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September 30, 1931

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EPISCOPALIANS VOTE FOR LIBERAL DIVORCE AFTER BITTER FIGHT; Remarriage With Sanction of Marital Court Is Approved by Both Houses at Denver. "ANNULMENT" IS STRESSED Use of Word Preserves Historic Stand--Nine "Impediments" Are Listed as Grounds. BISHOPS FOR CANON, 70-19 Conservatives Fail In Final Plea for Rejection--Deputies Pass New Law Viva Voce. First Recognition of Nullity. Canon Passed After Close Fight. EPISCOPALIANS PASS 'LIBERAL DIVORCE' "Railroading" of Canon Charged. "Conservatives'" Appeal Fails. Commission to Include Women. Council Members Are Elected. Suffragan Bishops Consecrated.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Ch votes for revised canon; emphasis on annulment preserves stand of ch against divorce; 9 bases for annulment; details of debate preceding acceptance

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COOLIDGE SUPPORT HELD TO GIVE HOOVER CLEAR FIELD IN 1932; Washington Views Article in the Saturday Evening Post as Assuring Renomination, STAND NOT A SURPRISE Ex-President Declares It Would Be Disservice to Promote Factional Strife in Party. BLOW TO MALCONTENTS Collapse Is Seen of Plan to Send Uninstructed Delegates to the National Convention. Called Break for Hoover. COOLIDGE SUPPORT GIVES HOOVER FIELD

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

Coolidge's article on party loyalty in Sat Eve Post seen as giving Hoover clear field

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Notable Births

Angie Dickinson

1931Angie Dickinson, American actress[†]

Angie Dickinson is a retired American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in Gun the Man Down (1956) with James Arness and the Western film Rio Bravo (1959) with John Wayne and Dean Martin, for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.

Teresa Gorman

1931Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (died 2015)[†]

Teresa Ellen Gorman was a British politician. She was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Billericay, in the county of Essex, from 1987 to 2001 when she stood down. She was a leading figure in the rebellions over the Maastricht Treaty that nearly brought down John Major's government. She worked in both education and business.