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March 21, 1931

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LAMONT ESTIMATES JOBLESS AT 6,050,000 ON JANUARY CENSUS; Secretary Says the Country Had 250,000 to 300,000 Others Laid Off Without Pay. COUNT MADE AT THE PEAK Enumeration Indicates Increase of 149 Per Cent in Figures From April, 1930, Census. STEADY RISE IS SHOWN New York City Leads 19 Cities, With 470,928 Unemployed, Aside From Queens and Richmond. New York City Leads All Others. LAMONT ESTIMATES JOBLESS AT 6,050,000 Secretary Lamont's Statement Estimates Rise in Joblessness. Part-Time Workers Enumerated. New York Returns by Classes. Percentage of Population. Number of Workers by Classes.

By Special to The New York Times

Secy Lament estimates jobless at 470,928, aside from Queens and Richmond

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COUNCIL OF CHURCHES HOLDS BIRTH CONTROL MORALLY JUSTIFIED; 'Guarded Approval' Is Based on Views of 22 of 28 Members of Marriage and Home Group. HEALTH FACTORS STRESSED Mrs. Rockefeller and George W. Wickersham Among Those Favoring Liberal Stand. THREE RESTRICT APPROVAL See Abstinence as the Only Valle Method--Bishop Gilbert One of Three Withholding Views. Dr. Robbins for Abstinence. Report Stirs Wide Comment. CHURCH COUNCIL FOR BIRTH CONTROL Certain Needs Recognized.

By Unknown Author

Approves birth control statement by Fed Council of Chs of Christ in Amer

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Notable Births

1931Clark L. Brundin, American-English engineer and academic (died 2021)[†]

Clark Lannerdahl Brundin was an American-born academic who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick, President of Templeton College, and an Oxford councillor.

Catherine Gibson

1931Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (died 2013)[†]

Catherine Gibson, later known by her married name Catherine Brown, was a Scottish swimmer. During a 16-year career she won three European Championships medals and a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Britain's sole swimming trophy in the home-based Games. In 2008, she was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

1931Toyonobori, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1998)[†]

Michiharu Sadano , known in sumo and professional wrestling as Michiharu Toyonobori or simply by his shikona Toyonobori , was a Japanese professional wrestler and sumo wrestler.

Al Williamson

1931Al Williamson, American illustrator (died 2010)[†]

Alfonso Williamson was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy.