Word: recording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: Your narrow-mindedness in the matter of Mr. VARE Senator-elect from Pennsylvania, shown on page 10 of the Jan. 7 issue, prompts me to end you herewith a page from the Congressional Record of Jan. 3, 1929, which includes a list of the United States Senators; and in alphabetical order appears the name of Senator Vare. . . . Your statement that Mr. VARE remained a Senator-suspect is not a fact, is untrue so far as developed facts appear, and has no place in on authentic account of this controversy...
...Treasury: Andrew William Mellon. Long exploded is the nonsense that businessmen sacrifice themselves when they take public office. Mr. Mellon has enjoyed being Number One finance man of the world's richest country. After one year under President Hoover, he will be 75, and may retire with the record of having graced three administrations. There are eight other cabinet positions. At least eight men were last week recommended for each of them. Mr. Hoover enjoyed listening to the fine things that were said about all of them. Mr. Hoover was neither stiff nor irregular. Even small-eyed Senator Watson...
Oscar Nathieson, who 20 years ago was amateur speed-skating champion of the world, established a world's record at Davos, Switzerland, by skating 500 metres in 43 sec. In Davos also, Ballangrud, Norwegian skater, skated 5,000 metres in 8:24½, a world's record...
George Kojac, in Philadelphia, swam 100 yards on his back in 1 min. 3/5 sec., beating his own world's record...
...Dance last year he is doubtless aware that his class had by no means a monopoly of those present. In fact it was openly boasted by a member of a Class of 1928 that, not to mention three "Freshman Jubilees, he then counted four Junior Dances on his record. So why limit his glorious function to members of the Sophomore and Junior classes. And above all let's keep the good old traditional title of "Junior Prom"; it means a lot to the little girl up from Toonerville. H. Bowen Wands...