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Politicians, certain of Herbert Hoover's desire to re-enter the White House, were sure that the 31st President of the U. S. was trying to make political capital out of a major division of public opinion on New Deal policy by showing himself 1) "liberal" in that he accepted the 59? dollar as an accomplished fact and 2) "sound" by advocating resumption of specie payments. When newshawks caught up with him at Chandler, Ariz., Mr. Hoover gave his own reason for his act: "I felt it was my duty...
...wrote Herbert Hoover in Palo Alto to New Jersey Republicans on the eve of last week's election. Next day the nation which two years ago overwhelmingly ousted the 31st President from the White House rejected Mr. Hoover's political advice with even greater emphasis and whittled the Republican opposition in the Senate down to a historic low. Democratic Boss James Aloysius Farley had asked for a two-thirds Democratic majority in the Senate to support President Roosevelt. With a roar of approval the country uprose to give him what he wanted-and more. So complete...
...Dieu," sniffled Papa Dionne, fetching and pouring hot water. Fearing that none of the 9-in., 8-mo. mites would live long enough for a priest to arrive, he baptized each one himself, as Dr. Dafoe passed her back. With the birth of the fifth girl, who completed the 31st authentically known quintuplet in 500 years, Mrs. Elzire Dionne fainted. It all had taken place in 30 minutes...
...March 1 Allan Hoover, younger son of the 31st President of the U. S. was to leave the lands department of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, go to farming on 500 acres he and friends had bought near Bakersfield...
Emissaries of the U. S. art world last week went out Forbes Street in Pittsburgh, past the ball park to the rambling old Carnegie Library to see the 31st Carnegie Institute International Exhibition of Modern Paintings. It was a smaller show than those of the Institute's lively past, but there were still plenty of pictures to see. Eleven nations offered 351 paintings; 274 artists were represented, 125 of them from...