Word: pneumonia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Franklin MacVeagh, 94, onetime (1909-13) Secretary of the Treasury, longtime wholesale grocer, great-uncle of U. S. Minister to Greece Lincoln MacVeagh; of bronchial pneumonia; in Chicago. Farm-born, Yale-bred, he entered politics as a Democrat, could not stomach the Bryan Silver Policy, turned Republican, later disturbed Republicans by urging lower tariffs. In 1928 he supported the Smith candidacy...
Died. Mrs. Emma Littlefield Moore, 53, retired actress, wife of Actor Victor Moore who played "Vice President Throttlebottom" in Of Thee I Sing and Let 'Em Eat Cake; of pneumonia; in Farmingdale...
...They agree with other investigators that the environment in which a person happens to be and the way he reacts to that environment are more significant than the germs which enter his system. Also attributable to environment, said the investigators, may be an attack of pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, even pneumonia...
Died. Francis de Sales Casey, 52, one-time (1920-28) art editor of Life, color consultant for Powers Reproduction Corp.; of pneumonia; in Manhattan...
...Often erroneously referred to as the first Negro in a French Cabinet,* M. Diagne served as Under Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1931, helped mobilize Colonial troops during the War. Died. William Ellis Corey, 68, oldtime protege of Andrew Carnegie, onetime president of U. S. Steel; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. His career closely followed that of Charles Michael Schwab. In 1897 he succeeded Mr. Schwab as superintendent of Homestead Steel Works. In 1901 when Mr. Schwab left the presidency of Carnegie Steel Co. to become U. S. Steel's first president, Mr. Corey followed him as head...