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" A4 x ROOSEVELT PAYS - HOWELL TRIBUTE Void Left by Death Cannot Be Filled, Declares A. P. Head. Br the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, November 14.—Scores of messages of sympathy Wwere re- ceived today by the family of Clark Howell, editor and president of the Atlanta Constitution and Democratic national committeeman for Georgia. Among them was a telegram from President and Mrs, Roosevelt: ‘They wired: “In the great sorrow which has eome to you and yours, Mrs. Roose- velt and I offer assurances of sincere sympathy. As a newspaper publisher Clark Howell maintained the finest traditions of the American press and brought honor to the State which gave him to the Nation. I especially mourn the passing of a long-time friend and I shall greatly miss him in the days to come.” A. P. Head Pays Tribute. Frank B. Noyes, president of the ‘Washington Star Newspaper Co. and president of the Associated Press, said: “Clark Howell's passing leaves a void in our affairs which never can be| filled. “Clark Howell,” Mr. Noyes said, “was a successful publisher, a leader in establishing the foremost for the general good of journalism, and yet | he found time for a life full of inter- est in local, State and national! af- fairs. The loss is Nation-wide.” Jerome D. Barnum, publisher of the | Syracuse Post-Standard and president of the American Newspaper Publish- ers’ Association, said: “The Atlanta Constitution, under his direction, was one of the most re- spected newspapers of the country and was looked upon by all as a key to the sentiment of public opinion in the South.” Hearts “Greatly Grieved.” William Randolph Hearst: “I am very greatly grieved * * * We have been associated in journalism for over 50 years and I learned early in that association not only to be fond of him as a friend, but to respect and admire his high character and his sterling abilities.” George B. Longan, president Kansas City Star: “The publishing world has lost a great figure.” Gov. Eugene Talmadge: “I deeply regret the loss of my friend, Hon. Clark Howell. He and my father were life- long friends. Our recent political dif- ferences did not affect our friendship. I join his many friends over the State in extending sympathy to his family.” J. E. Chappel, Birmingham News and Age-Herald: “Clark Howell's death leaves a gap in the ranks of the great editors that will not be filled.” Cooper Telegraphs Condolences. Kent Cooper, general manager of the Associated Press, telegraphed the following “On behalf of the entire membex-‘ ship and staff of the Associated Press please let me express condolences on the death of the Hon. Clark Howell and an enduring admiration for his work as a newspaper man. He has been a member of the Board of Di- rectors of the Associated Press for | over 30 years and the officers and | members of the board will greatly | miss him.” Joseph P. Tumulty offered “My | deepest and heartfelt sympathy.” I Meyer Expresses Sympathy. | Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post: “Please accept the expression of my profound sympathy on the loss of your distinguished colleague, Mr. AOWELL FUNERAL THS AFTERNON 73-Year-0ld Publisher Died | Yesterday After Two- Month lliness. | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, November 14.—A two- | month illness claimed the life to- day of Clark Howell, sr.. editor and president of the Atlanta Constitution | and Democratic national committee- man from Georgia. | The 73-year-old publisher, a close | friend of President Roosevelt, died at 7:15 a.m. (Eastern standard time) at his North Side residence after two op- | erations failed to correct an intes- tinal silment. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Spring Hill Chapel by Rev. W. W, Memminger, | pastor of All Saints’ Episcopal Church. The burial will be conducted privately at West View Cemetery. | 'Howell was an early supporter of | Mr. Roosevelt for President and was long identified with State and na- tional politics. Only last June he | returned to the State’s Democratic committee post, which he had held from 1896 to 1924. | | Succeeded Talmadge. | | Upon resuming this important party assignment Howell succeeded Gov. | Eugene Talmadge. He had supported Talmadge in every race he ran for| | State office, but broke with the Gov- ernor when he began his attacks on ! the New Deal. Opposed to Senator Richard B. Rus- sell’s candidacy for the United States Senate in 1932, Howell supported him against Talmadge in the Senate race | this year. Russell won re-election by a landslide. | | city hall. | Julian Howell and Albert Howell, and THE SUNDAY STAR With Los Angeles authorities reopening investigation into the death of Reid Russell, 2¢, who was found fatally wounded at the home of Gouverneur Morris last September, Chief Investigator Clyde Plummer is shown (seated on right) with Mrs. Morris (seated, center, in light coat), who said she found a note shortly after Russell's death intimating he had planned suicide. Seated on the left is Lila Lee, former film star, who was at the Morris home at the time of the tragedy. And ning over them is Gouverneur Morris. Tells of Russell “Suicide” Note —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. tee, which the late Calvin Coolidge, former President, headed. In 1935 he went to the Philippines as the guest of the island government when they celebrated their independ- ence. The latter part of the same year the French government honored | him with his selection as a Chevalier | in the Legion of Honor. Howell's newspaper career started as & cub reporter for the New York | Times, and during his rapid rise his editorial pen won a wide reputation He was one of the original directors of the Associated Press, serving on the board from 1900 until his death. He succeeded the late Henry W. Grady as managing editor of the Con- stitution in 1889. One of his proud- est achievements was the winning of the Pulitzer award several years ago for meritorious service in exposing political conditions at the Atlanta Several officials went to the chain gang, others resigned. Howell is survived by his widow, the former Mrs. Margaret Cannon Carr of Durham, N. C.; four sons, Clark Howell, jr., general manager of the Constitution; Comer Howell, four sisters, Miss Rosalie Howell of New York and Mrs. R. L. Foreman, sr.; Mrs. R. G. McAliley and Mrs. A. A. Heidenreich, all of Atlanta. HULL EXPRESSES REGRETS. Great Newspaper Editor, Says Secre- tary on High Seas. ABOARD THE S. S. AMERICAN( LEGION, November 14 (#).—Secretary of State Cordell Hull, en route to Buenos Alres for the Pan-American Peace Conference, expressed his regret today at the death of Clark Howell, sr., editor and president of the At- lanta Constitution. “T feel very deeply the loss of my lifelong, personal friend. Clark Howell,” Secretary Hull said. “He was outstanding in any group of rSOns. “Mr. Howell was a great newspaper owner and editor. He set the highest standard of ethics, and useful inde- pendent journalism. “Clark Howell rendered service to Russell __(Continued From Pirst Page) __ at the Morris home. After his death Investigators were told no one knew he was about the place at the time. A rusty pistol was found in his lap, and there was a bullet hole in the back of the swing, officers reported. But no shell or bullet was found. { Plummer said today he did not be- lieve Russell killed himself in the | ¢, pe seen in a court room on a charge | {n the Harvard class of 1937. swing. Ap automatic pistol, he said, “throws shell only & few feet and | the bullet would have spent its force | going through his head and would | have fallen somewhere around.” A new search for the bullet and | sheil will be made Monday, Plummer said. At the swing the pistol found in Russell's lap will be fired through some object. The investigators will watch where the shell and bullet go. | If the shell and bullet are found easily | it will indicate Russelll did not die | in the swing, but somewhere else, and | his body was carried there, Plummer | said. “Her hand was trembling,” he quoted the actress as saying. “I asked | her what was the matter. ‘Oh, my | God,' she said. °‘It's & mnote from Russell.’ I asked her what it said and she said it told about how he | was going to commit suicide. Then she struck a match and burned the note.” SIDNEY 14th and G Sts. NOTED AS STUDENT President’s Namesake Also Won Harvard Honors as Qarsman. BY the Associated Press. Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., the Pres- ident’s som and namesake, who will marry Miss Ethel du Pont in June, is 2 tall, debonaire young man with a smile as winning as his father’s. During his four years at Harvard University, Franklin, jr, may have achieved some publicity for fast driv- ing, but he also was known as a se- rious student of economics and an able oarsman on the Harvard varsity crew. Many a Harvard class has been en- livened by Pranklin, junior's, argu- ments for the New Deal economic philosophy against the stiff conten- tion of students and professors hold- ing opposing views. Sometimes these debates were carried into the White House as he brought friends home from college with him. Shares Father's Love for Sea. Of the President’s four sons, Prank- lin, jr., most szestfully shares his f: ther’s love for the sea, asking no va- cation better than boarding some small craft with a couple of cronies and ex- ploring the inlets of New England. He has an expert's knowledge of yachting. On one roustabout voyage, Frank- | lin, jr., gave the dowagers of fash-| jonable Newport quite a gasp by ap-| pearing at a dance to which he had | been invited in the only costume he | had along—his sailing togs. He has| accompanied his father on many a | cruise from the White House, includ- ing several sailing trips to Campobello, New Brunswick, the Roosevelt Sum- mer home. About Christmas time, 1935, the country was agog over & series of auto | crashes and speeding charges in which Pranklin, jr, figured. But on Janu- ary 5, 1935, he appeared in an Orange, Conn., court, paid a fine of $10 and costs and said: “Well, that's the last time I'm going | arising through the use of my car. My | father has enough troubles without | being bothered by mine.” Quit Driving for Months. To make sure of keeping his reso- lution he quit driving his car for many months. On vacation he has carried out the | family philosophy of obtaining first | hand knowledge of “how the other half lives,” as well as taking trips abroad and going on gay parties with wealthy friends. Once he was discov- ered driving s delivery truck for a| New Jersey yeast company. Last Sum- | mer both he and his brother, John, | worked for a while as day laborers. He was born August 17, 1914. His | life thus far has been on the same pattern as that of his father—a happy childhood at the old family home at Hyde Park, school days at Groton, Conn.. then Harvard. WESTinc WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 15, 1936—PART ONE. YOUNG ROOSEVEL year, he has won high honors, both scholastically and athletically. In his freshman year he was elected vice president of his class. In Feb- ruary of this year it was announced he had made the dean’s list with an A, three B's and C plus. One of his courses is an elective one in naval science, proof of his in- heritance of his father's love for the sea and ships. He studies also Eng- lish, philosophy and music. ‘This last course is elective and lim- itad to 100 students and young Roose- velt's interest is the history of music from Palestrina to the jazz age. When he came to Harvard from exclusive Groton School, Roosevelt brought with him something of a rep- utation as a foot ball player. He turned his back on the gridiron how- ever for the Charles River and be- came one of Harvard's leading oars- DuPont (Continued From Pirst Page.) swimmer, and at one time took in- structions in flying. Last Summer, with her parents and sister, shg trave eled in Europe. The friendship between Miss du Pont and Roosevelt received wide pub- licity in April, 1934, after he smashed the camera of a newspaper photog- rapher who snapped them among the spectators at a wrestling show in Philadelphia. Attended Her ' Debut. Roosevelt attended Miss du Pont's debut June 27, 1934, at a dinner dance at her home. Legal repre- sentatives of the family denied sub- sequent rumors they were engaged. The following December she was a guest at the White House at a week end house party given by the Presi- dent and Mrs. sons and friends. Roosevelt's enthusiasm in his ro- mance took him on an airplane trip Roosevelt for their | was granted a divorce on July 30 of that year. Later she married John Boettiger, ‘Washington correspondent of a Chi- cago newspaper. They make their | home in New York, where Mr. Boetti- ger is connected with the motion pic- ture industry as an assistant to Will Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors’ Assocla- tion of America. Inc. Elliott, third child of the Roosevelts, married Elizabeth Browning Donner January 16, 1932, when she was 21 and he 22 years of age. They attended the Roosevelt inauguration together in 1932. A son, William Donner Rogse- velt, was born to them in 1933. In July, 1933, a divorce was obtained by his wife. She was in Philadelphia. He at the time was at Minden, Nev. Five days later, on July 22, Elliott was married to Ruth Josephine Goggins at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Swiler, at Burling- ton, Iowa. A daughter, Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, was born to them on May | 9, 1934, They reside at Fort Worth, Tex. Mrs. Roosevelt, the former wife of Elliott, is the daughter of a retired steel man, William H. Donner, of Villa- Franklin D. Roosevelt has frequently visited her there. POLITICAL FEUD RECALLED. | Families Decidedly at Odds in Pre- | Election Activities. A post-election announcement that marriage would unite two familles de- cidedly at odds in pre-election activi- night in social Washington. It could not be said that the word from Wilmington that Miss Ethel du down New York Harbor in March, | 1936, to meet a ship on which Miss du Pont was returning from Ber- muda and to ride with her to the ship's pier. During the last year he has attended several social functions | with her. Young Rooesvelt is a week end guest at the Du Pont home. | The family’s anouncement included mention of his graduation from the Groton School and his membership It listed his clubs as the Fly, Iroquois | and Hasty Pudding. Fourth Child in Family. Pranklin D., jr., fourth child of the | President and Mrs. Roosevelt, was 22 last August 17. brother, John, are the only ones of the five Roosevelt children who are not married. Anna, eldest of the Roosevelt chil- dren, was married to Curtis B. Dall, | | a New York stock broker, at the Roose- | velt home in Hyde Park, N. Y, in June, 1926. They spent three months | in Europe on a honeymoon. Two children were born to them—Anna velt Dall in 1930. The children are “Buzzie.” Mrs. Dall left Washington in June. 1934, and went to Nevada, where she stayed at Arrowhead D, the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. William Shepherd Dana of New York at Pyramid Lake. She He and his younger | | B | | fect funeral” is the result has taken 26 plish. It is For informati o~ Semation which others thet is borast, Referemce that i real— Just ask yomr weighbor about The Funeral Home of Dedl. | Eleanor Dall in 1927 and Curtis Roose- | | familiarly known as “Sistie” and l AN OF WASWIRGY nova, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb. Mrs, | ties—The Roosevelts and the Du Ponts | ~—created a flurry of excitement last | Pont, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu. , gene du Pont, and Pranklin D. Roose« velt, jr.; son of the President, were en« gaged, came as a complete surprise. They had been seen together for months at various functions, while the heads of the clans battled it out politie | cally, And Washington gossips, always | with an eye on the land’s first family, | had devoted many conversation: to speculation whether a wedding might not be in the offing. And last night, with the surprise element lacking, there were numerous “I told you 30's,” wherever Washinge ton socieiy was gathered. But at the White House, there was, outwardly at least, nothing but silence, Mrs. Roosevelt was out of town. Presidential secretaries said there would be no comment from the Presi= dent. The Du Pont-Roosevelt political feud, growing with the development of the New Deal program, reached its climax in the recent presidential campaign. Leading members of the famous Delaware family contributed | heavily to Republican campaign chests. EST BURK Exrpert Watchmaker 307 Kreske Bldg. DI 2373 Entrance: 1105 G St. N.W. 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David Stern, New York Post:|Posts in 1933, maintaining he could “For his distinguished service to com- | D¢ of greater service to the Presi- munity and State and Nation Clark | dent in his capacity as editor of the Howell will live on in the idealism of | Constitution. those who make the Nation’s future | Twice Appointed. newspapers and to whom a free and| He was chairman of a Roosevelt- wholesome and fearless press is dear | appointed commission which conduct- and vital” ‘ed a survey of aviation in foreign Mark Ethridge: “Clark Howell was countries in 1934. Twice before he usefu] and able in many fields.” | held presidential appointments, in | Paul Bellamy, Cleveland Plain | 1921, when President Harding named | tillery ~officers, regular, National Dealer: “I am profoundly grieved over | him to the United States Coal Com- | Guard, reserves, retired and former. death of Hon. Clark Howell We [ mission, and in 1932, when he was on | Association officers will be elected shall not look upon his like again.” | the National Transportation Commit- | after the dinner. the Nation in many ways and the| country as well as the journalistic pro- fession suffers a heavy loss. No other man I ever knew had more devoted personal friends.” B! o\\.fi\tv"B ¢ e ndividnad __%ll,il/ Sot ,“\J\ The por* WASRINGION D.C. C. A C. Officers to Meet. = The Washington branch of the o Coast Artillery Association of Amer- jca will hold its fifth annual meeting and stag dinner at 7:15 Tuesday at the Army Navy Country Club, Arling- ton, Va. 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