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G Swope refuses to surrender collateral of Insull Utility Investments Inc, pledged to General Elec Co for loan; denies he knew of peril; says he relied on Judgment of M A Traylor
Anti-Tammany forces meet under auspices of City Affairs Com to start charter revision fight; Seabury leads fight
Drowned; Francis J, 4th bro, rescued
Shanhaikwan discussed by Japanese Cabinet; Foreign Min Uchida repts Japanese comdrs at Changchun and Tientsin had been ordered to avoid action unless Chinese became aggressive; Japanese send proposal for settlement to Chang Hsiao-liang; Chang replies negotiations must be conducted with Govt at Nanking; Chinese forces reforming at Changli; refugees crowd Chinwangtao
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1933Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (born 1872)[†]
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923, under President Warren G. Harding, and as the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921. Coolidge gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, with a taciturn personality and dry sense of humor that earned him the nickname "Silent Cal".
1933Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.[†]
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States. The structure links San Francisco—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. It also carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and is designated as part of U.S. Bicycle Route 95. Recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco and California.