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...cent service charge on every parcels post package-a charge which they declared was robbery of the farmers. A roll call was taken. The bill passed 69 to 12. The twelve negatives came from Senators Borah, Brookhart, Howell, Norbeck-Republicans ; and Bruce, Dial. George, Glass, Harrison, Pittman, Swanson, Underwood-Democrats. The Bill. The chief features of the bill are: 1. Pay increases for postal employes, averaging $300 each and totaling $68,000,000 a year, to become effective retroactively as of Jan. 1. 2. Increases of postal charges, estimated to yield $60,000,000 a year, effective...
This they did last week. Seventy voted for it; only eight-four Republicans (Borah, Brookhart, Norbeck, Norris) and four Democrats (Glass, Harrison, Swanson, Underwood) voted against...
Married. Gloria Swanson. 27, cinema actress, to the Marquis Henri de la Falaise de la Coudray; in Paris. He is her third husband. Wallace Beery, cinema villain, was first; Herbert K. Somborn of California, second. Both obtained divorces on grounds of desertion. Seriously wounded in the war, the Marquis de Falaise received two citations for bravery...
...Senate, however, has never ratified the treaty, submitted to confirm Cuba's sovereignty over the island. Last week, it was up for consideration in the Senate. There were speeches for and against ratification. Senator Borah believed that the treaty must at least be modified. Senator Swanson of Virginia believed in ratification, and Senator Ralston, with old-time sentiment, exclaimed...
...negotiated in 1903 by Secretary of State John Hay, whereby the title of Cuba to the Isle of Pines would be confirmed. Although every administration has approved the treaty, it has lain in the Senate for over 20 years. Senator Borah, Republican, and Senator Ralston, Democrat, opposed it. Senator Swanson, Democrat, endorsed it. No action...