Show Louisiana N U Solon Succumbs at 72 12 V WASHINGTON May 14 UP Senator John Holmes Holmes' Overton year 72 old Louisiana Democrat and a foremost authority on flood control legislation died early Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day at the Bethesda MD naval hospital I Overton who underwent a I major abdom abdominal naI operation last week had shown some slight improvement improvement improvement im im- provement during the past two days but took a turn for the worse this morning and died at am a.m. CST Overton was elected to the senate senate sen sen- ate in m November of 1932 with the I support of the late Huey P. P Long Hueys Huey's brother Earl Long is now governor of Louisiana and will appoint Overton's successor |