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On the recordApril 8, 1931
As a mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Nicholas Longworth, late Speaker and Member of the House of Representatives of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the flags on the White House and public buildings in the District of Columbia and the State of Ohio be placed at half mast to-day and on the day of the funeral service at Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday, April 11, 1931.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Executive Order 5595—Death of Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives

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