THE CABINET: Husbandman

As it must to all men, Death came to Henry Cantwell Wallace, in the 59th year of his life and the fourth of his administration of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. An apparently successful operation for appendicitis was followed by intestinal poisoning and inflammation of the gallbladder.

After a state funeral at the White House, the body was taken to Des Moines. Flags on all public buildings in the land remained at half-mast by order of the President until after the interment.

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