Show starved veteran kills self as pension comes san baa francisco Frand hungry and despondent spon dent clive harris thirty two american aviation ace during the world war recently a federal vocational student at the university of 0 california killed himself with gas ens just a few hours before the postman brought a government check that might have saved his life the veterans body was found by his landlady mrs I 1 it R hart when she went to his door to give five him the overdue compensation check mrs hart said harris a former lieutenant had eaten nothing tor for several days and showed great anxiety over the of an important letter from W washington asb ington harris was a lieutenant of aviation during the war and Is credited with having shot diot down three enemy planes papers found in his possession by deputy coroner frank berg indicated ills his father Is a mall mail carrier at santa cruz 1 I really hate to encumber you yon with this body he wrote in a farewell letter to his landlady but it can do no more than cause a little excitement the united states veterans bureau can pay for the burial |