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For the third time in the history of the potent Astor tribe, a yacht named Nourmahal (Arabic for "Light of 'My Soul") cut the waters of New York Harbor. The new Nourmahal is the biggest and sleekest of them all-2,000 tons, 264 feet overall, twin-screw Diesel...
Editor Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg of the Grand Rapids Herald, 44-year-old Republican, Mason, Shriner, Elk, Woodman, was appointed Senator from Michigan last week to succeed Woodbridge N. Ferris, 75-year-old Democrat who died of pneumonia last fortnight. Mr. Vandenberg made the fifth journalist in the Upper House. Fellow...
Few people would have difficulty in naming a Senator from Michigan. James Couzens does not hide his person and his opinions beneath many bushels of reticence or modesty. But the name of the other Senator from Michigan? The slender, slightly stooped man of 75, with snow-white hair and academic...
Though he was one of its least conspicuous members, Senator Ferris' death made a difference of two votes in the Senate. The Democrats lost him and the Republicans stood to gain a seat when his successor was appointed by Republican Governor Frederick W. Green of Michigan.
A propos Senator Ferris' death, the Senate's medical member, flowery Copeland of New York, commented on the fact that 34 Senators have died "in harness" within the past dozen years. "Probably every one of them had his life shortened by the frightful conditions of the chamber. One only needs...