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Died. Joseph Buell Ely, 75, white-thatched Boston lawyer and textile executive (American Woolen Co.), twice (1931-35) Democratic Governor of Massachusetts, once (1944) anti-Roosevelt candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination; of complications six months after a brain operation; in Westfield, Mass. At the 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Joe Ely nominated his longtime friend Al Smith, gave reluctant support to Franklin Roosevelt only after F.D.R. became the convention's choice. Ely charged that a "pink fringe of Socialists and Communists" surrounded F.D.R., and Ely's supporters averred that his unsuccessful 1944 candidacy was designed to split the Democratic Party and force Roosevelt to withdraw.
Died. Dr. Ernst Leitz, 85, bushy-browed boss (since 1920) of Germany's famed Leitz optical works (Leica cameras) and son of the founder; in Wetzlar, Germany. The Leitzes first introduced the Swiss watch industry's mass production technique to microscopy, later (1924) added the Leica as a sideline. But by 1930 the tail was wagging the dog, and miniature cameras and candid photography became a worldwide craze.
Died. Sir Frank Brangwyn, 89, British mural painter, longtime mainstay of Britain's Royal Academy, best known in the U.S. for his sepia-and-white, archacademic panels (New Frontiers) in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center (R.C.A. Building lobby); in Ditchling, England. Because he always hated having his works "pawed over by a lot of strangers," Sir Frank gave away some half million dollars' worth to friends and fans. Others are pawed over in: the Canadian Parliament Building (Ottawa), London's Royal Exchange Building, the Cleveland Court House, Missouri's capitol building, the civic center in Swansea, Wales.