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Show 8 Sunday, December 7, 1847 SPHDAYHERMP Your Lease on Life Grows Longer: Average Life Expectancy Now 6$i& BY JAMES THRASHER NEA Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (NEA) It may seem like a harder Job every day to make ends meet But at least there is one side dish of comfort in the present situation. Today's average American has a longer lease on life than ever before in our history in which he may try to perform that economic miracle. mi-racle. The long-suspected fact that Americans are living longer these days is now official. Life insurance insur-ance companies have just adopted a newly revised mortality table, and the keepers of the longevity box score now figure the average life expectancy at 65.8 .years. , That's a gain of 16 years in less than, half a century. Statisticians Statis-ticians say that record has never been approached in man's history and like Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in one year, may never be broken. The new mortality table is the first official one in this country since 1868. Its appearance is at least partly a public relations gesture. ges-ture. Irate, misinformed policy holders had been complaining that it was ridiculous to base their premiums on an 80-year-old forecast of life expectancy, and that they were getting gypped. Actually, the insurance companies com-panies have been keeping up with the advancing length of life pretty well .even though the 1868 table was still the basic one. They did this by what they call "weighing": "weigh-ing": that is. they studied various medical and mortality reports, evaluated their own and other comDanies' experience, and made continuing adjustments which they felt were pretty accurate. But now the 65.8 figure is on the record book for all to see One company at least thinks that. with the advance -of medical and sanitary science, fulfillment of the Biblical promise of three score and ten isn't more than a decade or two away. (Actually, archae ologists, mathematicians and other scientific snoopers, flying in the face of the Scriptures, say that life expectancy in Biblical times was only about 22 years.) A lot of people are wondering now what tangible benefits, over and above social security, they are going to get from this prom ised longer life. Among other things, they are wondering about the cost of life insurance. The insurance people saved up this nice little longevity surprise to spring along with another one which is unavoidable but not so pleasant The rate of earning on life insurance investments and ZlL ir More time for,rocking chair and slippers: Photo-chart shows hew life expectancy of the average American has Increased In a century. cen-tury. Biblical promise of three score and ten may be reached in another decade, one life Insurance company predicts. per cent interest. But with their present earnings they feel this is unsafe. So, on or before Jan. 1, the great majority of them will scale down the. guaranteed rate to 2, 214 or even 2 per cent. An insurance statistician offered to 'try to explain what all this means. He spoke slowly and cautiously cau-tiously and used short words, in the optimistic hope that a layman might understand. A lower guaranteed guar-anteed interest, rate, he said4 would tend to increase premium costs on new policies. At the same time, the new mortality rate would tend to decrease them. Net result: not much change. He also emphasized premiums would not be -affected on existing policies, although dividends might be a little less on the participating kind. There is one other change, which has to do with a different way of commuting the cash surrender sur-render value of a policy. An explanatory ex-planatory pamphlet which the Charges Filed Against ITU BY UNITED PRLSS New charges of unfair labor practice were filed today against the AFL Typographical Union, which has called printers strikes against 11 newspapers in four cities. Meanwhile, a showdown approached ap-proached on complaints by the publishers that the union has violated the Taft-Hartley law. The npur fnmnlnint airainfit most other safe investments has 'statistician passed along said of e unjon were filed by 16 west- that is to increase a policy's cash value. He also included in his explanation explana-tion a dozen or so ifs, buts, and exceptions. The prospect of a longer life may encourage you to delve into the study of them, Your own insurance agent will probably be glad to try to help you understand tnem. You should live so long. 17 Hurt In School Bus VrieqlFirej: -.MINNEAPOLIS Dec.. 6 (U.PJ Seventeen ' persons,-. of them school children; reportedly' were injured today when a school bus crashed Into an automobile and burst into flames . . In addition; an ambulance was reported to have 'been Involved in a serious . accident while speeding speed-ing to the scene to transport in jured children to a hospital. First rerjrts said tne rear oi the bus caught fire and that the flames spread quickly to the interior, in-terior, which contained 28 Sunday Sun-day school children on their way to an ice -skating . party. ; PAlin thcvv urr itiTM l; by a Sunday school teacher and ; passing motorists sin prying open the door and breaking windows to pull the screaming children from, the flaming interior: ; Children whose clothing had caught-fire, were thrown into deep-.'-anow drifts to extinguish the flames.. Fire Capt. W..L. Bomsta said; the- accident occurred when a car ! driven by Mrs. R. W. Robin son, 41, Excelsior. Minn., crashed i into the side of the bus. The im pact ruptured the bus', gasoline tank, and.- Mr. Robinson's machine ma-chine caught , fire. The bus continued, on for about 150, feet, Bomsta said, but flames from the Pjblnson car followed a . trickle or'gas from the broken fuel tank of the. bus and reached that vehicle, setting it afire. Mrs. Robinson, suffered from shock, while the driver of the bus, LouiA Dahberg, 26, was treated for - minor burns. Two other persons were injured in-jured when an ambulance speed ing to the scene collided with a truck. Soldier's Body Arrives Tuesday il. h ' i - - t v y :- " ', jr Henrietta C. Brown J been declining while our life ex pectancy has been rising. It has gone down from 5.25 per cent in 1925 to 2.92 per cent at present. A 'general practice of life insurance in-surance companies has been to guarantee the holders of partici this step that "companies wiiljern Pennsylvania printing firms recognize me equuies w puucy- m a move designed to forestall noiaers in aeaung wun me suua-an attempt by the union to ne tion that results from the use of the interest differential." In case it stil'lisn't clear, the statistician said this new pro- pating policies around 3 or ZVz cedure would tendanother tend. (ciiie invited to a Thrilling Demonstration of the New (API aqn IO J t H na vox ONOSIAM VERLYN C. MARROTT eotiate wage increases without signing a formal contract. The charges were filed with the New York regional office of the national labor relations board, because other cases against the union already were on file there The union has refused to sign contracts because the Taft-Hart ley law prohibits closed shops. The policy has resulted in news paper strikes affecting papers with a total circulation of more than 3,000,000. The union faces a hearing at Indianapolis Dec. 9 on charges of unfair labor practices filed by the American Newspaper Publishers association. Thorberg G. Olsen SPANISH FORK Mrs. Thor-berg Thor-berg Geslason Olsen, 77. widow of Ole Olsen, died 'at the family home Friday of causes incident to age. She was born April 6, 1870, at Vesmoyjyum, Iceland. She came to Utah with her father when a young girl and they made their home at Spanish Span-ish Fork. She married Ole H. Olsen July 6, 1892, in Provo, Utah. . He died April 24. 1945.. She was an active member of the Lu theran church. She is survived by four sons and one daughter. Miss Hannah Olsen, and Gilbert, Ole C. and William H. Olsen, Spanish Fork, and Ray V Olsen, Santaquin; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grand-children. Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted in the Claudin Funeral home chapel Sunday at 2 p. m. Friends may call at the family home prior to the services Sun day. Rev. Herman Klein of the Provo Lutheran churcli will con duct the services. Burial will be in the Spanish Fork City cemetery. Now you can realize td the full extent the new tone and beauty of this finest product of the oldest name in radio. Cabinets of the finest traditional and modern design and all the wonders of radio science are combined to offer a fulfillment of your desire to own the best. 219.50 And Up Easy Terms ACTOR DIES HONOLULU, Dec. 6 (U.PJ Walter Wal-ter Walker, 83, of Trenton, N. J., veteran stage and movie actor, died here yesterday of pneumanio while visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. H. Ripley. Walter's career spanned 60 years. He spent half a century on Broadway and 10 years in Hollywood as a character actor. OGDEN CANARY CAKKIES OFF HONORS SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 6 (U.R) An Ogden canary has walked off with champion honors at the annual Salt Lake Canary Can-ary club show. The event ended yesterday with the selection of a canary owned by Dr. M. Yoshitaka of Ogden as The body of Private First Class Verlyn Q Marrott. soldier killed July 29, 1944, during the invasion of France, will arrive in Provo Tuesday and will be met at the Union station by Orem post 70, American Legion. Graveside military services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p. m. in the Provo city cemetery, direc ted by the Orem legion post under un-der direction of Commander Ralph Schenck. Church rites will be directed by Frank T. Gardner, Sixth ward bishop. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary prior i to services. The family requests mat no flowers be sent. Mr. Marrott was born Feb. 19. 1925, in Orem, son of Clarence O. and Gladys Peck Marrott. His father died May 24, 1337, in Orem, and his mother now resides at 294 West Third South, Provo. Mr. Marrott was educated in the Lindon school and Pleasant Grove high school and worked for Freyn Engineering comprn'y during construction of Geneva steel plant from March. 1942. un til he entered the service in Aug ust, 1943. He trained at Camp Adair, near Corvallis, Ore. In May, 1943. he went oversea?, and in England prepared for "D" day. It was during the invasion inva-sion xof France when he wa fighting in the'hedgerows fn the vicinity of LeFourcret, that he was hit by shrapnel from enemy mortar fire, the injuries proving fatal. He was a member of the rifle squad of the first platoon, company com-pany G of the 9th infantry. Mr. Marrott held the sharp-shooting sharp-shooting marksmanship medal11, and his mother has received his purple heart with three stars. Surviving besides his mother j are one brother and four sisters,! Jesse Marrott, Mre. George (Elda) Zubeck snd Mrs. Myron (Reva) i Davis, all of Provo; Mrs. Alya; (Ruth) Durfey, Salt Lake City,! and Miss Phyllis Marrott, Provo: ' also his grandfather, A. M. Peck of Orem. the champion over 130 rivals. i The doctor's entrants also took! best young bird, best young team! and best old bird team in the : champion section. The judge was! Peter Cook of Morgan. Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Hen-rietta Clinger Brown. 71. one- tune Provo resident, will be con- auctea it l p. m. aionaay in Magna, Mag-na, where she has lived for the past 42. years. Mrs." Brown. who 1 died Thurs day in Magna of carcinoma, was born in . Prove Sept , .11, 1876, and Hived here about "30 years. She will be burled in the Provo i cltar cemetery .following the Mas- na services .Monday. - ( to the services at Mrs. Brown's' home iii . .Magna,. 3052 South 8950 West. Services will be in the Magna LDS chapel. She was the daughter of James Henry and, -Mary Pauline William Wil-liam Clinger. On Dec. 6. 1895. she married William John Brown in Provo. He died Jan. 25. 1947. Three sons and six daughters ! attnritra Willlon. 17n.ti n f ...... .i.iwm w&sauv Granger; : Claude Edward and Glen Arval Brown, Salt Lake City; Mrs'. Maxfield, Mrs. Delia Harris and Mrs. Melba Beck, Magna; Mrs. Jessie Manning, Farmington; - Mrs. Donna Grant, Sacramento, Cal.; and Mrs. Nor-ihe Nor-ihe Thomas. Tooele: 28 ' Brand- children and 13 great-grandchil- arenr also two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Hattie Wride, Aberdeen, Ab-erdeen, Ida.; Mrs. Lillie Sumsion and Parley Clinger, Salt Lake City, and Martin Albert Clinger, Lake View. William Chapman Called By Death William. Alma Chapman, 65,' Provo fanner, died-at. the. home of a daughter, Mrs. Elva C. Pyne, PAYSON George Albert jicnaerrer. do, rayson ciea mx fayson nosnitai Friday tnorninr after a few weeks' illness. va i : He 'was born June. 22 1882, mj rayson, a sonoi Jon Jacob1 enc ? 3-- :-:-: . George A. Schaerrer 7sa pinthmi J2?J5Ssil at 7:30 "a: 'mv.ot pneumoniaHe suffered - a : strbke' V ' wefc t-ago. Mtv Chapman LwM vbony- ggq, ton, . Ida-- son of' Wlllhmv H, and Emma W ard ; Chap man. He ;" married Vereoa Wright Nov.v.2..- 1904. She died May 441. ' He was an elder in the LDS church. Surviving are two" sons and' three Geneva Stewart -in the Salt Lake ijne aiea June 19, 1934. son- Aug. 28, 1940, In the Salt Lake temple. He. was an active LDS .church member, filling . mission in Swiss-German mission from 1914 to 1917, and occupied several . positions in the church. At the. time of his death hi was high e priest Survivors include his Widow! four., daughters: Mrs. Willis Field, Provo, Mrs.. Tom Lee. Los Angeles, An-geles, Cal.; Mrs. Lynn Houser; Springyille, and Marilyn Schaer-j rer, Payson; two sons; G. Stew-' art and Russell Schaerrer, Pay-son; Pay-son; the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Adelia F. Dixon, Paysori; Mrs. Clara S. Gleason, Oakland, Cel.; Frank Schaerrer, Payson, On an LDS mission in England: 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be con- Mr. Chapman daughters, Conday W. Chapman; Provo; Meldon Chapman, Salt Lake City: Mrs. Elva C Pynei Mrs. Ella Bullock and Mrs. Phyl lis Pierce, all of Provo; 19 grand- u"erntenst w", m children- i hmth.r. jnhW'2cted Monday at 2 p. m., in children; six brothers, John Chapman, Mesa. Ariz.: Georee. Roy and James Chapman, all of Kigoy, Ida.; Either Chapman. First ward chapel with Rot BroadbCnt, Fourth ward bishop, officiating. ! Friends may call Sunday after- Alma A. Smith AMERICAN FORK Alma A Smith, 63, 150 N. 6th East, formtr Duschene postmaster and retired farmer, died Thursday in a Provo hospital after a lingering Illness. Mr. &mitn, who was torn in American Fork Aug. 25, 1884, farmed for many years at American Ameri-can Fork, retiring about 12 year.- s go because of ill health. Prominent in activities of the LDS church until his illness, he served an LDS mission in the British Isles about 40 years ago. He married Amy Scoggins Dec. 20, 1919, in the Salt Lake LDS tabernacle. He is survived by his widow, three sons, Oliver G., Forreit L. and Wood row Smith, American Fork; three daughters, Mrs. Eva S. Lambert Salt Lake City, and Lola Mae "and Irene Smith, both of American Fork, and a bro'her, Alonzo F. Smith, American Fork. Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted Monday at 1 p. m. at 69 E. Main by Leo T Hanson, bishop of the Fourth LDS ward. Burial wil be in city cemetery. Christian Andreasen Funeral services for Christian Peter Andreasen, who died Thurs day night, will be conducted Monday at 1:3Q p. m. in the Sec- n....4:..i . . m- ZZEZT m Pa,i2 noon at Valley mortuary and at HSo.filT-rtJ1 famiIy hme Monday prior SPbJSfiL ?:to services, Burial will be in . " : . : i son city cemeierv. Mary Wright ier, Preston, - Ida Funeral services" wilt be Tues day at 1:15 p. m in the Bork- vuie ward chapel. With Bishop . mi"7?? iUie Tenth ward AMERICAN FORK Funera ?Sin3iJrl7 vlces for Miss Mary Wright; from 6 to 8 p. m. and at the home of Mrs. Bullock, 690 East 22, were held Saturday in the Second LDS ward chapel. Miss Provo city cemetery. ond LDS ward chapel with Bishop Marion Hinckley, of the .Sunset, ward presiding. Friends may call at the Valley mortuary Sunday from 6 to 8 p. m. and at the home, 1420 West Center street Monday prior to services. Burial will be in the Provo city cemetery. Sunday following a month's ill ness. 'Interment was in the city cerrie derson & Sons mortuary. mnuiig usages xor aluminum t reported over 50 years ago were' aluminum collars for fire,? horse ! aluminum wishbones, snake-prooT aluminum lined leggings, and I pill A Wd ! MOTHER'S LAST WISH IGNORED ! i I LAS ANGELES, Dec. 6 (U.R) ! A mother s last wish for her baby to be buried in her arms was ignored at his funeral services today. Eleven-month-old Neil Ellis Wartnik, whose mother killed him and then committeed suicide, will be buried in Beth Olam cemetery after simple rites, The mother, Mrs. Lena Mae Wartnik, will be buried later at Forest Lawn. See and hear the Magnavox at 136 West Center Provo Phone 102-W MOUNT-A-LAKE Service Station Garage and Store at Orem Schvub Stokers 30 Lb. per hour capacity, $19.00 suitable for large homes or business houses; reasonable terms can be arranged. Co-op refrigerators home, freezers and many other appliances ap-pliances at reasonable prices on order. Many appliances and other items now in the store, suitable suit-able for Xmas presents, priced to sell. . Co-op 4 Ply Heavy Duty 600-. 16 tires $12.90 (plus tax) Also a good -stock -Of all -other sizes, priced right. Fuel oil for your furnace or heater Gas Oil Greasing Greases. & Accessories at the' service station. -' Reliable automotive repair and fair prices at the Mount-A-Lake garage. u:.s jcl You'll feel rested and refresh- jnr fii -' ed for dancing of fighting vj! ' when you call a Yellow Gab to FFTts """"""""""""n! v take you to tnat party' I VcJfltrrl APPLES i SUNDAY ONLY H&Xt UyXnr 75c a bushel- 2 for $1.35 gl ' R'iPf f ! JONATHANS . . . $1.00 SS3Ur ' 355 South 3rd East SCATTERED across this nation are tome of the easiest automobile auto-mobile buyers the world ever saw. They cut their eyeteetb on a steering steer-ing wheel, so to speak they know car values from A to izzard and you have to be plenty good to step ahead of your price class in the volume of your sales to them. That's why it's startling - sometimes some-times even to us to see the double barreled story of public preference that's written in the ales Records and registration figures ITEMt Only three car's outsell Buick and all of these are in the so-called "low-price field." ITEMt In some localities and quite often in polls that ask "Which car will you buy next?" -Buick ranks not fourth, but third, actually ahead of one of the lowest-priced three. Naturally, the smart buyer will ask "How come?." Well, the-most standout style of the season., the syle that's the clearest forecast of wonderful But that isn't all. The dollar is still a pretty important measuring stick. So we don't think Buick could be where it is if it didn't offer a bigger dollar's worth bigget in size and substance, in lift and life, iff soft ride and easy handling, bigger in the all-round happiness you'll get out of your buy. Which suggests, of course: Why go against the solid. iudg meni of your fellow men? 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