Died. James Joseph Kilroy, 60, an inspector in Bethlehem Steel's Quincy shipyards, who may or may not have been the Kilroy who was there; of lung cancer; in Boston. In answer to a 1946 American Transit Association contest to discover the originator of the World War II slogan carried by G.I.s to the ends of the earth, Kilroy replied that he had crawled deep inside ships' hulls, chalking KILROY WAS HERE as his inspector's mark. The Transit Association thought enough of his explanation to award him a prize: a 22-ton streetcar, which his nine children used as a playhouse.
Died. Roy Sarles...
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