Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1940 — Page 8

GUARD DIVISION STAFF T0 BEGIN SERVICE DEC, 0

Tyndall Says Transfer to Camp Will Be Planned At Offices Here.

Maj. Gen. Robert i'n. ‘Tyndall, Indianapolis, commanding officer of ‘ the 38th National Guard Division,

revealed today that he and his staff are tentatively scheduled to be inducted into Federal service on Dec. 20—15 days before mobilization of the Division as a whole. The Division commander, who returned Saturday from Washington where he. conferred with Chief -of Staff George C. Marshall on Guard mobilization plans, said he and his staff would go into active service at, the Division’s headquarters here . to plan the Division's transfer to - Camp Shelby, Miss. The 38th Division, | which comprises troops in Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, is scheduled to begin a year’s training on Jan. 6.

In Georgia Dec. 1

Gen. Tyndall also said that on Dec. 1 he and the Division's two brigade commanders and chief of staff will go to Ft. Benning, Ga. to meet with other Guard division commanders on plans for uniform Guard training, The brigade commanders are Brig. Gen. Ellerbe Carter, Louisville, artillery officer and Brig. Geng D. Wray Deprez, Shelbyville, infantry officer. Col. ‘Norman A. Nicolai is chief of staff, Included among the higher rank‘Ing staff officers fro Indianapolis who will go into’ active service Dec. 20 are Lieut. Col. bert J. Axtell, G-1, (personnel), and Lieut. Col. Russell B. Moore, G+4 (supply). ~The other two deputy chiefs of staff are Lieut. Col. Paul E. Tombaugh, G-3, (plans ‘and training), now in Washington jon the general staff, and Lieut. ol. Cooper R. Smith,” G-2, nfel igence), from Bowling Green, Ky. |

Dec. 19 Recruiting Deadline

At the same time, |[Col. Axtell announced that because of early staff induction all recruiting of new guard personnel will cease Dec. 19. Col. Axtell reported that. 55 new recruits joined Indianapolis units of the Division since enlistments were opened a week ago. || There are still approximately 350 vacancies in Indianapolis units, which include artillery, infantry, medical, quartermaster, signal and headquarters organizations. Col. Axtell urged all interested to apply immediately at the Indianapolis Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania St. According to present plans the Division’s guard units will leave within one week of Jan. 6 for Camp

Shelby, where they will train for a

year beside the 37th Division from Ohio. Both divisions are a part of the tactical Fifth Army Corps. The Corps headquartersiwill be at Camp Beauregard, La. The induction will affect more than 6000 Guardsmen in Indiana, of which more than 1000 are from Indianapolis. ———————————————————

FUNERAL IS SET FOR MRS. MOLLIE HOOVER

111 for two years, Mrs, Hoover, a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, died yesterday in her home, 636 N. Oakland ay. She was 62. Mrs. Hoover, who was 4 Ynember of the Baptist Church, was married here to Conrad D. Hoover 41 years

ago. Survivors besides her’husband are two sons, Howa and Lawrence Hoover, a brother, William Gross, and one grandchild, all of Indianapolis Services will be held at 2 p. tomorrow in the [Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel. Burial will be in Washington Park,

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3 IN FAMILY DIE ‘IN STATE CRASH

Local Party Muncie Victims; Five Others Killed Week-End Traffic.

An Indianapolis man, his wife and their 19-year-old son were dead today, all victims of a week-end auto accident near Muncie, Ind. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Grover Martin of 2957 Highland Ave, and their son, Frederick. Their car was in a head-on collision Saturday and Mrs. Martin died at the scene. Mr. Martin died yesterday in Ball Memorial Hospital at Muncie, and Frederick, who was driving, died there this morning. Meantime, today in City Hospital S5-year-old Martina Smith, 1642 Brookside Ave. is in a serious condition following an accident at Prospect and State Sts. in which her three sisters, their stepfather and another person also were injured. Five others besides the Martins were killed in Wek end “traffic in the state. They MRS. GLADYS. SHIREMAN, 24, of Columbus, killed yesterday morning north of Franklin, when the auto in which she was riding sideswiped a truck and overturned on Road 31. WILLIAM BRODZINSKI, 45, of New Carlisle, killed when struck by an auto west of South Bend yesterday. HORACE DAVIS, 25, of Sharpsville, and W. C. BOWERS, of

. Russiaville, injured fatally when

the car in which they were riding rammed a parked truck near Ko- - komo about midnight Friday. MRS. MILDRED HARDY, 23, of near Anderson, killed when a ° motorcycle on which she was riding with her husband, Vern, collided ‘with an auto three miles west of Anderson.

SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT Miss Essie L. Maguire, general secretary of the Y. W.C. A., will ad-

Daughters and Sons today at 7:45 p. m. in the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Grace Michael will lead devotions and Mrs. Harry C. Rominger, newly elected presi-

dent, will preside.

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Girl, Burned as Good Report

Card Thrilled Her, Is Dead

It was report card day at Manual High School and just as soon as Eva Coonfield got hers she went to see E. L. Norris, an old friend. Mr. Norris is principal of School 12, 733 S. West St., where Eva spent all her eight years in the grades. She was a quiet girl, liked to read and made geod grades, almost all “A’s.” Eva, who was 14, had just started to Manual and her first report card

there was a good one, too. Mr. Norris complimented her on it and answered a few questions she asked. That was between 3 and 4 o'clock last Monday afternoon. She then went home to 642 S.

Missouri St. and started helping her mother with the housework. Eva and her sister, Virginia, were filling a kerosene lamp. The lamp exploded. Eva was showered with flaming ' kerosene. Her father, Everett, rushed in, wrapped the girl in a blanket, but Eva already had been burned badly. She died last Saturday in City Hospital. Today at 2 p. m. they were to hold the funeral at Mayer Chapel, Presbyterian Church, where Eva was a member. The burial was to be at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Johnson County. Besides her parents and her sister, Virginia, Eva’ also had another sister, Mary, and a brother, William.

Marssie Elmore Dies Here at 80

Following a week’s illness, Mrs. Narssie Elmore, a resident of Indianapolis 17 years, died yesterday in her home, 532 E. Morris St. She was 80. Born in Barren County, Kentucky, she was a member of the Baptist Church there. Survivors are four children, Kiah and Luther Elmore, both of Indianapolis; Mrs. Fannie Boldoalck, Glasgow, Ky. and Mrs. Myrtle Towle, Portland; three sisters, Mrs. Artie Lawrence, who is her twin, Mrs. Mattie Lawrence and Mrs. Sallie Moon, all of Smith’s Grove, Ky.; two brothers, Huston Bishop, Smith's Grove, and James Bishop, Glasgow; seven grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. Funeral services and burial will be held in Glasgow Wednesday.

T. J, MCARTHY, 78, RAILROADER, DEAD

Funeral services for Timothy J. McCarthy, a 16ng-time Indianapolis resident who died last week at Brockton, Conn., will be held at 9 . m. Wednesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Burial will be at the church cemetery. The body will be at his home, 1112 E. Market St., until the services. A retird railroader, Mr. McCarthy was 78. He was a native of County Cork, Ireland, and came to Indianapolis when he was 18. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Julia Hennessey and Nell McCarthy, of. Brockton; two daughters, Mrs. H. M. Quill and Mrs. Ralph Cox, and one son, Dennis T. McCarthy, all of Indianapolis, and six.grandchildren.

Grover C. Miller

Grover C. Miller, a World War veteran, died yesterday at the Veteran’s Hospital after a five weeks’ illness. ’ Mr. Miller, who was 51, was an engineer at the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility plant for 21 years. He lived at 2754 Walker Ave. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Miller; three daughters, Mrs. Coyle Brown, Ethel and Ruth Miller, and a grandson, all of Indianapolis; two brothers, Nelson Miller of Stendal, Ind, and Ben of Indianapolis, and one sister, Mrs. Etta Vedder of Evansville. Funeral services will be held at 2

p. m. tomorrow at the home. Burial will be in Washington Park.

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LOSES 6-YEAR FIGHT FOR LIFE

Edwin Basset Cavanagh, 14, Dead; Was Shortridge Honor Pupil.

For six years, Edwin-Bassett Cavanagh, 14-year-old Shortridge High School honor pupil, fought to overcome an illness and return to school —but Saturday he lost the fight. Funeral services are to be held at 3:30 p. m. today in the Hisey & Titus Mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill. The son of Mrs. Esther Bassett Cavanagh, 318 E. 19th St., Edwin graduated from School 27 and had

finished a year’s work at Shortridge, where he was on the honor roll. Illness prevented his going to school this semester. He attended Central Avenue Methodist Church and was a Star Scout in Troop 4 at the First Presbyterian Church. The youth appearéd in several Civic Theater productions. He prized zoological, stamp and coin collections. Besides Edwin's mother, a brother, Joseph R., and his grandmother, Mrs. Carrie H. Bassett, survive.

August Fraul

August Fraul, of 1018 E. Market St., died today, at Cincinnati, where he was presenting degfe work for the Improved Order ve Red Men. An Indianapolis resident almost all his life, he was 63. Mr. Fraul was born at Jeffersonville and had been a painter for the: Guedelhofer Wagon Co. here, He was a member of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church and Alfaretta Council, Degree of Pocahontas. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Mary Braun, and a brother, Joseph, both of Jeffersonville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Speaks & Finn Mortuary. Burial will be at Crown Hill.

Mrs. Thomas D. Livers

Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas D. Livers, who died Saturday at her home, "1636 Kelly St., were held today in St. Catherine's Catholic Church. Burial is to be in Owensboro, Ky. Mrs. Livers was a member of the Altar Society of St. Catherine's. Survivors are her husband, Thomas D. Livers; two ‘daughters, Mrs, Regina Coomes, West Louisville, Ky., and Mis. T. V. Thompson, Indianapolis; a'son, H. J. Rumage, Curdsville, XKy.; stepchildren, Mrs. Stephen Smith, Newburg; Mis. Margarite Smith, Terre Haute; Mrs. Francis Alsip, Indianapolis; Mrs. Genevieve Tally, Frankfort; Sister Benedict, Ferdinand; Al Livers, Martinsville, and Elmer Livers, Indianapolis; five grandchildren amd several grandchildren.

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JAMES F. TRUE, “VETERAN, DEAD |

Served in Cuba, Philippines; Funeral to Be at 1:30 Tomorrow.

A veteran of the Spanish-Amer-ican War and the Philippine in-

surrection in 1899 and 1900, James Francis True of Kokomo died yesterday at Veterans’ Hospital. He was 67. Services will be held at Shirley Bros. Central Chapel at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow, with burial in Crown Hill. Mr. True, who had lived in Kokomo since 1932, had been a Veterans’ Hospital pstient since August. He had been in poor health for about 10 years. Born near Fortville, Ind., Mr. True lived in Indianapolis from 1902 to 1925 and in Madison from 1925 to 1932. He was associatéd with the Atlas Engine Works here eight years, and was employed by Fairbanks, Morse & Co. from 1910 to 1924, when he retired as a shop foreman. Following service with United States forces in Cuba in 1898, Mr. True helped quell the Philippine insurrection for the next two years. On the islands he participated in skirmishes at Paranaque, near San Fernando; at Calumput, Poroney and Los Angelis. - A member of the St. Paul Methodist Church, the Odd Fellows apd the United Spanish War Veterans, Mr. True is survived by his wife, Ida; a daughter, Mrs. Martin J. Luichinger of Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Coffin. and Mrs. Ryle Breece of Greenfield; a brother, John C. True of Indianapolis, and a grandaughter, Frances Clair Luichinger.

Riley Rentro

Services for Riley Renfro, 539

Betas Give Parii—The Beta chapter of the Chi Delta Sigma Fraternity will give 'a Halloween party at 8 p. m. tomérrow at Olive and Cottage Sts. Ke fneth E. Watson is in charge. i

Lo Masons to Hear Tu’ Jrer—Col Roscoe Turner will adcijess ess a dinner meeting of the Mysiic Tie Lodge, No. 398, F. &,’A. M. at 6:15 p. m. today at the Mason: Temple. He will discuss “Speed Flv ing.”

Heads Toastmasters —R. S. Wilcox will become active py:sident of the Toastmasters at the club's. next

meeting at the ¥. NM. C. A. Nov. 7. Other officers to be installed are E.

Jones, secretary; (lalph Dragoo, treasurer, and Zellon Audritsh, ser-geant-at-arms. Ché¢ivles E. Bowes is retiring president.

Chemists to Mest — The next meeting of the Indiana section of the American Chem cal Society will be held Nov. 8 at th# Hotel Severin. Dr. James R. Withr w, head of the department of chemi’al engineering at Ohio State Univirsity, will discuss “Some Production Problems ot the New Chemical fibers.” Dinner will be at 6:30 p. m.

WARNER FUNERAL RITES TOMORROW | |

Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Mae Warner, who died Saturday in her home, 412 N. California St., will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the C. M. C. Willis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Warner, who was 53, was the wife of Hudson Warner and had at-

Coffey St., were to be held at 2 p. m. today in the Ray Street - Nazarene Church. Burial will be at Floral Park. He died Saturday after a five-day illness. Mr. Renfro, who came here from Kentucky, had been an automotive assembly worker. He was 39. Survivors are his wife, Louise; a daughter, Susie Frances; his mother, Mrs. Sallie Jones; and a sister, Mrs. Susie Frances Kersey, Lexington,

Ky. Homer Bass

who died Friday, were to be held at 1:30 p. m. today in Shirley Bros. Central Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Mr. Bass, who was 65, was born in Greenville, O., and formerly was an employee of the Citizens Gas

4 & Coke Utility Prospect St. plant.

He had lived in Indianapolis 32 years. A son, Mearl Bass, survives,

Otto Muecke

Otto Muecke, a lifelong resident here, died yesterday in his home, 1727 Central Ave. He was 62. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and the Painters’ Union, Local 47. Survivors are a sister, Mina Muecke, and three brothers, Fred, William and Dr. Frank J. Muecke, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services: will be held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday in the Flanner & _ Buchanan Mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill.

William A. Locke

William A. Locke died yesterday in Muncie. He was 74. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthela, Bennett, where he died. Burial also will be at Muncie. Coming to Indiana in 1905 from Onie, W. Va., Mr. Locke for many years was a farmer near Eaton, Hartford City, Martinsville and Muncie. Surviving, besides Mrs. Bennett, are his father, James R. Locke, Indianapolis; a son, William A. Locke Jr. of Muncie; three other daughters, Mrs. Lewis Long of Apple o| GTOVe, Va.; Mrs. Margaret Keenan of Huntington, W. Va., and Mrs. Rufina Royce of Portland, Ore., and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Nannie Fishel of Old Augusta.

A. B. YOUNG, STATE EMPLOYEE, IS: DEAD

Funeral serviees will be held at 11 a. m. Wednesday in the C. M. C. Willis Funeral Home for Aaron Benjamin Young, who died yesterday in City Hospital. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr, Young, who was 53 and an employee of the State Gross Income Tax Division, lived at 515% Indiana Ave. He wds born here. A half sister, Mrs. Hortense Bowman, is the only survivor.

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MONDAY, OCT. 28, 1940

WORLD’S. FAIR ENDS AFTER TWO-YEAR RUN

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