Word: ailments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones, 62, Canadian-born pulp fic-tioneer; of a heart ailment; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Able to keep five manuscripts boiling at the same time, Bedford-Jones ground out 100 novels, countless short stories, estimated that by writing fast, instead of well, he had earned...
Died. Joseph Paul DiMaggio Sr., 77, retired Italian immigrant fisherman who became baseball's most famous father (sons: Joe of the Yankees, Dominic of the Red Sox, and onetime Major-Leaguer Vincent, now player-manager of the Class D Pittsburg, Calif. Diamonds); of a heart ailment; in San Francisco...
Died. Andrew Lawrence Somers, 54, longtime Democratic Representative from New York (since 1925) who helped steer F.D.R.'s gold-devaluation bill through the House (1934); of a liver ailment; in Queens, N.Y. Roman Catholic Somers was one of Zionism's most active champions in Congress, led the fight for a $150 million loan to Israel...
Died. John Russell Scott, 69, publisher (1905-49) and managing director (1932-47) of Britain's famed liberal daily newspaper, the Manchester Guardian (circ. 160,000); of a heart ailment, in Manchester, England...
Died. Forest ("Nubbins") Hoffman, 7, the solemn little boy who fought a four-year losing battle for his life; of a bladder ailment; in Cheyenne, Wyo. In 1944, newspaper readers across the land helped Nubbins celebrate Christmas six weeks early because he was not expected to live, filled his home with letters and presents (Railroad Tycoon Bill Jeffers sent a toy automobile, Harry Truman sent a book), have since closely followed his two major operations and long fight in hospitals...