Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1939 — Page 12
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0. N. WILLIAMS | DIES AT HOME: LL TWO YEARS
* Ex-Banker and Benefactor Of Wabash College Came Here in ’97.
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Charles N, Williams, former banker and a trustee and benefactor of Wabash College, died last night at “his home, 1512 N. Delaware St. had been in ill health for about two years. Mr. Williams had retired from
business, but maintained his interest in Wabash, of which he was a graduate. Nine years ago he gave the college $100,000 to start an endowmént and building fund of $1,000,000. Mr. Williams was born at Dayton, - O., but in boyhood was taken to Crawfordsville, where his father, Henry Williams, operated a drygoods store for many years.
Pitched for Wabash
He attended the Crawfordsville public schools and then Wabash, . graduating in 1876. While in col- , lege he was active in athletics, pitching for the baseball team and taking part in fencing and boxing. Following graduation, Mr. Williams studied law. When only 24 he organized the Citizens National ‘Bank of Crawfordsville and became one of its directors.
At the same time he engaged in|.
the general mortgage business, becoming the Crawfordsville representative of N. W, Harris & Co, a Chicago private bank, and the Provident Life & Trust Co., Philadelphia. Mr. Williams came to Indianapolis in 1897 to seek a larger field for the Providence company. The following year he established the C. N. Williams & Co. at 10 E. Market St.
Formed Farmers’ Trust
In 1905 he formed the Farmers’ Trust Co. which assumed the interests of his private bank and in 1907 he became correspondent of the Prudential Life Insurance Co. supervising its loans on city and farm property in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois. When Mr. Williams sold part of his stock in the Farmers’ Trust Co. and resigned from the presidency in 1929, he had supervised the lending of about $30,000,000 in farm loans and mortgages. He became chairman of the trust company board of directors when he retired from the presidency. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite.
BULL RUN VETERAN'S FUNERAL TOMORROW
WABASH, Ind. Nov. 15 (U.-P.).— Funeral services will be held tomorrow for George Washington Brooks, 96, Civil War veteran, who died yesterday at the home of his son, Jesse Brooks. Mr. Brooks took part in the first battle of Bull Run and was taken prisoner. Later he was exchanged - and rejoined the Army under General Sherman with which he was
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Miss Elma Jennings
Funeral arrangements were being made today for Miss Elma Jennings, 3425 Hillside Ave., Indianapolis public school teacher, who died yesterday at Methodist Hospital. : Miss Jennings was born at Eaton, O. She received her degree at Ohio State University and began teaching here 27 years ago. She taught at Schools 44 and 41 and at the time of her death was a junior high school teacher at School 73.
Miss Jennings was a member of the American Association of University Women, the Federation of Indianapolis Public School Teach‘ers and the First Friends Church.
Jennings, of Ohio.
serving when the conflict ended.
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Edward 0. Tompkins
Edward O. Tompkins, a retired traveling salesman, died yesterday
at his home, 3442 Kenwood Ave., after an illness of six months. He was 75. Mr. Tompkins, a native of Covington, Ky., had lived here 50 years. He was employed in the Marion County Treasurer's office and for many years was caretaker of the museum in the basement of the Indiana Soldiers’ and.Sailors Monyment, He was a charter member of th® Hickory Club. Survivors are his wife, Louise M.; a sister, Mrs. Clyde Forelich, and a
niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Cottman, ally:
of Indianapolis. Funeral services will -be held at 2 p.m, Friday at the Wald Funeral Bote, Burial will ‘be at Crown
Mrs. Minerva Hittle
Mrs. Minerva Hittle, who lived on a farm near Cambridge City, Ind., nearly all her life, died yesterday at the home of her son, Lawrence Hittle, 2615 Sutherland Ave. She was 95. The only survivors are the son and a granddaughter, Mrs. Vivian Singleton, Middletown. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow at the Germantown Lutheran Church at Pershing. Burial will be at Pershing.
Mrs. Jerry A. Kelly
Funeral services for Mrs. Jerry A, Kelly, former Indianapolis resident: who died Monday at her home in Miami, Fla., were held there
“| today.
Mrs. Kelly was born at Somerset, O. She had lived here until going to Florida 10 years ago. . She was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors are here husband; four sons, Frank, Desmond and Donald, all of Miami, and Thomas A., New York, and two brothers, Thomas Scanlon, Somerset, and John H. Scanlon, Indianapolis.
iis Mrs. Jel..ne Bartlow
Services for Mrs. Jennie Bartlow, who died yesterday, will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the Dorsey Mortuary. Burial will be at Washington Park. x Mrs. Bartlow, who was 76, had been living recently with her daughter, Mrs. Ellinor Lucas, 406 N. Rural St. She was born in Henderson, Ky., and moved here about 25 years ago. She is survived by her husband, George Bartlow; the daughter, and
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DEATHS IN INDIANAPOLIS
Miss Anna M. Wright
Funeral‘ services for Miss Anna M. Wright, lifelong resident of Indianapolis who died yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett F. McCoy, 4170 Central Ave., will be held at 10 a. m, tomorrow at the Kregelo & Bailey Funeral Home. Burial will be- at Crown Hill. ‘Mrs. Wright was 77. She was the daughter of Jacob -T. Wright, a pioneer. Indianapolis resident. . She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She had no immediate relatives and made her home with the McCoy family.
Mrs. Amie M. Brookhouse
Funeral services for Mrs. Amie M. Brookhouse, 44 S. Denny St., who died Monday night at City Hospital, will be held at 3 p. m. today at Shirley Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will be at Washington Park. She was 717.
London and had lived in Australia before coming here 50 years ago. She was a member of the Broadway Methodist Church, the Ephamar Club, the Y-Mo-Dau Club, McGuffey Club, Maturate Club, the Australian chapter of the International Travel Study Club, the Daughters of the British Empire and Queen Esther chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Brookhouse was an organizer for the Red Cross during the World War. ; There are no immediate survivors.
Charles L. Yancey
Funeral services for, Charles I. Yancey, who died Sunday at his home, 1001 W. New York St. were held at 2 p. m. today at the Royster & Askin Funeral Home. Burial was in Floral Park Cemetery. Mr. Yancey, who was 65, was a native of Indiana and a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Birdie Yancey; three sons, Everett, Floyd and Virgil Yancey, and seven grandchildren, all of Indianapolis.
FIERY MAYOR KANE
BOSTON, Nov. 15. (U. P.).—His victory smile lopsided from a swollen jaw, Woburn’s Mayor, William
day after winning: » second. twoyear term. Mr, Kane, who has. resorted to lion’s cages for drunks and bedless fire stations to’ publicize his economies, was re-elected by a 5-to-4 margin over School Committee Chairman Henry M. Leen yesterday. With 90 per cent of the electorate balloting, Mr. Kane polled 5230
‘|and Mr. Leen 4093,
The fiery mayor, a former Marine, was involved in a fist fight when he attempted to close a tavern allegedly open illegally near a polling place. No one was arrested.
a en DENIES HELL WED GRETA HOP'LYWOOD, Nov. 15 (U. P.) — Reports that Greta Garbo is engaged to Dr. Gaylord Hauser, a health food specialist, brought a denial from Dr. Hauser today and the usual silence from Miss Garbo.
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contracts Let for Construc-| tion of -$150,000 Plant | At Mt. Vernon. .
Association for construction of a $150,000 refincry at Mt. Vernon, Ind., Ivan Harris, association oil di vision manager, announced today. The refinery is to have a capacity of 2500 barrels of crude oil a day. It will produce gasoline, kerosene, tractor fuels and distillates.
the 76 county bulk plants in Indiana where they will be distributed - to farmer members. “The co-operative has been buying the oil from a refiner and distributing it for the last 10 years,” Mr. Harris said. “We decided that we might just as well make the
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down the line.” The farmers will pay approximately 17 cents a gallon for gasoline
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The Gallup’ Poll— :
Ame os Think Most
Germans Dislike Hitler,
By DR. GEORGE GALLUP = Director, A American Institute of s blie’
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 15—De-
spite the best efforts of the German da machine, a nation-wide fact-finding survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion indicates, the averagé American remains unconvinced on one of the most elementary issues in the whole German case—namely, that _ the people of Germ a ny willingly ; Joppa. Adolf Hit.
* Approximately two persons. in A “every-three in the INSTI Institute survey puBLIc’oPINION] say they believe a majority of Germans are opposed to the Fuehrer. Replies show that about twothirds of the voters with opinions consider the bulk of the German people victims rather than coli in the Nazi dictatorship:
Believe Majority : Favor Hitler oe Sisenceca oe 34%
Believe Majority Oppose Hitler ............ 66%
Approximately one person in six
Lower Group .....
ar per cent) said he had no opinion wi ‘the question. ' Of special interest is the ote of first: and second generation German: «Americans. Only 36 per cent of those interviewed in the survey said they thought Herr Hitler had majority support in Germany, while 64 per cent thought he was helding his present authority against Majolity wishes, . ; The significance of the ‘American attitude. is clear:. Whether these beliefs are correct or incorrect, the German case begins at an, original disadvantage. Every German -appeal to the sentiments of the United States, ii appears from the survey, ‘will be examined by millions of Americans in the light of this fundamental skpeticism. The most marked difference in opinion occurs among different income groups, where the upper income voters were more willing to concede Hitler popular support than were the middle and lower groups: Believe Believe Hitler Hitler Favored Opposed Upper Group cevscenss 43% 57% Middle Group ........ 34 66 30 70
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SEDALIA, Mo., Nov. 15 (U, P.).— Dr. A. L. Walters delivered triplet sons this week to Mrs. Elmer Coon but he lost money on the case because he made a deal with ‘the parents.. Two babies, said the doctor, and he would charge only for delivering the first; triplets, no charge; quadruplets, no charge and $25 for Mrs. Coon; quins, the family and the doctor would split the receipts
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DIES IN CAR-TRAIN CRASH
ALBION, Ind. Nov. 15 (U. P.).— Mrs. Levina Dicer, 78, was - killed instantly yesterday when the car in which she was riding was struck by
a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train at a crossing here. ‘ FRANKFURTER 1S 57 WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (U. P.). —Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, President - Roosevelt's hin appointee, is 57 years old toJustice Frankfurter, a former Harvard law professor, was nominated last Jan. 5 and took: his seat
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CAPONE REPORTED HELD IN QUAKER CITY
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15 (U. P.). —Al Capone was reported without confirmation today to be in Philadelphia; in Federal custody,
_| treatment of paresis. One - report placed the former] gang leader in a mental hospital]
and another said he was at a Philadelphia hotel with his brother, Ralph, awaiting treatment. Meanwhile, Miami Beach, Fla. officials indicated Capone may come to his Miami Beach home affer his release from Federal custody if, he
behaves himself and registers with]
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p) —Attorneys for: ‘both defe prosecution in the ‘trial of the conspiracy to viola the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, will complete their addresses = Federal Court today.
‘The ‘defense reatd, yesterday when: William 8. Knudsen, corpora« tion president, and the 152d defense witness, testified 1 ‘his cae reer with ‘General Motors. ‘He fole lowed Alfred P. Sloan: J i -chaire man of the board of diiectors A motion for a Jirecte verdict of acquittal ‘for all” defendants was ‘overruled by Judge Walter Lindley, ‘Each side was. limited to three hours for closing addresses .to the jury today and it was’ expected that Judge ‘Lindley ‘would’ complete his charge to the Jury: today." Or’ toe MmOrrow.
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