People, Mar. 13, 1933

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:

"The President's proclamation should have the wholehearted support and co-operation of every citizen," said Citizen Herbert Clark Hoover, none too well off for cash at a Manhattan hotel.

From Northampton, Mass., Grace Goodhue Coolidge proclaimed: "We have cast aside political and sectional interest in a spirit of co-operation with our President and believe this same spirit emanates from the whole people."

California's bank holiday proclamation took the guests of Pasadena's smart Huntington Hotel by surprise. The hotel decided to issue scrip negotiable within its...

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