Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1927 — Page 3

FEB. 22, 1927

CONDEMNATION OF CASINOJpSIED Council Committee to Urge Use by Park Board. A committee of three councilmen, Boynton J. Moore, Austin H. Todd and M. W. Ferguson, will attend the park board meeting Thursday and urge that the Casino Gardens property be condemned and taken over for park purposes. This committee was appointed by Claude E. Negley, council president, Monday after an ordinance annexing the property to the city was passed unanimously by the council. Mayor Duvall said he probably would sign the ordinance. The property was annexed to thwart plans announced to convert it into a Negi’o recreation center. Supporters of the ordinance said that annexation would also bring it under the segregation ordinance. ANOTHER PAY BOOSTER Senate Bill Asks Increase to SIO,OOO Salary for Judges. A bill raising the salaries of Supreme and Appellate Court judges to SIO,OOO a year was introduced <in the Indiana Senate by Senator Russell B. Harrison (Rep.), Indianapolis. A bill-giving five Lake Coutny judges this amount has been signed by the Governor. Marion County judges also are to receive SIO,OOO through a bill introduced in the House. Supreme and Appellate Court judges now receive $7,500. WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE Mrs. Mabel Barger, 36, wife of George Barger, Martinsville, Ind., was in the city hospital in a serious condition as the result of a suicide attempt Sunday at the home of her brother-in-law, Oliver Barger, 513 Birch St., police said.

Life Insurance Company of Virginia Incorporated by the Legislature of Virginia in 1871 HOME OFFICE: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JOHN G. WALKER BRADFORD H. WALKER Chairman of the Board > President Financial Condition December 31, 1926 / ASSETS Bonds and Mortgage Loans on Real Estate $ 42,305,512.61 Railroad and Street Railway Bonds 709,260.40 United States Liberty Bonds 867,719.28 State Bonds 5,204.50 Municipal Bonds ! 12,852.00 Miscellaneous Bonds 99,463.52 Real Estate 2,217,897.69 Loans on Company’s Policies 3,054,323.78 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies on Interest 698,777.55 Cash in Offices and in Banks Not on Interest 74,064.28 Interest Due and Accrued 741,941.05 Net Uncollected and Deferred Premiums and Premium Notes and All Other Assets. _ 746,542.36 Total Admitted Assets ss’ ” 559.02 LIABILITIES Reserve on Policies in Force as Computed by the Actuary of the Company $41,607,554.00 All Other Liabilities 2,667,951.62 Total Liabilities $44,275,505.62 Capital Stock $ 3,000,000.00 Surplus 4,258,053.40 Surplus of Assets Over Liabilities 7,258,053.40 Total $ 51,533,559:02 We have examined the books and records of the LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA for the year ending December 31, 1926, and have verified therefrom the above Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the close of business at the Home Office as of-that date. We have examined and verified all Mortgage Loans, Bonds, and other investments owned by the Company, and have proved that the Bonds are carried at their market values on December 31, 1926. We have counted the Cash on hand, and have verified the balances deposited with Banks and Trust Companies. The Reserve on Policies in Force and other Actuarial Liabilities are certified by the Actuary of the Company, and the Legal Reserves have been confirmed by the Virginia Bureau of Insurance. We certify that, in our opinion, the above Statement of Assets and Liabilities correctly sets forth the true financial condition of the Company on December 31, 1926. H. B. BOUDAR & SON, Richmond, Virginia, January 25, 1927. Certified Public Accountants. Statement of Operations During 1926 GROSS INCOME $ 13,709,827.12 INCREASE IN GROSS INCOME $ 881,270.88 INCREASE IN ASSETS $ 4,970,891.62 INCREASE IN INSURANCE RESERVE $ 4,136,602.00 SURPLUS $ 4,258,053.40 INSURANCE IN FORCE $312,738,604.00 INCREASE IN INSURANCE IN FORCE $ 19,904,413.00 TOTAL NUMBER OF POLICIES IN FORCE 1,231,835 INCREASE IN NUMBER OF POLICIES IN FORCE... 4 54,793 DEATH CLAIMS, Etc., PAID TO POLICYHOLDERS $ 3,896,718.47 Total Payments to Policyholders Since Organization $43,073,09038 Growth of the Company Since 1901 Gross Income Assets at End N .°' °J Po!ic f s . Outstanding Year , , in Force at Insurance at End for the Year of Year End of Year of Year T9OT $ 1,195,319.08 $ 1,060,330.90 270,566 $ 29,845,450.00 1906 2,218,551.07 2,938,289.05 443,551 54,507,580.00 1911 3,304,87436 7,378,967,24 568,462 78,499,874.00 1916 4,734,28122 14,464,55223 725,119 118,349212.00 1921 8,637,5942 9 28,308,449.13 956,051 214,188,461.00 1926 13,709,827.12 51,533,559.02 1231,835 312,738,604.00 "X ! * D. E. McDonald, District Manager 1002-1008 MEYER-KISER BANK BUILDING Indianapolis, Ind.

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The Rev. Dunlavy and the Rev. W. Henry Mcl^ean

Bu Times Svecial GREENCASTLE, Ind.. Feb. 22. De Pauw University today observed its ninetieth annual founders’ and benefactors’ day. The Rev. Edwin Dunlavy, pastor of the Roberts Park M. E. Church at Indianapolis, was

DIES AT WHEEL OF CAR Funeral of J. D. McAtee Held Today —Succumbed in Auto. Funeral services for J. D. McAtee, 70, of 1118 E. Southern Ave., were held at the St. Catherine Catholic Church this morning, with burial at Holy Cross cemetery. McAtee, a lifelong resident of Marion County, died suddenly Saturday at the wheel of his auto parked in the 300 block of E. Louisiana St. Police say the ignition key was turned on, as if he had apparently made an effort to start the auto. Heart disease was the cause of death, accordTO STOP A COLD IN ONE DAY Taka Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. The Safe and Proven Remedy. (The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet.) Signature of E. W. Grove on the box. 30c.—Advertisement.

the principal speaker. The Rev. W. Henry McLean, assistant to President L. H. Murlin, was in charge of the program. The Alumni Council, organized last year under the direction of Dwight Ritter of Indianapolis, president of the De Pauw Alumni Association, also met.

ing to Dr. Paul F. Robinson, coroner. The widow, two sons, Herman and Herschell, of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. John Williams, Elkhart, Ind., and Mrs. Levlda Hollastoone, Burns City, Ind., survive. * McAtee was a plaster contractor. HOUSEWIFE BANKRUPT Franklin Woman Hies Petlon— Smallest on Record. Petition in voluntary bankruptcy was filed in Federal Court here by Viola Batton, Franklin, Ind., housewife, claiming liabilities of $347 and assets of $212, claiming exemption from the latter amount. Her husband, Charles E. Batton, filed a similar petition naming $1,933 as liabilities and assets of $345. Mrs. Batton’s declaration is said to be the smallest ever filed here.

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