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Motoring in Wyoming, retired Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter, 78, was shaken up when his automobile collided with another car.
By last month the gentlemen of the Department of Justice had combed their wits and the nation, and compiled a list of some 60 men. Further probing into the lives-private and public-of these 60 eliminated two-thirds of them. Last fortnight, with 20 names before him, President Roosevelt...
While the Senate was busy wondering: 1) whom the President would appoint to the Supreme Court vacancy created last June 2 by the retirement of Justice Willis Van Devanter; and 2) whether he would make his appointment before Congress adjourned, Idaho's gaunt old lion, Senator William E. Borah...
President Roosevelt never said just when he would appoint a successor to Justice Willis Van Devanter who retired two months ago. Nonetheless it had been largely taken for granted that he would do so before Congress adjourned. Last week with that adjournment becoming imminent, what had been taken for granted...
-The others: Second Secretary of Embassy Frances Elizabeth Willis in Brussels, Vice-Consul Constance Ray Harvey in Milan. Mrs. J. Borden ("Daisy") Harriman, Minister to Norway, is a political appointee.