5 a RR OCCT EN EEE Nee HRONOLOGY OF THE YEAR 1937 Compiled by E. W. PICKARD RR EEC x rae : wl » . oe v hd io 4 » . » UE CX SE 8 x) 3 » RE Pua vo. EEX x Lo A’ i ho x Boe REE XE DOMESTIC Jan. 2—Andrew W. Mellon offered his great art collection to the nation. Jan, 4-Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas made speaker of the house. Supreme court upheld prison. -made oods. Oregon's criminal syndicalism law held fnvalid by Supreme court. Jan. 5-—Seventy-fifth congress convened and organized. Jan. 6-—President message to congress. Congress passed neutrality barring war shipments to Spain. Jan. 7—President Glenn Frank of Uni. versity of Wisconsin ousted by board of regents. 8—President message asked for between and $8,000,000,000. Jan. 11—President Roosevelt asked for 790,000,000 for WPA until July 1. Charles Edison appointed assistant secre- tary of the navy. Mich., law restricting Roosevelt read his resolution Roosevelt's budget $6,000,000,000 Strikers at Flint, with police. Supreme court upheld 50 per cent on silver profits. Jan. 12-Congress received from Presi- dent plan for reorganizing administrative branch of government. Jan. uce for negotiations arranged in General Motors strike Jan. 15—Senate voted 21% sion of RFC and subsidiaries Jan. 19—Congress extended for 2'4 years President's control of stabilization "fund and dollar valuation. Jan. 20—Franklin D. Roosevelt i{naugu- rated for second term as President Jan. 21-—-Sanford Bates resigned as fed- eral bureau of prisons director Jan. 22—-House extended RFC ng subsidiaries to June 30, 1939 ostmaster General Farley re-appointed Jan. 26—House passed $790,000,000 flood relief wil. Jan, —Senate La A $50,000, joans, Jan. 28—House voted to put first, and third stmasters under civil service. Feb. 1-—Michigan National Guard mob- flized to stop new strike riots in Flint. Feb. 2-Sit-down strikers ordered ousted from General Motors plants by court in- Junction. Feb. 3—President Roosevelt submitted to congress a § billion 6-year public works program. House passed bill appropriating $1,000, 000 for federal offices and agencies. Senate passed $948,000,000 deficiency bill Feb. 4—West Coast maritime ended, Feb. B—President in bloody riot tax years exten- and loan- assed house bill ap- for seed and crop second Rootgevelt federal judiciary, preme court to 15 Feb. voluntary retirement of Supreme Justices at seventy on full pay resident asked congress for to protect plains states arsugne, 11—-Bill creating Disasters corporation passed by congress General Motors strike settled by promise agreement. Feb. 13—Prof president of Yale. including from future Loan com- from membership President Green of A F. of L. Feb. 16—-Ex-Gov. Paul V. McNutt of In. diana made high commissioner to the Phil. ippines man of social security board; A. J. Alt. meyer named chairman and M. W. Latimer appointed a member eb. 25--Reciprocal trade extended three years by congress Feb. 26-Senate passed house bill for voluntary retirement of Supreme court Justices at seventy Feb. 21-—-President Roosevelt states to enact soil conservation Feb. 28-Eugene Vidal rector of federal laws. air commerce bureau. the gold clause abrogation act March 2--Big steel companies raising wages and reducing hours, recognized C. I. O. comm ing agent. March 3-Neutrality tion adopted by senate March S—Permanent maritime commis sion named with J. P. Kennedy as chair. man. March 11-—House passed new Guffey coal control bill March 12-Dr. F. E. Townsend sentenced to month in jail and $100 fine for contempt of the house. March 13-General Motors and United Automobile Workers reached agreement. March 14—Remington-Rand ordered by labor relations board to re-employ 4.000 workers. C. A Dykstra, city manager of Cincin- nati, accepted presidency of University of Wisconsin March 15-Chrysler sit-down strikers or. dered by court to evacuate plants. March 16—Railroads and unions agreed on pension plan. March 21-—-Nationalist Puerto Rico, fatal to ten. March 22-Senate passed $512,847 808 naval + opriation bill. arch 24-John L. Lewis ordered Chry- sler strikers to evacuate the plants, March 20-Supreme court upheld the Washington minimum wage for women sect, the railway labor act and the new Frazier. Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act April 1—-Soft coal miners of Appalachian fields quit work pending new wage agree- ment, April 2-New wage scale for coal miners signed; strike ended. April 3-8. 8S. Kresge gave about $12.000.- 000 to Kresge foundation. April 5—Senate passed Guffey coal con- trol bill April 6-Chrysler strike settled pe 7-—Senate passed concurrent res. olution condemning sitdown strikes and the industrial s system. April 12—-Supreme court upheld Wagner labor relations act in five decisions. April 14—-House ssed bill repealing “long and SHoft haul” clause of interstate commerce April 15 Anti lynching bill passed by the April 19-Mrs. Florence Harriman ap- pointed minister to Norway and A. J. Drexel ambassador to Poland April 20-—President Roosevelt sent mes- sage to congress revising his budget esti: fiscal year and ing bil and ittee as bargain- extension resolu- riot in Ponce, Texas Vis minister to Bolivia. passed $79,200,000 second House passed war department gp h act. May 7-GCeorge L. Berry appointed sena- or from May 12-—-House extended CCC for two O. called strike in plants of Jones lin Steel tion spread to other House passed $115.000,000 Department of Interior 1. May 18--Justice Willis Van Devanter an nounced his retirement from Supreme court, effective June 1. Senate judiciary committee reported un- favorably the President's Supreme court enlargement bill May 20--Senate voted to make CCC permanent Jones & Laughlin Steel employees voted 8 to 2 for C. May 24-—Su Supreme court upheld old age pensions unemployment insurance provisions of social security act, and Ala- ama employment insurance law. President asked congress for legislation setting up wage and hour standards for industry, and identical bills were intro. duced in house and senate. May 26--C. 1. O. started strikes against three independent steel companies, May 30--Seven killed, many hurt in bat. tle between police and steel strikers in South Chicago, Il. June 1-—-House passed billion and a half relief bill President Roosevelt asked congress to get after big tax dodgers. June President asked congress to cre- ate seven regional authorities like TVA June 5--John D. Rockefeller left bulk of estate, $25,000,000, to granddaughter. June 9 with guns and gas at Youngstown, June 10-—-Resolution calling for ation of tax evasion problem hite House. June 11. corporation's Cambria mill June 12-—-Lewis called strike in 17 coal mines owned by two steel companies June 14-—-Senate committee condemned court enlargement bill June 20--Pennsylvania governor Johnstown steel plant; martial law de- clared June 21-Senate appropriation. fouse passed pension employees June 22--Senate passed 2 billion 63 mil- lion dollar relief vill June 23-Eilis Parker, Sr., and son con- victed at Newark, N. J., of kidnaping plot under Lindbergh law Fifty-five indicted in 13 gem smuggling plot in New York June 24—Senate voted to extend ance taxes and 3 cent postage for years June 25--Steel strike lost by union June 26--J. Butler Wright na sador to Cuba National labor relations board Ford with violation of Wagner act June a8--Somale ratified treaties drawn at Buenos Aires conference June 30 Franklin D Ethel du Pont married. July 6-—-Ohio grand jury indicted for rioting as steel plants reopened July 7—National labor began hearings on charges Ford company violated Wagner act July 8—Immunity was granted President Roosevelt in tax dodging hearings July 12--President urged immediate pas- sage of new crop control legislation ave H. Morris resigned as ambassa- dor to Belgium; Hugh Gibson, ambassa- dor to Brazil, transferred to Belgium July 13-—-House paid tribute to and pen- sioned Harry Parker, venerable doorman for the ways and means commitice, House overrode President's veto of farm loan bill July 14—Nine men, including two C. 1. O chieftains indicted for halting United States malls in Ohio strike zone July 17-—Controller general refused to of foreign Junkets Ohio refused to cut relief bill for railroad million dollar nuis- two in Johnstown area med ambas- charged 200 Jul July 2l-—-Administration abandoned Su- preme court bill Senator Barkley of Kentucky majority leader of senate July 22-Senate voted 70 to 20 to re- commit “the court bill Senate overrode President's veto of farm interest extension J. L. Hought £, Chicago, immigration voted six elected appointed commissioner of July 27-House House secretaries Congress authorized building fliary naval vessels to ¢ San Francisco hotel of six aux. } O00 000 worker $s sirike set July 28--Senate confirmed the no e A. Gordon of New York to be minister to the Netherlands: of Michigan as minister to Honduras and anther of Florida as min Rumania 29..F. P. Corrigan appointed min- Panama and Robert Frazer min- ister to San Salvador July 30-Senate passed hour labor bill Aug. 6-Senate passed Wagner housing bill in limited form Aug. 7-Congress appropriated $5,000,000 Rogers memorial Aug. 1l-—-Senate passed procedural reform bill Aug. 12--President Roosevelt nominated Senator Hugo IL. Black of Alabama for associate justice of Supreme court wit oF 13--Senate passed sugar con in Aug leaks Aug. 17—-Senate confirmed of Hugo L. Black to Supreme House passed third deficiency millions Aug. 18—-House passed half billion dollar housing bill Aug. 19-Cov. Bibb Graves of Alabama appointed his wife, Dixie Bibb Graves, Unit. ed States senator to succeed Hugo L Black Senate tolls re- vision bill Aug. 20--Senate passed deficiency bill New York C. 1. O. shipyard strike col lapsed, workers returning to jobs Aug. 21-Congress adjourned, after hous- ing bill and deficiency appropriation bill were enacted b President vetoed Will ill Aug. 23-Col. H. B. Hackett resigned as assistant director of P. W. A Aug. 26-Strike of railway brotherhoods averted by federal mediation Aug. 28-Andrew Mellon's will millions to a charitable trust Aug. 31-A. F. of L. council rejoin world labor federation. Sept. 4—President Roosevelt in Labor day address asked labor to droo strike tactics. Sept. T—Edward McGrady resigned as assistant to secretary of labor. Sept. 9--Dr 0. H. Mennet, Los Angeles, elected commander of G. A. R Sept. 12--Justice Hugo L preme court publicity accused member of the Ku Klux Klan Sept. 13-Engagement announced of John Roosevelt, son of President, t¢ Anne Clark of Boston Sept. 14-James E. Landis resigned as chairman of securities and exchange com- mission. Sept. 186-La Guardia renominated for mayor of New York by Republicans, and J. . Mahoney by Democrats. John T Biggers of Toledo named to manage census of unemployed. Sept. 20-American Legion convention opened in New York. W. 0. Douglas became head of SEC. Sept. 22-President Roosevelt started trip to Seatile. Sept. 23--Daniel Doherty of Boston elected national commander of American Legion. Sept. 20--American Bar association voted unanimously to continue fight “for inde- pendence of the judiciary. Oct. 1—Hugo L. Black in radio address admitted he was a member of Ku Kiux Klan but said he had abandoned it. Oct. 3-—Railway brotherhoods accepted offer of 44 cents a day wage raise; strike averted. Oct. 4-Hugo hong Black took his seat as associate justice the Supreme court Federation of Labor conven in Denver. President Roosevelt in Chicag timated America might be Graan into war ister to July the wage federal court trol 16—-House passed bill to stop tax appoi ¢ bill carry- passed Panama canal Rogers memorial left voted to his Black of Su- of being Oct. 12—President Roosevelt called ex. Jraoridinary session of congress for Novem- Brady gang of outlaws wiped out by G-men ® aamed delegation . Davis to attend far Brussels. in Milter elected senator fill out term of the Nov. 18-Governors of the six New Eng- land states demanded repeal of taxes that hamper business. J. H. Rand, Jr., and P. L. Berghoff acquitted in first case tried undér law Against transporting strike breakers across state lines. Nov. 21-—Secretary of War asked stronger army for defense. Nov, 27-—President Roosevelt went on fish- ing trip in Florida waters, , Bg 20--President asked congress to au- thorize a $16,000.000,000 housing program. Nov. 30-—-President asked congress to cut $214.000,000 from federal highway grants to states, Dec. 5——=Colonel and Mrs. turned to United States. a Steamship Leviathan sold to British junk rm Dec. 7—Federal board of tax appeals ex- onerated Andrew Mellon of income tax fraud. Dec. 10--President ordered immediate re- vision of taxes on business. House passed crop control bill Ns Hanes and Jerome Frank appointed to SEC. Dec. 13--Supreme court upheld redemp- tion of United States bonds before maturity. Dec. 22--Extraordinary session of cone gress adjourned. Woodring Lindbergh re- INTERNATIONAL Jan. 1—German warships seized two steamers in reprisal Jan. 2-Great Britain and Italy signed Jan. 6-—Spanish government protested to League of Nations against German and Italian aid given to Fascist rebels. Jan. 17—Soviet Russia refused to declare ban on volunteers going to Spain Jan 24—-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria signed treaty of friendship and peace. Jan. 30—-Hitler on fourth anniversary of his assumption of power denounced the war guilt clause of Versailles treaty. March 5—Department of State of United States apologized to Germany for insulting reference to Hitler by Mayor La Guardia of New York March 8-—International distribution of sources of opened in Geneva March 14 conference on raw materials sca lavia signed a March : H ans Die ckhoff ‘appointed Ger- man a nmbassad yr to the United States April 24-Great Britain and France re. leased Belgium from Locarno ob igations and guaranteed it against dq on May iritish ships ) ! nove flians fr besieged Bilbao, Spain May 25-Jews in llaly were become Fascists or leave the country May 27-Spain protested to League of Nations against intervention of Italy and Germany in Spanish civil war May 20--Spanish loyalist planes bombed German battleship Deutschland, killing 23 and wounding 83 May 3l-—Ger warships meria, loyalist Spa port, Germany and [aly wi ternational neutrality pat rol June 10--Mussolini mobilized big army to ald Spanish rebels June M--United States Joined Great Bri. tain and France in warning Germany Italy to keep hands off Spain June 28 {ussia agreed to troops from disputed Islands as hy war threat July 8-Truce ended battle of Chinese and Japanese west of Peiping July $8-CGreat Britain was by 27 powers to devise a new plan | patrol of Spanish coast 13-Chinese fought off Japanese al in furious fighting around Peip- civ. shelled Al Killin g 20 from in withdraw Japan ys egated port of Tanghy offensive south 20--Japanese seized and began general Ing 29-Lo treaty of ndon naval ina ¢ 12-Chinese airmen Japanese warships at Shs hai, 1.000 civilians in international set. : 16-Americans and evacuated from Shan hai Japan closed its er at Nan} 19—Portugal pri h relatio os ovakia wk, hinese and Japanese in 3 blockaded Chi 28--British ambassador to Ch wounded by Japanese aviators Hungary announced it would make “token payment on debt to United States Aug. 20--Great Britain demanded full re- dress from Japan for shooting of ambas- sador to China Aug. 3D—-American liner President Hoover bombed by Chinese planes by mistake; one of crew killed, ten wounded lance with France Sept. 5—~Great Britain and France inv powers to conference to stop “piracy” by Mediterranean declared Germany stood Sept in fight on commun T—Hitler mm Russia accused piracy Sept. 8-Japancse planes bombed Chinese refugee train near Shanghai, killing 300 Sept. 11<England and France agreed to police Mediterranean against pirate subma- rines Sept. 12--China asked League of Nations to halt Japanese aggression Sept. 13--League of Nations seated Span ish loyalist delegates Sept. 14-Spain agreed to pay $30,000,000 American war claims Sept. 18-—British underwriters cancelled all war risk insurance Spain demanded League of Nations curb German and Italian aggression in Spanish civil war Italy demanded parity in Mediterranean “anti-piracy’’ patrol. Sept 22-Japanese air fleets raided Nan- king and Canton; protests of United States Great Britain disregarded Sept —~Mussolini began five day visit with Hitler. Japanese airplanes bombed six big Chi nese cities Japan refused ‘League of Nations invita. tion to discuss war in China Sept. 28--league of Nations condemned Japan for bombing civilians in China Sept. 29-Japan defended her air raids on Nanking ritish government approved building of warplane eet for China Oct. 1-Japan warned world not to inter. fere with her actions in China Oct. 5—League of Nations recommended convocation of nine-power pact signatories to consider Sino-Japanese war. Oct. United States government formally denounced Japan as violator of treaties, League of Nations invited nine- er in. Ch signers to take action to stop Japan ina &" Japan denied treaty breaking and eed Chin Oct. 16—United States accepted invita. tion to conference of nine-power treaty s patories on Sino-Japanese war; Norman Davis named head of American delegation. ane routed Chinese . "se o Shanghai apan ieciined to attend nine ro treaty conforenc Oct. 30--Several British soldiers killed by Japanese in Shanghai ov. 2-Great tain agreed to receive consuls of Franco's Spanish regime. Wu 3-Far East peace parley opened in ssels Nov. 5—Duke of Windsor abandoned Amer- ican tour because of criticisms by labor. Nov. S-Italy inayat Germany and Japan in anti-commun t. a ures by the Jap- ov. 13 -dapan Jejecied peace proposals of Brusssis Nov. Fifteen nations in Brussels con to condemn Japan for tovad. China. of China evacuated ov. 1 ‘18 Viscount Ceetl of Chelwood awarded 1037 Nobel ce prize. Nov. 23-Japan blished Chahar and Sui of North China Suiyuan provinces as new state Ameritan Ambassador Johnson and staff from Nanking to Hankow, Brussels Far East conference 26-- Japanese seized all communi. coon SCA Eharehal Area co Italy of Mediterranean Nov, President Roosevelt demanded apologies, indemnifications and guarantees against repetition of such outra Jee, 15-France and frontier treaty. Bn HARY concluded FOREIGN Jan. 4-Marshal Chang sentenced to ten years imprisonment for kidnaping Chinese dictator Chiang Kalshek and then par. doned, Jan. 7-Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married to Prince Bernhard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld Jan. 15—George Bonnet made French am- bassador to United States, Jan. 17-Convicts at Guelph, Ontario, started riot, fired prison and several hun- dreds escaped Jan. 23--Premier Hirota of Japan and his cabinet resigned after being attacked in parliament. arl Radek and 16 others on trial at Mos- cow confessed plot to overthrow the Stalin regime an. 20-Germany abolished free city rights of Hamburg and Luebeck. an, 30-Thirteen Russian conspirators condemned to death; four, including Karl Radek, Siven prison terms. Gen enjuro Hayashi undertook task of forming Japanese ministry. Feb, 2—-Hayashl cabinet accepted by em. pelor of Japan Feb T-Shanish Fascists captured Malaga Feb 11 political prisoners in Mexico granted amnesty Feb. 14-Chancellor Schuschnigg of Aus- tria declared in favor of restoration of Hapsburg dynasty. Spanish rebel! warship shelled Valencia, temporary lovalist capital March 8-Spanish liner Mar Cantrabrico with American cargo of munitions for loy- alists shelled and taken by rebel vessel. March 16--New state, Mongukuo, spon- sored by Japan, set up in north China April 1-—New constitution for India went into effect; Burma became state wishin British empire; Aden became crown colony April 11--Anti-Fascists won crucial elec- tion in Belgium Apri 20--British sirike Gen. Francisco Franco consolidated Span. ish insurgent factions to form a one-party authoritarian state April 22--Poland politics A . coal miners voled to barred all Jews from President De Valera proposed Irish Free State tied up by new constitution for London transportation of 26.000 busmen May 12--King George V1 and Queen Eliza beth of tte at ‘Britain crowned May -B sh imperial : Py on. Caballero’s loyalist Spanish cabl. conference nish government formed ; ua May 24 May 28--Baldwin minister and was Chamberiain May 3l-—Hayashi signed e¢ 2-Prince Fum premier of Japan June 3—~Duke of Windsor field married at Monts, June 16--President of nitted suicide as b world's fair opened. quit as British succeeded by Pari 5 prime Neville Japanese cabinet re- mare Konoe made and Wallis War. France White Russia com- ireds were seized to Spanish rebels im and cabinet re- 1 senate y diciator Camille Chauterr ips named pre- France to succeed Blum Georgian soviet republic OSCOwW rnment nes BF ranc pended payment of foreign urse closed cuted 37 more t ber gave cabinet ce seized Rev. Mar. of the Protestants party failed to get constitution won In ovadonga, former crown prepared nation fo go on nch Reds ! Nazis by je ein of British parliament passed divorce of Irish Free State y 26-Republic of its 90th anniversary. July 2B-~Farouk 1 Liberia celebrated invested as king of American war memorial at Mont. France, dedicated 1l-~Kurd uprising pressed by French troops Russia reported execution of in Syria sup 72 raliroad ug. B--Spanish rebels captured San- Aug decree Sept revoit, 31-—-French railroads nationalized by B8-~Paraguay government suppressed Sept. 17-Dr. Hjalmar Schacht retired as Gern an finance minister Oct. 2-Spanish rebels took Covadonga Oct. 19--New high taxes decreed in Italy Oct. 23--Provisional President Paez of Ecuador resigned and was succeeded by Gen. Alberto Enriquez. Oct. 25--Van Zeeland resigned as premier of Belgium Oct. 28--British parliament opened by King George V1 C 28--Spanish loyalists moved capital Valencia to Barcelona. $-Spanish rebels announced block- ade of entire joyalist coast Nov. 10—President Vargas made himself dictator of Brazil Nov. 16-Grand Duke George of Hesse and ten others killed in Belgian plane cash. Nov. 18-Dictator Vargas abolished fed- eral courts of Brazil Nov. 22-Duke of Windsor won libel! suit against author and publisher of book about his abdication Duc de Guise issued manifesto siarting campaign to regain throne of France Dec. 3-Dictator Vargas of Brazil out. lawed all political parties Dec. 12-8Soviet Russia held first election under new constitution d Dec. 13-—Pope Pius created five new car- inals. “free’ SPORTS Jan. 6-Fred J. Perry in debut as profes. sional tennis player defeated Champion Ellsworth Vines, Jan. 2-Joe Louis defeated Bob Pastor in New York. Jan. 30—Schaefer won 28-2 billiards title, defeating Hoppe, Feb. 19-Freddie Steele, midd t ghainpion, whipped Babe Risko in title Fore 6-Illinois and Minnesota tied for Big Tet basketball title, Michig an won arch 13-University of Bit Ten indoor track title. Soden Glove boxers orkers, 9 to defea Cambridge in annual beat New Oxford atia, arch 25—Horton Smith won North and South pen golf Jognament at Atlanta. ey June 30 American golfers beat British in Ryder cup matches July 2-John D. Budge, American, Wimbledon tennis title July 7—-American league all-stars defeat. ed Nationals, 8 to 3, July 9—~Henry Cotton, England, won Brit ish open golf championship July 25--Gene Barazen won first prize in Chicago $10,000 open golf tourney. y 21—American tennis team won Da- vib " from England, July 3l—-Ranger defeated Endeavor II In first America’s cup race Aug. 2-—-Ranger won second race. Aug. 4—Ranger won third race. Aug. 5—~Ranger won fourth race, retain. ing the America’s cup Aug. 21—-American tennis team defeated British for Wightman cup Aug 22-Gar Wood, Jr., regatta at Chicago. Aug. 28--Johnny amateur golf title, Aug. 30--Joe Louis defeated Tommy Farr of Great Britain on points, retaining cham- plonship, Von Cramm and Henkel of Germany won United States tennis doubles title, Sept. 5-Wehrle won western amateur golf title. tenn nly th tle, Harty Cooper won champ oRsHp Sept. 20-Ralph Guldahl won western open golf title Sept. 22-014 Westbury team won Ameri. can polo title from Greentree Sept. 23—Ross and Ambers retained wel. terweight and lightweight titles; Jeffra won bantamweight title New York Yankees won American league championship. Sept. 26-Greyhound trotted mile in 1.56, new world record Sept. 30--New York Glants won National league pennant Oct - Mrs Estelle Page won women's national pod championship Oct. 10-New York Yankees won series from Giants Nov, 2—-Harvard beat Yale at football sota won Big Ten football cham. won won outboard Goodman won national ~Don Budge won national singles Canadion open golf world w. 15-Samue] E dent of A. A. U Nov. 18-Capt. George Eyston land set nes rid record for sg of 31142 ni hour in au Bonneville Utah Dec. 7 3aseball slower Hoyt elected presi. nobile at league 4 ; . New York finan- Jormack, commissioner Albert Gleaves, U. 8 N t Jan. 8-Charles Hayden, New York bank. er and philanthropist Jan. $-Clarence Eddy mous organist Jan. 10-Julius Steiglitz, in Chicago Jan. 13-Martin Johnson, Jan, 17—R. D. Cary, form senator and governor of Jan. 18-Clarence A of Brown university Jan, 20--Bishop M. J. Gallagher of De troit Jan, 21--H G banker Eugene M. of Chicago, fa- noted chemist, noted wer Ur Wyon Barbour, explorer ited States president Lloyd, Jan. 22 Stevens, Jan. 20-S8ir Percival Phi Feb. 4-W w Durbin, register of United and u Root, A. F Feb. 6- “El in New Y Feb 7-B ishop waukee Ex Cong Feb 22 an of Texas Rollo Ogden 23—Rear N. retired 24--8Sir Guy Standing. March 5—Richie Ling actor, in New York March 6--Dr. W at Stamford. Conn Mary L. Regua, Calif leader March statesman Schinner risp of Georgia gressman James P New York Times Henry T. Mayo, editor of Admiral movie actor, . Veteran T. Hornaday, zoologist, 13-Maj. Gen. H W 1a canal zon hu Thompson, noted inven March 16—Rear Admiral Richmond P Sir Austen Chamberlain, British states- Dr. B B March 20 goifer March 21-E Moeur, ex-governor of Arizona -Harry Vardon, famous British S. Stuart, dwin ex-governor March 22 Frederick MacMc« Ameri. can sculptor March 25-John Drinkwater, British poet and dramatist March 25—Frank Mandel, chan J B Frazier of Tennessee, former sena- and governor March 26-W industrialist an ator March 31--Mrs daughter-in-law of April 4~Talcott plorer April S-Albert pher and poet April 11-—Ralph Ince, England Everett Brown of Chicago, leader in busi. ness and amateur sports. April 13-—Lars Anderson, mat and soldier April 20-W, Forbes Morgan, former treas- urer of Democratic national committee April 21--Gus Hill, veteran theatrical producer and actor, April 23-8enalor N. L. Bachman of Ten nessee April 26-Bishop W. F. McDowell, Metho- dist leader, in Washington April 28—-John G Pollard, chairman of Veterans administration board of appeals and former governor of Virginia. April 26-William Gillette, actor Norman Hapgood, author and editor. May 6-C G. Billings, Chicago capi talist and sportsman May, #-Harry 8S. New, from Indiana and postmaster general May 10-—Paul Chabas, French painter. May 12—Louis F. Swift of Chicago, retired meat packer May 14-Gen. John L. Clem, "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga,” in San Antonio. John Burke of Minnesota, former gover nor and treasurer of United States. Prof. C. H. Haskins of Harvard. May 15—Viscount Snowden, former British chancellor of exchequer and Laborite leader. Percy Gassoway, ex-congressman from Oklahoma. May 19--J. Henry Roraback, Connecticut Re lican leader. 23-John D. Rockefeller, Sr., at Or Beach, Fla. mr ianuel Teflez, Mexican diplomat. May 24-Edward F. Dunne, ex-mayor of Chicago and ex-governor of Illinois. Rear Admiral J. V. Chase, retired. May »_Baward Albright, American min- ister to Costa Ric May 7 Frederick E. Ives of Philadel phia, inventor of halftone process. M F. Baker, New York banker. June 7-Jean Harlow, screen actress. June 10-—Sir Robert Borden, former Ca- nadian jer. June {4—Charles L. Pack, president Amer association. fcan June Dad. P. congressman Connery, June 13 Caston Doumergue, former presi nae, rien 3. Bantie, Author and AFRMANEL Ciner W. Fort of Ap Ty sournaiist une 24~Demarest June 25-Colin Clive, stage and screen nnies Chicago mer 1 A. Butler of Boston rmer United States sen Robert Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln Powell, editor and ex- biogra- df Bigelow Paine, film director, in American diplo- Jazz music. Jack Curley, 3 July 14-Sena Joseph T. Robinson of July 17—Gabriel Pierne,. French come July 19-Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of in Rome. . 8 Parker, industrialist, of Janesville, July M—A. 8. Prall, chairman federal uly Bd 3 * Boling of New York, lead. Edith Wharton, American novelist Aug. 13--Baron Runciman, British ship- ping nat Aug. Z—Andrew W. Mellon, financier and statasman, Aug. Zi--John R. Pope, famous architect, in New York, Frederick Opper, veleran cartoonist, Aug. 20-Dr. Charles F. Thwing, educs- tor and author. Sept. 1-Dr. G. H. Simmons of Chicago, eminent medical editor Sept. 6--Henry Hadley, poser, Sept. 13--Dr. Thomas GC, prestaent of Czechoslovakia Ellis Parker Butler, American writer, Sept. 18-Lott R. Herrick, lllinois Supreme ony Justice. William Loeb, secretary to Theodore Roosevelt, in New York Sept. 23-Charles A. Knorr, tenor. Sept. 25-Edward A. Filene, Boston mer. chant and economist, Sept, 26-E. T. Emmet, sador to Austria, Oct. 3—Ed Howe, author Atchison, Kan Oct. 7—John of skyscrapers. Oct. 11 Ogden L. Mills of New York, for- mer secretary of the treasury Oct. 14-—-Robert Underwood Johnson of New York, editor, educator and former diplomat Oct. 18-Col. Grayson Murp York, industrialist J. Bruce Ismay, British nate Oct. 18-lord Ernest Ru scientist Dr. J. N. B. Hewitt of Washingtior gist Oct. 20-Felix Warburg of financier and philanthropist Oct. 22-George Horace Lorimer, ex-editor of Saturday Evening Post, in Philadelphia Prof. E. R. Jones, drainage en; or and educator, in Madi ‘ Albert B. Insley, painter, Oct. 24-Sir naval architect Rev. C Oct. 3 thor. in Winnipeg nor; aut Judge Francis J. Heney in Sar Ca f American com- Masaryk, first President American American ambas- and editor, In Griffiths of Chicago, builder hy of New shipping mag- itherford, British ethnolo. York, Wis rican landscape Joseph 3 Henty M. Re sade na 0, McK The ar chen Lama ex-gov J. Harrahan, Miss Kate Buck inghamn tron , Chicago, DISASTERS Jan 21—Chinese ferryboat capsized; WICsE, Jan. D-Seventeen drowned wh Everglades canal near Mian Feb. 1-—Fiood, passing 1 drove many th 13—Near ¥ id huk i arines killed by she battleship Wy g March 18--Explosion of gas in London Consolidat ed school, east Texas, killed 455 teachers March 25--Thirteen killed in crash of air liner near Pittsburgh May German dirigible Hindenb urg ex- Killed in ii explo- 45 persons killed ay 17-—Boiler explosion on launch at Hongkong killed 70 Japanese emigrants June 20 Sixt een killed by avalanche while imalayvas uly 2—Thirty-two injured In wreck of North Western train at Evanston, Il July 15—Twenty killed in mine explosi at Sullivan, Ind July i6—More than 150 injured in blast of gasoline tanks at Atlantic City July 28-Twenty-five killed in train wreck near Paris Aug. 3-Fourteen lost when Pan Ameri can-Grace plane fell into sea off Panama. Aug 20 — Destructive earthquake at Manila. Aug. 22—Eleven killed in Wyoming for- est fire, Sept. 2-Terrific typhoon at Hongkong: more than 58 killed Sept. 1l—Southern Japan swept by de- structive typhoon pl. 20—-Wyandoite county built by WPA near Kansas City Oct. 16--Mine explosion at killed 33, . 11—Three hundred Japanese sul- phur miners killed by landslide. Dec. 10-—Thirtyfour killed in collision in Scotland Dec. 11-—Dollar liner President Hoover stranded on island off Formosa; all saved. lake dam, , collapsed. fuga. Ala. railway AERO Jan. 12 — Western Air Express plane crashed near Burbank, Calif; two passen- gers killed Jan. 26—Twelve United States army planes completed mass flight from San Diego to awai Feb. United Air Lines plane fell in San IT Sami aed art hopped are T-—Ame arhart from Oakland, ey for Honolulu on world en- . A. liner fell near Pitts. May $-Dick Merrill and J. 8 Lambie an flight from New York to London. 10—Merrill and Lambie landed were rushed but falled
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