Word: 31st
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This was Saturday, March 4, 1933, F.D.R.'s Inauguration Day-and the day after Hoover had stubbornly rejected urgent demands that he close all of the nation's banks. Only four years before, Hoover had been elected as the 31st President of the U.S., with 58.1% of the popular vote (still the third highest in history), over Democrat Al Smith. When he took office, he had well earned his position as the most respected man in America. Now, after having been overwhelmed for reelection, he was perhaps the most reviled; the phrase "Hoover's Depression" was current...
Died. Herbert Hoover, 90, 31st President of the U.S.; in Manhattan (see THE NATION...
...Chicago Bears pro football team: the 31st annual College All-Star game, 28-17, before 65,000 fans in Soldier Field, Chicago. The burly Na tional Football League champions were out to restore the pros' pride tarnished in 1963 when the collegians (actually the year's crop of pro rookies) rudely upset the Green Bay Packers. But for the first 30 minutes it looked as if an other upset was in the making. With Miami Quarterback George Mira tossing bombs and Arizona State Halfback Charlie Taylor crunching through the line, the All Stars actually...
...Never before have I seen such a beautiful cover painting as that on your July 31st issue. It was a touching and thoughtful study. Mr. Hoban has a rare gift, and I am grateful to him for sharing it with the world...
...enclosing a facsimile of an article which appeared in the March 31st issue of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. It is one of several hundred 'scare' stories which have appeared in Mississippi papers since SNCC announced 'Mississippi Freedom Summer' last December. The CRIMSON'S editing of my remarks seems to have been carried several steps further by the Ledger. It is my fondest hope that I will not be jailed for insurrection when I return to the Sovereign State--at least not on the grounds of this one half-whimsical remark. Though nothing I could say could possibly damage SNCC...