Died. James Joseph Kilroy, 60, an inspector in Bethlehem Steel's Quincy shipyards, who may or may not have been the Kilroy who was there; of lung cancer; in Boston. In answer to a 1946 American Transit Association contest to discover the originator of the World War II slogan carried by G.I.s to the ends of the earth, Kilroy replied that he had crawled deep inside ships' hulls, chalking KILROY WAS HERE as his inspector's mark. The Transit Association thought enough of his explanation to award him a prize: a 22-ton streetcar, which his nine children used as a playhouse.

Died. Roy Sarles Durstine Sr., 75, for 34 years the "D" in B.B.D. & O., one of advertising's biggest agencies; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Durstine started as a publicity man for Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose party, in 1918 helped found Barton, Durstine & Osborn, later Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. He pioneered agency-arranged radio programs and helped land U.S. Steel's first advertising account; though he resigned in 1939 to form his own agency, B.B.D. & O. has retained his initial ever since.

Died. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney, 78, Wyoming Democrat and U.S. Senator for 25 years until his retirement in 1960 who left Massachusetts for a career as a Cheyenne newspaperman, rose in politics as a supporter of F.D.R.'s New Deal and a bitter enemy of business monopoly, carrying on his Senate debates with such flowery forensics that he became known as "the most deliberative member of the world's most deliberative body"; in Maryland's Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Died. Wilhelmina, 82, Queen of The Netherlands from 1898 to 1948; of a heart attack; in her small, out-of-the-way Het Loo Palace 70 miles from The Hague (see THE WORLD).

Died. Erik Scavenius, 85, Denmark's puppet Prime Minister during the Nazi occupation; in Copenhagen. An arrogant aristocrat, he greeted the Germans with the statement that Hitler had "stricken the world with astonishment and admiration," formed a Danish Free Corps to fight the Russians, and remained in power until 1943, when the Nazis were forced to appoint a military governor; his explanation was that he collaborated to spare his country from Nazi terror, and though he did not go to prison, his countrymen never forgave him.

Died. Albert Pierre Sarraut, 90, twice Premier of France (1933 and 1936), veteran of 60 years of topsy-turvy politics; in Paris. A scrappy Radical Socialist, he was a firm believer in paternal colonialism, served from 1909 to 1919 as Governor General of Indo-China, went home to become a perpetual minister in 13 Third Republic Cabinets.

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