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t ; I Compiled by E.W. Pickard 1932 - — — ] w to Atooric Germany i rmament conf^rentve Ir IS'—Great Britain. Ita^ ithuania. f'inlanrt and P«l«i theleiVar debt : install ml the Unite*; States. "F'ratwie., I Poland. Hungary and Kstt^tTa • ... FOREIGN INTERNATIONAL Jan. 2—Japanese troops occupied •Chinehow, Manchuria. Jan. 9—Chancellor Bruening an- •nounced Germany could no longer par •reparations.' <JAn. 20—rLausanne .conference oa •reparations postponed. Jan. 25i- i Gouncil of League of Na tions met and China demanded Arm action against Japan. Russia and Poland signed a. non aggression treaty. Jan.' 28—Japanese marinijs seised Chinese quarter of Shanghai and bloody battle began. Jah. 29—China in League of Na tions council invoked, string articles of covenant against Japan. Jan. 30‘—Japanese seized part of for eign section of Shanghai, despite pro tests of other nations. United States ordered Asiatic fleet and'regiment of infantry to Shanghai. Feb. 1—Japanese warships shelled the Nanking forts. United States. Great Britain. France *.nd Italy* made concerted protest Against Japan’s course in China, and offered plan for peace. t Feb. 2—International disarmament conference opened in Geneva. Feb. 4—Japanese rejected peace plans of the powers, battle in Shang hai renewed. Full division of U. S. army Ordered to- Shanghai. Hay bin. Manchuria, occupied by * Japanese^ . # Feb. 6—U. S. 31st Infantry arrived In Shanghai. Feb. 12—Japanese resumed fierce at tack .-on Woosuog forts and Chapei. China demanded convocation of League of Nations assembly to con sider the Japanese affair. Feb. 14—Japan landed 12,000 troops At Shanghai. Feb. 1C—League of Nations council In a sharp note appealed to Japan to cease hostilities against China. Secre tary Stimson sent another protest to Tokyo. Feb. 17—Japan served ultimatum on v China to withdraw her troops from -Shanghai. Feb. 19—China -rejected Japan’s ul timatum. Feb. 22—Great Britain. France and Italy signed Mediterranean peace Agreement. March 1—Japan accepted League of Nations plan for peace parley in Shanghai, both Japanese and Chinese armies, to withdraw. March 3—Both Japanese and Chinese Armies were ordered to cease lighting % At Shanghai; Chinese were driven back about 13 miles. ' League of Nations assembly met in 'Geneva to take up Si no-Japanese trouble. March 4—Japanese renewed attack -on Chinese;. League of-Nations assem bly demanded withdrawal of Jppaneso army at Shahghai. '• March 11—League of Nations adopt- •ed resolution condemning Japan's nc- - tionsMn China and setting op commis sion to deal with the case. ' . -hUtgeifr 19—International disarms- fnent' c6nfecei«fe adjourned to April II. ril it—Disarmament conference Jan. 3—Mahatma Gandhi^ordered civ il disoitedience campaign in India re- new»><t and was arrested, a Jan. 12—French cabinet.resigned. Jan. (4—(.aval formed ‘new French cabinet with Briand left nut.. Jan. 21—Japanese diet dissolved. Rebellion broke out iu Catalonia. Spain. Jan. TX—Communistic uprising in Salvador. Jan. 24—Jirltisli -convicts in Part- ! moor penitentiary. Kngland, mutinied and burned part of the prison. Mnr'ial law declared in Salvador; government troops defeated rebels. Jan. 28—Chiang Kai-shek became i premier of ChRih. I Jan. 39—Viola mi repealed its pro- I hibition 'aw.,.. Feb. It—Pttettiier Mussolini paid his first visit to 1'ope.-d'ius IXI.. Feb. 14—-Ricardo Jiminez elected president of <%*sts« ‘Rica. Feb. IS—Pierre I .aval’s French gov-, eminent resigned. De Valera s Fi.rnna Vail party won , Irish elec.tori or V [abinet Tf Hitler r of Germany he rejected, i—l tonal Buckley ert^^ptfeneral of Irish Fr 2—Gen. Kurt von S» pointed chancellor of Germ new government. I ten-. 14—Premier Herriot of France resigned when parliament voted mil to pay war debt installment ‘due (’rilled i>ec. < lb—Kdmural Schtiltcss elected president of Switzerland. Dec. is—Huge plot against Argen tina government foiled and prominent men arrested. Dec. IX—Joseph Paul-Hont’oitr formed P*;*v French cab.net. Dec. z'i—Arturo Aleasatidri Jpaugw- ; fated president of Ghile -DOMESTIC Jdm 4—^UU>n>;ress reassembled and re ceived message from Pres.ri'eut dA-.a-uet •' asking quick action on' relief mcas ures. Jan. 8—Ambassador Dawes an- 1H W J vent J uh passed June adopted Kighteen reireal. 1 July l lin L>. fourth ballot. July 2—Ddmocra Witin yrrankT' it <Jn Feb. 2d—Augustin B. Just.. Inaugu-! COM * i,,K fr ’*« TarTpeu S '^formed A glfverument for 9—Dwight F l«av rs resigned a.- j • s “S* — M v.v. . .. Lwvanr uy GemtRHy. ayd his cabinet re- oril 19—Lengtnt of Nations commit-* called on Japan to evjfeuate Shang- «l_JF«»tiz von Papen made th “ r ” ,,,r ‘* chancellor of Germany. Premier Jorgg of Rumania resigned. June 4—Kdouard Herriot Apri hai “in ‘the near' futur#.' April 29-sTfns-And Aban .pyil 20-—Tf ns-Andean railway Adoned because of Argentina-Chne WjSr. V--- v - lay 5—Japanese and Chinese signed peace agreement for Shanghai Aren. May 13—Austria appealed, to League •of Nations to save her from ruin. Mayt 14—Mexico, severed diplomatic relations with Peru. June 161—^Lausanne, reparations con ference opened. June 17—European moratorium aa Intergovernmental debts during Lau sanne conference agreed upon. June 22—president Moover offered -Geneva conference plan to rut world -arm&mertVs-by nearly one-third. < - 4—Italy demanded cancellatloa repai July ^8—St. Lawrence seaway treaty ’ United States and Canada. . . —International disarmament * uppre * n - rated Tartt'eu . . . France. \ Feb. 21—Soviet Russia banished Vrotxky •and iiU others for all time. Feb. 24—.Spains first divorce law passed. Feb. 25—British parliament passed 1W per cent ta,riff bill. March 9—Ramon de Valera elected president of Irish Free State. Henry Pu-yi installed us bead of new Manchurian state of Manchtikuo. March 12—IVar Krueger, head of Swedish match trust, committed sui cide ip Paris. - March 13—President Von Hindenburg lead in German election hut failed to get a majority vote; Hitler badly beaten. , Apr ft - !•—Ten thousand inhabitants of Villa Santa Stefam*, Italy, fled for their lives *» village dropped Into an cient Roman caves. April C-^Mob forced resignation of Newfoundland government.. •April (0—Von Hindenburg re-elected president of Germany. April 13—Germany ordered Hitler to disband his 40».()00 shm-k troops. April IS—British budget introduced, continuing heavy taxation for another year. April 24—Hitler’s National Social ists won ia elections in Prussia ’and Austria. May I—Two British scientists an nounced they had split the hydrogen atom and obtained a helium atom. May 6—Paul Doumer, president of France, assassinated by a Russian. May 8—Eusebio Ayala elected presi dent of Paraguay. Ricardo Jlminez Installed as presi dent of Costa Rica. Communist revolt In Peruvian navy quelled. French elections resulted In wiping out Premier Taniieu’s majority by rad ical Socialists and Soeialists. May to—Albert Lebrwn elected presi dent of France,■’ May t$—Premier Enukal of Japan assassinated by young militarist ter- rerists. May IS—Jrish Free State Dali Eire- aan passed bill abolishing oath of al legiance to the king.. May 32—Admiral Salto mad* premier ef Japan. '-;C- V • Premier Vdtiixelos;,: of Greece re- •'ST.'? 3d—Alexander Papahastaslou formed hew government for Greece. '' nrich Bruenlng. chancel- , governor general of the i’hiliitpitiea and Th««wi<.re Roosevelt wax named to Mqcceed him. . \ Democrats selei-ted Chicago fo* their national convention. Jan. .11—Senate passed Iteconstruc tion Finance corporation Mil. Jan. 12—Associate Justice -O. W. Holmes of United States Supreme coart resigned. Mrs. Hattie Caraway elected U. S. senator from Arkansas. Jan. 15—House passed lieconstruc- |ion Finance corporation bill. Jan. 18—JosephfC.', Grew selected as ambassador to Japan. Jan. 19—Gen. C. G, Dawes selected as president of -Reconstruction Finance corporation; Secret try Srtiupon re placed him as chairman of disarma ment conference delegation. Jan. 21—Wets lost, 15 to 55. in test vote in jsenate. Jan. 3?—Franklin J>., Roosevelt formally-declared himself a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomi nation. y Jan. 27—Department of Agrici|lture supply ..bill passed by house; salary increases prohibited. Jan. 28—Sedate confirmed Dawes. Jones and Couch as directors of Re construction Finance corporation. Jan. 31—Railway presidents and un ions signed agreement for 10 per cent wage deduction for one year. Feb. 3—President Hoover announced that Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon would retire from the cab inet and become ambassador to Great Britain. Feb. 4— Ogden L. Mills appointed secretary of the treasury. Feb. 6—Conference tocljeck hoard- • *• * •* ’ W, ' ot al? reparations and war debts. July 8—Turkey accepted invitation to Join League of Natloha. ' Jniy 8—Ktiropean powers agreed to •end German reparations with payment by Germany, of three billion gold marks In bonds, but ratification was made dependant on reduction of war -debts by United States. ( July 13—NeW’ entente formed by France and Great Britain to aid Eu rope - * signed Dy July 23- • conference in Geneva adjourned, ten 'nations' refusing to vote for resolu tion of ■'‘admevement.** July 25—Poland and Russia signed 'Peace treaty. ;.i. July IS'*—Germany Joined the Fran- '''7— r '*^»<50-9ritiah entente. July 29—Bolivian troops attacked Paraguayan frontier forts In Chaco •dispute. •i • r July 31—Paraguay ordered general • mobilization against Bolivia. Aug. 2—United States accepted in- , vitation to participate in #drld econ- • omic conference, war debts being •charred. United- States and South and Central ‘American nations warned Paraguay - and Bolivia against war. Aug. 31—Germany, in note to France, demanded equality, of armaments.. Sept. 5—Conference of Danubian na tions opened in Strese. Italy. } me premier Of France and completed For mation of a Socialist cabinet. Chilean Socialists and military junta overthrew government of President' Montero; Carlos Davila made preal- deat pro »«m. June S—Dr. Harmodio Arias elected presidout of Panama. * June !<!—Three rich Cubans tried to asaasulnate President Machado with toOPlflL June 12—Oavila resigned as head Of new Chilean government. June Id.—Radical Socialist govern ment of Chile ousted by military junta. Davila reinstated. June 34—Siam’s army and navy re volted and forced ' King Prajadhipok to accept a constitutional government. ‘ June 23—Irish Free State senate passed bill abolishing oath to the king, July 4—British government imposed retaliatory tariff oh impdrts from Ire land. July i—Civilian communist rebels In Peru captured Trujillo. July 19—Brazilian rebels captured Sao Paulo. July It—Peruvian revolt at Trujillo July 13—Brazilian revolt spread to two more states. July 2h—German government decreed dictatorship for Prussia and martial law in Berlin. Premier' MUssotini revamped Italian cabinet, ousting Foreign Minister Dino Grand! and others. July 21—British Imperial economic conference opened In Ottawa. Canada. July 31—Hitler's Nazis made big gains in German elections but failed to get control of reichstag. Aug- <—New Welland ship canal formally opened by Canada. Aug. 19—Spanish royalists started revolutionary movement but were sup pressed. Aug. 13—President Von Hindenburg refused to make Hitler chancellor of Germany. Aug. Id—Eusebio Ayala inaugurated president of Paraguay. Aug. 1C—Ten thousand Cuban physl- fng of money opened in Washington. Alfred K. Smith declared hii! will ingness to be again tne Democratic Presidential Candidate. . Winnie Ruth Judd. Arizona trunk msrderer, convicted and sentenced to death. Feb. 15—Judge Benjamin N. Car- doxo of New York appointed associ ate* Justice of the U- 8. Supreme court. House passed Glass-SteSgel federal reserve credits bill. , ., Feb. 19—Seabdte passed reserve cred it bilL Feb. 31—President Hoover opened the Washington bicentennial wfth ad dress before Joint session of congress. Feb. 27-r—House passed 9132.000,000 federal aid highway bill. Conviction ot A1 Capone upheld by federal court Of appeals. ■ March 1—Senate passed the Norria ojrafHlon buahefa-of farm board wheat ror job less and for drought stricken farmers. March 5—House passed treasury and post office appropriation bill carrying fl,059.778.1(3. March 9—Rooae\*elDwon New Hamp shire primaries from Smith, Antf-injunction bill, passed by the house. " \ ■* $ ' March 14—“Home rule” antl-prohlbl- ..tlon motion defeated In house. 187. to im. Benjamin Cardozo sworn in as mem- *f United States Supreme court. Sept.. 12—France reeled Catrmw’g dans struct? against cheap service in qua my. > •' demand for arms equa' Sept. 15—Manchukuo recognized by Japan. - Sept. 18—Great Britain rejb^ted Ger many’s demand for arms equaMty. Oct. 2—Report of League of RLatfons commission on Manchuria made pub lie-, calling for establishmen autonomous, demilitarized under Chinese sovereignty Oct. 3—Iraq became a memfc League of Nations, Great Bri, rendering her mandate. Oct. 18—Great Britain a| trade treaty with Russit; Oct. 21—New Chilean^ recognized by United Stat Britain. Oer. 22—Paraguay capt Arces in the Gran Chaco ti ans. Nov. 4—France’s new djaaxmamtot plan” laid tapi ament conference bureau ii . Nov. .-10—John Galsworth] novelist, was awarded the for literature. Nov. 11—Great Britain, other nations asked posti payment of their war debt United States and revisl debts. Nov. 14—France’s plan ament and security laid armament conference In Nov. 21—Japan’a case affair laid before coimcf Nations. Chinn repll-d. Nov. 23—European natl»™ by United States they must . •debt installment and Interesl Nov. 29—France and Rusi treaty of honaggresslon ah«) lion. Dec l—Second British nolo cancellation of war debts r*oJ Washington. j Dec. 2—France’s second n©i«, •debt" cancellation received it ihgton Dec. 5—Special meeting, of Nations -assembly opened the Manchurian trouble. Dec. 7—British war debt pf rejected '— — - - >j0| dinicR. Aug. 18—Spain ordered exile of 92 nobles for monarchist revolt. I Ants. 24^British imperial economic confereni?^B|nsed with^Bberffig of 12 ions. led Presi- \ |n Ecuador weavers suppressed Mexico elected ,a b«r • .jv- ,, Bnarch 19—Senate subcommittee re ported favorably the Bingham beer bill. March 22—-House amended revenue hill to boost estate taxes of the wealthy. j Senate ordered department appropri ations cut 19 per cent. March, 24—House defeated sales tax. (larch 2(—House -voted tax on beer,i materials, Imported coal and toil, April 1:—House *passed billion dollar tax bill. With sales tax eliminated, but with surtaxes revised. Aurli 4—Dr. C. C. King pf University of Pittsburgh isolated Vitamin C. , April 4—House voted independence for Philippines. April 9—Lindbergh paid ransom, but kidnapers failed to returh his baby. April 21—Gov. Rolph of California denied pardorf for Thomas J. Mooney, convicted for Preparedness day bomb ing In 1919 in San Francisco. April 29—Lieut. T. H.‘ Massie. Airs. Fortescue and Seamen Lord and Jones found guilty of manslaughter In Kaha- hawai murder case in Honolulu. ■s May 2—Supreme court refused to re view Al Capone’s case; refused to con sent to modification of the packers’ consent decree of 1920; held Invalid the Texas law by which negroes were barred from Democratic primaries, and upheld President Hoover's refusal to resubmit °power board nomination to. senate after it had been confirmed. ..„— noihinag^d John N. Garner for Vice. P re8,< *® , 'js Roose velt'flew to ClHda'go, and t^aa*formally notified of ntunlnation, , F July 7—Emergency felref pill passed house. , t Jf Tyhjbition party nominated w. D. ^WaWMWr PfSVidvnt anti/TF. S. Regan for Vice President. July 9—Senate passed Garner-Wag- ner relief bill. July 11—President Hoover vetoed tlie relief hill. Julv 12—Senate passed new relief bill. July 13—Relief bill passed by the house. July 15—President Hoover cut sal aries of himself and his cabinet. July 16—Congress passed home loan bank bill, with inflation amendment, and adjourned. July 21—President Hoover sigtied emergency relief measure. Interstate commerce commission ap proved merger of all eastern railroads, except those of New England, into four systems. f July 22—President signed home loan bank bill. July 23—Federal grain commission ordered Chicago Board of Trade closed as contract market for 60 days for violating grain futures act. 1 President Hoover called conference on shorter work day week. July 26—President Hoover appointed Atlee Pomergne >.af Ohio ■ member of Keccnstruction Finance corporation board and he was made chairman. July 28—“Bonus army" in Washing ton routed by regulars and its camps burned after fight with police in which one -veteran was killed and scores of policemen and veterans were injured. Charles A. Walker of Utica, N; Y.. appointed to R. F. C. board by Presi dent Hoover and made president of the corporation. >. Governor Roosevelt received reply of Mayor Walker of New York to the Seabury charges, denying all of them. Aug. 2—Bonus army, gathered at Johnstown, Pa., ordered disbanded by W. W. Waters, its commander. Aug. 3—Secretary of Commerce Rob ert P. Lamont resigned and Roy D. Chapin of Dotrcit was appointed to succeed him. Aug. 9—U. 5. Attorney Gt E. Q. Johnson of Chicago made federal dis trict judge. Aug. 10—Army exchanges ordered to stop sales to civilians. Aug. 11—President Hoover delivered his speech of acceptance and declared himself for change from national pro hibition to state liquor control with federal safeguards. • Aug. 15—Farmers of Iowa and oth er central west states started “strike” for higher prices for produce. Aug. 19—Second son born to Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. • Aug. 1$—Vice Preeident Curtis for mally notified of his renominatlom Seriator J. J. Davis of Pennsylvania and six others indicted In connection with fraternity lotteries. Aug. 24—John Bain. Whose twelve Chicago hanks failed, found guilty of conspiracy to defraud depositors. Aug. fl^Business leaders, summoned by President Hoover, adopted plan J. for economic recovery. •!-—John W. Poole resigned as comptroller of the currency. Sept 1—Mayor Jamer J. Walker of New York resigned. Hanford McNider-v resigned as min ister to Canada. Sept. 6—.Farm board announced it would hold weat and cotton off mar ket until, next year. Sept. 9—Railway executives voted for 20 per cent cut in wages, effec tive February 1. v * Sept.* 11—Central elates governors recommended federal financial aid for farmers. . ’ Sept. 12—Democrats won governor ship and two congress heats in Maine election. , American Legion convention opened In Portland, Ore. Sept. 15—American Legion voted for immediate cash payment of bonus and for repeal of Eighteenth amendment, and elected Louts A. Johnson of West Virginia national commander. . Sept. 18—G. A. R. national encamp ment opened in Springfield. 111. Sept. 20—•Wisconsin Republicans nominated W. J. Kohler for governor, rejecting Gov. Philip La Follette; and J. B. Chappie for senator, defeating Senator J. J. Blaine. Sept. 22—Capt. W. P. Wright of Chicago elected national commander of G. A. R. • Sept. 27—Representative C. R. Crisp of Georgia appointed to tariff com mission. Oct. 3—Four lake states asked Su preme court to appoint commissioner lyanadel of Chllo. to ihrn the Chicago sanijary district. Case of Senator D&V{s of Pennsyl vania on lottery charges ended irt mis trial. Oct. 4—Samuel and Martin Instill, former public utility magnates, indict ed in Chicago. Oct. 10—Samuel Insull arrested in Athens. Oct. 23—Brig. Gen. Harry Burgess May 3—Al Capone taken from Chi- ■ resigned as governor of the Panama cago to Atlanta penitentiary. Canal Zone and Lieut. Col. Julian House passed economy *111 after Schley was appointed to succeed him. wrecking it. ' Nov. l-j-F. Lammot Beiin appointed. May 4P—Massie case defendants in ambassador to Poland. Honolulu sentenced to ten years In Nov. 5—Director of the Budget Roop prison and Immediately set free by began cutting duWn the national bud-. Governor Judd. get 3150,000.000. May 5—House passed bill for oper- ! American Red Cross reported three atlon of Muijcle Shoals. _ 1 and a half millions spent for relief May 6—Senate passed Hale bill for treaty strength navy. May 11—President Hoover vetoed the Democratic tariff bill. Mav 12—Col. Lindbergh’s kidnaped in past year. Nov. 7—Supreme court ordered new trial for seven negroes in internation-, ally agitated Scottsboro (Ala.) case. Nov. 8—Franklin D. Roosevelt and baby found murdered near the Lind- John N. Garner elected President and" bergh estate in New Jersey. I Vice President, Democrats sweeping President Hoover proposed 1% bil-! the country. Hon for jobless relief. I Nov. 13—President Hoover Invited May 18—Senate voted against 2.75 President-elect Roosevelt to confer- per cent beer. ence on foreign war debts when debtor May 19—House passed War fltpart- • nations asked postponement of pay ment supply bill carrying $2'ir2;587,000. ments and revision. Eastern bankers and .Indtfstrlaliet* Nov. 18—Helen Hayes and Frederic mphHi99*t >fGt' , 4r*de revival. March voted best' film actors of the May 23—Bill legalizing and taxing gear, beer defeated by the house. , Nov. 21—A. Lawrence Lowell re- May 25—Senate \again rejected le-j elgr.ed as president of Harvard uni- galized and taxed Beer. versiiy. May 31—Senate' massed billion dol- ! Nov. 22—President Hoover and Pres- lar revenue bill, rbjectin& sales tax ident-Elect Roosevelt conferred on the feature, after President Hoover in per- war debt situation. a«»n appealed for quick action. I E. & Grajnmer, Seattle, appointed Jun*. 4—R. R, Reynolds defeated U- S. senaror to succeed the late Wes- Sebator Cameron Morrison in North l«y L. Jones of Washington. Carolina Democratic primarv. Nov. fill MS Irelal Roosel May 1 Putnanll bor Oral May nam land! •land, the across the Rear ^ (Mrs. G. P. fht from Har- lia Earhart Put- LondotYderry. Ire- woman ever to fly ntlc alone. June 1—AWtny balloon No. 2, piloted by Lieutenants Paul and Bishop, won national bplloon race. Jupe 3—S. F. Hausner started flight from New York to Poland. June 11—Hausner picked up at sea after floating eight days on his plane. .July 5—Jadies Mat tern and BennetJ Griffin started round-the-world flight from Harbor Grace. N. F. July.6—Matt.ern and .Griffin crossed ocean in record time, landed at .Ber lin and departed for Moscow. July 7—Mattern and Griffin made forced landing 50 miles from Minsk. July 22—Capt. Wolfgang von *Gro- nau of Germany and three companions flew from Germany to Ideland on way to Chicago. Aug. 2—Von Gronau arrived at Chi cago. Aug. IS—Prof. Auguste Piccard rose in balloon to record altitude of 55,774 feet over Switzerland and Italy. Capt. J. A. Mollison began flights from Ireland across Atlantic in Moth plane. Aug. 19—Mollison landed* in New Brunswick, completing first westward solo flight across the Atlantic. Aug. 22—Mrs. I/Otiise Thaden and Mrs. Frances Marsalis set new wom en’s endurance flight record of 8 days. 4 hours. Aug. 24—Amelia Earhart Putnam set new women's records by 19-hour non stop flight Torn Los Angeles to New ark. Aug. 25—Clyde Lee and John Bock- hon started flight from Harbor Grace to Oslo, Norway, and were lost. Aug. 29—J. G. Haizlip set new coast- to-coast record of 10 hours. 19 minutes. . Sept. 3—Major Doolittle set new land plane speed record of . 292.287 miles an hour at National Air races in Cleve land. Sept; 11—Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hutch inson, two daughters and crew of four crashed'off coast of Greenland while flying to Europe. • Sept. 13—W. Ulbricht and Edna Newcomer, pilots, and Dr. L. M. Pis- culi hopped off from New York on non stop flight to Rome and were lost at sea. Nov. 14—Roscoe Turner set new record of 12 hours, 33 minutes, for flight from New York to Burbank* Calif. Nov. U—Amy Johnston completed London to Capetown flight In record time of 4 days, 9 hours, 55 minutes. Nov. 19—Memorial to Wilbur and Orville Wright unveiled aJ Kitty Hawk. N. C. ^ DISASTERS _ _ 23—Congress leaders in confer- June 6—President {Hoover signed the^ ence with President Hoover rejected new revenue bill.-,T his war debt revision plan. * Charles G. Dawes reWqjTtlfd as oreef. 1 Nov. 28—American Federation of | dent of Reconstruction Flnancecor- Labor, in convention in Oiheinnati. poration. demanded the five-day week and six- Senator Hrookhart of Iowa defeated for renomination by Henry Field Dec. 3—Conrad H. Mann, prominent Samuel fnsull ct Chicago Kansas City resident, and two others to resign „„ unities chief and waf s^oSdSd «> T > v ‘ cted ot violating federal lottery * . ! hv .la«H-?s Simoson. taw. Dec. voted nqt 18—Franc/ K*t to pay Designed as t Irish Free resident De {Nie rebels new ration of elected mill 3.000 r, D « c - 4—“Hunger army” of . J,. Garn * r reached Washington. lw«-h511ion-dnllar relief bill. Dec- 5—short session of cpngress June 8—Senate passed emasculated opened, ecmiomv hill. • , ■ House defeated Garner resolution for June 9—Senate passed 399 million prohibition repeal by six votoa. dollar army supply bill. , o ec g—President Hooveir In annual June 10—Senate passed relief bill message asked congress for sales tax to provide 311 ir.l.linns In loans to and economy legislation, statea. ’ £> ec> 7—President Hoover submitted June 13—Gaston Means convicted of budget cutting ffovernmetrt expenses bv lar«t*ny of 9194,090 front Mrs Kvalyn half a billion. *»g|<*9« '.V ^Ifdberjrh ?a»Mi , Dec. .8—Powers of th* R. F. C. ex- June 14—Republican *iatfonar • con- teftded ' Cor ' trije ’■roar by President vent Ion •priced In Chicago. • *•• 1 Hoover Juno 15—Republican convention ' Dec. 9—PresidelSt Hoover gave cou- adopted moderate prohibition resub- * gresg 'trig* plans tpr federal government ut.uii.oii piaufc. reorganization. Jan. 2—Fifty killed )n train wreck near Moscow. ^ Jan. 26—British submarine lost near Portland with crew of 161. Feb. 2—Santiago, Cuba, badly dam aged bv earthquakes; six killed. Feb. 4—Seventeen killed by explo sion of motorship at Marcus Hook. I’a. Feb. 29—Thirteen persons killed by avalanches near Seattle. Feb. 27—Mine explosion at Poca hontas, Va„ killed 38 men. March 12—Island of Banda Nelra In Dutch East Indies, nearly destroyed by earthquakes and volcanoes, with great loss of life, March 21—Tornadoes in Alabama, Georgia. Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee killed 358 and did great damage. March 27—Tornado killed 9. In jured 50 in Alabama. April 14—Six dead, 57 hurt, in blast in Ohio state office building at Co lumbus. April 25—Tornadoes In Tennessee. ■Alabama and Arkansas killed nine. May 2-—Nearly a hundred kilted by typhoon in Philippines. May 9—Two million dollar Are on Cunard pier. New York. May 16—New French liner Georges Philippar burned in Gulf of Aden; 52 lives lost. • June'3—Earthquake killed hundreds in Guadalajara region of Mexico. June 7—Eleven killed In apartment house fire in Cleveland. Ohio. June 17—Explosion on oil tanker at Montreal killed 29 men. June 19—rHailstorm in Honan prov ince, China, killed 200. * ■July 7—French submarine Promethee sank off Normandy coast with 63 men. July 10 —-Explosion of ammunition depot in Nanking. China, killed 50. July 13—Three million dollar fire on Coney Island, N. y. July 26—German, training shlb Niobea sank In storm; 69 drowned. > a Aug. 4—Six millio/i dollar fire In Chicago packing house district. Aug. 13—Forty killed in south Texas storm. Sept. *9—Fifty-six workmen killed by steamer explosion at N%w York. Sept. 14—Fifty-five men lulled in wreck of French Foreign Legion train In Algeria. Sept. 2&—Earthquake In the Balkans killed about 235. Sept. 27—Hurricane swept Porto j Rico, killing several hundred and do- { ing vast damage. | Sept. 30—Forty lives lost io cloud- : burst in Tehaehapi pass, California. 1 • Nov. 9—Disastrous storm in South- 1 ern Cuba; 2,500 killed and great dam- | age done. Nov. 14—Japaji swept by terrific ty phoon: scores of lives lost and many towns and villages wrecked. Dec. 5—Japanese destroyer capsized In storm; 105 men lost. Dec. 7—Fourteen coal miners killed by blast at Madrid, N. M. Dec. 9—Explosion in coal mine at Yancey, Ky., killed 23. NECROLOGY Jan. 1—C. O. Iselin, millionaire yachtsman of New York. Jan. 2—Gen. Paul Pau. French war commander. Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow, U. 3. N.. hero of Spanish war. Jan. 6—Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and capitalist. Jan. 9—Frederick O'Brien, author and traveler. Jan. 17—J. W. Langley, former Ken tucky congressman. Jan. 18—Dr. J. G. McClure, presi dent emeritus of Presbyterian semi nary of Chicago. Jan. 21—Lytton Strachey. English biographer. Jan. 24—Paul Warburg. New York banker. \ Jan. 26—William Wrigiey. Jr., of Chicago, capitalist and owner of Chi cago Cubs, In Phoenix. Calif. Alfred S. Austrian, leader of the Chicago bar. Jan. 27—Lewis Cass Ledyard. noted New York lawyer. Jan. 30—William Hodge. American actor. • Feb. 4—Hyrum G. Smith, presiding patriarch of Mormon church, at 3alt Lake City-. Feb. 5—John R. Voorhis, grand sa chem .of Tammany, aged 103. Barney Dreyfuss, owner of Pitts burgh Pirates. Keb. 15—Minnie Maddern Flake. American actress. Henry A. Blair, Chicago capitalist. K«*l». 16—Sir Edgar Speyer, former British financier. BKe&ld^L 8W ( of the .treasury, r i—Dr. Evan (tfNeill Pgeon,'in Philadelphia JresentativeVwa. H. Vestal. In Washington^ *• , -i iril 2—Rose Cogjilan, actress.' Frrison, N. Y. ' . JApril 11—Joseph Letter, iA^Cbrica' 'April 14—William J. Burns, det tive, at Sarasota, Fla. April 18—Senator William J. ris, at Washington. April 22—Gen. J. W. Keifer, form' speaker of the tfouse, id Springfieli Ohio. . April 24—Bishop Frank M. Bristol of Methodist church, in Montclair. N. May 2—Lee Hammond, pioneer ia aviation, in Jacksonville, Fla. May 4—Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, U. S. N., retired. May 6—Paul Doumer, president of .France. . ^ John W. Scott, Chicago merchant. £ May 7—Mai. Gen. Enoch R. Crowder, % in Washington?'. Albert Thomas, head of International[ | labor bureau, in Paris. May 8—D: M. Ryetson of Chicago, .steel magnate. May 13—Andreas Dippel, former grand opera' singer and manager, in Hollywood. May 16—Capt. Robert Dollar, dean of American shipping industry, in San Rafael, Calif. May 17—Dr. B. J. Cigrand of Ba tavia, ill., founder and president of National Flag Day association. May. 20—Admiral W. S. Benson, U. S. N., retired. May 23—Lord Inchcape, British ship, ping magnate. Lady Augusta Gregor:«9bflBBh d tist. May 23—Edward F.^Swift, ~cnicago packer. / May 30—Rear Admiral John Hub bard. June 1—Former Congressman Wil liam D. Boies of Iowa. June 2—Hugh Chalmers, pioneer au tomobile manufacturer, at Beacon* Ilf. Y. June 7—Dr. W. W. Keen of Phila delphia. famous surgeon. June 8—Viscount Brentford (Wil liam Joynson-Hicks), English states man. June 13—William C. Redfleld, secre tary of commerce under President Wilson. June 19—Robert Scott Lovett, head of Uni*>n Pacific, in New York. June 27—Gen. F. E. Bamford. aero ot Battle of Cantigny, in Charleston* W. Va. Vice Admiral DeWitt Coffman. U. SL N., retired. J one 29—Dr. G. F. Kunz, gem ex pert, in New York. ; July 2—Janies N. Gamble. Cincin nati manufacturer. Dr. G. K. Burgess, director of bu reau of standards. In Washington. Former King Manuel of Portuiraf. July 3—A. H. Scribner, publisher, in New .York. July 6—Kenneth Grahame. Scottish. au’Jior, v Dr. Joseph Leldy of Philadelphia. a neurologist. July 9—King C. Gillette, safety ra zor inventor, in Los Angeles. July 10—C. C. Goodrich, tire mapa- facturer. in York. Maine. * ‘July 13—Fergus Hume. British au thor. July 14—Alice Barber Stephens^ \ American artist. H}—Fi< Viscount Charles* July 16—Field Marshal Ptqmer in'London. July 17—Countess Beatty, former Ethel Field- of. Chicago, in London. July 18—Jean Jules Jussersnd. for mer French ambassador to Washing ton. Thomas Arhie .Clark, former dean of men in University of Illinois. July .22 —Klorehx Ziegfeld, musical comedy producer. July 24—Iklbertn •Santos-Du most of Brazil, aviation pioneer. . • July tS-^-Caleb Powers, former con gressman from Kentucky. Fred Duesenberg of Indianapolis, pioneer automobile maker. Aug. 4—James Oppenheim, American novelist and poet. Aug. 5—Dr. J. Paul Goode, noted geographer. Aug x—James F-mmrio.JSurke. gen eral counsel of KoPubllca.n committee. Ang. li—Martin A. Ryerson, Chlca- ^ go finaneier and philanthropist. • B Aug. 18—JunJus S. Morgan of New York, in Switzerland. Aug. 22—Wilton Lackaye. American actor. •Aug. 25—Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mc Cormick in Chicago. Aug. 27—C. A. Waterman, -senator from Colorado. Sept. 6—Sir Gilbert Parker. British novelist. Sept. 20—Dr. Frank L. Billings, fa mous physician, in Chicago. Sept. 27—Former Senator John. Sharp Williams of Mississippi. Oct 2—David Pingree, wealthy lum- nerman and philanthropist, in Salem, M sis.-'. Oct. 4—Gen. Sir Rudolph , Statin I'pXha, in Vienna. Oct. 5—Congressman l.inthicum of Maryland. Oct. 6—Darwin P. Kingsley, head of New York Life insurance company. Oct.. 11—William Alden Smith, for mer senator from Michigan. Oct. 18—Maurice Dornier of Munich, builder of giant flying boat DO-X. Oct. 19—Lindiey M. Garrison, for mer secretary of war. Oct. 10—Marquis Boni de, Castellanu in Paris. Oct. 29—Horace Kent Tenney, noted Chicago lawyer. Emmett Corrigan, American actor. O-t. 30—Harold'MacGrath, American author. Field Marshal Lord Methuen of Eng land. Nov. 1—William Morris, New Yorlc theatrical producer and philanthropist. Nov. 2—Will Levington „ Comfort, American novelist. Nov. 16—Dr. Fenton B. Turck, eml— nent physician in New York. . Nov. 19—United States Senator Wes ley L. Jones of 'Washington. Nov. 20—Dr. H. J: Doer man, presi dent of University of Toledo. Delmar W. Call, noted manufactured. Robert M. Cutting of Chicago, presi dent-elect of United States Golf asso ciation. Nov. 25—Dr. F. I* Patton, former president of Princeton university. Nov. 26—E. A. Van Volkenburg. , Philadelphia journalist. A . Nov. 27—Will H. Low, American./ artist. & Nov. 29—Congressman J. C. Me/ ^.aughlin of Michigan. / Nov. 30—Gari Melchers, America^, artist. Dec. 2—Louis J. Petit, MilwauV capitalist. Dec. 3—Clement Studebaker, Jr., ut.* ities magnate, In Chicago. C. R. Breckinridge, former American ambassador to Russia, In Wendover. Ky. , Dec. 5—Dr. J. C. Van Dyke of Rut gers. art: author!ty, f < !■ Dec. 6—Eugene Brleux, French dramatist. Dec. 7—F. T., Lovejoy, foreign steel magnate of Pittsburgh. John H. Niemeyer, American artist. Dec. 8—;Henry Kitchell Webster, nov elist. in Evanston, 111. Dee. 10—R. B. Williamson, vice chair man of federal power commission. Dec. 11—A. C. Loring of Minneap olis, head of Pillsbury flour mills. ' ’Dec. 13—Congressman Daniel B. Gar rett of Texas. Dec. 18—Edmund Vance Cooke, poet and lecturer, in Cleveland, Ohio. Ernest Howe, noted geologist, Ih Litchfield, Conn. Dec. 19—Clarence JB. Whitehlll, Amer ican operatic baritone. • by Western Newspaper Union. j / / / *^T