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NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1938

ATATURK DIES AT 58; TURKS WILL ELECT A SUCCESSOR TODAY
National Assembly Expected to Name Gen. Inonu, Former Premier, as President

NATION GOES IN MOURNING
Peaceful Transition to New Era Seen---Unity is Stressed Under Ideal of Founder

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 10- Kemal Ataturk, President and creator of modern Turkey, died today at Dolma Baghche Palace at the age of 58. He had survived thirteen wounds received in battle and a number of assassination attempts, but succumbed to cirrhosis of the liver.