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...news was known Caledonians were clamoring that the baby be named Margaret, a name borne by many of Scotland's queens. Their request will probably be acceded to. Margaret is not only a royal Scots name, it is a family name with the Bowes-Lyon. Princess Elizabeth, the Duchess's first child was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in honor of Queen Mary, the other name suggested by reporters last week...
...Navy Adams asked Attorney General Mitchell to give a legal opinion on the disputed clause in the Army appropriation bill. Attorney General Mitchell refused. Futile conferences between the Army and the Navy followed. Secretary Hurley broke off negotiations, carried the dispute directly to President Hoover with a request that he issue orders to the Navy to abandon its land stations as contrary to law. Secretary Hurley's argument was that the Naval air force should "go back to sea" and leave the defense of the coast to the Army...
Enlightened by your pithy reports on other members of Congress, the undersigned readers of TIME request that you print one on Senator William H. McMaster of South Dakota, now a candidate to succeed himself...
Popular incomprehension did not, however, deter President Hoover last week from announcing another volunteer survey commission. The White House conference on home building & home ownership, composed of representatives of 19 national organizations under Secretary of Commerce Lament, will, at the President's request, make "a study of the problems presented . . .; with the hope of inspiring better organization and removal of influences which seriously limit the spread of home ownership." Subjects: finance, design, equipment, city planning, transportation. President Hoover wanted to know why second mortgages on homes now often cost 25% per year...
...Texas a committee organized at the request of the Texas Railroad Commission to study oil conditions suggested a reduction of 126,000 bbl. of crude in the State's average daily production. Present daily average is 863,450 bbl. Maximum demand according to the committee is 76,500 bbl. less than the average production...