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The Washington times., 1935-03-11
FIRE TAX ASKED.
BY VOLUNTEER
DEPARTMENT

KENSINGTON, Nd, March IL
Officials of the Kensington Vol
unteer Fire Department plan to
petition the Maryland General
Assembly to establish a fire tax
area to obtain funds for the sup
port of the local fire department,
it was announced today by Ken
meth w. Simpson, president Of
the department.
The Kensington fire unit is
the only one in the county that
is not supported by direct taxa
tion, and as it becomes more and
more difficult to raise funds by
private subscription, officials be-
lieve passage of the bill is neces-
Sary for the continued operation
OF the department.
Legislative measures, ono ask
ing for special tax levy in Ia
koma Park for support Of the
Takoma Park fire department
and another asking an increase
in the fire tax rate for Silver
spring area, are pe11u4uH III Gue
State legislature now.
The area to be affected by the
Kensington plan includes the
towns Of KensinSton, Chevy Chase
View, Garrett Park, Capitol View,
the section Of Forest Glen north
Of Forest Glen Road and outlying
sections Of KenSington.
The bill would provide for the
establishment of a fire board Of
seven members, two of whom
would represent the department,
the other five representing the
affected towns. The board would
determine the amount of the an
nual budget and set the tax rate
for the year.
The Washington times., 1935-03-11
DesertiOn CHARGED
In Plea for Divorce

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd,
March 11.-Diora F.. Kellar, of
Riverdale, has filed suit for an
absolute divorce from Richard c.
Keller, of Charlotte, N. c., in the
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court, charging desertion.
The Washington times., 1935-03-11
FRANK E. HOLMES

Frank E. Holmes, "a, who at one
time held the amateur skuller
championship, died yesterday at
Rehoboth, Mass, according to ad-
vices received here. He was the
father of George Sanford Holmes,
local newspaper man.
Mr.. Holmes was connected with
the rowing staff at Yale University
from 1911 until the time Of his
death. Besides his son, George,
Mr.. Holmes is survived by another
son. Frank Graham Holmes, Of
Trenton, N. j.
The Washington times., 1935-03-11
Miss Lindsay
Is Battler for
Workers

The name Of "Tillie" Lindsay is
synonymous with Federal employe
advancement effort.
Moreover, Miss Lindsay is recog-
nized by friend and political foe
alike as having the most refresh
The Washington times., 1935-03-11
SAMUEL L. WOOD

After requiem mass at st. Mar.
tins Church, Samuel Lee Wood,
18, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis I.
Wood, of the 1000 block of North
Capitol St., was buried today in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Young Wood, graduate of St.
Johns College, died Wednesday in
Greensville, S. c., of injuries in a
recent automobile mishap. He was
manager of an ice cream chain
branch in Greenville,
The Washington times., 1935-03-11
DR.. Strahan Begins
Lenten Sermons

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March II.
DR.. Speer Strahan. dean of Eng
lish at the Catholic University,
began a series of Lenten sermons
last night in ST.. Mary's Church.
He will present each Sunday
night studies of the characters
of the passion. Last night he
spoke on 1.-THE Case of Judas"
The Washington times., 1935-03-11
DIED

MIDDLETON, WILLIAM F-suddenly on
Saturday, March 8, 1895, WILLIAM
F. MIDDLETON, the beloved husband Of
Stella Fort Middleton.
Funeral from the chapel of Thomas
F. Murray and Son, 2007 Nichols Avenue
Southeast on Tuesday. March II. 1885
at l 80 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend
Interment woodlawn Cemetery, Bati.
more Md.
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DIED

CLARK. EMMETT Ron Saturday.
March 8, 1885, at his residence 1856
Meridian Place N. W.. EMMETT R.
CLARK, beloved husband of Edna Maude
Clark and father of William s., Nick Hun.
ter. Edgar Malcolm, and Reginald R.
Clark and Mrs. Thelma c. Mccormack.
Funeral from the W. W. Chambers Com.
pany funeral home. 140O Chaplin St. N. w.
on Tuesday. March 12, at 2 p. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
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lnterment in Congressional Cemetery,
Remains may be viewed at the above
day.
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HANSFORD, WILLIAM Son Sunday,
ALL Sheetz Avenue Brentwood Md,
WILLIAM s. HANSFORD. the beloved hus-
band of the late Myrtle Gouldin Hans
ford and father of Mrs. J. B. Wilson. Mrs.
Lee Earl Mrs. Floyd Brookes and Mr..
Addison Hansford.
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home. 14O0 Chaplin Street
WSen remains n viii By sent Tren to chris
Church, Spottsylvania, Va. for funeral
services and interment at 2:30 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend
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LANGMAID, WILLIAM R.-On Sunday,
March 10, 1885, at his sons residence,
III Eighth Street Southeast, WILLIAM
R. LANGMAID. the beloved father of
Louis A. Langmaid.
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Co. southeast funeral home, 517 Eleventh
Street Southeast until Monday evening,
March H. 1885 at y o'clock
lnterment will follow in Hallowell,
Maine
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COL. WALLACE B. SCALES

The death of Col. Wallace B.
Scales, Cavalry. U. S. A., at Fort
Clark, Tex, last Friday. was an.
nounced here at the War Depart
ment today.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Fanny M. Scales, and two
children, of Fort Clark, Tex.
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CLEARE, TROLAND-On Monday, March
II, 1885, TROLAND CLEARE, husband
of Rose c. Cleare.
Company Southeast funeral home, 5l7
Eleventh Street Southeast.
Notice of funeral services and interment
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ONEILL; MAUDE E:--on Sunday March
4, ~ 1852 at Garfield Memorial Hospital
beloved wife of the late Charles i.
O'Neill. She is urvived by one daughter
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day, March 10. 1885, at Children's Hos
pital, JACQUELINE L. HOUGHTON. the
beloved daughter of w. Irving and Dorothy
L. Houghton.
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Company funeral home, Fourteenth and
Chaplin Streets Northwest.
day morning. March 13. 1885, at 1890
o'clock from the w. W. Chambers Com
pany funeral home. 14O0 Chaplin Street
Northwest.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend.
Interment will follow in Cedar Hill Gene
terry
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WALTHROP. HARRY HOWARD-on Sun.
day, March 10, 1885, at Emergency Hos
pital. HARRY HOWARD WALTHROP, the
beloved husband of Alice Walthrop.
Funeral services will be held from the
W. w. Chambers Company Southeast fu-
neral home. 517 Eleventh Street Southeast,
on "Wednesday morning. March 13, 1885,
at 10 o'clock
Relatives and friends are invited TO At
tend
Interment will follow in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery at II o'clock
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GREEN, EMMA MAY-Suddenly on Sat
urday, March g. 1895. EMMA MAY
GREEN. the beloved wife of Robert F.
Green.
Funeral services will be held from her
late residence, 4OS Thirty-fourth Street
Southeast on Tuesday afternoon, March
12 1885 at 2 o'clock.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend.
1nterment will follow in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Services by Chambers Co. Southeast
f11n
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JOHNSON, ALBERTA Con- Saturday,
March 8, 1885. ALBERTA c. JOHN
son, the beloved wife of Edward S. John
son. Besides her husband she is also sur
xlyed by two web children. one daughter; snIi
P. johnson.
Remains resting at the w. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home. Fourteenth and Chaplin
Streets Northwest.
Funeral services will be held at the
Church of the Nativity on Tuesday morn
ing. March 12 1885 at a. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend.
Interment will follow in St. Johns Gem
etery, Forest Glen, Md.
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PRENDER, GEORGE E-On Saturday,
March 8, 1885. at Walter Reed Gen.
eral Hospital, GEORGE PRENDER, The
beloved husband of NJ. Gertrude Prender
Besides his wife he is also survived by
daughter. four sisters and one brother
Remains resting at the w. w. Chambers
Co. funeral home. Fourteenth and Chaplin
Streets Northwest
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Funeral services will be held on We'd
nesday afternoon. March 13, 1885 at /
o'clock from the W. W. Chambers Co.
funeral home, 400 Chaplin Street North
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RICHARD. HATTIE-on Saturday. March
Avenue Aurora Hills Va. HATTIE RICH.
ARD. widow of the late Stewart Richard
She is survived by one daughter, Miss
Jennie Richard
Funeral services will be held on Tues.
dav afternoon. March IL. 1885, at . o'clock
from her late residence, 1O7 Madison Ave
nue., Aurora Hills Va.
Interment will follow in Abbey Mauso-
leum
ARRANGEMENTS by the Cunningham funeral
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GARRISON, LOUISE IDA-On Sunday,
March TO- 1885 at Sibley Memorial Hos
pital, LOUISE IDA GARRISON, the be-
loved daughter of Robert L. and Gertrude
H. Garrison
Remains resting at the w. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home, Fourteenth and Chaplin
Streets Northwest.
Notice of funeral services and interment
hereaf fter
The Washington times., 1935-03-11

marEHr GareS Is 1855 eaARHGs H2sdfy
KEEFER, the beloved son of Fred B. and
Grace Keefer. Besides his parents he is
survived by one sister and one brother
| Mrs. Elizabeth Wynkoop and Lee H
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MATHIESON. FANNIE On SUNDAY,
March 10. 1885. FANNIE MATHIESON
tnee BessanD the beloved wife of the
late George +. Mathieson.
:. Funeral from the chapel of Thomas F.
Murray and Son, 2007 Nichols Avenue
Southeast on Wednesday, March 13, 1885
at 80 y. m.
-, Services at he Anacostia Baptist
Church. Thirteenth and w Streets South
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
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ADVERTIsEME ENT
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Remains resting at the w. W. Chambers
Go. funeral home, Fourteenth and Chapin
Streets Northwest until l 80 p. m. Tues.
day afternoon, March IL, 1895.
Services will be held at ST Marearet,s
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SMRH 18th st., Below E
6RAN&6 st. N. w.
Last Four Days
Screen: Edward G. Robinson in THE
WHOLE TOWNS TALKING" with
Jean Arthur.
Stage: The Boswell Sisters, and
other acts.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
CENSUS URGED
To AID JOBLESS

Secretary of Commerce Roper
will recommend to President
Roosevelt a new census with a
view toward a reshuffling Of the
nations population.
The proposal is based on the
report of the Business Advisory
and Planning Council of the
Commerce Department, which
urges q population census every
five years in periods of economic
emergency.
If Administration approval is
given the plan, Secretary Roper
would launch the new census
about April /. He estimates it
would cost about $13,250, 900.
Explaining the purpose Of the
survey, he said:
"The unemployment situation
needs a very scientific study.
Persons should be classified in
such q way that it can easily
be determined the lines Of en-
deavOr for which they are
trained or can easily be pre-
pared"
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Maj. S. H. Walker, 90,
Civic Leader, Dies

Major Samuel H. Walker, q
leader in the business, civic and
fraternal life of the Capital for
more than half a century, died of
heart attack today at his desk
at the Capital City Life Insurance
Company, 500 block E st. N. W.,
Of which he was president. He
was 80 years old.
Taken to Emergency Hospital In
an ambulance, he was pronounced
dead on arrival. The body will
be removed to his home, 400 block
B st. N. E., from which funeral
services will be held. Interment
will be in Congressional Cemetery
Major Walkers death was. un,
expected. Active in the affairs of
the community since 1861, he had
never given up his business con.
nections and was at his desk
daily.
He was the oldest living gradu.
ate Of George Washington Univer.
Sity, from which he received his
degree in 1864, and the oil dest
living member of Sigma Chi
fraternity.
A 33d degree Mason, he was a
member Of Dawson Lodge, F. &
"A. M, and Of the Scottish Rite
bodies Of the District.
Born in Washington on June
z, 1914, the son of Jonathan T.
Walker, a resident of the CAPITAL
since 1888, and a nephew of Col,
Samuel II. Walker, famous Texas
ranger killed during a Mexican
invasion in 1847, Major Walker
was employed during his college
days as a clerk in the District
Circuit Court. Upon graduation
from college, he resumed his resi-
dence in Washington upon his
marriage to Miss Sallie l..
Brady, a native of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, in 1879.
When Congress decided to
build the Congressional Library,
he was appointed secretary Of the
jury Of condemnation, and with
H. A. willard, foreman, and
other members Of the Jury,
recommended the purchase Of the
site on which the library now
stands.
Appointed in 1887 as super.
intendent Of police, he resigned
because of party differences, and
thereafter for many years was a
leader in the national prohibi-
tion movement, serving as ma
tional committeeman of the Pro
hibition Party for the District.
and subsequently as president of
the Anti-Saloon League.
Major Walker was superintend.
ent OF the Waugh Methodist
Episcopal Church Sunday school:
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
DEATHS

Cora o. Avery. SO, 715 G st. s. ".
Jacob Luria, 75. Garfield Hospital.
George w. Slater, IS. $40 South Caro-
lima Ave. S. E.
Charles H. Potter. ss, az Aspen st.
N. w.
Ada E. Trimbls. s3, George Washing
ton Hospital.
Mary C. Patterson. s3. Georgetown
Hospital.
James B. Archer. 81. The Portnsr.
Nell r. Roberts, 81, 1928 Garfield st.
n. W.
Randolph J. Hernandez, IS, Walter
Reed General Hospital.
Gus Kavades. II, George Washington
Hospital.
Eva NJ. L. Norton, 80, sibley Hospital.
James A. johnson, SO. 41s Van Bursn
st. n. w.
Dorothy Thompson. 81. Garfield Hos
pital
Alfred c. churchwsll. 50, l41s s st.
n. w.
Amy Morrow. ~. st. Elizabsths Hos
pital.
Sarah F. Carpenter. ss. 20 o'Brisn
Court N. w.
Susie Huff. 50. st. ElizabsthS Hos
pital.
Lucy simma IS. a Fsnton Court
n. w.
Nancy campbeE. IS. GallinEsr Hos
pital.
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FILA Trying Out
Staggered Hours

Employees Of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration in the old
Southern Building. Thirteenth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
yesterday went on an 8:3O-to-4
o'clock schedule when officials
there followed a request from the
White House to make test of the
suggestion to "stagger" hours.
It is understood the White
House has called on establish
ments located in the area between
Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets,
and Constitution and Pennsylvania
Avenues for their views.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Teacher AZ Years,
She Will Retire

Miss M. E. Brooks, teacher at
the Garrison -Grimke School Of
division 1913, will retire from the
system next week after a. years
of service.
Miss Brooks has been teaching
since her graduation from the
Normal School in 1891. In bis
recommendation to the Board Of
Education in connection with the
retirement, G.. c. Wilkinson, as
sistant superintendent, said the
record of Miss Brooks was one
of high and cheerful devotion.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Transport Local
To Have Dance

Luther c. Steward and Ger
trude M. McNally, president and
secretary-treasurer of the National
Federation of Federal Employees,
will attend the installation of Of
ficerS, with subsequent dinner
dance and entertainment, of
Local No. 1853 at Camp Holabird,
Md. Friday.
The local, composed of War De
partment motor transport EN-.
ployes. has enlisted every worker
in the vicinity.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Roper to Speak
Before Lawyers

Secretary of Commerce Daniel
Roper will be guest of honor at
the annual dinner of the Ameri
can Patent Law Association at
the Mayflower at Z p. m today.
Other guests will include AS
sistant Secretary of Commerce
Dickinson, Commissioner of Pat
ents Conway P. Coe, the assistant
commissioner, members of the
judiciary, members of the House
and Senate Committees on Pat
entS, and the solicitor Of the Pat
ent Office.
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director of the National Capital
Bank; founder of the, National
Capital Benefit Society; president
Of the National Capital Invest
ment Company, and treasurer Of
the Washington Title Insurance
Company. He had been presi-
dent of the Capital City Life
Insurance Company since 1887.
Surviving are two sons and
five daughters, Arthur B. Walker,
Robert H. Walker, Mrs. Lucitan
w. Harding, Miss Resale Walker,
Mrs. Florence B. Walter, Mrs.
Caryl H. Winter, and Mrs. Janet
Gibson Smith.
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LICENSED TO MARRY

Melvin l. west, 2s. and Pearl e.
Haas' 81, both of 1907 Sixteenth st.
Charles E. Pushse. IS. and Margaret
N. DeVauShn. rs. both of Upper Marl-
borot Md.
William I. Fletcher, "a LeesburE,
Va, and Margaret w. Fox, 10. Vienna,
Virginia.
Earl c. Foreman, 27. 1912 Columbia
Rd. and Mary H. Bennett, 10, 1881
Twenty-eighth st. n. W.
=. Ernest Carter. q, 9 Florida Ave-
N. E., and Alma B. Collins, 20, 5o1s
Hayes St.
j. Jenry Schwartz. "a, 442 H st.
N. E.. and Mollie Katz. "a, 62l Otis Pl.
James F. Green, 20. Chain Bridge
Twenty-Stxth st.
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JAMES C. BIDDLE

James c. Biddle, 65, a member
OF a noted Philadelphia family
and well known in Washington,
died today at his Warrenton (Va.)
winter home, Britton Hall, from a
heart attack.
With his wife, the former Mary
Lena Gaines, of Warrenton. Mr..
Biddle had been in Warrenton
throughout the winter. His health
apparently was good and his
death came Unexpectedly.
The Biddles were married in
1920. A sister, Elsie Biddle, lives
in Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
DIR. JAMES L. DUDLEY

Funeral services for DR.. James
L. Dudley, Sc, general secretary of
the Boys Club Organization and
Aid Society, will be held tomorrow
at 3 p. m. at Lees Funeral Home,
Fourth Street and Massachusetts
Avenue N. E. The body will be
placed in the Abbey Mausoleum.
DR.. Dudley died yesterday at his
home, 36t4 Connecticut Avenue
N. W.
Of Quaker descent, DR.. Dudley
was direct descendant of John
Woolman and James Lawrence.
He was born in Trenton, N. j., and
was educated at Swarthmore Col
lege and Georgetown University.
He is survived by his wife and two
sons, John Woolman Dudley and
Donald G. Dudley, of Washington
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Births, Deaths. Marriages

Lewis and Bertha sasser. girl.
Norbert and Mary Birch. girl.
George and Addie Arnold. girl.
Alexander and Ethel HelbiE, girl.
Willis and Virginia Corley, girl.
Herman and Miriam Silver, girl,
Frank and Lottie Zones. boy.
Isaac and Viola Tonkins, girl,
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
MISS HELEN WRIGHT

Funeral rites will be held at II
a. m. tomorrow in Lees funeral
home, Fourth Street and Massa-
chusetts Avenue. N. E., for Miss
Helen Wright, 76, for more than
80 years a member of the Library
of Congress staff. She died yes
terday at her home, Florida Ave
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
WARMING
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work or enjoyment Of life impossible. Neglect is
serious. But before reSigning yourself to the
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cool soothing relief to burning. gnawinE pains
then tends to Shrivsl up swellings. Complete
home application only SOc. Always at Peoples
and all other drug stores.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
BIRTHS

Oscar and Helen Townshend, boy.
Joseph and Ethel DiNsnna, jr.. boy.
Percy and Ruth Armand boy.
Tudor and Clara Mask, boy.
Samuel and Ethel Bernstein, boy,
Charles and Lois Bleam, boy.
James and Grace Campbell, boy,
Mark and Ruth Taynton. boy.
Charles and Ella Bliss, girl.
Hargist and Ida Hedges, girl,
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nue. and Twenty-third Street
N. w., after brief illness.
Burial will be in Newark, Ohio,
where she was born, the daughter
OF Brig. Gen. George B. Wright,
commissary general for Ohio dur
ing the Civil War.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-28
Your Health
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN.

TT. G. WELLS in his autobiography, mentions the
very interesting fact that his grandfather, hia
father and his brother all died suddenly in the same
way. He says
I'm 1910 my father woke up very briskly one
morning, delivered careful instruction on the
proper way to make suet pudding to his housekeeper
glanced over the Daily Chronicle and pre-
pared to get up He put his legs out OF bed and slid
down by the side of the bed dead man.
There is irregularity in our family pulse. It
misses beat and again and sooner or later 1t
misses more than one and that is the end OF us.
my grandfather had leaned over the gate TO
admire and then in the same fashion ceased
to live This last spring write 1889 heart stop
page came also to my elder brother; as ne got up
from his breakfast, he reeled and fell dead"
DEATH due primarily to sudden stopping Of the
- heart occurs under two different circumstances.
First when heart has prolonged struggle against
overwhelming difficulties it generally plays out;
second when the heart, while still performing its
work. suddenly stops.
Playing out of the heart after severe infectious
disease as pneumonia, or as an infection OF the
heart itself, is an easily understandable condition.
However, the circumstances associated with sud-
den stopping of the heart in the midst Of apparent
health arouse much more curiosity and interest
Usually there is disease Of the heart muscle
and obstruction of the blood flow in the coronary
arteries which supply the heart with nutrition. 1t
may be that these changes have taken place grad
ually long period OF time and that 1t Is an
accumulation of the changes which suddenly brings
about death.
TT has been suggested that sudden rise IN the
blood pressure, because Of excitement or some
similar reason, may overwhelm heart already Grip
pied by disease. It may also be that some sudden
spasm of the blood vessels associated with nerve
stimulation, may be responsible.
There are also cases in which heart blocking oc-
ours with failure of the beat Of the heart to be car
ried properly from portion to another. OF late
many sudden deaths have occurred due to the sudden
blocking of the blood vessels Of the heart
There has been some discussion as TO Wnetner
coronary thrombosis or sudden blocking OF the near
is more frequent than formerly. Some Investigators
find that the condition occurs in younger individuals
nowadays but most doctors assert that it occurs In
those past middle age and that there are more cases
because more persons are living longer