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September 4, 1931

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HOOVER WILL FIGHT $2,000,000,000 MOVE TO CASH WAR BONUS; Ready to Veto Bills Giving Effect to New Demand byVeteran Organizations.WOULD UPSET FISCAL PLANS President Armed With Figures to Show Only 32% of LastLoan Went to the Needy. 'DOUBLE PAYMENT' IS CITED Award Now Is Shown to Be Valueof Twenty-Year Future Accumulation With Interest. Who Got Last Bonus Loans. Increase of Borrowing Power. Unstinted Aid for the Disabled. VETERANS DRAFT DEMANDS. Foreign Wars Committee Chosen to Outline Bonus Proposal.

By Special to The New York Times

Would fight move for full payment of bonus loan

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WALKER'S PASSAGE FOR TRIP UNDER FIRE; AIDE ELUDES SEARCH; Seabury Acts to Find Out How Fare on Bremen Was Paid-- Maier a Fellow Passenger. SHERWOOD HUNT IS PUSHED Vanishing of Mayor's Personal Accountant Is Suspicious, Inquiry Counsel Says. WALKER DEFENDS THE CITY New York Spent $650,000,000 in 1930 Without Taint of Scandal, He Tells American Club in Paris. Public Hearing Put Off. Sherwood Scored by Seabury. WALKER'S PASSAGE ON TRIP UNDER FIRE Murphy and Croker Queried.

By Unknown Author

Seabury questions North German Lloyd official on Mayor Walker's Eur trip; Sherwood still missing

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NEW TREASURY ISSUE IS OVER SUBSCRIBED; But Mellon Leaves Books Open on $800,000,000 3% Bonds for Rest of Week. SEEKS WIDE DISTRIBUTION Reply Is Made by Officials to Criticisms of Long-Term Borrowing Now. Will Continue Short-Term Bills. ISSUE BY TREASURY IS OVER SUBSCRIBED Explains Closing Other Issue. Guards Against Higher Rates.

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.--Despite the fact that there was an oversubscription today of the treasury's new issue of $800,000,000 in 3 per cent 20-24-year bonds, to be dated Sept. 15, it was officially announced ...

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Notable Births

Mitzi Gaynor

1931Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)[†]

Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber, known professionally as Mitzi Gaynor, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films included We're Not Married! (1952), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Birds and the Bees (1956), and South Pacific (1958) – for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical at the 1959 awards.

Antonios Trakatellis

1931Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician[†]

Antonios Trakatellis is a Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP), and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy ticket and sits with the European People's Party group. He has been leader of the ND parliamentary group since 2000.