Dem Senators break truce with ultimatum of passage of $25,000,000 bill or extra session, as House kills that bill; House Dems beaten in proposal to give Hoover money rejected by Red Cross; Dem relief program totals $80,000,000

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1931Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (died 2015)^[†]

Ernest Banks, nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977 in his first year of eligibility, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

1931Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (died 2014)^[†]

Sir Christopher John Chataway was a British middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster and Conservative politician.

Headlines from January 31, 1931

Virgin Islands Get a Civil Government; Hoover Names Dr. P.M. Pearson Governor

Masaryk Honors Americans With Czech Order of Lion

ELLSWORTH JOINS WILKINS EXPEDITION; PARTNERS IN POLAR SUBMARINE VENTURE.

BENNETT AND HOOVER TAKE UP PROBLEMS; Canadian Premier Dines With Stimson, MacNider and Wrong at White House. WELCOMED BY OFFICIALS But He Insists That His Washington Visit Is Informal--Topics Discussed Withheld. Visits Secretary Stimson. Unsettled Border Problems. BENNETT CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT

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