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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1959

Page

4

Walker Ex Postal Chief Dies After Long Illness

Frank Comerford Walker 71 longtime Roosevelt confidant and former postmaster general dies in Manhattan after a career shaping New Deal politics. A lawyer and financier he funded early Roosevelt campaigns, chaired the Democratic National Committee, and kept a tight lipped public profile. Requiem mass planned at St Patrick’s Cathedral with burial in St. Matthew Cemetery Butte.

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Only Man Quits Club in England

Smethwick England 9 Herbert Wilkins 71 a retired fireman is the only male member of the Silver Lining Club for Old People. He says he may resign noting he was told it would be a mixed club and other men would join, but none have. He finds it pleasant yet a bit boring.

Smethwick England Herbert Wilkins Silver Linsing Club Wilkins

Algerian Killed in Paris Gunfire

Algerian man was killed and a second man wounded in an exchange of gunfire near the Luz emburg Gardens on Paris left bank. Police investigated the incident as a fatal shooting with unclear motive.

Paris Alperian Luzemburg Gardens

Head of Cunard Dies at Age 73

Col Denis Maughton Bates, longtime Cunard White Star director and chairman, died Sunday at his Cheshire home. Bates joined Cunard in 1937, became deputy chairman in 1941, and served as chairman from 1953, shaping the line through postwar years.

Cunard Malpas England Uni Col Bates Denis Maughton Bates White Star Ttd Line Cheshire

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