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FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934
Chronology
as 1933
Compiled by
E. W. PICKARD
DOMESTIC
Jan. I—President Hoover's commis
sion on social trends reported.
Jan. 3—Miners' war in Christian
count. Illinois, broke out again and
state troops were sent after two per
sons were killed.
Jan. 4—Eight hundred enraged lowa
farmers halted farm mortgage sale.
Jan. s—Former5 —Former President Calvin
Coolidge died in Northampton. Mass..
and President Hoover ordered 30 days
of public mourning.
Jan. 12—House passed domestic al
lotment farm aid bill.
Jan. 13—President Hoover vetoed
the Philippine independence bill, and
the house overrode the veto.
Jan. 17—Senate repassed Philippine
independence bill over President’s
veto.
Jan. 20—President Hoover and Pres
ident-Elect Roosevelt agreed to open
war debt negotiations with Great
Britain.
Jan. 21—Senator H. B. Hawes of Mis
souri resigned.
Jan. 23—The Twentieth amendment to
the Constitution, ending “lame duck"
sessions of congress, was officially
adopted when Missouri, the 36th state
to approve, ratified it.
Dr. Harry Wood burn Chase resigned
as president of University of Illinois
to become chancellor of New York uni
versity.
Jan. 24—Secretary Stimson invited
all non-defaulting nations to confer
ence on war debts after March 4.
Congress voted J 90.000.000 for farm
loans.
Jan. 25—Senate passed the Glass
banking bill.
Jan. 30—House passed bill to en
able debtors to avoid bankruptcy, and
fjgjgltti'.lass banking bill.
SgSHBj. 4—House refused to cut pay of
7—Senate ousted Sergeant at
S. Barry for traducing it
magazine article.
Wf Roosevelt called conference of all
in Washington March 6.
Feb. 14—Governor Comstock of Mich
igan proclaimed an eight day bank
ing holiday.
Feb. 15—An anarchist, Giuseppe Zan
gara, fired five shots at Franklin D.
Roosevelt in Miami, missing him but
fatally wounding Mayor Cermak of
Chicago.
Feb. 16—Senate adopted resolution
for repeal of Eighteenth amendment.
Feb. 20—Resolution for prohibition
repeal passed by the house.
Feb. 21—Appointment announced of
Senator Cordell Hull as secretary of
state and William H. Woodin of New
York as secretary of the treasury in
the Roosevelt cabinet.
Feb. 23—Congress passed $308,000,000
-naval appropriation bill.
J. C. Stone resigned as chairman of
farm board.
Feb. 24—House of representatives
Impeached Federal Judge Harold
Louderbaek of California for “mis
demeanors in office."
Feb. 26—President-Elect Roosevelt
announced Henry Wallace would be
secretary of agriculture and James A.
Farley postmaster general,
v Feb. 27—Harold Ickes as secretary
of the interior and Claude A. Swan
son as secretary of the navy announced
by Roosevelt.
Federal grand Jury In Chicago in
dicted the Insulls and others for us
ing the mails to defraud.
March I—Harry Byrd appointed sen
ator from Virginia to succeed Swan
son.
Treasury-postofflce bill, conferring
reorganization powers on President,
passed.
March 2—Representative Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois chosen next speaker
by Democrats.
Henry Morgentliau, Jr., named new
chairman of farm board.
March 3—Bank holidays proclaimed
in New York and Illinois.
Homer S. Cummings named attorney
general in Roosevelt cabinet.
March 4—Franklin D. Roosevelt in
augurated President of United States.
Seventy-second congress came to a
close.
March s—President Roosevelt de
• clared a four-day bank holiday and
Icalled congress in session on March 9.
A March 7—Theodore Roosevelt re
signed as governo. general of the Phil
ippines.
■ Lewis Douglas appointed director of
■the budget.
■ March 9—President Roosevelt ex
pended bank holiday indefinitely.
Congress gave President full control
of banking system.
Congress met in special session;
Rainey elected speaker of house.
March 10—President asked congress
for power to cut veterans’ costs and
government salaries $500,000,000.
March 11—House passed President’s
economy bill.
March 13 —Banks reopened.
Robert W. Bingham appointed am
bassador to England; Jesse I. Straus,
ambassador to France; and Josephus
Daniels, ambassador to Mexico.
March 14—House passed 3.2 per cent
beer bill.
March 16—Senate passed beer bill.
March 19—Zangara, slayer of Mayor
Cermak of Chicago, electrocuted at
Miami.
March 22—House passed Roosevelt
farm bill.
March 27—President scrapped farm
board and combined several agricul
tural bureaus.
March 2S—President issued order
cutting pay of 590,000 federal employ
ees 15 per cent.
April I—President signed regulations
reducing veterans’ aid $400,000,000. ef
fective July 1.
April 3—Claude G. Bowers named
ambassador to Spain.
Michigan first state to vote repeal
of dry amendment.
April 4—Wisconsin voted repeal.
April s—President ordered return of
gold hoards over SIOO by May 1.
April 6—President invited nine na
tions to economic conference in Wash
ington.
April B—Mayor Frank Murphy of De
troit named governor-general of Phil
ippines.
April 12—Ruth Bryan Owen named
minister to Denmark.
April 17—Senate rejected 16 to 1 sil
ver remonetization amendment to farm
bill.
House adopted resolution giving
President power to declare an arms
embargo.
Aprii 19—United States went oft
gold standard; embargo on gold ex
portations declared; bill for “controlled
inflation" drafted for administration.
April 20—Breckinridge Long nomi
nated for ambassador to Italy.
April 21—House passed bill providing
half a billion dollars for outright re
lief gifts to the states.
Sumner Welles nominated for am
bassador to Cuba.
. April 25—House passed the Muscle
tehaals bill;
| Wisconsin ratified prohibition repeal
ndmeot.
ufcril 36—Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross ap
pointed director of the mint.
April 27—L. A. Steinhardt was ap
pointed minister to Sweden and Am
bassador Hugh S. Gibson transferred
from Belgium to Brazil.
April 2S—Senate passed farm bill
with credit and currency expansion
amendment.
House passed $2,300,000,000 home
mortgage refinancing measure.
Warren Delano Robbins was appoint
ed minister to Canada, and Robert 11.
<Jore governor of Porto Rico.
lowa farmers rioted and attacked a
kludge at Le Mars: martial law pro
claimed.
May I—House1 —House passed the $500,000,000
emergency relief bill.
! O. T. tfelvering appointed commis
sioner of internal revenue; and J. F. t.
O'Connor controller of the currency.
May 3—House passed Inflation rider
to farm bill.
Senate paased the Muacle Shoals bill.
May 6—House passed bill to regu
late sale of securities.
Jesae H. Jones made chairman of
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
May I—Rhode Island ratified pro
hibition repeal amendment.
James B. Conant elected president
of Harvard university.
Senate paased bill for federal regu
lation of securities.
May 9—House defeated price fixing
amendment to farm bill.
May 10—Farm relief-inflation meas
ure finally enacted by congress.
Senate confirmed appointment of
Dave H. Morris as ambassador to Bel
glum.
May 16—Gaston B. Means and Nor
man Whittaker convicted of conspiracy
to defraud Mrs. Evalyn McLean in
Lindbergh kidnaping case.
May 17—Administration’s $3,300,000.-
000 bill for public works and indus
trial control Introduced in congress.
May 24—Senate refused to impeach
Judge Harold Louderbaek of California.
May 25—Senate passed Glass bank
ing bill with deposit guarantee amend
ment.
May 26—Public works-industry con
trol bill passed by the house.
May 27—Senate passed railway con
trol bill.
A Century of Progress exposition
opened In Chicago.
May 29—House passed bill abrogat
ing gold clause in all obligations.
May 31—Roosevelt farm credit sys
tem approved by the house.
June 2—Senate limited reductions In
veterans’ bonus payment to 25 per cent.
Prof. Harold W. Dodds elected pres
ident of Princeton university.
June 3—Senate passed the gold
clause abrogation bill.
June 4—Reconstruction Finance cor
poration granted loan of $50,000,000
to China to buy American wheat and
cotton.
June s—lllinois voted for ratification
of prohibition repeal amendment.
House passed railway control bill.
June 6—lndiana voted for repeal rat
ification.
June B—Robert P. Skinner appointed
ambassador to Turkey.
June 9—Senate passed public works
industry control bill.
June 10—President sent to congress
government reorganization orders sav
ing about $25,000,000.
Prof. William E. Dodd of University
of Chicago made ambassador to Ger
many; John Cudahy of Milwaukee am
bassador to Poland; Lincoln MacVeagh
of Connecticut minister to Greece.
June 13—Massachusetts voted for re
peal.
June 14—Senate passed Independent
offices bill with amendment concern
ing veterans’ costs opposed by Pres
ident.
June 15—Congress yielded to the
President on the veterans' compensa
tion issue, passed the independent of
fices bill and adjourned.
June 16—President Roosevelt started
on vacation cruise to Campobello is
land.
Joseph B. Eastman appointed federal
co-ordinator of transportation.
June 19—Annual meeting of Amer
ican Association for the Advancement
of Science opened in Chicago.
June 20—Iowa, New Hampshire and
Connecticut voted for ratification of
repeal amendment.
June 21—Railroads and rail labor
agreed to continue 10 per cent wage
cut to June, 1934.
June 27—California and West Vir
ginia voted for ratification of repeal
amendment.
July 4—President Roosevelt returned
to White House.
July B—Secretary Ickes made gen
eral director of public work adminis
tration.
July 9—President Roosevelt signed
cotton textile industry code.
July 18—Alabama and Arkansas
voted for repeal of prohibition.
July 20—President Roosevelt issued
a "master code" for all business, rais
ing wages and shortening hours.
Tennessee voted for ratification of
repeal.
Gen. Italo Balbo of Italy and officers
of his air ar nada received by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
July 21—Oregon voted for prohibi
tion repeal.
Aug. I—President Roosevelt named
Raymond Moley to lead federal war
on kidnaping and racketeering.
Boards to enforce trade codes named
for all states.
Aug. 4—Pennsylvania coal strike
truce arranged by Gen. H. S. Johnson.
Aug. B—Arizona voted for prohibi
tion repeal.
Aug. 16 —Sixty thousand garment
workers of New York area struck for
elimination of sweatshop conditions.
Aug. 19—Missouri voted for prohi
bition repeal.
President Roosevelt signed oil. steel
and lumber codes.
Aug. 26—President Roosevelt ap
proved automobile code.
Texas voted for prohibition repeal.
Aug. 27—Assistant Secretary of
State Moley resigned to conduct new
magazine.
Aug. 28—Secretary Wallace set
wheat acreage reduction for 1934 at
15 per cent
Aug. 29—Washington state voted for
repeal.
Sept. I—Secretary Swanson signed
contracts for 37 warships.
Sept. s—Vermont voted for prohibi
tion repeal.
Sept. 6—President Roosevelt appoint
ed H. H. Sevier ambassador to Chile.
Sept. 11 —Maine voted for prohibi
tion repeal.
Sept. 12—Maryland, Minnesota and
Colorado voted for prohibition repeal.
Sept. 15—Code for soft coal indus
try agreed upon.
Sept. 19—New Mexico and Idaho
voted for prohibition repeal.
Sept. 21—R. C. Martin of Los An
geles elected commander In chief of
G. A. R.
Sept. 30—Eleven kidnapers convicted
in Oklahoma and Illinois.
Oct. 2—President addressed Amer
ican Legion at opening of its conven
tion in Chicago.
Oct. 3—Virginia voted In favor of
prohibition reneal.
Oct. 4—Mrs. Isabelle Greenway
elected to congress in Arizona.
Oct. s—Edward5 —Edward A. Hayes of Deca
tur, 111., elected national commander
of American Legion.
Oct. 7—President Roosevelt spoke at
dedication of Gompera memorial In
Washington.
Oct. 10—Florida voted for prohibi
tion repeal.
Oct. 12—Senator J. J. Davis of Penn
sylvania acquitted of Moose lottery
charge.
William Green re-elected president of
A. F. of L.
Oct. b3—A. F. of It. voted a boycott
of Germany.
Oct. 15 —President Roosevelt an
nounced program for liquidation of
closed banks.
Oct. 17—President Roosevelt ordered
prison and fines for violators of NRA
agreement.
Oct. 19 —National Farm Holiday as
sociation called a farm strike.
Oct. 23—Code for retailers signed
by the President.
Oct. 25 —Government began buying
gold above market price, carrying out
President’s new monetary program.
Oct. 29—President Roosevelt decided
to buy gold In the world market.
Nov. 4—Government announced plan
to buy $50,000,000 worth of pork prod
ucts for relief.
Nov. 7 —Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ken
tucky and Utah approved of prohibi
tion repeal, and the Eighteenth amend
ment was voted out of the Constitu
tion. North and South Carolina voted
against repeal.
Fiorello H. La Guardia. fusion candi
date, was elected mayor of New York
defeating McKee, recovery nominee,
and O’Brien, Democrat.
Maxim Litvinov, Soviet envoy, re
ceived by President Roosevelt.
Nov. 9—Franchise granted to wom
en of the Philippines.
Nov. 12—Chicago World’s fair closed
Nov. 15—Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin took indefinite leave of ab
sence; Undersecretary Dean Acheson
resigned and was succeeeded by Henri
Mnrgenthau. Jr.
Nov 18—Francis B. Sayre appointed
Hrst assistant secretary of state.
Nov. 26—Mob at San Jose. Calif
hanged two confessed kidnapers and
murderers.
Dec. 2—lnrcrnnfiooa! I.!v* Slock ex
position opened in Chicago.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Dee. S —Repeal of Eighteenth amend
ment proclaimed by the President and
■•tlonai prohibition came to an end.
Deo. B—Mary Pickford filed divorce
*ult against Douglas Fairbanks.
. Deo. 11—George Peek resigned as
head of AAA and was made chlsf of
new organisation to expand foreign
commerce.
Dec. 14—President Roosevelt opened
campaign against big income tax
cheaters.
Minnesota ratiflsd the child laber
amendment to the Constitution.
Deo. 30—President Roosevelt cele
brated his fifty-first birthday.
INTERNATIONAL
Jan. 3—Japanese troops seized Chi
nese city of Shanhatkwan after bomb
ing it from the air.
Jan. 10—Japanese captured Chlumen
kow pass and advanced Into Jehol
province.
Jan. 15—Pope Pius proclaimed a holy
year of prayer, penance and pilgrim
ages.
Jan. 21—League of Nations commit
tee of 19 gave up hope of Sino-Jap
anese conciliation.
Bolivians defeated by Paraguayans
In bloody battle in the Chaco.
Jan. 24—Colombia appealed to sig
natories of Kollogg pact and Peru to
the League of Nations in their dispute
over Leticia.
Jan. 25—Secretary of State Stimson
Invoked the Kellogg pact against Peru
in the dispute with Colombia.
Jan. 30—Japanese government de
cided to quit the League of Nations.
Feb. 3—League of Nations council
urged Paraguay and Bolivia to cease
hostilities, and admonished Peru
against armed resistance to Colombia’s
legitimate police action in Leticia.
Feb. 14—Colombia severed diplomatic
relations with Peru and actual war be
gan in the Leticia region.
Feb. 21—Severe fighting between
Chinese and Japanese began in Jehol
province.
Feb. 24—Japan rejected and China
accepted the League of Nations report
on Manchuria. The report was adopted
by the assembly and the Japanese dele
gation withdrew.
Feb. 25—China recalled her minister
to Japan.
United States indorsed League of Na
tions policy in Sino-Japanese affair.
Feb. 27—Great Britain imposed arms
embargo against Japan and China.
March 3—Paraguay senate voted for
declaration of war against Bolivia.
March 4—Jehol City occupied by the
Japanese.
March 7—Martial law was proclaimed
In Peiping because of advance of the
Japanese; Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang
resigned as Chinese commander in
North China.
March 18—Mussolini offered four
power peace plan to British.
March 25—English Jewry boycotted
German goods in protest over treat
ment of Jews in Germany.
March 30—Bolivians drove Para
guayans back in Chaco; hundreds
slain.
April s—World court ruled Norway s
claim to East Greenland invalid; Den
mark won the area.
April 19—Russian court sentenced
two British engineers to prison and
three to deportation for espionage and
sabotage; Great Britain retaliated by
placing embargo on Russian exports.
April 21—Prime Minister MacDon
ald arrived in Washington and began
economic conversations with President
Roosevelt.
April 22—Soviet Russia ordered pro
hibition of all purchases in England
and other restrictive measures.
Japanese opened drive toward Peip
ing with eight hour battle.
April 23—Polish Jews began boycott
of German goods.
April 24—President Roosevelt and M.
Herriot of France began economic
I Aiks,
May 2—Soviet Russia and China re
sumed diplomatic relations.
May 10—President Ayala of Para
guay formally declared war on Bolivia.
May 12 —Eight leading nations
agreed on tariff truce during world
economic conference.
May 16—President Roosevelt called
on 64 nations to Join in agreement to
outlaw war, scrap offensive weapons
and force world peace.
May 17 —Chancellor Hitler of Ger
many accepted Roosevelt's peace pro
posals with reservation of equality In
arms for Germanv
May 21—Mussolini’s four power pact
agreed upon by Great Britain. France,
Italy and Germany.
May 22—United States offered to
Join European security pact, abandon
ing neutrality rights.
May 28—Japanese seized control of
Peiping.
May 31—China and Japan signed
truce stopping war in north China.
June 12—World economic and mone
tary conference opened in London.
Prime Minister MacDonald interjected
the question of war debts.
June 13 —Great Britain and Italy of
fered to pay 10 per cent of sum due
United States on Juno 15..
June 15—Finland alone paid full war
debt installment due United States; ail
others either defaulted or paid small
.June 22—American delegation in
London conference rejected stabiliza
tion of dollar and offered economic pro
gram.
Jun 24 —Three Chinese generals, al
lied with Japanese, set up Independ
ent state in northern China.
July I—Russia1 —Russia released imprisoned
British engineers, and trade war ended.
July 3 —President Roosevelt rebuked
London conference for insistence on
stabilization of currency first.
.lulv s—Six5 —Six gold nations of Europe
formed pool to protect gold standard.
July 6 —London conference, near dis
solution. saved by insistence of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
July B—Concordat between Germany
and the Holy See initialed.
Julv 15—Italy, Great Britain. France
and Germany signed a ten-year peace
treaty.
July 22 —Pact to curtail sale of silver
signed in London, by United States and
seven other nations.
July 27—World economic conference
in London adjourned.
Aug. 7 —Germany rejected demand of
Great Britain and France that she
cease propaganda activities in Austria.
Aug. 21 —Socialists opened world
conference in Paris.
Aug. 25—International agreement
for reduction of wheat acreage reached
in London.
Sept. 2 —France, Great Britain and
Italy approved Austria’s plan to raise
new army to protect border.
Sept. 25 —Fourteenth assembly of
League of Nations opened in Geneva.
Oct. 2—Argentina. Australia and
Denmark were elected to seats in
League of Nations council.
Oct. 14—Germany withdrew from
League of Nations and disarmament
conference.
Oct. 16 —Disarmament conference ad
journed to October 25.
Oct. 20 —President Roosevelt an
nounced Russia had accepted his Invi
tation to discuss resumption of inter
national relations.
Nov. s—United States denounced the
extradition treaty with Greece because
of the Insull decision in Athens.
Nov. 7—Great Britain announced Its
withdrawal from world tariff truce.
Nov. 17—Recognition of Russian gov
ernment by United States announced
and W. C. Bullitt selected as American
ambassador to Moscow.
Nov. 2s—Disarmament conference re
cessed until January 15.
Dec. 2—Canadian court ruled Martin
Insull must return to Chicago for trial.
Dec. 3—Seventh Pan-American con
ference opened in Montevideo. Uruguay.
Dec. Xl—Paraguay won great victory
over Bolivia In the Chaco war.
Dec. 15—Five nations again defaulted
In war debt payments to the United
States; five made “token" payments;
Finland paid in full.
France, Poland and the little entente
agreed on a united front against Ger
many's rearmament demands.
Dec. 16—Japanese and Manchukuo
armies invaded Chinese province of
Chahar.
Dec. 18 —Paraguay and Bolivia agreed
to truce In Gran Chaco war.
FOREIGN
Jan. 2—President De Valera dis
solved Irish parliament and ceiled goii
era! election.
Chile decreed liquidation ct great
Cosach nitrate combine.
Jan. Id Uprisings m Spain resulted
In many deaths and arrests.
Jan. 24—President De Valera's party
won the Irish Free State election*.
Jan. 28—French cabinet was over
thrown In vote on the budget and re
signed.
Chancellor Von Schleicher of Ger
many and his cabinet resigned.
Jan. SO—Adolf Hitler, head of Na
tional Socialists, was made chanoollor
of Germany.
Jan. 31—Edouard Daladler formed
government for France.
Feb. 2—General Sandtno, Nicaraguan
rebel leader, made peace with Presi
dent Sacasa.
Feb. 23—Revolutionary movement
br oke out In Cuba.
heb. 2T—lncendiary fire partly de
stroyed the Reichstag building In Ber
lin.
March s—National Socialists and Na
tionalists won In Gorman elections.
Premier Venizelos defeated in Greik
elections.
March 7—Dictatorship established In
Austria.
March B—Tsaldarls made premier of
Greece.
March 9—Hitler extended control
over all free states.
March 22—Hitler became dictator of
Germany.
March 29—Nationwide boycott on
Jews proclaimed In Germany.
March 31—President of Uruguay
made himself dictator.
Pope inaugurated the holy year.
April B—Western Australia voted to
secede from commonwealth.
April 19—Masonic order in Germany
dissolved and reorganized on “Christ
ian basis."
April 23—Spanish women voted for
first time, in municipal elections.
April 29—Revolt broke out in Cuba
with landing of two expeditions in
Oriente.
April 30—President Sanchez Cerro of
Peru assassinated.
May 2—Hitler smashed all free trade
unions in Germany.
May 3—lrish Free State abolished
oath to the British king.
May B—Mahatma Gandhi began an
other fast and was immediately re
leased from prison.
Ignaz Moscicki re-elected president
of Poland.
May 18—Prussian diet dissolved un
til 1937.
May 28—Hitlerites won election In
free city of Danzig.
June 3—Spanish government lenders
excommunicated by Pope Piux XI.
June 6—Germany agreed to end Jew
ish boycott In upper Silesia.
June B—President Zamora of Spain
forced the resignation of the Azana
cabinet.
June 11—Zamora compelled to ask
Azana to form new Spanish cabinet.
June 19—Chancellor Dollfuss out
lawed Nazi parties in Austria.
June 21—All factions in Cuba agreed
to mediation by Ambassador Welles.
June 22—German government dis
solved the Socialist party.
July 23—German Protestants voted
to permit Nazi group to control the
church.
July 25—Plot against Spanish gov
ernment uncovered and hundreds
Jailed.
July 26—Cuban government Issued
general amnesty decree.
June 27 — German National party ab
solved and joined the Nazis.
July 31—Gandhi and his wife ar
rested again in India.
Aug. 7—Bloody anti-Machado riots
In Havana quelled by troops.
Aug. B—President Machado of Cuba
rejected Ambassador Welles’ mediation
plan and refused to quit his office.
Aug. 9—State of war declared In
Cuba.
Aug. 11—Cuban army demanded res
ignation of President Machado.
Aug./12—President Machado of Cuba
resigned and fled to Nassau; Dr. Car
los Manuel de Cespedes was made prov
isional president.
Aug. 16—Eight hundred - Assyrians
reported massacred In Iraq.
Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto
death in Yeravda Jail.
Aug. 23—Gandhi was unconditional
ly released to save his life.
Sept. s—Radicals of Cuba ousted
President De Cespedes and his govern
ment and assumed rule by junta.
Sept. B—King Feisal of Iraq died in
Switzerland and was succeeded by his
son Ghazi.
Sept. 9—Alejandro Lerroux made
premier of Spain.
Sept. 10—Dr. Ramon Grau San Mar
tin was sworn In as President of Cuba.
Sept. 14—President’ jjrau San Mar
tin decreed general statutes to sup
plant the constitution of Cuba.
Parliamentarism In Prussia wiped
out by Premier Goerlng.
Sept. 20—Chancellor Dollfuss estab
lished Fascist dictatorship over Aus
tria.
Oct. 3—Chancellor Dollfuss of Aus
tria wounded by assassin.
Lerroux government of Spain ousted
by parliament.
Oct. B—Martinez8 —Martinez Barrios became
premier of Spain and dissolved the
congress.
Oct. 17—Estonia voted to curb par
liament, and President Tonisson and
his cabinet resigned.
Oct. 24 —Government of Premier Da
ladler of France was defeated and re
signed.
Oct. 25—Albert Sarraut formed new
French ministry.
Oct. 28—Arab riots in Holy Land
grew serious.
Oct. 31—Greek court of appeals re
fused to extradite Samuel Insull to
United States.
Nov. 3—Cuban cabinet resigned.
Nov. B—New revolt broke out in
Cuba with heavy lighting in Havana.
Nadir Shah Ghazi, king of Afghan
istan, was assassinated and his son,
Mohammed Zahlr Shah, succeeded him.
Nov. 9 —Cuban revolt crushed by
government.
Nov. 12—Chancellor Hitler scored an
overwhalming victory in the German
elections.
Nov. 19—Chinese Nineteenth route
army revolted against Nanking gov
ernment.
Nov. 24—Sarraut’s French ministry
overthrown by chamber of deputies.
Nov. 27—Camille Chantemps made
premier of France.
Dec. B—lrish Free State government
declared unlawful the Young Ireland
association, known as the Blue Shirts
Dec. 9—Serious anarchist revolt in
Spain.
Dec. 13—Spanish revolt officially de
clared suppressed: scores killed.
Dec. lit—Greek government decided
Samuel Insull must leave the country
January 31.
Dec. 16—Alejandro Lerroux formed
new ministry for Spain.
AERONAUTICS
Jan. 16—Seven French aviators flew,
from St. Louis, western Africa, to Na
tal Brazil, In 14 hours 2 minutes.
Feb. B—Gayford and Nlcholetts, Eng
lish aviators, completed record break
ing nonstop flight of 5,340 miles from
Cranwell, England, to Walflsh Bay.
South Africa.
Feb. 9—Captain Molllson flew from
Africa to Brazil.
April 3 —Four Britons in two planes
crossed Mt. Everest.
April 10 —Francesco Agello, Italian
broke world's seaplane record, averag
ing 426.5 miles an hour.
May B—Capt. S. Karzynske of Poland
flew from Senegal to Brazil.
June 2—Capt. Frank Hawks flew
from Los Angeles to New York In ro
bot controlled plane in 13 hours. 26
minutes.
June 3—Jimmy Mattern hopped off at
New York on world encircling flight.
J un ® ,4 —Mattern landed on island
near Oslo, Norway.
June 11—Barberan and Collar of
Spanish army flew from Spain to Cam
aguey, Cuba.
June 14—Mattern missing on hop
from Khabarovsk to Nome.
June 21—Barteran and Collar lost
in flight to Mexico City. v ' ol,dr 1081
I TuJ, talian air armada began
flight to Chicago via Iceland.
. Jul 2 7 —Pattern found safe at Ana
dyr, Siberia.
July 9—Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
began route-planning flight to Green
land, Iceland and Europe.
July 12 —ltalian air squadron landed
at Cartwright. Labrador.
July 14 —ltalian air squadron reached
Montreal.
July 15—Wiley Post began round
the-world flight, and Darius arid Gir
erias of Chicago hopped off for Lithu
ania—ail from New York.
Baibo and the Italian air fleet ar
rived in Chicago.
July 16 Post reached Berlin in rec
ord time.
Darius and Oirenas killed In crash
of their piano near SoiUin, Germany.
July 19—Italian air armada art’ivad
at New York.
July 28— ”"lley Poet completed flight
around woi.d In 7 days 18 hours 49
minutes.
July 23—Capt. J. A. Molllson and
his Wlfa. Amy Johnson, flew across
Atlantlo from Wales and orashsd at
Stratford, Conn.
July 26—Italian air squadron litt
New York for home.
Beven American army flyers killed
In crash of plane at Oceanside, Calif.
Aug. 7—Rossi and Codos of France
made record non-stop flight from New
York to Rayak, Syria, 5,900 miles.
_ Aug. 12—Italian air fleet arrived at
Rome.
Sept. 2—Gen. Francesco de Pinedo,
famous Italian aviator, killed at New
York.
Sept. 4—Florence Kllngensmlth. no
ted pilot, killed In plane crash at In
ternational air rnces at Chicago.
Sept. 25—C01. Roscoe Turner set new
West-to-East transcontinental record
of 10 hours 5V4 minutes.
Sept. 30—Russian balloonists ascend
ed 11 miles for new record.
Nov. 20—Settle and Fordney ascend
ed 61.237 feet In stratosphere balloon
from Akron. Ohio.
Dec. 6—Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
flew across the Atlantic from Bathurst.
Africa, to Natal. Brazil.
Dec. 12—The Lindberghs flew over
the Brazilian jungle from Manaos to
Trinidad.
Dec. 16—The Lindberghs landed at
Miami, Fla.
DISASTERS
Jan. 4—French South Atlantic liner
Atlantlque destroyed by fire. 19 of the
crew perishing.
Jan. 11—Southern California swept
by disastrous gale; two men killed.
Feb. 10—Sixty-two killed by explos
ion of gas tank at Neunkirchen, Ger
many.
March 3—About 1,500 killed by tidal
wave and earthquake in Japan.
March 10—Earthquakes in Los An
geles district killed 115, Injured 5,000
and caused property damage reaching
75 millions.
March 14 —Tornado In Tennessee
killed 26.
March 25—Fall of transport plane
killed 12 In California.
March 28—British air liner crashed
in Belgium; 15 killed.
March 30—Tornado killed 68 In
Texas. Arkansas and Louisiana.
March 31—Six killed in plane crash
in Kansas.
April 3—U. S. S. Akron with 77 of
ficers and men, crashed In storm off
New Jersey coast. Admiral Moffet and
73 others lost.
April 22—West India docks at Lon
don destroyed by Are; losh $15,400,000.
May I—Tornadoes In Louisiana and
Arkansas killed 58.
May B—Town of Ellsworth, Maine,
destroyed by fire.
May 10—Tornado In the Cumberland
valley killed 62.
May 14—Disastrous floods In Indiana
and Illinois.
June 2—Oil explosion In Long Beach,
Calif., killed 9 and did vast damage.
June 4—Train wreck in France killed
14 and injured 116.
June 9—Nine killed, 150 hurt In cel
luloid factory explosion at North Ar
lington, N. J.
June 11—Chicago World’s fair sight
seeing plane crashed and burned, kill
ing nine persons.
July 3—-Cyclone In Cuba killed 23
and did vast damage to tobacco crop.
July 7—Cloudburst In Bear Creek
canyon, Colorado, killed about 12 per
sons.
Aug. 4—Disastrous hurricane In
southern Texas.
Aug. 9—Five United States naval air
men killed in crash in Hawaii.
Aug. 14—Floods In China reported
fatal to 60,000.
Aug. 24—Scores of deaths and vast
property damage resulted from storm
along Atlantic coast.
Aug. 29—Eight killed and many in
jured In wreck of passenger train in
New Mexico.
Sept. I—Hurricane killed more than
100 In Cuba.
Sept. 6—Hurricane In lower Rio
Grande valley killed 100.
Sixteen killed In train collision at
Binghamton, N. Y.
Sept. 15—Hurricane on gulf coast of
Mexico killed about 150,
Sept. 16—Great property damage
done by gale that swept north Atlan
tic coast.
Sept. 24—Hurricane wrecked Tamp
ico, Mexico, killing 54.
Oct. 3—Seventy-five relief roll work
ers killed and many injured in brush
fire at Los Angelos. Calif.
Oct. 10—Seven killed when passenger
plane exploded near Gary, Ind.
Dec. I—Four hundred killed by
earthquake in China.
Dec. 14—Ten children killed and 30
injured when train struck school bus
at Crescent City. Fla.
NECROLOGY
Jan. I—S. P. Henderson, general
manager of Alton railroad, in Chicago.
Jan. 2 —Mrs. Belle Moskowltz, Dem
ocratic leader of New York.
Jan. 3—Dr. Wilhelm Cuno, former
German chancellor.
Jack Pickford, American movie
actor, in Paris.
Jan. 6—Calvin Coolidge, former Pres
ident, in Northampton, Mass.
Gilbert Colgate of New York, philan
thropist and capitalist.
Jan. 7—Representative Robert R.
Butler of Oregon.
Jan. B—Representative S. A. Ken
dall of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 13 —Prof. Dana Carieton Munro
of Princeton.
Jan. 15—Mrs. Jessie Sayre, daughter
of late President Wilson.
Rt. Rev. W. W. Webb, episcopal
bishop of Milwaukee.
Jan. 18—John Bundy, Indiana artist.
Jan. 21 —George Moore, Irish novel
ist.
Jan. 22 —Elisabeth Marbury of New
York, theatrical producer.
Jan. 23—Arthur Garford, Industrial
ist and political leader, In Elyria, Ohio.
E. A. McCulloch, member of federal
trade commission.
Jan. 24 —Earl of Chesterfield.
Jan. 26—Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of
New York, In Paris.
Jan. 28—George Saintsbury, English
literary critic.
Sara Teasdale, American poet.
Jan. 30—Rear Admiral W. H. H.
Southerland, U. S. N. retired.
Jan. 31—John Galsworthy, English
novelist.
Feb. 2—F. G. Bonflls, publisher of
Denver Post.
Feb. 4—Archbishop Rojas Arrleta of
Panama.
Prof. A. H. Sayce, British Egyptol
ogist.
Feb. s—Addison Mlzner. architect. In
Palm Beach, Fla.
Feb. 7—Dr. Lawrence F. Abbott,
former editor of the Outlook.
Count Albert Apponyi, Hungarian
statesman.
Feb. 11—John D. Ryan, copper mag
nate. In New York.
B. M. Winston, Chicago financier.
Feb. 12— Field Marshal Sir William
Robertson In London.
George It. Carler. former governor
or Hawaii.
Sir John A. Thomson. British sci
entist.
Feb. 14 K. N. Matson, minister-des
ignate to Greece. In Cheyenne. Wyo,
Feb 18—James J. Corbett, former
heavyweight champion.
Feb. 21 —Hear Admiral R. 8. Grif
fin. C. K N retired.
Feb 26— Thomas W. Gregory, form
er attorney general of United States.
Crated Duke Alexander of Russia, in
France
1,-. 27 —Walter Hlers, film corn
ed ati
March 2 —Thornes J, Walsh, former
senator from Mont-ina and named at
l„rney general In Roosevelt cabinet
Hear Admiral John D. Rodgers. 11,
S N retired,
March ti —Mayor Anton J Cermak of
Ci .•■ago. m Miami, Fla.
Mat ill v Ex i ’ongressman Will R
Wood of Indiana.
MJ. Gen. S. D. Sturgis. U. S. A.
11 tired
March ll—Senator Robert B. Howell
ol Nebraska.
March 14 —Sir Henry Thornton, form
er president Canadian National rail
ways.
March 17—Brig. Gen. Charles King.
Civil war veteran, author.
March 1$ —Duke of Abruzzl.
March 20—lefferson De Angells.
actor.
Apt 11 3—Wilson#* Izner, author.
April B—Earl Derr Blggere, novelist.
April 10—Dr. Henry Van Dyke,
author argl educator.
April 17—George B. Nevln, compoeer
of sacred musio, at Easton, Pa.
April 18—Judge Webster Thayer of
Boston, who presided at Sacco-Vaa
zetti trial.
Fred Terry, English actor.
April 20—William Courtenay. Amer*
lean actor.
April 21—Joseph Kllgour, American
actor.
April 25—Dr. Felix Adler, philoso
pher, in New York.
April 29—Rev. Thomas Sherman.
J-* 80n of Gen. William T. Sherman,
l' lands Richards, noted Inventor, in
New Britain, Conn.
Representative C. S. Briggs of
Texas.
May 2—William E. Haskell, veteran
d ii or and Publisher, in Salisbury, Md.
May 7—Prof. George H. Palmer of
Harvard university.
?, la ,y *—Cardinal Cerrettl In Rome.
Col. C. E. Stanton, U. S. A., retired,
author of phrase “Lafayette, we are
bore,
15—Col. Fred Kilgore, com-j
mandlng Fourth regiment of marines |
at Shanghai. I
Ernest Torrence, veteran screen I
actor.
May 16—Dr. John Grier Hibben. i
president emeritus of Princeton.
Prof Lee Wilson Dodd of Yale.
, u ,n; J. C. DaCosta, famous surgeon.!
in Philadelphia.
May 17—Clinton VV. Gilbert, political'!
writer, in Washington.
May 18—Ex-Senator Porter J. Mc-
Curnher of North Dakota In Washing
ton.
May 24—Admiral Lord Wemyss of
British navy.
May 26—Horatio Bottomley of Lon
don.
May 29—Dan O'Leary, famous pedes
trian.
May 30—Prof. W. L. Elkin of Yale,
astronomer.
June 3—William Muldnon, veteran
sportsman. In Purchase, N. Y.
June s—llcnry C. Rowland, Amer
ican author.
Juno 7—Cyrus H. K. Curtis, publish
er, in Philadelphia.
June 10—Winchell Smith, American
playwright nnd actor.
June 15—Capt. W. P. Wright of Chi
cago, national commander of G. A. R.
1-larry M. Jewett of Detroit, automo
bile manufacturer.
June 19—O. L. Bodenhamer, former
national commander of American Le
gion.
Representative B. E. Kemp of
Louisiana.
June 20—Paul ICester, American
playright.
Rose Pastor Stokes, radical leader.
June 22—Representative E. B. Al
mon of Alabama.
July I—A. R. Erskine, motor car
official, in South Bend, Ind.
July 3—Russell Boardman. American
aviator.
Hipolito Yrlgoyen, former president
of Argentina.
July 5—C. N. Haskell, first gover
nor of Oklahoma.
July B—Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins.
English novelist.
July 12—Edwin Gould, New York
financier.
July 15—Prof. Irving Babbitt of
Harvard.
July 18—Gilbert N. Haugen, former
congressman from lowa.
July 20—E. S. Johnson, former sen-;
•tor from South Dakota.
Viscount Burnham, British newspa-,
per publisher.
July 26—Louise Closser Hale, novel-,
Ist and actress.
July 31—K. C. Schuyler of Denver,
former senator from Colorado.
Aug. I—Chester S. Lord, veteran
Journalist of New York.
Aug. 6—J. D. Oliver of South Bend.
Ind., plow manufacturer.
Aug. 14—Dr. Frederick Starr, an
thropologist, in Japan
Aug. 15—Alan Winslow of Chicago,
famous war aviator.
Aug. 17—Rear Admiral C. B. Mor
gan, U. S. N.
Aug. 23—Marie Cahill, American
actress.
Aug. 27—Congressman W. W, Wat
son of Pennsylvania.
Aug. 28—W. A. Bechtel of San Fran
cisco, head of companies building
Boulder dam.
Sept. 2—G. T. Marye, former Amer
ican diplomat.
Sept. 6—Clay M. Oreene, actor and
playwright.
Sept. 7 —Viscount Grey of Falloden,
British statesman.
Sept. B—Rev. Dr. Charles H. Park
hurst of New York.
King Feisal of Iraq.
Sept. 9—Federal Judge William &
Kenyon of lowa.
Capt. Paul Koenig, commander of
German submarine Deutschland in war.
Archbishop F. E. J. Lloyd, prlmat,
of American Catholic church.
Sept. 12—Alfred Sutro. British play
wright.
Sept. 14—Irwin H. Hoover, chief
usher of White House.
Sept. 17—F. H. Sisson, New York
banker.
Sept. 19—E. W. Kemble, artist and
author.
Sept. 20—Dr. Annie Besant, world
leader of Theosophlsts, In Madras.
India.
Madge Carr Cook, American actress.
Sept. 24—Horace Liveright, New
York, retired publisher.
MaJ. Gen. W. J. Black. U. S. A.
Mrs. A. M. Williamson, novelist, la.
Bath, England.
Sept. 25—Ring Lardner, American
humorist nnd playwright.
Gov. Arthur Sellgman of New Mexico.,
Sept. 27—Brigham 11. Roberts, pres
ident of Mormon chu“ch council. In
Salt Lake City.
Sept. 28—J. W. Collier, member U. S.
tariff commission. '
Oct. 2—Charles Plez. head of Emerg
ency Fleet corporation during the war,
Oct. 3—W, L. Strlbllng, Georgia,
heavyweight.
Oct. s—William L. Veeck, president
Chicago National League Baseball club.
Renee Adoree, film star.
Oct. 6 —Porter H. Dale, senator from
Vermont.
Oct. 7—Hernand Behn, president of
International Telephone and Telegraph
company, in France.
Oct. B—Morris8 —Morris liillqult of New York.
Socialist leader.
Oct. 11—Charles H. Sabin. New York
banker. _
Oct. 18 —Peter A. Jay, Amerlcaa
diplomat. „ _
Oct. 23—William N. Doak, former
secretary of labor.
Oct. 25—Evelyn B. Baldwin, noted
explorer, in Washington.
Oct. 28—Edward H. Sothern, emi
nent American actor.
Paul Painleve, French statesman.
Oct. 30—Mary K. Lease, former lead
er of Kansas Populists.
Nov. 3—John B. Kendrick, senator
from Wyoming.
Nov. 6—Texas Guinan, entertainer.
In Vancouver.
Nov. 12 —Milton Aborn of New York,
theatrical producer.
Nov. 14—Edward N. Hurley, Chicago
financier and manufacturer.
Nov. 15—William K. Vanderbilt 111
of New York.
Nov. 23—Francois Albert, French
etatesman.
Nov. 25 —Prof. U. H. Barton, Harvard
geologist.
Nov. 29—Prof. J. Laurence Laughlia
of Chicago, political economist.
Nov. 30 —Sir Arthur Currie, com
mander of Canada's overseas forces la
World war.
Dec. I—Richard1 —Richard Mellon. Pittsburgh
banker.
Harry De Wlndt, English explorer.
Dec. 3—Alexander Legge, president
of International Harvester company.
Dec. 7—Stella Benson. English not-
Adolph Kluuber. American dramatto
critic and producer.
Dec. B—Count Yamamoto. Japanese
statesman and naval hero.
Dec. 9 —Dr W. O. Thompson, former
president of Ohio State university.
Dec. 10—George Lytton. Chicago
merchant anil art patron.
Dec. 12—Count Ilya Tolstoy at New
Haven. Conn
Dec. 1* —Robert W Chambers. Amer
ican novelist.
Louis Joseph Vance. American fic
tion writer.
Willard Spencer, opera composer, in
St. Davids, ra.
Deo. 17—Rev. Dr. W. S. Ralnsford
of New York, author of religious works.
The dalni lama of Tibet.
Dec. 19—Congressman James S.
Parker of New York
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