Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1937 — Page 6

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AURELIA BENSON DIES AT G. A. R. STATE MEETING

Indianapolis Woman Becomes lll After Logansport Ladies’ Parley.

Mrs. Aurelia P. Benson,. 5217 E. Walnut St., died yesterday in a Logansport hospital. She was 65. Mrs. Benson was a delegate to the Ladies of the G. A. R. state convention there. She became ill while waiting in the registration hall for an automobile to take her to her rooms - Active in Indianapolis affairs of the order many years, she was a former president of the A. D. Streight Circle 16. She was the widow of Joseph T. Benson. Funeral services are to be held in Shirley Brothers Central Chapel at 1 p. m. Friday, with burial in Columbus, Ind. She is survived by two sons, Harry W. and Howard L. Snyder; a brother, Oscar Remmler, and a sister, Viola Oakes.

HORACE W. ROWAN, 86 Holmes Ave., who was injured fatally in an automobile accident near Tuscola, Ill, Sunday, was to be buried in Crown Hill following funeral services at 3 p. m. today in the Shirley Brothers Central Chapel. He was 53. Mr. Rowan had spent mast of his life in Indianapolis. He was a Pennsylvania Railroad employee 15 years. CHARLES WINN, Indianapolis resident 49 years, died yesterday in his home at 2033 N. Rural St. He is to be buried in Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery following funeral

services at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the.

Jordan Funeral Home. He was 79. Mr. Winn was an interior decorator many years prior to his retirement about six years ago. Born in Missouri, he was a member of the Heath Memorial M. E. Church here. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Laura Winn; three daughters, Mrs. Vesta Dillehay, Mrs. Bonnie Michaels and - Mrs. Ethel Aldrich. and two sons, Clyde W. Winn and Carl Winn, all of Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Miller, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Elizabeth Keys, North Salem, seven grandchildren and one great-grand-child.

MRS. ANNA KRAUSE, 1729 Broadway, who died Monday, was to be buried in an Anderson cemetery following funeral services at 2 p. m, today in the George W. Usher Funeral Home, 1719 N. ‘Capitol Ave, She was 65. Mrs. Krause, a native of Germay, came to Indiana with her parents when she was 9. She had made her home with a daughter, Miss Olga Krause, at the Broadway address for several years. Survivors, in addition to Miss Krause, are two sons, Edward and Oscar Krause; another daughter, Mrs. Anna Martin; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Hughes; a brother, William Mennenbroeker, and eight grandchildren, all of this city. :

GEORGE H. GAMMAN, Corn Products Sales Co. manager, who died Monday in Methodist Hospital, is to be buried in Crown Hill following funeral services at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. He was 49, and lived at 3945 Carrollton Ave.

15,000 AT DAIRY FROLI Indianapolis dairy farmers and distributors sponsored a picnic for about 15,000 at Broad Ripple Park _ yesterday.

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STATE DEATHS

BATTLE GROUND—MTrs. ove Clymer. Survivors: ~Husband and five s BLOOMINGTON—Durbin Er "26. Survivors: Wife, Delia; son, Harold; sisters, Mrs. Ida Pribble, Mrs. Cora Stevens and Mrs. Fannie Jennings. Mrs. Lula Woodburn, 66. Survivors: Sisters, Mrs. Sam Smith, Mrs. Flora McKnight and Mrs. John McCray; brothers, Justus, Charles and Sam Craig. BLUFFTON—Mrs. Ida Amanda Culligan, 45. Survivors: Brother, Joe; sisters, Mrs. Millie Ross, Mrs. Deneisé Sennett, - Mrs. Delina Mayo. Mrs. Lillie Foster, Mrs. Laura Drew. Mrs. Marie Carroll, Mrs. Josephine Hootman and Mrs. Aurelia McQuire. . Shepherd, 69. Survivors: : son, Clayton Leon Shepherd; Catherine E. L. Shepherd; Samuel: sisters. Mrs. Emands Munson and Mrs. Mary Lon ng: The Hon. Silas ‘“W. Hale, 9 Survivors: Son and daughter. BOURBON—Jesse R. Layman, 38. Survivors: Wife, Rose; sons, Phillip and Forrest; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Layman; six brothers and five sisters. BREMEN—Mrs. Effa Hoover, 72. Survivors: Brothers. Charles, Leon and Fred Yohn; sisters, Mrs. Ida Fishbeck, Mrs. Julia Reed, Mrs. Fred Bowley and Miss Eila Yohn CHILI—Alfred Krishér. 66. Survivors: Wife, Stella; sons, Melvin, Orville and Kenneth; daughters, Mrs. Vernice Conner and Mrs. Kenneth Jones. CLAY CITY—Samuel Zurcher, 76. Survivors: «Sister, Mrs. Amelia Ream; brother. William. COLUMBIA CITY — Stephen Eyanson, 68. Survivors: wo sons, daughters, brother and sister. CONNERSVILLE—MTrs. Rozzie Brown, 62. Survivors: Husband, W. E.: brothers, N=wton, George and Frank Scholl; sister, Mrs. Emma Sherry. HusJ... F

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Mrs. - Frieda Neal, 62. ‘Survivors: Rend. Fred: brothers, A. J. and to

Asa Ti Tilman Baker, 57. Survivors: Wife, Lola: son, Charles; brothers. Charles and Roscoe; sister, Mrs. William Hopwood.

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CURTISVILLE—Mrs. Jennie Shetterly. Survivor: Husband, James Shetterly.

DELPHI—Mrs. Mary L. Rohrabaugh, 15. Husband, Mahlon; son, Walter; daughters, Mrs. Oscar Maxwell, Mrs. Grace McCouch, Mrs. Kathryn Jones, Mrs. Georgia Coble, Mrs. Ruth Wida and Mrs. Josephine Worth. EAST GOSHEN—Noah D. Metzger, 69. Survivors: Wife, Catherine; daughters. Mrs. Jack Chamberlain, Mrs. Frank MecKee. Mrs. Gilbert Reed, Mrs. Carl Amsden and Mrs. Paul Bontrager: sons, Jesse and William. ELKHART—William - Elmer Survivors: Wife, Ida; daughter, R. Pugh. ELWOOD—Mrs. Nancy Ann Waymire, 80. Survivors: Son, Troy; brother, Charles Etchison. FORAKER—Harry F. Krull, 63. Survivors: Wife. Anna; brothers, Albert, John, Ane and George; sister, Mrs. Herman Brouwer. foster son, John DeFreese. FT. WAYNE—Mrs. Ada Rothberg, 54. Survivors: Husband, Samuel; sons, Sol, Manuel and Dr. Maurice Rothberg; daughter. Mrs. Jack Nimoityn; brother, Maurice Shayne. . Mrs. Printha Smith, 87. Survivors: Brother, Henry Van Hoozen; half-brother, William and half-sister, Mrs. Frank

Parnin. Hildebrand, 84. Survivors: Bertha Brooks; brother,

Pugh,. 74. Mrs. T.

Mrs. S. A. Daughter, Mrs. Willard Jones. GARY—MTrs. Julia Noran, 33. Survivors: Husband, Adolph; parents. Mr. and Mrs. Peter McCrovitz; sisters, Mrs. Frank Medved and Anne, Margaret and Magdalene McCrovitz; brother. Peter McCrovitz. . Margaret Richards, 63. hn B.: daughters, Mrs. J. E. 2 C. Givens: sisters, Mrs. W. J. Jones and Mrs. Mary Baber; brother. Edan Gape. John 3 McMahon, 64. Survivors: Wife, Catherine; sons, John Jr.. Regis and Thomas; daughters, Mrs. George Ewers. Mrs. James Finerty, Misses Marguerite and Elizabeth McMahon: prother. Patrick; sister. Mrs. Patrick McNal Mrs. Frances ayn: 53. Survivors: Husband: ‘sons, John, Joe and Steve: four daughters.

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GOSHEN—Dr. William John Armour, 71. Survivors: Wife, Kathryn; daughter, Ralph Miller and a brother. Frank. Mrs. Edna D. Downing, 59. Survivors: Husband, Millard F.; daughter, Mrs. Fred Bryner. HAGERSTOWN—Gladys Davis, 25. Survivors: Sisters, Mildred and Gertrude; brothers, Herman and Edward. HAMMOND—Otto Slathar, 35. Survivors: Wife, Clara: sons, Fred and Walter; mother, Mrs. Marie Slathar; sister, Mrs. Tona Frye: brothers, Fred. William, August, Herman, Arthur. Carl and Woolhurst. HUNTINGTON—Aurelius 68. Survivors: Wife; sister. Miller and another sister. KENDALLVILLE-+Bela Survivors: Daughter, Mrs. sons, Elton pry Walter; Broughton. A Octavia x Brewster, 68. Survivors: Son Thom Horace B., Frank 1: in A oH. Ottinger, Mrs. E. E Loveless. Mrs. W. E. DeVinney and Mrs. Verne Alexander; brother and sister: LA PORTE—Mrs.| Mary Livinghouse McCormick. 74. Survivors: Sons, Albert, Noah, Edward and Marvin; daughter, Mrs. Rose Gordon: stepchildren, Mrs. Deletzke. Mrs. Linda Hasselfeldt, Susie Ginther, Mrs. Gertrude Bush and Arthur McCormick; sisters, Mrs. Edmund Jones, Mrs. Blizabeth Livinghouse Mrs. Minnie Koontz LYNN—James Carleton Kinsey, 24. Survivors: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kiney gover, sister, Mrs. Walter

Grant Sours, Mrs. Ida C.

Broughton, . W. H. Martin; brother, W. H.

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Daryal;

LOGANSPORT—Schuyler Gundrum,_ 176. Survivors: Wife, Etta; daughters, A. Petrie, Mrs. Ernest Richter, J. M. Hollis, Mrs. James Ziders and Mrs.

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L. A. Tam; sons, Cecil and James; sister, bed "Belle Keyes: brother, ward. LOSANTVILLE—Merle Foutz, 40. Survivors: Wife, Marguerite; son, Raymond; daughter, Phyllis; parents, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Fouth; sister. Mrs. Cliff Patrick, brother, Willard. MARTINSVILLE—James Engle, 73. Survivors: wile Nancy; daughters, Mrs. Mary aude Liddingham; sons, John, Carl. Rufus, Norman and James, half-sisters, Mrs. Dull San half-brother. Jeff Engle.

McCOOL—Mrs. Mary Bonham, 85. vivors: Husband, Charles; sons, Hebe, Glenn and Robert; daughters, Miss Molly Bonham and Mrs. Ann Petski. MEROM—Mrs. Hester Rebecca Mahan, 71. = Survivor: Son, cld. MICHIGAN CITY—Bert Lee Stinchcomb, 64. Survivors: Wife, ura; daughters, Mrs. Burr Ellis, Mrs. George Laramore, Mrs. J. J. Kunnen and Ruth and Lois Stinchcomb: sons, Elton, Wallace, Roy and Ralph; sister, Mrs, Lydia Fishburn MOORESVILEE VS Pauline Kivett. Survivors: Fatper E. Pruitt; sister, Mrs. Harry Truax; ' ons, Morris, Edgar and Cyril Pruitt. NEWCASTLE—John P. Johnson, 25: Survivors: Wife, ‘Minnie; daughte Mrs. Margaret Ireland; brothers, Otto, "Charles. James, Scott and Ervin; sister, Mrs. Ben Bailey. NEW

HAVEN—Mrs. Agnes Converset. sé Survivors: Julian and

Husband, Joseph: sons, Leo, Albert; daughters, Florence, Mrs. Frances Yurt, Alice, Mrs. se Lahr, Mrs. Sophia Sorg and Sues: brothers. Clem, Justin. Frank and Nathan; sisters, Mrs. Luzetta Lomont. Mrs. Joseph Mellon and Mrs. Louis Schlink. n # ” PATRICKSBURG—Otto Frederick Lechner. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Lechner; son, Leonard; daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Fulk; brother, George, and a sister. Mrs. Lena Ever}y. PERU—MTrs. Paulina Rohrer.

PONETO—James Stanley Lockwood, 71. Survivors: Brothers, P., Arthur and Charles and" a daughter, Mrs. S. I. Nehr.

RICHMOND—Mrs. Naomi DeCamp, 25. Survivors Patricia Ann; parents, Mr. and McKee: brother, Ralph; Sisters, Mrs, Earl Wolfal and Mrs. G. M. Dun Lawrence Bailey, 32. Survivor: Mother. Mrs. Lillian Bailey. ROCHESTER—Joseph Keever, 82. .Survivors: Daughter, Mrs. Maude Troutman; brother, William. Ralph D. Fretz, 54. Survivors: Wife, Margaret: daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Hightower: son, Edward; father, Benjamin; brother, Ray; sister, Mrs. Howard DuBois.

ST. WENDELS—Henry Tieken, 62. Survivors: Brothers, Gerhardt, Frank, John, Albert and Joseph; sisters, Sister M. Baldina and Sister M Emerita.

SHERIDAN—Mrs. Clarissa Snodgrass, 96. Survivors: Son, William: daughters, Mrs. Thomas Simms, Mrs. Mary J. Walker and Mrs. Anderson Jones. Mrs. Cain Waggoner. 72. Survivors: Husband; daughter, Mrs. Chester Davis; sons, Alva and Harold.

VALPARAISO—John Dale, 72. Survivors: Wife and a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Spratey.

WABASH—Daniel Fulton, 12. Survivors: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manford Fulton. sister and brother. Mary Ellen Jackson.

WINCHESTER—A. E. While Daughter, Mrs. E. C.

SALVATION ARMY TO HEAR TRAVELER

Col. Bertram Rodda, who last year traveled in Europe as Gen. Evangeline Booth’s special envoy, is to address Salvation Army meetings at 8 p. m. tonight and tomorrow in the headquarters, 24 S. Capitol Ave. Col. Rodda attributed the rise of Hitler and Mussolini to widespread unrest and fear of communistic dominance at a Universal Club meeting yesterday.

INVESTIGATE DEATH OF LOCAL HUNTER

Authorities today investigated the death of a hunter who, they were told, was wounded fatally because his head was mistaken for a groundhog. Henry Smith, 28, of 636 N. West St., died yesterday in City Hospital of a gunshot wound in the head. The accident occurred near Carmel. william Rice, 526 N. Wést St., his companion, told officers how the shooting occurred.

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FORUM SCHEDULED ON FAIR TRADE ACT

Elkhart Attorney to Interpret Law in Talk.

An open forum on the new Fair Trade Act, passed by the 1937 Legislature, is to be held for members of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ Associations June 24 at 12:15 p. m. at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. William H. Book, Chamber executive vice president; said 200 are expected to attend. Verne G. Cawley, Elkhart attorhey, is to explain and interpret the act. The act is the socalled resale price maintenance bill, which permits manufacturers, distributors and retailers within the state to contract successfully for the maintenance of resale prices on trademark goods.

THEFT VICTIM HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE

City Resident Beaten by Companions, He Says.

William Johnson, 32, of 5613 E! Washington St., was under arrest fer drunkenness today after complaining that three companions beat him and robbed him of $29 at 17th St. and Columbia Ave. last night. Mrs. Maude Nelson told police burglars entered her home at 2322 Central Ave. by cutting a hole in a screen door and took $2.25. Connie Townsend, 14612 Douglass St., told police a $23 suit was stolen from his home. E. J. Matthews, 3851 English Ave., waited until yesterday to report that his room in an E. Washington St. hotel had been entered June 5 and a $40 watch stolen.

W. C. T. U. SECTION TO ENLIST CHILDREN

Washington Union of the W. C. T. U. is to meet at 2 p. m. Friday in the home of Mrs. Herbert Benson, 230 N. Belle Vieu Place. Mrs. Theron Waddell, child weifare director, is to be in charge of a white ribbon recruit program. Participants are to include Rosemary Benson, Betty Dorsey, Joan Haddock, Virginia Montgomery, Eleanor and Clara May Roberson,

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ELKHART GIANT MISSING Times Special ELKHART, June 16.—A T7-year-old man, 6 feet 81% inches tall, was sought by missing persons bureau officials here. He is Isaac Truex. He was reported missing by his son, Walter A. Truex.

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prisoner in jail, on his possible connection with the kidnaping and murder of 10-year-old Charles Mattson of Tacoma, Wash. The police are shown comparing an artist's sketch of the kidnaper, with the prisoner, who was arrested in Chicago by Powers when caught tam-

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HIGH COURT GRANTS HEBER HICKS DELAY

Slayer’s Execution Stayed Until Feb. 4,

A stay of execution until Feb. 4 has been granted by the Indiana Supreme Court to Heber L. Hicks, under death sentence for his part

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