U.S. Drawn Into World Affairs In 1931 and 1932
The United States moved deeply into global events as 1931 saw coups in Guatemala and Panama, Spain’s king's fall, and Honduras unrest. Stimson revised the Coolidge policy in Nicaragua while Germany neared financial collapse, prompting Hoover’s moratorium and allied bank liquidity efforts to save the mark amid rising Far East tensions.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Cuba
Peru
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Panama
Geneva
America
Stimcom
Europe
Alfonso
Paris
Zamora
Central America
Stimson
Hfe
Machado
Germany
Hoover
Treasury Mellon
London
Far East
Manchuria
Manchuria Occupied as Japanese Reach Southern Rail Route
Japanese troops moved from their rail treaty area and seized Manchuria south of the Chinese Eastern Railway within the Russian sphere of influence. A League resolution urged a halt to fighting and the return of a neutral investigative commission. Japan maintains control, with the issue unresolved. Hoover proposed reviving the obsolete congressional debt commission at the session start.
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Manchuria
Madc
League
Life Insurance Campaign Aims to End Depression Theme
Elkins manager of the Athens office of Western and Southern Life Insurance hosts Lauren Schram assistant secretary to inaugurate a prosperity campaign. Schram delivers a message from the president that the depression is over in the life insurance business.
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Elkins
Athens
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Lauren Schram
Permits Rise for New Nonresidential Buildings in 343 Cities
Permits for new non-residential buildings in 343 cities increased 2.4 percent in estimated cost in October over September. Dwelling units increased 12 percent in space.
Steel mills recall 1200 workers in Wheeling district and Ohio Valley
Steel mills in the Wheeling district and Ohio Valley have recalled 1,200 men for work after a period of idleness lasting a month or more. The move signals renewed production pressures as plants bring back labor to resume operations.
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Wheeling District
Ohio Valley
Idie
Fredric March Spends 200 Hours On Hyde Make Up
Fredric March will spend about 200 hours perfecting the Hyde makeup for Paramount's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He will portray Hyde for twenty five of forty five filming days under Rouben Mamoulian with Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart, as the Stevenson tale unfolds on screen.
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Fredric March
Mr. Hyde
Paramount
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
March
Miriam Hopkins
Rose Hobart
Rouben Mamoulian
Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jekyll
Mystery film Murder welcomed by New York critics
The mystery drama Murder based on Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane played January 21 and 22 at the Columbia Theater after a run at the George M. Cohen Theater. Cast includes Herbert Marshall Norah Baring Donald Calthrop and Edward Chapman with Alfred Hitchcock directing.
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Sir John
Clemence Dane
Columbia Theater
New York
George M. Cohan
Herbert Marshall
Norah Baring
Donald Calthrop
Edward Chapman
Alfred Hitchcock
Follansbee Mills Reopen Providing Partial Employment
Follansbee Bros. & Company reopen six tin and five sheet mills at Follansbee West Virginia. About 700 employees receive at least part-time work as operations resume.
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Follansbee Bros. & Company
Follansbee
W. Va
Homestead Mills Resume Operations After Shutdown
Homestead Steel Works in Homestead Pennsylvania restarts six plate mills and the open hearth department, lifting output to fifty percent of capacity.
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Homestead Steel Works
Homestead
Waiting for Better Times Fails to Produce Results
A brief note states that ongoing efforts labeled waiting for better times have not yielded results and are unlikely to change. The comments imply frustration with continued inaction and a lack of tangible outcomes.
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Joseph H. Baird
United
League Aid
Congress
Sional Debt Commission
Gas Company
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