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Died. Owen Cosby Philipps, Lord Kylsant of Carmarthen, 75, tallest (6 ft. 7 in.) member of the House of Lords; at his estate in Wales. Onetime head of 43 shipping companies operating 560 ships of 2,800,000 gross tons, he went to jail in 1931 for stating falsely the condition of his Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., was released in 1932 for good conduct, but with his health broken.

Died. Mrs. Aurelia McDearmon Caldwell Glass, wife of Virginia's Senator Carter Glass; of a heart ailment; in Lynchburg, Va.

Died. John Tobin Connery, 76, proprietor of Chicago's Edgewater Beach and Mississippi's Edgewater Gulf hotels; of heart disease; in Chicago.

Died. Sylvester Zeffarino Poli, 77, showman, sculptor, artist, founder of the chain of 18 Poli theatres in New England; of pneumonia; in Woodmont, Conn.

Died. John Robertson Dunlap, 80, retired founder of trade and scientific magazines (India Rubber World, Hardware, Engineering Magazine, Industrial Management, Industry Illustrated); in New York City.

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