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Clerk of House of Representatives holds classes for new congressmen. With the Clerk of the House, William Tyler Page, in the role of proxy, new members of Congress are attending school at the United States Capitol in preparation for the opening session December, 5th. The new solons are being taught how things are done on the floor of the House during a regular session

Clerk of House of Representatives holds classes for new congressmen. W...

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Wives of Gridiron Club members to entertain Mrs. Roosevelt while men entertain President. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Each year, President Roosevelt rides to the 13th floor of the National Press Building to see himself and other leading lights in official Washington lampooned unmercifully. Wives of members of the Gridiron Club which sponsors the affair, got together and within the last few years have held a party of similar nature at the White House for Mrs. Roosevelt, with members of the Gridiron Widows putting on a skit to poke fun at wives of leading figures on a 'Rancho 40' skit, with Mrs. Raymond Clapper, wife of Columnist Clapper, cracking the whip as Ringmaster. 1- A couple of dark horses - and Mrs. Farley by proxy. 'Uncle Jim' Farley, holding aloft the message that 'Mrs. Farley scratched,' stands like a [...] colossus over the two dark horses, John L. Lewis and Clark Gable. Mrs. Farley's proxy is Mrs. Ray Henle, Lewis is Mrs. Jim Berryman, and Gable is Mrs. W.F. Raymond

Wives of Gridiron Club members to entertain Mrs. Roosevelt while men e...

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President Hoover and Governors discuss drought relief. Governors from 10 states in the drought area and representatives of the Governors of two other commonwealths were in conference with President Hoover at the White House today to lay foundation for immediate drought relief. In the picture with President Hoover are Governors Henry S. Caulfield, Missouri; Louis E. Emmerson, Illinois; Harry S. Leslie, Indiana; William G. Conley, West Virginia; John G. Pillard, Virginia; John E. Erickson, Montana; Clyde M. Reed. Kansas; John Hammill, Iowa; Arthur J. Weaver, Nebraska; and Myers J. Cooper of Ohio. Harvey T. Harrison represented Governor Harvey Parnell of Arkansas and Senator Robison acted as proxy for Governor Sampson of Kentucky

President Hoover and Governors discuss drought relief. Governors from ...

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Mrs. J. Borden Harriman of N.Y. Proxy for Mrs. R.R. Purcell of Montana

Mrs. J. Borden Harriman of N.Y. Proxy for Mrs. R.R. Purcell of Montana

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