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...Senator Vandenberg went the public credit of insistently driving this measure through a reluctant Senate. It was his first major activity since coming to the Senate a year ago. Born in Grand Rapids 45 years ago, at the age of 22 Senator Vandenberg became the editor-publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald, a position he held until he became a Senator. A bookish man behind large spectacles, he writes with more force than he speaks. His speeches in behalf of reapportionment in the Senate were marked with more constitutional zeal than oratorical brilliance. His chief address brimmed with these phrases...
Rosika Schwimmer was born in Hungary in 1877. She became famed as a pacifist. Her eloquence induced Henry Ford to undertake his Peace-Ship trip in 1915. Once, under Count Karolyi's regime (1919) she was Hungary's minister to Switzerland. Eight years ago she settled permanently in the U. S., set up residence in Illinois. Two years ago she applied for U. S. citizenship, Question 22 of the application asks if the applicant, as a citizen, would bear arms in defense...
Thirty-two years ago in Meriden, Conn., a beady-eyed little girl was born to the Ponzillios, thrifty Italian immigrants. They named her Rosa. As she grew older she was always singing. She sang over her lessons in school, over the dishes at home, in the church choir. Her first job was as entertainer in the local "nickelodeon." Her fame spread locally, she was offered a position at New Haven's Molone's restaurant at the fabulus figure of $50 per week. Meanwhile, her elder sister, Carmela, entered smalltime vaudeville with her contralto voice. Rosa joined forces with...
Samuel Cox Hooker is 65. He was born in Brenchley, England, studied chemistry at the Royal College of Science in London and the University of Munich. In 1885 he came to the U. S. Two years later he married Mary Elizabeth Owens of Cincinnati, by whom he has two daughters, two sons. For 30 years sugar refining was his interest. He was director of the American and Spreckels Sugar Refining Companies, of Great Western Sugar Co. In 1916 he retired to devote his time to chemical research. Magic is his chief hobby. He has been a modern Merlin since...
...Author is eleven years dead. Born in 1855 in Courland, a Russian province on the Baltic Sea. he went to a Gymnasium...