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Chronology
of the Year
1930
Compiled by
E. W. PICKARD
INTERNATIONAL
Jan. 3—Second conference on war
debt problem* opened tn The Hague.
Jan. 20 —Nineteen nation* signed the
Young plan lo liquidate the war
Jan. 21—Five power nnval conference
In f>ondon formally opened by King
George
Jan. 22 —Mexico severed diplomatic
relation* with Ku**ia because of Com
munist insult*.
Feb. 6—ltaly and Austria signed a
treaty of friendship and conciliation.
German relchsrath or council of
elate* approved the Young plan.
Feb 11—Naval conferee* In London
ngreed to •'humanize'' submarine war
fare.
March 15—Crisis In Haiti ended a*
Kugene ltoy. rich business man was
choKen temporary president.
New British ambassador. Sir Ronald
Lindsay, arrived In IJ. H.
March 31—Deadlock reached In Chl
nese-Russlan negotiations over Man
churia.
April 22—Delegates of United States.
Great Britain, Fiance. Italy and Japan
at London parley signed treaty by
which navies of first three are reduced
and limited and all agree to battleship
building holiday and rules of subma
rine warfare: the conference then ad
journed.
Gates W. McGartnh of New York
elected president of bank for Interna
tional settlements at Basel. Switzer
land.
April 28—Hungary. Bulgaria and
the little entente signed reparations
sett lenient.
May B—Anglo-Egyptian conference
ended In failure.
May 3 —Young reparation* (plan went
Into effect, having been ratified bv
Great Britain, France. Italy. Belgium
and Germany.
May 17—Foreign Minister Itriand of
France submitted to all nation* tils
plan for a federal union for all ISurope.
May 111—Final evacuation of the
Ithlncland begun by French troops.
June III —Turkey and Greece signed
treaty of friendship
June 2‘J —Hope Hius canonized eight
Jesuit missionaries who were mar
tyred In the Great Lakes region of
North America 300 vents ago
June 30—Hope Hius XI appointed five
new cardinals.
Last of the French troop* evacuated
the Rhineland.
July 14 —France and Itnly agreed to
suspend naval building for six mouths,
July 21 —IJ. N. senate ratitieU the Lon
don naval treaty.
July 2li London naval treuty ratified
by British parliament.
Aug s—Peru and Chile signed a
boundary treaty.
Aug. 25—League of Nations mandate
commission reported on l’ulestine con
flicts. blaming Great Britain: British
government replied. denying the
charge*.
Kept. B—League of Nations council
met In Geneva and referred Uriund’s
plan fer United Stale* of Europe to
the assembly.
I’an-American agricultural confer
• nce opened In Washington.
Sept. 10—League of Nations assembly
opened annual session In Geneva.
Sept. 18—League of Nations accepted
Hrland’s European federation scheme
In principle and referred It to special
committee.
Sept. 17—Frank l>. Kellogg elected
to world court to (111 out the term of
Charles Evans Hughes.
1 United States recognized new gov
crnffijpts of Argentina. Heru and
Mol I via.
Sept. 20 —Dr. Manuel Malbran ap
pointed Argentine ambassador to Unit
ed States.
Sept. 24 —Conversations between
France and Italy on naval limitation
broken off
Oct. 2 —Twenty-eight nations signed
at Geneva a treaty guaranteeing finan
cial aid to a country that Is the vic
tim of aggression.
Oct. 20—Dr. Cholrn Welzmann re
signed a* president of World Zionist*
■because of British policy in the Holy
Land.
Oct. 27—London three-power naval
treaty put Into effect with deposit of
ratifications In London.
Oct. 30—Nobel prize for medicine
awarded to Dr. Karl Landsteiner of
Jioekefeller institute for Medical Re
rch.
Nov. s—Nobel prize for literature
awarded to Sinclair Lewis. American
novelist.
Nov. t!—League of Nations prepara
tory commission on disarmament be
gan session In Geneva.
Nov. B—New government of Brazil
recognized by United States and Great
Britain.
Nov, 11—Russia accused France,
Kngland and other nations and cer
tain prominent statesmen of uniting
-with anti-Soviet Russians In plot to
overthrow the Moscow government.
Nov. 13 —Greece and Turkey signed
a treaty of naval parity
Nov 14 —Preparatory disarmament
commission adopted Brit ish-French
plan for budgetary limitation of arma
ments.
Americas claim against Germany
for $4,000,000 for sabotage disallowed
by mixed claims commission.
Nov 20 —Budgetary limitation sys
tem applied to navies by piepaialoiy
disarmament commission. United Stales
and Japan opposing.
Nov. 27—Preparatory disarmament
commission refused Germany's demand
for militaiv parity
’ Dee. 3—Germany protested to League
of Nations over terrorism against
German minorities In Polish Silesia.
s FOREIGN
Jau $— Crown Prince Humbert >t
Italy ami Princess Marie Jose of Bel
gium married In Rome.
Jan. 12 —Pope Plus Xi Issued an
•ncyelloal condemning co-education'
Jan 28 l'rtmo de Rivet a. premier
tnd dictator of Spain, resigned under
compulsion and was succeeded by Gen
Da Ilia so Beleaguer.
Feh. s—Gill* Rubio Inaugurated
President of Mexico and wounded by
n assassin Immedlaieiy niter the
ceremony.
Feb, 15 ltaly published official re
port condemning General Nobile's
conduct on Arctic flight of the Italia
Feb. 17 French cabinet, defeated
on minor tax point, eslglied.
Feb 20—Camille ChHiitemps, radical
Socialist, became premier of France.
Feb 24 —Renewed revolt in Knuto
Domingo against regime of President
Vasques.
Feb 25—Chautetnps - new French
cabinet forced out of office.
Feb. 28—Dominican rebels occupied
the capital without bloodshed.
Tardieu undertook to form new
French government
Feb. 28—Provisional government ar
ranged tor Dominican republic under
L’rena. Insurgent leader.
March l —American commission be
gan Investigation of conditions in
March t'l —Chancellor Mueller’* cab
inet fell tn row over dole to Ger
mane* 3.000.01H1 unemployed
March 28—President William Cos
grave of Irish Free State resigned.
March 22—Doctor Bruentng. new
German chancellor, formed a cabinet.
New government for Poland formed
by Rla wek *v
Voter* of staiirw&r toria. Australia.
JgrtdeiL^^JP su, *‘* “tioa.
Efigg| 'lt vied Pre-.i
miv
tie
jplfliillllliiii, te
April 15—Serious riots In Calcutta
over Gandhi movement.
April 21—C iunci! of 125 headed by
Premier Mussolini Installed to rule
llhlliiii Industrie*.
April 28— Russia opened new $lOO.-
Oltn tOO railway through Tui'keslnn,
May I —('atiadlun government an-
Tiunnid tariff idianittn retaliatory
gainst United Stales.
May 4—Mahatma Gandhi arrested by
ni-'tlrh authorities In India
May 7—Bloody battle between tn
dlun nationalists and troops at Shola
pur.
May 9—John Masefield made poet
laureale of England.
May 14—Chinese Nationalists de
feated northern rebels In six-day bat
tle.
May 16—Gen. Hafael Trujillo elected
President of San Domingo
May 27—Chinese Nationalist army
defeated by northern alliance rebels in
Honan. t
June 2 —Swedish cabinet resigned
June B—Serious Communist rlois ir.
french Ittdo-China.
former Crown Prince Carol returned
to Rumania by airplane.
June 7 Rumanian parliament marlr
Carol king and his son heir to the
throne.
June 9 —Chinese rebels captured
Tsinan, capital of Shantung province.
June 17—Serious revolution through
out Hollv'a reported.
Northern Chinese rebel army badly
whit'i'cd by Nationalists in Hunan
province.
June 21 Iceland opened celebration
of one thousandth anniversary of its
parliament.
June 22—Simon commission on India
advised federation of Indian provinces
an.l frena rat ion of Burma.
June 24—forty-five men slain Ir.
suppression of a prison mutiny at Kon
go m. Burma.
June 27—Bolivian revolutionists oc
cupied I,a Paz, the capital, and estab
lished a pi ovist mull government.
June 3o— I ’resident and secretary of 1
All-India National congress arrested
bv British.
July 12—Turks smashed revolt of
Kut dish tribesmen.
Ji.lv 15— sixteen killed during rfot
of Egyptian Nationalists in Alexan
dria.
July 18—Chancellor Bruening dis
solved the German reichstag because
of opposition to the new tax decrees.
July 21—Soviet foreign Minister
Chictierin resigned und Litvinoff suc
ceeded him.
July 27—Communist Iron [is captured
Changsha, capital of ilunan province.
China, looting and burning it.
July 28—Conservatives of Canada
defeated the Mackenzie King l-iberal
government in parliamentary elections
Aug 7—R B. Bennett took olllce as
pretn.er of Canada.
Afridl tribesmen, moving on Peshn
v.ai through Kltyber Pass, opposed by
British troops.
A tig. B—Bodies of Andree and two
companions, lost in 1897 on balloon
voyage to North pole, found on Arctic
bland
Aug. 21—Chinese brigands destroyed
cit v of llangcbengclien, Honan prov
ince and killed SUO of its inhabitants
Aug 22—Military revolt In Peru
broke out at Aregulpa.
Aug. 23 Premier Slawek of Poland
ami his '-aliinet resigned.
Aug 25 —President Leguia of Peru
resigned and look refuge on a war
mi p. military committee In control of
Hie government. „ , .
Pllsudski became premier of Poland
Aug 28 —Col Sanchez Cerro became
head of Peruvian government.
Aug 31 —Riotous demonstrations
against Yrlgoyen government at Line
m a Aires. Argentina
Sept, fi —Argentine army and navy
revolted; Yrlgoyen forced to resign:
Gen .line Evarlsto Urlburu became
president.
Sept 14 fascists and Communist?
made heavy gains in German parlia
mentary elections.
Sept 18—Gen. Yen Hsl-shan. organ
i;.,i.i of the Chinese rebellion, an
nounced his retiretnen. from politics
ami departure front China. Marshal
Chang or Manchuria refused to uid the
rebel coalition.
Sept. 21— Chilean government sup
l.j . and revolutionary plot at Coneep
' Sept 22--Marshal Chang occupied
Re,ping. Urn rebel armies retreating
Into Shansi province.
Sent 311— Dr. Karl Vaugoln formed
new Austrian cabinet, the fascist
Helm tic hr participating.
Herman cabinet ordered drastic
financial .eform.
(n .|, y British Imperial conference
Op’ ned in l.onrlnn
J Ret r it h.*l I of King Boris of
Bulgarin unci Princess Giovunna of
1 >:cl\ aim lUin ed.
Recoil broke out in several slates ot
<ict C— Rumanian cabinet headed by
Maniu resigned.
11,.i s—Brazilian rebels captured
l*ertutntlot,'o after two days of lighting
British dominions rejected plan for
empire free trade.
out. li—Great Britain rejected Ca
nadian proposal for tariff on food.
~t t rs—German reichstag opened
with riotous scenes, police fighting the
l “)ct.' '''lS—Chancellor Bruening oi
Germany won vote of confidence In
*‘('h't pj —Nadir Khan officially as
tumid 1 hi'cine of Afghanistan.
t\l 23—Chmng Kai-shek, President
of China, converted to Christianity
and baptized.
t><-1 24—Federal government of Bra
zil surrendered to the revolutionists:
president Runs arrested and control as
sumed by Junta.
.ict 25 —King Borist of Bulgarin
married to Princess Giovanna of Italy
at Assisi. .
Oct 28—Dr. Getulio Vargas named
ns head or Brazilian government.
Nov. 2—ltas Tafari clowned as Haile
Selassie 1. emperor of Ethiopia.
•Cpv 3 Vargas assumed oflico as
M'pv slonal president of Brazil.
Nov a—Socialists won and fascists
lost In Austrian elections.
Nov 12 —Round table conference
opened In London to fix the status of
1,1 Nov 14 British dominion eonfer.
ence ended without important results.
Premier Yuko Hanmguchl of Japan
shot by assassin in Tokyo
N'.iv 10—Ptlsudski s party won in
Polish elections, obtaining a majority
of the parliament.
Nov 17 —General strike accompanied
bv bloody rioting in Barcelona. Spam.
‘Nov. IS —S Pen to Vincent elected pres
ident of Haiti.
Italian government cut all govern
ment salaries to help balance budget.
Russian Communist leaders arrested
tor plotting against Dictator Stalin.
Nov 25—Norway celebrated twenty,
fifth anniversary of crowning of King
llaakon. . , ..
Nov. 30 Ender succeeded Vaugoin
as chancellor of Austria.
Dec. 4—french senate forced the
resignation of Premier Tardieu and his
cabinet.
Dec. 12—Military revolt In northern
Spain.
Dee 13 - Theodore Steeg formed a
french cabinet.
Dec. 15—Martial law declared in
Spain.
Dec. 17—Military junta In Guate
mala headed by Gen. Manuel Orellana
ousted BaudiUo Palma, who had as
sumed presidency after President Cha
con fell 'll.
Spanish revolt declared suppressed
bv the government.
Dec. 19—MolotofT succeeded Rykoff
as premier of Russia.
Viscount Willlngdon appointed vice
roy of India.
Dee. 21—Revolution started In Ven
ezuela.
DOMESTIC *
Jan. 3 —fire In south wing of Capi
tol at Washington did $25,0V0 damage.
Jan. 6—President Hoover asked con
gress for 30 more coast guard vessels
for prohibition enforcement
Jar. 11— Representative J. M. Rob
sion of Kentucky sworn In as senator
to succeed F. M. Sackett. resigned
Jan 13—Crime commission's prelim
inarv report was submitted to con.
gres's. and President Hoover recom
mended measures to strengthen the
drv laws.
Anti-Saloon league opened it* twen
ty-fourth annual convention in Detroit
Jan. I*—Senate voted to retain pres
ent duties on sugar.
Jan. 1— House passed treasury ap
propriation bill carrying tli.oot.ooo for
prohibit tou, bu reau.
*ra*taloft H. Booth of Michigan
to pc^ti-urk.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS- ARGUS, JACKSON?
American legation to Poland elevated
to an embassy.
Jan. 22—House voted for six more
federal prison*.
Jan. 24—Senate put hides, leather
and shoes on free list.
Jan. 28—Fred M. Hearing of Missouri
appointed ainbaasador to Peru.
Feh. 3 William H. Taft resigned as
chief justice of the U. S. Supreme
court, and President Hoover appointed
Charles Evan* Hughes to the position.
Feh. 6—Federal farm board launched
emergency plan of surplus control cor
poration to check decline of wheat
prices.
Feb. 7—President Hoover named
commission to investigate condition*
In Haiti, with W. C. Forbes a* chair
man.
Feb B—President Hoover left Wash
ington for a week’s fishing at Long
Key, Fla.
House passed bill transferring pro
hibllion enforcement to Justice depart
ment
Herman Bernstein of New York ap
pointed minister to Albania.
Feb. 13—Senate confirmed appoint
ment of Hughes as chief Justice. 52
,o 28.
Feb 20 Dr. Harry VV Chase, presi
dent of University of North Carolina,
elected president of University of Illi
nois.
President Hoover reappointed entire
federal radio commission.
Fen 24—Charles Evans Hughes
swoin Iri as chief justice of Supreme
court of U. S.
Congress appropriated $7,000,000 for
loans to farmers iri flood districts of
South and West.
March 4 —Former President Cooiidge
dedicated the great Cooiidge dam in
Arizona.
John N Willys appointed ambassador
ti Poland.
March G —Senate voted Increased tar
iff on Cuhatj sugar.
March 10—W. H. Taft buried at
Arlington.
March 12—Senate voted farm board
$lii(l‘iOO,0OO in deficiency bill.
March 14—Secretary Mellon an
nounced tax refund of approximately
$33,000,000 to U. S. Steel corporation.
March 21 —President Hoover appoint
ed Federal Judge James J. Parker of
North Carolina to Supreme court.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., established
$10,00(1.000 fund for western national
park forests.
March z2—E. L. Doheny acquitted of
giving SIOO,OOO oil bribe.
Match 24—Tariff bill passed by sen
ate. 53-3 1.
United States and Canada negotiated
treaty to halt smuggling.
March 2(l—Rt. Rev. James De Wolf
Perry, bishop of Rhode Island, elected
primate of the Episcopal church.
April 2—House passed resolution for
commission to study universal draft
plan.
Tariff bill sent to conference.
Taking of fifteenth decennial census
begun.
April 4 —Senate passed bill fer gov
ernment operation of Muscle Shoals
project.
April 7—The house passed the Porter
bi'l creating a bureau of narcotics.
April B—Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor
mick nominated for senator by Kepub
]• ans of Illinois, defeating Senator
Deneen.
April 14 —Supreme court decided Chi
cago lake water diversion ease in ac
cordance with the findings of Hughes
as special master.
April 15—Roland VV. Boyden selected
to succeed C. E Hughes as American
member of permanent court of arbitra
tion at The Hague.
April 21 —Senate Judiciary commit
tee voted 10 to 6 against confirmation
of Judge J. J. Parker as associate
justice of Supreme court
April 24 —House passed $1 1 1,000,000
rivers and harbors bill, providing for
completion of Illinois waterway project.
April 30—President Hoover received
copy of London naval treaty from Secs
rotary of State Stimson.
May 2—President Hoover submitted
budget for $10,600,000 to begin work
on Boulder dam project.
May 3 —House defeated export de
benture plan and voted for flexible
tariff provisions.
Mav 7 Nomination of Judge John J.
Parker of North Carolina as associate
justice of the Supreme court rejected
by senate, 39 to 41.
jl ay y—president Hoover nominated
Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia for
Supreme court associate justice.
Mav 12 —Senate passed bill for fed
eral employment bureau.
May 13—Senate voted to put Mexican
immigration under national origins
quota system.
Muy if —Senate passed bill transfer
ring prohibition bureau from Treasury
to Department of Justice.
May 17—Salvation Army celebrated
Its golden jubilee in New York.
May 19 —Bishop Cannon acquitted of
stock gambling charges by committee
of Method'st church. South
May 20— Secretary of Labor J J.
Davis nominated for senator and Gif
ford Pirn-hot for governor in Pennsyl
vania Republican primary.
Senate conl'n med Owen .). Roberts as
associate justice if Supreme court.
Mav 21—Hanford Ma.cNidcr appointed
minister to Canada.
Mav 2G—Supreme court ruled buyers
of" liquor are guilty of no offense.
May 30 President Hoover delivered
Memorial day address at Gettysburg
National cemetery.
.luce 2—Congress passed Spanish-
Ameriean war pension bill over Presi
dent s veto-
June 0 —Louis Bamberger cf New
York and his sister. Mrs. Felix Fuid.
gave $5,000,000 for u university of ad
vanced study.
houth Carolina Democrats nominated
I' w Bailey for senator, defeating
Sennloi Kinniions.
June 9—President Hoover signed hill
Increasing Civil war pensions by $12.-
000,000. .
Chicago Board of Trade dedicated
its new $22,000,000 home
Prof. Frank P. Graham elected pres
ident of University of North Carolina.
June 12—President Hoover nominat
ed W. Cameron Forbes as ambassador
*>> Japan and reappointed Legge und
Teague to federal (arm board
June 13 —Senate passed ihe tariff bill.
June 14—House passed the tariff bill.
June 17—President Hoover signed
the tariff bill, and it beiame effective
at midnight
June 19—Rear Admiral Byrd arrived
in New York from the Antarctic.
June 20—Senate confirmed Hanford
MacNider as minister to Canada.
.‘livers and Harbors bill passed by
the senate.
June 22 President Hoover gave no
tice lu- would veto the World war vet
erans' hill as unsound and too costly.
Son was born to Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh.
June 23—Senate passed the World
war veterans’ bill by vote of 66 to 6.
Amos \V. \V. Woodcock appointed
chief prohibition officer in Department
of Justice.
June 26—President Hoover vetoed
Ihe World war veterans’ bill; the
hou.-e sustained the veto and passed
a sulistiiute measure.
June 27—Almon A. Roth, California,
elected president of Rotary Interna
tional.
July I—Senate passed World war
veterans' bill with amendments.
Gen Edgar Jadwin selected as head
of federal power commission.
House passed bill for unified border
pa go I
Julv 3 —Senate accepted World war
pension bill of the house, and special
sess*nn of congress was adjourned.
July 4—President Hoover called spe
cial session of senate to act on Lon
don naval treaty.
Julv 7—Senate met in special ses
sion and received message from Presi
dent urging- ratification of the naval
treaty.
Julv B—Geu. Frank T. Hines made
chief of newly combined veterans' re
lief agencies
July 21—Senate ratified the London
naval treaty. 58 to 9. and adjourned.
Appointment of W. M. Jardine as
minister to Egypt confirmed by sen
ate.
July 26 —Mrs. Ferguson and R. S.
Sterling leaders In Democratic guber
natorial primary in Texas; Senator
Sheppard renominated
July 29—President Hoover appointed
commission to study unemployment.
Aug. 1 President Hoover atmounced
nation-wide investigation for more
and better homes.
T. F. Woodlook resigned from Inter
state commerce commission and Charles
Mahaflle eras named to succeed him.
Arthur O. Williams. Jr.. f East
Providence. R. L\ won the 1930 Edison
[scholarship. \ „ .. .
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loiicd his vacation trip pia ns
of drought situation.
Aug. i4— President Hoover and gc>\W
ernors of drought afflicted states ar-'
ranged program for relief.
Aug. 16—Federal aid road funds re.
leased as aid in drought areas.
Aug 19—President Hoover appoint)
ed federal drought relief committed
headed by Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde.
Aug 22—Henry P. Fletcher appoint
ed chairman of tariff commission by
Ihe President.
Elihu Root given gold medal of
American Bar association at conven
tion in Chicago.
Aug 23 —Ross B. Sterling defeated
Mrs Miriam Ferguson for Yuherna
'orial nomination by Democrat* of
1 exits. \
Aug 26—Thomas W. Page, Vrglnia
Democrat, appointed member of tariff
commission. -.
Aug. 27—Roy A Young resigned as
governor ol Ihe federal reserve iLard
Aug. 30—Valuable government Viles
destroyed when federal trade commis
sion building in Washihgton burriAl.
Sept. s—Eugene Meyer appointed
governor .of federal reserve hoard:
Vice Governor Edmund Platt resigned
Veterans of Foreign Wars, in con
vention in Baltimore, voted for repeal
of prohibition laws.
Sept. B—Maine elected Republicans
for all major offices: Gov. W. T. Gardi
ner re-elected: Congressman W. H.
White. Jr., elected U S. senator
Sept. 9—Senator Couzens of Michi
gan renominated; Senator P.lease of
South Carolina defeated for renominu
tion by James Byrnes; George H.
Shaw nominated for senator by Repub
licans of Colorado, and E. P. Costigan
by Democrats; Gov. Huey Long of
Louisiana defeated Senator Ransdeli
for Democratic senatorial nomination.
Sept. 16 —President Hoover appoint
ed John Lee Coulter. E. B Brossarr
and Alfred P. Dennis members of ilie
tariff commission.
Philip La Follette defeated Gov. VV.
J. Kohler for Republican gubernatorial
nomination in Wisconsin. W. M. But
ler. Republican, and M. A. Cooiidge,
Democrat, nominated for senator in
Massachusetts. T. F. Bayard, Demo
crat, and D. O. Hastings, Republican
nominated for senator from Delaware.
Sept. 17 —Secretary Wilbur inaugurat
ed work on Boulder canyon dam. nam
ing it Hoover dam.
Sept. 23 —Representative Kincheloe of
Kentucky appointed justice of the Cus
toms court.
Sept. 24 Nicholas Roosevelt resigned
a* vice governor of the Philippines
and was appointed minister to Hun
gary.
Sept. 26 —New York Republicans
nominated C. H. Tuttle for governor
on a wet platform.
Sept. 30 —Democrats of New York re
nominated Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dwight W. Morrow resigned as am-
Dassadcr to Mexico.
Oct. 2—President Hoover addressed
tHe American Bankers' association in
Cleveland. Ohio.
Oct. 3 —J. Reuben Clark. Jr., of Salt
Lake City appointed ambassador to
Mexico.
Oct 6 President Hoover addressed
the American Legion and the Ameri
can Federation of Labor in Boston.
Kixth international roads congress
opened in Washington.
(j t. 7 Anniversary of battle of
King's mountain. South Carolina, was
celebrated with President Hoover as
chief speaker.
Ort. 9 —American Legion elected
Ralph O’Neil of Kansas national com
mander. ....
Oct. 17 —President Hoover appointed
a cabinet committee to plan unemploy
ment relief.
Q Ct 20 —U. S. Supreme court again
refused to pass on validity of Eight
eenth amendment
O C t. 21 —Col. Arthur Woods of New
York appointed director of federal un
employment relief work.
O C t 22—President Hoover placed em
bargo on shipment of war munitions
to Brazilian rebels.
Oct. 26—Optimistic report made by
national business survey.
Department of Justice cleared De
partment of Interior of all charges
made by Kelly concerning shale oil
land* s - „ , , . ,
ijct. 27—Navy day celebrated In
United States.
Oct 28 —President Hoover denounced
publication of Kelly charges against
Department of Interior as a campaign
plot.
Nov. 4—Elections resulted generally
in Democratic victories; Republican
majorities in senate and house nearly
wiped out. Illinois. Massachusetts and
Rhode Island voted against prohibition
Nov. s—Harry Payne Whitneys will
filed, leaving $200,000,000 to his family
and employees.
Nobel prize tor literature awarded to
Sinclair Lewis. American novelist.
Nov 6—Congressional medal ot hon
-'r given Capt. Edward V. Rickenliack
er by President Hoover.
Nov. 7—National Democratic leaders
promised their party would co-operate
with President Hoover tor restoration
of prosperity.
Nov 11—President Hoover in Armi
stice day speech urged continuous
work for world peace.
Nov. 12—Annual convention of the
National Grange opened in Rochester.
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Nov. 15—Federal farm board entered
the wheat market again to check un
warranted declines in prices.
Nov. 18 —Referendum vote of Ameri
can Bar association announced as two
to one in favor of repeal of the Eight
eenth amendment.
Nov 19 —White House conference on
-hild health and protection was opened
b,' President Hoover
Nov 20—Gen. C. P. Summerall re
tired as chief of staff of army, being
succeeded by Maj. Gen. Douglas Mac-
A .\ovT 22—Final census figures an
nounced giving United States popula
tion as 124,926.069.
Nov. 24 —Supreme court held ten big
movie companies guilty of violating
anti-trust law.
Nov 25— Twenty customs men ar
rested in Detroit for liquor graft.
Nov 28 —William N. Doak of Virginia
appointed secretary of labor.
Dee. I—Short session of congress
o—President Hoover's message
submitted to ci-.r.giess.
Dec. 3 —Budget of $4.0j4,j19,-00 Tor
fiscal year 1932 submitted by President
Hoover, who said income tax redue
.ion should not be continued.
Central west forestry congress
opened in Indianapolis.
De- 9 House passed $110,000,000
emergency construction bill; senate
passed bill appropriating 5C0,000.000
for seed and food for farmers.
Dec 10—President Hoover trans
mitted World court protocols to sen
ate.
Dec. 11—Senate passed emergency
construction bill.
Chicago and Alton railroad sold to
the Baltimore and Ohio-
Dee. 13 Cameron Morrison appointed
senator from South Carolina to fill out
term of the late Senator Overman.
Dec. 16—Federal Judge William
Clark of New Jersey held the adop
tion of the eighteenth amendment was
’"Dec! 1 ' 17—Consideration of World
court protocols postponed one year by
senate committee.
Dec. 19 —Congress passed $45,000,000
drought relief bill.
Deo. 20—Congress completed the re
lief legislation and recessed until
Jan 5.
NECROLOGY
Jan. 3—Clare Briggs, cartoonist, tn
New York.
Jan s—John5 —John D. Archbold, former
president of Standard Oil company, of
New Jersey.
j R „ 7— prof. Henry J. Cox. veteran
weather forecaster, in Chicago.
Jan. *—Edward Bok. editor and
philanthropist, at Lake Wales. Fla.
Jan. J!—Mrs. William Jennings
Brvan. In Lo* Angeles ,
jame* Dahlman. mayor of Omaha, j
Jan. *2—Stephen T. Mather, formel
director of national park* system.
Jan. 25—Dr Harry B Hntchin*. prM
ident emeritus of University of M'Q|H
K.
M. i>. Mails, i
- New Windsor.
Feb. 14—Former Senator Fred |H|
Dubois of Idaho.
Former Senator C. F.
Maine.
Feh. 15—C. A. Weyerhauser. lunfl
magnate of St. Paul. Minn
Feb. 17—Alexander P. Moore.
bassndor to Poland.
Feb. 22—Carlo Cardinal
Rome.
Feb. 23 Eugene Byfield.
hotel man and sportsman.
Mabel Kormand. film star .if
Feb 26 Raphael Cardinal Merry o,(|
V’a* 'n Rome ”
Feb. 27—Maj. G. H Putnam, publish
er, in New York. T
March 2—D. H Lawrence. English
novelist.
March 6—Dr. Arthur T. Hadley, pres
ident emeritus of Yale.
Viscount Herbert Gladstone of .Eng
land. _
Grand Admiral von Tirpitz of Ger
many.
Congressman James Glynn of Con
necticut.
March 7 —Abraham Lincoln Erlanger.
theater magnate.
March 8 —William Howard Taft, for
mer President and former chief lustice
U. S Supreme court.
Associate Justice Edward Terry San
ford of the Supreme court.
March 11—Samuel Morse Felton,
flenii of Chicago railway executives.
\ March 16 —Primo de Rivera, former
dictator of Spain. •
March 18—Lord Balfour. British
statesman.
March 24—Walter Eckersall, nation
ally known athletic authority in Chi
cago.
Albert 11. Washburn, former minis
ter to Austria, in Vienna.
Zauditu, empress of Abyssinia.
March 28—Milton Beckwith Kirk,
American consul in Paris.
April 2 —Dr. Karl Pietsch. philolo
gist. in Chicago.
April 3—Emma Albani, former grand
opera diva, in London.
VV. 11. Miner, Chicago capitalist
April 4—Queen Viotoria of Sweden.
April 7—W. P. G. Harding, governor
of Federal Reserve hank of Boston.
S. B Lambert of St. Louis, airplane
manufacturer.
O. A. Larrazolo. former senator and
governor of New Mexico.
Paul Dana, former editor of New
York Sun.
April B—Dr. C. E. Chadsey. educator,
in Urbana. 111.
April 10—Prof. W. E. Story, mathe
matician, in Worcester, Mass.
Dr. Howard Edwards, president of
Rhode Island State college.
April 11—Lord Dewar, Eritish dis
tiller
April 18—Congressman R. Q. Lee of
Cisco. Texas.
Cardinal de Arcovorde of Rio de
Janeiro.
April 19 —Charles Scribner, publisher
in New York.
April 21—Robert Bridges, poet laure
ate of England.
April 22 Elmer T. McCleary. presi
dent Republic Steel corporation, in
Youngstown. Ohio.
April, 24—Adele Ritchie, actress, at
Laguna’ Beach, Calif
April 25—H. B. Mackenzie, leading
Canadian banker, in Montreal.
April 27—Maj. Gen, George Barnett,
former commandant of marine corps.
May 6 —Charles S. Gilpin, notfed negro
actor.
jj ay 7—Robertus Love, poet and crit
ic. in St. Louis.
May 9 —Earl D. Church, commission
er of pensions.
May 12 —John Wheatley. British La
bor party lender.
May 13 —Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famous
explorer, in Oslo, Norway.
May 15 —William J. Locke. English
novelist. MV,
VV. Emlen Roosevelt. New York
i to 1 ist. Tx
May 17—lletbert D. Croly. publish*.-
and author. ...
May 20—Col. J Gray Estey,_ orzji.
manufacturer, at Brattleboro. Vt. 4P
May 22 —William Hubbard, pioneer
in telephony, at Elgin. 111.
Dean G. VV. Patterson of Michigan
university. „ ...
William Ordway Partridge. American
sculptor.
May 23 Henry Wallace Phillips.
American story writer.
May 25—Mrs. Katherine Keith Ad
ler of Chicago, novelist.
land Randall T. Davidson, former
archbishop of Canterbury.
May 27 Daniel M. Lord of New
York, veteran advertising man.
May 28—Cardinal Lucon. archbishop
of Reims. „ . ,
May 29— Judge Hugo Pam of Chicago.
M.., y 31—Dr. J. Walter Fetvkes,
American ethnologist.
June 2 —Gen. Herbert M. Lord, for
mer director of the budget.
Herbert H. Winslow. American play
wright. „ _ _
June 3—Maj. Gen. C. A. Devol. U. S.
A., retired.
William Bolitho, American author.
June 6 —A. L. Mohler. veteran rail
road executive, in Chicago.
June 7—Chief Magistrate William
McAdoo of New York city. a|
June 9—Sir Hubert Warren. English
educator. S
T. De Thulstrup. illustrator, in Nefl
York. f§!
June 11 —Henry C. Folger. oil magi
nate. in New York. * jm
June 13 —Sir Henry O. Regrave.
nrnl boat speed record holder.
Kl June It —Federal Judge VV.
at Texarkana. Ark.
.1 ime 16 —l*r. Elmer A
vi ni or of the gyroscope.
Chari* s Mil son Mi t chel
actor mol diplomat.
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i: ,I 1 of Mar, pr emier ■■■
land.
.lone 22 —Walter S. Acne bHBH|
In.) an Slat* -man. n Mll>kß'‘-e -
Bishop Kidney C. PartiiM^
\V. st Miss..ui i Hi).snopal!M|gj|jJ§Mg|gg
Knn.-n - Ciiy.
Jo,m 23 - M<’lvil!e
stmy win* i. ’ ’ J" • 'J
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Houston, Texas. m
L.T' (I Palnu-r. magazli.B
New York.
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