Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1944 — Page 7

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 7,

% BUTLER BOTANY DEPT 3 TO MARK 25TH YEAR|

Miss Florence. Geisler, former botany student at Butler university, will act as general chairman of the 25th anniversary banquet of the botany department. The banquet will ‘be held at 6:15 p.m: Sept. 16 in the Butler cafeteria. The program will follow an informal meeting in the botany department rooms in Jordan hall at 3 p.m. - Honored guest at the dinner will be Dr. Ray C. Friesner. Members of the ‘committee in charge of arrangements include] Miss Geisler, Mrs. Howard PF. Wright, Mrs. Lettie Page Treftz, Mrs. Helen Aufderheide, Frank Hamp, Dr. J. E. Potzger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prettyman, and Dr, C. Mervin Palmer, all of whom have majored in botany at the universty since - the department was organized in 1920,

OPTIMIST PROGRAM SET The annual surprise program of the Optimist club will be presented at the meeting at 12:15 p. m. tomorrow in the Columbia club ballroom.

s. Sgt. John Ww. Hause, a turret gunner on a B-29 Superfortress, was killed in a raid over Japan Aug: 20, the day he was promoted to the grade of staff sergeant. | Son of Mrs. May Sheets, 238 N. Walcott st., the 28-year-old flier wes born in Indianapolis and grad~ uated from Technical high school in 1033. Before his induction March 6, 1943, he was employed at Mouldings, Inc. He took his training at St. Petersburg, Fla., and had been overseas since last April, He was a member of the First United Brethren church, He graduated from three gunnery schools in Colorado with

high honors. Survivors, besides “his mother, are his wife, Marian, of Kirkland; and two sons, John T. and 2-month-old

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Sgt. John T. Smitha Jr, husband

lost his life in France Aug. 14 while serving with a tank destroyer battalion. A native of Edinburg, he came here when he was 4 and attended schoo] 41 and Technical high school. He was inducted in the army Feb. 10, 1942, and had been overseas since last April. Besides his wife and parents, survivors are a 3-year-old daughter, Madonna Jean; two brothers, Dale and Gerard, and" a sister, Mrs. Thelma Justis, all of Indianapolis, S a » 2

Li. Franklin R. (Pat) Ryan, a member of the 33d armored regiment, was killed in France Aug. 17 where he had been serving since two weeks alter the invasion. “Son of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Ryan of Boonville and brother of Mrs. Odessa Holdcroft, 963 Congress ave, and Starlin Ryan, 542 Sutherland ave, Lt. Ryan was wounded Aug. 2 and had returned to duty

William Leroy, whom he had never

of Mrs. Mary Frances Smitha, 1260 § W. 31st st., and son of Mr. and Mrs. # John T. Smitha, 325 N. Grant ave.’

just two days before he was killed.

Pfc. Arthur L. Arnold . . . killed ns in France.

Sgl. John T. Smitha , , . killed in France.

He was awarded the purple heart. A graduate of Central Business college, he had been overseas since August, 1043. Survivors also include two other sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Decker, Evansvilie, and Miss Ruth Ryan, Jeffersonville. i 2 ” ” Pfc. Arthur L. Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A, Arnoid, 1141 Shannon ave, lost bs life in France: July 25; sere 8 ” » Second Lt Wendell G. Garrett, husband of Mrs. Mary Kathryn Garrett, 62¢ Congress ave. has been. missing since a raid over Germany Aug. 22. -

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Second Lt. Wendell G. Garreit missing over Germany.

The 22-year-old son of Mrs. Lora Garrett, 1822 N. Warman -ave., he is the pilot of a bomber and has a 3-week-old daughter, Kathryn Grey, about. whose birth he has! never been notified. A 1040. graduate oi Manual high | school and a basketball and track team member there, Lt. Garreft' ked for Eli Lilly & Co. before ng the air forces in October, 1942 He won his wings at the army air field at Columbus, Miss, Jan. 7, 1844, and went -overseas last] Aug. 1.

® = s Sgt. Kenton Waymire, son of Mrs. W. H. Nicholas, 1301 E. 59th st. was lost in a raid over Yugoslavia July 28; = An aerial gunner on a bomber, the 19-year-old airman won his wings at Tyndall field, Fla. and has been based in Italy since June 1,

1944 He enlisted Oct. 5, 1942, while a high jschool senior in Frankton. Sgt./Waymire has been awarded

the air medal and one oak leaf: cluster. » = = Col. Bernard B. McMahon, who ‘led an infantry division into France on invasion day, was wounded seri‘ously in action last month and is now in a hospital in England. A native of Indianapolis, he is the husband of Mrs. Dorothy Lockwood McMahon, Washington, D. C., formerly of Indianapolis, He received shrapnel wounds in both legs, body, one arm and head. A graduate of DePauw university, Col. McMahon also attended Indiana university and was employed by the old Nordyke & Marmon Co.! until the first world war began. He enterad officers’ training school in 1017 at Ft. Harrison and was graduated second in his class. He served overseas and was in the occupation army in Germany, re-

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Sot. J w. Hause and Sgt. John T. Smitha Killed in Action Fighting * Overseas: Lt. Wendell G. Garrett and Sgt. Kenton Waymire Missing

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8. Sgt. Kenton Warnire “0. missing over Yugoslavia.

; German over a mobile loud-speaker “{system, the 50-year-old officer was

cited. 1 Col. McMahon has two children, Jerry, in service in the Pacific, and Janet, a government employee in! Washington. : | » s 8

Pvt. Wesley K. Patton, husband of Mrs. Margaret Patton and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Patton, 336 8. Oxford st, was wounded seriously in France Aug. 12. He is 26. 5 Entering the service Nov. 20, ; 1943, he has been overseas since June. His brother, Pvt. Ralph

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He has a 2l-month-old’ He.worked at Curtiss-Wright before his induction. a ” 2

Lt. James R.- Burton, who has: {been reported missing ovér Ger{many, is a prisoner of war, the war department has notified his mother, Mrs. Marie V. Burton, 6183 Nor-, waldo ave. | The 27-year-old soldier is the husband of Mrs. Meryl Trimble Burton. | Seaman Ancelet has a brother, | i Cpl. Jean Ancelet, in New Guinea. ' The two met July 4 in Honolulu. » » 2

T. Sgt. Robert E. May, right waist gunner on an 8th air force Liberator bomber, has been decorated with the oak legf cluster to the air medal for “courage, coolness and skill” while participating in heavy bombardment missions | over Europe. on of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence May, 4232 Park ave, and husband | of Mrs. Betty Jane May, Indian- | apolis, the 21-year-old sergeant is a member of the bomber group | which is a part of the ynit of the | 3d bombardment division cited by | President Roosevelt for its historic | England-Africa shuttle bombing of | Messerschmitt aircraft plants ot / Regensburg, Germany. Before entering the air forces in| January, 1943, Sgt. May worked as an engine test operator. | 2. 8 i Seaman 1-¢ James William Ance- | let, brother of Mrs. Theodore Rowe, 1244 E. Washington st., Apt. 22, and

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the last American troops to leave} Germany. He was the American postmaster, in Coblenz Germany, and lsc was editor of the army's newspaper. After returning to this country he was sent to Ft. Benning, Ga., where he took charge of infaniry training. Later he supervised construction of E. | the first 16 CCC camps in the Pai cific Northwest. After completion of officers’ staff | school training at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas, he was in charge of the mili-| tary department at. DePauw university. When the second world war began, he was an instructor in

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son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. An- | ony celet, R. R. 20, Box 259, has been awarded the presidential unit citation for “out-! standing performance in combat against Japanese forces ashore and! afloat in the Pa-, cific war area;

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to Feb. 26, 1944.” | Seaman Ancelet Seaman Ance- |

{let, who has been in the navy since

May, 1943, was serving on the U. 8 S. Buchanan, whose crew received the citation. The ship destroyed five Jap ships at Rabaul. ! “The U. 8. 8. Buchanan has met and engaged the enemy in his own waters, striking devastating. blows while Japanese opposition in the She has

| tection for our carriers and con- | Ivoys: she has destroyed hostile air, | | surface and sub-surface units, she! ‘has boldly faced shore batteries of | the enemy and silenced his guns,” | the citation said. “A gallant fighter, dependable in| {her readiness for combat and bold | | in fulfilling her missions, the | Buchanan has contributed essen-| tially to the success of the Solomon | Islands campaign and her “record | of valiant achievement attests the iotal devotion to duty of her offi-| cers and men,” it continued. ! a = = Hr |

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high school in 1940, he was a student | at Butler university when entering | the army April 14, 1942.

T. Sgt. Bain A. Walls, son of Mr. was cited for missions over France |oniy a handful of persons know the

IMr. and Mrs. Victor Salb; 1450 “Col- | lege ave, has been decorated with! awaiting reassignment, a third oak leaf cluster to the air] a gig “medal for meritorious achievement on a B-17 over Europe.

A radio operator, he is a veteran. » of more than a score of combat mis- |2Varde

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st., is Varn the air mednl. with’ four clusters and the presidential unit citation after flying 55 missions, during 18 months in the at ranean area. ~—A B-25 radio operator- sunnier. Sgt. Walls is at Miami Beach, Fla,

T. Sgt. John R. Biehl of Marion, | top “turret gunner on a Flying Fort« ress of the 8th air force, has been down . from great- great-

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