JANUARY 6, 1938
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DOMESTIC
Jan. 3?Andrew W. Mellon offered his
great art collection to the nation.
Jan. 4?Rep Sam Rayburn of Texas made
speaker of the house.
Supreme court upheld law restricting
prlscn-made goods.
Oregon's criminal syndicalism law held
iuYaiiv! by Siipicim: L'VUli.
Jan. 5--Seventy-tilth congress convened
and organized
Jan. 6?President Roosevelt read his
; message to congress.
Congress passed neutrality resolution
barring war shipments to Spain.
Jan. 7?President Glenn Frank of University
of Wisconsin ousted by board of
regents.
Jan. 8?President Roosevelt's budget
message asked for between $6,000,003,000
and $6,000,000,000.
Jan. 11?President Roosevelt asked for
f790.000.000 for WPA until July 1.
Charles Edison appointed assistant secretary
of the navy. 1
Strikers at Flint. Mich., in bloody riot
with police.
Supreme court upheld 50 per cent tax
on silver profits.
Jan. 12?Congress received from Presl,
dent plan for reorganizing administrative
branch of government.
Jan. 14?True* for negotiations arranged
lri General Motors strike.
Jan. .15?Senate voted years extension
of RFC and subsidiaries.
Jan. 19?Congress extended for 2VS years
President's control of stabilization fund
and dollar valuation.
Jan. 20?Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated
for second term as President.
Jan. 21?Sanford Bates resigned as federal
bureau of prisons director.
Jan. 22?House extended RFC and loaning
subsidiaries to June 30. 1039.
Postmaster General Farley re-appointed. |
Jan. 26?House passed S790.000.000 flood
relief bill.
Jan. 27?Senate passed house bill ap- J
propriating $50,000,000 lor seed and crop I
loans.
Jan. 28?House voted to put first, second
and third postmasters ur.der civil service.
Feb. 1?Michigan National Guard mobilized
to stop new strike riots in Flint.
Feb. 2?Sit-dcwn strikers ordered ousted
from General Motots plants by court injunction.
Feb 3?President Roosevelt submitted to
congress a 5 biilion G-year public works
program.
House passed bill appropriating $1,000.000
for federal offices and agencies.
Senate passed $548,000,000 deficiency bill.
Feb. 4?West Coast maritime strike
ended.
Feb. President Roosevelt submitted
to congress a bill for reorganization or tbis
federal judiciary, including increasing Su
preme court to 15.
P?h in? j *-"* '
- v? .??uuua ho^<--u ui'i providing ior i
voluntary retirement of Supreme court
Justices at seventy on full pay.
___ President i?3ked congress for legislation
to protect plains states from future
droughts.
Feb. 11?Bill creating Disasters Loan
corporation passed by congress
General Motors strike settled by compromise
agreement.
Feb. 13?Prof. Charles Seymour elected
president e! Yale.
Feb. 15?United Mine Workers suspended
* from membership President Green ot A.
F. c! L.
Feb. 16?ExCov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana
made high commissioner to the PhillpS&*
19?J. G. Wynant resigned as chairman
of social security board; A. J. Altmeycr
named chairman and M. W. Latimer
appointed a member.
Feb- 25?Reciprocal trade treaties act
extended three years by congress.
Feb. 26?Senate passed house bill for
voluntary retirement of Supreme court
Justices at seventy.
.Feb. 27?President Roosevelt asked
states to enact soil conservation laws.
Feb. 20?Eugene Vidal resigned as director
of federal air commerce bureau.
March 1?Supreme court again upheld
the gold clause abrogation act.
March 2?Big steel companies began
raising wages and reducing hours, and
recognized C. I. O. committee as bargaining
agent.
March 3?Neutrality extension reso.ution
adopted by senate. i
March 9?Permanent maritime commission
named with J. P. Kennedy ar chairman.
March 11?House passed new Ouffey coal
control bill.
March 12?Dr. F. E. Townsend sentenced
to month in jail and $100 fine for contempt
of the house.
March 13?-General Motors and United
Automobile Workers reached agreement.
March 14?Remington-Rend ordered by
labor relations board to re-employ 4,000
workers.
C. A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati,
accepted presidency of University of
Wisconsin.
March 15?Chrysler sit-down strikers ordered
by court to evaluate plants.
March 16- -Railroads and unions agreed
on pension plan.
March 21?Nationalist riot in Ponce,
Puerto Rico, fatal to ten.
March 22?Senate passed $512,847,808 naval
appropriation bill.
March 24?John L. Lewis ordered Chrysler
strikers lo evacuate the plants.
March 29?Supreme court upheld the
Washington minimum wage for women act.
the railway labor act and the new FrazlerLcmke
farm mortgage moratorium act.
. . April 1?Soft coal miners of Appalachian
fields quit work pending new wage agreement.
>?$ r
April 2?New wage scale for coal miners
signed; strike ended.
April 3?S. S. Kresge gave about $12,000.000
to Kresge foundation.
April 5?Senate passed GufTey coal control
bill.
April 6?Chrysler strike settled.
April 7?Senate passed concurrent resolution
condemning sitdown strikes and the
industrial spy system.
April 12?Supreme court upheld Wagner i
labor relations act in five decisions.
April 14?House opsscd bill repealing j
"long and short haul" clause of interstate
commerce act.
April 15?Anti-lynchlng bill passed by the
bouse.
April 19?Mrs. Florence Harriman appointed
minister to Norway and A. J. Drexel
Biddle ambassador to Poland.
April 20?President Roosevelt sent mes- i
sage to congress revising his budget esti- ]
mates or 1938 fiscal year and asking billion
and a half for relief.
April 23?House passed 27 million dollar
agriculture department bill.
April 26?President Roosevelt averted
strike of freight handlers in New York
area by appointing mediation boaTd.
April 27?President Roosevelt left for
fishing trip in Gulf of Mexico.
House voted repeal of law for publica
iton ui ir.cunius ?? jw.uuu ana uvcr.
The senate confirmed Anthony J. Drcxel
Biddle. Jr.. of Philadelphia as ambassador
to Poland; Florence JafTray Harriman
I of the District of Columbia as minister
to Norway, and Robert Granville Caldwell
of Texas as minister to Bolivia.
April 28?House passed $79,200,000 second
deficiency bill.
April 29? House passed war department
bill carry in? $416,400,000.
May 1?strikes started in Holb wood
movie studios by technical workersFifteen
Sen Francisco hotels tied up by
strikes.
President Roosevelt signed the neutrality
act.
May 7?George L. Berry appointed senator
from Tennessee.
May 12?House extended CCC for two
years.
C. I. O. called strike in plants of Jones
& Laughlln Steel corporation.
May 13?Steel strike spread to other
plants.
Senate passed agriculture dcparlmer
bill carrying almost 900 millions.
May 14-?President Roosevelt returned
? Washington from fishing trip.
May 17?Supreme couit upheld a
atricting refund of AAA processing
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House passed $115,000,000 Department of .
Interior bill.
May 13?Justice Willis Van Dcvanter an- *
nounced his retirement from Supreme court,
effective June 1. *
Senate judiciary committee reported un- ?
favorably the President's Supreme court
enlargement bill.
May 20?Senate voted to make CCC s
permanent
Jones Laughlin Steel employees voted 1
5 to 2 for C. L O .
May 24? Supreme court upheld old age 1
pensions and unemployment insurance ,
Erovisiona of social security act, and Ala- '
aina employment insurance law.
President asked congress for legislation .
setting up wage and hour standards for 1
.industry, and identical bills were Inlro- f
duced In house and senate. r
May 26?C. I. O. started strikes against
three independent steel companies. S
May 30?Seven killed, many hurt in battle
between police and steel strikers in ,
South Chicago. 111. J
June 1?House passed billion and a half |
! relief bill. t
i President Roosevelt asked congress to get
| after big tax dodgers. t
June 3?President asked congress to create
seven regional authorities like TYA. B
June 5?John D. Rockefeller left bulk e
of estate, 525.0CO.OOO. to granddaughter.
June 9?Strikers end police staged oattle
with guns and gas at Youngstown. Ohio.
June 10?Resolution calling for investigation
of tax evasion problem sent to
House. ^ ^ ^ , o u _ ? I .
corporation's CamtTria^mlli. *"*
June 12?Lewis called strike in 17 coal g
mines owned by two steel companies.
June 14?Senate committee condemned j
court enlargement bill.
June 20?Pennsylvania governor closed j
I Johnstown steel plant; martial law de- r
! clarcd.
June 21?Senate refused to cut relief ?appropriation.
House passed pension bill for railroad s
employees.
1 June 22?Senate passed 2 billion 63 mil- i,
lion dollar relief bill. c
June 23?Ellis Parker, Sr.. and son con- b
vlcted at Newark, N. J., of kidnaping plot c
inrlrvi r InrfWot. In..,,
Fifty-five Indicted in 13 million dollar Q
gem smuggling plot in New York.
June 24?Senate voted to extend nuls- .
ance taxes and 3 cent postage for two
years.
June 25?Steel strike in Johnstown area
lost by union.
June 2C?J. Butler Wright named ambassador
to Cuba.
National labor relations board charged
Ford with violation of Wagner act.
June 29?Senate ratified treaties drawn
at Buenos Aires conference.
June 30?Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jr., and
Ethel du Pont married.
July 6?Ohio grand jury indicted 200 ,
for rioting as steel plants reopened. ;
July 7?National labor relations board 1
began hearings on charges Ford company j
violated Wagner act. |
July 8?Immunity was granted President !
Roosevelt in tax dodging hearings !
July 12?President urged immediate passage
of new crop control legislation.
Dave H. Morris resigned as ambassador
to Belgium; Hugh Gibson, ambassador
to Brazil, transferred to Belgium.
July 13?House paid tribute to and pensioned
Harry Parker, venerable doorman
for the ways ar.d means committee.
House overrode President's veto of farm
loan bill
July 14?Nine men. including two C. I. O.
chieftains Indicted for halting United
States mails In Ohio strike zone.
July 17?Controller general refused to
pay expenses of foreign junkets.
July 19?House voted 24 millions for Ohio
basin flood control
July 21?Administration abandoned Supreme
court bill.
Senator Bnrklsy of Kentucky elected
majority leader of senate.
July 22?Senate voted 70 to 20 to recommit
the court bill. J
Senate overrode President's veto of low |
I farm interest extension.
J. L. Hounhleling. Chicairn. annotnt^rl 1
commissioner of tmmigr^tior'July
zi?House voted six more White
House secretaries.
Congress authorized building of sis auxiliary
naval vessels to cost $50,000,000.
San Francisco hotel worker*' strike settled.
July 28?Senate confirmed the nominations
of George A. Gordon cf New York to be
minister to the Netherlands; Leo J. Keens
! of Michigan as minister to Honduras and
i Franklin Mott Gunthcr of Florida as minI
istcr to Rumania.
I July 29?F. P. Corrigan apoointed minI
Ister to Panama and Robert Frazer mln- |
I ister to San Salvador. j
July 30?Senate passed the wage and I
| hour labor bill. {
Aug. 6?Senate passed Wagner housing
bill in limited form. I
Aug. 7?Congress appropriated $5,000,000
toward. Will Rogers memorial.
Aug. 11?Senate pa3sed federal court
procedural reform bill.
Aug. 12?President Roosevelt nominated
Senator Hugu L. Black of Alabama for
associate justice of Supreme court.
Aug. 13?Senate p:?ssed sugar control
! bill
Aug. 1C?House passed bill to stop tax
leaks.
Aug. 17?Seriate confirmed appointment
| of Hugo L. Black to Supreme court.
House passed third deficiency bill carrying
ICO millions.
Aug. ?8?House passed half billion dollar
housing bill.
Aug. IS?Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama
appointed his wife, Dixie Bibb Graves. United
States senator to succeed Hugo L.
Black.
Senate passed Panama canal tolls revision
blU.
Aug. 20?Senate passed deficiency bill.
New York C. I. O. shipyard strike collapsed,
workers returning to jobs.
Aug. 21?Congress adjourned, alter housing
bill and deficiency appropriation bill
wore enacted.
President vetoed Will Rogers memorial
bill.
Aug. 23?Col. H. B. Hackett resigned as
Essistant^dlrector of P-.W. A.^
fc.?jum.: ui louwttjr uivuicruuuus : *
averted by federal mediation. '
Aug. 28?Andrew Motion's will left his
millions to a charitable trust.
Aug. 31?A. F of L council vcted to
rejoin world labor federation.
Sept. 4?President Roosevelt in Labor day
address asked labor to dror> strike tactics.
Sept. 7?Edward McGrady resigned as
assistant to secretary of labor.
Sept. 9?Dr. O. H. Mennet, Los Angeles,
elected commander of G. A. R.
Sept. 12?Justice Hugo L. Black of Supreme
court publicity accused of being
member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Sept. 13?Engagement announced of -Tokn
Roosevelt, son of President, to Anne Clark
of Boston.
Sept. 14?James E. Landis resigned as
chairman of securities and exchange commission.
Sept. 16?La Guardia renominated for
mayor or New York by Republicans, and
J. T. Mah^ney by Democrats.
John T. Biggers of Toledo named to
manage census c-f unemployed.
Sept. 20?American Legion convention
opened in New York.
W. O. Dougias became head of SEC.
Sept. 22? President Roosevelt started trip
to Seattle.
Sept. 23?Daniel Dofcevty of Bostcn elected
national commander of American Legion.
Sept- 29?American Bar association voted
unanimously to continue fight for independence
of the judiciary.
Oct. 1- -Hugo L. Black in radio address
admitted he was a member of Ku Klux
Klan but said he had abandoned it.
Oct. 3?Railway brotherhoods accepted
offer of 44 cents u day wage raise; strike
averted.
Oct. 4?Hugo L. Black took his scat as
associate justice of the Supreme court.
American Federation of Labor convention
opened hi Denver.
Oct. b?President Roosevelt in Chicago
speech intimated America might be drawn
into war.
Oct. 11?Supreme court rejected motions
to unseat Justice Black.
Oct. 12?President Roosevelt called extraordinary
session of congress for November
15.
Brady gang of outlaws wiped out by
G-men in Bangor. Me.
Oct. 16?President named delegation
headed by Norman H. Davis to attend far
eastern confeience In Brussels.
Oct 18?John E. Milicr elected senator
from Arkansas to filj out term of the
late Joseph T. Robinson.
Nathan Straus appointed federal housing
administrator.
Great decline In stock markets began.
Oct. 22?Interstate Commerce Commission
approved Increase of railway freight
rates.
Oct. 26?E. R. Stettinius, Jr.. succeeded
M. C. Taylor as head of United States
Steel.
Oct 27?Federal reserve board cut stock
mnrein rate tn heln market.
Nov. 2?La Guardia re-elected mayor of *
New York.
Nov. 15?Congress met In extraordinary
session; President asked tax revision to ?
aid small business. i
VATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE]
Nov. 18?Governors of the six New Engand
states demanded repeal of taxes that
tamper business. _
J. H. Rand. Jr., and P. L. Berghoff
kcquitted in first case tried under law
igainst transporting strike breakers across
itate lines.
Nov. 21?Secretary of War Woodring j
iskcd stronger army for defense. ? . i
Nov. 27?President Roosevelt went on Sshng
trip in Florida waters.
Nov. 29?President asked congress to auhorize
a $16,000,000,000 housing program.
Nov. 30?President asked congress to cut
214.000,000 from federal highway grants to
itates.
Dec. 5??Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh reumcd
to United States.
Steamship Leviathan sold to British junk
irm.
Dec. 7?Federal board of tax appeals exinerated
Andrew Mellon of income tax
raud.
Dec. 10?President ordered immediate revision
of taxes on business. House passed
:rop control bill.
J. W. Hanes and Jerome Frank appointed
o SEC.
Dec. 13?Supreme court upheld redempion
of United States bonds before maturity.
Dec. 22?Extraordinary session of con*
;ress adjourned.
INTERNATIONAL
Jan. 1?German warships seized two
ipanish steamers in reprisal.
Jan. 2?Great Britain and Italy signed
Mediterranean pact.
Jan. G?Spanish government protested
o League of Nations against German and
talian aid given to Fascist rebels.
Jan. 17?Soviet Russia refused to declare
>an on volunteers going to Spain.
Jan. 24?Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
igned treaty of friendship and peace.
Jan. 30?Hitler on fourth anniversary of
lis assumption of power denounced the war
[uilt clause of Versailles treaty.
March 5?Department of State of United
Itates apologized to Germany for insulting
cucvcucc io muer oy Mayor La Ciuardia
I New York.
March 8?International conference oil
listribution of sources of raw materials
pened in Geneva.
March 14?International sea patrol to
solate Spanish war began.
March 25?Italy and Jugoslavia signed a
teace and economic treaty.
March 30?Hans Dieckhoff appointed Gernan
ambassador to the United States.
April 24?Great Britain end France reeased
Belgium from Locarno obligations
md guaranteed it against aggression.
May 2?British ships helped remove civlians
from besieged Bilbao, Spain.
May 25?Jews in Italy were ordered to ]
lecome Fascists or leave the country.
May 27?Spain protested to League of
lations against Intervention of Italy and
Icrmany in Spanish civil war.
May 29?Spanish loyalist planes bombed
Jerman battleship Deutschland. killing 23
ir.d wounding 83.
May 31?German warships shelled Alneria,
loyalist Spanish port, killing 20.
Germany and Italy withdrew from Inemational
neutrality patrol.
June 10?Mussolini mobilized big army to
tid Spanish rebels.
June 24?United States joined Great Brlain
and France in warning Germany and
taly to keep hands off Spain.
June 29?Russia agreed to withdraw
roops from disputed islands as Japan
nade war threat.
July 8?Truce ended battle of Chinese
md Japanese west of Pciping
July 8?Great Britain was delegated
>/ 27 powers to devise a new plan for
oval patrol of Spanish coast.
July 13?Chinese fought oil Japanese atacks
in furious fighting around Pelp- .
rig.
July 20?Japanese seized port of Tanghu.
if Peiping.
July 29?London naval treaty of 1030
vent into effect.
July 30?Japan set up puppet regime In
*orth China.
Aug. 8?Japanese army occupied Peipng,
China.
Aug. 12?Chinese airmen, trying to bomb
fapanesc warships at Shanghai, killed
learly 1,000 civilians in international setlement
Aug. 16?Americans and britlsh were
ivacuatcd from Shanghai.
Japan closed its embassy at Nanking.
Aug. i9?Portugal severed relations with
Czechoslovakia. KB *
Aug. 22?Chinese and Japanese in great
>attle near Peiping.
Aug. 25?Japan blockaded Chinese coast
or 300 miles.
Aug. 20?British ambassador to China
vounded by Japanese aviators
Hungary announced it would make
'lokeiv' payment on debt to United States.
Aug. 20?Great Britain demanded full reIrcss
from Japan for shooting of ambassador
to China.
Aug. 30?American liner President Hoover
:ombed by Chinese pianos by mistake;
>nc of crew killed, ten wounded.
Aug. 31?Little Entente voted to continue
tlllance with France.
Sept. 5?Great Britain and France invited
>owers to conference to stop "piracy" by
lubmarines in Mediterranean.
Sept. 7?Hitler declared Germany stood
vith Italy and Japan in fight on comraun- I
sm
Russia accused Italy of Mediterranean
>iracy.
Sept. C?Japanese \ lanes bombed Chinese
-efugee train near Shanghai, killing 300.
Sept. 11- -England and France agreed to
xrtice Mediterranean against pirate submarines
Sept 12?China asked League of Nations
jo halt Japanese aggression.
Sept 1.3?League of Nations seated Spansh
loyalist delegates.
Sept. 14?Spain agreed to pay $30,000,000
Vmertcan war claims.
Sept. 18?British underwriters cancelled
ill war risk insurance.
Spain demanded League of Nations curb
German and Italian aggression in SDanish
jfvil war.
Italy demanded parity In Mediterranean
"anti-piracy" patrol.
Sept 22?Japanese air fleets raided Nan- !
dng anu Canton; protests of United States |
ind Great Britain disregarded.
Sept. 2S?Mussolini bcgau five day visit
vlth Hitler.
Japanese airplanes bombed six big Chinese
cities. I
Japan refused League of Nations in vitaion
to discuss war in China.
Sept. 28?League of Nations condemned
rapan for bombing civilians in China.
Sept 2S?Japan defended her air raids on ,
tanking.
British government approved building of 1
varplaue fleet for China.
Oct 1?Japan warned world not to intcrere
with her actions in China.
Oct 5?League of Nations recommended I
onvocation of nine-power pact signatories
o consider Sino-Japanese war.
Oct 6?United States government formally
lenounced Japan as violator of treaties.
League cf Nations invited nine-power I
reatv signers to take action to stop Japan
n China.
Oct. 9?J span denied treaty breaking and ;
slamed China.
Oct. 16?United States accepted invitaion
to conference of nine-power treaty sigi&torics
on Sino-Japanese war; Norman H. !
Davis named head of American delegation. |
Oct. 26?Japanese routed Chinese defend- !
irs of Shanghai. j
Oct 2S?Japan declined to attend nine>ower
treaty conference.
Oct. 30?Several British soldiers killed by j
Tapancse in Shanghai.
Nov. 2?Great Britain agreed to receive |
consuls of Franco's Spanish regime.
Nov 3?Far East peace parley opened in
Brussels.
Nov. 6?Duke of Windsor abandoned Amercan
tour because of criticisms by labor.
Nov. 6?Italy joined Germany and Jaoan
n anti-communism agreement.
Nov. S?Shanghai captured by the Japinese.
Nov. 12?Japan rejected peace proposals
if Brussels conference.
Nov. 15?Fifteen nations In Brussels conerence
voted to condemn Japan for lnvadng
China.
Nov. 16?Government of China evacuated
laimuig.
Nov. 18?Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
warded 1937 Nobel peace prize.
Nov. 23?Japan established Chahar and
luiyuan provinces of North China as new
wffer state.
American Ambassador Johnson and staff
noved from Nanking to Hankow.
Nov. 24?Brussels Far East conference
ollapsed.
Nov. 26?Japanese seized all communlation
facilities in Shanghai area.
Nov. 29?Italy recognized Manchukuo govmment.
Dec. 7?Japanese armies began aiege of
fanklcg.
Dec. 11?Japan announced the capture of
banking.
Italy quit the League of Nations.
Dec. 12?U. S. Gunboat Panay and three
standard Oil ships sunk by Japanese shells
a Yangtse river; British gunboats shelled.
RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
President Roosevelt demanded apologies,
indemnifications and guarantees against i.,
repetiiica ;[ such outrages.
u::c. lo?France and Germany concluded ?,
frontier treaty.
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FOREIGN c
? v:
Jan. 4?Marshal Chang sentenced to ten q
years imprisonment for kidnaping Chinese
dictator Chiang Kai-shek and then pardoned.
__Jan. 7?-Crown Princess Juliana of the
Netherlands married to Prince Bernhard "
; 2u Lippc-Biesterfcld _
i Jan. 15?George Bonnet made French am- **
| bassador to United States.
Jan. 17?Convicts at. Guelph, Ontario. **
started riot, fired prison and several hunI
dreds escaped. a
Jan. 23?Premier Hirota of Japan and
i his enhinpt rncir-npit after being attacked o
in parliament. " P
Karl Radek and 16 others on trial at Mos'
cow confessed plot to overthrow the Stalin U
| regime.
Jan. 26?Germans* abolished free city g
rights of Hamburg and Luebeck.
Jan. 30?Thirteen Russian conspirators t<
condemned to death: four, including Karl
Kadek. given prison terms. c
Gen. Senjuro Hayashi undertook task of
forming Japanese ministry. g
Feb. 2?Kayashi cabinet accepted by emperor
of Japan. c
Feb. 7?Spanish Fascists captured Malaga.
Feb. 9?All political prisoners in Mexico ti
granted amnesty. b
Feb. 14?Chancellor Schuschnigg of Austria
declared in favor of restoration of c
Hapsburg dynasty.
Soanish rebel warshlo shelled Valencia, n
temporary loyalist capital.
March 6?Spanish liner Mar Cantrabrico 1<
w?tli American cargo nf munitions for loyalists
shelled and taken by rebel vessel. n
March 1G New KfatP Mnnciiknn crvnn
sored by Japan, set up in north China. s>
April 1?New constitution lor India went
into effect; Burma became state within
British empire; Aden became crown colony, p
April 11?Anti-Fascists won crucial election
in Belgium. d
April 20?British coal miners voted to
strike h
Gen. Francisco Franco consolidated Span- o
ish insurgent (actions to form a one-party E
authoritarian state.
April 22?Poland barred all Jews from s
politics.
May 1?President Dc Valera proposed
new constitution for Irish Free State.
London transportation tied up by strike
of 26,000 busmen.
May 12?King George VI and Queen Eliza- !
beth of Great Britain crowned.
May 14?British imperial conference i
opened In London. j
May 15?Caballero's loyalist Spanish cabi- j
net resigned.
May 17?New Spanish government formed
by Dr Juan Ncgrin 0
May 24?Paris world's fair mjened.
May 28?Baldwin quit as British prime v
minister and was succeeded by Neville
Chamberlain. c
May 31?Hayashi's Japanese cabinet resigned.
June 2?Prince Fuir.imaro Konoe made
premier of Japan.
June 3?Duke of Windsor and Wallis War- 1
field married at Monts. France.
June 16?Presideni of White Russia committed
suicide as hundreds were seized. s
June 10--Bilbao tell to Spanish rebels.
June 20?Premier Blum and cabinet re- o
signed as French senate refuses to make
him money dictator. t
June 21?Camtlle Chautemps named premier
of France to succeed Biurn. 1
Premier of Georgian soviet republic removed
by Moscow. t
' June 23?President o! Mexico announced
I that government would take over national *
railway lines. ^
June 28 -France suspended payment of v
gold and foreign exchange; bourse closed
until further notice. 3
Russian firing squads executed 37 more .
wreckers in Soviet Far East.
June 29?French chambet gave cabinet
j dictatorship over finances.
July 1?German police seized Rev. Martin
Nicmoellcr. leader of the Protestants.
1 July 2?De Valera's parly failed to get ?
[ a majority, hut new constitution won in
1 Irish Free State elections. ,
July 3?Ccunt Covadonga. former crown
prince of Spain, and Marta R oca to i t married
in Havana.
, July 12?Japan prepared nation to go on
war footing.
July 13?French Reds and rightists rioted
I In Paris on eve of Bastile day. >
July 17?Pope Pius angered Nazis by pay- J
I ing tribute to Cardinal MundeJein of Chicago.
July IS?British parliament passed divorce
reform act.
July 21?Eamon de Valera re-elected preslI
dent of Irish Free State.
July 26?Republic of Liberia celebrated
I its 90th anniversary.
July 28?Farouk I invested as king of
Egypt.
Aug. 1?American war memorial at Montfaucon,
France, dedicated.
Aug. 11?Kurd uprising In Syria supI
pressed by French troops.
I Russia reported execution of 72 railroad
wreckers.
Aug. 25?Spanish rebels captured San|
tander.
i Avig. 31?French railroads nationalized by
decree.
Sent. 8?Paraguay government suppressed
revolt.
Sept. 17?Dr. Hjalmar Schacht retired as
| German finance minister.
I Oct. 2?Spanish rebels took Covadonga.
Oct. 19?New high taxes decreed In Italy.
Oct. 23?Provisional President Paez of
Ecuador resigned and was succeeded by
Con. Alberto Enriquez.
Oct. 25?Van Zeeland resigned as premier
of Belgium.
Oct. 26?British parliament opened by
King George VI.
Oct. 28?Spanish loyalists moved capital
from Valencia to Barcelona.
Nov. 9?Spanish rebels announced blockade
of entire loyalist coast
Nov. 10?President Vargas made himself
: dictator of Brazil.
Nov. 16?Grand Duke George of Hesse
and ten others killed in Belgian plane cash.
Nov. 18?Dictator Vargas abolished federal
courts of Brazil.
Nov. 22?Duke of Windsor won libel suit
against author and publisher of book abo?*l
his abdication.
Due de Guise issued manifesto starting
campaign to regain throne of France.
Dec. 3?Dictator Vargas of Brazil outlawed
all political parties.
Dec. 12?Soviet Russia held first "free"
election under new constitution.
Dec. 13?Pone Pius created five new car- i
I dinals. ]
JBB SPORTS ||| _
I
Jan. 6?Fred J. Perry In debut as proles- ,
sional tennis player defeated Champion
Ellsworth Vines. Jan.
29?Joe Louis defeated Bob Pastoi
in New York.
Jan. 30?Schaefer von 28-2 billiards title, ,
defeating Hoppe.
Feb. 19?Freddie Steele, middleweight
chamoion, whipped Babe Risko in title -J
fight.
March 6?Illinois and Minnesota tied for
Big Ten basketbaU title. 1
March i3?University of Michigan won i
Big Ten indoor track title. 1
March 24?Chicago Golden Glove boxers
beat New Yorkers, 9 to 7.
Oxford defeated Cambridge in annual
regatta.
March 25?Horton Smith won North and
South open golf tournament at Atlanta. ,
I April l?Detroit Red WinTS retained naj
tional hockey title. .
April 4?Byron Nelson won Masters' golf
tourney at Augusta.
April 15?Max Baer whipped by Tommy
Farr, British heavyweight champion.
Ar?Hl 1Q Racoholl Cfcacnn nnnnoA
April 21?Ralph Grccnlcaf won the world
pocket billiard championship.
May 7?Amt>ers whipped Canzoneri. retaining
lightweight title.
May a?War Admiral won Kentucky ,
Derby.
May 18?Sid Richardson of Northwestern
1 won Big Ten golf title.
May 22?Michigan won Big Ten track
1 title. .
May 28?Golden Gloves boxing tourna- 1
ment In Chicago resulted in tie between ,
fighters from Europe and from the Chicago
area.
May 29?Illinois won Big Ten baseball
title.
Bob Sweeney, American bcrn Londoner,
won British national amateur golf title. <
May 30?Shute won P. G. A. championship.
May 31?Wilbur Shaw won Indiana poll* ,
500-mile automobile race.
June 12?Ralph Guldahl won United States
open golf UUe.
June 22?Joe Louis won world champion- i
ship; knocked out Braddock in the eighth
round. 5
June 30? American golfers beat British
i Rvdc-r cup matches
Juiy 2?Joun L>. Budge. American, won
rimblcdon tennis title.
July 7?American league all-stars defeat1
Nationals. 3 to 3.
July 9?Henry Cotton. England, won Brit;h
open golf championship.
July 25?Gene Sarazcn won first prize In
iiicago $10,030 open golf tourney.
July 27?American tennis team won Dais
cup from EnglrnJ.
July 31?Ranger defeated Endeavor II In
rst America's cup race.
Aug. 2?Ranger won second rare.
Aug. 4?Ranger won tnird race.
Aug. 5?Ranger won fourth race, retainig
the America's cup.
Aug. 21?American tennis team defeated
iritish for Wightman cun.
Aug 22?Gar Wood. Jr.. won outboard
egatta at Chicago.
Aug. 28?Johnny Goodman won national
mateur golf title.
Aug. 30?Joe Louis defeated Tommy Fair
f Great Britain on points, retaining chamlonship.
Von Cramm and Ilenkel of Germany won
'nlted States tennis doubles title.
Sept. 3?Wehrlc won western amateur
olf title.
Sept. 11?Don Budge won national singles
innis title.
Harry Cooper won Canadion open golf
hampjonship.
Sept 20?Raloh Guldahl won western open
olf title.
Sept. 22?Old Westbury team won Amerian
polo title iroin ureontree.
Sept. 23- -Ross and Ambers retained weljrwelght
and lightweight titles; Jeflra won
antamwelght title.
New York Yankees won American league
hampionshijp.
Sept. 29?Greyhound trotted mile In 1.56,
ew world record.
Sept. 30?New York Giants won Nationa!
;ague pennant.
I'lpf Q Mrs TTcf r*lli? Pntfo ?-nn tt'AMtAn'a
ational golf championship.
Oct. 10?New York Yankees won world
erics from Giants.
Nov. 2?Harvard beat Yale at football.
Minnesota won Big Ten football cliamionship.
Nov. 15?Samuel E. Eoyi elected presient
of A. A. U.
Nov. 18?CapL George Eyston of Er.gand
set new world record lor speed on land
f 311.42 miles per nour in automobile at
lonneville sail flats. Utah.
Dec. 7?National Baseball league adopted
lower ball.
Dec. 12?Washington Redskins won pro^ssionai
football championship of world.
NECROLOGY
I i
Jan. 1?F.. V. R. Thayer, New York finarv
ier.
Col. D. V/. MacCormack. cornmisslonci
f immigration.
Jan. t^?Admiral Albert Gleaves, U. S
1.. retired.
Jan. C?Charles Hayden, New York bankr
and philanthropist.
Jan. 9?Clarence Eddy of Chicago, fanous
organist.
Jan. 10? Julius Stciglitz. noled chemistn
Chicago.
Jan. 13?Martin Johnson, noted explorer.
Jan. 17?R. D. Cary, former United States
enator and governor of Wyoming.
Jan. 18?Clarence A. Barbour, presldenl
f Brown university.
Jan. 20?Bishop M. J. Gallagher of De
roit.
Jan. 21?H. G. Lioyd, Philadelphia au<!
few York banker.
Jan. 22?Eugene M. Stevens. Chicagr
>anker.
Jan. 29?Sir Psrcival Phillips. British wai
:ori esponder.l.
Feb. 4?V-'. W. Durbin, register of United
itatcs treasury.
Feb. 6? Elihu Root, statesman and law
rer. in New York.
Feb. 7?Bishop A. F. Schinner in Mil
vaukee.
Ex-Congressman C. R. Crisp ol Gcorg'a
Feb._22?Congressman James P. Buchau
in 01 Texas.
Rollo Ogden, editor of New York Times.
Feb. 23?Itear Admiral Henry T. Mayo
J. S. N. retired.
Feb. 24?Sir Guy Standing. movie actor
n Hollywood.
March 5?Richie Ling, veteran Amcricai
icier, in New York.
March 6?Dr. W. T. Hornaiiay, zoologist
il Stamford, Coim.
Marv L. Requa. California Republics
leader.
March 13?MaJ. Gen. H. W. Butner. com
nandant of Panama canal zone.
Ellhu Thompson, noted Inventor.
March 36?Hear Admiral Richmond P
Tobson.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British states
nan.
Dr. B. B. Moeur, ex-governor of Arizona
March 20?Harry Vardon, famous Britis!
jolfer.
March 21?Edwin S. Stuart, ex-governoi
?f Pennsylvania.
March 22? Frederick MacMonnics. Amcrl
ran sculptor.
March 25?John Drlnkwater, British poe
ind dramatist.
March 28?Frank Mandel, Chicago mer
rhant.
j . B Fra: icr of Tennessee, former sena
:or and governor.
March 29?William A. Butler of Boston
ndustriallst and former United States sen
iter.
March 31?Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln
iaughter-in-law of President Lincoln.
April 4?Talcott Powell, editor and cx
aloier.
April 9?Albert Bigclow Paine, biogra
pher and poet.
April 11?Ralph Ince, film director, 1
Bngland.
Everett Brown of Chicago, leader In busi
less and amateur sports.
April 13?Lars Anderson. American diplo
mat and soldier.
April 20?W. Forbes Morgan, former ire as
irer of Democratic national committee.
April 21?Gus Kill, veteran theatrics
producer and actor.
April 23?Senator N. L. Backman of Ten
lessee.
April 26?Bishop W. F. McDowell. Metho
list leader, in Washington!.
April 28?John G Pollard, chairman o
Veterans* administration board of appeal
and former governor of Virginia.
April 29?William Gillette, actor.
Norman Hapgood. author and editor.
May 6?C. K. G. Billings. Chicago capi
talist and sportsman.
May 9?Harry S. New, former senato
[rom Indiana and postmaster general.
May 10?Paid Chabas. French painter.
May 12?Loins F. Swift of Chicago, retire
meat pecker.
May 14?Gen. John L. Clem, ' Drummc
Boy of Chickamauga." in San Antonio.
John Burke of Minnesota, former govcx
aor and treasurer of United States.
Prof. C. H. Ha skins of Harvard.
May IS?Viscount Sncwden. former Britisl
chancellor of exchequer and Laborite leader
Percy Gassoway, ex-congressman Iron
Oklahoma.
May 19?J. Henry Rorahack. Connection
Republican leader.
May 23?John TJ. Rockefeller. Sr.. at Or
mond Beach, Fla.
Manuel Teller, Mexican diplomat.
May 24 ?Edward F. Dunne, ex-mayor o
Chicago and ex-governor of Illinois.
Rear Admira1. J. V. Chase, retired.
May 25?Edward Albright, American mill
Ister to Costa Rica.
May 27?Frederick E. Ives of Phiiadel
phia. Inventor of half-tone process.
May 30?George F. Baker. New Yorl
banker.
June 7?Jean Harlow, screen actress.
June 10?Sir Robert Borden, former Ca
nadian premier.
June 14?Charles U Pack, president Amci
lean Tree association.
June 15?W. P. Connery. congrcssmai
Frnm hTacM^hiiwibi
June 18?Gaston Dcumcrgue, former presl
Sent of France.
June 19--Sir James M. Barrie. author andramatist.
June 20?Former Representative Frank
Lin W. Fort of New Jersey
June 24?Demarest Lloyd, journalist.
June 25?Colin Clivc. stage and screei
actor.
June 29?Frank A. Vanderlip. financier.
July 11?George Gershwin, composer a
classical jazz music.
Jack Curley. sports promoter.
July 14?Senator Joseph T. Robinson c
Arkansas.
July 17?Gabriel Pierne. French com
soser.
July 19?Guylielmo Marconi, inventor c
wireless, in Rome.
G. S Parker, industrialist, of Jancsvillc
Wis.
July 24?A. S. Prall. chairman federa
communications commission.
July 26?J. J. Dooling of New York, lead
er of Tammany.
July 28?Henry Clews, American sculptoi
Aug. 2?Rear Admiral W. F. Worthing
ton. U. S. N., retired.
Aug. 7?Lady Maude Tree, English ael
ress.
Aug. 12?Frederick Strauss, New Yor
banker.
Rear Admiral N. E. Erwin, U. S. N.. w
tired.
PAGE THREE
Ed'th Wharton. American novelist.
Aug. 13?Baron Runciman. British shipping
rnagr-atcAug.
Ixm?Andrew V.*. Mellon, financier and
statesman.
Aug. 27?John R. Pope, famous architect,
in New York.
Frederick Oppcr. veteran cartoonist.
Aug. 29?Dr. Charles F. Thwlng, educator
and author.
Sept. 1?Dr. G. H. Simmons of Chicago,
eminent medical editor.
Sept. 6?Henry Had ley, American composer.
Sept. 13?Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk. first
president of Czechoslovakia.
Ellis Parker Butler. American writer.
Sept. 18?Lott R. Herrick. Illinois Supremo
court Justice.
William Loeb. secretary to President
Theodore Roosevelt, in New York.
Sept. 23?Charles A. Knorr. American
tenor.
Sept. 25?Edward A. Filene, Boston mer'
chant and economist.
I Sept. 26?E. T. Eiomct. American ambasI
sad or to Austria.
I Oct. 3?Ed Howe, author and editor, m
Atchison. Kan.
; Oct. 7?John Griffiths of Chicago, builder
of skyscrapers.
Oct. 11?Ogden L. Mills of New York, tor|
mcr secretary of the treasury.
Oct. 14?Robert Underwood Johnson of
New York, editor, educator and former
diplomat.
Oct.. 18?Col. Grayson Murphy of New
York, industrialist _
J. Biuce Isinuv, British snipping magnate.
Oct. 19?Lord Ernest Rutherford. British
scientist.
Dr. J. N. B. Xlewitt of Washington, ethnologist.
Oct. 20?Felix Warburg of New York,
financier and philanthropist.
Oct. 22?George Horace Larimer, ex-editor
of Saturday Evening Post, in Philadelphia.
Prof. E. R. Jones, drainage engineer and
-educator. In Madison, Wis.
i Albert B. Insley. American landscape
painter.
Oct. 21?Sir Joseph xsherwood, British
naval architect.
Oct. 31?Rev. C. W. Gordon (Ralph Connor).
author, in Winnipeg.
Judge Francis J. Heney in Santa Monica.
Calif.
Nov. J?Henry M. Robinson, banker and
economist. In Pasadena.
Nov. 4?Jack MeAuliffc, former world
I champion lightweight, in New York.
Nov. 6?Sir Johnston Forbes-Roberaton,
English actor.
Nov. 7?F. P. Gar/an of New York, exalien
property custodian.
Nov. 0?Frederick Donaghey of Chicago,
Journalist and dramatist,
j Nov. 9 ? Ramsay MacDonnld. British
' statesman and former prime minister.
Nov. 12?Atlee Pomerene. ex-scnator from
; Ohio.
1 Nov. 13--Mrs. Leslie Carter, veteran actress.
Rev. Dr. John McDowell. Presbyterian
: leader. In Nhw York
Nov. 21?Howard Coflin. industrialist and
engineer, at Sea Island. Ga.
Nov. 22?K. It. Kingsbury, president
Standard Oil of Caluornia.
Nov. 23?Sir Jagedas Chandra Bcse, Hindu
savant.
Nov. 24?A. S. Burleson, former postmaster
general, in Austin, Texas.
Nov. 27?Theodore Walters, assistant secretary
of the interior.
I Nov. 30?J. O. X&cKinsey, Chicago, prcst
dent Marshal} Field oc Co.
The Panclicn Lama, spiritual ruler of
t Tibet.
Dec. 10?Harry G. Leslie, ex-governcr of
Indiana.
Dec. 14?W. J. Hoirahan. president of
I C. A. O. railway.
P.Iiss Kale Buckingham, Chicago, art pa>
| tron.
' | DISASTERS
I " .
Jan. 11?Finnish molorsbip wrecked In
Orkney islands; 31 lost.
Jan. 16?Hundred killed in burning railway
train in China.
? an. 20?Serious floods throughout the
Ohio liver valley.
Jan. 21?Chinese ferryboat capsized; 227
drowned.
. Jan. 23?Floods in Ohio valiey increased;
500 dead; 1,000 homeless; damage |500,?
? 000,000. ,
Jan. 25?Seventeen drowned when bus fell
. into Everglades canal near Miami, Fla. .
Feb. 1?Flood, pua&uig down ihe idisaia*
a slppi; drove many thousands from the'r
homes.
Feb. 13?-Nearly 700 killed in theater fire
!n Antung, Manchukuo.
Feb. 18?Six marines killed by shell explosion
on battleship Wyoming.
March 18?Explosion of gas in London
Consolidated school, east Texas, killed 455
children and teachers.
March 25?Thirteen killed !n crash of airi
liner near Pittsburgh.
May 6?German dirigible Hindenburg exr
ploded and burned at Lakehurst. N. J.;
35 persons kd'ed.
May 17?Boiler explosion on launch at
Hongkong killed 70 Japanese cmigranis,
t i June 20?Sixteen killed by avalanche while
I climbing Himalayas.
July 2?Thirty-two injured in wreck of
North Western train at Evanston, 111.
July 15?Twenty killed in mine explosion
at Sullivan. Inrl.
July 16?More than 150 injured In blast
of gasoline tanks at Atlantic City.
July 29?Twenty-five killed tn train wtccx
' near Paris.
Aug. 3?Fourteen lost when Pan American-Grace
plane fell into sea off Panama.
Aug. 20 ? Destructive earthquake at
Manila.
Aug. 22?Eleven killed in Wyoming fora
est fire.
Sept. 2?Terrific typhoon at Hongkong;
l" more than 500 killed.
Sept. 11?Southern Japan swept by de*
structive typhoon.
Sept. 20?Wyandotte county lake dam,
'* built by WPA near Kansas City, collapsed.
_ Oct. 16?Mine explosion at Mulga. Ala.,
1 killed 23.
Nov. 11?Three hundred Japanese ?ulphur
minera killed by landslide.
Dec. 10?Thirty-four killed in raihray
WlUKim. in )
Dec. 11?Dollar liner President Hoover
f stranded on Island off Formosa; all saved,
s
..; | AERO |
Jan. 12 ? Western Air Express plane
d crashed near Burte?nk. Calif; two passen
gers killed,
r Jan. 29?Twelve United States army planes
completed mass flight from San Diego to
> Hawaii.
Feb. 9?United Air Lines plane fell in San
Francisco bay; il killed,
h March 17?Amelia Earhurt hopped from
_ Oakland, Calif., for Honolulu on world ena
circling flight.
March 26?T. W. A. liner fell near Pittst
burgh; 13 killed.
March 30?Pan-American Clipper coms.
pleted exploratory flight from San Francisco
to Auckland, New Zealand.
April 9?Two Japanese completed flight
i? from Tokyo to London in 94'fe hours.
May 6?German dirigible Hindcnburg explod
od and burned at Lakchurst, N. J; 35
killed.
May 9^?Dick Merrill and J. S. Lambie
i. began flight from New York to London.
May 10?Merrill and Lambie landed safely
k at Croydon airport
May 14?Merrill and Lambie completed
return flight from London to New York,
i- May 21?Russian aviators landed near
North Pole and established air base on ice
- floe.
June 1?Amelia Earhart started from
ri Miami r.n rnnnii thp " nrW
j June 15? Amelia Earhart landed in Kal
| rachi. India.
I June 18?Russian plane started from Mos- K
d cow on non-step flight to Oakland. Calif.
June 20?Russian plane forced down by
weather at Vancouver. Wash.; time from
Moscow, 63 hours.
July 2?Amelia Earhart forced down near
o Howlaud island on 2.570-mile hop from New
Guinea on round the world trip.
July 3?Warships and planes were ruabed
>f to the rescue of Amelia Earhart, but failed
to find her.
July 11?Three Soviet aviators took off
if from Moscow, attempting polar flight to
San Francisco,
i- July 13?Sixty navy planes searched 21.000
miles of Pacific in vain hunt for Amelia
if Earhart.
July 14?Soviet flyers set new distance
, record in non-stop flight from Moscow to
San Jacinto. Calif. 6,262 miles,
fl July 18?Search for Amelia Earhart abandoned
by navy.
I- Aug. 25?New radio beam for blind landing
successfully tested.
\ Sept. 3?Frank Fuller won Bendbc trophy
race Los Angeles to Cleveland.
Oct. 24?Miss Jean Batten cut Australia
t- England record to E days. 18 hours.
*iec. 3?Rudy Kling and Frank Hayes
k 1 in Miami air races.
17?Thirty-fourth anniversary ?f
>- * brothers* first flight celebrated.
s Western Newspaper Union.