Evening star., 1938-12-07
Anderson EuIogized
As Great Reporter
ByU. 5. Officials
Roosevelt, Cummings
Join in Expressions Of
Grief-Rites Today

NiteS OOOy
High Gov anment officials joined
with newspapermen today in paying
tribute to Paul Y. Anderson, As, one
Of Americas foremost reporters, who
died yesterday in Emergency Hos
pital after taking a quantity Of
sleeping tablets.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
returned a certificate of suicide in
the death.
A maid in Mr.. Anderson's home, at
1890 Quebec street NV, said he
took the tablets early yesterday
after saying, I'm going to end it all :;
my usefulness is at an end" Friends
said he was subject of late to periods
of dependency and was depressed
in recent weeks.
President Roosevelt, speaking at
his conference yesterday, joined with
others in praising Mr.. Anderson's S
outstanding qualities as a news
paperman. and said he was grieved
at his death. Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings deplored his
death as "a loss to the liberal press. :"
Courage, Ability Stressed.
His courage and his ability as
journalist enabled him to cut
through the crust of appearances
and disclose the truth beneath the
news" Mr.. Cummings said in a
statement. The thousands who
have followed his table interpreta-
ton of current events during the
past quarter of century are deeply
saddened by his passing"
Mr.. Anderson attained top-rank-
ing as correspondent here for Is
years for the St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch, during which time he won,
in 1928, the Pulitzer Prize for his
covering of the Teapot Dome oil
scandals. Less than two years ago
he severed his connection with the
Post-Dispatch and since February
%, 1887, has been correspondent for
the st. Louis Star Times. He also
wrote extensively for magazines.
After brief funeral services to-
day at 3 pm. at Gawlers funeral
chapel, l756 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. the body will be returned for
burial to Knoxville. Tenn, the place
of his birth and start in newspa-
per work as a copy boy on the
Knoxville Journal. Three close
friends, Senator George w. Norris
of Nebraska, John L. Lewis, head
OF the Congress of Industrial Or
CARNATIONS, and George r. Holmes.
chief of the Washington Bureau OF
International News Service, are
scheduled to speak at the rites.
Club Representatives.
Harold Brayman, president of the
National Press Club, has appointed
these as a committee to represent
the club at the funeral: Robert S.
Allen. Norman w. Baxter, James R.
Bracket. Raymond P. Brandt, Err
win D. Canham. w. Turner Cat
ledge, Marquis w. Childs, Raymond
Clapper. Stephen T. Early, John H.
Edwards, Morris D. Erwin, j. Fred
Essary, j. v. Fitzgerald. Earl God
win, Arthur Hachten, Frank A. Hall,
Leon Henderson. Raymond z.
Henle, George R. Holmes, Hugh
johnson, Ben Hall Lambe, Paul R.
Mallon, Maury Maverick, Lowell
Mellett, Charles Nicholson, Joseph
L. Miller, w. c. Murphy, jr.;; Joyce
O'Hara, Sam A. ONeal, Drew Pear
son, J. S. S. Richardson, Kirke L.
Simpson, Thomas L. Stokes, Bas-
com N. Timmons. Senator Robert
F. Wagner, Franklyn Waltman,
Lyle Wilson and John ODonnell.
William w. Rodgers, president of
the Washington Newspaper Guild,
announced that the following will
represent the guild at the services:
Mr.. Allen, Mr.. Childs, Mr.. Pearson,
Mr.. Stokes, Mr.. O'Donnell, Kenneth
G. Crawford, Elizabeth May Craig
and Doris Fleesop. Mr.. Anderson
was one of the leaders in the guild
movement here and in q conven-
ton here in 1894 helped form the
American Newspaper Guild.
The following committee was ap-
pointed by Charles P. Trussell, chair
man of the Standing Committee OF
Correspondents, to represent the
press gallery of Congress at the
service: Charles P. Trussell, Alfred
F. Flynn, Paul J. McGahan, Mark
L. Goodwin, w. L. Beale, jr.; Mr..
Allen, Sidney Olson, Louis Stark.
Jack Beall, Cecil b. Dickson, Ruby
A. Black, John c. Henry, Edward B.
Lockett, William J. Donaldson, VIII
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