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March 24, 1931

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HOOVER ACCLAIMED IN PORTO RICO VISIT; MEETS DELEGATIONS; Speaks Briefly on Landing at Ponce, Then Has 90-Mile Drive to San Juan. HOLIDAY THRONGS ON ROUTE Crowds of Children Impress President, Introduced in Each Town by Gov. Roosevelt. HE HEARS ISLAND'S PLEAS But Makes No Promises on Policies --Dines With Officials--Goes to Virgin Islands Today. Makes Short Speech at Ponce. Looks to the People Themselves. Address on Schedule Today. HOOVER ACCLAIMED IN PORTO RICO VISIT Road an Engineering Triumph. School Children Make Impression. Speech at Ponce City Hall. Cheered by Crowd at Conclusion. Greets More Children at Coamo. Reviews Native Battalion.

By Richard V. Oulahan Special Cable To the New York Times

Arrives'in P R; introduced in each town by Gov T Roosevelt; brief address; hears problems

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Hanno Drechsler

1931Hanno Drechsler, German educator and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 2003)[†]

Hanno Drechsler was the Lord Mayor of the City of Marburg, Germany between 1970 and 1992, and the instigator of its restoration after urban renewal; he was also an important Social Democratic politician and political scientist.