(Encyclopedia) Warner Brothers, American movie studio executives and producers. Sons of poor E European Jewish immigrants, the brothers were Harry Morris (1881–1958), Albert (1884–1967), Samuel Louis…
(Encyclopedia) Wends or Sorbs, Slavic people (numbering about 60,000) of Brandenburg and Saxony, E Germany, in Lusatia. They speak Lusatian (also known as Sorbic or Wendish), a West Slavic language…
KING, Karl Clarence, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Plevna, Reno County, Kans., January 26, 1897; attended high school in Bucklin, Kans., Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia…
JAMES, Addison Davis, (grandfather of John Albert Whitaker), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., February 27, 1850; attended the public schools; began the…
Check out the bios on the nominees, from Michelle Williams, who was nominated in the same category last year, to newcomer Rooney Mara. For those keeping score, this is Meryl Streep's…
OâCONNOR, James, a Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, La., April 4, 1870; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of Tulane University, New…
O’CONNOR, James, a Representative from Louisiana; born in New Orleans, La., April 4, 1870; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans…
TRACY, Phineas Lyman, (brother of Albert Haller Tracy), a Representative from New York; born in Norwich, Conn., on December 25, 1786; was graduated from Yale College in 1806; engaged in…
ANDERSON, William Clayton, (son of Simeon H. Anderson and nephew of Albert Gallatin Talbott), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., December 26, 1826;…
