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THE EVENI NG STAR, 

 THURSDAY, APRIL' 7, 192^ 

 WASHINGTON, D. J L 



ERWIN F. SMITH 



Noted Career of Plant Scien- 

 tist Closes— Work Aided 

 Cancer Research. 



Erwin F. Smith, 73 years old. Vrtio 

 was in charge of the laboratory of 

 plant pathology in the Bureau I oi 

 Plant Industry, Department uf As ; 

 culture, and who was national^ 



died in his home, 1474 Belmont sticet, 



1— rt"e co of 



lia ' a 'S™fhi S worK on "crown 

 of plants, or "plant cancer, 

 important discoveries were 

 connection with the treat- 

 uman cancer. One of the 

 brothers, famous surgeons of 

 Mifttl is uuotert as having 

 said that '"Mr. Smith had done more 

 for the, elucidation of the cancer prob- 

 lem than any other man. 



gall' 



that : 

 made 

 ment 

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