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SEJATORSenator SENATORSenator SENATOR SEJ\ATOR SEJ ATOR SENATORSenator \ Senator elect Kenneth Kermeth Wherry of ofNebrasha ofNebraska otNebraska Nebrasha Nebraska NebrashaI who \I I \ ho w 11 fill the most fa famous famous famous mous shoes in 10 the senate those of ofGeorge ofGeorge otGeorge George Norns Norris was in the senate senateonce senateonce senateonce once before many years agoHe agoHe ago agoHe He was then a la v student and andv andv v sited a tr fr endI end \I I \ who ho was the son of ofa ofa ota a senator The senator took the h tvo tvoboys twoboys o oboys boys to meet Woodro v Wilson who whohappened whohappened whohappened happened to be at the senate As AsWherry AsWherry AsWherry Wherry te11 tello telb the story on h mself mselfhe mselfhe mselfhe he shook hands with the President President Presidentafter , , , after which there was an awful Sl si Sllence silenee silence lence lenee Then Wherry feel ng some somethmg something something thmg thing must be said blurted out outI outI outI I ve ye heard a lot about youHe youHe you youHe He wished the senate floor m ght ghtopen ghtopen ghtopen open up and s a vallo I / . 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Sizns MRS IURS izns LUCE GOES ' FOUND I'OU1\D I'OU1 IOU1 D POUND \ T TIlE TIlEOPLD THEMOPLD THEMOPLDMrs E EOPLD \\OPLD OPLD \ % OPLDMrs OPLD OPLDMrs Mrs Clare Luce newly Dellly neily elected electedRepubl electedRepubl electedRepubl Republ can congresswoman from fromConnect fromConnect fromConnect Connect cut w iv U 11 be an aD addlt addit ndditonalproblem anal onal analproblem onalproblem problem tor for the Br t sh embassy to toworry toworry toworry worry about Mrs Luce came back backfrom backfrom backfrom from a tr p through Egypt and theFar the theFar theFar Far East w th the feel ng that some somethmg something something thmg thing was wror wrorg wroeg g with the old Bnt Brit BntIsh British British Ish emp re Undoubtedly her vIews vIewshad viewshad viewshad had a lot to do with recent edI edItor editor editor tor als in m her husband s a magazU1e magazine magazU1eLife magazineLife magazineLife Life cr t I c z ng the Brit shIn shIn sh shIn In Egpt Egypt } ) she found the Egypt Egpt ) ans anscarrying anscarrying anscarrying carrying signs in ill the streets say ng ngWe ngWe ngWe We Want Rommel In Ch na she shefound shefound shefound found severe critic erltlC sm of the Brish Br t tish tish ish and she heard the tear fear ex cx expressed cxpressed expressed pressed by the head hcad Chnese Ch nese censor censorthat censorthat censorthat that it If Ch Cli na let Jet too much ne vs of ofInd ofmd ofInd Ind md a pass on to the Un ted St"ltes Stltes Stttes St"ltesChmcse StttesChinese StttesChinese " ofI Chmcse Chinese supply sh pments would be becurta becurIa becurta curta curIa led from Ind md a I Everywhere Every\\here Every here Everyihere \ \ she tried tned to find an anexplanat anexplanat aiexplanat explanat on for the fall ot of S nga n.ga ngapore n.gapore ngapore . pore Finally Fmally one young EngIbh Engi Engl &h h bh & h of offlcer offleer otfleer flcer fleer put it this II wayWe ay ayWe ayWe We ) just ust went cold coldI coldWhat coldWhat coldWhat I What do you ! rrean rean orean by that thaPWell ? 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