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Chronology of the YEAR 1936 Cm«M bj E. W. PICKARD c*si>#<r'*o«<r'fo*<r*o DOMESTIC Jan. 1—Franklin C. Hoyt resigned as federal alcohol administrator. Jan. 3—Congress opened Its session and President Roosevelt delivered his message on the state of the nation. Jan. 6—Supreme Court decided tbs AAA was unconstitutional. President Roosevelt submitted budget message lor fiscal year 1937. Jan. 9—Democratic national conven tion, opening June 23, awarded to Phila delphia. Jan. 10—House passed Immediate pay ment of bonus bill. Jan. 13—Supreme Court ordered re turn of Impounded processing taxes. Jan. 20—Senate passed bonus bill pro viding payment by baby bonds. Jan. 21—Deficiency appropriation bill asked $58,200,000 for New Deal. Jan. 22—Bonus bill sent to President. Jan. 23—Senate committee rejected substitute AAA bill. Jan. 24—President vetoed bonus bill and bouse voted to override the veto. House voted $296,000,000 for AAA farm •ontracts. Jan. 27—Senate passed baby bond bo nus bill over Presidential veto. Jan. 31—Huey Long's widow appointed senator from Louisiana to fill out bis term. Feb. 4—Senate repealed cotton, to bacco and potato control acts. Feb. 5—House repealed the three farm Feb. 6—House voted to Impeach Fed eral Judge Halstead Ritter of southern district of Florida. Feb. 10—Supreme Court held Invalid ! Louisiana law taxing newspaper ad vertising. Feb. 13—Wayne Chatfield-Taylor made assistant secretary of treasury. Feb. 14—House passed $545,000,000 army appropriation. Feb. K—New farm bill passed by sen Feb. 17—Supreme Court upheld right of TVA to distribute electricity devel oped at Wilson dam. House voted to extend neutrality act —Senate passed neutrality ex tension bill. Feb. 21—House passed new farm bin. Feb. *4—MaJ. Gen. Johnson Hageod removed from command for criticizing administration. Feb. 20—President Roosevelt vetoed $50,000,000 seed loan bill. Feb. 28—Interstate commerce com mission cut basic railway fares to S cents a mile. Feb. 29—President signed revised neu trality act. Completed Boulder dam turned over to reclamation service. March 3—President in message to con gress^ proposed new taxes of $1,137. March 4 — Completed Norris dam opened by President Roosevelt. March 11—District of Columbia Su preme court permanently enjoyed seiz ure of telegrams by senate committee. March 18—President Roosevelt asked congress for $1,500,000,000 for relief in non fiscal year. March 22—President Roosevelt started on annual fishing trip. March 23—Senate passed War depart wont aDDroDriation bill. March 24—Federal Judge Barnes In Chicago declared national labor rela tions act unconstitutional. March 30—Federal Judge Samuel Al ■chuler of Chicago resigned. April 3—Bruno Hauptmann executed at Trenton. N. J.. for kidnaping and murder of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's *Anri— Supreme court decision curbed powers of securities exchange commission. April 10—President Roosevelt returned to Washington. April 13—President appointed General Hagood to command of Sixth corps area **April —Federal Judge Halstead L. Ritter at Florida found guilty by senate on impeachment charges and removed &Apri?<20—House passed*$803,000,000 tax bill. May 1—Alvin Karpis. "public enemy No. 1." captured in New Orleans. House passed $531,000,000 navy bill. May 8—Senate passed house naval ap Dropriation Mil Slay 11-House passed $2,364,290,000 relief and deficiency bill. May 13—Frazier-Lemke farm mort gage refinancing bill defeated In bouse. May 18—Guffey coal act declared In valid by Supreme court. . May 25—Supreme court declared in valid the municipal bankruptcy act. Socialist party nominated Norman Thomas for President. May 30—Senate approved Florida ship °*?ine YYsjSTte’^assed relief and de ficiency bill. United States Supreme court held In valid New York minimum wage law. June 4—William B. Bankhead. Ala bama, elected speaker to succeed the late J. W. Byrns. June 8—tineas Centennial exhibition at Dallas. Byrns' funeral held at Nash — ___i ting Peace Gardena. ■ Sept. 24—American Legion elected Harry W. Colmery of Topeka national C. H. Wllliama Rube ot Pittsburgh elected commander-in-chief of G. A. R. Sept, a#—Hairy Woodring given i ' :ment at secretary of war. appointment ._ ______ Sept, as—Flour mill workers’ strike in Minneapolis ended by compromise. Oct. 20—Ambassadors Suvich of Italy and De los Rios of Spain and Minister Marler of Canada presented their cre dentials to President Roosevelt. I Oct. 23—Burlington Zephyr train broke world record in run from Chicago to Denver. Oct. 30 — Strike of 37,000 maritime workers tied up Pacific coast shipping. Nov. 3 — Roosevelt and Garner re elected President and vice president: electoral vote 333. to S for Landon and Nov. S—General maritime strike voted by workers’ committee. Leading steel producers announced wage Increases averaging 10 per cent. Nov. 10—National conference on labor legislation opened in Washington. Nov. IS—Great San Francisco Bay bridge formally opened. Nov. 14—Engagement announced of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of the President, and Ethel du Pont. Nov. 16—American Federation of La bor convention opened in Tampa. Nov. 17—President Roosevelt started on trip to Buenos Aires. Army board of engineers recom mended completion of Florida ship canal. R. G. Tugwell resigned as assistant secretary of agriculture and resettlement administrator. Nov. 20—Joseph E. Davis appointed ambassador to Russia. Nov. 23—U. S. Supreme court upheld New York state’s unemployment in surance law. A. F. of L. convention approved sus pension of rebel C. I. O. unions. Nov. 25—Federation of Labor voted against formation of labor political par ^Nov. 27—American Federation of La bor convention declared for 30 hour week and re-elected President William Nov.' 23—International Live Stock show opened in Chicago. . Nov. 29—Herman Strelle of Alberta won wheat king title for fifth time. Dec. 1—Government chartered ship sailed for Alaska with food. Two more unions Joined in maritime workers' strike. Dec. 2—Libby-Owens-Ford Glass com plant at Ottawa, HI., closed by Senator Borah announced opposition to reduction of French war debt. Longshoremen at New York boycotted French ship. Dec. 3—Dr. F. E. Townsend and two associates indicted for contempt of house ^Automotive^workers’ strike extended to Goodyear tire plant at Akron, Ohio. Dec. 4—Republican Chairman John Hamilton announced he would submit his resignation on Dec. 17. Dec. 9—Final election returns showed stride. Roosevelt’s plurality to be 11,069,699. Donald Richberg resigned as special assistant attorney general. Dec. 15—President Roosevelt returned to Washington from South American trip. Dec. 17—Republican national commit tee rejected Chairman Hamilton's resig nation. INTERNATIONAL Jan. 1—Emperor of Ethiopia protested to League of Nations against use of poi son gas by Italians and bombing of Swedish ambulance. Jan. IS—Japan withdrew from naval conference in London. Jan. 22 — Seven European powers pledged co-operation of war forces against Italy, if Britain was attacked. Jan. 29—Manchukuo opened military operations against Outer Mongolia. Feb. 15—Italians defeated Ethiopians after six days' battling on northern March 1—Ethiopians defeated by Ital ians in another great battle. In Temolen SIMarch 9—League of Nations commit tee asked Italy and Ethiopia to consider m armistice. March 5—Ethiopia accepted proposal for peace parley. March t—Hitler ___denounced the Lo carno treaty and remilitarized the Rhine land; France moved troops to border and invoked covenant of league against Germany. March 12—Great Britain. France. Bel gium and Italy indicted Germany for further action to League of Nations French senate ratified mutual assist ance treaty with Russia. March IP—League __council condemned Germany for violating treaties. March 21—United States. Britain and France agreed on treaty limiting size of batuesmps. March 33—Italy, Austria and Hungary strengthened their alliance. March 39—Italian bombers destroyed Harrar. second city of Ethiopia. March 30—Iran withdrew Its diplo matic representatives from Washington. April 14 — Italian forces occupied Dessyc. Ethiopia. April 17—Turkey remilitarised the Dar danelles in violation ot Lausanne treaty. League ot Nations abandoned effort to talo-Etl end Italo-Ethloplan war. May 3—Ethiopian imperial family abandoned Addis Ababa as Italians drew near; city burned and looted by natives. May 5—Italians occupied Addis Ababa and declared the war ended. May 9—Italy formally annexed Ethi opia and announced restoration ot Roman empire. May 13 — Mussolini recalled Italian delegates from Geneva; league council adjourned to June IS. . ■ May 18—Guatemala withdrew from League of Nations. May 18—United State* senate ratified new London naval treaty. June 17—British cabinet voted for end ot sanctions against Italy. July 13—Germany and Austria revived pact of friendship. July 15—Sanctions against Italy ended. July 18—Turkey given right to mili tarize the Dardanelles. July 38—Great Britain and Russia reached a naval accord, with no limit on S°July si^SSvat Britain, France. Bel gium. Italy and Germany agreed to work out a new Locarno pact. Aug. 8—Germany strongly protested to Spain against kUUng ot four Nazis and shelling of German steamship. Aug. 31—Hitler demanded Russia and Spain stop radio "slander” campaign against Germany. Aug. 23—Bolivia and Paraguay re newed diplomatic relations. Germany barred shipments ot war munitions to 8paln. Aug. 36—Great Britain and Egypt signed treaty of alliance. . _ Aug. 37—Great Britain and France asked 17 nations to Join bar go against Spain. of Tfttzky from Norway, without avail. Sept. •—France and Poland signed a military treaty. Sept 7—World Power congress opened ^Sept^lt—Pope Plus called on the world to crush communism. . . „ Sept. 31—Eighteenth League ot Nations ■SVff SBn assembly tested Ethiopian delegation. Japanese marines occupied part of Oct 3—Spanish government an both Laid complaint* before League In Buenos Aires opened with speech by President Roosevelt. Dec. 1—Nicaragua recognized the Franco government in Spain. Dec. 3—President Roosevelt visited Montevideo. Urueuav. China demandedremoval of Japanese marines from Tsingtno. Dec. 9—France and Britain proposed plan for mediation in Spanish war. Dec. 12—Twenty-one American nations signed resolution for peace and security at the Buenos Aires conference. Italy and Germany signed trade ac cord relating especially to the Danublan FOREIGN Jan. 10—Miguel Gomez elected presl dent of Cuba. Jan. 17—Eleven acquitted, nine con victed in great Stavtsky fraud trial in Paris. Jan. 20—King George of England died. Jan. 21—Former Prince of Wales pro claimed King Edward VIII. Jan. 23—Premier Laval of France re S*S'eb! 13—French cabinet suppressed all royalist organizations because of riots. Feb. 16—Leftists won Spanish elections. Feb. 17—Paraguay government seized by military revolutionists. Rafael Fran co made president. Feb. 19—Manuel Azana made premier of Spain. r eu. ai—Japanese iuuimuiow and assassinated several high officials; government buildings in Tokio seized. Feb. 29—Rebellion in Japan quelled. March 9—New Japanese cabinet head ed by Koki Hirota installed. March 11—Franco made Paraguay a totalitarian state. March 13 — Serious Marxist riots throughout Spain. , _ March 14—Franco government in Para guay recognized by United States and other nations. March 20—Mexican government per mitted reopening of 3.000 Catholic churches. March 23—Mussolini abolished Italian chamber of deputies and nationalized all large Industries. March 29—Germany gave Hitler almost un^mMw vote in reichstag elections. April 1—Austria decreed general con scription, violating St. Germain treaty. April 7—Spanish parliament voted President Zamora out of office. April 10—Mexican government ex pelled former President Calles. April 24—Honduran government an nounced suppression of a rebellion. April 25—Eleazar Contreras elected president of Venezuela. _ , April 26—Combination of Communists and Socialists won majority in French of Egypt died and was succeeded by Crown Prince ^ May'i—Wafd party won Egyptian par liamentary elections. May 3—Coalition of leftists won con trol of French assembly. May 10—Manuel Azana made president Of Spain. . May 13—Prince von Starhemberg, vice chancellor of Austria, dropped from cab taMay 15—Chancellor Schuschnigg of Austria decreed dissolution of all pri vate armies. _ __ . May 17—Bolivian army officers forced President Sorzano to resign and named Col. David Toro to succeed him. May 20—Miguel Mariano Gomez ln *UMaj?sS-ffUHanr1 revolt*started in Nic aragua. , _.. June 2—J. H. Thomas, resigned Brit ish colonial secretary, found guilty of disclosing budget secrets. June 4—Leon Blum. Socialist, became premier of France. June 7—Million French workers won strike as employers accepted ' NRA of Premier Blum. _ . • , June 10—Spanish Beds and syndical ists fought machine gun battle at Malaga. June 13—Pope Pius created two new Italian cardinals. June 15—French cabinet decreed dis solution of all Fascist organizations. July IS—Fascists and royalists started revolution In Spain. July 28—Spanish government seized all church and school property and took control of industry and finance. Aug. 5—Premier Metaxas of Greece set up a dictatorship because of Com mumsi pioi. Aug. 19—Zinoviev, Kameney and U other* pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill Stalin and seize control of Soviet Aug.' as—Russian conspirators sent enced to death. British liner Queen Mary set new trans atlantic speed record. Aug. *t—Sixteen Russian conspirators executed by firing squad. Hitler doubled period of military train ing In Germany. Aug. as—C. T. Wang made Chinese am bassador to United States. Sept. 3—Great Britain put Palestine under martial law. * Sept. 4—Caballero. Socialist leader, became premier of Spain. Spanish rebels captured Iran. Sept. 7—France decided to spend $930, 000,000 on army. Sept. 11—British trades union congress rejected '‘popular front” alliance with communists. Sept. IS—Spanish rebels captured San SebisttuL Sept. 18—Spanish loyalists dynamited part of Alcazar at Toledo, killing many Sept. 25—French government decided to abandon gold standard and devaluate the franc. Sept. 27—Spanish rebels captured To ledo and rescued the Alcazar garrison. Oct. 1—Gen. Francisco Franco became bead of the Spanish Insurgent Junta. Austria, repudiating the treaty of St. Germain, called 8,000 youths for com pulsory military training. French parliament valuation Mil. Oct 4—Serious riots in Paris between communists and nationalists. Oct. 5—Italy devalued the lira Oct 11—Arab general strike in Pales tine against Jewish Immigration called off. Oct. 14—Belgium dropped all military alliances. Oct. 30—Spanish rebel planes bombed Madrid, «nC.g 189. Military coup forced reorganization of Iraq government Nov. 8-King Edward of England opened parliament pledging the nation Nov I—Spanish Insurgents captured Madrid suburbs. Nov. 7—Spanish got Madrid to Valencia. Nov. 18—Spanish rebels forced cross ing^ Manzanares river and'entered one Nov. 18—Roger Salengro, French min ister of the interior, assailed by rightists. dwlarerf1 blockade oWc\; Nov. 24—Dictator Staling J»w, IS—Military revolt in Quito. Ecus dew* suppressed by government. Dee. l—Spanish loyalists launched great offensive against Fascist inaur ^Germany decreed death penalty lor Swho hoard wealth abroad. Russian constitution approved by congress. ,tad bill to Mra WsSrSmSo^ rebel air raids on Madrid i'etet in Greece foiled by l Dec. 17—Giuseppe Motts elected presi dent of Switzerland. SPORTS Jan. 1—Stanford beat Southern Metho dist in Rose Bowl football Same at Pasa deni. Jan. 11—Willie Hoppe won three<uah lon billiards championship from Cochran. Jan. 17—Joe Louis knocked out Charley Retzlalf In one round in Chicago. Feb. 6—Olympic winter games opened at Garmlsch-Partenkirchen. Germany. Feb. 16—Norway won Olympic winter games; United States fifth. March 7—Purdue and Indiana tied for Big Ten basketball title. March 14—University of Michigan won Big Ten indoor track championship. April 4—Cambridge beat Oxford In an nual regatta. April 6—Horton Smith won the Mas ters golf tournament at Augusta. Ga. May a—Bold Venture won Kentucky Derby. May 8—American women's golf team tied British team, retaining Curtis cup. May 8—Canzoneri defeated McLarnin In New York May 11—Petey Sarron of Birmingham won featherweight title from Freddie Miller. May 17—Bold venture won the Preak ness stake. May 23—University of Indiana won Big Ten outdoor track championship. May 30—Louis Meyer won Indianapolis 500 mile auto race. June 1—Australian tennis team elim inated United States from Davis cup play. June 3—University of Michigan won Big Ten baseball championship. June 6—Tony Mareno won national open golf tourney. June 13—Mrs. Opal Hill won women's western golf title. Don Lash broke world’s record for two miles. American women’s tennis team iron Wightman cup from British. June 10—Louis knocked out in twelfth round by Schmellng. July 4—Helen Jacobs won Wimbledon title. varoff set world record for pole vault at 14 feet 6(4 Inches. r July 7—National league all-stars de feated Americans 4 to 3. July 19—Paul Leslie won western ama teur golf title. July 23—Eleanor Holm Jarrett swim ming champion, dropped from American Olympic team for breaking training. July 29—Two men ousted from Ameri can Olympic boxing team for breaking training. July 31—Japan awarded the Olympic Games of 1910. Aug. 1—Olympic Games at Berlin of ficially opened. Jesse Owens, America, broke world record for 100 meters at Berlin. Aug. S—Owens won his third Olympic championship. Aug. 8—Morris of America won Olym pic decathlon. Aug. 9—American track team won Olympic championship with 209 points. Japanese won Olympic marathon. Aug. 16—Olympic games at Berlin ended with Germany In first place and United States second. Aug. 18—Joe Louis knocked out Jack Sharkey at New York. Aug. 31—Mako and Budge won the na tional doubles tennis title. Sept. 2—New York Yankees won American league championship. Sept. 3—American walker cup golf team defeated British team. Lou Ambers won lightweight title from Tony Canzonerl. Sept. 12—Perry of England and Alice Marble of California won national tennis championships. Lawson Little won Canadian open golf title. Sept. 19—Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati won national amateur golf title. Sept. 24—New York Giants won Na tional league championship. Sept. 26—Argentine polo players de feated American team lor the title. Oct 3—Pamela Barton of England won American women's golf championship. Oct. 6—New York Yankees won World Series from New York Giants. Oct. 12—Tazio Nuvolari. Italy, won George Vanderbilt 300 mile automobile road race. Nov. 3—Johnny Goodman of Omaha won Mexican amateur golf title. Nov. 7—Northwestern university won Big Ten football championship. Nov. 21—Yale defeatedHarvard at football. Nov. 22—Denny Shute won United States pro golf championship. Nov. 27—Barney Ross retained welter weight title by beating Izzy Jannazzo. Nov. 28—Navy beat Army at football. Dec. 12—Welker Cochran won three cushion billiards championship In Chi cago. Dec. 13—Green Bay won professional football title. AERO Jan. IS—Howard Hughes flew from Los Angeles to Newark in record time. • hours 27 minutes 10 seconds. Jan. 14—All air lines ot United States united with Cot E. S. Gorrell as presi Jan. It—Lincoln Ellsworth and Her bert Hollick-Kenyon, missing seven weeks on antarctic flight, found safe in Little America. March 30—Germany's new dirigible, Hlndenburg, started its first transatlan tic trip to Bio. May 6—Zeppelin Hlndenburg started on first flight™ United States May S—Dirigible Hlndenburg arrived at LakehursL N. J. May 14 — Dirigible Hlndenburg com pleted flight from Lakehurat to Frank furt -on-Main in 40 hours IS minutes. July 4—R. C. Dupont set new glider mark at> 13.5 miles. July So—Plans announced for trans Atlantic air mail and passenger service between Great Britain, Canada, Irish Free State and Newfoundland. Sept. 2—Harry Rlchman and Richard Sept. 5—Mrs. Beryl Markham, first woman to fly Atlantic alone from east to west, made forced landing in Nova S<Sept 7—Michel Detroyat at France won Thompson trophy race at Los Ange les meet. Sept. 14—Rlchman and Merrill flew from England across Atlantic, landing in Newfoundland. Oct. 1—C. W. A. Scott woo England Johannesburg air race. Oct 7 — Kurt Biorkvall. attempting flight from New York to Stockholm, was rescued from ocean off Irish coast Oct 30—Capt J. A. MolHson flew from Newfoundland to London in record time. DISASTERS Jan. fl—Earthquake killed several hun dred persons In Colombia. Jan. 12—Thirty-four drowned when freighter Iowa foundered at mouth of Nov. 8—Hamburg-American motorahlp Ida foundered off Land'* End. Eng* land: 30 drowned. _ Nov. IS—Explosion of French powder plant near Marseilles killed 34 end In jured 300. Nov. 10—Thousand killed when dam In Japan burst. Nov. 34—Nine killed and scores In jured In Chicago elevated train wreck. Nov. 30—Crystal palace. London, Dec. * 3—Twelve drowned when Ger man freighter Elsa foundered. Dec. 4—Nearly 350 killed in flood 10 northern Luzon. Philippines. Dec. 7—More than 300 drowned hi flood In Turkey. . . _ Dec. 9—Dutch airliner crashed In Eng land. killing 14, Including Juan de la Cierva, Inventor of the autogyro. Dec. 15—Western Air Express plane lost In Utah with seven persons. Dec. 10—San Vicente, Salvador, wrecked by earthquake; several hundred killed. NECROLOGY American Jan. 1—Harry B. Smith, librettist, at Atlantic City. Jan. 4 — Col. James Churchward, American author. Jan. 5—Ramon Inclan, Spanish drama tist and poet. Jay House, journalist. Jan. 8—Charles Stoneham, owner of New York Giants. Jan. 0—John Gilbert, screen actor. Jan. 12—John F. Hylan, ex-mayor of Jan. 13-^5. L. Rothafel. “Roxy," New York motion picture producer. Jan. 15—Cynthia Stockleyr British nov ©list. Jan. IS—Annie Russell, veteran Ameri can actress. Jin. 17—A. Barry Bacon. preaffllAt of the Christian Science mother church In *J»S. 18—Rudyard Kipling, British poet and story writer. Jan. 30—King George V. of Great Britain. Jan. 23—Frank H. Slmonds, editor and historian. Dame Clara Butt British singer. Jan. 25—George W. Wickersham, far mer attorney general of United States. Jan. 27—Scott Bone, former governor of Alaska. Jan. 28—Oscar K. Allen, governor of Louisiana. J ail. .51—uen. ixarKC awiujiu, .w storer of Greek monarchy. Feb. 2—Sir Owen Seaman, former edi tor of London Punch. Feb. 3—Charles B. Warren of De troit. International lawyer and former diplomat. Feb. 6—WUhelm Soil. German diplo Feb. 7—0. P. Heggle, stage and screen actor. Feb. 8—Charles Curtis, former senator and vice president, in Washington. Feb. 8—Henry Justin Smith of Chica go, Journalist and author. Feb. 10—Prof. Caroline E. Furness, Vassar astronomer. David S. Barry, writer and former sergeant-at-arms of the senate. Feb. 11—W. H. "Coin" Harvey, vet eran bimetalism leader. Feb. 13—Mrs. Cora Urquhart Brown Potter, once famous actress. Feb. 10—Roy D. Chapin of Detroit, former secretary of commerce. Dr. J. H. Robinson, writer and teacher of history, In New York. Feb. 17—Alexander Pantages. former theater magnate. Hiram P. Maxim, firearms inventor. Feb. 18—Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, commander of American air forces In World war. Matthew E. Hanna, former diplomat, at Tucson, Arts. Feb. a—Henry L. Roosevelt, assistant tary of the navy. Feb. 23—Ed Smith, noted sports editor. Feb. 24—Albert C. Ritchie, former gov ernor of Maryland. Feb. *7—Antonio Scottl, baritone, in Naples. reb. 23—J. O. Coolidge, veteran diplo mat. in Boston. March 2—Prof. R. B. Anderson of Madison. Wis., Norse history authority. March t-MiJ. Gen. William Weigel, V. S. A., retired. March 5—Dr. W. F. Bade, archeolo gist at Berkeley. Calif. March 8—Jean Patou, Paris couturier. March 3—Sidney J. Catts, ex-governor of Florida. March 10—Earl Beatty, British naval March 12—Dr. William Wilmer of Washington, D. C„ eye specialist. March 13—George E. Foss of Chicago, former congressman. Prince Serge Mdvlanl at Delray Beach, Prof. J. S. Haldane. British scientist. March U — Eleutherios Venlzelos, Greek statesman. March 31-Justin McCarthy, author and playwright, in London. Alexander Glazounoff March tt—Dr. M. L. Harris of Chi cago. surgeon. March 34—W. J. in Madison. WIs. March 33-Charies G. Phillips, retired trade paper publiaher, at Montclair. H. I. March 31—Congressman S. A. Rudd of Brooklyn. N. Y. April 4—C. L. Strobel of Chicago. Steel construction engineer. W. C. Peyton of New York, chemical engineer and Industrialist. April 5—Chandler Egan, champion, at Everett. Was _8—John Hammlll, eraor of Iowa. April 7—Marilyn Miller, musical com “WV^eopold von Hoescb. Ger man ambassador to England. April 11—Richard Yates, former gov ernor of Illinois and congressman. April 1*—James M. Beck, former so licitor general and congressman from Pennsylvania. C. Howard Walker, architect, in Bos April 13—Constantine Demerdjls. pre mier of Greece. Howard Thurston, magician. April 17—Ottorino Respighi, April 18—Lotris McHenry Howe, sec retary to President Roosevelt. April 33—Alexandra Carlisle, actress, la Hew York. "" 1 n-Coy seem an J. T. _ 'Mr._ P. S Wheeler, chairman of Can company. April S—Percy Hammond, dramatic critic, la New York. W. R. George, founder of the George 'aJ&I^SUcK McOatefay. California American _ uad_I of - _ 1—Dr. A E. “ port, *4ay 3—James E. Smith of St. Louie, pioneer in waterways improvement. nKay 5—Milo Reno, head of Farmers’ Holiday association. May T novelist. May 7—Dr. Y. ’ - Jamalul KIram, sultan of Sulu. ifin. Eugene Field, widow ol famous poet. June 14—Gilbert K. Chesterton.. Eng lish author and critic. ^^June IS—Marc Klaw. theatrical pro June IT—Henry B. Walthal, actor. Senator Duncan 0. Fletcher of Florida. ^June 18—Maxim Gorky, Russian au June 11—Harold E. Porter (Holworthy Hall) author. Bernhard W. con Buelow, German for eign minister. — June 23—Arthur W. Cutten. grain brok er. July IS—Joe Humphreys, veteran fight announcer. July 13—S. Parks Cadman. clergyman. July 18—Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa. July 21—Dr. James L. Barton, foreign mission leader. In Boston. July 23—Earle L. Ovlngton, American aviation pioneer. Jul^25—Sir Henry Wellcome. British July 26—Miss Ellen Fits Pendleton, ex-president of Wellesley college. Dr. C. H. Frazier of Philadelphia, noted brain surgeon. July 27—Wilfred W. Fry, Philadelphia capitalist. July 28—Walter Nettleton, American artist. July 30—C. N. Kimball of Chicago, piano manufacturer. Aug. 2—Louis Blerlot of France, first to fly the English channel. Walter Ufer, American painter. Aug. 6—Congressman J. J. McSwaln of South Carolina. Aug. 7—Congressman M. A. Zloncheck of Washington. J. J. O'Brien of Chicago, president Byllesby and company. Aug. 9—Lincoln Steffens, Journalist and Green. PUtt Hetty Arthur B. Reeve, author. Aug. 18—Prof. A. A. Tltsworth of Rut gers. Aug. 22—Floyd B. Olson, governor of Minnesota. George Rasmussen, founder National Tea company. Aug. 25—Prince Pierre Troubetskoy. Winnifred Mason of Chicago, former congresswoman at large. Aug. gg—Dave Barry, prize light ref Aug. IT—George H. Deni, secretary of Miss Anna Morgan of Chicago, veteran drama teacher. Aug. 29—C. W. Toma of New York, tobacco magnate. Aug. 30—W. F. Whiting, former sec retary of commerce. In Holyoke. Mass. Sept. 5—G. E. Tarbell of New York, former life insurance magnate. Sept 11—Augle Kieckhefer of Chica go, billiard star. Sept. IS—W. E. Walling, American labor leader. Sept. 13—Magnus Johnson, former sen ator and representative from Minnesota. S. R. Thomas of Buffalo. N. Y., pioneer In automobile Industry. J. E. Armstrong, veteran Chicago edu cator. Sept 14—Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist ind conductor, m Detroit. Irving Thalberg, movie producer. Sept. 15—Alexander Zaunis, ex-presi dent of Greece. Dr. E. A. Grosvenor, emeritus pro fessor of history in Amherst. Sept. 18—Mat Gen. U. S. G. McAlex ander, U. S. A., retired. Sept. 34—Frank Munson, president Munson Steamship line. Sept 25—William Horllck of Racine. Wts , malted milk manufacturer and philanthropist. Sept. 38—Miss Harriet Monroe of Chi cago. editor of_“Poetry"_magazine. . Joseph Clark, Sunday school lead Sept 38—Rear Admiral W. 8. Sims, U. S. N.. retired. Sept 30—F. L. Rainey, president of Centre college. Kentucky. Oct. 1—George Huff, athletic director at University of Illinois. Ex-Congraaaman Louis T. McFadden of Pennsylvania._ Oct. 3—H. H. Whiting, president Pills , to Minneapolis bury Flour Mills, t.-, Oct. 4—Jesse I. Straus, merchant aad diplomat In New York. Oct. 8—Julius Gomboes. premier of Oct. 10—Frank Presbrey, former edl ir and publisher, in Greenwich, Conn. 11—E. M. Blashfleld, American 4°Mary McDowell of Chicago, American Oct. mural paint Oct. 1«— Oct. 17—Samuel Merwin. novelist. Gen. Andrew Figueroa, Mexican min of war. later__ Oct. 18—D. X. Shanahan, veteran mi n°Ort!*iS£SS. Anna Macy, teacher of Helen Keller. Oct. 28—James Couzena, United States senator from Michigan. Oct. St—Clem Yore, novelist and poet. at Estes Park, Col. Oct. 25—Arthur W. __... Needles, president Norfolk and Western railway. Oct. 28—Thomas Cochran. New York Oct. 80 Lorado Taft sculptor, fat Chi “Toy 8—Nathan X. _r of Iowa. Nov. 8—Henry B. Joy of Detroit mobile manufacturer. Nov. 7—Charles H. 1st, in Erie, Pa. Chic ‘ Strong, industrial . u,.- Sale, comedian. Nov. 11—Sir Edward German. C°n1w!**U—Dr. Gilbert FIts-Patrick of C»ln^n Cutch«on of New York, “ETtfifSEg editor of At Until Constitution. John F. Whelan of New York, tobacco mSfis?*?8—Alfred Aarons of New York. Cardinal Msurin of Lyons, France. Msy. 17—Mme. ~ - __ __itirlce Maschke of Cleve land. Ohio, political leader. Nov. 21—MaJ. Gen. B. X. Callan, U. S Ern«SttB?ddraham of Chicago, archl tcct. Nov. 22-Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean. chief of the ClanMaoLoan._ _ Nov. 23-0. P. Van Swertngen of Cleveland, railway magnate. Nov. 27-Sir Basil ZaharoS. "mystery roan" of Europe and war munitions ""SISv^at-George Clark, ax-f toNov. 88—Fred W. Green. rf£»,hn Ringling, UM of i. YDec. 8—Charles Thrasher, artist at Oldfield, N. Y. Harold W. Brown, adjutant general of Dec. 3—Oliver Barker, veteran onoTs it Carbondale, fli psychologist “lSSr&SA Camriien, ****** sown engineer in Now York* 1. What about the start of 2. How many nations volved in the war? 3. What is nepotism? 4. To what does fer? 5. Did the Bronze age follow precede the Stone age? 6. In what city does the Leagu of Nations sit? 7. What is aviculture? 8. At the mouth of what river Shanghai? 9. What does “asymmetrical* mean? 10. Of what people was Hanni bal a great military leader? 11. What is argot i 12. What is a nonagon? Answers 1. That of Archduke French Ferdinand of Austria and his wifi at Serajevo, Bosnia, on June 28 1914. 2. Twenty-seven. 3. Favoritism to one’s relative! in appointments to offices. 4. To the stage or to actors. 5. Followed. 6. Geneva, Switzerland. 7. The rearing of birds. 8. The Yangtze. 9. Disproportionate. 10. The Carthaginians. 11. Slang or cant language. 12. A plane figure of nine angles. A Continual Course Life is but one continual course of instruction—the hand of the par* ent writes on the heart of the child the first faint characters which time deepens into strength so that, nothing can efface them.—R. HiB. If You’re Told [ to “Alkalize” j j Try This Remarkable “Phillips” Way Thousands are Adopting On every side today urged to alkalize their thus ease symptoms of “acid tion,” nausea and stomach oi To gain quick alkalization, this: Take two teaspoons of UPS' MILK OF MAGI minutes after eating. OR — Phillips’ Milk of __ which have the same antacid < Relief comes almost at usually in a few minutes. Ni “gas” — fullness after eating “acid indigestion” pains leave.] feel like a new person. Try this way. You’ll be at results. Get either the li<p lips” or the remarkable, new Milk of Magnesia Tablets, to take and easy to carry Only 25/ a box at all drug you. AlSO IN TAMIT interested in one thing and in a thousand tfai Hugh WalpoU. Do not cast tout heart world; the world it an dog which does not Fir tor Cherbuliez.
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