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Mrs. Herbert Hoover Death in 1944....



Item # 551932

January 08, 1944

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, January 8, 1944.
 
* Mrs. Lou Henry Herbert Hoover death
* 1st report

This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the back page (p. 10): "Mrs. Hoover Dies At 68" and "Stricken Suddenly With Heart Attack".

One column photo of Lou Henry Hoover as well.. Other news of the day throughout.

Light browning with minor margin wear.

wikipedia notes: Louise Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944) was the wife of Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States.

Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Stanford University. She was a freshman, he was a senior, and he was fascinated, as he declared later, "by her whimsical mind, her blue eyes and a broad grinnish smile."

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