Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1939 — Page 11

MONDAY, DEC. 25, 1939

FBI WILL TRAIN HOOSIER POLICE: ~ COURSE MAPPED

Instruction in State Cities Starts About Jan. 15; Lasts Two Weeks.

Hoosier police officers will he trained in Federal Bureau of Investigation methods in a “series of schools to be held in Indiana cities beginning about Jan. 15. This will be the first time in the bureau’s history that policemen have been trained outside of the FBI National Police Academy at Washington, B. Edwin Sackett, FBI agent-in-charge here, said today.

LOCAL DEATHS

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Mrs. Geneva Oppegaard

Services were held at 2 p. m. yesterday for Mrs. Geneva Oppegaard at the Church of Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Mrs. Oppegaard, who died Friday at St. Francis

Hospital, was 30. She was a native | 3

of Evansville, She is survived by her husband, Edward Oppegaard of Indianapolis; two sons, Clarence and Ernest Van

Bibber, and her mother, Mrs. Cleve-| :

land Luton, all of Salt Lake Utah.

Edward S. Kirby

Edward S. Kirby, former superintendent of the Indianapolis Division of the Nickel Plate Railroad, died vesterday at Ft. Wayne, Ind. He was 69. Mr. Kirby had been a railroadman

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Nearly every major Indiana city 51 years and had retired in 1937. He has applied to Mr. Sackett for the | was superintendent of the Indiancourse which will run from 10 days apolis Division from 1924 to 1032. to two weeks in each eity. He was a native of Ohio and a member of the Elks iodge in Ft.| | Wayne and the Masonic order in| Tipton, Ind. { He is survived by his wife and a daughter.

Teachers From Academy

Instructors will be from the Academy's staff and Mr. Sackett. The number of cities which will be able to have the courses will depend

on how many instructors Mr. Sackett can get from Washington. Van C. Blue Van C. Blue, retired Flora. Ind,

It is planned to hold as many of | the courses simultaneously as pos=|.... : day i : aah ; | farmer, died Saturday at his home, sible so that they will be completed | 9908 Park Ave. He was 76. within several months. . Courses will be planned to meet| A hative of Carroll County, Mr. the individual needs of each police|Blue had farmed until several years department after consultations be-| 280 hel he foveq a tween the chiefs and Mr. Sackett, |He Was a member of the Masonic

222 TIO) AT HOME HERE

+ Reads Mass for Family; #8 | Taylor's Appointment to Rome Lauded.

i The Very Rev. Msgr. John O'Hara, president of the University of Notre § Dame since 1934, today celebrated a quiet Christmas at the O'Hara family home, 3164 N. Illinois St., be- | fore returning to Notre Dame where he will be consecrated Bishop of Milasa. | Barly this morning, Msgr. O'Hara celebrated mass at the O'Hara home with his mother, his three sisters | and hi§ brother attending. He arrived Saturday evening from Notre Dame after a trip to Los Angeles, Cal. The bishop-elect will return to the Catholic university this evening. Commenting on President Roosevelt’s appointment of Myron C. Taylor as special peace emissary to the Vatican, Msgr. O'Hara said it was

Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Flanner & Buchanan

' THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Mortuary for Omer O, Hawkins,

A a move toward “peace with justice.” former Marion County sheriff. Bur-

‘Santa Claus Real to Me,’ Says Child Movie Genius

them to little girls who would ap-

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 25 (U. PJ preciate them more.”

That little girl who wrote in to learn if there really was a Santa| Ann was smart. She didn't put Claus had a counterpart tonight at|the letter in the mail box. She gave the wondering age. She's seven | it to her mother, combining her year-old Ann Toad, child caibe | childitke faith with a mature acnn prove | genius and still believe in Christmas | SepiAnte of Sava laugh.” she said,

- if you refer, | isk iy or y P “but Santa Claus is real to me just | She is the fourth cousin of Mary | the same, because he’s real to anyTodd Lincoln, as pretty as a doll, jone who believes in him, just like and smart enough to stump a sci- the Land of Oz was real to Dorothy entist. | because she believed it was real. At seven, Ann has played in a “Honest, J's no fun the other dozen movies during 1939 and has a way. nation-wide radio program. Her| “Some get mad and think they claim to fame, however, is an intel- have fallen for a legend. It's really ligence rating of 148 points, com-|easy to figure when you think about pared te the normal of her age of it.” 90 points. A genius rates 140 points. ENE REF 0 Lg Ann wrote her usual let-| SPEEDER INVITES FROOPER ter to Santa Claus. HARTFORD, Conn. Dec. 25 (U. “Dear Santa,” it read, “please |P.).—A Boston accountant, Saul bring me one miniature. train, one|Marzolis, arrested for speeding on mechanical airplane, one chemistry | the Merritt Parkway, was so grateset, one junior telescope, one tri-|ful for the courteous treatment afcycle, one Morse code telegraph set, | forded him by the State Police, he a set of Oz books and no dolls. {|invited the arresting officer to visit “I don’t play with dolls any more, him at Boston the next time he and I'd just as soon you would give!was there. .

ial will be at Crown Hill. Mr. Hawkins, who was sheriff in 1927-28, died yesterday at his home, 637 E. 60th St. He was 55. Active in Republican politics, he had served in the Warren Township and county organizations of the party. He was a native of Winchester, and had been employed recently as a salesman.

DUTCH ELM DISEASE DRIVE IS WIDENED

The campaign against the Dutch Elm disease is being extended across the Marion County line into Boone, Hamilton, Madison and Hancock counties, Virgil M. Simmons, State Conservation Commissioner, said. Field workers are inspecting all elm trees in the counties and are removing all diseased trees and branches. his is done, he said, to prevent spread of the Dutch Elm disease which is believed to have been localized in the northern part of Marion County. Only four affected trees have been found outside Marion County since the presence of

the disease was discovered in 1934. The disease was imported from Europe on a shipment of elm logs to Indiana veneer plants, but became established only in Marion County. The control program includés the discovery ana removal of all elm trees which show evidence of Dutch Elm or other disease. Only 14 trees affected by the Dutch Elm disease were found during the past summer, in comparison with 34 found in 1938, Mr. Simmons said.

PAGE 11] Nags Get Break In Noblesville

NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Dec. 23 (U. P.).—Traffic can be tied up in Noblesville, but not horses. The last hitching rack remaine ing here had been removed today, The first was constructed on the public square 86 years ago.

GEORGIA COLEMAN REPORTED BETTER

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (U. P), —Georgia Coleman, former Olympio diving champion, wan from an ill. ness, smiled today because friends remembered her with gifts of money, flowers and presents for Christmas. The blond diver was given a seve enth blood transfusion yesterday and Dr. Reinhard V. Lozier said she was showing improvement: She was permited to sit up in her hospital bed, he said.

She is ill with a liver ailment and the aftermath of infantile paralysis,

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Commandry, No. 40, Knights Temp- | {yo sisters, Mrs. Nellie Sudler of

lodge at Flora, the Shrine, the Jest-| me is survived by his wife, Mrs. ers and Scottish Rite at Indianap-|pqdith 8S. Hawkins: a daughter, Miss olis, the Elks Lodge and the Masonic | Marjorie Hawkins: his mother, Mrs. Chapter at Logansport, Ind, and c ©. Hawkins, and a brother, Harry the Order of Eastern Star and the | Hawkins, all of Indianapolis, and

lar, at Delphi.

| Zionsville and Mrs. S. J. Bradley of

He was acjive for many years in| the Democratic Party. He is survived by his wife, Mus. Florence Blue; a son, Guthrie Blue, a student at Wabash College, and | a daughter, Miss Susan Blue, Services are to be held at noon tomorrow in the Hisey & Titus Fu- | neral Heme with the Rt. Rev. | ment, Campbell Gray, bishop of the] The plan to hold courses in In-| Mishawaka diocess of the Protestant | diana is an outgrowth of the re=| Fpiscopal church officiating and sults of Police Academy training. members of the Scottish Rite assist-| Mr. Sackett said. One of the prin-|ing, Burial will be at the Maple cipal reasons the FBI is so success-| Lawn Cemetery at Flora. { ful is because the personnel is so |

highly trained, he claimed. John " Rupert

“Police agencies realize that men must be highly trained to combat A former South Bend, Ind. printthe methods used by the modern er, John R. Rupert, died Saturday at | criminal,” he said. |the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wal- | The Police Academy was begun |ter Blasengym, 3129 N. Illinois St. | on July 29, 1936, and since then | He was 89. | has graduated more than 400 men. | Services are to be held at 7:30 Police agencies throughout the o'clock tonight at the Blasengym United States are invited to send|Funeral Home, 2226 Shelby St. representatives to the Academy for Burial will be tomorrow at Buchan- | a three months’ extensive training|an, Mich. | course in FBI methods. Only ex- | Ill for the last four years, Mr pense for the officers chosen is their | Rupert had lived with his daughter | transportation, usually paid by their here for the last seven. department, and $1 a day for meals. '

They pay no rent and live in the Mrs, E. S. Burdette

barracks ab Quantics, Va. Mrs. E. S. Burdette, former IndiTrained as Teachers anapolis resident, was fatally in-| Purpose of the Academy is not|jured in an automobile accident only to teach the officers but also Near Pine Bluff, Ark. Thursday. | to make them teachers so they may| Indianapolis survivors are her instruct members of their local de- Mother, Mrs. Eva Sauer; three sispartments. Most police depart-|!erS, Mrs. Bertha Eddy, Mrs. Louise | ments now are holding schools of G00slby and Mrs. Mary Carelli; and | their own with Academy graduates | {WO brothers, Will and Paul Sauer. |

as instructors. . There are 11 Academy graduates David C. Dufendach serving in Indiana. Capt. Walter . : Eckert of the State Police and Sergt. | David C. Dufendach, a printer! Carl E. Ashley and Lieut. Edwin H, died yesterday at his home, 2459 N.| Kruse of the Indianapolis Police De-| New Jersey St. He was 66. Serv- | partment are the local graduates. ices are to be held here tomorrow. The FBI found, however, Mr.| He was the son of C. W. DufenSackett said. that many police dach, founder of the Huntingburg agencies were unable to send rep-|Independent, and had worked as a resentatives to Washington because printer in Huntingburg and Evansof insufficient funds. Those depart- | ville, ments asked the FBI if some wayv| He is survived by his wife: a son. could be found to train their men Ray Dufendach of Indianapolis; a in the more vital essentials of law brother, and two sisters. enforcement The FBI's answer was to inaugurate the system of schools at the local depaptments to begin here next |

month. N. Beville Ave. Burial will be at

DOCTORS SEEKING Memorial Park. She had been ill! {several years. She was 57. SECRET 10 OLD AGE A native of North Manchester. | {Ind.,, Mrs. Harvey had lived here 35

years. She was a member of the Woodruff Place Church.

Mrs. Harvey is survived by her husband, John W. Harvey: three]

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Mrs. Pearl Harvey

Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Woodruff Place Baptist Church for Mrs. Pearl Harvey, who died Saturday at hér home, 928

NORWALK, O, Dec. 25 (U. P.).— Norwalk has two “oldest residents” —both in their second century of|sons, Lester M. Harvey of Newark, living and in such good health that| 0, John M, and Paul M. Harvey of doctors are studying them in the|Indianapolis; three daughters, Mrs. hope that their findings may help| Lucille Kountz of Dayton, O. and them curb mounting fatalities from |njrs. Ruby Robertson and Mrs. Reva heart ailments, Beck, both of Indianapolis: her Samuel Johnson, Civil War vet- mother, Mrs, Clara E. Moe of Ineran, was 103 on Sept. 26 and Mrs. dianapolis, and eight grandchildren. Electra Amsden also recently passed | the 103-year mark. | Mrs. Amsden, physicians report,| MI'S. Ellen Calhoun for years has had a pulse beat of| Mrs. Ellen Calhoun of 648 i. Ry82, generally regarded as too high bolt St, wife of Chester Calhoun. to be indicative of good health. | was found dead at the home of her The normal beat generally 1s brother, Harold E. Lorntson, 558 S. considered to be 70 to 75 a minute,| Warman Ave. last night, according ranging upward for children and|to police. downward for oider people. “I'm going to live to be the last|said her death apparently Civil War veteran,” said Mr. John- | caused by a heart attack. son, who missed his first Memorial Day parade this year because of a sore foot. "My foot's better now and I walk the half mile from my home to town any time I feel like it.”

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FY. WAYNE-~Benjamin Franklin Clark 92 Survivors Daughters Mrs Etta Matthews, Mrs Edith Sellers, Mrs. Viola Edsall. sons, Harley and Vern Smith Peter F. Schenk, 69. Survivors: Daugh- | Mrs. Cecil Kiloran, Mrs. Marie Me- | son, Edward Schenk. stepdaugh- ———— Mrs. Anna Johnson. Mrs. Carrie enson; stepson, Frank Kimmel

Bens TWICKENHAM, England, Dec. 25 William F. Aumann, #6. Survivors:

(U. Po Prank May, a 70-year-old) Waitrmag, Mitts Maftarey, Mihion i y \q JA 3 © . » i "Hed aivavs had 5 fondness for a| SATE HEL 05, alle JEW on ire one. | ot A corge Wo = Sat vavO! is y 0 rs. Harrie orner, 59. Survivors: fin him & wie, he said, Til bo King HITT Shar yy Sabir (ME Mion IO Ber Ad Le can rave Lu | Husband "Alonao: "daughters, Mrs. Gar

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costume| Mrs. Louise Kensill, 81. ¥ > sod JEFFERSONVILLE—Samuel M. Crum, 67. waleh she can have for the wed Survivors: Wife, Maybelle; son, Clifton V. ing.

Crum, The mayor did his best, with the

ages of 25 ana 60 have ofterea to THIS REQUEST GOT PROMPT ANSWER

console May in his loneliness.

| family, Mrs. Pearl Marie Gallahue

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‘Miss Garnet Smith

|a * daughter, Emily Jean Maupin; |

Deputy Coroner Norman Booher |.

STATE DEATHS

{ Oliver; brother, Dan Sullivan.

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Mrs. Peart M. Gallahue

A descendant of a pioneer Quaker |

died Saturday night at her home, 530 Hampton Drive. She was 64. |

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in Indianapolis since 1894. She at- | tended Earlham College and mar-| ried Philip M. Gallahue in 1894. { A student of art, she had studied painting under several teachers, including John E. Bundy. She is survived by her husband; two sons, Dudley R. and Edward F. Gallahue, both of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Charles Purcell of Akron, O., and a brother, Edwin D. Teague of Los Angeles, Cal. | Private funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the home. Dr, Frank S. C. Wicks will be in charge. Burial will be at Crown Hill.

Edward E. Springer |

Services are to be held at 9:30] m. tomorrow at the St. Philip] Neri Catholic Church for Edward) E. Springer, 1122 Sterling Ave, a city fireman. Mr. Springer, who! died Thursday at the Veterans'| Hospital after a six weeks’ illness, | was 39. He was a member of the Rainbow | Division of the A. E. F. and the] St. Philip Neri Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. | Elizabeth Springer; two sons, Ed-| ward J. and Richard P. Springer; a | daughter, Norma Jean Springer; his! mother, Mrs. Catherine Springer, | and a brother, Charles Springer, | all of Indianapolis, and a sister] Mrs. Irene Lamb of Detroit, Mich. | |

William M. Prall

A candymaker at“the J. F. Darmody Co. for 33 years, William M.| Prall, 29 N. Drexel Ave, died Sat-| urday at the St. Vincent's Hospital. | He was 60. Services are to be held at 10:30 a. m, tomorrow at the Harry W.| Moore Peace Chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. | Mayme Prall; a son, Hugh Prall,| and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Ross, all of Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. W. E. Squires of Gary, Ind.

Attention! Services were held yesterday at Columbus, O., for Miss Garnet Smith, former Indianapolis resident, who died there Thursday. Secretary to Claris Adams, former Indianapolis attorney and now president of the Ohio State Life Insurance Co. she had lived in| Columbus several years. She had | worked for Mr. Adams in Indianapolis,

Mrs. Marguerite Maupin

Mrs. Marguerite Jean Maupin, wife of Whitney M. Maupin, died at | her home, 526 N. Oakiand St. yes- § terday ilollowing a long illness. She! was 32, Survivors besides the husband are |

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brother, Harlan Jean, and sister, Mrs. Milo Wells of Cleveland. Burial will be in Worthington, Ind. Funeral’ arrangements have not been completed.

| Ollie G. Young. Burviv- | oun

MUNCIE Mis, s. Catherine Young, %7. Survivors: | Son, Clifford Young; sisters, Mrs, Evelyn | Keay. Mrs Doris Fletcher, ‘Mrs. Elizabeth

NEW ALBANY -. J. R. Strother. 72. Survivors: Wife, L¥die; son. the Rev é D. Strother: daughter, Mrs. G. B. Hogge. rs. Marv D, Babb, 80. Survivors: Son. RY P. Babb: brother, George E. Poindex- |

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