Show Veteran Speaker Has Birthday Danville Uncle Uncle Joe Cannon former or mer speaker of the house bouse o of rep rep- representatives representatives was 89 years old May 1 7 lie He spent the day quietly with his familY reading the hundreds hundreds s of or tele tele grams rams and letters that came to him blob from rom all sections of the country lIe enjoyed a visit from Lieutenants Jack Jacle Harding world world flier CHer and Lowell Thomas historian of the world fliGht Uncle Joe who is deeply Interest interest- interested Interested ed in the development of aviation and ancl recalled with a chuckle while talking with the fliers how bo he was once called a reckless spendthrift or of orthe the peoples people's money when he helped nit helped lilt ut through congress an appropriation lion tion to assist Professor Protessor Langley In his experiments |