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Died. General Sir Arthur William Currie, 57, Wartime Commander-in-chief of the Canadian forces in France, principal and vice-chancellor since 1920 of McGill University; of pneumonia and cerebral thrombosis; in Montreal. Onetime teacher, realtor, insurance man, he commanded a volunteer regiment when War came, took an infantry brigade to France. He rose rapidly, won fame at the second battle of Ypres where his men faced poison gas for the first time, became Commander-in-chief in 1917. After his triumphal return, there were whispers that he sacrificed his men in a vainglorious desire to have the Canadians fire...
Died. Richard Henry Dana, 54, Manhattan architect, grandson of Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and of Author Richard Henry Dana (Two Years Before the Mast); of pneumonia; in Manhattan...
Died. Aida E. M. Birrel Iglehart. 52, Long Island horsewoman, polo sponsor, art patron, Chile-born wife of Importer D. Stewart Iglehart (president of W. R. Grace & Co. and Grace Steamship Co.), mother of Poloists Stewart Iglehart (8-goal handicap) and Philip Iglehart; of pneumonia; in Westbury...
Died. Ryahei Murayama, 83, Japanese newspaper tycoon, publisher of the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun (circulation: 800,000) and the Osaka Asahi Shimbun (circulation: 1,100,000), "modernizer of the Japanese Press"; of pneumonia; in Tokyo...
Henry Pennypacker '88, for 13 years chairman of the Committee on Admissions at Harvard College died of pneumonia last night at about 10 o'clock in Stillman Infirmary. His only son, Thomas R. Pennypacker '16, of Newton Center, was present at the time of his death. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday...