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With his back in a cast because of injuries received from falling off a ladder in a well. Major General Smedley Darling" ton Butler left his bed to address a veterans' rally at Norristown, Pa. Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Mastick Hyde, who said he had not milked a cow for 20 years, lost a milking contest in Shenandoah, Iowa to Earl May, operator of radio station KFNF, owned by Henry ("Himself") Field, Republican nominee for Senator. The loser's plea: "The trick is to get a lot of foam in the milk so the pop bottle will fill...
...Battle of Washington. Major L. J. H. Herwig, U. S. A., retired, of Washington, offered them his 400-acre Virginia farm. On these plots Commander Waters proposed to establish "Khaki Shirts" colonies, warned: "If they try to burn us out again, damn 'em we'll kill 'em." Brigadier General Smedley Darlington Butler, retired, flirted with the idea of consolidating the "Khaki Shirts...
Into every crack & corner of Pennsylvania went Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C. (retired), campaigning for the Republican senatorial nomination. A Dry, he was endorsed by Governor Gifford Pinchot. He made 126 speeches (preceded, he said, by 126 silent prayers). But neither speeches nor prayers availed him. Senator James John ("Puddler Jim") Davis, a Wet supported by Boss Vare's Philadelphia machine, last week won renomination by a 350,000-vote majority...
Married. Mrs. Elizabeth Muller, 68, Philadelphia realtor, cousin of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler; and Everett Tompkins, 31, her chauffeur; in Philadelphia, Said Mrs. Muller: "This way I have a chauffeur who will be taking a real interest in the business, because it's part of his income. We . . . like each other immensely...
Married. Ethel Peters Butler, daughter of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C., retired; and Lieut. John Wehle, U. S. M. C.; in Holy Trinity Church, West Chester...