Body of late Secretary of Navy lies in state in Senate Chamber. Washington, D.C., July 10. Funeral services attended by President Roosevelt and other government heads, were held in the Senate Chamber today for the late Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson. The flag-draped casket is shown guarded
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