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...Rose Hill, Va., Mr. & Mrs. Steve Pace have lived to see their 16th child married. Last week the Paces, nearing their 74th birthdays, announced the imminent birth of child...
...Neutrality Act of 1935, rushed through in the final hours of the first session of the 74th Congress, provides for the specification of what is war material (for instance, any kind of airplane), requires the registration of all U. S. firms dealing in it, forbids its shipment to belligerent nations and permits its shipment abroad under any circumstances only upon receipt of a license from a division of the State Department. The Act became effective in November 1935. just in time to take all the fun out of the Ethiopian war for many a U. S. armorer. But there...
...Democratic majority in the House, elect at least a strong working minority. But as the Roosevelt avalanche swept the land, it seemed certain that when the 75th Congress meets (Jan. 5), President Roosevelt will have as unassailable a House majority as he had in the 74th, at least 315 seats...
...Cezannes Collector Barnes brought back with him last week were the 74th and 75th to be added to the Barnes Foundation, which includes the largest collection of Cezannes in the world. Few U. S. citizens have had a chance to see them, for the Greco-Roman temple outside Philadelphia that houses the Barnes Foundation is surrounded by an eight-foot iron fence, guarded by savage dogs. Only specially invited guests may view his pictures, and not a few of them have been bodily ejected from the building when their appreciation of what they were shown did not seem...
Down to defeat in still another run-off went Democratic Representative Percy Lee ("Don't Call Me Percy") Gassaway, whose ten-gallon hat, cowboy boots, wing collar, shoestring tie and advocacy of birth control made him a minor notable in the 74th Congress. Victor on a cowhide radical program was jut-jawed, 27-year-old Lyle H. Boren who stepped out of a Government job for the campaign. Gassaway's chief attack on him was his failure to marry, produce 14 children, as Gassaway had done. Replied Nominee Boren: "Old Noah or someone in the Bible...