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...Voted to unseat Peter Granata, Republican, as Representative of the 8th Illinois District and to seat Stanley H. Kunz, Democrat, in his place. House lineup: Democrats, 221; Republicans, 211; Farmer-Labor, 1; vacancies...
...which she had been under treatment for several years. Brother of Manhattan's Pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick, Lawyer Fosdick was onetime Under Secretary General of the League of Nations, is now chief almoner to the House of Rockefeller. Died. Albert Henry Vestal, 57, U. S. Representative from the 8th Indiana District since 1917, Republican Whip of the House; of heart disease; in Washington. Congressman Sirovich's predecessor as chairman of the Committee on Patents & Copyrights, he long sought copyright protection for artists, writers, composers. Last year he saw his bill, providing copyright automatically upon creation...
...Decided that Democrat Stanley H. Kunz was entitled to the House seat of the 8th Illinois district now occupied by Republican Peter C. Granata...
...Biggest landowner is the Duke of Richmond who owns more than a quarter million acres (23 times the acreage of Bermuda). His Grace Charles Henry Gordon- Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond (creation in 1675), Earl of March and Due d'Au-bigny (French creation in 1683-84), is a Colonel in the Sussex Yeomanry and the author of A Duke and His Friends. Hi: principal addresses: Goodwood, Chichester; Molecomb, Chichester; Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Banffshire; and Glenfiddich Lodge, Dufftown, Scotland...
Died. Joseph Warren Fordney, 78, longtime member of Congress (1899-1923) from the 8th Michigan District, co author of famed Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act (1922); of erysipelas; in Saginaw, Mich...