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Died. Conrad Hubert, 70, credited with having first conceived the idea of the electric flashlight; at Cannes, France. He organized the Ever-Ready Battery Co. and was its president until its sale ten years ago to the National Carbon Co. Then he bought stock control and became board chairman of the Yale Electric Corp., makers of flashlights and batteries.
Died. Mrs. Shirley Sabin Lloyd, 72, active president since 1892 of W. H. S. Lloyd Co. of Manhattan (one of the largest wallpaper importing houses in the U. S.); in Manhattan*
*Another old lady, at 70, hale and active in business, is Mrs. Charles B. Knox, president of the Charles B. Knox Co. (gelatine), whose able management is reported in Tide, March 15.