Word: uremia
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Died. Marshal Antonio Oscar de Fragoso Carmona, 81, Portugal's President since 1926; of uremia; in Lisbon. After 40 years in the army, he decided the Portuguese were incapable of governing themselves, had some evidence: 18 revolutions between 1910, when the last King gave up everything for an actress, and 192-6, when Carmona himself took over after a successful coup. He kept getting re-elected because Premier Salazar, Portugal's dictator, permitted no opposition...
Died. Sri Aurobindo, 78, Indian poet, philosopher, mystic, who gave up his career as a political revolutionary against British rule, became a religious leader to thousands of followers; of uremia; in Pondicherry, French India...
Died. Genevieve Taggard, 53, much-anthologized poetess (For Eager Lovers, Calling Western Union) and biographer (The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson); of uremia; in Manhattan. Miss Taggard scored an early success with slight lyrics, later slipped when she tried to weight her verses with social significance...
Died. James John Davis, 74, Secretary of Labor (1921-30), Republican Senator from Pennsylvania (1930-45); of uremia and a heart ailment; in Takoma Park, Md. Handsome, handshaking, Welsh-born "Puddler Jim" was a helper in an iron works at eleven, later made a fortune in investments before he entered politics. A longtime power in the Loyal Order of Moose (director general since 1906), he pushed its membership from 247 to more than 800,000, founded its two major charities (Moosehaven, Fla., for the aged; Mooseheart, Ill., for widows & orphans). In 1933 he was one of five acquitted...
Died. Dushon John, 67, "king" of Serbian gypsies in the Western U.S.; of uremia; in Oakland, Calif. During an elaborate, jolly funeral, his money, toothbrush and hair oil were also buried, to see him through the journey into the Beyond...