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...Philadelphia, great was the to-do over the nomination of a Register of Wills, a City Treasurer, a Coroner-great was the to-do because the primary was the acknowledged battle for political supremacy between Boss William Scott Vare (three years elect, but not yet seated as a U. S. Senator) and Mayor Harry A. Mackay, once Vare's campaign manager, last week his rival. On the eve of the primary Miss Beatrice Vare coming from the Senator's sickbed broadcast over the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Primaries | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Great was the surprise of politicians next day. So eager was Philadelphia for its high place in the sun that when the vote was counted the Vare candidates won not by the majority of 75,000 (which they predicted) but by more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Primaries | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...Adopted by vote of 41 to 34 an agreement to postpone until Dec. 3 the final vote on unseating Senator Vare of Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: The Senate Week Sep. 23, 1929 | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...James's, largely because he had served 27 years as a career diplomat. After Charles Gates Dawes was chosen, Mr. Fletcher resigned. Rumor picked him up again and made him a candidate for the U. S. Senate, seeking the Pennsylvania seat not yet occupied by Senator-suspect Vare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: To Rome | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

Married. Miss Mildred Vare, 23, daughter of Senator-suspect William Scott Vare of Pennsylvania; to William Frederick Kipp, 28, automobile dealer; in Atlantic City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 5, 1929 | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

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