Thomas E. Powers, Cartoonist, Dies. Political And Satirical Artist Served Newspapers Nearly 40 Years. Retirement Two Years Ago Forced By Failing Health. Special Dispatch to The Sun Long Beach, L.I.; August 14, 1939. Thomas E. Powers, political and satirical car toonist for the Hearst newspapers for nearly forty years until his retirement two years ago, died early today after a long illness. He was 69, and is sur vived by his widow, Mrs. Louise H. Powers. The elflike characters, "Joy" and "Gloom," which garnished many of his drawings always signed T. E Powers, became one of the trade marks of his work during a career which made him one of the country's best-known and most successful cartoonists. His cartoon series, published in Hearst papers in many States, in cluded also "Mrs. Trouble," "Never Again," "The Down-and-Out Club," "Sam ' the Drummer," "Married Life From the Inside" and "Charlie and George." QJf t For Cariature Using a relatively simple line-drawing technique, which looked easy to duplicate but was not Mr. Powers had a gift for caricature. His own favorite cartoon was one he drew of President Coolidge sawing wood. Mr. Coolidge liked the drawing and his request for the original on White House stationery, was one of the cartoonist's most cherished mementos. . , While conceding that few caricatures were flattering, Mr. Powers once observed that he had encountered only a few men who objected to being caricatured. "In fact" he said, "most of them seem to like it" Illness Forced Retirement Mr. Powers retired two years ago because of illness, though up until last September he turned out an occasional drawing at home. Since early this year he had been confined to bed or a wheel chair. On Saturday he took a turn for the worse. His butler found him dead in bed early today. Mr. Powers was born in Milwaukee on July 4. 1870. He moved to Kansas City where he was educated in public schools and got his start working for a lithographer.

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