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May 20, 1931

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LEAGUE LAUNCHES ACTION TO END WORLD DEPRESSION; HENDERSON HITS TARIFFS; SCORE OF PLANS OFFERED European Union Board Urged by Britain to Hasten Report. SOVIET ADDS TO PRESTIGE Briand Believed Ready to Take Favorable Consideration of Non-Aggression Project. COUNCIL CLASH IS AVERTED Henderson Named President of World Disarmament Parley --Cabinet Must Approve. International Developments. LEAGUE COUNCIL DECISIONS. Soviet Truce Move Gains. Soviet Russia Wins Friends. Committee to Seek Remedy. Diplomatic Moves Seen.

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A Henderson blames tariffs, war debts and scramble for gold for depression

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Notable Births

Ken Boyer

1931Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager (died 1982)[†]

Kenton Lloyd Boyer was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman, coach and manager who played with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers for 15 seasons, 1955 through 1969.

1931Louis Smith, American trumpeter (died 2016)[†]

Edward Louis Smith was an American jazz trumpeter from Memphis, Tennessee.

Notable Deaths

Ernest Noel

1931Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (born 1831)[†]

Ernest Noel, FGS was Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish seat of Dumfries Burghs from 1874 to 1886. He was chairman of the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company from 1880, during the construction of a new suburb for the working classes in Wood Green which was named "Noel Park" in his honour.