Chronology of the Year 1935 Compiled by E. W. PICKARD planned army of running inte mil- rebellion ousted by formed new Baldwin succeeded prime minister govern- recall of being 10-—London silver market eol- ecard system, in operation six years, Jan, 31—Noniad tribesmen massacred ed Fascist cabinet, arctie, lions. Germany, King Prajadhipok of Siam abdicated in Macedonia. old. March 12—Greek army of 540,000. April 3-—Austrian cabinet decided to April 7--Nazis failed to win full con. foiled a Fascist plot to overthrow him. college students to undergo a year's submarines, in defiance of peace treaty, volt, May 11—Thirty-three Greek naval of. May 14—Swiss court found “Protocols Filipino plebiscite ratified proposed Ethiopia ordered freedom for all serfs, married. financial crisis, resigned with his cabi- cabinet, June 6-—Plerre Laval Ramsay MacDonald as from circulation. July 8-—Former King George of Ishment of Hapsburgs and restored their on all religious youth organizations Aug. T—Revolutionary plot in Siam Albania crushed. set up a dictatorship and installed An- killed In automobile accident. of England, to Lady Alice Montagu- en the franchise. Bept, 15—0erman reichstag passed of Jews to Aryans, and setting up three Sept, 17-—~Manuel Quezon elected to be tary dictator of Ecuador, creed by national assembly, feated In parliamentary elections by by Mackenzie King installed in Canada, Nov, 3-—Greece voted for dissolved the Steel Helmets, war vet- eall to Greek throne, Nov, 14-Britiash Conservatives and Nov. 15-—~Commonwealth of the Phil. Nov, 24—~Yin Ju-keng proclaimed Milita revolt broke out in north. the throne of Greece. Revolt In Brasil crushed, Dec, 1—Great Britain ordered naval decreed censorship for pastoral letters. priesthood, tions, Dee, T—-Hopel and Chahar provinces, Dee, president of Cuba, Egypt, Great Britain consentin Dec, 18~Eduard Benes elected presi. stalled, ne France and Premier Mussolini of italy tull agreement on all points in dispute Germany, Feb, 1%-~Ethiopia defied Italy's dee March 11-—Russia decided to sell Chi. equal power accepted by Great Hritain, Leag scrapping of the Yaraaities 8 iran Jan, 1—Russia discarded the bread Jan, 3—Bollvia's general army mobil. ization went into effect 107 persons in Africa. Jan, 22 King Boris of Bulgaria oust. Feb. 8—Byrd expedition sailed for New Zealand after 17 months in Ant. Feb, 3 dermany 400,000, with militia Feb, 28-—Saarlanders staged wild cel- ebration halling return of territory to March 23-—Revolution broke out In Greece, and retired to private life in England. March 5—Greek troops defeat rebels Prince Ananda, eleven years named king of Siam, ended when Venizelos fled. March 16-—Hitler decreed conscript March 28--France prohibited export of raw materials necessary for war. increase army over strength allowed by treaty of St. Germain. trol of Free City of Danzig. April 17—King Boris of Bulgaria April 23-Dictator Chiang Kal-shek ordered all Chinese high school and military training, April 286—Germany began building May GS5-—Eleutherios Venizelos sen- tenced to death for part in Greek re- May 6—Celebration of silver jubilee of King George of Great Britain began, ficers condemned to death for part in revolt, of Zion" were false and obvious plagi- arism. constitution, May 18—Emperor Halle Selassie of May 24-—Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden May 30-—Premlier Flandin of France, defeated by chamber of deputies In net. May 31-—Boulsson formed new French June 4—French cabinet chamber of deputies. French government. June 7-—-Stanley of Great Eritain. June 15-—Italy called all silver money Mexican cabinet forced out; ment rushed troops to capital. Greece divorced by ex-Queen Elizabeth, July 10-—Austrian diet revoked ban- properties, July 22-—German government put ban Aug. 2—Law for new government of India enacted by British parliament. foiled, Aug, 16—Revolt against King Zog of Aug, 21—Ecuador army officers ar- rested President Ibarra for trying to tonio Pons as his successor, Aug, 29—Queen Astrid of Belgium Engagement announced of Duke of Gloucester, third son of king and queen Douglas-Scott Sept 1—Mexican women workers giv- Sept. 3—Dr. Chalm Weizman elected president of World Zionist organization, laws making the swastika the national and trade flag; forbidding marriages classes of German citizenship, cxclud- ing Jews. first president of Philippines republic. Sept. 26-—Federico Paez became mili. Oct, 10-Greek republic upset by mill. tary coup: restoration of monarchy de- Oct, 14—Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada and Conservative party de- Liberals led by Mackenzie King. Oct, 23-—Liberal government headed Oct, 29-—~Mussolini decreed war time diet for Italy, King George II Nov, 5— Chancellor Hitler of Germany erans’ association, Nov, 16—Kin George II accepted Nov, 13—8erious Egyptian riots against British domination, Prime Minister Baldwin won parlia- mentary elections. fppines established and Manuel Quezon inaugurated as president, autonomy for 25 counties in eastern Hopel province of China. eastern Brasil, Nov, 25-—King George II returned to Nov, 28--Hitler started new “purge” arresting hundreds. 133 killed, reservist officers to report for duty. Hans Kerri, German church dictator, Church of England commis sion rejected claim of women to enter Dec, 6—French chamber of deputies dissolved all semi-military organiza- Chiang Kal-shek became premier of China, northern China, set up avtonomous re. gime, lapsed, Dee, Ll-Carlos Mendieta resigned as Dec. 12-King Fuad decreed restora. tion of constitutional government in Dao. 14~President Mazaryk of Ciecho. slovakia resigned, dent of Czechoslovakia, North China autonomy council INTERNATIONAL Jan, 4-—Foreign Minister Laval of began peace pact conference in Home. an, SMussolini and Laval reached between Italy and France. Jan, 12~The Saar voted to rejoin Jan, 17-League set March 1 as date for return of the Baar to Germany. mand for satisfactory amends in Afrie can border row. nese Eastern railway to Manchukuo. March i9<Cermany's status as a March 20--France appealed to ue of Nations to deal with Sormensrs March 21-Germany and Italy, rejecting protesta, March 26-—Japan’s resignation from league became effective, arch 30-—Ethiopia broke off negotl. ations with ptaly, April 1¢~England, France and Italy, at Brean, agreed on peace plan for Europe and denounc Germany as treaty violator, April 17T-—League of Nations council adopted resolution censuring Germany for treaty violation, April 20-~Chancellor Hitler, in note to 13 nations, rejected league council's resolution condemning Germany. May 2—~France and Russia signed mutual assistance agreement, May 19—Pope Plus canonized Thomas More and Bishop John Fisher, who were executed by Henry VIII May 20--League of Nations took up Ethiopia's protest Italian warlike action, May 31-—Japan delivered ultimatum to China and prepared to occupy Pelping and Tientsin, June 7--Bolivia and Paraguay ac- cepted basis of settlement of Gran Chaco war, June 9--Chiness troops and officials left Peiping and Tientsin as Chinese government rejected new Tokyo de- mands, June 14—~War In Gran Chaco ended by truce, June 18--Great Britain and Germany concluded naval agreement, disregard- ng France. une 23—United States embassy In Mexico City bombed, July 4-—~Ethiopia appealed to the United States to persuade Italy to cease warlike ropa ons. July nited States Ethiopia's appeal. diy 10—Ethiopla appealed to the world for falr play in contest with Italy, and demanded early action by League of Nations. July 13—United States and Russia concluded a trade agreement, July 28—Forty Italians, twenty BEthi- oplans killed in border clash, Aug. 3-—~League of Nations council delayed for one month settlement of Italo-Ethioplan quarrel. Aug. 26—United States demanded Russia stop subversive plotting in So- viet territory. Mussolini warned League of Nations Italy would fight any nation taking sanctions against her. Aug, 17— Russia formally rejected the American protest Communist activities, Aug. 28—French cabinet voted to op. Pose sanctions against Italy, Italian cabinet formally Mussolini's war preparations, Aug. 30—Emperor Haile Selassie ranted vast development concession in Sthiopia to an American corporation. Second American protest note sent to Russia on Communist plots. Sept, 3—Ethigplan development cone ceasion cancelled by the American own ers on request of American government Sept. 4—League of Nations council met in Geneva and received Italy s statement against Ethiopia and the latter country’s reply Sept, 6—League council committees of five mations named to handle Italo- Ethiopian embroglio, Mussolini assent. ing. Sept, T—Germany entered formal pro. test against attack on Nazi regime by a New York judge Sept. 9—League of Nations assembly met in Geneva. Frank B Kellogg World court, Sept, 11--8ir Samuel foreign secretary, told League of tions assembly Britain would isle herself from continent uniess all bers of league consented to take sance tions against an aggressor Sept. 12-—Secretary sf State Hull asked Italy and Ethiopia to keep their obligations under the Kellogg pact Sept, 14—Italian cabinet refused com promise on Ethic estion Sept, 1%~Jews Nations to stop many. Sept, 21-—Jtaly rejected peace plan of league committee Sepl. 34—League abandoned peace efforts Sept, 26—league of Nat acted to enforce peace bu ten days to agree to r SBapt, 239--CGreat Britain support collective acti REKressors Oct, 2-~Emperor i formed League of Nations invaded E opia fre mobilisation of all Fas Oct. J-Italian bombarded Aduwa, killing and woundis eral mobilization Haile Selassie. Oct. 4-Italians Ethiopia, and captured Adi; north, Oct 2.000 Oct, council against sidestepped against approved resigned from Hoare, British Na ate mem “persecution” in Ger- committees of ne t £59 # invade S-Italians captured Aduwa: Ethiopians killed Tlongue of found Italy's invasion of council Ethiopia “an Nations the league” Oct against italy Oct, 10-<League Italy outlawed Oct, ll--lLeague voted embargo on arms and munitions for Italy and raised embargo on arms for Ethiopia Oct, I4<League of Nations foreign loans to Italy, Oct, 13-~Fifty-two members of Leagues of Nations declared a boycott on [tals ian goods and an embargo on key ex ports, Oct, Germany formally ended membership in League of Nations Nov, l-League of Nations ordered sanctions against Italy into effect No- vember 18, Paraguay gave notice of withdrawal from League of Nations Nov, S-—Italians occupied Makale and Gerahal, Ethiopia, Nov, ll-Mussolini ed against sanctions. Nov, 17United States-Canadian trade treaty made public, Nov, 18—8anctions against Italy by 52 nations went into effect Gen, Pietro Hadoglio succeeded Gen. Emilio de Bono as commander in chief of Italian armies in Ethiopia. Nov. 20--Pope Pius named new cardinals. Nov. i5—League of Nations postponed embargo on oll against Italy, Nov, 37-Japan seized control of north China railways and sent large bodies of troops to the Tientsin area. Dec, 2--British cabinet decided to support oll embargo against Italy; anti. aircraft defenses of London ordered strengthened. Dee, $-~American, Irish and Canadian delegates met in Washington to plan trans-Atlantic air service, Dee, 6-Italian planes bombed erinl palace, American hospital and Cross tents in Dessye, Ethiopia. Emperor Halle Seiassie formally pro- tested to League of Nations, Dec. 8~Great Britain and France agreed on last pence «fer to Italy. Dee, 9-~International naval confer ence opened In London, Dec, 11-Ethiopia rejected Franco. British peace plan, Dec, 12-Japan’s demand for naval parity reject by other powers in Lon. don parley, Dee, 18--8ir Samuel Hoar. resigned as British foreign secretary because of opposition to Fraffco-British peace plan, talians defeated Ethiopians in big battle south of Makale, United Statea and Honduras conclud. ed reciprocity trade agreement, Dee, 1%-lLeague of Nations council discarded Franco-British peace plan, Outer Mongolia invaded by Japanese and Manchukuan troops, DOMESTIC Jan, 1—Rhode Island Democrats by a coup seized the senate and ousted the Supremg court. an, 2--Trial of Hauptmann for kid. naping and murdering the Lindbergh baby opened in Flemington, N, J. Jan, J--Beventy-fourth congress met and organized; ¥rns elected speaker of house, Jan, 4—~President Roosevelt In annual message proposed reat work relief program to supersede ithe direct dele. dan, T-—President Roosevelt prevent. ed to congress a budget for the fisen) ear 1938 calling for expenditures of HH 500,000,000, United ' States Supreme court held unconstitutional petroleum control pro. visions of the National Industrial Re- covery act, . B—Arbitration commission or. Unit States to apologize to nadian government ana pay 360.666 r sinking of the rum running schooner assembly declared banned formally protest. twenty Ime Jan, 10—-Mary Pickford granted di- vorce from Douglas Fairbanks, Jan, 11—House passed $770,000,000 in- dependent offices bill. an, 16~~President sent message urg- ing senate to approve United States’ entry Into World court, Jan, 17-~President’'s messa “social safety” plan and old-age pen- sions, . Jan, 18—Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall and John Boettiger married in New York, Jan, 21--Bill in house §iving Roose- velt power over spending of four bil- lions for public works and eight hun- dred million for relief. Jan. 24—~House passed four billion Sight hundred million relief and works e outlined Jan, 26—~Houae voted power to Roose- velit to borrow $11,500,000,000 to pay New Deal cost. Jan, 20—Uprising In Louisiana put down by Huey Long's troops. Jan, 19—Benate rejected orld court adherence resolution, House passed bill to extend RFC for another two years. Jan, 30--Senate passed bill to In- crease borrowing power of New Deal by $11,600,00,000. J extended an, 31—Roosevelt code to June 16. Feb, 2—North Dakota Supreme court ousted Moodie as governor, Feb, b-—~House voted down Inquiry into Postmaster General Garley's gifts of stamps to friends. Feb, 6—Extension of NRA two J oars, tightening of hour and wage prov sions, and retention of present staff asked by President Roosevelt. Feb, 8—Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray- son named chairman of Red Cross. Feb, 13—Bruno Richard Hauptmann found guilty of murdering Lindbergh baby; sentenced to death, Congress voted to end federal pay cuts, 14—Robert EB. Wood, Chicago, named to head advisory committees on $4.880,000,000 work relief plan. Feb, 18—Thirty-one convicts shot way out of Oklahoma reformatory; guard killed, eight prisoners wounded. Feb, 15—Administration won preme court gold ® to 4 vote, Feb, 22—House passed largest peace. Hie army bill, appropriating $375,000,- auto in Bu. clause decisions by Feb, 28-—-Federal judge holds section 7-A of NRA unconstitutional in its ap- plication to Weirton Steel company, Federal judge granted 35 Kentucky coal operators Injunctions preventing United States from enforcing code. March 3-—President asked congress for outright subsidy to merchant ma- rine to replace present mall contract and building loan system, March 6-8. Clay Williams resigned as head of NRA board March 10-—~Government moved to re- Place all national bank currency with money based on gold taken by treasury, March 11—House repealed pink slip Income tax publicity feature. Samuel Insuli acquitted of embezzle- ment charge March 14—J, Crawford Biggs, solle- for general, resigned March 21-—-House currency inflation diers’ bonus March 23 measure March 24-—President proval to proposed Philippines, March I68—President trip off the Bahamas Senate passed §305.000 bill Mareh 27 slrengthen Patman pay wsol- -Benate passed works relief accepted plan to gave his constitution ap. for left on fshing 000 treasury House voted $38.000.000 to RAavYy shore bases March I8—Benate voted for repeal of £ ¢ lax publicity feature March 30-Coal miners and operators nue wage scale until in June 18 April 1—United States Buprems court reversed conviction and death f two, negroes in famous ‘Ase Five per cent pay raise for rallway Workers went into effect bLConfoerence report on work senate and house lent Hoosevell ended and signed the work I accepted by £ Presi ng trip House passed McSwain war ihe mavy public works % Lon House passed rity Frank tional sdministra- seo il Walker named 41. Emergency council in work relief ex- of Chevrolet by strike «President announced creas three new agencies for work and named eight classes Motor 3f projects Secretary Tokes named head the sliotment division ry Hopkins made head rogress division, Supreme court ruled In fa. vor of Arizona in Parker dam case April 20--Toleds molor workers strike spread to Cleveland and Cin. cinnati May Z—United States Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions opposing Jesisiation asxed by the administra- tion May 3-—Leland Harrison minister to Rumania May 6-—Supreme court declared rail. way pension act wnconstitutional May 7-—Senate passed the Patman bonus BIL Conviction of Ex-Gov. William Langer of North Dakota and four others for conspiracy to misuse federal relief funds reversed by Federal Court of Appeals May 9%-—House passed the omnibus banking bill Ma 1~President Roosevelt estab. lishe rural electrification division, headed by Morris I. Cooke Dennis Chaves appointed senator from New Mexico, May 13-Toledo auto strikers accept. ed compromise settlement. May i4~Senate passed bill extending NRA until April 1, 1936. Long's resolution for investigation of Farley rejected by senate May 15-~Representative Michas! LI. Igoe appoint United States district attorney at Chicago, May 16—Senate passed the Wagner labor relations bill May 18—~Audit by Comptroller Gen- TVA MceCarl disclosed great waste in May 20-—President fixed wages and hours for work relief program. Norman Armour appointed American minister to Canada, May 22--President Roosevelt, appear. ing personally before joint session of congress, vetoed the Patman bonus measure, The house Immediately re- passed IL May 23--8enate sustained President's veto of bonus act, May 24-—Senate assed $460.000.000 navy appro priation bill May 27—Unit Btates Supreme court unanimously ruled the code structure and wage and labor hours jrovisions of NRA were unconstitutional, Frazier-lLemke farm mortgage mora. torium act held invalid by Supreme court. President Roosevelt's removal of the late William E. Humphrey as trade commissioner declared invalid by Su. preme court, May 28—~8enate passed Copeland food, drug and cosmetic bill, May 20-California Pacific exposition at San Diego upened, May 31-President Roomevelt sug. gested revision of Constitution to give economic control te federal governs ment, June 1-Toung George Weyerhaeuser, kidnapea from Tacoma, freed on pay. ment of $200000 ransom. June Y-~House passed bill skeletonized NIRA until April 1, 1836. June HH, Waley and wife were arrested In Balt Lake City for Weyer haeuser kidnaping and confessed June 10-Nepublicans of ten hid-west states opened “grass roots” conference in Bpringfiend, condemning the New Deal, June ll-Benate passed the public utility bil, June 12-President Roosevelt present. ed diplomas to 276 West Point gradu- Aten. Tone 13Henate passed resolution sx. tending sakeletonized NRA to April 1. June 14--Recretary of War Dern vin. dicated General Foulols of air mail charges, " : new NRA B 8 with Naa 'N vent as administ T use extended '‘nulsance” appointed extending June 17-Ho tAXes tWOo vears i June 18-—House passed AAA amend- ments asked by administration, June 19-—President told to congress his plan to break up great fortunes and redistribute wealth through taxes. Benate passed the social security bill, House passed the Wagner-Connery la bor disputes bill, Senator Couzens gave federal govern. ment $550,000 for Industrial workers home colony in Detroit area. June 26--Gen, Hugh Johnson made works relief director for New York. June 26—President set aside $50,000,- 000 from works fund to provide jobs for youth of nation, July 1-—President handed $51 000,000 to Rexford Guy Tugwell for rural reset- tlement work. July 2-—House passed utilities bill without “death sentence” clause, and then ordered Investigation of lobbying for and against the messurs, Jul 16—~AAA processin clar unconstitutional by Federal Ap- peals court in Boston, July 23-—Genersl strike at Terre Haute shut off all food supplies; Na- tional Guard called out, July 23-—Senate passed AAA amend. ments bill, President Roosevelt named I. W. Cramer to succeed Paul Pearson as gov. ernor of Virgin islands, Terre Haute general strike called off by unions. July 24—~House passed liquor con. trol ii, July 26-—Senate passed bank bill as drafted by Glass. James O'Neill resigned ms head of NRA, effective August 1. July 31-—Congress passed bill restor- Ing $46,000,000 in Spanish war veterans’ pensions. b~-New bill §—~Rhodes Island Republicans elected Charles F. Risk as congressman, defeating the New Deal candidate. Aug. 8—~Maj. Gen. B, D. Foulols, head of army air corps, voluntarily retired. Aug. ¥—Ensetment of social security law completed, Aug, 15-—8Senate passed new tax bill House cleared Federal Judge Alschu- ler of Illinois of misconduct charges. Aug, 1%--Benate passed farm mors- torium and rallway pension bills and adopted conference report on banking fiL House passed Guffey coal bill. rail. way pension bill and conference reports on banking and rivers and barbors bills. Aug of TVA; olution tax de- tax passed by 21—Congress enlarged powers senate passed neutrality res- concerning Italo-Ethiopian quarrel, Aug. 22-—House accepted compro mise “death sentence” in utilities bUL Guffey coal bill passed by senate. House passed resolution for manda tory embargo on arms shipments to nations at war. Aug, 23--John Q. chairman of labor relations board Aug, 24—Benute mccepted conference reporis on utilities, new tax and alcohol control bills; and approved compromise neutrality resolution Texas voted for prohibition repeal and joen) Winant appointed option 26—Congress adjourned: third appropriation bill killed by Senator long's filibuster Aug, 2% federal bousing admin Body John Hamilton, last of Dilling An, un Im 8 b i t 1 inguiry into deaths of of war vet- erans in Florida hurricane Bept, 6—8tewart McDonald appointed federal housing administrator Sept, § Huey PV. long of louisiana shot and critically wounded Rouge. assassin killed by Lo A # isirator, NHenator nal Grand Rapids or Long died velson of Slater, Towa, chief ¢ s. A. R iin C. H¢ admi ters of Pens rejected cb encampment of Q 3 Mich. federal Bept 3 u New Mexico constityt a President Ros cated §R00.000 000 more t American Legion conventio in Bt. louis Mo James M. Landis was appoin man of the EEC Eoft con] miners began strike Sept, 26 President Roosevelt on trip to Pacific const Birike of soft coal the un n Ray Murphy of lowa, slected commander merican Legion v 29 ‘8 udget sounced. re more than a billion Bept miners won by Grove brothers raliway em. Ewesringen regained control of their pire Oct, 2-~President Roosevelt sailed on Croiser Houston from San Diego Mal Gen Malin Craig sppointed chief of staff of army Oct. 5New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals upfeld death sentence for Bruno Hauptmann for murdering the windbergh baby. Oct, 18~FPresident Roosevelt ama. Oct, 17-Vice President Garner snd big congressional delegation silled for Philippines Oct 15William Green re-elected resident of Ameriean Federation of hor. Oct, 213-- President Roosevelt landed at Charleston, 8 CC. Oct, 26~Farmers voted by big ma- jority for retention of corn-hog pro- gram. Dee, 17--United States Bupreme court opened fall session in its new home Nov, 4-Eastern standard time for Chicago adopted by council Noy. S—Republicans gained control of New York legisiature and elected mayors of Philadelphia and Cleveland. A. B. Chindler, Democrat, elected gov- ernor of Kentucky, Nov, 11-J N. Darling. chief of the biologienl survey, resigned. Nov, 17-President Roosevelt refused to interfere in Mexico's church affairs. Bar association upheld Liberty league lawyers’ offer of legal aid, Nov, 20-—President Roosevelt went to Warm Spria Ga. Nov, 41 nited Sta shipping boa warned American shippers agains shipping war material to Italy and Ethiopia. Nov, 23--John L. Lewis resigned as vice president of A F. of IL. Nov, 24¢-8Bupreme court granted tem. porary injunction against AAA process. ing taxes on rice. Rov. $0-Federal rellef ended with 2.500.000 shifted from FERA rolls to PA pay rolls. Dec, 2-George N. Peek resigned as president of export bank, Secretary Wallace announced new eorn-hog program. ve. ongress of American Indus. try and National Association of Manus facturers adopted platform for defeat of New Deal and return to “American system.” pe, S-—Benator declared he was not a re-election, Des, S—Lawyers' committees of Amer. fenn Liberty league declared Guffey coal act uaconstitutional. Dec, $President Roosevelt addressed the American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago, defending the AAA and re. ceived honorary degrees from Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind, Bupreme court refused to review the conviction of Bruno Hauptmann for kid. naping and murdering the Lindbergh baby, Dee, 13-~Hauptmann sentenced to dle in week of Jan, 13, Dec, 15-QGov, Talmadge of Qeorgia announced his candidacy for Democratic Presidential nomination, s Dee, 18 Republican national commits tee selected Cleveland for convention city, Dec, 18.Frank C Walker resigned as NEC head, AERO Jan, 12<Amelin Earhart made solo flight Honolulu te California in 1% hours 16 minutes, Jan, 15-="Jimmy"” Doolittle flew trans. rt plane neross United States in 11 ours 5% minutes, Feb, 21-leland 8 Andrews brok Doolittie's transcontinental speed r by 3x minutes, Murch 17--Pan American Alrways ; Pioneer flew from A obs TWA plane 12 pane in Pan. Norris of Nebraska wi, March 30-Robot-plloted few, Jom const to coast in ay $-—Amelia Earhart made non. June 12—Pan-American Alrways Clip. er Diane started from Alameda, Calif, or Midway islands. oll ne 13-Clipper plane reached Hon. uly, June 15—Pan-American Cli r plane reached Midway islands. pat p July 12—8irantosphere balloon blew if pe being “infiated at Rapid City, Aug. 15—Will Rogers, comedian, and Wiley Post, famous aviator, killed in plane crash nean Point Barrow, Alaska, Aug, 30—Benny Howard won Bendix air race, Los Angeles to Cleveland, n't 3--iarol Neuman of Moline, ww Won ompson tro race a Cleveland, » hy : Bept. 12-—Laura Ingalls sot new wom. ens record for west to east transcon- tinental flight, 13 hours 34 minutes § seconds, Sept, 13—Howard Hughes made new jand plane speed record, 352 miles an Sept, 21-—Lisut, Felix Waltkus start. ed non-stop solo flight from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, Sept, 22—Waltkus made forced land. Ing at Ballinrobe, Ireland, unhurt ov, B—-8ir Charles Kin - Australian aviator, spiord-guith, gal, Nov, 11—Capts, A. W. Btevens and QO. A. Anderson of the Army reached record altitude of 74,000 feet in strato. sphere balloon, Nov, 13--Jean Batten of New Zea~ land made solo flight across the south. ern Atlantic, Nov. 22—Pan-American line's China Clipper left Alameda, Calif, for Manila with first trans-Pacific air mail Nov, 20-—Lincoln Ellsworth disap- peared on flight over Antarctic conti nent, Nov, Manila. Dec, 6 China Clipper completed round trip to Mania, DISASTERS Jan, 21—Eleven miners died mine blast In Pennsylvania Jan, 24—Liner Mohawk sank after collision with freighter off New Jersey 117 rescued, 46 lost, : Jan, 26—Toll of dead in flood reached 27, Feb, §—~Twelve dead, 70 hurt in Texas tornado. Feb, 12--Glant airship Macon fell Into sea off California coast: 81 of 82 aboard rescued, Feb, 23--Atlantie killed ten. March 12—Floods in lower Missinsippl ¥alley drove thousands from homes. April T-—Tornadoes in southern states filled 33 and Injured hundreds April 8—Twenly persons died in Call. fornia floods April 11—Fourteen school children killed when train hit bus at Roc kKville, lost in Bay of Ben- 29—China Clipper arrived at in coal southern seaboard storms April “arthquake In killed 0, injured 12 000 April ~Hundreds killed by sarth. Quakes in Persia April 25LIregon Balem burned Formosa slate capitol at é May &€--Fall of transport i isd Senator Cuttin ir others ir hundred Chinese miners oded shaft Russin's giant Gorky, crashed in killed plane | g of N « plans, the colli and Texas a BOOTe an 150 lives, cores ewned by flood Yep usand lives . China on and fira Peoria, 111, ¢ submarine sank in n il—Thousand desd in flood In Aug, 13-Power dam at Ovada, Italy, burst; about 100 persons drowned Aug. I5--~Waterspout created havoo in Genoa: six killed Hurricane in Newfoundland killed 0 Bept, 3—Nearly 600 killed in southern by hurricane. Steamer Dixie 184 passenger went om French reef 60 miles from Miami: all rescued Sept. 2U-—Five-million-doliar fire In Eydney, Australia Sept. 26 Fire dia $5,000,000 damage. Hept 28 Hurricane swept across Cuba, killing a score and doing great damage. Oct. 7—~United Alr Lines plane crashed in Wyoming, killing 12. Eleven killed and many injured by factory explosion in Chicago. Oct, Severe earthquake In west. ern Montana; two killed and great dam. age done in Helena, Oct, 20-—-About 2.000 persons killed In Haiti hurricane. Oct, 30-<Huge bombing plane under test for army crashed near Dayton, Ohio: one dead, four injured. United Alr lines test plane hit hil) near Cheyenne: four killed. Floods in Honduras killed 118 and 414 $12,000,000 damage. Nov, 17-—Destructive storm on Atlan. tic const of United States, Dec, 8-Flood at Houston, Texas, did two million dollars’ damage, Dec, $—8ixteen coal miners killed by explosion at Coalhurst, Canada. Dec, 10-~Eleven killed in crash of Belgian air liner in England. Dac, 13~-Eleven million dollar fire In new post office building in Washington, SPORTS Jan, 1-Alabama defeated Stanford In Rose Bowl football game at Pasadena. Jan, 2-Sullivan trophy awarded to Bu, Bonthron of Princeton by the A. Jan, 31-<Cangoneri whipped Rodak In ten rounds. Feb, 23-—Azvcar won $108,400 Santa Anita handicap. March 7-8ir Malcolm Campbell broke own record at Daytona Beach, driving car 276 miles an hour. March 10-8chmeling stopped Hamas in ninth round at Hamburg, April 6~Cambridge beat Oxford In annual shell race. April 26—Jesse Owens of Ohio State sel mew American record for broad Jump, 26 feet 1% Inches, at Drake relay, PR Omaha won the Kentucky erby, May 10-Canzoner! regained light. weight title by whipping Ambers, May 18-~Jease Owens of Ohio State set new world's record for low hurdles May 21-University of Michigan and John Fischer won Big Ten golf cham- plotships, May 22--Americans defeated Italian boxers, § to 3 in Golden Glove tourney in Chicago. May 25-~lavwson Little of California again won British amateur golf title Jesse Owens of Ohio State set three new world records and tied another in Big Ten track meet which was won by University of Michigan, May 27~Barney Ross whipped Jimmy Melanin, regaining world welterweight title, May 30--Kelly Petillo won Indianap- olis S00emile auto race, June J Minnesota won Big Ten base. ball championship, June b-<Aga Khan's Bahram won English dethy, June 7--Ohio State won central inter. collegiate track meet, une f-~Sam Parke of Pittsburgh won open golf championship. June j3.-James J Braddock won heavyweight championship from Max or, June 18-~Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee Pro, won western open f title, wile, 3 inlveraity ot fornia won u toga une To Tadley’s inck Helen won American derby | Yale defeated in annual re- in London docks June 25--Jos Louis defeated Primo Carnera in New York. July 2i-—Charles Yates of Atlanta won western amateur golf title at Colo rado Bprings. July 29—English Davis oup from Americans, Aug. ~Jos Louis whipped King Leviiaky, in 2h Jound &t Chicago ug. ~American women tennis tanm haat Eoaglish and retained Wight. whig. Alon pyaaliea won bantam. . Lin 3 4 Hig ond Jie by ealing Sixto Escobar Aug, 31-—-Mrs, Glenna Collett won women's national ship, Bept, 3—8ir Malcolm Campbell of Eng- land set Rew world record of 201.237 miies per hour with b 3 i . mobile In Utah, hia Bluebird saute Bept, 11—Helen Jacobs retained wom. en's national tennis championship Bept, 12—Wilmer Allison won na tional tennis championship Lawson Little won national teur golf title. Bept., 19-—Riskoe won championship from Yaroz in Pittsburgh, Bept, 20-~Detroit Tigers won Ameri can League pennant, Bept. 24—Jos Louis knocked out Baer In fourth round at Bept, 27—Chicage Cubs won National League championship, Bept, 29-—American Ryder cup from British team, Oct, 2--Chicago Cubs defested De- trolt Tigers in first world series game, ot. po ers won © n from Cubs, 8 second game Oct, 4—Tigers won ries game. Tony Canzoner! defeated Al Roth, re. taining lightweight title . Oct, Tigers won fourth game in world series Oct, 6~Cubs captured fifth world se- ries game. Oct T—Detroit Tigers won sixth game and the world championship Oct, 23—~John Revolta won national P. G A championship Nov 16—8ixto Escobar of Puerto Rico won bantamweight title from Log Balica, Nov, 19-—Welker Cochran won world three-cushion billiards championship in Chicago Nov, 23-—Minnesota and Ohio tied for Big Ten football title Yale defeated Harvard in football Nov, 30—~Army beat Navy at foot. ball Dec. 8A A 1! participation many. Avery dent of A. A. Dec, 13-Joe Louls beat eudun in New York Dec 16Detroit sional football ch NECROLOGY 1 William Sproul x - outhern Pacifie raliroad 1i—Mme Marcelia Sembrich for. opera star. an, 16—Mrs. John Dickinson Sher. mer president Ger Federa. Ub tennis team won Varese golf champion- ama- middleweight } Max New York ro golf team won third world se- Btate voted for American in Olympic games in Ger. ZF rundage elected presi Pauline Us. lions won ampionship profes President eral De ner Wash. ’ on Payne in Long, noted magazine Col. {red Dreyfus of July 18—Lord Dalziel Paper proprietor uly 26-—Col H RH York, capitalist July 28~Gra Silver, leader July 290-Dr. Walter eator, at Columbia, Mo. July 230-—Frederick H Massachusetts, former United States senator Aug, Frank H. Hitchoock, Tucson publisher and former postmaster gene eral. Aug, morist, Wiley Post, aviator Aug, 25~Thomas A PEdison, Jr Aug, 2Z7-Childe Hassam, Americans artist, Aug, 29-—-Queen Astrid of Belgium Aug. 20-—~Henri Barbusse, noted French author and pacifist, Aug, 31-—Mrs, Harold Ickes, wife of secretary of the interior Sept, 4—Bishop Walter T. Sumner of Oregon, crusader against vice Bept, 8-E. L. Doheny, oll magnate Sept, 8—Former Gov, 8 8 Pennewill of Pennsylvania, Sept, 10—United States Senator Huey . Long of Louisiana. Sept. 12-Clive Runnells, vice presi dent Pullman company, Sept, 20--Gen, . . Atterbury, re- fired president of Pennsylvania rail. road, Sept, 23-—-De Wolf Hopper, American comedian Sept, P. Bicknell, chairman of American Red Cross. Oct, Bishop T. FPF. Gaillor., chan. celior of University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Oct, T~Francis Wilson, veteran comie opera ster. S Miiton J. Fore Oct, 16—~Maj Gen, man of Chicago. Maj, Gen. W, L. Sibert, one of build. ers of Panama canal Oct, 17-T, V, O'Connor, former chair. man U. 8 shipping board Oct. 20--Maj. Gen, A. W, Greely. Are. tic explorer, Bidney Smith cartoonist, Oct, 21—langdon E. Mitchell of New York, playwright Oct, 27 British news Rogers of New veteran farm Williams, edu- Gillett of speaker and 15~Will Rogers, actor and hue vice , @7~Federal Judge W. L Grubd at Birmingham, Ala. Nov. §—Dr, Henry F. Osborn, scien tist and explorer, in New York William A. ("Billy") Suncay. gelist, in Chicago, Nov, 3-—Walter 1. Fisher of Chicago, former secretary of the interior, Nov, 15-<Federal Judge Louis Pits. Henry at Normal, IIL Nov, 1%-~Federal Judge Benson Hough at Columbus, Ohio, Nov, 20--Earl Jellicoe, British ad. miral, Nov, 21-Dr. A. B, Dinwiddie pres ident of Tulane university, Dee, 3-=Dir. James H. Breasted of Uni. versity of Chioage, orientalist. Princess Victoria, sister of king of England jun M,, Carey Thomas, ex-president yn AWE of $e Yon o Belts, New York, wet. eran author and newspaper man, Dec. SUhnarles Ewing of Philadel. phia, president of Reading Rallway com. bee. lo) 3. San Swerinigen ot lan Mio, ra a magnate. CI Ne Ghie F.R Mr. of Mone ec. 16-—Thelma Todd, screen motress, in los Ang - § ie Ney, A phonse Smith, Catholic 0 ape JN Linette Reese of Balti od wan Vicente mes, presi enenuela, Ge ing HE bane evan.
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