Word: 31st
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quarter of a century British racing crowds have shouted themselves hoarse, exulted, wept, torn handkerchiefs and smashed toppers for a bandy-legged, wizened little Irishman who always responded to an imploring "Come on, Steve!" Last week in London, Steve Donoghue, still going strong at 52, announced that this, his 31st year as a jockey, would be his last...
...Island are used by the Army; Roosevelt Field is largely taxi service and training schools. Bendix, in New Jersey, developing fast from the days when it was famed under the name Teterboro, hopes for airline patronage, so far has none. The two seaplane "Skyports" in the East River, at 31st Street and the foot of Wall Street, are important private landings which serve such potent business figures as Henry Morgan, Harry P. Davison, Roland Harriman and Rudolph Loening. Other fields-Flushing, Edo, Holmes at Jackson Heights and Jamaica-are important only to manufacturers of aircraft, students, amateurs and taxi services...
Married. Allan Henry Hoover, 30, younger son of the 31st President, Bakersfield, Calif, farmer; and Margaret Coberly; in Los Angeles...
Engaged. Allan Henry Hoover, 30, younger son of the 31st. President, California rancher; and Margaret Coberly, of Los Angeles...
This was very nearly all that needed saying about the siege of Madrid, which reached its 31st day this week, but meanwhile Soviet munitions were arriving to bolster the cause of proletarian Premier Francisco Largo Caballero who fled with his Cabinet from Madrid to Valencia (TIME, Nov. 16), and the enormous quantity of gold which his adherents took from the Bank of Spain was beginning to have its effect. It was established last week that disguised Spanish fishing smacks, heavily armed, have been regularly running this gold to Marseille. The Bank of France has been buying it as fast...