Word: reed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...HARRY D. REED...
...distinguished looking gentlemen with white hair and ruddy complexions, both successful in their chosen careers, shook hands, said they were sorry. Samuel Insull, who supplies many an Illinoisan with gas, electricity, grand opera and a U. S. Senator-elect, was sorry that he could not answer all questions. Senator Reed of Missouri, the asker of the questions, was sorry that he would have to cite Mr. Insull before the Senate for contempt. They had fenced with questions and answers in Chicago last summer (TIME, Aug. 9) and in Washington last week, had learned much about each other. Mr. Insull summed...
...Insull had flatly refused to tell to whom he gave $40,000 of his quarter million, and that was why Senator Reed cited him for contempt. The penalty for this offense varies from one month to one year in jail, plus a fine. But Mr. Insull is in no immediate danger of entering a cell. First the Senate must find him guilty of contempt; then he can still carry his case to the Supreme Court...
...taxicab had caught on fire, that he had to call a fire engine. Senator Willis of Ohio said that he saw the flag floating over the Senate wing of the Capitol (denoting that the Senate is in session) and so he hurried from the Union Station. Vexed, Senator Reed of Missouri rushed down the aisle, shouted: "This is an inexcusable outrage...
Married. Rosemond Reed, only daughter of Senator David Aiken Reed of Pennsylvania; to Charles Denby Jr., son and grandson of onetime U. S. representatives in China; in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral. President and Mrs. Coolidge, Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon were among the 200 present...