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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: April 27th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 17 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # April 27, 1931 | Vol. XVII No. 17April 27, 1931 | Vol. XVII No. 17  Issue name April 27th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 17 | U.S. Issue date April 27, 1931 Location U.S. Related categories [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Education](/vault/subject/education/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1931-04-27/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741475,00.html)[THE CABINET: Logtown and After](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741476,00.html)[INDUSTRY: Wages, Bankers, Chambermen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741477,00.html)[HEROES: Lost: 28 Aces](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741478,00.html)[National Affairs: Peacetime Patriotism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741479,00.html)[LABOR: More Job Bureaus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741480,00.html)[CORRUPTION: Sales Technique](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741481,00.html)[TRANSPORTATION: To Nowhere](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741482,00.html)[STATES & CITIES: Dry Gotham](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741483,00.html)[PROHIBITION: N.W.D.L.E.L. v. W.O.F.N.P.R.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741484,00.html)[RACES: Lynching ATo. 3](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741485,00.html)[POLITICAL NOTES: Brisbane's Warning](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741486,00.html)[National Affairs: Bird Lore](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741487,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741488,00.html)[FRANCE: Widow Foch v. Widow Joffre](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741489,00.html)[AUSTRALIA: Boss Says Inflate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741490,00.html)[ITALY: Radio Aunt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741491,00.html)[SPAIN: Red, Purple & Yellow](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741492,00.html)[GERMANY: Uncle Sahm](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741493,00.html)[SIAM: The President & Mrs. Hoover](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741494,00.html)[CHINA: Spring Comes to Chiang Kai-shek](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741495,00.html)[JAPAN: Lion Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741496,00.html)[Animals: Coyote at Princeton](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741505,00.html)[Science: What Settles Spats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741516,00.html)[Science: Inventors & Backers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741517,00.html)[Animals: Piping Seals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741528,00.html)[Animals: Wanted: Owls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741529,00.html)[Animals: Passing of Arthur](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741530,00.html)[Animals: Bum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741531,00.html)[Animals: In The Bronx](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741532,00.html)[Animals: Gamble, Violation, Disgrace](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741533,00.html)[Medicine: Bios](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741518,00.html)[Medicine: Journal v. Lancet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741519,00.html)[Medicine: Reading Machine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741520,00.html)[The Press: A. B.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741508,00.html)[Religion: Fewer Joiners](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741523,00.html)[Religion: Peter's Conscience](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741524,00.html)[Religion: Burial at Night](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741525,00.html)[Sport: Hockey Final](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741500,00.html)[Sport: Boston Marathon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741501,00.html)[Sport: Rowing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741502,00.html)[To Make a Dollar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741498,00.html)[Who Won](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741503,00.html)[Aeronautics: Show](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741499,00.html)[Business: Gifford on Wufus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741510,00.html)[Business: Meaningless Meeting](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741511,00.html)[Business: 70 For Steel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741512,00.html)[Business: Five Days](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741513,00.html)[Business: Machines Merge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741514,00.html)[Business: Deals & Developments](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741515,00.html)[Education: In a Carolina Forest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741497,00.html)[Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741504,00.html)[Music: Dickens Operetta](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741507,00.html)[The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741509,00.html)[Art: Two Years' Architecture](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741521,00.html)[Books: Outline of Art](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741527,00.html)[Art: Hayes en Chemise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741534,00.html)[Miscellany: Matches](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741526,00.html)[Milestones, Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741506,00.html)[People, Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741522,00.html)[Letters, Apr. 27, 1931](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741474,00.html) April 27th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 17 | 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":"April 27th, 1931 | Vol. XVII, No. 17 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3561855/april-27th-1931-vol-xvii-no-17-u-s/"}]}]} ```