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Last week Lieut.-Col. Augustin M. Prentiss, Ph. D., of the U. S. Army's Chemical Warfare Service published a 739-page treatise entitled Chemicals in War* which was hailed by colleagues as the most comprehensive work on the subject in English. † In this book Lieut.-Col. Prentiss describes in minute detail the tactics and accessory equipment of chemical warfare, the organization of chemical troops, the chemicals used in the World War, their composition, manufacture, military value, physiological effects and probable role in future war. A chapter on the protection of civil populations is contributed by Major George...
...Michigan fortnight ago voters roundly trounced Republican Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald by electing Democrat Frank Murphy in his stead. In the contest to succeed James Couzens in the U. S. Senate, the voters picked Democratic Representative Prentiss M. Brown. Senator Couzens having died during the campaign, the Republicans had one consolation prize. Before Governor Fitzgerald left office he could bestow an honor and an honorarium on some loyal Republican by appointing him to fill out Senator Couzens' unfinished term. This week Mr. Fitzgerald made his choice. Said he: "The high office of United States Senator is nothing...
...saying he named Democrat Prentiss M. Brown to begin his Senate term a month and a half ahead of time. Reason: Mr. Brown would thereby gain seniority rights over other Senators who take office in January, thus adding to '"his value as a servant of the State...
...Deal hater, Lester Dickinson. In his place was elected mild, polished, praise-seeking Governor Clyde La Verne Herring, flower-lover and ex-Ford dealer. In Michigan, the seat of the late Senator Couzens, overwhelmingly defeated in the primaries by former Governor Wilber M. Brucker, was won by Representative Prentiss March Brown, New Dealer who was a good friend of Republican Couzens...
Besides the shock of having Senator Couzens badly beaten for trying to cross party lines and espouse the cause of Franklin Roosevelt, New Dealers had another in the Democratic primary for Senator. Representative Prentiss M. Brown of St. Ignace in upper Michigan, while not well-known throughout the State, was expected to win handily. Opposed by Louis B. Ward, Father Coughlin's onetime Washington lobbyist, Representative Brown polled only 124,000 votes, about 4,000 more than the Coughlinite...