'd is that a lot of people will think I'm profiteering," Beeler said.

He pointed out that he didn't want the business because it curtailed service to his regular customers. Beeler's equipment also required dark room processing. He said that the Army rush necessitated three men to process film itt the dark room which added to the cost. Dr. Rpelcr said lhat he blamed neither Shortridge nor McMullen for the delay in getting equipment set up.

He personally thought they were doing a good joh but were stymied by the "old Army game." Mayme Russell Services Monday Last rites for Mrs. Mayme M. Russell. '68, 1633 Milburn will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Conkle West 16tn Street Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Round Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Russell died yesterday while en route home from Methodist Hospital. Cause of death has not yet been determined. Mrs.

Russell had returned to the hospital yesterday to have a cast removed from her left leg which was broken by a falling tree last April 10. She also had suffered a cut on the head. A native of Brown County, Mrs. Russell had lived in Indianapolis 47 years. She was a member of the Union Congregational Church.

Survivors are the husband, Pearl E. Russell; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Quinlan and Mrs. Ethel Swisher; two sisters, Mrs. Pets ramnhfill nH Mr T.lllu Weishaar; two brothers, John and Elmer Bontrager, and five grandchildren, all of Indianapolis.

Mrs. Dovie Rader Sen-ices for Mrs. Dovie E. Rader. 58.

2403 Adams will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Robert W. Stirling Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Crown Cemetery. Mrs.

Rader died yesterday in her home after an illness of one year. A life resident of Indianapolis, Mrs. Rader was a member of the Barth Place Methodist Church. She was employed in the alteration department of Gregg Son, cleaners, 10 years. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs.

Alice Bay, and a sop, Russell Rader, both of Indianapolis; her stepfather, William F. Drake, Indianapolis; four sisters, Mrs. Agnes Fentz, Mrs. Ruby Wall and Mrs. Geraldine Shotts, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs.

Luttie Mikesall, Ypsilanti, and seven grandchildren. Perry G. Porter Services for Perrv G. Forter, 89. 2732 N.

Capitol will be held at 1 p.m. Mondav in the C. M. C. Willis Son Mortuary.

Burial will he in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Porter died Thursday in his home after a long illness. A native of Bowling Green, Mr. Porter had lived in Indianapolis more than 50 years.

Active in Democratic politics many years, he formerly was a bondsman and operated a tavern at Blake and Colton Streets 14 years before his retirement. There are no immediate survivors. Mrs. Jennie Troemel Last rites for Mrs, Jennie Troemel, 93, a former Indianapolis resident, will be held tomorrow afternoon in Huntington, Mass. A native of Germany, Mrs.

Troemel had lived in Huntington for several years, where she died Thursday alter a brief illness. She had formerly lived in Indianapolis more than 20 years. Survivors are two sons, Walter H. Troemel, Columbus, and Alfred Troemel, New York City; a daughter, Mrs. Clara Hendrick, Huntington, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Mrs. Anna Hughes Services for Mrs. Anna L. Hughes, 68, 3127 Boulevard will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Christ Temple Church.

Burial will be in New Crown Cemetery, Mrs. Hughes died yesterday at Lucille's Nursing Home. A native of Harned, Mrs. Hughes lived in Indianapolis 33 years. She was a member of Christ Temple Church.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Florence Anthony, and a son, R. Morris Hughes, both of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Cas-eella Holloway, Harned, and two brothers, Alec Wales, Ir-vington, and Lee Wales, Harned. Chrysler and the CIO 1'nlted Auto Workprs announced the surprise action yesterday.

The company's 120,000 em ployees will cet minimum raises of 10c an hour. The minimum will apply to 93,000 production workers, Another 7,000 skilled workers will get an additional 5c for a total of 15c. Salaried workers will get a 7ro raise with a minimum of $17.50 a month. Nearly 10,000 Hoosier employees of Chrysler in plants at Evansvllle, New Castle and Kokomo will benefit from the pay boost. At the same time Chrysler in dicated It contemplated no In- cresses in car prices.

Chrysler action leaves only the Ford Motor Co. of the industry's "Big Three" still holding the line at 1949 wage levels. Ford settled with the union last September the first in the Big Three to do so for $100-a-monlh pensions (Including social security) and hospital-medical-Insurance benefits. There was no general wage increase. Last May 4, after a 100-day strike, Chrysler settled on much the same basis.

OTHERS FOLLOW GM, CHRVSLER TATTER.V But three weeks later General Motors, the industry's biggest producer, gave its more than 300,000 employees a guaranteed 4c hourly boost for each of tha five years of a new contract. A number of smaller firms signed agreements patterned after either the Chrysler or GM settlements, and the wage line, with a few bulges, seempd to be holding. Then the dike broke. General Motors, under its cost-of-living wage agreement, was obligated to pay 5c hourly increase, starting September 1, boosting iti to tal raise to c. Chrysler's boost, which Is apart from its contract with the UAW, was even higher than that.

The auto companies don't attempt to make public any aver age wages. Before 1he GM settlement, however, the average was believed to hit around $1.65 an hour. After September 1. GM will he paying about $1.74. Starting Monday, Chrysler will pay about $1.75.

When Ford signed up with the union last September, it was reported paying slightly above $1.65. There has beer, no announced change at Ford since then. F'OKI) TALKS TO REOPEN JANUARY 1 What happens now? The UAW undoubtedly will demand a substantial pay boost from Ford when wage talks are reopened January 1. The union is expected to do likewise on any other contract which did not grant a wage boost. Recently Ford rejected a union proposal for immediate new wace talks.

The Chrysler informal agreement, though not even put on paper and not guaranteed for any length of time, probably will strengthen the union's hand against competitors of GM and Chrysler. There was one immediate result. Within a few hours after the announcement, workers in two of Chrysler's De Soto plants and the Dodge forge plant voted to call off unauthorized strikes over working conditions. Still continuing, however. Is the 11-day-old strike of 8,000 Packard Motor Car Co.

employees. Tackard and the UAW reportedly are on the verge- of a settlement in line with the General Motors pact. Canadian Rail Talks Continue OTTAWA (AP) Canada's crippling railway strike was in its fifth day today, with widening repercussions and no indications of an early settlement. Renewed negotiations, sparked by the unprecedented personal intervention of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, were resumed today.

Coming out of last night's initial 2 hour and 20 minute conference, railway management and union leaders said there had been "useful discussions." But one participating union official said later that "very little progress" was made. 10 Cut in Civilian Use of Rubber Ordered WASHINGTON (AP) The government has ordered an approximate 10 cut in use of both synthetic and natural rubber for civilian goods in the last four months of 1950. The Commerce Department order seeks to reduce consumption from slightly more than 100.000 tons a month to about 90.000 tons. The objective is "to provide for a proper apportionment of rubber between government and civilian needs." to Take Over U. S.

Railroads Br Ihe AueHelert P-reel WASHINGTON The Army drew up Its plans today for running the nation's railroads until the owners and two disputing unions can agree on operating terms. President Truman directed Secretary of the Army Frank Pace 1o take over the 131 major railroads criss-crossing the continent at 4 pm. (Indianapolis time) tomorrow. This led th trainmen and conductors unions to call off plans for a nation wide walkout Monday of their 300,000 members. Rr the Presidents se zure or der yesterday restored peace for the time being, ana assurea mai the trains will keep running ine unions said their members would "gladly" work for the government.

But the Justice Department was ready with the necessary legal papers to rush In for a court Injunction Monday in case there is any hitch. Pace was expected to turn the job of operating the lines over to two generals, Maj. Gen Frank A. Heilman, Chief of Army Transportation, and Brig. Gen.

Andrew F. Mrlntyre, Philadelphia, a reserve officer on leava from the Pennsylvania Railroad, Assistant Army Secretary Karl R. Bendetsen was designated as the over-all supervisor. Roth sides in tne ls-monm dispute suggested that their differences might now he allowed to simmer for a while. The unions have been urging seizure since August 4.

SEIZURE RELIEVES TRESSURE ON BOTH Actually, however, seizure relieves pressure from both sides. The carriers will operate as usual without the threat of a strike hanging over their heads. The unions won't have to worry a hoi it he i nir militant enough in behalf of their demands because strike action seems out. A union spokesman suggested that new negotiators for the railroads might be assigned to take over the bargaining, but there was no indication of this. The unions have protested that "law.

yers and junior executives," instead of railroad presidents, have been doing the bargaining for the railroads. The unions want the same pay for a 40-hour week as now paid for 48 hours requiring a 31c hourly increase for workers in yard service. For those in train service, the trainmen and conductors want wage adjustments that would wipe out the pay differentials enjoyed by firemen and engineers. RAILROADS HAVE OFFERED FAY BOOST The railroads have gone as high as 23c increase for yard servicemen, and a 5c boost for I train service men. White House Press Secretary Charles G.

Ross said flatly that ithe government won't make a settlement with the unions under i seizure that it is up to the car- 1 (kai. riers ana unions io wiut men own argument. Under terms of Mr. Truman's seizure order, the railroads are specifically allowed to deal with profits as usual and wages and working conditions are to be maintained as they were at the time of seizure. Tomorrw's seizure will be the third time since the end of World War II the nation's railroads have been taken over by the envprnment to keep a labor 1 dispute from shutting them down.

A Ft Items From Our Diversified Stock of LATE STYLE MACHINES No. 2 CINCINNATI Unlvtriil Dill Typi Millar. 12" 36" CINCINNATI Unlvtr-nl Grlndir. and FAY Auto matict. No.

12 QISHOLT AutomitlO Lithas. No. 8 SUNDSTRANO AutomitlO Lath. No. 224 CINCINNATI Production Mills.

No. 324 CINCINNATI Production Mills. 0-86 NORTON Crankshaft Grind-rs NORTON Ty0 High Swine Qrindars. All sorts of grinders, lathes, threaokur and milllDg machines: everhlng In the metal working field. CAUL UURENS Inc.

2780 Highland Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio Phone Redwood 3500 was full of injustices, placing some companies in a much more favorable tax position than others. That is because of the way an excess profit is determined. What's Normal? Two alternate ways are pro posed, as in the last war: A cor- poration's normal profit could he regarded as the average of its earnings in a base period, possi- bly the years of 1947 and 1949. Or, its invested capital could be taken as a base and a certain return on that investment al- lowed before an excess profit tax is applied. If earnings over the last three years are used, a "growth" in- dustry, like television, might be especially vulnerable to the tax bite.

Many in that field made Chevrolet Passes Million Car Mark DETROIT AP) Chevrolet's passenger car production for 1950 passed the 1 million mark this week. Ward's Automotive reports estimates that the end of the present month 1950 production of this biggest of the world's motor vehicle makers will total 1,031.362 cars against 750,000 in eight months in 1949. Ford's 1950 output through August will total around R34.50O passenger cars against 550,000 in eight months last year. 13.3 Million War II Vets Are Employed WASHINGTON fAP) More World War II veterans of them had jobs in July than in any month since VJ day, the Labor Department reported today. But 673,000 veterans were un-emploved in July, 133,000 more than in June.

The report attributed the increase primarily to veterans leaving school to seek jobs. Fight Russia Continued from Page 1 World War III. let us have lt upon our terms," Craig "We cannot afford to engage in any more satellite wars. If Russian puppets start trouble anywhere in this (Monroe Doctrine) security belt, that will bp the signal for our bombers to wing their way toward Moscow." Craig said the United States should dpmand abrogation or clarification of nonaegression pacts between England and and France and Russia. Craig also urged immediate abrogation of the Yalta agreement "and every Ireaty we have with the Soviets," on grounds that Russia has broken 6R pacts and treaties in recent years.

EC A Ft'XDS BITING RUSS WAR MATERIAL said the United States has poured more than into the 16 Marshall Plan countries in four years, and must spend $5 billion more to complete the pconomic rehabilitation program. He said the EGA countries have 96 trade treatips, many of them secret, with Communist nations. During 1949. he said, they exported more than in goods to Russia and her satellites. "Materials of war bought with American taxpayers' dollars through the Marshall Plan are now in the hands of North Korean troops and are being used to kill American soldiers," said the commander.

"Since we are financing these Marshall Plan countries, we have a moral right to demand that this trading wrh our enemies be stopped at once." LOCAL TRUCK GRAIN TniHnnanolli flour mllH nd un twi-Im-i rnd pM 1 t3 4 buihi (or nw No. a iti het. Other frtd-i on their merits Coro-ShelM. No. 7 "Mt.

Sl.Si 1 bohl; No. 2 TJllnw. II J. Oatl-N-w No. 7 jrrllow or whit, tntlnt S4 pounm buihl or h.ttrr.

71c. SOTbnn N'w No, 7 "How. 14 of. turt content. SI 20 buihU.

BANK CLEARINCS Saturate Ctetnnri SSt 909 Debltl JT.49S.909 For the Week Cecrlaif Debltl 149,924,000 investment for tax purposes. They wouldn't fare any better under' the "nominal" earnings basis, since most of Ihem were making very little during their expansion period since ihe war. Other utilities electric, gas, bus, streetcar, telephone and railroad also contend that as government regulated industries they are theoretically unable to make excess profits, and that higher taxes in any form would mean they would have to peti- tion for higher rates. Some state regulatory bodies are backing up this argument, Against all of these argu- ments, however, goes one with wide popular appeal: If prices, available material supplies, and wages are to be controlled, so must, profits. UP IN SMOKE 1c Cigarette Boost Costs $125 Million WASHINGTON (AP) The recent jump in cigarette prices may cost smokers in this country an extra $125 million in the year started July 1 the Agriculture Department said today.

The penny-a-pack price boost was announced in July. At the same time, the department said in a report, a record probably will be set in tobacco purchases of all kinds because of high employment and income levels. It said the nation's smokers consumed 335 hillion cigarettes in the year ended June 30, a new record. This was some 3 billion more than in the previous year. Harvester Withdraws Wage Offer The strike-beset International Harvester Co.

today withdrew from a 4c general wage agreement made Monday with the Farm Equipment-United Electrical Workers The company charged "flagrant irresponsibility' by the union, citing five strikes in Harvester plants, including one at Richmond, since Monday. Monday's agreement was ratified by top union officials and forwarded to union locals for their ratification. Announcing Hip concellation, Harvester said It is willing to give' its employees the raises agreed upon but would insist on an agreement barring strikes. Meanwhile, negotiations were continuing between the company and Ihe United Auto Workers (CIO). The UAW has struck at Harvester plants in Indianapolis, Ft.

Wayne, Evansvile and five other plants to enforce its demands for a 15c hourly wage raise and other benefits. '200' Packard Price $2,267 to $2,569 Delivered DETROIT (AP) Packard's entirely new line of 1951 cars, announced Thursday, will carry somewhat higher prices on the lower price models and substantially lower tags in the higher price group. tlndianapolis delivered prices for the new "200' series models are approximately $2,428 for the four-door sedan; $2,377 for the two-door sedan, $2,569 for the de luxe lour-door and $2,518 for the de luxe two-door. A new three passenger business ooupe in the series carries a $2,267 delivered price. The prices do not include optional equipment or the Ultramatic drive which is priced at $185.) Provisional prices were an nounced for the new 1951 Packard "300" and Patrician "400" models, not yet in production.

These models, to go into production earlv this fall, will be priced at $2,795 and $3,385 fob Detroit, respectively. H. Smiley, Is Dead her of Roberts Park Methodist unurcn. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Shirley Brothers Irving Hill Chapel.

Entombment, will follow in Crown Hill Mas-oleum. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Nora Haviland Smiley; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Fox, Merrick, N. two sisters, the Misses Mary and Helen Smiley, both of Indianapolis, and two brothers, John R.

Smiley, Sparta, 8nd Wilmer W. Smiley, Ft. Worth, Tex. Floyd Lawrence Last rites for Floyd Lawrence, 61, 2034 N. Capitol will be at 1 p.m.

Monday in the Patton Funeral Home. Burial will he in New Crown Cemetery. Mr. Lawrence died yesterday at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Dayton, after a long illness. A life resident of Indianapolis, Mr.

Lawrence was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the American Legion. He was employed as a lathe operator many years. Survivors are three sistters, Mrs. Cora Pettrie, Mrs. Susie Stone, and Mrs.

Gertrude Hack-ett, all of Indianapolis; his father, John W. Lawrence, Indianapolis, and two brothers, Wil liam H. Lawrence, Detroit, and Cecil Lawrence, Ft. Wayne. Enos Culp Last ritps for I nns Culp.

89. 4002 Guilford will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Flanner Buchanan Mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr.

Culp died yesterday in his home. lie and his wife, Clara, had observed their 65th wedding anniversary Wednesday. Born near Elkhart, Mr. Culp had lived here 45 years. He was a cabinetmaker most of his life until his retirement 20 years ago.

He was a member of the Tabernacle PrPsbyterian Church. Survivors, beside the widow, are three daughters, Mrs. A. H. Newhnuse, Indianapolis; Mrs.

Lawrence McCabe, Kankakee, 111., and Mrs. R. L. Wilkins. Cincinnati, and one grandchild.

John B.Schene John B. Schene, 77, 3021 Graceland a retired cabinetmaker, died yesterday in General Hospital. A resident of Indianapolis 50 years, Mr. Schene had worked in the cabinet making trade at the H. Lauter Co.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Blackwell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Charles Poore, Indianapolis, and Mrs.

Ray Hultsch, Muncie, and two brothers, Tel Schene, Bates-ville, and Arthur Schene, Dr. James Physician, Dr. James H. Smiley. 71, 4201 E.

Michigan an Indianapolis physician, died yesterday at 1iis residence. Born in Sparta, Dr. Smi- ley received his A.B. degree from i Indiana University in 1903. He was graduated from the IU School of Medicine in 1907 and has practiced medicine here since that time.

Dr. Smiley was a member of the staff of Methodist Hospital. He was a member of 'the In- dianapolis Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Associa-; tion, and the American Medical Association. He was also a mem-1 Nancy Kirkpatrick I.ast rites for Mrs. Nancy E.

Kirkpatrick, 95, Lawrence, were held today in the Schaffer Funeral Home in Attica. Burial was in Albright Cemetery, Ko-komo. Mrs. Kirkpatrick died Thursday in the Moore Hospital in Arcadia after an illness of three months. A native of Kokomo, Mrs.

Kirkpatrick had lived in Lawrence 39 years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Rebekah Lodge and the Methodist Church. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Rose Sterrett, Indianapolis; four sons. Pearl Kirkpatrick, Fishers Station, Albert and Scott Kirkpatrick, Indianapolis, and Leroy E.

Kirkpatrick, Santa Barbara, nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. William Coleman, Jr. Services for William Coleman, 33, 941 Paca will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Jacobs Brothers West Side Chapel. Burial will be in Floral Park Cemetery.

Mr. Coleman died Thursday in Flower Mission Hospital. A life resident of Indianapolis, Mr. Coleman was a cook for the 10th Street Tavern 10 years. He was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church.

Survivors are the father, William Coleman; a stppmother, Mrs. Stella Coleman, and a sister. Mrs. Etolia Bransford, all of Indianapolis. James Watkins James Watkins, 51, 825 Udell died yesterday in General Hospital after a short illness.

Born in Brazil, Mr. Watkins had lived in Indianapolis 11 years. He had been employed at Sears, Roebuck Co. three years, lie was a member of the Beulah Baptist Church. Services will be held at 11 a.m.

tomorrow at the Stuart Mortuary Chapel. Burial will be in Brazil tomorrow, Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ira Watkins; a son, James Watkins, and a brother, George Watkins, all of Indianapolis..

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