Show f Reporter aul laul U Mallon r E I ries ies Suddenly ALEXANDRIA Va July 31 lP J Ii 1 Paul M Mallon a 11 o n widely widely- T tI it Washington columnist and andr r United Press d' d died l of a heart attack SunI SunHe Sun- Sun I Il He Re was 49 51 the e veteran political writer had ill ill for some time He gave P 9 5 Eis syndicated column uN News Lad nd d the News S more than a year ago because of failing health Mallon alJon was best remembered among among- capital newsmen for a feat feathe feathe feathe he performed in 1929 while head of the U. U P. P senate staff He obtained obtained obtained ob ob- and published secret senate roll calls on the nominations of Roy o. o vest cst rest alS KB secretary of in interior interior interior in- in I an and Irving L L. Lenroot as a circuit judge After first threatening to cite Mallon for contempt the senate abolished its year old rule on voting voting- secretly on nominations by bythe bythe bythe the president Mallon was a native of Mattoon Mattoon Mat Mat- toon IlL III and a graduate of Notre Dame university |