The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-18

condition had become worse since
3 q, m. when the turn for The
worse came and that his tempera-
ture at that time was 1864,
Mrs. Broun, the former Connie
Madison, and Broun's son by his
first marriage, Haywood Hale
Broun, were at the hospital when
The columnist died,
Only one Of Brouns columns APP
peared In the New York Post after
his switch last week from the
World-Telegram, That was on FRI
day. Broun's column In the World
Telegram appeared OH Thursday,
DR.. Alvan l., Barach, Broun's
physician said the cause OF death
was influenza bronchial pneumonia
complicated by heart trouble,
The physician said Broun had
been unconscious for "a hours be-
fore his death,
Last Rites OF Church
Last rites Of the Roman Catholic
church were administered 10 Broun
last Friday morning by Father
Murray OF the 81, Rose OF Lima
church, the parish In which Hark-
ness Pavilion Is located,
AT the bedside when the end came
IN addition 10 Mrs, Broun and the
son, was Irving Broun, a brother,
DR.. Barach said that there was
no serum for the type OF pneu-
monla which Bround had,
Born In Brooklyn
Haywood Campbell Broun was
born In Brooklyn, Dec, 7, 1888. He
began his 80 years OF newspaper
work with the New York Morning
Telegraph In 1910 and two years
later Joined the New York Tribune,
After some years as reporter, sports
writer, drama critic and book re-
viewer, the Tribune made him q
columniSt because one day he had
neglected to read q book and write
neglected 10 read q book and wrote
Eventually, IN 1921, he Joined the
New York World but was discharged
seven years later because, In the May
4, 1923, issue OF the Nation, he at
tackled his employers editorial stand
on the Saceo-V anzetu case. He
transferred his column 10 the New
York Telegram, which later became
the World-Telegram and on Dec. Is
1880 Joined the staH OF the New
York Post.
Big Man In Stature
A big, stumbling man, he was b
feet 3 inches tall, but u pronounced
stoop made him seem shorter. He
played basketball 40 Harvard uni
verslty which he attended from 1905
to 1910, but never was graduated
because OF q failure In elementary
French, This failure. and the fact
that no was born In Brooklyn, we're
familiar take-otfS IN Broun columns
for humorous anlmadversions on
topics OF no special Importance but
Allied with genial charm, These were
balanced by columns IN which he
expressed himself on economies and
politics and his views were sharply
left.
He was once O member OF the SO.
cianst party, on whose ticket no ran
unsuccesSfully for congress IN 1890
In recent years he was several times
described as q Communist and nj.
ways denied IL, sometimes with con.
siderable heat. Communists at
tackled him violently during his
membership IN the Socialist party
but when their party line switched
70 one OF cooperation with liberals
their attitude changed. II changed
again after the Nazi.Soviet pact,
which Broun attacked.
Founder OF Guild
Broun was q founder OF the
american Newspaper Guild and its
nrst president.
The son OF Haywood Cox and
Henrietta t1roSe) Broun, he was
married 10 Ruth Hale, head OF the
Lucy Stone league, on June Q, 1917,
They had one child Haywood Hale
Broun, and were divorced In 1894
HIS second wife was Mrs. Johnny
Dooley, known on the stage rs Con-
ME Madison, whom he married Jan,
Q, 1898.
Aside from his newspaper column