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...pronouncement last week from two neurosurgeons of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, stated that the pain, if not the doom of cancer, can be mitigated by an operation. The surgeons are William G. Spiller and Charles H. Frazier. Their operation-chordotomy- severs the sensory nerves in the spinal column. It is performed in cases where the pain is too great for drugs to relieve...
Senator Lynn J. Frazier...
...nominated as special counsel former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, Democrat, and Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, Republican. After a lengthy debate, Senator Pomerene's nomination was confirmed, 59-13. Those in favor included 34 Republi-cans and 25 Democrats. Those opposed were chiefly the radical group- Brookhart, Frazier, La Follette and Norris, Republicans; Ashurst, Dill, Sheppard, Stanley, Walsh (Mont.), Wheeler and Adams, Democrats; Johnson (Minn.) and Shipstead, Farmer-Laborites. The so-called Presidential candidates of the Senate-Underwood, Ralston and Hiram Johnson-were none of them present and voting. Roberts was subsequently confirmed with less opposition...
...Senate waged a lengthy battle over a resolution calling for the resignation of Secretary Denby. It was finally passed, 47 to 34, with the following Republicans voting for the resignation: Brookhart, Capper, Frazier, Harreld, Hiram Johnson, Ladd, La Follette, McNary, Norbeck, Norris. Mr. Denby denied absolutely that he would resign, but a rumor to that effect persisted at the Capital...
...radical and foe of the railways, who fought side by side with LaFollette and Borah in the insurgent movement of yesteryear, was defeated by the votes of his former comrades. Mr. LaFollette swung his radical group into the Democratic column, carrying with him three other Republicans, Brookhart, Ladd and Frazier, and the two Farmer-Laborites, Shipstead and Magnus Johnson. Bruce of Maryland, lone Democrat, clung to Cummins to the last. The final vote was : Smith, 39; Cummins, 29; Couzens, 6 (38 necessary to elect). There were 22 members absent, nearly all of whom were paired...