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a wife La Funeral Obituary New Haven, Dee. 12 Count Ilya Tolstoy, son of the mous Russian novelist and himself a writer and lecturer of note, died today at the New Haven Hospital. He was 68 years old, the third of thirteen children. The Count came to the hospital from his home on Tolstoy Hill in Southbury three Tolstoy months ago. His and his sister, Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, were with him The late Count when he died.

In recent years Count Tolstoy, with a great gray beard, heavy eyebrows and a bushy moustache, bore marked resemblance to his father. He was the author of several books and numerous short stories. Paris, 12 (U.P.). -Emile appe. Charles Wauters.

87, Belgian painter whose landscapes hang in museums throughout the world, died here last night. Decorated by half a dozen countries for his paintings, he was perhaps most celebrated for his discovery in 1921 of a long lost Raphael tapes- Death Notices TOWNSEND -George Dec. 11. Reposing at Walter B. Cooke's Home, 1358 Flatbush Ave.

until Wednesdar 2 P. M. Death and In Memoriam Notices Nay telephoned to The News any time up to P. M. for insertion in the next day's paper.

Phone MU Tray Hill 2-1234. HANDS OF DEATH 1300 300 400 1171. GUNS 5440 51100 AUTOS 500 1000 900 700 800 This barometer registers the Chief Medical Examiner's report of deaths by guns and autos in all boroughs of New York since Jan. 1, 1933, a total of 346 days. DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1933 fame for his research in the history of pre-Roman France, or Gaul.

Miami Beach, Dec. John Henry Strongman, 78, of Honesdale, one of the active figures in developing the F. W. Woolworth stores, died here today. He retired in 1912 while associated with the executive office of the mercantile chain in New York.

The body will be shipped to Honesdale for burial. Prague, Dec. Anton Svehla, former Premier of Czechoslovakia, died from an attack of pneumonia today. The sixty-yearold statesman, who for years was leader of the Agrarian Party was author of the sensational political alignment by which, for the first time in history, two Germans became members of the Prague Cabinet of Ministers. Hanover, N.

Dec. John M. Poor, 62, head of the Shattuck Observatory at Dartmouth College, died in a Boston Hospital yesterday, officials at the The late The late Prof. Dr. Anton Svehla John M.

Poor College were notified today. Prof. Poor became an instructor of mathematics and astronomy in 1898 and was made a full professor at Dartmouth in 1917. Rome, Dec. Lang, the warrior who on March 14, 1912, saved the lives of King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena from an assassin's bullets, died today at the age of 69.

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12 (U.P).-An unusual medical case was reported today with the death of Miss Abernice Erickson, 26-year-old graduate of the University of Minnesota. Miss Erickson died in General Hospital following an operation for tumor which surgeons said was fastened to the spinal cord. WHALEN IS GIVEN POLISH DECORATION try cartoon, "The Recovery of Joseph's Cup." James H. 29th supervisor of County Court late Queens Joseph Cassidy, in St. Mary's Cassidy, 59, of 24-31 Douglaston, Queens, probation for Queens and a brother of the Borough President died Monday night Hospital, Jamaica.

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