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February 20, 1931

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SENATE VOTES BONUS LOAN BILL, 72 TO 12; PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL VETO IT AT ONCE; BOTH HOUSES PREPARED TO OVERRIDE HIM; All AMENDMENTS REJECTED Reed Leads Fight to Kill Measure, but Against Hopeless Odds. POCKET VETO TALK ENDED Hoover Tells Leaders That He Will Act Today if Measure is Received. BEGINS DRAFTING MESSAGE Senate Opponents of Legislation Say House Vote Set the Tide Against Them. Say House Vote Caused Swing. Ten-Day Limit Has Expired. Reed Speaks Against Measure Says Congress Reverses Itself. Says 700,000 Get Benefits. Harrison Replies to Reed. Defends the Loan Proposal. Norris Urges Less Interest. Gillett Cites Minorities' Power. Hospital Bill Is Reported.

By Special to The New York Times

Cong will probably override veto

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POLICEMAN DEFIANT ON $83,057 DEPOSITS; But Fails to Block Seabury by Plea Graft Inquiry Exceeds Referee's Powers. MRS. NORRIS SHUNS HEARING Judge Will Be Subpoenaed in Future, Her Attorney Is Warned After Clash. Four More Frame-Ups Revealed. POLICEMAN DEFIANT ON $83,057 IN BANKS Liquor Arrests Reviewed. Admits Signaling Witness. Seabury Silences Lawyer. $83,057 Deposits Shown. Judge Norris's Lawyer in Clash. Other Frame-Ups Listed.

By Unknown Author

Counsel for Magistrate Norris

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DETECTIVE IS SLAIN, COMRADE KILLS THUG IN HOLD-UP BATTLE; Policemen Trail Two Gunmen to Lexington Avenue Cafe and Surprise Them at Work. SECOND ROBBER WOUNDED But Escapes in the Excitement --Mulrooney Hastens to the Scene to Investigate. PATRONS ARE QUESTIONED Gunman's Wife Also Taken to the Station--Dead Officer Wore Glove, Was Slow Drawing Pistol. On Force Three Years. DETECTIVE IS SLAIN; COMRADE KILLS THUG

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Schueing, C W, detective, killed in fight with gunmen; A Checchia, alleged bandit, shot

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Notable Births

John Milnor

1931John Milnor, American mathematician and academic[†]

John Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems. Milnor is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University and the only mathematician to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, the Abel Prize and all three Steele prizes.

Historical Events

United States Congress

1931The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.[†]

The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

1931An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune.[†]

Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or hierarchy, primarily targeting the state and capitalism. Anarchism advocates for the replacement of the state with stateless societies and voluntary free associations. A historically left-wing movement, anarchism is usually described as the libertarian wing of the socialist movement.