Evening star., 1942-06-09
Rites for Brian Bell,
AP Washington Chief,
To Be Held Tomorrow
Officials, Coworkers
Pay Fond Tribute to
WideIy-Known Newsmun

Brian Bell, 52-year -old chief OF
the Washington Bureau Of the As
sociated Press, who died yesterday
of a heart attack. will be buried to-
morrow at the Columbia Gardens
Cemetery, in Arlington.
Committees of the Gridiron Club
the National Press Club, the White
House Correspondents Association
and the Standing Committee OF
Correspondents in Charge of Con-
gressional Press Galleries will attend
the funeral of the noted newspaper
figure, which will be held at 10 am,
from st. Mary's Episcopal Church in
Arlington.
Mr.. Bell. who, among other activi-
ties, had reported hundreds OF base
ball games from coast to coast in
his career, was stricken while watch
ing the Washington-Detroit double
header Sunday. He telephOned his
wife. telling her he was i'll, and she
drove in to Washington to take him
home. The editor died early yester-
day at the couples residence. 464l
North Rock Spring road, in Airing
ton, after a second attack.
Many Express Sorrow.
Mr.. Bell, whose passing brought
expressions of sorrow from persons
in all walks of life, was widely known
as a reporter. sports writer, editor
an dnews executive. He was equally
at home covering prize fight or a
presidential press conference.
Tributes to the writer and editor
continued to pour in today.
Secretary of State Hull said "he
represented the finest traditions OF
his honorable profession and will be
greatly missed"
Mr.. Bell carried forward, and
added to, the best traditions of the
American newspaper profession
said Secretary of the Interior Ickes.
The Associated Press is notable for
its standards of honesty and OBJ
jectivity in reporting. Mr. Bell had
a great part in building the Asso-
ciated Press reputation"
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
termed Mr.. Bell IAN able newspaper
man" and said he was in very
real sense a public servant. in that
many millions depended on his work
for their knowledge of Government
activities"
Honorary Pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers for Mr.
Bells funeral will be the following
Supreme Court Justice James F
Byrnes. Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard, Kent Cooper, general
manager OF the Associated Press
and Alan j. Gould, executive assist
ant: DR.. Frank P. Gaines, president
of Washington and Lee University
Harold D. Smith director Of the
budget; Byron Price, director of GEN.
sorship; Stanley P. Richardson OF
the Office of Censorship; Milo Per-
kins, director of the Board of Eco
nomic Warfare; Benjamin M
McKelway, managing editor of The
Star; Alexander F. Jones. managing
editor of the Washington Post; Sam
L. Latimer, jr., editor of the State
Columbia, S. c.; Rear Admiral j. O
Richardson, U. S. N; Lewis Wood,
president of the Gridiron Club; M
A. White of the Federal Trade Com
mission, Clark Shaughnessy, athletic
director, University of Maryland
Comdr. Gene Tunney, U. S. N. r.;
James A. Hoyt, auditor of the Court
of Claims; R. w. Hudgens, assistant
Farm Security administrator; Tyrus
Raymond Cobb. Gene Sarazen and
Edmund Campbell, Mr.. BELLS per-
sonal attorney.
The active pallbearers will be
members of the Associated Press
staff Mr.. Bell directed here.
Members of the Gridiron Club
who will attend the editors funeral
tomorrow are Phelps P. Adams,
Raymond P. Brandt. H. E. c. Bry-
ant, Walker S. Buel, Raymond Clap
per, Mark Foote, E. w. Gableman,
Charles O. Gridley. R. z. Henle, w.
c. Murphy, jr.; James D. Preston,
L. Stokes, Lyle Wilson, James L.
wright and District Commissioner
Young
Press Club Committee.
The committee from the National
Press Club includes Bert Andrews,
Everett C. Watkins, James William
Bryan. Ben H. Lambe, Joyce O'Hara,
John T. Suter. Joseph H. Short. jr.;
Bascom N. Timmons, Carson F.
Lyman. Carlisle Bargeron. Herbert
F.. Corn, w. B. Ragsdale, Theodore
F. koop, Sir Willmott Lewis. C. B.
Dickson, Walter Karig, Edward T.
Folliard, Richard L. HarkneSs, Ray
Tucker and Gladstone Williams.
Those on the committee from the
White House Correspondents Asso-
citation include Douglass B. Cornell,
George E. Durno, Paul Wooton,
James N. Minifie. Fred Paisley. Mer-
riman Smith, D. Harold Oliver. Will
liam H. Lawrence, Thomas F. Rey-