Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1941 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS

RETIRED BIG 4 ENGINEER DEAD

Bion McCoy Had Been With!

Railroad 57 Years: Rites Tomorrow.

Bion McCoy Big Four Railroad engineer, died Sunday night at his home, 1042 S. Randolph St. : Mr. McCoy was an employee of the Big Four for 57 years. He retired 13 years ago. He was a mem-

he of

s, and had received the service! I for his long record of duty. wvivors are the wife, Mrs. Be-| atrice McCoy; a half-brother, Frank | Delong, Los Angeles, Cal. and =a ephew, Frank McCoy of Indian-| : 0 Funeral services will be held at P. m. tomorrow in the J. C. Wil-| Funeral Home, 1230 Prospect| Burial will be in Crown Hill!

J.E. Campbell

JOHN EDWARD CAMPBELL, a | resident of Indianapolis for 15 died yesterday at his home, 2302 Park Ave Mr. Campbell, who was 75. was a native of West Salem. Ill. He was a member of the University kK Christian Church ervices will be held at 6 p. m. orrow at the Proffitt Funeral fome and burial will be held at Crown Hill Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Arizona Campbell, and two daughrs, Marie Campbell Parks of Detroit, Mich, and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Egan of Indianapolis

EX-DETROIT OFFICIALS, GET MAXIMUM TERM

DETROIT, May 14 (U. P.).—Cir-| ut Judge Earl Pugsley today im-|

posed maximum penalties of prison |sel, both of Indianapolis, and his|

nd fines upon former Prose- | Duncan C. McCrea and for-| 1eriff Thomas C. Wilcox, con- | 1 with 23 others on charges of ing a conspiracy to permit and vice to flourish in yne County imposed a term of four] one-half to five years in the| ate prison at Jackson and a fine $2000 on each of the two men. Most of the defendants have anounced intention to appeal.

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MIAMI ELECTS REEDER MIAMI, Fla, May 14 (U. P.).— {iami voters elected C. H. Reeder. er mayor, and I. D. Mac-| a self-styled political novice. | e fi City Commission 1d re-elected Commissioner R. C Gardner, complete unofficial returns irom yesterday's municipal election

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Parents formed an admiring audience today when School 50 pupils demonstrated their physical education prowess at an annual May Festival.

FRED GIBSON DEAD: Others fo Give Exhibitions

Dead Here at 75 SERVICES TOMORROW Of Physical Education Work/SERyiCES FOR MASON

Fred J. Gibson, an employee of the Indianapolis Stove Co. died] vesterday at his home, 1228 E. 10th St. He was 33 and had been ill for several months. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Mr. Gibson had lived in Indianapolis for 28 years. He was a member of the Pentecostal Trinity Church. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow .in the Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel. Burial will be in Anderson. Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Iris Gibson; three daughters, Betty Gibson, Florence Gibson and Barbara Gibson; two brothers, Henry Gibson and Homer Gibson, all of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Weaver of Flint, Mich.; Mrs. Pear] Ellington and Mrs. Cora Bes-

parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gibson of Indianapolis.

CLASS OF 119 JOINS MOOSE LODGE HERE

A class of 119 candidates was initiated into Indianapolis Lodge 17, Loyal Order of Moose, in celebration of the 34th anniversary of the

of H. W. Schuesler, local lodge gov=-|

ernor, and M. R. Gray, secretary A delegation from Kokomo was entertained.

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School 50 Pupils in May Day Festival

Pupils in nearly half the Indian|apolis public schools are preparing for one more big event before the [June climax of the year—graduation. That big event is the one day each year that parents find out what goes on in physical education [classes at the annual May Festivals. Most of the festivals will be held between now and the end of the month. Some of the schools already have held their events. { The May Festival is a gala occa- | sion. At many schools mothers {spend long hours fashioning cos{tumes. Pupils spend physical edu|cation perfods perfecting mass ex- | ercises. * Some of the schools this year have

Bodyguard? No, Says First Lady

WASHINGTON, May 14 (IJ. P)). —Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today that she never has had a bodyguard and does not want one,

| no matter how many threatening | letters she might receive.

| Questioned about the recent in1

cident in Los Angeles in which the Police Department reported receiving a letter threatening her life, Mrs. Roosevelt said she never saw the letter. She said that the police told her that one had been received stating that if she delivered her lecture she would be | shot. She said she did not know who wrote the letter and had heard nothing further about it. She also added that she did not observe any unusual number of police on duty at the auditorium.

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Funeral Services Scheduled Tomorrow Morning for George Bischoff.

George Bischoff, a retail coal and feed dealer in Indianapolis for 49 years, died yesterday at his home, 2123 N. Rural St. He was 75. Mr. Bischoff, who was a native of St. Leon, came to Indianapolis when he was 18. He was a member of the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and one of the founders of the St. Francis de Sales Benefit Society. He had been treasurer of the Society since its founding. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a. m. Friday at the home and at 9 a. m. at the St Francis de Sales Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Survivors incldue Mr, Bischoff’s wife, Anna; four sons,’ Albert J. Bischoff, George A. Bischoff, Frank C. Bischoff and Thomas A. Bischoff, and four daughters, Mrs. Cecelie Catellier, Mrs. Clara Tekulve, Miss o Ann Bischoff and Mrs. Helen Hardin, all of Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. Rose Rippberger, of St. Peters.

Telephone Co. station installation |January, 1916, as an equipment inforeman, yesterday received a gold !staller here. He was promoted to |years of service.

GOLD EMBLEM GIVEN |emblem commemorating his 25 vears|station installation foreman in 1024,

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a theme to the exercises, a “natural” one—National Defense.

WILL BE TOMORROW

Others will center the celebration around a pageant. NEW YORK, May 14 (U. P).— At some schools the parents don't | Funeral services for J. W. T. Mason, show up ‘merely as spectators. At/United Press and Indianapolis these schools the P.-T. A, takes a Times war expert, who died yeshand and plans suppers. Parents terday, will be held at the Campscurry around waiting tables. Others bell Funeral Church tomorrow aftoperate booths on the school|ernoon. The Rev. John W. Suter

grounds. Jr. of the Episcopal Church of the | After the physical education dem- Epiphany will officiate.

onstrations, field day exercises are| In accordance with Mr. Mason's | scheduled and fathers and sons| request, the body will be cremated | choose up nines for a champion-|and the ashes sent to Japan. Arship softball game. rangements for the transfer of the

the Indianapolis headquarters of the Reserve Officers; George C. Parkhurst, Ft. Thomas, | Rural Ky., and Lieut. Col. Dennis C. Pilisbury, South Bend.

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The next day fathers go to their ashes have not been completed. offices bragging about the skill they| Messages of condolence arrived plaining of strained backs. particularly from Japan, where Mr. Mason was well known and highly esteemed as a close student of R. 0. % C. INSPECTION The Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Nichi Nichi, two of the largest newsBEGINS AT INDIANA U papers of Japan, cabled the United ¥| press: BLOOMINGTON, May 14 —The ! With you on the sudden passing of 1 d Fed | inspection | MI+ Mason. We shall long rememannual two-day Federal inspection |y.. his deep appreciation of Japan's C. unit began today. a The inspection board consists of URBAN AND RURAL Col. Frederick J. Armstrong, from GROUPS T0 CONFER Conference will open to{morrow at the Claypool Hotel under | the sponsorship of the Indiana Agri-|

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