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- New York Times
January 5, 1940
KANSAS CITY, MO., Jan. 4 (UP)- John B. (Jack) Haskell, Democratic member of the Missouri
Legislature and former baseball umpire, died yesterday at his hotel here at the age of 70.
Mr. Haskell, born in Omaha, Neb., was an umpire for forty years in the American League, American Association, and Western League, and was a friend of many old stars.
He was a member of the Legislature six consecutive terms and in the last session was chairman of the Accounts Committee. He was prominent in Missouri Democratic politics many years.
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