T
&
Chronology
of the Year
1934 -
DOMESTIC
Jan. 1—President Roosevelt accepted
the resignation of Secretary of the
Treasury W, H. Woodin and appointed
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to succeed him.
Jan, 3 ongress opened regular ses.
slon and heard President Roosevelt's
message declaring the New Deal must
made permanent,
Jan, 4—~—Congress revived President
Roosevelt's budget message calling for
164 billion dollars,
an. b—House passed $470,000,000 na-
tional liquor tax bill
Jan, §—Supreme court upheld mora-
torium on mortgages.
Jan. 10—President Roosevelt asked
the senate to ratify the St. Lawrence
waterway treaty.
i nate passed national
Jan. 13-—Gen. Blanton Winship was
appointed governor of Porto Rico vice
R. H. Gore, resigned.
Willis G. Gregg was appointed chief
of the weather bureau.
Jan. 15—President Roosevelt asked
congress for additional authority to
seize federal bank gold reserve and
fix dollar between 50 and 60 cents
Jan. 19—President Roosevelt modified
nis economy regulations to Increase
annual payments to disabled veterans
by 21 million dollars,
Jan. 20-—House of representatives
passed the President's money bill 360
to 40.
Jan. 34—Nayal JuDply bill of 284 mil-
ons passed by house, .
Hoga » 27—Senate passed President's
money bill
Jan, 30--Nation celebrated President
Roosevelt's fifty-second birthday.
House passed the Vinson navy bill
Jaa. 31—President established a $5.06
cent dollar.
Feb. 6—United States Supreme court
quashed all pending federal dry cases.
Feb, %S-—President and ostmaster
general cancelled all air mall contracts
and the army was called on to carry
the air mall
Feb. 14—Willlam P, MacCracken and
I. H. Brittin sentenced by senate to
ten days in jail for contempt in con-
nection with alr mall investigation.
Feb. 1%—Army air corps began fly
ng the air mail
e
bill
liquor tax
b. 21—House passed tax revision
Feb. 212—Roger Touhy and two mem-
bers of his gang convicted in Chicage
of kidnaping John Factor and given
$8 years in prison.
Feb. 26—President asked congress to
create federal commission on wire and
radio communications.
Feb. 37—Senate voted to restore 350
millions in veterans’ benefits and fed-
aral salaries
Feb 28—House voted against federal
furniture factory.
March 2—President asked congress
for power to negotiate tariffs
March 3--John Dillinger. bank rob-
bes and desperado, escaped from jall
at Crown Point, Ind.
March 6—Supreme court upheld gov.
ernmant price fixing.
President Roosevelt asked industry
raise Wages and shorten hours
March $—Senate passed full strength
aavy construction bill
President appointed Judge Florence
Allea of Ohlo as federal circuit court
of appeals judge.
March 10-FPresident
alr mall service halted.
Attorney General Cummings ordered
eriminal action against Andrew Mellon,
James J. Walker and others for al-
leged Income tax evasion.
Starch 12 —~House passed bill for ime
mediate payment of veterans’ bonus in
greenbacks.
March 13—~Arthur Cutts Willard
Slactad president of University of Ilii-
nois.
March 14—8t. Lawrence waterway
treaty rejected by the menate
March 19-—Army resumed flying alr
mail
March 23—President urged passage of
Job insurance bill
March 24—President signed Philip
pine independence bill
March 25—President settied threat-
ened strike in automobile industry.
> March 26~—President vetoed economy
fll.
March 237—President left for Florida
eruise.
House overrode veto of economy bill
March 38--Senate overrode economy
bill veto.
March 31-—Johnson imposes 5-day.
36-hour week on soft coal industry.
April 9—Florence E. Allen took oath
in Cleveland as first woman federal
Judge.
Trial of Bishop Cannon and Miss
Ada Burroughs for violation of corrupt
practices act began in Washington.
April 10—House committee began in-
vestigation of charges made by Dr.
Williams A. Wirt that members of
“brain trust” were plotting to over.
throw the government.
April 11-—Senate voted for 10 per
eent increase in income tax
April 13—Senate passed its $480,000.
000 tax bill with income tax publicity
provision.
President Roosevelt returned
Washington from fishing trip
April 18—Gov. Langer of North Da.
kota and eight others indicted by Unit.
ed States for forced collections from
relief workers.
April 18—Wirt Investigation ended
by Democrats after his story was de-
mied.
April 23-Milk control plan dropped
by the AAA.
April 24-—~American fleet of 111 war.
ships made record transit of Panama
canal.
April 237-—Bishop Cannon and Miss
Burroughs acuitted of violation of cor-
rupt practices act.
April 28-—-8Senate passed alr mall bill
May 3-—-Postmaster General Farley
awarded 15 air mall contracts
New revenue bill enacted by con.
to
ordered army
to
gress
May 4--House passed stock exchange
eontrol bill
May 83—Federal grand jury in Pitts.
burgh refused to indict A. W. Mellon
for tax evasion.
May 12-—Benate passed Fletcher-Ray-
burn stock exchange bill
May 15-—-8enator David A Reed de-
feated Gov. Gifford Pinchot in Penne
sylvania Republican primaries: Demo.
erats nominated Joseph F. Guffey for
senate
Senate passed bill for federal control
ef radio and wire communications,
May 18--President Hoosevell. in mes.
ans to congress. called for domestic
and international control over arms and
munitions.
Seven bills to ald federal war on
erime were signed by the President.
Dr George F. Zook resigned as come
missioner of education. effective July
a and John W. Studebaker of Des
olnes was selected to succeed him.
May 22-President Hoosevelt asked
congress to pass bill partly remonetiz-
"ne silver.
ay i6—Chicago's Century of Prog.
ress Saposition reopened.
May 27-President ordered modifica.
tion of service industries codes.
May 30-President Hooseveit deliv.
ered Memorial Day address at Gettys-
rs.
Cotton textile workers called general
strike.
May 31—President Roosevelt 1
th nited States fleet o New® Tori
administration's silver
1=~Congress completed enact.
tock: change eontfol Sin
Sage to cOnmress
rica expected ment
ts unless Batiafactory a
ton textile strike called
communications eon
blk
-
une
t of
n
war
June 8--President Roosevelt in spe.
cial message set forth his future plans
for betterment of living.
June 11-—-Silver bill. passed by the
senate,
June 14—Senate confirmed R. G. Tug~
well as undersecretary of agriculture.
June 15-—Steel workers decided to
postpone strike indefinitely.
June 18—Governor Langer of North
Dakyia and four others convicted of
defrauding United States government.
June 18-—Seventy-third congress ad-
Journed,
June 20-—President Roosevelt given
degree of doctor of laws at Yale.
Cleaners scrapped their NRA code.
June 24—President Roosevelt ordered
spending of $160,000,000 in middle west
drouth areas,
June 26-—United States milk code held
illegal by Federal Judge Barnes In
Chicago.
June 28-—Board of three named by
President to mediate steel Industry
troubles,
July 1——President Roosevelt salled on
cruiser Houston for vacation crulse to
Hawall
July 4—~Rev. John PF. O'Hara elected
president of Notre Dame university,
July 6-—Eightieth birthday of Re-
gbliean party celebrated at Jackson,
ch.
July 9—Senate’s jail sentence of W,
P. McCracken for contempt upset by
C. court of appeals
a July 10-~Missiasippl voted to remain
ry.
July 14-—Unlons
voted: for genera
July 16—General stri
San Francisco.
James J. Dooling elected head of
Tammany,
July 17—Gov. William Langer of
North Dakota ousted by state supreme
court decision.
July 19-—General strike at San Fran-
cisco called off,
July 20—Serious strike riots in Minn-
eapolis and Seattle,
Blue Eagle restored to Harriman ho-
slery mills in Tennessee.
July 21-~President Roosevelt ordered
the beginning of vast reforestation
project in midwest plains region.
July 2%2-John Dillinger, nolorious
desperado, shot to death by federal
agents in Chicago.
July 24—President reached Hawallan
waters.
July 25-—Pacific coast longshoremen
voted to accept mediation.
July 28-—Minneapolis put under mar-
tial law by Governor Olson because of
teamsters’ strike.
July 29-—~Longshoremen's strike on
Pacific coast ended in compromise.
Aug. 3-—President Roosevelt landed
at Portland, Ore.
Aug. 9—~Nationalization of silver or-
dered by the President
Aug. 10-—Secretary Wallace an-
nounced virtual abandonment of crop
reduction program for 1835.
Strike of 15.000 employees of Alumi-
num Company of America started
Aug. 15—~Eugene R. Black resigned
as governor of federal reserve board.
Aug. 16—United Textiles Workers
voted for general strike in cotton tex-
tile Industry.
Aug. 17—Wool, silk and rayon un-
fons voted to join in textile strike
Aug. 18—Louisiana legislature passed
laws making Senator Long and Gov-
ernor Allen dictators of the state
Aug. 21—Twelve bandits took $427.-
000 from armored money truck In
Brooklyn, N. .
Truck drivers’ strike in
ended In compromise.
Aug 24-—Reciprocal trade treaty
Cuba proclaimed by President R
velt,
Sept. 1-—Director of the Budget Lewis
Douglas resigned.
Sept. 83—Retall coal code authority
1esifned in protest against NRHA meth.
ods.
Sept. 4—8trike of textile workers be
gan, deciared 50 per cent effective.
Sept. 8—Aluminum workers’ strike
ended by compromise
Sept. 10-—Maine re-elected Governor
Brann, Democratic, and Senator Hale,
Republican; and voted repeal of state
prohibition law,
Sept. 11-——8Senator Huey Long's fac.
tien won in Louisiana election.
Sept. 15—Covernment renewed is tax
evasion charges against Andrew Mel.
ion.
Sept. 20--8Bolution of Lindbergh baby
kidnaping begun with arrest in New
York of Bruno RK. Hauptmann with part
of the ransom money
President's special board offered plan
for ending of textile strike
Sept. 22 Textile union officials or-
dered end of the strike.
Sept. 24—Packers raised pay of 100..
000 employees B per cent
Sept, 25-~Clen Hugh 8 Johnson re.
signed as NRA administrator, effective
October 15.
Sept. 27-=President
pointment of boards
NRA.
Sept. 30—FPresident Roosevelt declared
in radio address that he would seek
a labor-industrial truce to end sirikes
Oct. 2~Trial of Samuel Insull and
former associates begun in Chicago.
Ost. 8~American Federation of La-
bur convention in Ban Francisco voted
for § day. 30 hour work week,
Oct. 2—President ordered 38 hour
week for cotton garment industry
Oct. 22 American Legion convention
opened In Miami Fla,
“Pretty Boy” Floyd, notorious Okla-
homa outlaw, killed by federal officers
near East Liverpool. Ohio.
Oct. 26——American legion demanded
immediate bonus payment and elected
Frank Belgrano, Jr, of San Francisco,
uational commander,
Rayon and silk dyers went on strike
Oct. Chicago's World's Fair
closed,
Nov. 6-Elections resulted generally
in decided Democratic victories, with
senate gain of 10 seats and loss of 19
seats in house.
Nov. $-Marriner 8 Eceles of Utah
made governor of federal reserve board.
Nov. 10—President Roosevelt appoint.
ed advisory council for social reforms,
headed by Frank P. Graham.
Martial law declared In Arizona in
state's fight against California proj.
ect.
Nov. l4~Unemployment Insurance
program outlined by President Roose-
veit before conference on economic se
curity.
Nov. 15—Fresident HRoovsevelt jeft
Washington for Warm Springs via the
Tennessee valley projects
Nov, 210-—~Gen. Smedley D. Butler told
congressional committees of alleged
Fascist plot to seize the government
Nov. 24—8Samuel Insull and 16 go-
defendants acuitted of fraud in Chicago.
Nov. 27—"Baby Face” Nslson, pub-
Hie enemy No. 1, killed two government
agents near Barrington, Ill, and was
himself shot to death.
Dec. 1—Katherine Lenroot appointed
chief of the children's bureau, Depart-
ment of Labor.
Dec. 3-~United States Supreme court
upheld right of land grant colieges to
make military training compulsory,
Dee. 8 President Roosevelt returned
to Washington.
Dee. 10~National conference on
crime prevention opened in Washing-
ton,
Dec. 12-President named committees
to draft legislation to end war profits
Dec. 16--President’s advisory council
reported unemployment insurance sys.
in San Francisco
strike.
e in effect In
Minneapolis
with
Dose
announced
to conduct
ap
the
5, 18National resources board
outlines 145 billion dollar public works
program for 20 to 20 vears
INTERNATIONAL
Jan, T—Paraguay and Bolivia ree
sumed war in the Chavo Boreal, the
truve havin expired.
Jan, B—France quadrupled United
States Import quotas.
France and Hussia signed new com-
mercial treaty.
an. 23—Government of President
Mendieta of Cuba recognized by Unit.
ed States
dun. i6~Germany and Poland signed
A ten year peace treaty,
Feb §emAustrign cabinet decided to
Appes of Nations against
Vpn St SEE prance s
italy ngreed to BA Aubtriats )
d and Integrity,
Ma td ‘hina used to recognise
23 charged Germany
Vormatii
n= n test Alaina the
ald to China by other na
fens battle jn: the rAguUAYAnS
italy an.
nounced approval of eastern European
security pact fostered by France
August l16—~Evacuation of Haiti ov
American marines completed,
Aug. 18—Manchukuo severed all rela-
tions with Russia .
Aug. 21-—-World Jewish conference at
Geneva declared redoubled boycott of
Nazi Germany.
Sept. d-— Evangeline Booth elected
general of the Balvation Army
Sept. 10-—Richard Sandler. Bweden,
elected president of League of Nations.
Bept, 16—HRussia accepted Invitation
to join League of Nations.
Sept. 18—Russia became 8 member of
£ague of Nations.
Sept. 28~—Russia agreed to sell half
interest in Chinese Eastern raliway to
Manchukuo for $50,000,000,
Sept. 37—Great Britain, France and
Italy signed agreement to guard inde-
pendence of Austria.
Oct, H—~King Alexander of Jugo-
Slavia and Forelgn Minister Barthou of
France assassinated in Marseilles by
Macedonian terrorist
Oct. 23-—Japan demanded naval egual-
ley with United States and Great Brite
ain
Oct 26-Nobel prize In medicine
awarded to Drs. George Minot, G, H.
Whipple and W. P. Murphy of United
Staten,
Nov S8—Lulg! Pirandelll, 1tallan nov-
elist and playwright, awarded Nobel
arize for literature.
Nov. 16—=Dr. Harold C. Urey of Co-
lumbia university, New York, awarded
the Nobel prige in chemistry for his dis.
covery of “heavy water.”
Nov 22-—Jugosiavia accused Hungary
of eomplicity in assassination of King
Alexander,
Nov, 26-Italy refused French request
for extradition of Dr. Ante Pavelich,
allege leader of band that killed Kine
Alexander of Jugosiavia,
Dec. 1—France refused to join Japan
in denouncing Washington naval treaty.
Dee, 3—Germany promised France to
pay for the Saar coal mines and grant
political equality to citizens of the re-
gion,
Dec. b—~League of Nations decided to
send International police forces into the
Saar, French being excluded, and Ger-
many agreed ‘o Jian.
Dec. 6-—-Jugosiavia deported 27000
Hungarian residents of that country.
Dec T—United States notified
League of Nations would help In
negotiating peace Paraguay
and Bolivia.
Dec, 10-Jugoslavia and Hungary sc-
cepted league of Nations peace ro-
posal, averting danger of war in Bal.
kans,
FOREIGN
Jan, 3—George Tatarescu. anti-Nasi
became premier of Rumania,
Jan. 10—Marinus Van der Lubbe, who
burned the reichstax bullding. beheaded
in _Lelpsig
Jan, 15~Ramon Grau San Martin re-
signed as president of Cuba and Carlos
Hevia was selected to succeed him.
Jan, 16~Chancellor Hitler made him
self dictator over all German industry.
Jan 17—Hevia resigned presidency
of Cuba and Carlos Mendieta was named
to succeed him by Col Fulkencio Ba-
tista, head of the army
Jan, 27—Chauvtemps’
resigned.
Jan. 30-—-Daladier formed new French
government
German reichstag made Chancelior
Hitler sovereign of all the states
Feb. 6—8Serious riots in Paris against
the Daladier government
Feb, T—Premier Daladler of France
resigned and Gaston Doumergue under
took formation of new government.
Feb. S—Doumergue announced his
cabinet for France. Communists rioted
in Paris
Feb. 13-Civil war broke out in
tria between the movernment and
Socialists and hundreds were Killed.
Feb, I4—Bocialists revolt In Austria
SuBDreased: dead estimated at 1.000 to
2.009,
Feb. 17—Albert I. king of
giana killed bLy fall
small peak near Namur
Feb. 213--0en. Augusto Sandine Nie.
aragusn patriot! and rebel leader mur.
dered by national suardsmen at Ma.
nag uA,
March l-—~Henry Pu-y! enthroned as
Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo
Lerrous cabinet in Spain resigned,
Mareh 2—lerroux again made pre-
mier of Spain
Marcon v-—Hitler
to give Jobs to idle.
March 8-—Gen Johan Laldonsr be-
comes dictator of Estonia
April #~High army officers of Hu-
mania arrested for plot to kill the King
April 2l-—Berious revolutionary riots
in Spain
April 15—8panish cabinet resigned.
April 18—HKicardo ibanez formed new
Spanish cabinet,
April 30—Ausitian parilament adopt-
od new constitution
May 3~King Ibn Saud of Arabia be-
gan war on the kingdom of Yemen
May $-FPremior Mussolini set up rule
of country by guilds
May 13—~Armistice declared In war in
Arabia
May 19
a dictators
Pope Plus cane
ham
May 24-~Thomas Masaryk re-elected
president of Czechoslovakia
May 25-Iriah dail abolished the sen-
ate,
June 4-—lialian scientist
discovery of new element
created from uranium
June 16~Frenident Mendieta of Cuba
wounded and two navy officers killed
by a terro s bomb
June 17-Cuban terrorists attacked
ABC paraders, fifteen Killed and many
wounded
June 30 tevoit of radicals in the
Nazi party smashed by Uhancellor Mit-
jer, Gen. Kurt von Schieicher and many
other leaders shui 10 dealh and scores
arrested.
July 1=QGen. lazaro Cardenas selected
pres.dent of Mexico.
July Japanese cabinet resigned.
Juiy ¢~Admiral Keisuke Ukaos made
premier of Japan
July 13~Chancellor Dolifuss reorgan-
ized Austrian cabinet and declared war
on Nazis and bomb throwers,
July 17=Vargas elected constitution.
al president of Hrazil
July I6-—Chancellor Dolifuss of Aus-
tria assassinated by group of Nazis
Juiy I9—~Kurt Schuschnige appointed
chancellor of Austria,
Aug. 3 President von Hindenburg of
Germany died and Chancellor Hitler as
sumed the presidential powers,
Aug. 18 ~Germany by 10 10 | vole ao
cepted Hitler's assumption of supreme
power,
Sept. 3-8irikes and riots throughout
Cuba: martial law prociaimed. cabinet
resigned
Bept. 26 -Queen ina
launched the Cunarder Ary.
world's largest ship
Oct. b~Hadical revolt broke out In
Catalonia and other parts of Spain,
Hundreds kilied in fights with troops.
Oct. T—8panish revolution suppressed
by government troops.
Oct. 9—King Alexander | of Jugo
Slavia assassinated
Oct. 10--Crown Prince Peter, 11 years
old, proclaimed king of Jugo-Slavia un.
der a regency.
International Euecharistie
opened In Buenos Alres
Oct, 17 ~Chancellar Hitler of Germany
proclaimed fuehrer for life
Nov, §~Doumergue resigned as pre-
Flandin
it
between
French cabinet
Aus.
the
the Bel.
while climbing
isunched program
igarian army established
by bioodless coup
nized Conradwfl Pars.
announced
artificialiv
Mary of En
Jueen
Congress
m'er of France and Pierre
formed new government
Nov. 10«Premier Mussolini formally
installed his system of industrial self
government in Italy.
Nov, 28~Prasident Salamanca of Bo-
iivia forced to Fesign by military coup.
Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of
Greece married in London.
Nov, 30«Gen. Lazaro Cardenas Inaug-
urated gragident of Mexico.
Dec, 1-Sergel Kirov, soviet leader
assassinated in Leningrad
Pee. 2Plot to kill all soviet leaders
in Russia uncovered. ten army officers
sxecuted and many others arrested,
3Russin restored death pen-
alty to crush “White Russian” ter
rorist plot,
Pie. b~Sixty-nix terrorists executed
in Russia.
8~Two hundred more Russians.
including GPU officials, summarily shot,
Dee. 17T-Western Ausiralin’s petition
for secession from the commonwealth
presented in parliament,
Jan, AELRONAUTIC. Southern
Cross eomplet fight trom Senegal,
Africa, to Nata
raion. Signe from Sen Ha?
olul i
7
2, AE
o-~Three Russian balloon
record ht of
and then » nh by 1 of
Donatl, Italy, set
pew airplane altitude record of 47,660
eet,
May 9—~French air liner fell in Eng-
lish channel, six perishing.
May 14—George R. Pond and Cea-
sare Habelll started from New York
on nonstop flight to Rome,
May 16~Pond and Babelll landed in
Ireland because of engine trouble.
May 27-—-Hoss! and Codos began flight
from Paris to California.
May 28~Wing trouble forced Ross!
and Codos to land at New York.
June 288, and J. Adamowics start.
ed flight from New York to Warsaw,
via Harbor Grace, N. PF.
June 30—Gas shortage forced Adame
owics brothers to land in Normandy.
July 24—Ten United States army
bombing planes completed flight from
Washington to Falrbanks, Alaska.
July 28—Stratosphere balloon start
ed from near Rapid City, N. D. but
fabric ripped at €0,000 feet; threes oc-
cupants of gondola came down safely
with parachutes,
Aug, 8~James Ayling and leonard
Reed began nonstop flight from Wa-
saga Beach, Ont, to Bagdad.
Aug, 9—Ayling and Reed forced to
land near London by lack of fuel
Aug. 19—Pond and BSBabelll fiying
back from Home, crashed in ales,
Bept. 3--Col. Roscoe Turner won
Thompson tiophy at national air races
in Cleveland; ougias Davis, noted
pilot, killed during the race.
Sept. 26—Poland won international
balloon race.
Oct. 19—~Twenty airplanes left Eng-
land on race to Melbourne, Australia.
Oct. 23--C, A. Scott and Camp-
bell Black of England won alr race to
Melbourne in 2 days, 22 hours and 25
minutes,
Lieut. Francesco Agello of Italy set
new seaplane speed mark of 440.29
miles an hour.
Prof. Jean Plecard and his wife made
stratosphere balloon ascent of ten
miles,
Nov -—8ir Charles Kingsford-
Smith and Capt. P, G, Taylor com-
pleted three-stop flight from Brisbane,
Australia, to Oakiand, Calif.
Nov. 8~Transport plane commanded
by Eddie Rickenbacker flew from Bur-
bank, Calif, to Newark N. J, in 12
hours 3 minutes 50 seconds.
Dec. 3-—Flight Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm
of Australia and two companions start.
ed from Oakland, Calif, on flight to
Honolulu, were forced down at sea and
“DISASTERS
Jan. 1—Floods In Los Angeles area
resulted in about 76 deaths,
Jan, 4—Explosion and fire in mine at
Dus, Crechusiovakia, killed 140 men.
Jun. e~Eighty perished in a panic
Kyoto, Japan
Jan lb—EKarthquake shook all India,
killing 500,
French tri-motor plane crashed, kill.
ing ten including prominent officials
eb. 20-~Ten aged widows and daugh.-
ters of Civil war veterans burned to
death at home in Brookville, Pa
Feb. 1l--Eight persons killed by
crash of alr liner near Balt Lake City.
Fab. Tornado in Georgia, Ala-
oama and Mississipp! killed 23.
March 11-~New Japaneses torpedo
boat capsized, about 100 men drown-
ing.
March l4—La Liberated, Salvador, al-
most destroyed by dynamite explosion
and fire, 160 lives lost.
March 21—One thousand dead 3.000
injured in fire at Hakodate, Japan
April 425 lives lost In Okisboms
1—Fifty Norwegians killed
e cliff fell into a fjord
2i—~Mine explosion in Jugo-
killed 150.
T—Eighty-seven men killed
disaster at
1b~Liner
Nantucket
at
in
Buggingen, Germany
Olympic rammed and
lightahip, seven
43.
Finland sank;
mine
Muy
sank
irowned
Mine blast
Lake steamer n
drowned
May 19~Chicago Union Stockyards
parily destroyed Ly $5,000,000 Gre.
fay h~landaiide in Kwantung
proviuce, China, killed 250,
June I=Forly children killed by bar.
ricane near Nanching, China.
June T~Two thousand killed by hur
ricane in Balvador.
June $P—Alr liner
the Unilskilin.
in Beigium killed
in
erashed and burned
seven persons killed.
June 11<VFiouds destroyed Honduras
tow 1.000 lives lost.
duly li-Disastrous
David, Panama
July i5—Fiovds in southern Poland
took scores of lives
Aug. 4~Three hundred dis in floods
Persia
Bopt. B-—-Ward liner Morro Castle
burnet off New Jersey coast; 134 per-
sons perished,
Sept. 17-Nome, Alaska, destroyed by
fire: $2.0006 000
f=Japan swept by destruc.
tive typhoon. more than 2.000 killed
Mine explosion at Wrexham Wales
killed 261 men
Oct flDisastrous
northwest coast of
Novy, 15-8Bcores
in Philippines
Dec, b~Earthquakes in Honduras de-
giroyed three towns
Dee j-<Hntel in Lansing Mich.
burned: about 48 lives lost.
SPORTS
1-Columbia defeated Stanford
game, 7 to 0.
Oimen won national
Lil,
Matsuyama of New
three-cushion bil-
in
earthquake at
in
storm along
United States
killed by typhoon
Jan,
in Pasadena Hose Bow)
Jan, 21-Casper
ski title at Cary
Jan. 23-Kinrey
York won national
liards title
dan. 28~Ed4 Schroeder, Chicago, won
American skating championship at
Oconomowoe, Wia
Feb, "Burney Hoss retained junior
welterweight title by defeating Pete
Nebo In Kansas City.
Feb. 23.--Johnny Layton won world's
three-cushion billiard championship,
Fed, 26<Purdue won Big Ten basket-
ball championship
Mareh 1-Primo Carnera defeated
Tommy loughran at Miami Fila, re-
taining the heavyweight title.
March 10-Michigan won Big Ten
indoor track championship.
April S~Cocnren beat Hagenlacher
for world's 18.2 billiard title
April 10-Chicago Black Hawks won
Stanley cup and world's hocky cham-
pionship.
April 27-Jack Torrence Louisiana
Biate university, set new world's rec.
ord In shot put at 55 feet 1% inches.
May Cavalcade, the favorite, won
the Kentucky derby.
May i12«American golfers defeated
British team, retaining Walker cup.
Ma P-Univarsicy of illinois won
Big en track and fleld championship,
ay 23-John Kocsis, University of
Michigan, won Big Ten golf title
University of lilincis won Western
Conference baseball championship.
May 23-Chicago boxers defeated Po.
‘fah team, 7 to 1, in golden gloves tour-
nev.
May 26-W, Lawson Little, San Fran.
cisco, won British amateur golf cham-
pianship,
May 28-~Barney Ross of Chicago won
world's welterweight title from Jimmy
Melarnin,
Mav 30--Bill Cunningham of Indian.
apolis won Speedway 600-mile auto race
in record time,
June 2—Cavaleade won the American
derby at Chicago.
June $~Windsor Lad won the Eng.
lish derby.
June #-Olin Dutra won National
Open golf championship,
June 14--Max r of California won
world's heavyweight championship from
Primo Carnera of italy in New York.
June 18-Cunningham of Kansas set
aay world sprint record of 4.06.7 for
mile,
American tennis team of women de-
feated British for Wightman cup.
June 18~Harry Cooper won Western
Open golf title. .
June 27--Yale defeated Harvard in
annual boat races.
une 23--Stanford won the N, C. A. A.
track championship,
Ju Cotton of England
won
ne 20--Henry
Jury Rare leah beat N
u ue t -
tio i ne 750 T In allstar gains in
ow youl u
July 1b-Zell Eaton, Oklahoma City,
won " an eo if Lit
lonal championshi
1 is 21British tennis on
ul defeated
American retaining the vi
mati Eu “ A » cup.
ithe,
my won Cana-
i
CA 1 A US obs won women's
, 28—Hans N tonal
» ehaional Soni the Te’ at Mens.
American singles borer! tit
4
Bept. 156--W. Lawson Little, San
Francisco, won national amateur golf
championship.
First America’s cup race
test” for lack of wind.
Bept. 17—British challenger Endeavor
defeuted Rainbow im firet America's
sup race,
immy Mclarnin defeated Barney
Ross, regaining welterweight title,
Bept, I18—Endeavor won second race.
Sept. 20—Ralnbow won third Amer
fea's cup race.
Jim Londos defeated Strangler Lewis
in Chicago, retaining world's heavy-
weight wrestling title.
Bept. 22—Ralnbow won fourth race;
Sopwith's protest not allowed.
ept, 24—Rainbow won fifth cup race.
Detroit Tigers won American Da
pennant,
Bept. 26-Ralnbow won sixth race and
retained the America’s cup.
Sept, 26—~United States accepted in.
vitation to Olympic games of 1936 in
Berlin,
Sept. 30—8t. Louls Cardinals won
National league pennant,
Oct, 3—5t louis won first game in
world's series.
Oct, 4—~Detroit won second game.
Oct, 68. Louls won third game.
Oct. 6—~Detroit won fourth game.
Virginia Van Wie again won na-
tional women's golf title,
Oct, T—Detroit won fifth game.
Oct, 8—8t. Louis won the sixth game.
Oct. 9~8t Louls Cardinals won sev-
enth game and world's championship,
Nov. 2-John Heydler resigned as
president of National baseball league.
Nov, 8—Ford C. Frick elected pres-
ident of National lsague.
Nov, 16—Bob Olin won I
weight title from Maxie
in New York.
Nov, 3M4—University of Minnesota won
western conference football title
Yale defeated Harvard at football
Bianford won coast football title.
Dec. 1—~Navy defeated the army
toot ball
Dec, 9-—-New York Giants defeated
Chicago Bears, winning professional
football championship.
4. T. Mahoney of New York elected
president of Amateur Athletic union.
Dac, 10—Barney Hoss defeated Bob.
by Pacho, retaining junior welterweight
title.
Dec
night
“no con-
ht heavy.
tosenbloom
in
12--National lesgue approved
games with reservations,
NECROLOGY
Jan. l-Jacob Wassermann, German
novelist,
Jan. 4~Frof. H C. Warren, Prince-
ton university psychologist.
Jan. 7--Robert Simpson,
novelist and editor.
Jan, $%~Miss Alice French
Thanet), American novelist
Jan. 10-—Frank P. Glass of Alabama,
editor and publisher.
Jan 12-—Aimare Sato. Japanese dip-
iomat
Jan 14—Walker D. Hines, former
director general of American railroads
Gen. Jean Marchand of France, cen-
ter figure of Fashoda fort ineldent
Jan. 16-—John Sherwin, Cleveland
banker
Jan. 18-—Joseph Devlin. Irish nation.
alist jeader
Jan. iv—Harrison
artist,
Jan. 20—Edward J. Brundage Re-
publican leader, in lake Forest lil
Dr. Lincoln Hulley, president Stetson
university, Deland, Fia
Jan. 2l-John H. McCooesy, Tammany
leader of Brookiyn N
Amelia Summerville,
star.
Jan. I3—-Dr. Mary IL. H. Black south.
ern educator
Jan. 30 ~Frank N. Doubleday,
York publisher
Jan 2l=Walter
aeronaut veteran Journalist
Feb 2--Gi rt M. Hiteheock, former
senator from Nebraska
Feb, 3-—Montague Glass, American
writer
American
(Octave
Fisher, American
former stage
New
Wellman, ploneer
operatic star,
i4~Meivis A. Traylor, Chicage
British
Peyton, veteran American
in
Bimpson,
of
Okla~
the National
movie
Harlan, lawyer,
Kahn, banker, ia
Pou, congress.
former gov-
in New York
Willian Travers Jerome of New Tork,
Fed
Feb. 18-John BR. Rogers, co-inventor
Feb. 2} -Hepresentative Joseph IL.
composer
Feb. 15-Dr. Daniel W. Protheroe of
John McGraw,
tor, in Oberlin, Ohio 0. Ring. viuns-
William Astor Chanler, explorer and
former stage star.
town, 8
Farmers union
March 23--John M.
in Washington
April 1—Edward W
American minister to Irish Free State.
April }o—Theodore Douglas Robin-
of Cuba.
April 14-—Justice W, C, Owen of Wis-
ernor of Wisconsin and United States
April 18-Alfred Juergens of Chi
Eleanora de Cisneros
Feb 13-—August Anheuser Busch of
SL. Louis, brewery magnate
Charlies R Flint shipowner and 8-
nancier
banker
Feb. 17—Albert, king of the Belgians
of the Mergenthaler linotype machine,
in New York
Hooper of Michigan
‘eb. 23-—-8ir Edward Elgar,
Corse
actor,
Chicago, composer and director.
} veteran baseball man.
Eger,
Feb. 27-Dr Henry
March 4—John Alden, poet and editor,
Brookiyn, N. Y.
soldier, In Mentone France.
March 11 —Margaret lilington Bowes,
March 14—Mrs. Fannie Osborn Porte.
ous, first po" of stage, at Water.
»,
March 15-~John A
homa City, president
Mareh 2i-—Lilyan Tashman,
scireas, in New York.
in New York
March I5--Ma) Gen. George O. Squier
March 23-Otto
New York
man, In Washington,
April #~William Wallace McDowell,
Mother Hyacinth, founder of Pas
sionate order in United States
son at Little Falla N
April 11=—Aifredo Zayas, ex-president
Sir Gerald Du Maurier, British actor.
John Collier. English painter.
conein supreme court
April i8—John J. Blaine
senator,
Edwin V. Morgan, former diplomat,
cage, artist
April 20--C. H. Allen,
former gov.
ernor of Puerto Rico.
April 2l~Federal Judge W, B. Shep-
pard at Jacksonville, Filia.
April 23-—Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Sr. in New York.
William Thaw, veteran of Lafayette
Escadriile,
April 28%~Dr. Paul Greek
scholar, in Chicago.
Fay Hempstead, poet laureate of Free
Masonry, in Little Hock, Ark.
April $0—Maj. Gen. Hugh L Beott,
noted Indian fighter,
Dr. W, H. Welch, pathologist, at Bai.
timore,
May 2--William C. Proctor of Cine
cinnatl, manufacturer.
May 3=Willilam H. Woodin, ex-sec-
retary of the lreasury.
May 1 William Gardner, naval
architect, in Bayhead, N. J.
May %-Joy Morton of Chicago, salt
company head
May i1—Willlam E. Corey, former
mead of United States Steel corporation.
May 14—Charles De Uarmo, ex-press
dent of Swarthmore college.
May I1i—Cass Glibert, American
archiiect.
May 19-Willis J. Abbott, vetsran
editor, in Brookline, Mass.
Lr. William Hoskins, famous chem-
ist, in Chicago.
ay 2i-Jduseph M. Dizon, ex-govers
nor of Montana,
May 24—Brand Whitlock, former am-
bassador to Belgium.
May 1 William B. Wilson, first seo
retary of labor,
rank Lascelles, English sculptor and
painter.
p Nell MeNell Toren
Naya Wl | Arehioail, war or:
n
Ramuel . Clover, journalist, in Los
An & Fr J. Pyre of University of
May" H—dackegn Barnett. wesithion
, Japanese war hero,
ami le Cody, actor.
rain. ¥0
Gen Ja
fa
tC a aabiom
Shorey,
prow.
Chi
dune T-—Jumes Keeley, vice president
of Pullman company and former editor
June B—Hepresentative T. C Coin
last
idaho,
remaining ehi
tirant, hild
Jusse CU, Grant,
of Gen. U, 8
June 16—~Haui dkelly, American actor.
June l8~tom Masson, author and
editor,
Fourtn Duke of Wellington.
une L0-—Thorne Bmith,
author. : E Amsrican
June 22M. E.
Chicago banker,
une Zi—<Charjes B. Thomas of Col.
erado, former governor and me tor
June 5-H EK Christie, president In.
Vestment Bankers’ association.
June 27—Eugene M. Rhodes. historian
the west
Miiton C. Work, bridge sxpert.
Une 25--Zaro Agha, 160 years old,
Roe of Chicago,
Aanbul.
Sifford GO
: A no
erusader against white slavery. -l
Tome 2 onhe uke of Marlborough.
Chen .
ator em Rasiar . Long, former sen
, July 3—Frincs C
Notharis aah ice Consort Henry of the
i1
July 4—Mme. Marie Curls, co-dlscov.
rer radium, in France,
~Nalm inl y
poet Bialik of Vienna, Hebrew
July 6—Franklin MacVea
¢ gh of Chi.
Sago, former secretary of the treas-
Mrs. Maud Radford Warren, American
author
ay §—Joseph Keating, British nov.
$~Col. Willlam H. Walker,
July
chemist
July 13-—Hugh
union labor leader.
July l14~Julian Hawthorne, suthor,
only #on of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
uly 16 louis Ferdinand Gott-
schalk, veteran composer and conductor
of light
Opera.
July 2i—Col. J. T. Axton, former
chief of chaplains of United States
army.
July 24—Bishop John W. Hamilte
y y . milton,
dean of Methodist board of bishops.
July 25—Engelbert Dolifuss, chancel
lor of Austria.
Francois Coty of Paris,
July 27-—Marshal IL. HH.
French soldier
July 28-—Marie Dressler. actress
Henry Irving Dodge, author
playwright
July 28). lL. Mclaurin, former sen
ator from South Carolina.
July 230—Paul May, Belgian ambassa~-
dor to United States
£. 2—Paul von Hindenburg, presi-
of Germany
Aug 6—1da Mulle,
Opera aciress
Aug. 7T—Willlam E. Vare, veteran
Republican leader of Philadelphia
Aug. 1l—Augustus Thomas, Ammer
lean playwright
Aug 13~—Mary Austin, American nove
elist
Aug. l4—Raymond Hood, architect
Aug. 16—Albert B. Dick, Chicago in-
yentor and manufacturer.
Prof. PF, E Beagrave, astronomer,
Providence, R 1
G. A Kingsbury of Chicago, veteran
theatrical manager.
Aug ~Henry T. Rainey of Illinois,
speaker of the house
Sir Nigel Playfair, English actor and
menager
Aug
poser,
of
Greenebaum, veterans
of
in
Frayne, prominent
perfumer,
Lyautey,
and
veteran light
at
5--Hugo Victor
Hollywood, Calif
Aug. 30-—Charles B. Dillingham, vet.
eran theatrical producer, In New York.
Aug. 31-—-Ma) Gen. G. Bishop,
United States army.
Sept. 2—Russ Columba,
and radio crooner,
Sept. 3—Dr. G
Purdue university
Arthur A Fowler
sporisman and suthor,
Bept. Arthur Jordan of Indlanap-
olis, philanthropist and industrialist
Sept. 6—Gen. Theodore Bingham of
New York.
dept. 10--Count Joseph Karolyl, Hun.
garian legitimist jeader.
Sept. 123—Catnerine Breshkovekaya,
Russian revolutionist, in Prague.
Sept. 13—~Wililam Lorimer, former
senator from lilisois
Dr. Berthold Laufer
anthropologist.
Bept. 18—C. B. McNaught, Canadian
financier.
Bept. i8-—Ruth Hale of New York.
writer and f(eminist
Bept. 20-—Porter Emerson
American playwright,
Dake of StL. Albans, descendant of
Charlies IL
Sept. Z1-—Robert Fulton Cutting, New
York figasncier and philanthropist
Sept. 2i-Anthony Ivins, prominent
Mormon, in Sait Lake City.
Lucien Gaudin of France champion
fencer.
Sept Turk-
di
Felix, ecom-
in
screen actor
in Los Angeles
C. Brandenburg of
of New York,
of Chicago,
Browne,
Zé—~Alfred Rustem Bey,
omat.
2h-—Percy A. Rockefeller,
financier.
Marquess of Beresford, Irish peer.
Edwin Le Mare American organist
and composer.
Bept 25--~Maj Gen. G. H. Harries war
time commander at Brest
Sept 30-Harry Askin, veteran thea-
trical manager.
John K. Bhields, former senator from
Tennessee
Oct. Frank lL. Coombs of Califor.
nia, former congressman and ambassa~
dor to Japan
Oct, $~Maj Gen W. A Mann United
States army. retired.
Oct. $—Louis Barthou, French fore
elgn minister,
King Alexander of Jugosiavia.
Oct. 12—Lotd Cushendum of Ulster,
ireiaad.
Oct. 13-8ir Arthur Schuster, British
physicist.
Oct. 14—<Raymond Poincare, French
statesman.
Oct 16~Charles E Coffin of Indian-
apoliisa, philanthropist and business
leader.
President E.
versity. Athens,
Oct. 18-—Hal
author.
Oct. 19—Gen. Alexander von Kiluck,
German field marshal
Oct. 20--James R. Mellon of Pitts.
burgh, banker,
Oct, 23-Prince Caetani, Italian diplo-
mat and engineer,
Oct. 25-—Frank Sprague of New York,
electric traction ploneer,
Oct. 2%--Lou Teilegen, screen actor.
Nov. 2-~Baron Edmond de Roths-
child, banker and sportsman, in Bou-
logne, France
Nov. 3—Dr. Eimer E. Brown, Amer.
fean educator.
Nov. 4—8ir Alfred Gilbert, English
sculptor.
Nov, S—Dr. lu la McArthur of Chi.
©, surgeon.
ov, 6~Thomas G. Lee, Fresident of
Armour & Company, in Chicago.
Nov, 9—Ilvy Lee, publicity expert, in
New York
1l-~Rear Admiral Samuel Mag-
owan, United States navy.
Sir Donald Mann, Canadian railroad
builder.
Nov, 15~Congressman-elect Freder-
tek Landis of gansport, Ind.
Nov, 1§—Bryson Burroughs, American
artist,
Mrs. Alice Hargraves, otiginal of
Alice In Wonderland, in England,
Justice F. RB. DeYoung of lilincis Su.
preme court
Nov. 17—W, R, Cole, president Louis.
ville & Nashvilie railroad.
Nov, i8-—~lee Mantle, former senator
trom Montana
Cardinal Uasparri in Rome,
Nov, 23-8ir Arthur Pinero, British
dramatist
Sir Ernest Budge Egyptologist.
Nov. 24~Charles Macauley of New
York, veteran cartoonist
Nov, 2i—Queen Sadie, mother of King
Zog of Albania,
Rov. 28 ~8am Harris, theatrical pro.
ducer, in San neineo,
Nov. 23~Capt. John Wanamaker of
New York, sportsman and war veteran,
Nov, 30~Fhilip Hale of Boston, mu.
sic and drama critio
e i Gteeb war, president of
Boo ewapapers,
te. b—lord Riddell, British news.
blizher,
pal . "¢=Dr. A. W. Rowe of Boston,
BiIoK T-Former Gov. W, W. Brandon
#-Dr. Manuel Sterling, Cuban
: Thsoheid Sn econ:
1
Taran Fort
New
B. Bryan of Ohlo uni.
Ohio.
G. Evarts, American
oa
Dec.
ohn Ha
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