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Entered as Second Class Matter at Postofiies Indianapolis, Daily.

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Edward Durrell Is a Sermon... It Took His Death to Preach It

By ED KENNEDY More than $32,000 this

week was given to Christ i Episcopal Church on Monu- § ment Circle—the bequest of }

a man nobody knew. The name, Edward F. Durell, of 611 N. Hamilton Ave, signed to the will, was virtually all that was known about the 76-year-old man who died here two years ago. He was not a member of the church. Nor had he attended services there. He was not known by any members of the parish. He was even a stranger to neighbors who remembered when he built the small, 3-room frame house on Hathilton Ave. To add to the paradox of size‘able bequest to a church where he was unknown, the estate was doubled by a legacy from Dr. Durrell’s sister who died shortly before his own death, although he

His former next door neighbor, Emil 8am, could describe him only as a nice old man with exacting tastes and a desire to be Jeft alone. Others who might have been able to answer questions about the pious old gentleman who never went to church either preceded or soon followed him in death. ‘Not Unknown to God’ “Although he may have been unknown to us at the church and to people of the community, he was certainly not unknown to God,” the Rev. Fr. John P. Craine, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, said yesterday as he studied underscored passages in Mr, Durrell's well-read Bible. Father Craine, who came to the church in June, 1950, had been here only 10.days when the esstate’s executors informed him of’ the bequest. “We started checking on Mr. Durrell then,” he added, Lio we

REFLECTING GIFT—The Rev, John P. Craine. (Anather photo, Page 3.)

Edward Durrell is a sermon.

Like his Lord, it took his death as a tontator to preach it. In himself off

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chased in 1852 ‘by the Rev. Antoine Ve ather of Mr.’ Dutrell. . Verren had been pr Boba Bh to be pastor of the now 300-year-old St. Esprit

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Church haps he was just one of those Palm 8 , 1918, in Cincinnati, the EE ork, Sounded by : sensitive souls. who lives out life | In this Sunday Bible was New Amsterdam. This church is| IW thelr aloneress. found:a torn: scrap of paper Which

now Episcopal in faith. Sisters Died First , His daughter, Blanche, married a French immigrant, Sauvin Durputt in New York. Edward was e youngest . «of their three children and ‘the only son. : None of his neighbors suspected” Mr. Durrell had any siz-

able assets. But one recalled the|.

That he craved anlierstand-

ing’ we can. be assured. Every human soul does. He had no family and he effectively cut himself off from any approximation of one. But he did want

God to understand him, and he wanted it desperately. He left abundant witness of this in the

may be a clue to his reason for leaving his estate to a‘ehurch he had apparently never attended. It reads, “To understand the Scriptures: Luke 24:45.” This verse says, “Then. opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.” There follows the passage telling

marks in his Bible. We shall remember hime at |

old man used to visit a stock broker to check on investments.

Christ Church. He may have been lost to the Church militant |

Little could be discovered about his life before he came to Indiana or his reasons for moving here| from his home in the Kingsbridge | area of the Bronx about 20 years! ago. The house on Hamilton Ave. was built in 1938, when Mr. Durrell moved from another section of the city. Mrs. C. W. Bentley, who then lived at 629 Hamilton Ave. and who now lives in Mr. Durrell’s old home, which she purchased from the estate, remembers the kindly old man well.

Helped With Accounts “My husband used to spend a good deal of time with Eddie, helping him with accounts and figures, but I had no idea of what they were about,” the widow recalled. “No one really knew much ‘about him, but we thought he might have been a seafaring man since he often mentioned the sea in a vague way and told of| incidents that happened in London, England, and in Ireland.” “After my husband's death,” she continued, “I asked Eddie if he would consider selling his house to me, He said he did not want to move into a hotel. Some time later; he called me and said he had included a“clause in his will, stipulating that I shouid have first option to buy his house at a reasonable price after his death.” Mr. Sam, who was perhaps Mr.

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here in earth — perhaps we | didn’t show him its true mili- | tant nature, er possibly his heart couldn’t grasp it—but it lives now in the Church ex pectant, in: the Paradise of God: Like the. woman who before our Lord's Passion poured out the precious ointment over His head, who will remain by our | Lord’s promise forever anony- | mous and forever remembered, so will the sermon of Edward Durrell, : JOHN P. CRAINE, Rector, Christ Church |

Durrell’'s closest friend, recalls) that it was a year after he moved | next door before the two ex-!| changed any words. And it was] not until about seven months| before the old ‘man’s death that| any real friendship developed. “He just wanted to be left alone,” said Mr. 8am, who oper-| ates a dry cleaning shop at 4807

| E. Michigan St. |

“In the sumner of 1949, he stopped going downtown because, he told me, he began having dizzy spells. We used to cut the grass together in the yard and each time, I'd swing wider into his

I did his shopping.” Particular in Tastes Mr. Durrell was exacting in his tastes, the friend explained, Meat had to come from a particular butcher in City Market. Butter must be bought from only one certain stand. “Once when I was in a hurry, ‘I bought some cinnamon rqlls for him at a nearby atore” Mr. Bam related. “He refused to eat them because they did not come from a certain dowfitown bakery.” | Despite these small vagaries, none of his neighbors considered him an eccentric. To them, he] was just a quiet, reserved elderly | gentleman, - probably lonely, but

“He never seemed like a deeply

religious man,” according to Mr. Sam, “But he would often ome

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The {Lord will see us through’ or fod

'will take care of us.’ None of us {recall ever seeing him go to church.” Shortly before - his death, Mr,

{Durrell asked Mr. Bam to arrange

{for burial in the family plot in: | Brooklyn. He also instructed him |

handled some of the family’s investmen Re willed the, requests, but wag unable to see Mr. Clock amon Now York because of the

yard to save him effort. Barly us. in 1850, he became ill and then) }

to see T. Emery Clock, who "i v

of Christ's ascension into Heaven. Father Craine studied the torn note yesterday and said, “If fit {was his intention to dedicate his estate to the furtherance of un-

derstanding of the Scriptures, it|

shall be done.”

“There are many who feel they {have been failed by organized re-

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latter's fliness. Mr. Clock died a short time later, without reveal-| ing any information he may have

key to tHe old man’s religious Col nature. It is a pair of Bibles, one

To Budge on

Delay Termed ‘Unavoidable’

~The United Nations

By United Press i : TOKYO, Sunday, Apr. 27

mand cancelled the first

truce in more than two month: today because of “unavoidable circumstances” an hour befo! senior negotiators were to meet | lat Panmunjom,

“I cannot in any way amplify

{this move” said Allied spokesman (Brig. Gen. William: P.. Nuckols

See Story by Oland D. Russell, Page 20 and Washington Call. ing, Page 21.

the cancellation 15 minutes after it was proposed. Strong Indications existed prior to the meeting between senior United Nations Negotiator Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy and North Korean Gen.eNam Il, chief Red delegate, that the future course of the 22-month-old Korean War would have been at stake within the faded circus tent.

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8 tions at the staff offficer level convened at the truce site after the full-dress meeting was called off. Staff officers armistice supervisi issues of Russia's and military airfield reconstruc. tion in North Korea after a truce settlement. (The United States will continue to oppose Communist de mands for forced return of unwilling Korean war prisoners even at the risk of a prolonged military stalemate or renewal of major fighting, U. 8. officials said in Washington. (Authorities there made no! |forecasts on outcome of the new |segotiations. But it is expected

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igion,” the rect “ | ore ae he ta they Full-Scale War

grasp. at self ‘security. “Lost by the church, they are|

regained by God. This man’s very |

personal religion may be the| means of winning others back | {into the church, as it seems he intended by . his generous ’ gift.|

(There is much to be done.” Therefore, some of the church]

work in Indianapolis will be a {memorial to a man who ‘never| {attended church here, but moved) {in mysterious ways.

Gen. Wedemeyer | To Speak Here Thursday Night

Lt. Gen. will address a Republican rally Thursday, the War Veterans for Taft committee announced last night. The committee is an 11th district GOP organization backing the ‘presidential candidacyof U. 8. Sen. RobTaft

Wedemeyer, now re- § tired, helped plan the Normandy Invasion in World War II and later commanded U, 8.

Gen. Wedemeyer

troops in China for two years. He

was the author of the famous Wedemeyer Report, suppressed by the U, 8. State Department, The tall, silver-haired general, {now 55, long has advocated break-

kindly though shy with children. ing off diplomatic relations with

Russia establishin blockades around trolled areas.

After Divorce —WHhat?

Evelyn found out too late that her divorce wits a heartbreaking substitute for marriage. Read her story in a reseries which starts tomorrow in The Times. | ‘FOR R BETTER OR WORSE’

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Again in Korea?

THE REDS ARE READY... S30 ARE WE, NOW _ IT LOOKS LIKE FULL-SCALE FIGHTING AGAIN IN KOREA ..,. Why | our soldiers face a critical situation . . . what our chances | are against the Reds NOW . , , is reported today in WASHINGTON CALLING ON PAGE 21

they will show whether the Reds {want an armistice, a stalemate— jor more war. It's Up to Reds (“The talks could break up In {24 hours, or they could go the {other way and we might see the way toward an agreement,” one top state department official told a reporter. “It's up to the Communists. Nobody knows what the outcome will be.” (If the deadlock is not broken soon, the United States may take its case on the negotiations to Moscow.) The Sunday meeting, proposed by the United Nations and accepted by the Communists, was promptad by the collapse of staff officer talks on exchange of prisoners. But it appeared to be the beginning of a general showdown. When the Communists asked the Allies what they wanted to discuss in plenary session the blunt reply was: “The armistice agreement.” Chinese Angry The Sunday meeting was cdlled after a month of secret negetiations and two days of bitter wrangling, Staff officer meetings on exchange of captives broke up after the startling disclosure that only 70,000 of some 170,000 prison. ers of war and civilian internees held by the United Nations want to go back to communism. United Nations negotiators re-

and CBS television networks, and perhaps others, will carry the hour-long: from 3 p. m. ® a Bx Indianapolis, ame,

liver the running commentary the decor and historical background on the “public rooms” on the first two floors of tHe gleaming white mansiqn, just reconditioned at a cost of $5.7. million. The White House was rechandd for the first time since 1948, to public visitors just this week and thousands of tourists have since streamed through its rooms, Mr. Saturday’s TV-tour.

A spokesman for CBS in New|

York said Mr. Truman would be in front of TV ‘cameras for almost the full hour, ad libbing accounts of furnishings, paintings and other historic pieces as well as a general story of the White House. Six cameras will be placed on the first and second floors to give viewers an intimate glimpse of such sections as the East Room, the Green Room, the Blue Room, the State Dining Room, the Lincoln Bedroom, the Diplomatic Reception Room, the China Room and the Library. Televiewers will have one advantage—a running commentary by the head man, Never before has any effort n made to get the mass of the blic so close to the Executive Mansion.

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Truman agreed to next

leaders united, they said, Vy we their best candidates forward, But, the Bisenhower-Taft

‘supporters a movement to hold the state con~ vention earlier, They want the convention June 7 instéad of July 3 so they can have more time to line up ‘Taft delegates to the National Convention July 7. Lineup of Forces Truce came to ‘the strife-torn

| wood Blue, attorney and chairman of the GOP Campaign Committee, Here's how the forces lined up: For Taft—Henry Ostrom, James

GOP chairman. FOR Elsenhower~~Dale Brown, James Gregory. Undecided—Mayor Clark, James Barr and James Stewart, Twelve top Republicans, representing the various feuding factions on the GOP County Campaign Committee, selected by vote the candidates they want to represent the party. The balloting was only on contested races in Marion County. Results: Prosecutor Fairchild and Treasurer Louis Ranier were indorsed for re-election. Robert Hamilton, 8929 EK. Washington 8t., was selected for 1st District County Commissioner, Lester Durham, 1110 N. Rural St, was chosen for 24

Car Levies 30 Per Cent Higher in Marion Co.

By JOHN V. WILSON Car owners are taking a big tax beating in Marion County. Auto asssessments here are 30 per cent higher than in any of the other 91 counties in Indiana. The out-of-step assessment policy came to light when car owners received 1951 tax bills this spring. The policy was adopted quietly a year ago. At that time, township assessors fixed -car assessments at the full Red Book “average cash

another formula-79 cent of the “base price.” It figures out this way: On the same 1949 Ford, Marion Couaty-will place a $679 assessment, But elsewhere in Indiana the valuation will be $539. Both 1951 and 1952 meetings of township assessors here were conducted in semisecrecy. No minutes were made of the sessions or notice given to the public,

An Explanation Why Marion County has not

value.” The decision ran counter | followed the assessment formula

to the 70 per cent valuation rec- |

ommended by a committee of the state's assessors. Big Dollar Difference The important decision means this: A 1949 Ford Custom tudor 6, for example, was assessed at $880. The valuation under the 70 per cent formula would have been $616. The difference, translated into

peatedly have made clear they | are not going to send anyone back by force, | Communist China's official {Peiping Radio echoed the angry) {charges of duplicity that were {hurled by Communist negotiators! lana newsmen at Panmunjom,

| The. 70,000 figure Is “pre-|ing, said. It sald again recommended use of the 70 for volun-/per cent “average cash value” it, method. But Mazin County's Sing tour. een ft 10 ue the lower farsa The

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impossibia 10 arrive at ay in principle,

tax dollars, is $12.21 to a car owner in Indianapolis. And the outlook is no brighter; for next year. For most cars, Mar-| fom County's assessment method {will remain the highest in the state, At this year's statewide meetthe assessors’ committee]

use any uniform assessment

recommended for the entire state is explained by County Assessor Victor R, Jose Jr, “By using the full average cash| {value method Marion County (would have taken a terrific shrink in its valuation and the tax rate would have gone up,” he said. “We thought it was the équitable basis for the county to stay on. If anybody disagreed with it, they should have said so at the time.” Mr. Jose explained no county is bound by the committee report or even the figures in the Red Book, the standard guide in the state, “They're simply an advantageous means of figuring,” he said. State Tax Board officials pointed out local assessors may

method they wish. But all have

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Shooting, 5 Knifings Are Reported

One shooting and five knifings kept police busy last night and

sent two men to General Hospital in critical condition. They were: Marvin Biggerstaff, 27, shot in his home, 2413 Martindale Ave. Police held a neighbor whom they said admitted the shooting.

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8t., stabbed at 10th and West Sts. Detectives sought a woman he accused.

Others stabbed, were.

Elisha O'Dell, 28, of 1643% Alvord St, knifed in 1800 block Yandes Bt. by a stranger. Mr, O'Dell’'s condition was reported good in General Hospital.

Frankie Lee Hill, 22, of 2511 Yandes 8t., slashed in 1300 block E. 25th St. by an unidentified man. Mr. Hill did not go to a hospital. Neither dia Bert Hudgins, 26, of 2319 Guilford Ave, stabbed in a fight resulting from a crap game in 600 block N, West St, Hudgins and two other men were arrested. Police were investigating still another cutting at 26th Bt. and Boulevard Place late last night,

Ships Collide In Heavy Fog

NEW YORK, Apr. 26 (UP)— An American freighter collided with a Portuguese freighter dur{ing a dense fog in the Atlantis ocean north of Atlantic City, N J., tonight and the crew of the Portuguese ship has taken to lifeboats, the Coast Guard reported. The Coast Guard said the 6711ton Sparrow Lines freighter Cape Martin collided with the 2394-ton Portuguese vessel Monte Brasil 15 miles east of a lightboat station in a heavy sea. The American ship was reported “all right” but the Portuguese ship was reported down in the bow section and taking on water heavily. The crew abandoned ship in lifeboats which were being tossed in the heavy swells, There was no immediate report on how many crewmen were aboard the ships. The Coast Guard dispatched the cutter Sassafras from the

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