Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1942 — Page 13

: went into. trainlong time, ing at Pt. Knox. promoted to sergeant and was made a tank com'mander and driv-

ho the former Miss Helen Codar-|

In June, he was] ]

Funeral “services for Charles M i Gardner, Jeured EA Lilly & Oo. gm}

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ployee who died yesterday, will

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‘lat 641 Home place and had been a

| resident of Indianapolis 24 years.

He was a member of Capital City| camp, 8473, Modern Woodmen of

Rites in Jeffersonville for|

Founder of St. Rita's Parish Here.

Services for the Rev. Fr. Joseph * of the Burford |M. Bryan, pastor of St. Augustine's Printing Co. ob Catholic church in Jeffersonville, et Ind, the last seven years, will be ner was born at held ‘there at. 10 a. m. Monday, Batesville. He Burial will. be in Calvary cemetery had resided here [pore Father Bryan, who was 58, died

for 37 years. Survivors include i "wife, Mrs. Verniece Turner; hig, wif yesterday at St. Vincent's hospital

his mother, Mrs. Emma Turner;

: ER Ba dadvdes oY in the first. big test of Americans against Japanese in Jand combat since Bataan. o) ‘MacArthur's men on Batdan' and ‘Corregidor, showed what they could do against overwhelming odds. ' Since the Japanese are out to're-

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se take Guadalcanal at any cost, it is safe’ to’ assame| they will try to land enough men on Guadalcanal ‘to overwhelm us by||

of numbers.

“They had 7000 men remaining on the fland after the ‘American|

occupation ‘of the air field. Since then they increased the number’ to| United 12,000, but: ‘that figure was as of last: week. They have made since then under the protecti of warships and planes, so that the|ships are based at Tulsgl, only 35[| umber may have been increased to| miles away. A’ combined surface os are estimated to|2Rd" Sir assault: on the Japanese have around 50,000 men available in| fleet is a possibility.

has not been mentioned in the latest

States fleet, or task ‘force, |]

1and- communiques. Presumably our war- ||

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He is the son of|ington high school and played and Mis. football there. He was a member of the city and Wabash Valley} 8 ell], 1043 N. championship softball team in 1940

‘a daughter, Mrs. Marie Myers; a sister, Mrs. Mabel Owen, a brother, Harry Turner, and one grandson.

America. ‘He is survived by his wife, Mrs, Pearl Gardner; two daughters,

lie in state tonight at the Kirby |northern Solomons. Because of the mortuary, Meridian and 19th sts. [short distances, these can be moved from 6:30 to 9:30 o'clock. in small boats and landed at vari-

after a brief illness. The body will| Rabaul and: various islands of the

Moers st A graduate of Cathedral high school, Sergt. Russell has been in the service since last November. He

was. employed as a clerk in the}

Dust, office before his. Induction J

“ |left his “Jas an. accountant

The two sons of Mrs. Edward Dobbs, 330 Main st., Beech Grove, are serving the navy in far-flung corners of the globe. :

LEPFT—Walter Sparks, a former machinist at Allison's, is at Jacksonville, Fla., after ‘having coms= pleted training as an aviation machinist mate. = He graduated from Beech Grove high school. RIGHT—Hubert Sparks is on the Pacific and the last time Mrs. Dobbs heard from him was in a cablegram on Mother’s day. He also sent a cablegram to his stepfather on Father's day. ‘Hubert ‘worked for the Fairmount glass works and graduated from Sout-. port high school.

Promoted Again

It’s been Just ‘one promotion after another for Staff ' Sergt: Samuel Billington, 1516 Blaine ave. . Inducted ‘into the army May 12,

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‘ber of Gamma Tau chapter

land now is playing on the regimental team at Ft. Knox, which is tied for first place In the post league. He is a former employee of InSernational Machine Tool Co. here.

"8 # Navy Honor Man

Howard Jay: Rolfe, son! of ‘Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Trinkle, Paoli, Ind., has. been graduated - from recruit]. training as honor man of his coms= pany at the U. S. naval training station at Great Lakes, Ill. Rolfe

‘The honor man

position at Allison's to en- :

Misses Beatrice and Esther Gardner, both of Indianapolis; a son, Pvt. ‘Wayne Gardner of the U. S. army in Iceland: two. sisters, Miss Gertrude Gardner and Mrs, Emma Hayes, both of Martinsville, and two brothers, Myron Gardner of Indianapolis and Denny ‘Gardner

~ jof ‘Martinsville.

Jesse McBee

“A. lifelong resident of Marion county, Jesse IL. McBee will be buried in Mount Jackson cemetery tomorrow following funeral services at 2 p. m. in the Leap funeral home. Mr. McBee, who lived at 1152 Centennial st., died Wednesday in his home, 1152 Centennial st. He ‘was

‘164. -A former employee of the Link- “| Belt Co., Mr. McBee was a member :|of the Bridgeport Masonic lodge. He

{is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie

of - aptitude tests given the 130 si men of his com- : pany, he has been Mr. Rolfe selected to attend one of the navy’s service schools. ' Rolfe was graduated trond Jamestown high school, Jamestown, N. D., in 1934, and attended North Dakota State college, Fargo, N. D., for two. years. He was a mem-

Sigma Chi fraternity, a member of the national honor scholastic society and editor of the North Dakota. State year book. He played football, and basketball In college. 8 » » : Pfc. Paul Hutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hutton, 1125 W. 29th st, has been transferred from Florence, N. C., to Stout field here.

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Harry Austmiller :

; Harry A. ‘Austmiller, 2018 Hoyt ‘ave, died yesterday at his home following a heart attack. He was 63. His brother, Edward Austmiller who lived at the same Rares; is the only survivor. Mr. Austmiller had been a lifelong resident of Indianapolis and was an engineer at ‘Kingan & Co.

the Brotherhood of Firemen. His wife, Mrs. Jessie Austmiller, died in 1935.

VICHY FIGHTS STRIKES

NEW YORK, Oct.- 16 (U. P.).— ~ | French police and troop reinforce-

ments have been rushed to Lyons to cope with strikes resulting from the Vichy regime’s increased efforts to obtain skilled workers for Germany, the British radio said today.

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BAR MEETING TO HONOR WILLSON

Memorial Committee of Local Group Meets in Court Tuesday.

The memorial committee of the the following year was made as- in progress. Numbers ‘are not to be

Indianapolis Bar association will meet at 11 a. m. Tuesday in superior court, room 3, to pay tribute to- Russell Willson, a past president of the association who died Wednesday at his home, 33 Maple ct.

Funeral services for Mr. Willson, a former president of the city council and the school board, were to be at 2 p. m. today:in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Cremation will follow. ° The Indiana Bar association paid the following tribute to Mr. Willson: “Mr. ‘Willson long had been a valuable member of the,State Bar association and had taken an active part in the association’s pro-

ot| for 82 years. He was a member of|gram for improvement of the ad-

ministration of justice. He had a wide circle of friends .in the association and his loss will be keenly felt.”

DIRECTOR WINS DIVORCE HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 16 (U. P.).— Jean Renoir, film director and son of the Frenth painter, was granted a divorce yesterday from Catherine Hessling, French actress from whom he separated in 1931.

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The founder of St. Rita’s, the first parish for Catholic Negroes of Indianapolis, Father Bryan served as pastor there from 1919 to 1935 before going to Jeffersonville.

Ordained in 1912

= studied for the priesthood at . Joseph’s college, Rensselaer, Se and St. Mary’s seminary, Cincinnati. He whs ordained .at SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral here March 2, 1912, On March 9 of that year, Father Bryan was appointed assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church here and

sistant pastor of St. Joseph's church. He served there. until founding . St. Rita’s. Born in Indianapolis Jan. ‘9, 1884, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Helen Walsh, Indianapolis.

FINLEY FUNERAL SET FOR SUNDA

Funeral services for V. L. Finley, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, will be held Sunday afternon in Milan, Tenn.

Two representatives of the brotherhood’s system board will attend. Mr. Finley died.yesterday in the Methodist hospital after a week's illness. He was 54 and lived at 902 N. Pennsylvania st.

Oran M. Pruitt Funeral services for Oran M. Pruitt, who died yesterday after a long ‘illness, will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill. ~ Mr. Pruitt was 80 years old and

had been a resident of Indianapolis u| for 40 years. He was a retired whole-

sale lumber dealer and deep-well pump manufacturer. He was a member of the Third Christian church. A daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Hutchcraft of Tulsa, Okla. is the only immediate survivor. Mrs, Pruitt died several years ago.

E. F. BAKER DEAD;

SERVICES MONDAY

Edgar F. Baker, who died last night in his home, 1425 Comer ave.,

after a brief illness, will be buried Monday in Crown Hill cemetery following funeral services at 1:30 p. m. in the home. He was 62. Mr. Baker had been a lifelong resident of Indianapolis and. was employed by the Red Cab Co. he worked for the Weber Milk Co. for 25 years. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Emma Droege Baker; two daughters,

4- The extent of the Japanese effort

ind points under cover of darkness. It would be ‘typically Japanese to

swarm like ants in scattered flotil- STILWELL'S PLANES

las, heedless of losses, in the cer-| CHUNGEKING, Oct. 16 (U. P.).— tainty that some would get through. United States army bombers and

of Ye size of the American holding force, absolutely nothing has fighters blasted the important

been disclosed. We know only that|J2Panese base of Lashio in Burma soldiers have joined the marines ‘in|Vesterday, . setting fires visible for defense of the island. It is to be|40 miles, Lieut: Gen. Joseph W.

assumed that the Pacific command |giiiwell’s headquarters reported t0does not regard these men as “ex- day

pendables” and that we are not sending a boy to do a man’s job. Besides striking the city proper, Hence one ‘of the biggest land|where large fires were started in

battles of the Pacific war may be the | southwestern warehouse dis-

1 with the . astronomical trict, the American planes attacked

figures usual in accounts of Euro-|® Dearby airdrome, pean battles, particularly in Russia.| “Seven hits were scored at the In the South Sea islands, 20,000 on|intersection of runways of the air6 side is a lot of men. drome,” the communique, Stilwell’s Land action apparently is destined |26th, said. to be the deciding factor in the] No American planes were lost, struggle for possession of Guadal-{the communique added. canal, but: there will be bitter air|. Lashio is located on the Burma fighting and possibly a major. naval| road, China's old life-line, about 200 engagement. “During a raid on Mangshieh in suggests the possibility that 'the|southwest Yunnan: province Sept. main battle fleet is somewhere in|27, 30 trucks were destroyed ' and the vicinity. 400 Japanese troops killed,” the

The present whereabouts of the|communique revealed.

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