Word: 67th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Members of the 67th Congress (1921-23) were not surprised last week to hear that their most eccentric colleague, Manuel Herrick, 54, Republican, of the Eighth Oklahoma District, had been arrested by Federal Dry agents while firing for $15 per week the boiler of a 500-gal. still in the remote reaches of St. Mary's County, Md. They well remembered Congressman Herrick's notorious exploits during his two years at the Capitol-the beauty contest he ran from his office in the House Office Building which resulted in a breach of promise suit against...
While last week's explosives were detonating below him, David Lloyd George was happily celebrating his 67th birthday. But most politically wise Britons surmised that the cocky little Welshman would think up plenty of drastic things to say about Viscount Grey's disturbance. Few if any could have foreseen the nature of his remarks. Summoning a meeting of the National Liberal Club, he extended toward his assailant a rhetorical glad hand which smacked much more of a rebuke than any amount of invective. Said he: "I appeal to Lord Grey not to discourage the party when...