Senator Louis Murphy, Democrat of Towa, was killed here to-day when the automobile in which he was riding plunged into a ditch at the side a road.
The Senator was a native of Dubuque and had lived there cor tinuously. "After receiving his educa tion in the public schools of Iowa he became a newspaper reporter, graduating to the rank of editor, He Was an active member of the Fourth Estate for twenty years. From 1013 to 1920 he was Collector of Internal Revenue for the slate of Towa, and then served. as an income-tax counseller for eleven years. On June 6, 1932, he was named by the Democratic Party as ils candidate for Senator and was elected to a six-year term in November 1932, He defeated Mr. Henry Field, Republican and Senator Smith W. Brookhart, running on a [Progressive ticket, by a large majority ~United Press.
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