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Show Former Associated Press Head Dies. Melville E. Stone, Councilor and Former General Manager of the Associated Press, died in New York last Friday. President-elect, Herbert Hoover, Hoo-ver, on learning of Mr. Stone's death, gave out the following statement: "The passing of Melville Mel-ville Stone subtracts from American Amer-ican life a great citizen and a great public servant. No one has ever been a more constant or more able friend of every good purpose in American life. Thousands have enjoyed his personal per-sonal friendship and have known his helpfulness. I deeply grieve his loss." |