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September 2, 1931

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PRESIDENT PUTS OFF NEW BUDGET, HOPING TO AVERT A TAX RISE; Looks to an Early Recovery in Europe to Bring Increased Business Activity Here. WILL INSURE OUR STABILITY Administration Willing to Hazard Political Fate on Increase if it is Necessary. DETERMINED TO HELP IDLE Policy is to Continue Public Works Adding Government's Last Deficit to the Public Debt. Hopes Based on Europe. Will Continue Public Works. Too Early to Decide.

By Special to The New York Times

Defers formulating budget in hope that economic recovery will eliminate need for tax increase

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VON GRONAU TELLS OF ARCTIC FLIGHT; ALIGHTS AT CHICAGO; German Airman, Reaching Goal, Recounts Crossing Icy Seas and Vast Wiid Land Areas. OVER GREENLAND ICE CAP 9,000-Foot Peaks Cleared in Swift Dash, With Death Menace Always Below. MAPS FAIL, COMPASS USED More Peril Met Over Barrens Skirting Hudson Bay--Captain SeesImpediments to Airline. Recalls Flight a Year Ago. Sought Scientific Data. VON GRONAU TELLS OF ARCTIC FLIGHT Fought Way to Faroes. Barely Clear Ice Cap. Gas Supply Runs Short. Depend Entirely on Compass. LAST 600 MILES IN 6 HOURS. Chicago Greets Von Gronau at End of First Germany-Midwest Flight.

By Captain von Gronau. Copyright, 1931, By the North American Newspaper Alliance

At Chicago with F Albrecht, E Zimmer and F Hack; he describes flight

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Notable Births

Clifford Jordan

1931Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (died 1993)[†]

Clifford Laconia Jordan was an American jazz tenor saxophone player and composer. Originally from Chicago, Jordan later moved to New York City, where he recorded extensively in addition to touring across both Europe and Africa. He recorded and performed with Art Farmer, Horace Silver, Max Roach, J.J. Johnson, and Kenny Dorham, among others. In later years, performed with Cedar Walton's quartet Eastern Rebellion, and led his own groups, including a big band.

Alan Simpson (American politician)

1931Alan Simpson, American politician, US Senator from Wyoming (died 2025)[†]

Alan Kooi Simpson was an American politician from Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing Park County, Wyoming from 1965 to 1977 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997. Simpson was Republican whip of the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 1995, serving as majority whip of the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 1987. He also served as co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with Democratic co-chair Erskine Bowles of North Carolina.