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Last week the Congressional drive for adjournment by week's end was retarded by the death of Speaker Byrns (see above). Senate and House promptly agreed on a seven-day recess during...
...addition to the $21,000 already in hand for a lobby which no longer existed. That transaction, charged Counsel Sullivan, constituted a plain case of using the mails to defraud. To questions about it, flushed and flustered Dr. Townsend sullenly pleaded ignorance. Finally he asked for a five-minute recess, went out to pace the corridor. The committee adjourned until 2:30 p. m. At that hour Dr. Townsend did not reappear. His personal attorney, Sheridan Downey, pertly announced that he would not show up until 3:30. Was he ill? asked a committeeman. "No," said Mr. Downey. "My Duty...
...taking a recess too," shouted Zioncheck, breaking for the door. Policemen collared him, threw him into the pen. Judge Casey, reappearing, slapped on fines of $25 for speeding, $20 for contempt of court. For two hours Representative Zioncheck posed for photographers making faces, clambering up the bars, poking out his hat to beg for money for his fines. Loudly he declared that he would not pay a cent. Loudly he demanded that Speaker Byrns get him out of jail on grounds of Congressional immunity. At the Capitol, Democratic leaders put their heads together, quickly decided that fighting with policemen, speeding...
...Workers' Alliance, No. 1 jobless union, marched into the Wisconsin Capitol, spent ten days in the Assembly chamber, were finally put out by police. All last week members of the Workers' Alliance squatted in the New Jersey State House at Trenton while the Legislature was in brief recess. Reason: New Jersey had run out of State relief funds, and 270,000 jobless had been turned back to local authorities to be cared...
...only bolt on the horizon at the present time is Captain Dubiel's ankle injury, which he incurred while pole-vaulting behind the Stadium. He appeared at practice today on crutches, but his ankle should heal quickly and he is expected to be ready to go after the recess...