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Franklin D. Roosevelt, center, receives the congratulations of friends gathered at Democratic state headquarters, on November 4, 1930 in Hotel Biltmo...

Timothy J. Mara Sports promoter who is suing Gene Tunney for $500,000 in supreme court on Nov. 3, 1930 in New York City, charging breach of contract.(...

Gov Franklin D.. Roosevelt, of New York State, lays the cornerstone of the new state office building on. Aug. 29, 1930 in Buffalo, N.Y.(AP Photo)

Alfred E. Smith,left, New York's former governor and presidential nominee, and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, get together on August 4,...

Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York presents his state distinguished service medal to Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd, explorer of the North and South Po...

Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York as he appeared while reviewing 14,000 troops of the New York National Guard and Naval Militia, in arrival o...

System of airmail pick-up and delivery is being demonstrated at Hoover Field, Washington, D. on March 4,1930. (AP Photo)

The new system of airmail pick-up and delivery is demonstrated at Hoover Field, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1930. (AP Photo)

Windows of the bedroom of former President William Howard Taft on Feb.5,1930 on Wyoming Avenue, Washington. Taft, until recently the Chief Justice o...

Gene Tunney, who retired as heavyweight boxing champion in 1928, has lived in Europe for the last 14 months, with his wife Mary. The Tunneys are sh...

Frank Carideo, star back of the Notre Dame Football team, shown in 1930. (AP Photo)

Prince Philip of Greece, now the Duke of Edinburgh, and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, attended the MacJannet American School in the Paris suburb of S...

Benjamin Friedman of the Giants Green Bay Packers being stopped after making a ten yard gain on Nov. 24, 1929 at the Polo Grounds in New York. (AP Pho...

The Chrysler Building, shown at center, still under construction, is the newest addition to a constantly evolving New York skyline, seen, Nov. 20, 192...

The funeral of German statesman Gustav Stresemann passes through the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Oct. 6, 1929. Stresemann was a co-winner of the Nobel P...

Louis Meyer, youthful California speed king, at the wheel of his racer after winning the 200 mile Labor Day automobile races on Sept. 3, 1929 at Altoo...

New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt , holding the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, awarded him during ceremonies on July 21, 1929 at Harvard Un...

Driver Ray Keech, Philadelphia auto racer is preparing to drive in the Indianapolis 500-race on May 22, 1929 at the speedway in Indiana. Keech, a...

Police chase crowds of communists from a street near Hermannplatz, Berlin, May 1, 1929, after serious fighting between them. Nine people were killed a...

Communists run from police in a street near Hermannplatz, Berlin, May 1, 1929, after serious fighting between them. Nine people were killed and more t...

Henry L. Stimson, at right, is sworn in as Secretary of State on March 28, 1929 in Washington, by Chief Justice William H. Taft. Stimson is succee...

Chief Justice William Howard Taft and his wife Helen attend memorial services for Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France on March 26, 1929 in Washington....

The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States pay their first offical call on President Herbert Hoover at the White House. Left to right:...

President-elect Herbert Hoover,right, accompanied by President Calvin Coolidge leave the White House for the Capitol on inauguration day, March 4, 1...

Crowds stand in the rain as they witness the inauguration of Herbert Hoover in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929. (AP Photo)

A crowd stands in the rain and watches as Herbert Hoover takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929. (AP Photo)

President Herbert Hoover stands with his wife, the new first lady Lou Henry Hoover, on his inauguration day, March 4, 1929, in Washington. (AP Photo)

Herbert Hoover takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929. Chief Justice William H. Taft administers the oath of office. (AP Photo)

President Calvin Coolidge and President-elect Herbert Hoover, seated in car, are shown as they left the White House for Hoover's inauguration, March 4...

Herbert Hoover takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929. Chief Justice William H. Taft administers the oath. (AP Photo)

The inaugural parade passes President Herbert Hoover's reviewing stand, March 4, 1929, in Washington. (AP Photo)

President Herbert Hoover, first lady Lou Henry Hoover, Dolly Curtis Gann, sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, and V.P. Curtis, are shown on Hoove...

Governor-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, and Col. Herbert H. Lehman. Lt. -Gov. elect, at right, talk things over in the living room of Roosev...

New York State Democratic leaders gathered in the living room of the modest cottage of governor-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt on Dec. 4, 1928 in Warm Sp...

Tennis Player Mrs. Helen Wills Moody shown in action in 1929.(AP Photo)

Ken Strong, New York University halfback, charges through the Carnegie Tech line in game played on Nov. 25, 1928 at Pittsburgh. New York Univers...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, governor-elect of New York, found a heavy personal mail awaiting him on his arrival on Nov. 13, 1928 at his southern home in Wa...

Franklin D. Roosevelt is congratulated by Alfred E. Smith after Roosevelt was elected governor of New York State, Nov. 8, 1928. (AP Photo)

Governor Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, listens to the elections returns at the temporary Wigwam, in the 71th. Armory...

Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover delivers an address in Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 22, 1928. (AP Photo)

Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the nomination as democratic candidate for governor of New York at the formal notification ceremonies at the National D...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for governor of New York, sits at right, with his mother, Sara at far right, at the their home at Hyde P...

Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at his Summer home on Oct. 5, 1928 in Warm Springs, Georgia. (AP Photo)

Scottish born John Logie Baird,right, the inventor of the 'Televisor', who recently demonstrated vision in total darkness, in London, England, Oct. 1,...

Following morning prayers the priest enjoys a pipe in his private chambers, in China, Sept. 13, 1928. (AP Photo)

Britain's Diana Fishwick, left, and Marion Jolly before the Girl's Golf Final at Stoke Poges, England, Sept. 13, 1928. (AP Photo)

In the quiet of his Holy Chamber this priest chants morning prayers in front of his incense burner, in China, Sept. 13, 1928. (AP Photo)

Britain's Diana Fishwick, left, with the Cup, and Marion Jolly, right, after the Girl's Golf Final at Stoke Poges, England, Sept. 13, 1928. (AP Photo)

Cambodia's King Sisowath Monivong is carried in a golden palanquin from the Royal Palace through the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sept. 10, 1928,...

Cambodia's King Sisowath Monivong is carried in a red and goldhowdah on an elephant, from the Royal Palace through the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia...