FOUND SHOT DEAD
AMERICAN FILM WRITER
NEW YORK, February 25.
A message from Palm Springs, Calk-, fornia, states that Humphrey Pear« son, 40, a widely-known film writer, was found shot dead in bed at his desert cottage at Santa Monica. A,' sheriff found his wife hysterical in tha same bed. as the corpse, unable to give a clear account of events preceding theltragedy.
NEW RUSSIAN COMMISSAR
(Eeceived February 27, 9 a.m.)
MOSCOW, February 25.
M. Velraian Mezhlauk, president oti the State Planning Commission, sue* ceeds the late M. Ordjonikidze ag Commisar for Heavy Industry. M« Gennady' Smirnov succeeds M. Mezhlauk.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 9
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