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March 25, 1931

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HOOVER PROMISES TO HELP PORTO RICO; HE RESUMES HIS TRIP; President at San Juan Praises Islanders' Achievements and Urges Self-Dependence. GREETED BY LEGISLATURE Thanks Citizens for Courtesies and Is Impressed by Spirit of Cooperation. SAILS FOR ST. THOMAS Children gave Rain to See Him as He Crosses to Ponce to... Crowds Cheer Him on Trip. HOOVER PROMISES TO AID PORTO RICANS Greeted by Senate's President. Gov. Roosevelt Is Cheered. Children Brave Rain. ST. THOMAS TO GREET HOOVER Virgin Islanders Will Welcome Him With Native Music. HOOVER MAY VISIT PANAMA. Advisers Urge Him to See Canal for First Time.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Wireless To the New York Times

S in San Juan; sails for St Thomas, Virgin Islands

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Notable Births

1931Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host[†]

Sir Humphrey McGuire Burton is an English classical music television presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, impresario, lecturer and biographer of musicians. Burton was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to classical music, the arts and the media.

Notable Deaths

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (born 1890)[†]

Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was an Indian journalist, a leader of the Indian National Congress and an independence movement activist. He was an important figure in the non-cooperation movement and the freedom movement of India, who once translated Victor Hugo's novel Ninety-Three, and is mostly known as the founder-editor of the Hindi language newspaper, Pratap.

Ida B. Wells

1931Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (born 1862)[†]

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence, and advocating for African-American equality—especially for women.

Historical Events

Scottsboro Boys

1931The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.[†]

The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American male teenagers accused of raping two white women in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, all-white juries, rushed trials, and disruptive mobs. It is commonly cited as an example of a legal injustice in the United States legal system.