Greensburg Daily News - Wednesday, July 2, 1947--
ERNEST LEWIS, 74, DIES IN WASHINGTON
Washington, D.C., July 2 -- Ernest Irving Lewis, 74 years old, former Indianapolis newspaperman and former chairman of the interstate commerce commission, died here early Tuesday after a short illness. Mr. Lewis was a native of Danville, Indiana, and early in the 20th century worked as a reporter on several Indiana newspapers. He subsequently was named the head of the Indiana public service commission following his work as a business report in Indiana. In 1920 he became associated with the Harding campaign for the presidency and in 1921 was named to the ICC.
ERNEST LEWIS, 74, DIES IN WASHINGTON
Washington, D.C., July 2 -- Ernest Irving Lewis, 74 years old, former Indianapolis newspaperman and former chairman of the interstate commerce commission, died here early Tuesday after a short illness. Mr. Lewis was a native of Danville, Indiana, and early in the 20th century worked as a reporter on several Indiana newspapers. He subsequently was named the head of the Indiana public service commission following his work as a business report in Indiana. In 1920 he became associated with the Harding campaign for the presidency and in 1921 was named to the ICC.
Greensburg Daily News - Wednesday, July 2, 1947--
ERNEST LEWIS, 74, DIES IN WASHINGTON
Washington, D.C., July 2 -- Ernest Irving Lewis, 74 years old, former Indianapolis newspaperman and former chairman of the interstate commerce commission, died here early Tuesday after a short illness. Mr. Lewis was a native of Danville, Indiana, and early in the 20th century worked as a reporter on several Indiana newspapers. He subsequently was named the head of the Indiana public service commission following his work as a business report in Indiana. In 1920 he became associated with the Harding campaign for the presidency and in 1921 was named to the ICC.
ERNEST LEWIS, 74, DIES IN WASHINGTON
Washington, D.C., July 2 -- Ernest Irving Lewis, 74 years old, former Indianapolis newspaperman and former chairman of the interstate commerce commission, died here early Tuesday after a short illness. Mr. Lewis was a native of Danville, Indiana, and early in the 20th century worked as a reporter on several Indiana newspapers. He subsequently was named the head of the Indiana public service commission following his work as a business report in Indiana. In 1920 he became associated with the Harding campaign for the presidency and in 1921 was named to the ICC.
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