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Dates: during 1920-1929
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However, last week the House passed the Fenn Bill which makes it reasonably certain that after 1930 the membership of the House will be reapportioned every decade among the various States according to population and therefore according to the Constitution...
Casein is a proteid of the nucleoalbumin group, existing in the milk of various animals, and an important by-product in the cheese industry. Pure casein is a white crumbling acid substance, used as a substitute for albumin in calico printing and for glue in cements. Last week members of the House Ways and Means Committee learned about casein and about many another product. For. to the committee came farmers, manufacturers, representatives of many U. S. industries...
Glass. James Maloney of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association. Philadelphia. said: "We are a vanishing race." Various glass industry representatives complained of European competition, sought protection...
...refusal to consider the addition of any interpretive or qualifying resolution, together with pacifist activities which linked the passage of the treaty with the defeat of the penning Cruiser Bill, made treaty opponents More than ever determined to put on record the Senate's understanding of various treaty provisos. Toward the close of the week Senator Bingham of Connecticut announced that he had circulated a round robin to which he had secured 20 signatures of Senators pledging themselves to oppose the unqualified passage of the treaty. The Senator claimed that he could get 12 more votes for interpretation...
Pointing out that in spite of their great salaries many money-hungry cinemactors have ways of making money besides acting. Critic Regina Cannon (New York American) listed the extra-studio businesses of various stars: John Gilbert, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Meighan-financing real estate developments; Mary Pickford- banking; Karl Dane-raising chickens; Chester Conklin-raising turkeys; Bessie Love-dairy farming; Lon Chaney-part-ownership in a plumbing company; Constance Talmadge-manufacturing cold cream; Lew Cody-automobile agency and part-ownership in a barber shop; Conrad Nagel and Jack Holt-stockyards at Fresno, Calif.; Renee Adorée-French restaurant...