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I THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1943 ft 1 1 a Madison Women, Men in U.S. Service Clarence A. Sharratt Clarence A. Sharratt, 58, of 43 Cory died Sunday at a Madison hospital after a brief illnes3. He was born at Crab Orchard, and has been a clerk in the claim and inquiry department at the Madison postoffice for 21 years.

He was a member of the Mazomanie, Brothers in Service tr James Durfee Elected Head of State Legion Longer Rehabilitation Better Care Asked at Rhinelander Parley RHINELANDER (U.R) The Wisconsin department of the American Legion wound up its streamlined wartime convention during the weekend with election of officers and passage of resolutions dealing with veterans' rehabilitation. James R. Durfee, Antigo attorney, was elected commander on a unanimous vote after four ballots failed to produce a majority in a three-way contest among Durfee, William Trinke, Lake Geneva, and William R. Kennedy, Marshfield. Named vice-commanders were A.

W. Roghan, Milwaukee; Jack O'Brien, Wausau; E. J. Hansen, Manitowoc, and Chris J. Hanson, Bloomer.

Endorse Whaley The state group endorsed Vilas H. Whaley Racine, for national Legion commander. Among principal resoluti adopted was one recommending commitment of veterans to neuro-psychiatric hospitals for observation up to 90 days instead of the present 10 days provided by state law. Two others provided vocational training for veterans disabled during the emergency period from Oct. 6, 1940, to Dec.

7, 1941, and condemned present methods of service discharges. The delegates approved enlargement of veterans facilities and recommended that veterans receive a maximum of six years of vocation training or rehabilitation so that those who wish may complete courses in medicine and other professions requiring longer than the present four-year limitation. Also approved was the national Legion policy on peace proposals and creation of a committee to study them. Elect District Heads Delegates in caucus elected five district commanders to serve two year terms. They were August Schultz, Waterloo, second district; Kenneth Oyer, West Allis, fourth; Judge George Ostrander, Princeton, sixth; Fred BushnelL Wisconsin Rapids, Eighth, and Emmery Sipple, Menomonie, tenth.

L. C. Sorenson. Lake Mills, and Harlan Buelow, Dies in Tokyo HARLAN BUELOW Edward Langfeldt, Ripon, Takes Life RIPON Edward Langfeldt, 61, Ripon, died Saturday of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Authorities said the suicide was committed because of ill health.

Mr, Langfeldt was not married. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Bert Whiting and Mrs. Edward Riggs, both of Ripon. Albin Johnson Rites Services for Albin Johnson, 72, of 4141 Mandan crescent, well-known Madison merchant tailor who died suddenly Saturday night at his home, will be held at 1 p.

m. Tuesday in the Frautschi funeral home with the Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Louis Hersig, Harry L. French, P. O. Fish, B. F.

Mautz, Dr. John C. Meng, Andrew B. Helstrom, Goldin Smith, R. L.

Hopkins, Paul H. Rehfeld, and John H. Stephan, all of Madison, and Fred J. Karlen, Winslow, 111. Floyd Hagerty Floyd Hagerty, 42, of 933 Williamson died this morning at a Madison hospital.

He was an employe of the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. for many years. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Carol, at home; his mother, Mrs. Cora Hagerty, Madison, and four brothers, John, Madison, Nelson, Freeport, 111., Staff Sgt. Charles, with the army in Nebraska, and Arlyn, Washington, D.

C. Services will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the Joyce funeral home with the Rev. A.

V. Grace officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Conners Rites Services for Mrs.

Florence Richardson Connors, 2754 Cham-berlin who died Friday night at a Madison hospital, were to be held at 2:30 p. m. today in the Fitch-Lawrence funeral chapel, with the Rev. Otto J. Wilke of St.

John's Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be Wednesday in Toledo, Mrs. Connors' former home. rison Camp low received a telegram Friday night through the Red Cross in forming him that his son, Harlan, who has been a prisoner of the Japanese, died at Tokyo camp, Japan. Sixteen months ago, May 7, 1942, when Corregidor fell, Buelow received word that his son was missing.

No word was received of or from Pvt. Buelow for 13 months. Then, on June 7, word came that Pvt. Buelow was a prisoner of the Japanese. Six weeks later, Buelow received a card in his son's hand writing.

The card was of cheap crude paper, shabby and soiled. It was dated Dec. 19, 1942. Pvt. Buelow stated that he was safe in Japan, and usual health, and that he had not heard from home since November 1941.

Then days after receiving the card, Buelow learned that his son had died. Pvt. Buelow was 22 years old, and enlisted in the service Nov. 18, 1940. At the time of Pearl Harbor he was in the Philippine Islands, where he served in the army air corps.

Pvt. Buelow lived in the Mazomanie vicinity all his life and was a graduate of the Mazomanie high school. lie is survived by his father, George Buelow, Special services will be conducted for Pvt. Buelow Sunday, Aug. 15, in the, Community church.

Rev. R. W. Everoad will have charge of the service. Ripon Boy Drowns at Green Lake RIPON Morris Jenks, 18, Ripon senior high school student, was drowned Sunday afternoon at Inlet beach.

Green Lake. The youth was unable to swim and drowned in water over his head before life guards were able to reach him. The body has not been recovered. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Nellie Jenks, a sister, Irene, at home, Gordon, in the army.

Airs. Mary Schulkamp Mrs. Mary Schulkamp, 79, of 29 E. Wilson died Sunday night at her home after a long illness. She was the widow of the late William L.

Schulkamp. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Kolman, Muscoda, and Josephine Huppler, Madison, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 8:30 a. m.

Wednesday in the Frautschi funeral chapel and at 9 in Holy Redeemer Catholic church, with the Rev. Joseph Gabriels officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Mrs. Anna Rath JOHNSON CREEK Funeral services for Mrs.

Anna Rath, 59, who died Friday night at her farm home 2 miles east of Johnson Creek after an 8-year illness, will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in the home and at 2 in St. John's Lutheran church. The Rev.

J. R. Keiscr will officiate, and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, Johnson Creek. Survivors include her husband, William Rath; two daughters, Mrs. Demand Bank Deposits Up 3 Billions WASHINGTON (U.R) Demand deposits checking accounts of individuals increased between $3,000,000,000 and or about one-third, in the 15 months prior to Mar.

31, the federal reserve board reported today. The demand deposits of business organizations increased between $10,000,000,000 and the board said. All demand deposits on Mar. 31 were $53,000,000,000, of which business owned about and private individuals $15,000,000,000. It was observed by the board that, in addition, private individuals owned a predominant part of the $29,000,000,000 of savings and other time deposits in banks, and that they also held the greater part of the $15,000,000,000 of money in circulation outside the banks.

It is this vast amount of liquid funds that constitutes inflationary pressure. The board did not mention inflation, but in its August bulletin it said that because of the importance of who owns the rapidly growing volume of bank deposits and what shifts occur, the board and the federal reserve banks have decided to obtain regular semiannual statistics on the subject. The total increase in demand deposits in the 15 months ended Mar. 31 was about During the same period, the total amount of United States money in circulation increased by $5,089,292,409 and per capita circulation the amount of money outstanding for each man, woman and child rose from $83.38 to $120.03. On Mar.

31 there was $16,249,773,305 in circulation. The banks held a little more than and most of the other $15,000,000,000 was in the pockets of the people. Chicago Man Drowns in Mirror Lake WISCONSIN DELLS The death of Arthur Nelson, 64, Chicago, whose body was found Saturday night in Mirror Lake, was accidental and probably due to a heart attack, Sauk County Coroner O. V. Pawlisch said today.

The body of the Chicago man was found face down in shallow water by Mrs. H. C. Ray, a neighbor who had talked with him a few minutes before while he was placing stones on the lake front to improve the shore line before the cottage he occupied. The body was recovered by Coroner Pawlisch, summoned by Mrs.

Ray, together with Under-sheriff C. H. Rich and Deputy Sheriff Ernest Cole. Mr. Nelson is survived by his wife; two sons, Robert, of Lake Delton, and Arthur, Chicago, and a daughter, Florence, of Chicago.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Landry funeral home, Wisconsin Dells. The Rev. J.

W. Davies will officiate and burial will be in Lake Delton cemetery. The Rev. A. H.

Merrill The Rev. A. H. Merril, 2635 Mason retired pastor from New York state, died today at a Madison hospital. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs.

E. M. Ringhand, wife of the assistant rector of Grace Episcopal church, and two grandchildren. The body was taken to the Fitch-Lawrence funeral home. Peru will reclaim a large tract through irrigation to grow food crops.

Lieut Karp at Home LIEUT. ERIN KARP Lieut. Erin Karp, who was recently commissioned upon graduation from the infantry officer candidate school at Ft. Benning, is spending a leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Iver Karp, 733 W. Washington ave. Lieut. Karp was inducted on Oct 21, 1941. After completing basic training, he was sent to Panama where he was stationed with a mobile force for a year.

He returned to the U. S. last March. He was commissioned Aug. 2, and after his leave will report for duty to Camp Wheeler, Ga.

Cramer Graduates Lieut. Douglas H. Cramer, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.

H. Cramer, 947 E. Johnson has received his navigator's wings upon gradu a i last week fromrfl the Hondo, a school, it was an- nounced there today. CRAMER Sweet Graduates Leon H. Sweet, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ben Sweet, 1114 Seminole highway, has received his bombardier wings and second lieutenant's commis- sion upon gradu- ation from the San Angelo. army air forces bombardi school, it was announced there today. Before entering SWEET service, Lieut. Sweet attended the University of Wisconsin.

Graduate in Radar Radar, the new weapon of war, is no longer a complete secret to three Madison men who have recently been graduated from a 12-week signal corps pre-radar course for enlisted reserve corps men at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, it was announced there today. They are Jerome J. Kurth, whose home is at 249 Corry P. H. McFee, 1311 Chandler and Merlin V.

Seals, 170 Dixon st. Prokop at Notre Dame William Herman Prokop, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.

Prokop, 452 Virginia terrace, has enlisted in the naval V-12 program, and is competing his college education at the University of Notre Dame, after which he vill attend a navy indoctrination school and be commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve. Taylor Returns to Post Corp. Ray D. Taylor, son of Mrs. Fern Taylor, 614 Division has returned to the maneuver area in Louisiana after spending a furlough at home.

Before entering the army signal corps, Corp Taylor was an employe of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. Schroeder at Greenwood Cadet Harold L. Schroeder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schroeder, Madison, recently reported to the Greenwood, army air field to begin his basic flight training, it was announced there today.

A graduate of Sun Prairie high school, Cadet Schroeder attended the University of Wisconsin before entering service. He was accepted as an aviation cadet on Aug. 10, 1942. Two Commissioned Two Madison men were commissioned second lieutenants in the army medical administration corps last Wednesday upon graduation from the officer candidate schools at Camp Barkeley, It was announced Jhere today. They are Lieuts.

Sidney Pro-sansky, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Prosansky, 217 S. Mills and Joseph Mathias Kinney, 23, son of Michael Kinney, 720 Brit-tingham pi. it fa -1 i tkJ National Federation of Postoffice Clerks and of Sandstone lodge.

Free and Accepted Masons, Aber deen, S. D. Survivors include his wife; three sisters, Mrs. Ada GaskilL Washington, D. Mrs.

Myrl HeiL Mission, and Mrs. Josephine Teske, Loveland, and a brother, Cleo Sharratt, Port Orchard, Wash. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Schroeder funeral chapel, The Rev.

E. O. Coontz of the Advent Christian church, Baraboo, officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial park. Carol De la Hunt Carol De la Hunt, former member of the Wisconsin players, died suddenly Saturday night at a Milwaukee hospital.

Miss De la Hunt received her bachelor of arts degree at the University of Wisconsin and her master's degree in speech and dramatics here in 1942. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and appeared in many of the university plays, before moving to Milwaukee where she taught dramatics. Services will be at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Weiss funeral home, Milwaukee.

Mrs. Floerke Rites PLATTEVILLE Funeral service for Mrs. Robert Floerke, 69, who died at her home at Plat-teville Friday night after a Ion? illness, were to be held at 1:33 p. m. today at the home and at the Peace Lutheran church at 2.

The Rev. H. W. KrulL pastor, was to officiate with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs.

Floerke was born in iTt-Horeb, and has spent most of her life in Platteville on a farm, retiring 15 years ago to live in the city of Platteville. Survivors include her widower; two sons, Ernest, Platteville, and Ben, Milwaukee; two daughters, Clara and Mrs. Richard Voigts, Platteville; three brothers, Fred. Charles, and Peter Kabele, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Wolf, all Platteville, and eight grandchildren.

Miller Infants Services for the. infant twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, 713 Dahle who died Sunday at a Madison hospital, were to be held at 2 p. m.

today in Roselawn Memorial park, with the Rev. John W. Birchall officiating. Surviving are the parents, a sister, Sharon Kay, and the grandparents, Mrs. Ida Miller, and Mr.

and Mrs. Silas Prescott. Joseph Bronner Leaves $12,500 Estate The widow and 10 children of Joseph J. Bronner, town of Bristol, who died July 29, are heirs to his $12,500 estate, records in county court revealed Saturday. The estate contains $16,000 real estate, $4,500 personal property, and $8,000 liabilities.

Katherin Bredlow, Farmington, and Mrs. Lorraine Kugath, town of WatcrVwn; a sister, Mrs. William Martin, and two grandchildren. EXPERT TC0 MAT BE ELIGIBLE to bay top quality "Grd I' til. o.

your crtifiet a-titlM you to th bt U. S. ROYAI MASTER 1 Charles Putz SEXTONVILLE Charles Putz, 74, farmer near Sextonville, died at a Richland Center hospital Saturday after a long illness. He was a native of Posen, Germany, and had made his home in Richland county for many years. He is survived by his wife, Anna, four sons, Floyd and Alex, Waukesha; Michael, Lone Rock, and Joseph, Harvard, a daughter, Annabel, Lone Rock; two sisters, Mrs.

Raynold Parduhn, Lone Rock, and Mrs. Frank Lemanski, Fennimore, and a half brother, Frank Klekoski, North Dakota. The body was taken to the Pratt fpneral home in Richland Center. Hartig Services REEDSBURG Funeral services for William H. Hartig, 72, who died at a Recdsburg hospital Friday night, were to be held at 2 p.

m. today' at St. Peter's Lutheran church, with the Rev. Carl Schin-nerer officiating. Burial was to be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Hartig is survived by a son, Arnold, Detroit, a sister, Lydia, Reedsburg, and a brother, Edmund, West Allis. Mrs. Margaret Hinman Mrs. Margaret W.

Hinman, 88, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William McKeown, 1109 Vilas ave. Mrs. Hinman, former resident of Boscobel, had lived here a year and one half. She was an honorary member of the Ladies of the GAR.

Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. William Skiff, Norfolk, Mrs. Edward Wright, Long Beach, Mrs. Olaf Olsen, Lincoln, Mrs. Edward Yant, Beatrice, Mrs.

M. E. Scott, Madison; Mrs. McKeown, Madison, and Mrs. Eva Hughes, Madison; two sons, Paul Randolph, Omaha, and Cecil P.

Randolph, Ta-coma, and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a. m. in the Immaculate Conception church, Boscobel, with the Rev. John MacNa-mara officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Gerald Draper RICHLAND CENTER Gerald William, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Draper, was buried in the Mill Creek cemetery Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Alva Beeman officiating.

The child was bom Thursday and lived two days. Frank Kundert MONROE Frank Kundert, 86. died Sunday at the home of a brother, J. J. Kundert, 2308 15th Monroe.

He was born in New Glarus township and after retiring from the farm lived in Monroe for 36 years. He was a member of the Evangelical Reformed church, New Glarus. Survivors include two half-brothers, J. Je Kundert, Monroe, and Rudy Kundert, Browntown. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.

m. Tuesday at the Shriner Neushandcr funeral home, the Rev. P. C. Kehle officiating.

Burial will be in New Glarus cemetery. William Waltz Rites BOSCOBEL Funeral services for William Waltz, 17, Boscobel, who died Friday night at a Bosco-Boscobel hospital after a short illness, will be held at 8:30 a. m. Tuesday in Immaculate Conception Catholic church. The Rev.

John MacNamara will officiate with burial in Boscobel cemetery. He was graduated from Boscobel high school this spring. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walz; a brother, Joseph, and two sisters, Kathleen and Eileen, all at home.

1421 Madison, Wis. Shooters" SAN FORD, NORMAN HILL Pfc. Norman P. Hill is visiting Madison relatives on a 10-day furlough from the army air forces, Kearns, Utah. A brother, pvt.

P. Sanford Hill, is serving with the marines in the Southwest Pacific, and a brother-in-law, Corp. Edward Rustick, is with the 135th medical regiment in New Guinea. The brothers are sons of Peder Hill and brothers of Mrs. Edward Rustick and Myrtle Hill, 445 W.

Gilman st. Cotterman at Davis Lieut. R. E. Cotterman whose home is at jPttvi, is attending the antiaircraft artil lery school at Lamp uavis, ih.

it was announced there today, Lieut. Cotterman recently was commissioned in the coast artillery upon com COTTERMAN pletion of the officer candidate course at Camp Davis. Howland Transferred Pfc, Robert W. Howland, son of Mr. and Mrs.

L. L. Howland, 201 Ohio has been transferred from an antiaircraft battalion at Ft. Fisher, N. Hattiesburg, where he is attending an ad-, vancing army administ ra i school at Missis-s i i Southern college.

Previously Pfc. I Howland was stationed at Camp Davis, N. where he attended administration school IIOVXAND and acted as camp correspondent and payroll clerk. Prior to entering service, he was an inspector at the Madison-Kipp Corp. A graduate of East high school, Pfc.

Howland has composed several song hits, including "You Can Bank on a Yank," "My New Flame," and "Land of Our Dreams." Piper Gets New Job Lieut. Carl V. Piper, former assistant chemist and bacteriologist for the city health department, whose home is at 408 N. Francis is now an assistant medical inspector at the army air forces basic training center, Greensboro, N. it was announced there today.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he received his master of science degree and where he was a member of the ROTC, Lieut. Piper entered service on Nov. 10, 1942. He was with the city health department for nine years. His parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles T. Piper, live in Watertown. Lease Brothers Home Tfc. Charles Pease and Pvt.

Roger F. Lease, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lease, 2421 Sherman are spending furloughs at home. Pfc.

Charles is a member of a tank destroyer battalion at Camp Hood, Tex. Pvt. Roger is with the infantry at Camp Croft, S. C. McDonald Visits Here First Lieut.

Gilbert McDonald, former Madison attorney and all-conference guard on the 1935 Wisconsin basketball team, visited Madison Sunday. McDonald entered the army Aug. 6 1941. Sperley Promoted Pvt. James O.

Sperley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sperley, 227 Jackson has been promoted to private first class upon assignment to the army air forces technical school at Sioux Falls, S. it was announced there today. A graduate of East high school, Pfc.

Sperley was a machinist at the Gisholt Machine Co. before entering the service. He is now being trained as a radio operator-mechanic. can live without GOOD PICTURES buf not so WELL Chi Co. saSial -1 1 A LEAVE YOUR TIRE WORRIES 4W TO A TIRE Trouble Henry Halberg, Menomonie, were named sergeants-at-arms and the Rev.

Ft. Joseph Huepper, Milwaukee, was elected chaplain. The Kenney historian trophy was awarded George Washington post No. 2, Milwaukee, and the department membership -trophy went to the town of Lake post No. 129, Milwaukee.

Auxiliary Elects Mrs. Courtney Reed, Prentice, was installed as Wisconsin department president of the Legion auxiliary. Mrs. C. W.

Hurtig. Marinette, and Mrs. Alfred Wiesner, Milwaukee, were elected vice-presidents, and Mrs. William Bendt, Shorewood, treasurer. Mrs.

M. A. Wiemer, Independent, was chosen historian and Mrs. T. J.

Sande-mn Rhinelander, chaplain. Delegates named to the national convention were the Mmes. George Nitz, Green Bay; Flora Weber, Waukesha; Myron K. Elbertson, Milwaukee; Harrison L. Garner, Madison; Elsie Frank, Milwaukee; John Coe, Barron; William Trombla, Manito woe; Ruby Peterson, Amherst; Minnie Sproesser, Watertown, and George Hass, Madison.

WFA Admits Dumping 'Some' Spoiled Potatoes WASHINGTON (U.R) The War Food Administration said Saturday that it had been necessary to dump some spoiled potatoes at various points in the country but denied a charge that an entire $60,000 shipment was shoveled on to a Vincennes, city dump. Rep. Gerald Landis, had charged that 37 carloads of government-owned potatoes were transported in army trucks to the dump and there discarded. Lawrence Begins Course Pfc. William H.

Lawrence, son of Ralph H. Lawrence, 1305 Rut-ledge has begun his radio operating and mechanics training at Scott Field, 111., it was announced there today. Mueller at Notre Dame Edward Albert Mueller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mueller, 605 S.

Dickinson has enlisted in the navy V-12 program and is now training at the University of Notre Dame. After completion of his college education and a naval indoctrination course, he will be graduated as an ensign in the naval reserve. Taylor Ends Furlough Pfc. William A. Taylor, son of Mr.

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