Died. George A. Richards, 62, stormy petrel of radio broadcasting, whose station license renewals in Cleveland, Detroit and Los Angeles are still pending with the Federal Communications Commission because of ex-employees' charges that he slanted news broadcasts, instructed commentators to speak only ill of Democrats, Jews and the Franklin Roosevelt family; of an arterial disease; in Detroit.
Died. Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blarney, 67, Australia's top soldier, second Dominion man (after Jan Smuts) to attain field marshal rank; after long illness; in Melbourne. After a spell as Deputy Commander in Chief in the Middle East during World War II, he...