Harris & Ewing photos from the 1930s

Nominee to Virginia Federal Judgeship questioned by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 1. Floyd Roberts, recently nominated by President Roosevelt to be a Federal District Judge in Virginia and whose nomination is opposed by Senators Carter and Glass and Harry F. Byrd, pictured as he was waiti

Nominated as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., June 2. Herbert Gaston, now Special Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, has been nominated by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of Treasury to succeed Wayne Chatfield Taylor, resigned. This is a new informal p

North Dakota Senator makes hobby of people his parents fought. Washington, D.C., May 31. Senator Lynn D. Frazier, republican of North Dakota, son of early pioneers and settlers of that state, uses some of his few spare moments in collecting Indian relics. Coming from a state which a few years ago wa

Nothing improper in trade agreement with Cuba, Hull tells Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, today denied before the Senate Finance Committee that there was any improper State Department procedure in negotiating a trade agreement with Cuba. Hull appeared be

Noted newspaper editor of Emporia. Washington, D.C., April 26. A new informal photograph of William Allen White, former President of the American Association of Newspaper Editors, and well known publisher of the Emporia, Kansas, Gazette

Norwegian royal couple pay tribute to America's Unknown Soldier. Washington, D.C., June 30. Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha stand in silent tribute to America's Unknown Soldier as they visited Arlington National Cemetery today

Norway's royal couple at White House. Washington, D.C., June 29. Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha of Norway leaving the White House today following a call on President and Mrs. Roosevelt

Number 13 proves lucky for New Mexico senator. Washington, D.C., July 26. Senator Carl A. Hatch, Democrat of New Mexico, polishing up his lucky 13 office number. He is one of the few Senators who have succeeded in getting a major bill through both Houses of Congress practically intact this session.

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Observation room, Washington Monument

Off with the old, on with the new. Annapolis, Md. June 1. With a mighty heave graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy toss their midshipmen's caps into the air after receiving their commissions as ensigns. 578 graduated but only 525 received commissions. 52 failed to pass the rigid physical examination

Office of Archie Lockhead (283) opposite that of Secy. of Treasury, 2-23-39

Off-the-record report on Spain. Washington, D.C., March 30. A dark secret was the report American Ambassador to Spain, Claude Bowers gave to the House Foreign Affairs Committee today on the possibility of Spain becoming a satellite of Germany and Italy. Bowers, right, is pictured with Rep. Sol Bloom

Off-the-record. Washington, D.C., July 19. Just before appearing before the Senate banking and Currency Committee today regarding the President's lending program, John J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroad holds a whispered conversation with Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Bar

Officers Spanish American War vets. Net Tri. Syd Houston, 1/8/39

Rep. Joseph Martin speaking on House floor

Ohio's hope for presidency pays tribute to war dead at Memorial Day rites. Washington, D.C., May 30. With Washington leading the nation in observance of Memorial Day, and Arlington National Cemetery where the body of the unknown soldier lies being the center of activity today, Sen. Robert Taft, repu

Oil Association spokesman at House hearing. Washington, D.C., June 22. Eric Weber, President of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers' Association, who appeared as a witness at a House Judiciary Subcommittee yesterday. The committee is holding hearings upon the Harrington Bill which affects the oil producing

Oil companies have no desire to create monopoly, House Judiciary Committee told. Washington, D.C., June 23. W.S. Farish, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, said before the House Judiciary Committee today that there is keen competition among oil companies and that major companies ha

Oklahoma Senator. Washington, D.C., April 19. A new informal picture of Senator Elmer Thomas, democrat of Oklahoma

Oldest and youngest Senators leave meeting of isolationist bloc. Washington, D.C., July 7. The isolationist bloc of the Senate met this morning in executive session to lay plans for the coming fight on the Neutrality Bill. Coincidently, the youngest and oldest members of the Senate attended the meet

Oklahoma delegation in Congress

Rep. Joseph Martin on steps of Capitol

One republican greets another. Washington, D.C., March 27. Mrs. Edward Everett, Dolly Gann, sister of the late Vice President Curtis and president of the League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia, enthusiastically shook hands with Minority Leader of the House, Rep. Joe Martin of New Yor

One of the first transatlantic flyers. Washington, D.C., May 29. Walter Hinton, one of the pilots on the U.S. Navy's first à flight across the Atlantic in 1919, as he appears today. In 1922 he was the first to fly a plan to South Carolina

Opposes Frankfurter nomination. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. George E. Sullivan, Washington attorney and author, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today said he opposed the appointment of Prof. Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court because he was alien born in Austria and has alien a

Opposes judgeship for former Governor James V. Allred of Texas. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Rep. Martin Dies today told a one-man subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee that popular sentiment is 'overwhelming against appointment' of Former Governor James W. Alred as a District Judge for the s

Only Druggist in Congress. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. While many professions and businesses are represented in the 76th Congress, Rep. Carl T. Durham, democrat of North Carolina, is the only pharmacist in that august body. He ran a drug store at Chapel Hill before his election to the house, 2-13-39

Only living survivors of Washington's Canal Project see it made a national parkway. Washington, D.C., Feb. 22. The abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, once running barges from Georgetown, D.C., to Frederick, M.D., a canal first directed by George Washington before Washington was thought of as a cit

Oppose secrecy on aid given by U.S. to French air mission. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. Senator Gerald P. Nye, left, republican of North Dakota, and Senator Bennett Champ Clark, democrat of Missouri, are leading the fight to make public the records of the Senate Military Affairs Commmittee concerning

Osmeña with Osias

Overcoats for bees the latest. Beltsville, Md., April 11. W.J. Nolan, Apiculturist of the Bee Culture Laboratory at National Agricultural Research Center here, is demonstrating to Miss Lorry Van Houten, how overcoats for bees protect these honey producers from howling winds of winter. Formerly the p

Ovid Roberts *Possibly Ovid Eli Roberts Jr., head of industrial relations of Chemical Warfare Service The Buffalo News 09 Feb 1939, Thu · Page 8

Owen E. Williams Method for preserving cream. 4. Mr. Williams then puts the cream through a test to determine its acidity contents, 1- 26-39

Owen D. Young, Chairman of the Board, General Electric, takes oath before testifying before Monopoly Investigating Committee

P. Street scenes, 1/39

Pan American given permission to use Canton Island as air base. Washington, D.C., April 13. Following an agreement between the United States and Great Brittan for the common use of the Island of Canton and Enderbury in the South Pacific Ocean for international aviation and communication, Secretary o

Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Melvin C. Hazen, President of the Board of District of Columbia City Commissioners visited Georgetown Children's House today. Little Hazel Reigle, 5 years old, me the Commissioner at the door and handed him her bank full of penni

Patent monopoly not fully safeguarded: U.S. Patents Commissioner tells Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 16. Conway F. Coe, U.S. Commissioner of Patents, today told the Senate Monopoly Committee that the patent monopoly is not now fully safeguarded. He said the patentee should be afforded the

Passport Bureau, War Dept.

Patrick Brennan, son of the Minister of Ireland and Mrs. Brennan

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Paul Revere Sentinels appear at Senate Neutrality Hearing. Washington, D.C., May 2. A bit of color was injected today into an otherwise drab session of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations which is conducting hearings on neutrality, when a group of people, known as the Paul Revere Sentinels, ap

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Peace & Democracy group present protests to Italian Embassy. Washington, D.C., April 8. While members of the Washington branch of the American League for Peace and Democracy walked with signs in a picket line a block away, a group of demonstrators walked up to the front door of the Italian Embassy a

Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless war is seen. Washington, D.C., May 1. Philip Marshall Brown of the American Peace Society today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that 'measures short of war' are not justified except as they frankly look forward to event

Peaches, three of a kind. Washington, D.C., July 11. Mrs. E.C. Gathings, wife of the congressman from Arkansas today received a basket of peaches via American Airlines, to be presented to the President tomorrow. The peaches commemorate the annual Peach Festival to be held in Forest City, Ark., July

Rep. Jos. W. Martin, Jr.

Pennsylvania Solon. Washington, D.C., April 12. A new informal picture of Rep. Charles I. Faddis, democrat of Pennsylvania. 4-12- 39

Pennsylvania representative. Washington, D.C., May 10. A new informal photograph of Rep. James F. Vanzandt of Pennsylvania

Perfect harmony. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Seems that Rep. James W. Wadsworth, Republican of New York, is getting a bit of confidential arms information from Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Democrat of Texas and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just before he--Wadsworth--addressed the

Pershing long-time aide promoted to rank of Colonel. Washington, D.C., March 30. Capt. George E. Adamson, left, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army, whose nomination as Military Secretary to the General of the Armies with the rank of Colonel was confirmed by the Senate today, is pictured taking the oath

Pessimistic report. Washington, D.C., May 4. Governor John Moses of North Dakota, in a conference with President Roosevelt, presented a pessimistic report on unemployment and relief problems in North Dakota. Moses said his state was in a bad financial condition as a result of 10 years of crop failur

Peter R. Nehemkis, Securities & Exchange Commission legal aide

Philo T Farnsworth

Philo T Farnsworth (cropped)

Phones boss. Washington, D.C., March 20. Kurt G. Sell, Washington Correspondent for the German News Bulletin, phones in his story of Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles' press conference today. A highlight of the conference was the announcement that American Minister Wilbur Carr had been instructe

Picture of a Supreme Court Justice whistling 'Jingle Bells.' Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. During the 8th Annual broadcasting of the Children of Diplomats stationed here in Washington, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, and his wife, sat with other mothers and fathers watching their offspring sa

Plays part in AF of L meet on WPA situation. Washington, D.C., July 12. George Meany, President of the New York State Federation of Labor photographed this morning at the AF of L meeting which was called to urge Congress to rescind the new wage provisions that reduced hourly pay rates for WPA worker

Polish diplomats call upon Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 9. Count Jerzy Potocki, Ambassador from Poland, Antoni Roman, Polish Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Aleksander Bobkowski, Vice Minister of Commerce, who called upon the president today