--- --- Back to the vault # January 5, 1931 | Vol. XVII No. 1January 5, 1931 | Vol. XVII No. 1  Issue name January 5th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 1 | U.S. Issue date January 5, 1931 Location U.S. Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [World Leaders](/vault/subject/world-leaders/) [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Civil Rights](/vault/subject/civil-rights/) [Asia](/vault/subject/asia/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1931-01-05/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE PRESIDENCY: Jingle Bells](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930204,00.html)[National Affairs: Pages' Dinner](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930205,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Partridge for Greene](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930206,00.html)[INDUSTRY: Year's End](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930207,00.html)[National Affairs: Four Ideas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930208,00.html)[STATES & CI': Confusion at Bismarck](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930209,00.html)[WOMEN: Mothers & Daughters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930210,00.html)[UTILITIES: Backfire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930211,00.html)[HUSBANDRY: Critic Coolidge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930212,00.html)[POLITICAL N(: Lucas, Norris et al.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930213,00.html)[INTERNATIONAL: D'Abernon On Gold](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930214,00.html)["Saint Gandhi": Man of the Year 1930](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930215,00.html)[Foreign News: Make Yourself Necessary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930216,00.html)[Foreign News: Soccering Bishop](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930217,00.html)[Foreign News: Scotland in Eclipse](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930218,00.html)[Foreign News: Sweet-Escott v. Von Spee](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930219,00.html)[AUSTRALL: Lang's Lady Friends](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930220,00.html)[FRANCE: Joffre](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930221,00.html)[ITALY: Six-Shooters, Potted Palms](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930222,00.html)[RUSSIA: Councilor Stalin](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930223,00.html)[RUMANIA: End Of A Dynasty?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930224,00.html)[MEXICO: Novilleros](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930225,00.html)[BRAZIL: Ford's Four Years](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930226,00.html)[Animals: Animals, Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930234,00.html)[Animals: Mouse Monograph](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930235,00.html)[Animals: Australian Curiosity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930236,00.html)[Science: Meteor?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930248,00.html)[Science: Exploding Universe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930249,00.html)[Science: Arc Trisected?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930250,00.html)[Medicine: Edison: De Rebus Sanitatis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930244,00.html)[Medicine: Healthy Businessmen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930245,00.html)[Medicine: Columbia's Secret](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930246,00.html)[The Press: Biggest News](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930227,00.html)[The Press: Tower](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930228,00.html)[The Press: Luke Lea's Troubles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930229,00.html)[Religion: The Pope Speaks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930230,00.html)[Religion: Dynamite](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930231,00.html)[Sport: Hockey, Midseason](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930241,00.html)[Sport: Champion v. Champion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930242,00.html)[Business & Finance: Broken Banks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930251,00.html)[Business & Finance: Decision in Youngstown](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930252,00.html)[Business & Finance: Crucial Motors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930253,00.html)[Business & Finance: Deals & Developments](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930254,00.html)[Business & Finance: Ponzi Payment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930255,00.html)[Business & Finance: Personnel: Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930256,00.html)[Aeronautics: New Century](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930258,00.html)[Aeronautics: Laboratory Line](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930259,00.html)[Aeronautics: More Lift](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930260,00.html)[Aeronautics: Flights & Flyers, Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930261,00.html)[Education: League of Alumni](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930237,00.html)[Education: For Alabama White Boys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930238,00.html)[Education: Yale Commuter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930239,00.html)[Music: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930232,00.html)[Music: Greatest Influence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930233,00.html)[Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930240,00.html)[Art: Benton](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930247,00.html)[Books: Moscow To Manhattan\*](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930262,00.html)[Books: Wise Old Lady](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930263,00.html)[Books: Flat Folk](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930264,00.html)[Books: Oppenheim Tycoon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930265,00.html)[Books: Posthumous Mystery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930266,00.html)[Books: Danse Macabre](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930267,00.html)[Books: Joyce Translated](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930268,00.html)[Miscellany, Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930257,00.html)[Milestones, Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930243,00.html)[Letters, Jan. 5, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930203,00.html) January 5th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 1 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"January 5th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 1 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3561822/january-5th-1931-vol-xvii-no-1-u-s/"}]}]} ```