In 1931, after a series of negotiations, 21 works of art from the Hermitage were acquired by Andrew W. Mellon, who later donated them to form a nucleus of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. ( See also Soviet sale of Hermitage paintings ).

In 1931 the Navy finally purchased several systems, but this was to be his only real sale.

The World-Telegram was formed in 1931, following the sale of the New York World by the heirs of Joseph Pulitzer to Scripps Howard, owners of the Evening Telegram since 1927.

Technically Warner maintained actual ownership of Brunswick, which with the sale of ARC to CBS in 1939 and their decision to discontinue Brunswick in favor of reviving the Columbia label, reverted back to Warner Bros. Warner Bros. sold Brunswick ( along with Brunswick's back catalog up to 1931 ) to Decca along with the old Brunswick pressing plants Warner owned to Decca Records ( which formed its American operations in 1934 ) in exchange for a financial interest in Decca.

Twin turntables were illustrated in the BBC Handbook in 1929, and were advertised for sale in Gramophone magazine in 1931.

Zen-On publishes sheet music for sale and rental, including orchestral scores, band and wind ensemble music, solo works and contemporary works, such as Frederic Rzewski's " People United ..." The company was founded in 1931.

Despite several upgrades between December 1923 and July 1924, the nearby Hotel Esplanade's formidable bulk prevented the transmitter from functioning effectively and so in December 1924 it was superseded by a better sited new one, but Vox-Haus lived on as the home of Germany's first radio station, Radiostunde Berlin, founded in 1923, renamed Funkstunde in March 1924, but it moved to a new home in 1931 and closed in 1934.

* Prince Olav Harbour ( from 1911 – 1916 factory ship and small land-based station 1917 – 1931 )

* Stromness ( from 1907 factory ship, land-based station 1913 – 1931, repair yard to 1960 / 1961 )

A late Example of Art Deco, which blended such styles with Fascist architecture, is the massive Milano Centrale railway station by Ulisse Stacchini, inaugurated in 1931.

From 1931 to 1933, station W9XD in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, transmitted some of the first VHF television signals.

The station ceased to be profitable during the Great Depression, and was abandoned in 1931.

For station WMAQ in Chicago, beginning in April 1931, the trio created Smackout, a 15-minute daily program which centered on a general store and its proprietor, Luke Grey ( Jim Jordan ), a storekeeper with a penchant for tall tales and a perpetual dearth of whatever his customers wanted: He always seemed " smack out of it.

In 1931 the council built itself a new red brick and Portland stone Town Hall next to the station on the corner of Queen's Road and Wimbledon Bridge.

Clarence W. Jones started transmitting on Christmas Day, 1931 from Christian missionary radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador.

Kingsford was the site of a Ford Motor Company factory which built wooden station station wagon bodies beginning in 1931.

In 1931, a station located on the Upper 96 Ranch, four miles east of Fort McPherson in Lincoln County, was donated to the city.

However, as the US Post Office had already established a station at London, Texas in Kimble County, the town changed its name to " New London " in 1931.

Lightship LV86, on station at the Nore from 1931 to 1974

Corpus Christi once had a streetcar system functioning from 1910 to 1931 and a railway station ( passenger service ended in 1965 ).

It was served by Copley railway station from 1856 to 1931.

Whale oil prices dropped during the Great Depression, making the station economically unprofitable, thus it was abandoned in 1931.

* 1931 The research station at the Jungfraujoch is opened.

The mainline from Norton Fitzwarren through Taunton to Cogload Junction was increased from two to four tracks on 2 December 1931 and the junction station was enlarged which meant that it was better able to cope with the trains on all three routes.

The original Hawthorns ( Halt ) railway station was located on the opposite side of Halfords Lane, and was only open from 1931 until 1968 and did not see a regular service except on Matchdays at West Bromwich Albion.

A new lifeboat station and slipway were built in 1931 and a second lifeboat stationed at Hawker's Cove.

Nearby are almshouses dating from the 16th and 18th centuries, and " Vestry House ", which has been used as a workhouse and police station, but has been a museum since 1931.

The Tokyo Metro station is the newer of the two station and opened in 1931 as part of an extension of first subway line in Asia, the Ginza Line.

The climax of Lawrence Holcomb's 1931 NBC play Skyscraper also uses a variation of the technique ( so that the listener can hear the final thoughts and relived memories of a man falling to his death from the title building ).

Today, Grofé remains most famous for his Grand Canyon Suite ( 1931 ), a work regarded highly enough to be recorded for RCA Victor with the NBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini ( in Carnegie Hall in 1945, with the composer present ).

Roone Pickney Arledge, Jr. ( July 8, 1931 – December 5, 2002 ) was an American sports and news broadcasting pioneer who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, ' 70s, ' 80s and ' 90s.

A 1931 talk was broadcast throughout North America, Australia and France, but his attacks on the clergy resulted in both the NBC and BBC radio networks banning his broadcasts.

Radio comedy in the United States began when Raymond Knight launched The Cuckoo Hour on NBC in 1929, along with the 1931 network debut of Stoopnagle and Budd on CBS.

When Ripley's 1930 debut on The Collier Hour brought a strong listener reaction, he was given a Monday night NBC series beginning April 14, 1930, followed by a 1931 – 32 series airing twice a week.

His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942, followed by a 1951 NBC television series, A Guest in Your Home.

Although Gershwin never recorded the concerto, he was invited by Rudy Vallee to play the third movement from the concerto on an NBC radio broadcast in 1931, which was preserved on transcription discs and later issued on both LPs and compact discs.

She began with her twice-a-week NBC series, Kate Smith Sings ( quickly expanded to six shows a week ), followed by a series of shows for CBS: Kate Smith and Her Swanee Music ( 1931 – 33 ), sponsored by La Palina Cigars ; The Kate Smith Matinee ( 1934 – 35 ); The Kate Smith New Star Revue ( 1934 – 35 ); Kate Smith's Coffee Time ( 1935 – 36 ), sponsored by A & P ; and The Kate Smith A & P Bandwagon ( 1936 – 37 ).

The station also began a long-running affiliation with NBC that year as well, primarily with the Red Network, but also with the short-lived west coast Orange Network from 1931 to 1933.

In 1931 The Daily News sold WMAQ to NBC.

Jack Lee Ging ( born November 30, 1931, in Alva in Woods County in northwestern Oklahoma ) is an American actor best known for his role as General Harlan ' Bull ' Fullbright in the NBC television series The A-Team.

In 1931 KFSD became an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network.