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George Creel, Advisor to Presidents And Former Demo Leader, Dies in S.F.George Creel, 78, who as an ad* viser to F residents, a government administrator and a noted writer helped to shape half a century of American political history, died late yesterday in a San Francisco hospital.Mr. Creel, a victim of lung cancer, lapsed into a coma early Thursday following an exploratory operation. His brother, Dr. P.. H. Creel, who attended him through his last hours, said his death was “inevitable” and the operation had no bearing on the end.At his bedside when death came at 4:05 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital was Mr. Creel’s son, George Bates Creel, and his brother. Twice a widower, Mr, Creel also is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frances Virginia Lublinfu.Funeral services for the noted leader, once termed the “press agent for Americanism,” will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Maneely-Matthews ' chapel, Di-visadero and O’Farrell Streets, San Francisco. Interment will be at Olivet Memorial Park, Colma.Mr. Creel, onetime editor of the JKansas City Independent, the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, was an influential figure in Democratic party policies from World War I, when he headed censorship for President Wilson, until the end of World War ILHe broke with the policies of President Truman, however, and was an active backer of Republican candidates in the last two I national elections.Georg* CreelMr. Creel’s first wife was Blanche Bates, a celebrated New York actress he married in 1B12. She died at their San Francisco home in 1941. Two years laterseter, widow of a San Francisco shipping executive. She died in 1948.He was called back into the government by President Roosevelt and held several federal posts during the 1930s.Late in the Roosevelt Administration, Mr. Creel began pulling away from the Democratic party. Along with many other Democrats he supported Earl Warren, newly appointed Chief Justice of the United States, when Warren first ran for California Governor in 1942.Later he made the break com-p 1 e t e, supporting Republican Vice-President Nixon in his successful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1948. Last election, he headed a “Democrats for Nixon” group which helped sponsor the Vice-President’s candidacy in California.Despite his close association with politics, his only personal attempt in that direction proved unsuccessful. , H? ran for Governor of California in the Democratic primaries in 1934 and washe married Mrs. Alice May Ros- defeated.Sdve UP TO $150.00!COOLERATORREFRIGERATORshop th§ hig%IV stnO JHI ■ ITtflftlf ■ ft Ml ifllifcrlHmm Furfifturt l A*#E*nc* Cm.**1* Bftt P»M*. 0*1; 1ftML TS !-NM
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Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California, US
Sat, Oct 03, 1953
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