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April 11, 1931

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HIROHITO'S BROTHER HAILED BY THRONGS IN CITY'S WELCOME; Broadway Cheers the Japanese Prince and His Bride as Ticker Tape Fills the Air. GIVES HIS FIRST INTERVIEW Imperial Visitor Breaks an AgeOld Tradition by Talkingto Newspaper Men.REDS STAGE A DISTURBANCEPolice Quickly Suppress Attempt toRush Auto of Takamatsu and Princess at the Battery. Red Gesture Quickly Suppressed. HIROHITO'S BROTHER HAILED BY THRONGS Come Here Incognito. Has No "Official Message." Bares Head as Anthem Is Played. Will Try to Avoid Interviews. Hear Their Native Greeting. Official Reception at Noon Today

By Unknown Author

Arrive in N Y C; welcomed

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FIND RAGE AND FEAR ARE FAT CONSUMERS; Yale Scientists' Experiments on Animals Show That Blood Absorbs Fuel Under Emotion. MAGNESIUM VITAL TO LIFE Rats Deprived of It Soon Die, Observers Tell Biological Societies in Montreal. Blood Rapidly Took Fat. Lack of Magnesium Important. FIND RAGE AND FEAR ARE FAT CONSUMERS Only a Few Survive Tests. Breakfast May Be Depressive.

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With Dr J F Fulton, describes effects of fear and rage on animals, showing rapid burning up of fat

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LONGWORTH'S BODY STARTS BACK TO OHIO FOR FUNERAL TODAY; President Hoover Goes by Train as Widow and Party Leave Aiken With Dead Speaker. TOWNS ON WAY HONOR HIM--Curtis, Many Members of Congress and Other Friends Go From Washington.--CINCINNATI RITES PLANNED--Leaders From Throughout Nation Honorary Bearers-Paulita to BeTold of Death by Her Mother. Those on the Train. LONGWORTH'S BODY STARTS BACK TO OHIO Coffin Has Been Sealed.

By Special to The New York Times

Body sent to Ohio for burial

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Notable Births

Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931)

1931Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2024)[†]

Benjamin Lewis Jones was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league player who played in the 1950s and 1960s. A dual-code rugby international, he won ten caps for Wales and three for the British Lions in rugby union, and two for Wales and 15 for Great Britain in rugby league.