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a a I I I a a a a a a For Classified Ad Results BROOKLYN EAGLE, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1939 Telephone MAin 4-6206 11 Anderson, Huking, George Wesley Catherine Axelsen, Leslie Jagoe, William Benjamin, Jefferson, Mary Everett Kelly, Catherine Bennett, Ellen E. Lannon, Helen Beyer, Henry G. Lauer, Joseph DAME H. Boyce, William Sr. Lohr, Louisa Brennan, Frances Martin, Henry Connors, William McCarthy Oscar Daly, Elizabeth Miles, Lillian Dargan, Henry Norton, John Deeg, Jacobine Powers, Mary Denton, Herbert Quinn, William Ebeling, Frieda M.

Redding, Statia Elizabeth Reel. Emma L. Entwistle, Edward Remlein, Louis Fasullo, Joseph Ryan, James Gaenssle, Fred Smith, Andrew J. Gluckauf, Morris Smith, Martha Gottschalk, Sullivan, Sarah M. Frederick White, Annie Guischard, Winselman, Henry Nancy Hodnett, Mary Deaths ANDERSON GEORGE WESLEY.

Suddenly, April 30, at Pappan widow, Catherine; survived, Robert Hospital. He is by his and David, of Congers, New York; a sister, Mrs. H. E. Hughes of Brooklyn, and a niece, Henrietta.

Funeral Wednesday at Congers, N. Y. 160 98th AX Sunday, April 30, 1939, LESLIE beloved son of Evelyn and Ole and brother of Ellen Marie. Funeral services at the Funeral George C. Herbst Son, 6741 5th near 68th Thursday, May 4, p.m., interment following at Valhalla Cemetery, Staten Island.

BENJAMIN-Dr. F. EVERETT, at Riverhead, I. Services Riverhead M. E.

Church, 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 3., BENNETT -On May 2. 1939, ELLEN widow of John H. and mother of Lawrence W. Bennett. Funeral.

from residence, 2095 Utica on Thursday, 2 p.m. BEYER- Monday, May 1, 1939, HENRY beloved husband of Louise father of Evelyn, Viola and Harry. Funeral services Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., at his home, 104-15 123d Richmond Hill. Funeral Thursday, 2 p.m. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery.

BOYCE WILLIAM on Sunday, April 30, beloved father of Mrs. Thomas Brown, Edna, Patrolman John Boyce, Edward, William Jr. and Mrs. C. Korber; dear brother of George and Hiram.

Reposing at Walter B. Cooke, Funeral Home, 1218 Flatbush until Thursday, 9:30 a.m.; thence to St. Jerome's R. C. Church, where a requiem mass will be offered.

Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. BRENNAN FRANCES on at her residence, 205 McDonough' dear of Cecilia, Elizabeth and Catherine. Requiem mass Our Lady Victory R. C. Church, Thursday, 9:30 a.m.

CONNORS-On Monday, May 1, 1939, WILLIAM BERNARD, of 1195 Union Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Wednesday, 8 p.m. DALY ELIZABETH SMITH (nee Esmuss), on April 30, 1939, at her home, 71 N. Oxford beloved mother of John H. Smith, A. Hopkins, Mrs.

F. Hartman, E. Mrs. Connolly, Mrs. M.

Tracy, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. C. Taggart, Mrs. G.

Haggerty; also survived by 25 grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. Funeral Thursday from her home; thence to Sacred Heart R. C. Church, Clermont where a solemn mass of requiem will be offered at 10 a.m, DARGAN-On May 1, HENRY JOSEPH of 40-37 99th Corona, son of Anna Schlagenhoft Dargan, husband of Sophia, father of Katherine, brother of Katherine Dries. Member of Chauffeurs Local 643.

Funeral from A. Skelton Chapel, 8608 Broadway, Elmhurst, Thursday, 9:15 a.m. Requiem mass St. Leo's R. C.

Church, Corona, 10 a.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery. DEEG--On Sunday, April 30, 1939, JACOBINE, mother of Gustav, Frank and August Deeg. Service at the residence, 2140 E.

73d Street, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. DENTON-On May 1, HERBERT, beloved husband of Mabel (nee Read) and brother of Mrs. Frank H. O'Connor. Member of New York News paper Printing Pressmen's Union No.

2. Funeral Thursday 9:30 a.m., from Henry McCaddin's Chapel, 24 Seventh Requiem mass Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Aberdeen at o'clock. EBELING-FRIEDA on Sunday, April 30, 1939, beloved mother of Katherine Plumeyer; devoted sister of Susanna and Anna Hessem.er and Pauline Hummell. matron of Fortitude Chapter Past. O.

E. S. Services at Weigand Bros. 1015 Halsey Wednesday. 8 p.m.

Funeral private. ENNIS-On April 30, 1939, ELIZABETH, of 298 Macon St. Services "at Barr Funeral Home, 2 Place, Wednesday, 2 p.m. Interment Green-Wood. ENTWISTLE-EDWARD suddenly, on May 1, at his home, 1524 E.

14th Street, son of the late Thomas J. and Catherine Entwistle; beloved husband of Margaret and of Edward brother of William Harry Mrs. Thomas Ward, Mrs. George Wright. Solemn requiem mass will be offered 9 a.m.

on Thursday at St. Brendan's R. C. Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery under the direction of Howard and Howard.

VITAL NOTICES (Acknowledgments, Births, Condolences, Confirmations, Deaths, Engagements, Marriages, Masses, Memoriams, Resolutions) acceptea until 10 P.M. for publication the following day or from 8 A.M. to 1. P.M. (11 A.M.

on Saturdays) for publication in the next available edition of the same day's paper. The Vital Notice rate is 90 cents per One. MAin 4-6200 FASULLO- JOSEPH, of 3115 Avenue K. of April 30, 1939, beloved husband of Mary; father of Frank, Eleanor, Caspar, Katherine, Thomas, Peter, Anthony. Requiem mass at Our Lady Help of Christians Church, and E.

28th Wednesday Avenue, a.m. Interment St. John's Cemetery. Deatbs GAENSSLE On Sunday, April 30, 1939, GAENSSLE, of 4919 Church beloved husband of Evelyn A. Gaenssle.

Service at the Fairchild Chapel, lion Lefferts Place. on Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. GLUCKAUF-On Monday, May 1, 1939, MORRIS dearly husband of May. Funeral services at his residence, 320 Eastern Parkway, Wednesday at 8 p.m. Interlent Thursday morning at 10.

GOTTSCHALK-FREDERICK Malverne, on May 1. by his beloved wife, Anna; ape mother, three daughters and two sisters. Flinch Funeral brook, L. I. funeral later.

Home, 34 Hempstead, Lyn- GUISCHARD-HENRY, May 1, at his residence, 805 Grand in his 77th year, beloved father of Charles G. and Margaret Mergenthaler; also survived by one grandchild. Reposing at the Sheldon H. Avenius Funeral Home, 63-15 Forest Ave. Ridgewood.

Services Wednesday, May 3, at 8:30 p.m. Funeral Thursday, May 4, at 2 p.m. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. HODNETT-MARY (nee Bosch), on 1, 1939, beloved wife of the late Thomas; dear sister of William Bosch. Reposing at the M.

J. Smith Memorial, Prospect Park West, until Wednesday, 9 a.m.; requiem mass Holy Name Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. (Hartford, papers please copy.) HUKING-May 1, 1939, OATHERINE ETZEL, in her 79th year, beloved mother of Mrs. Roy E.

Manne, Harry W. and Leonard J. Huking. Funeral services at her residence, 211 Montross Rutherford, N. Wednesday afternoon, 2 o'clock.

Interment GreenWood Cemetery. JAGOE--Monday, May 1, 1939, WILLIAM husband of the late Elizabeth McCue; father of Ann, Robert, Margaret, Charles, Mrs. William Rossiter; brother of sephine Jagoe. Funeral from base residence, 19 Wyckoff Thursday, requiem mass St. Peter's Church, 10 a.m.

JEFFERSON-On May 1, 1939, MARY A. GIBBONS, native of Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, beloved wife of the late Thomas Jefferson and mother of Joseph, Mary, Florence and James Jefferson. Funeral from her resi- dence, 1045 Union Street, Thursday, May 4, at 9 a.m.; thence to St. Teresa's Church. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

KELLY-April 30, 1939, CATHERINE, beloved daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Primrose Kelly, at her residence, 1671 E. 36th St. Funeral Wednesday, 10 a.m.; solemn requiem mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

Direction T. J. Higgins Son, Inc. -HELEN (nee Croke), or Saturday, beloved wife of Lawrence and devoted Martin Croke, Nora Kastner, Jacobs eisten.of lard Anna Ludwig. Funeral Wednesday from 95 Ridgewood Ave.

Solemn requiem mass 9 a.m., Michael's R. C. Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. LAUER-JOSEPH beloved son of the late Jacob and Cecelia Lauer; dear brother of Louise Stevens.

Funeral from the residence of his sister, 162. Tulip Avenue, Franklin Square, L. on Thursday at 9:30. Requiem mass will be offered at St. Ann's Church at 10 a.m.

Interment Holy Rood Cemetery. LOHR-LOUISA (nee Jaeger), of 61-25 Cooper on May 1, 1939, aged 62 years, beloved wife of Conrad; devoted mother of Charlotte Baumgartner and dear grandmother of Charlotte Baumgartner Hummel. Services Wednesday, 8 p.m., at George Werst 71-41 Cooper Ave. Funeral Thursday, 2 p.m. Interment Evergreens Cemetery.

Member of Tadmor Chapter. No. 602, O. E. S.

-HENRY, on April 30, 1939, husband of the late Caroline Martin, beloved father of Eleanora C. Metacarpa and Henry Jr. Funeral Thursday, 11 a.m., from his home, 224-12 Fairbury Avenue, Queens Village. Interment Cypress Hills Abbey. Please omit flowers.

McCARTHY-April 30, 1939, at 330 Westminster Road, OSCAR, husband of the late Mary Maloney; father of John and Joseph, brother of Rose M. and Frank McCarthy. Funeral from John T. Gallagher Funeral Home, 2549 Church Avenue, on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Solemn requiem mass at Holy Innocents Church, E.

17th Street, at 10 a.m. MILES LILLIAN MacPHEE, in her 55th year, at Hazard Hospital, Long Branch, Sunday, April 30, 1939, of Mrs. Marion Colleran, "Donald and John Miles. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Martin Sweet Funeral Home, 27 3d Atlantic 8:30 Highlands, until Thursday, May 4, at a.m.; thence to St. Agnes R.

C. Church, where at 9 a.m. a requiem high mass will be offered for the repose of her soul. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn. In Memoriam The Eagle has published booklet of "In Memoriam" Verses You may obtain a copy of this booklet, without charge, by calling an Ad Taker at MAin 4-6200.

Prominent Attorney Frank P. Walsh of York State Chairman, Authority Neva distinguished labor lawyer George Anderson, Up-State Educator George Wesley Anderson of Congers, N. former principal of several up-State high schools, who for many years was active in the field of humane education, died suddenly Sunday at Tappan (N. Hospital following an appendicitis operation, according to word received by his sister, Mrs. Harry E.

Hughes, 964 E. 31st St. Mr. Anderson was 48 and a native of Albany. During the World War he served as an ensign in the navy.

He was a Mason and a member of Sigma Nu Kappa fraternity. Surviving, in addition to his sister, are his widow, the former Katherine O'Dell of Congers; two sons, Robert and David, and a niece, Henrietta. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Congers, with burial in Haverstraw (N. Cemetery. Deaths NORTON-JOHN on April 30, 1939, brother of the late Mary Jane Nowlan.

Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., from the residence of his niece, Mrs. William H. Giles, 1172 E. 38th near Avenue requiem mass R. C.

Church of St. Thomas Aquinas. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. POWERS Sunday, April 30, 1939, at the Garden City Hotel, MARY beloved mother of George A. Powers and Mrs.

Florence E. woodworth. Reposing at the Fairchild Chapel, Franklin Garden City, until Tuesday, 9 p.m. Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, Wednesday, 2 p.m. QUINN Suddenly, April 30.

WILLIAM F. QUINN, brother of May Quinn. Reposing at Boyertown Chapel, 40 Lafayette solemn requiem mass Queen of All Saints Church, 9 a.m., May 3. REDDING -On May 1, at her home, 307 15th Street, STATIA REDDING (nee Kerwin), widow of Thomas Redding; survived by one son, John one daughter, Honor F. Redding.

Requiem mass Thursday, May 4, 10 a.m., St. Stanislaus Church, 14th Street and 6th Avenue. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. REEL--On May 1, 1939, EMMA L. REEL, member of Hollis M.

E. Church. Services at Methodist EpisHome, 920 Park Wednesday, 11 a.m. -April 30, 1939, LOUIS beloved husband of Margaret and of Stanley, and Kirk Remlein. Services residence, father, 2221 Vanderveer Place, Tuesday, 8 p.m.

RYAN- May 1, 1939, JAMES HARRY, beloved husband of Rosetta Brown and father of Dorothy J. Ryan and Mrs. F. J. Farrell.

Funeral from his home, 1466 North New Rochelle; requiem mass Holy Family Church, Mayflower New Rochelle, 10 a.m., Thursday. Interment Gate of Heaven. SMITH-ANDREW April 29, dear husband of Margaret Joyce Smith; loving father of Mary loving brother of Minnie Appel, Rose Loomer and James S. Smith. Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., from his home, 181 Court thence to St.

Paul's R. C. Church where solemn requiem' mass will be offered. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. SMITH At Mountainhome, on Monday, May 1, 1939, MARTHA formerly of Westfield, N.

widow of Franklin S. Smith and mother of Ethel 6. Wakefield of Cresco, Pa. Service at Gray's Funeral Home, 318 Broad Westfield, on Wednesday, May 3, at 2 p.m. SULLIVAN-On Tuesday, May 2, 1939, SARAH devoted wife of the late Cornelius Sullivan and ing mother of Adelaide Sullivan Black and the late Carolyn Sullivan.

Notice of funeral later. WHITE -On Monday, May 1, 1939, William ANNIE beloved mother of Leslie A. White, Marion M. Middleton and Mrs. Helen D.

Pollard. Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. WINSELMAN-Suddenly, on April 30, 1939, NANCY H. WINSELMAN, of 8 Bayview Terrace, Manhasset, L. loving daughter of William J.

and Alma; dear sister of Helen Winselman. Reposing J. J. Gallagher's Sons Funeral Home, NorthBoulevard, Manhasset. Services Thursday, 10 a.m.

Interment private. In Memoriam JENNINGS-In loving memory of WILLIAM who left us suddenly May 2, 1938. Sweet in our memory. HELEN, WILLIAM H. Jr.

and John E. JENNINGS. JOHNSON-In constant memory of a dear husband and father, MILTON R. Departed this life May 2, 1937. WIFE and CHILDREN.

F. P. Walsh Dies; State Power Head Distinguished Labor Lawyer Appointed By Roosevelt in 1931 Continued from Page 1 World War and has lived in Manhattan, with occasional periods in Washington, during the past 22 years. A Roman Catholic and an independent Democrat with pro-labor leanings, Mr. Walsh defended bankers and labor unions, capitalists and, on occasion, Communists.

He became internationally known in directing the legal battle to free Tom Mooney. TRUSTEE OF ST. PATRICK'S Mr. Walsh is survived by the widow, Katharine, who lives in St. Louis, and seven children: Jerome, Sisters Frances, Marie and Catherine Louise, the Order of Loretta at the Foot of the Cross; John Walsh, the Federal Government service in California; James, who is secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington; Mrs.

Catherine Bradley and Miss Virginia Walsh of St. Louis. Mr. Walsh was a trustee of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, and Mons.

Michael Lavelle, director of the cathedral, was notified of his death. The Monsignor said interment will be in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City. Funeral arrangements were for the time being delayed. Frank Patrick Walsh was born on July 20, 1864, was educated at St.

Patrick's Academy, St. Louis, admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1889 and married Katharine M. O'Flaherty of Vicksburg, in 1891. HELD MANY HIGH Early showing his interest in public issues involving of the less fortunate, he became in turn a member of the Kansas City Tenement Commission (1906-1908), attorney for the Kansas City Board of Public Welfare (1908-14), president of the Kansas City Civil Service Board (1911-13) and, in 1913, was appointed by President Wilson chairman of the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations, which he held until 1915. In 1918 he was appointed with former President William Howard Taft to the War Labor Conference Board, from which he resigned in December, a month after the Armistice.

Coming then to New York, he was named a director of the B. M. T. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as Governor, appointed him member of the New York Commission on Revision of Public Utility Laws in 1929 and two years later made him chairman of the Power Authority.

DEFENDED COMMUNIST GROUP He was a memeber of the Bankers. Catholic National Arts Club of New York and of the Cosmos and Racquet Clubs in Washington. Mr. Walsh was involved in numerous legal encounters involving national and State governments. In 1936 he defended, unsuccessfully, Judge Halsted L.

Ritter of Florida against impeachment, and in 1923 he was successful in his defense of Communist group accused of syndicalism in Michigan. Before he became head of the Power Authority he was chairman of the St. Lawrence Waterway Commission and as such made many important recommendations to the New York State Legislature. Despite his advanced years, he was physically active, and though he periodically consulted a physician it was merely as a prudent man's precautionary measure and not because of any illness. He had come back to New York only a few days ago from Kansas City, where he had gone on a matter involving the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Peter O'Rourke, Nassau Builder Special to the Brooklyn Eagle East Rockaway, May 2-A solemn requiem mass for Peter O'Rourke, 66, prominent builder and realtor, who died of a heart attack in his home, 7 Highland here, will be offered tomorrow morning in St. Raymond's R. C. Church. He was president of the Lyn -Rock Development Company.

Born in Ireland, Mr. O'Rourke came to this country when 21. He had been a resident of this section for 30 years. Formerly a liquor salesman, he entered the real estate field with the advent of prohibition. He was a director of the People's National Bank of Lynbrook, a life member of both Queensborough and Lynbrook Lodges of Elks and the Holy Name Society.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth O'Rourke; three daughters, Katheryn and Martha lov-O'Rourke and Mrs. Carl J. McKenna, and two sons, Peter and John O'Rourke. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Thomas Jefferson A solemn requiem mass for Mrs. Thomas Patrick Jefferson, who died last night in her home, 1045 Union at the age of 63, will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Teresa's R.

C. Church, Classon Ave. and Sterling Place. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The former Mary Agnes Gibbons, Mrs.

Jefferson was born in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, and came to this country as a child. She lived for many years in the Yorkville section of Manhatta- and had been a resident of Brooklyn since 1921. Her husband, al a native of County Mayo, die: in 1924. Surviving are two sons. Patrolmen Joseph E.

Jefferson of the W. 30th St. station, Manhattan, and James E. Jefferson of Bergen St. station; three daughters, Miss Mary Jefferson of Washington, D.

and the Misses Edith and Florence Jefferson of Brooklyn, and a granddaughter, Miss Edith Clark, also of Brooklyn, Services Are Held For Adolf Bergida Boro Philanthropist Was Active in Many Jewish Organizations Funeral services for Adolf Bergida, outstanding Brooklyn philanthropist and a resident of this borough for 50 years, who died Sunday night, were to be held this afternoon in the Flatbush Memorial Chapel, 1283 Coney Island Ave. Mr. Bergida, who was 74, resided at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Esther Kaplan, wife of Dr. Carl Kaplan of 85-52 114th Richmond Hill.

His death occurred at the home of another daughter, Mrs. Goldie Binder, in Jersey City. Until his retirement 20 years ago Mr. Bergida had been in the wholesale dairy business for about 40 years. From 1912 to 1924 he was president of the United Jewish Aid Societies, and since 1924 had been vice president of that body.

HEADED CONGREGATION He had been a director of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities since its inception, and was the first president of the first Hungarian congregation in Brooklyn, He Was a life member of Cassia Lodge, 445, F. A. M. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Kaplan and Mrs.

Binder, are three other daughters, Mrs. Helen Sobel, Mrs. Rose Gottlieb Mrs. Eleanor Miehle, and four sons, Dr. Jerome and Dr.

Joseph Bergida and Milton and Irving Bergida. Dr. H. A. James, 78.

Noted Obstetrician Dr. Harrie Abijah James, 78, widely known obstetrician who in 45 years of practice was estimated to have brought more than 12,000 babies into the world, died early today at his home, 13 W. 120th Manhattan. He had attended many patients in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Born in Pennsylvania, Dr.

James WAS graduated from the old New York Medical College the 1890. He had been associated with the LyingIn Hospital in Manhattan and other hospitals but did much of his work in the patients' homes. He was a member of several medical associations. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Irene Van Tassell James, and two sons, Harry A.

Jr. and Robert Elgin James. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. in St. George's Church Chapel on E.

16th Manhattan. Burial will be in Kensico Cemetery. Children Share 0'Grady Estate John O'Grady, who died at his residence. 689 10th on April 11, left $4,100 personal property, according to the will filed today with Surrogate Wingate. Mr.

O'Grady left $2.475 worth of insurance to his daughter, Loretta O'Grady; $2,000 worth to his son, Walter; $1,500 each to his daughters, Agnes Skully and Anna Hanigan, and the 10th St. house to all four children equally. The residue he left to Walter. All reside at 689 10th St. William Franklin Homan of 116 Kenilworth Place, who died May 7, 1934, left his entire estate of $5,000 real and less than $500 personal property to a friend, Estelle M.

Vedder of 116 Kenilworth Place. Maria Giusseppe Paggeta, who died at her residence, 815 Marcy on Oct. 6, 1937, left her entire estate consisting of not more than $300 personal property in Italy, to her daughter, Nancy Corino Maffei of the same address. Lunacy Plum Bill Defeated in Senate Albany, May 2 (AP)-After more than an hour's debate the Senate defeated yesterday, by vote of 22-21, a bill to abolish lunacy commissions and set up a State-supervised system in their place. Several speakers, including Majority Leader Joe R.

Hanley, attacked the present system the ground there had been widespread "abuse" and judges had frequently made "political" and "family" appointments to the commissions. Hanley termed the present situation a "stench in the nostrils of our civilization." The defeated bill provided that in New York City sanity tests would be conducted by psychiatrists from the City Hospitals Department and by psychiatrists from State hospitals certified by the Mental Hygiene Commissioner. Mrs. Claire Oliphant Trenton, May 2 (P)-Mrs. Claire Oliphant, 59, long active in Republican party circles and former national president of the Ladies' Auxillary of the American Legion, died today in Mercer Hospital.

Mrs. Oliphant collapsed yesterday at a luncheon for Republican Assemblywomen. Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. Deputy County Clerk for a number of years, Mrs. Oliphant also was president of the Mercer County Women's Republican League and a member of the Republican State and National Committees.

Early in her career Mrs. Oliphant appeared on the stage, playing parts with Richard Mansfield, Edgar Selwyn, Julia Marlowe and others. She also had been an active newspaperwoman, writing for the Trenton Times. Charles A. Winter Great Neck, May 2-Funeral services were to be held today in All Saints Church here for Charles A.

Winter, a retired coal merchant and a founder of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club in Port Washington, who died suddenly Sunday at his home in Kings Point. He was born 81 years ago in New York City. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Harriet F. Winter, and a daughter, Mrs.

Harried Coulter. Charity Worker Adolf Bergida Funeral services for the late philanthropist, who died Sunday evening, were held today in the Flatbush Memorial Chapel, 1283 Coney Island Ave. Capt.Arthur Smith, 'Khaki Shirt' Chief Leader of Short-Lived Group Was Involved In '33 Astoria Killing Shamokin, May 2 (P)-Capt. Arthur J. Smith, self-styled soldier of fortune, who attempted to organize a group known as the "Khaki Shirts" in 1933, died here yesterday of heart disease.

He was 44. Police routed his "Khaki" volunteers after they had set up headquarters in a former hospital building at Philadelphia. Until recently he was a supervisor of a Works Progress Administration project here. His military service was with the British and United States armies. Mr.

Smith signed his name Art J. Smith while conducting his "Khaki Shirt" activities, which covered a period of about seven months 1933. At a a a a a a a a a meeting of his group in Astoria in July of that year a riot broke out and Antonio Fierro was shot and killed. The following April, Smith was convicted of perjury for testifying before Queens County grand jury that Athos Terzani was Fierro's slayer. Terzani was acquitted and later Frank Moffer pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the killing.

Smith was sentenced to three to six years in prison. John E. Bain, Clerk In Harman's Office Funeral services for John E. Bain, a clerk in the office of County Clerk John N. Harman and an employe of the County Clerk's office for about 30 years, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Andrew Zirke! Chapel, 243 Ridgewood Ave.

Burial will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Mr. Bain, who resided at 143 Clinton died Sunday in St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. Froebel Trustees Honor Leaders The board of trustees of Froebel Society held its annual luncheon yesterday in the Hotel Margaret, 91 Columbia Heights, with Mrs.

James W. Park, incoming president, and Mrs. Robert Starr Allyn, the retiring leader, as guests of honor. Tribute was paid members with long memberships. They included Mrs.

George S. Skilton, who joined in 1891; Mrs. Ronald Taylor, 1892; Mrs. Isaac F. Russell, 1894; Mrs.

W. J. McLaren, 1895; Mrs. Theodora D. Beatty, 1896; Mrs.

William A. Graham, 1896, and Miss M. E. Mulvihill, 1899. A reception preceded the luncheon, which was followed with entertainment by Miss Marian Kilayjian, pianist, and Miss Theda Kenyen, reader.

Nancy H. Winselman Services for Miss Nancy H. Winselman, 26, of 8 Bayview Terrace, Manhasset, whose death on Sunday was the first fatality of the World's Fair, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the J. J.

Gallagher's Sons Funeral Home on Northern Boulevard, Manhasset. Burial will be private. A former resident of Brooklyn, she attended Shore Road Academy here and was a graduate of Barnard College. She was a daughter of William J. and Mrs.

Alma Winselman. A sister, Helen Winselman, also survives. Miss Winselman collapsed and died soon after completing an allday tour of the Fair with a party of friends on the opening day. Bernard J. Gardner Freeport, May 2-Bernard J.

Gardner, 74, of 82 Harris for 18 years an employe of the Anchor Cap Closure Corporation of Island City, died last night in Long Beach Hospital following an operation. He was a native of Manhattan. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lena Gardner; two daughters, Olive Gardner and Mrs. Ida Heenan, and two Funeral will be' conducted at the home Thursday at 2 p.m.

by the Rev. A. E. Pollard Jones, pastor of the Freeport Methodist Church. Burial will be private.

Mrs. Claire Oliphant Trenton, May 2-Mrs. Claire Oliphant of 1704 Riverside Drive, this city, died in the Mercer Hospital here late last night of a cerebral hemorrhage, suffered yesterday while she was at the annual luncheon of the women's division of the Republican State Committee. Mrs. Oliphant was deputy county of County and president of the Mercer County Women's Republican League, Boro Fund Aides Attend Luncheon Hear B.

J. Buttenwieser Urge Continued Effort In Charity Campaign Leaders of the divisions and sections making up the Brooklyn organization of the Greater New York Fund, meeting today at a luncheon in the Hotel Bossert, were urged to continue their efforts in the task of securing supplementary funds for 380 welfare and health agencies of the city by Benjamin J. Buttenwieser, president of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies. Mr. Buttenwieser, who also is a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Greater New York Fund and a partner in the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb addressed 150 volunteer workers.

"In contributing to the Greater New York Fund business and employe groups can support what we might call a 'share the health' movement." he "Health, both physical and mental, is a perishable commodity. It must be constantly safeguarded. This is the task which voluntary agencies enrolled in the fund are performing every day. They deserve widespread and generous support. I think it is a privilege to aid in this great work." Walter P.

Holcombe. vice president of the Brooklyn Edison Company and chairman of the Brooklyn fund organization, presided, flanked at the speakers table by members of his executive committee senting all fields of business, commerce, industry, government and the professions. Heads of the 57 sections reported material progress in solicitation of the more than 4.000 firms and employe groups which will be canvassed throughout the borough. The Brooklyn workers are pointing toward the first mid-campaign report meeting, which will be held next Monday night at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel. At this meeting all the borough organizations will join to report results to date and to plan the remaining three weeks of their campaign.

Twelve hundred volunteers are enlisted with the Brooklyn committee and, in addition to reaching many corporations, firms and partnerships, they will contact employe groups representing 150,000 workers. Church Official The Rev. Dr. Walter H. Rollins Superintendent of Congregational and Christian Churches in this State who died Sunday.

Services will be held tomorrow. Dr. Walter Rollins Rites Tomorrow State Superintendent Of Congregational Sect Dies at White Plains Special to the Brookly Eagle White Plains, May 2-Funeral services for the Rev. Dr. Walter Huntington Rollins, 69.

superintendent of the 344 Congregational and Christian Churches in this State, who died Sunday night at his home, 9 Woodland Place, will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Ridgeview Congregational Church here. Dr. Rollins was a native of Newton, and was educated at Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary. He assumed direction the Congregational Churches in this State in 1922.

To these were added the. Christian group in 1931. one served as the first president the New York Council of Churches and Religious Education. Surviving are his widow. the former Mabel B.

Stone, and four children. Requiem Offered G. W. De Vries, 27; For Mrs. Lozano Automobile Dealer Funeral services for Mrs.

Rita O'Keefe Lozano, a member of a family long active in social and Catholic charitable affairs here, died Saturday in her home, 622 113th Manhattan, were held today with a requiem mass in Notre Dame Church, Manhatsoleran tan, which was offered by her nephew, the Rev. Eugene J. O'Keefe. S.J. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Mrs. Lozano was the widow of Faustino C. Lozano. The couple were married in 1913 by Cardinal Brooklyn. Mundelein, Mrs.

then Lozano Auxiliary was Bishop one of the founders of St. Mary's Junior Auxiliary. She was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A.

O'Keefe and was educated in Visitation Academy and Adelphi College. Surviving Mrs. Lozano are three children, Margarita Faustino C. and Thomas J. Lozano; two sisters, Mrs.

James F. Gannon of Jersey City and Mrs. Ernest W. Hanabergh of Tenafly, N. and three brothers, Eugene J.

O'Keefe of South Orange; Arthur A. O'Keefe of New Brunswick, N. and Thomas A. O'Keefe of Far Rockaway. John Middleton Left $93.416.94 John Middleton, civil engineer, city surveyor and former vice president of the East New York Savings Bank, and the Crescent Club, who died Jan.

17, 1938, left $106,785.96 gross estate and $93,416.94 net estate, according to a report by State Transfer Tax Appraiser David F. Soden, on file today in Surrogate's Court. Assets of the estate included his $8,500 house 0 at 1390 Union a $4.000 at 2511-13 Atlantic stocks and bonds, seven mortgages, four bank accounts, and still outstanding on his agreement to sell the business of John Middleton, to the surveying firm Bartlett. Ludlam Dill of 189 Court St. Heirs included a son, three grandsons, a sister and two employes.

Henry C. Albers Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Roosevelt, May 2-Henry C. Albers Pennsylvania former chief the Roosevelt Fire Departof ment and a former police commissioner of this village, died yesterday after a long illness. He published the village's first community newspaper, the Roosevelt Spectator. one time Albers was a salesman for the United States Steel Company.

Later he headed a lumber company here. He was a member of the Roosevelt Exempt Firemen's Association and Freeport Lodge of Elks and was a 32d degree Mason. He was instrumental in organizing the former Alpha Hook Ladder Company. Surviving is a son, Preston Albers, an inspector for the United States Department of Commerce. Charles Crump services for Charles Funeral, of 904 Putnam a retired organist and music teacher, who died yesterday after an illness of one week, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place.

Mr. Crump had been organist of the Broome Street Tabernacle and the De Witt Memorial Church, both in Manhattan. Surviving are two daughters, Mabel and Edith, and two sons, Bertram and Ralph. The funeral of George W. De Vries, an automobile dealer, who died Saturday in his home at 561 4th was held today from the Schaefer Funeral Chapel, 42d St.

and 4th with burial in vian Cemetery, Staten Island. Services were conducted last night at the Schaefer chapel by the Rev. William Clemmons of the Fourth Avenue Methodist Church. Born 27 years ago on Staten Island, Mr. De Vries had been a resident of South Brooklyn for more than 20 years.

He was a partner in the firm of De Vries Son. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jane Kelly De Vries; a daughter, Jane Margaret De Vries; his father, Peter De Vries; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Ritchie and Mrs. Albert Small and Anna and Wilhelmina De Vries, and a brother, Peter De Vries.

A Correction Harold Metz of Brooklyn Technical High School was erroneously reported in the Brooklyn Eagle of April 22 as having failed to answer that Eleanor Holm was the star of Billy Rose's Aquacade at the World's Fair in the Brooklyn Eagle Current Events Bee. Metz answered the question correctly. The Brooklyn Eagle regrets the error. Walter B. Cooke DIGNIFIED As Lou FUNERALS As $150 OUR FUNERAL HOMES SHOOKLYN 151 Linden Boulevard BUckminster 4-1200 50 Seventh Avenue- MAin 2-8585 1218 Flatbush Ave BUckminster 2-0266-7 QUEENS 150-10 Hillside Avenue -JAmaica 6-6670 158-14 North.

Blvd. INdependence 3-6600 STATEN ISLAND 98 Beach Stapleton Gibraltar 7-6100 MANHATTAN 117 West 72nd Street TRafalgar 7-9700 1451 First Avenue RHinelander 4-5800 BRONX 1 West 190th Street RAymona 9-1900 347 Willis Avenue MOtt Haven 9-0272 WESTCHESTER 214 Mamaroneck Avenue- -White Plains 39 Phone for Representative or Write tor Illustrated Booklet Obligation AUCTION AUCTION SALE SALES C. H. ADELMAN. AUCTIONEER, sells May 3rd.

1939, at 9:00 a.m., at 813 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, Pontiac Sedan, Motor No. 123997, retaken from John Bailey. C. H. ADELMAN, AUCTIONEER, sells May 9, 1939, at 4:46 p.m., at 184 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, Pontiac Sedan, Motor No.

998093, retaken from Peter Sergi. S. SADOWSKY. AUCTIONEER, sells May 8, 1939, 9.00 a.m., 348 Fourth Brooklyn. Buick Sedan, Motor No.

43299819, retaken from Thomas Fusco. PAWNBROKERS SALES CANAL AUCTION ROOM, John J. Gibbs, J. F. Sullivan F.

P. Mulhern, auctioneers, sell at 152 Canal N. Y. at 11 a.m. 9, 1939-For J.

J. Ryan, 131 Myrtle Brooklyn, N. Y. unredeemed pledges of diamonds, secondhand watches, jewelry, silverware, No. 17833, Dec.

22. 1937. to No. 584. Jan.

11, 1988, inclusive: also all goods held over from previous sales. m2-6t oSu ESTATE OF EUGENE BAUM'S AUCTIONEERS. J. Kelly, L. Feldhuhn, 1.

Kirschner. J. Schwalb, sell at 70 Bowery, at 9 a.m.: May 4-By order of I. Golden, 430 5th diamonds. silverware, jewelsecond-hand watches, musical instruments, cutlery, cameras.

clocks, suitcases, typewriters, shotguns, suits, overcoats, bundles, pledged from 19059 of May 8. 1937. to 35424 of Dec. 31. 1937.

and from 35450 of Jan. 3, 1938. to 43520 of April 4, 1938. a27-6t oSu May 5-By order of D. Harris, 333 Court diamonds, ware.

jewelry and second-hand watches pledged from 19580 of Dec. 1937. to 6204 of Apr 1, 1938. a28-6t oS.

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