(Encyclopedia) Siqueiros, David AlfaroSiqueiros, David Alfarodävēᵺˈ älfäˈrō sēkāˈrōs [key], 1896–1974, Mexican painter, b. Chihuahua. Siqueiros was among Mexico's most original and eminent painters.…
(Encyclopedia) Scarlatti, AlessandroScarlatti, Alessandroälĕs-sänˈdrō skärlätˈtē [key], 1660–1725, Italian composer. He may have studied with Carissimi in Rome, where his first opera was produced in…
(Encyclopedia) Graham, Martha, 1894–1991, American dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Pittsburgh. Her family moved from Allegheny, Pa., to Santa Barbara, Calif., when she was 14. After 1916,…
Senate Years of Service: 1938-1939
Party: Democrat STORKE Thomas More , a Senator from California; born in Santa Barbara, Calif., November 23, 1876; attended the public schools; graduated from…
CAPPS Lois , a Representative from California; born in Ladysmith, Rusk County,
Wis., January 10, 1938; graduated from Flathead County High School, Kalispell,
Mont., 1955; B.S., Pacific Lutheran…
CAPPS Walter Holden , a Representative from California; born in Omaha, Nebr., May 5, 1934;
B.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oreg., 1958; B.D., Augustana
Theological Seminary, Rock Island…
LINEBERGER Walter Franklin , a Representative from California; born near Whiteville, Hardeman
County, Tenn., July 20, 1883; attended the public schools, the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of…
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