Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P,. • ! -r. v ■.« - iSmS^SH n. -jjsi v / ^ «rsjt«.,(: % m .V, vi ESSEN «-* .cOORMICK. ’hursday, January 7, 1937 — « 111 HR0N0L0GY OF THE YEAR 19 3 6 I0MPILED BY E. W. PICKARD I DOMESTIC Jma. 1—Franklin C. Hoyt resigned as fed eral alcohol administrator. Jan. 3—Congress opened its session and President Roosevelt Delivered his message on the state of the nation. Jan. 6—Supreme Court decided the AAA was unconstitutional. President Roosevelt submitted budget message for fiscal year 1937. Jan. 9—Democratic national convention, opening June 23, awarded to Philadelphia. Jan. 10—House passed immediate pay ment of bonus bill. Jan. 11—New Jersey court of pardons re fused to commute Hauptmann’s sentence. Jan. 13—Supreme Court ordered return of impounded processing taxes. Jan. 16—Bruno Hauptmann reprieved for 30 days by governor of New Jersey. Jan. 20—Senate passed bonus bill provid- Sng payment by baby bonds. Jan. 21 — Deficiency appropriation bill asked $58,200,000 for New Deal. Jan. 22—Bonus bill sent to President. Jan. 23—Senate committee rejected sub- atitute AAA bill. Jan. 24.—President vetoed bonus bill and bouse voted to override the veto. House voted $296,000,000 for AAA farm contracts. Jan. 27—Senate passed baby bond bonus bill over Presidential veto. ' Jan. 31—Huey Long’s widow appointed senator from Louisiana to fill out his term. Feb. 4—Senate repealed cotton, tobacco and potato control acts. Feo. 5—House repealed the three farm ! sets Feb. 6—House voted to impeach Federal i -Judge Halstead Ritter of southern district . of Florida. Feb. 10—Supreme Court held invalid the 1 Louisiana law taxing newspaper advertising. Feb. 13—Wayne Chatfield-Taylor made as- . sistant secretary of treasury. Feb. 14—House passed $545,000,000 army ! sporopriation. Feb. 15—New farm bill passed by senate. Feb. 17—Supreme court upheld right of ; TV A to distribute electricity developed at f 'Wilson dam. > House voted to extend neutrality act one Tear. Feb. 18—Senate passed neutrality exten- •ion bill. Feb. 21—House passed new farm bill. Feb. 23—Chief of Police E. Francis Griggs ;«f Puerto Rico assassinated bv two nation- •lists. Feb. 24—MaJ. Gen. Johnson Hagood re moved from command for criticizing ad ministration. \ Feb. 28—President Roosevelt vetoed $50,- •00.000 seed loan bill. Feb. 28—Interstate commerce commission i Cat basic railway fares to 2 cents a mile. Feb. 29—President signed revised neutral- I tty act. I Completed Boulder dam turned over to ' reclamation service. March 1—New York building service work- ms struck. ' March 3—President in message to con gress proposed new taxes of $1,137,000,000. March 4—Completed Norris dam opened by President Roosevelt. March 10—Arthur W. Cutten of Chicago, .noted grain speculator. Indicted for income > tax evasion. . March 11—^District of Columbia Supreme •ourt permanently enjoined seizu i of tele- ; Crams by senate committee. March 14—New York bi* ? lding service •trike settled by compromise. -< - March 18—President Roosevelt asked con- £ ess for $1,500,000,000 for relief In next cal year. March 22—President Roosevelt started on •nnual fishing trip. March 23—Senate passed War department Appropriation bill. March 24—Federal Judge Barnes in Chi cago declared national labor relations act ' unconstitutional. March 30—Federal Judge Samuel Alschu- ler of Chicago resigned. April 3—Bruno Hauptmann executed at Trenton. N. J.. for kidnaping and murder •«( Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's baby son. April 6—Supreme court decision curbed powers of securities exchange commission. April 8—District of Columbia Supreme court Justice refused to enjoin Black com- snittee in Hearst telegram case. April 10—President Roosevelt returned to Washington. April 13—President appointed General Ha- *ood to command of Sixth corps area at Chicago April 17—Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida found guilty by senate on im- achment charges and removed from of- SS 1 April 29—House passed $803,000,000 tax bill. May 1—Alvin Karpis. "public enemy No. ; l." captured in New Orleans. House passed $531,000,000 navy bill. May 8—Senate passed house naval ap propriation bill. May 11—House nassed $2,364,299,000 relief arrt deficiency bill. National Red Cross convention opened in Chicago. May 13—Frazier-Le-nke farm mortgage refinancing bill defeated in house. May 18—Guffey coal act declared invalid by Supieme court. May 25-^-Supreme court declared invalid the municipal bankruptcy act. Socialist party nominated Norman Thomas for President. May 30—Senate approved Florida ship canal appropriation. June 1—Senate passed relief and defi ciency bill United States Supreme court held invalid Kew York minimum wage law. June 4—William B. Bankhead, Alabama, elected speaker to succeed the late J. W. Myras. June 6—Texas Centennial exhibition •paned at Dallas. Speaker Byres’ funeral held at Nashville. June 7—Sixteen insane felons fled Minne sota prison June 9—Republican national convention •pened in Cleveland. June 11—Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas •ominated for President by Republicans. June 12—Republicans nominated Frank Knox of Chicago for vice president. President Roosevelt delivered address at the Texas Centennial exposition in Dallas. June 14—President Roosevelt dedicated George Rogers Clark memorial at Vin- cer-*ps. Ind. Delivery of bonus bonds to veterans be gan J”ne 17—House defeated Black-Smith anti lobby bill, and Florida ship canal bill. June 18—Congress passed anti-communist bill. June 28—Congress adjourned. June 23—Democratic national convention opened at Philadelphia. June 28—Franklin D. Roosevelt renomi nated by acclamation bv Democrats. June 27—John N. Garner renominated for vice presidency. . „ . July T—Postmaster General Farley given leave of absence until after election. July 11—Roosevelt dedicated $85,000,000 HewYork Tri-Borough bridge. Ruth Bryan Owen married Capt. Boerge Rohde of Denmark. _ * _ July 14—President Roosevelt end son* left co two weeks’ cruise. July 15—Townsend followers opened con vention in Cleveland. . ^ _ .. Former Lieut. Comdr. John S. Farnsworth arrested on charge of selling naval informa tion to Japanese. ^ ^ . Jul ■ 18—Government drouth relief ex tended to 18 states. July 23—Alf M. Landon officially notified of his nomination for Presidency. July 28—President Roosevelt ended vaca tion cruise at Campobello island. N. B. July 30—Col. Frank Knox officially ac cepted Republican nomination for vice pres ident. July 31—President Roosevelt visited gov ernor general of Canada in Quebec. Aug. 4—Fifty-eight persons, 23 petroleum concerns and three publishing companies in dicted by federal grand Jury for violating anti-trust law. Aug. 5—A. F. of L. council suspended ten Onions dominated by John L. Lewis. Aug. 16—National Union for Social Justice, in convention in Cleveland, indorsed Lemke for President of United States and elected Father Coughlin Its president. Aug. 24—William Phillips, undersecretary of state, appointed ambassador to Italy. Aug. 25—William C. Bullitt named am bassador to France, vice Jesse I. Straus, re signed. President Roosevelt began 12-day tour of drouth area. Aug. 30—Ruth Bryan Owen resigned as minister to Denmark. Sept. 3—President Roosevelt met Cover nor Landon and six other midwest gover nors at Des Moines in drouth relief con ference. Sept. 4—All Minneapolis flour mills closed by strike. Sept. 5—Suspension of ten unions by A. F. of L. in effect. Sept. 14—Maine senatorial and state elec tion carried by Republicans. Sept. 20—G. A. R. national encampment opened in Washington. American Legion opened convention in Cleveland, dedicating Peace Gardens. Sept. 24—American Legion elected Harry W. Colmery of Topeka national commander. C. H. Williams Ruhe of Pittsburgh elected commander-in-chief of G. A. R. Sept. 25—Harry Woodring given recess apoointment as secretary of war. Sept. 26—Flour mill workers’ strike in Minneaoolis ended by compromise. Oct. 20—Ambassadors Suvich of Italy and De los Rios of Spain and Minister Mar- ler of Canada presented their credentials to President Roosevelt. Oct. 22—Secretary of Interior Ickes re leased more than $9,000,000 for PWA proj- in cfafpc Oct. 23—Burlington Zephyr train broke world record in run from Chicago to Den ver Oct. 30—Strike of 37,000 maritime workers tied up Pacific coast shipping. Nov. 3—Roosevelt and Garner rc-elected President and vice president; electoral vote 523. to 8 for Landon and Knox. Nov. C—General maritime strike voted by workers committee. Leading steel producers announced wage increases averaging 10 per cent. Nov. 10—National conference on labor leg islation opened in Washington. Nov. 12—Great San Francisco Bay bridge formally opened. Nov. 14 — Engagement announced of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jr., son of the Presi dent. and Ethel du Pont. Nov. 16—American Federation of Labor convention ooened in Tampa. Nov. 17—President Roosevelt started on trio to Buenos Aires. Army board of engineers recommended completion of Florida ship canal. R. G. Tugwell resigned as assistant sec retary of agriculture and resettlement ad ministrator. Nov. 20—Joseph E. Davis appointed am bassador to Russia. Nov. 23—U. S. Supreme court upheld New York state's unemployment insurance law. A. F. of L. convention approved suspen sion of rebel C. I. O. unions. Nov 25 — Federation of Labor voted against formation of labor political party. Nov. 27—American Federation of Labor convention declared for 30 hour week and re elected President William Green. Nov. 28—International Live Stock show opened in Chicago. Nov. 29—Herman Strelle of Alberta won wheat king title for fifth time. Dec. 1—Government chartered ship sailed for Alaska with food. Two more unions joined in maritime work ers’ strike. Dec. 2—Libby-Owens-Ford Glass company plant at Ottawa, 111., closed by strike. Senator Borah announced opposition to reduction of French war debt. Longshoremen at New York boycotted French ship. Dec. 3—Dr. F. E. Townsend and two as sociates indicted for contempt of bouse of representa ti ves. Automotive workers’ strike extended to Goodvear tire plant at Akron. Ohio. Dec. 4—Republican Chairman John Hamil ton announced he would submit his resig nation on Dec. 17. • Dec. 9—Final election returns showed Roosevelt’s plurality to be 11,069,699. Donald Richberg resigned as special as sistant attorney general. Dec. 15—President Roosevelt returned to Washington from South American trip. Dec. 17—Republican national committee rejected Chairman Hamilton’s resignation. FOREIGN Jan. 10—Miguel Gomez elected president of Cuba. Jan. 17—Eleven acquitted, nine convicted in great Stavisky fraud trial in Paris. Jan. 20—King George of England died. Jan. 21—Former Prince of Wales pro claimed King Edward VIII. Jan. 23—Premier Laval of France re signed. Jan. 24—Albert Sarraut formed new French cabinet. Feb. 13—French cabinet suppressed all royalist organizations because of riots. Feb. 16—Leftists won Spanish elections. Feb. 17—Paraguay government seized by military revolutionaries. Rafael Franco made president. Feb. 19—Manuel Azana made premier of Spain. Feb. 26—Japanese militarists revolted and assassinated several high officials; govern ment buildings in Tokio seized. Feb. 29—Rebellion in Japan quelled. March 9—New Japanese cabinet headed by Koki Hirota installed. March 11—Franco made Paraguay a to talitarian state. March 13—Serious Marxist riots through out Spain. March 14—Franco government in Para guay recognized by United States and other nations. March 20—Mexican government permitted reopening of 3,000 Catholic churches. i March 23 — Mussolini abolished Italian chamber of deputies and nationalized all large Industries. President Vargas proclaimed martial law in Brazil. March 29—Germany gave Hitler almost unanimous vote in reichstag elections. April 1 — Austria decreed general con scription. violating St. Germain treaty. April 7—Spanish parliament voted Presi dent Zamora out of office. April 10—Mexican government expelled former President Calles. April 24 — Honduran government an nounced suppression of a rebellion. April 25—Eleazar Contreras elected presi dent of Venezuela. April 26—Combination of Communists and Socialists won majority in French parlia mentary elections. April 28—King Fusd I of Egypt died and was succeeded by Crown Prince Farouk. May 2—VVafd party won Egyptian parlia mentary elections. May 3—Coalition of leftists won control of French assembly. May 10—Manuel Azana made president of Spain. May 13—Prince von Starhemberg. vice chancellor of Austria, dropped from cabi net. May 15—Chancellor Schuschnigg of Aus tria decreed dissolution of all private arm ies. May 17—Bolivian army officers forced President Sorzano to resign and named Col. David Toro to succeed him. May 20—Miguel Mariano Gomez inaug urated president of Cuba. May 30—Military revolt started in Nica ragua. June 2—J. H. Thomas, resigned British colonial secretary, found guilty of disclos ing budget secrets. June 4—Leon. Blum, Socialist, became premier of France. June 7—Million French workers won strike as employers accepted "NRA” of Premier Blum. June 10—Spanish Reds and syndicalists fopoht machine gun battle at Malaga. June 15—Pope Pius created two new Ital ian crir’nals. June 18—French cabinet decreed dissolu- t on of all Fascist organizations. July 16 — Gen. Gustav Orllcz-Dreszer. chief of Poland’s air force, killed in crash with two other officers. Jul) 18—Fascists and royalists started revolution In Spain. July 28—Spanish government seized all church and school property and took con trol of Industry and finance. Aug. 5—Premier Metaxas of Greece set uo a dictatorship because of Communist plot. Aug. 19—Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 oth ers pleaded gulltv to conspiracy to kill Stalin and seize control of Soviet Russia. Aug. 23—Russian conspirators sentenced to death. British liner Queen Mary aet new trans atlantic speed record. Aug. 24—Sixteen Russian consplratora ex ecuted by firing squad. Hitler doubled period of military train ing in Germany. Aug. 25—C. T. Wang made Chinese am bassador to United States. Sept. 3—Great Britain put Palestine under martial law. Sept. 4—Caballero, Socialist leader, be came premier of Spain. Spanish rebels ceitured Irun. Sept. 7—France decided to spend $930.- 000.000 on army. Sept, 11—British trades union congress rejected "popular front” alliance with com munists Sept 12—Spanish rebels capti red San Sebastian. Sept. 18—Spanish loyelists dynamited part : of Alcazar at Toledo, killing many rebel ‘ defenders. Sept. 25—French government decided to abandon gold standard and devaluate the franc. Sept. 27—Spanish rebels caotured Toledo and rescued the Alcazar garrison. Oct. 1—Gen. Francisco Franco became head of the Span : sh insurgent junta. Austria, repudiating the treaty of St. Germain, called 8.000 youths for compulsory military training. French parliament passed franc devalua tion bill. Oct. 4—Serious riots in Paris between communists and nationalists. Oct. 5—Italy devalued the lira. Oct. 11—Arab general strike in Palestine against Jewish immigration called off. Oct. 14—Belgium dropped all military alliances. Oct. 30—Spanish rebel planes bombed Madrid, killing 189. Military coup forced reorganization of Iraq government. Nov. 3—King Edward of England opened parliament, pledging the nation to peace. Nov. 4—Spanish insurgents captured Ma drid suburbs. Nov. 7—Spanish government fled from Madrid to Valencia. Nov. 15—Spanish rebels forced crossing of Manzanares river and entered one sec tion of Madrid. Nov. 18—Roger Salengro, French minister of the interior, assailed by rightists, com mitted suicide. General Franco. Spanish rebel chief, de clared blockade of Barcelona. Nov. 24—Dictator Stalin presented new constitution to Russia. Nov. 23—Military revolt in Quito. Ecua dor. suppressed by government. Dec. 1—Spanish loyalists launched great offensive against Fascist insurgents. Germany decreed death penalty for those who hoard wealth abroad. New Russian constitution approved by soviet congress. British hous« of lords defeated bill to permit “mercy killings.” Dec. 2—British Prime Minister Baldwin pleaded with King Edward to accept cabi net's adv'cc to relinquish his intimacy with Mrs. Wally S ; mpson. Renewed rebel air raids ot Madrid killed hundreds. Coup d’etat in Greece foiled by govern ment. Dec. 3—King Edward defied cabinet’s de mand that he choose between the throne and Mrs. Simpson. Dec. 5—Pope Pius stricken with paralysis. Russia's new constitution given final ap proval by all-union congress of soviets. Dec 6—Mexico offered to let Trotzky, Russian exRe. reside in that country. Dec. 7—Mrs. Wallis Simpson announced her willingness to renounce her association with King Edward of England to end the crisis. Dec. 10—King Edward of England abdi cated in favor of his brother, the duke of York. Dec. 11—British parliament and the do minions accepted Edward’s abdication and the accession of George VI. Dec. 12—George VI was proclaimed king of Great Britain and made Edward duke of Windsor. Dictator Chiang Kai - shek of China kidnaped in Sianfu by mutinous troops of Marshal Chang. Dec. 17—Giuseppe Motta elected president of Switzerland. INTERNATIONAL Jan. 1—Emperor of Ethiopia protested to League of Nations against use of poison gas by Italians and bombing of Swedish ambu lance. Jan. 4—Italian flyers bombed Egyptian Red Cross camp in Ethiopia. Jan. 15—Japan withdrew from naval con ference in London. British Red Cross unit in Ethiopia bombed by Italian airmen. Jan. 22—Seven European powers pledged co-operation of war forces against Italy, if Britain was attacked. Jan. 29—Manchukuo opened military op erations against Outer Mongolia. Feb. 15 — Italians defeated Ethiopians after six days’ battling on northern front. March 1—Ethiopians defeated by Italians in another great battle, in Tembien area. March 3—League of Nations committee asked Italy and Ethiopia to consider an armistice. March 5—Ethiopia accepted proposal for peace parley. March 7—Hitler denounced the Locarno treaty and remilitarized the Rhineland; France moved troops to border and in voked covenant of league against Germany. Mussolini accepted in principle parley of- fe~ in Ethiooian war. March 12—Great Britain. France. Bel gium and Italy indicted Germany for viola tion of Locarno treaty and referred further action to League of Nations council. French senate ratified mutual assistance treaty with Russia. March 17—Hitler accepted Invitation to be represented at league council meeting in London. March 19—League council condemned Germany for violating treaties. March 20—Four Locarno powers proposed plan for settlement of Rhineland crisis, vir tually an ultimatum to Germany. March 21—United States. Britain and France agreed on treaty limiting size of battleships March 22—Italy. Austria and Hungary strengthened their alliance. March 24—Hitler rejected four-power peace prooosals. March 29—Italian bombers destroyed Har- rar. second city of Ethiopia. March 30—Iran withdrew its diplomatic representatives from Washington. March 31—Hitler proposed to other Lo carno powers an armistice in Rhineland dispute and consideration of his peace plans. April 4—Italy announced great victory - over Ethiopian forces. April 8—France rejected Hitler’s settle ment plan. April 14—Italian forces occupied Dessye, Ethiopia. April 15—British. French and Belgian gen- ' erai staffs planned united defense against ! possible attack by Germany. April 17—Turkey remilitarized the Dar- j dandles in violation of Lausanne treaty. League of Nations abandoned effort to end Italo-Ethiopian war. , May 2—Ethiopian imperial family aban doned Addis Ababa as Italians drew near; city burned and looted by natives. May 5—Italians occupied Addis Ababa and declared the war ended. May 9—Italy formally annexed Ethiopia j and announced restoration of Roman em pire. May 12—Mussolini recalled Italian dele- 1 gates from Geneva; league council ad journed to June 15. May 15 — Guatemala withdrew from League of Nations. May 18—United States senate ratified new London navai treaty. June 10—Chinese Dictator Chiang Kai- Shek ordered northern troops to oppose advance of anti-Japanese army. June 17—British cabinet voted fo~ end of sanctions against Italy. July 12—Germany and Austria revived pact of friendship. July 15—Sanctions against Italy ended. July 18—Turkey given right to militarize the Dardenelles. July 30—Great Britain and Russia reached a naval accord, with no limit on Soviet tonnage. July 31—Great Britain, France, Belgium. Italy and Germany agreed to work out a new Locarno pact. Aug. 6—Germany strongly protested to Spain against killing of four Nazis and shelling of German steamship. Aug. 21—Hitler demanded Russia and Spain stop radio “slander” campaign against Germany. Aug. 23—Bolivia and Paraguay renewed diplomatic relations. Germany barred shipments of war mu nitions to Spain. Aug. 26—Great Britain and Egypt signed treaty of alliance. Secretary Hull told Spain United States would ignore blockade of Spanish ports. Aug. 27—Great Britain and France asked 17 nations to join in arms embargo against Spain. Aug. 29—Russia demanded expulsion of Trotzky from Norway, without avail. Sept. 6—France and Poland signed a mili tary treaty. Sept. 7—World Power congress opened In Washington. Sept. 14—Pope Pius called on the world to crush communism. Sept. 21—Eighteenth League of Nations assembly opened in Geneva. Sept. 23 — League of Nations assembly seated Ethiopian delegation. Japanese marines occupied part of Shang hai after one bluejacket was killed by Chinese. Oct. 2—Spanish government and insur gents both laid complaints before League of Nations. Oct. 5—League of Nations gave Poland mandate to solve troubles of free city of Danzig Oct. 23—Portugal severed diplomat.'c re lations with Spain; Russia denounced the neutrality pact relating to Spain. Oct. 25-^Germany and Italy reached agreement for unified political action. Nov. 6—Naval powers, excepting Ger many ard Russia, signed agreement to “humanizte” submarine warfare. Nov. 12—Nobel prize in literature awarded to Eugene O’Neill, American dramatist: in physics to Prof. Carl D. Andersorf* oi California and Prof. V. G. Hess of Austria; in chemistry to Prof. Peter Debye of Berlin Nov. 14—Germany denounced navigation clauses of Versailles treaty, resuming sov ereignty over her internal waterways. Nov. 18—Germany and Italy -ecognized Franco's Fascist government of Spr'n. Nov. 24 — Nobel peace prize for 1935 awarded to Carl von Ossietsky, German pac ifist; for 1936 to Carlos Saavedra Lamas. An.entine foreign minister. Nov. 25 — Germany and Japan signed agreement to fight spread of communism. Nov. 27 — Spanish government asked Iteague of Nations to deal with menace to peace caused by recognition of rebels by Italy and Germany. President Roosevelt addressed Brazilian parliament at Rio. Chinese revealed Japanese plan to create Inner Mongolian puppet state. Nov. 29—League of Nations council called to deal with Spanish war matter. Nov. 30—President Roosevelt arrived at Buenos Aires. Dec. 1—Pan-American peace congress in Buenos Aires opened with speech by Presi dent Roosevelt. Great Britain charged that Germany had sent 6.000 armed soldiers to aid Spanish insurgents. Dec. 2—Nicaragua recognized the Franco government in Spain. Dec. 3—President Roosevelt visited Mon- tevioeo. Uruguay. China demanded removal of Japanese ma rines from Tsingtao. Dec. 9—France and Britain proposed plan for mediation in Spanish war. Dec. 12—Twenty-one American nations signed resolution for peace and security at the Buenos Aires conference. Italy and Germany signed trade accord relating especially to the Danubian states. AERO Jan. 13—Howard Hughes flew from Los Angeles to Newark in record time. 9 hours 27 minutes 10 seconds. Jan. 14—All air lines of United States united with Col. E. S. Gorrell as president. Jan. 16—Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, missing seven weeks on antarctic flight, found safe in Little Amer ica. March 30—Germany’s new dirigible. Hin- denburg, started its first transatlantic trip to Rio. May 6—Zeppelin Hindenburg started on first flight to United States. May 9—Dirigble Hindenburg arrived at Lakehurst. N. J. May 14—Dirigible Hindenburg completed flight from Lakehurst to Frankfurt-on-Main in 48 hours 18 minutes. July 4—R. C. Dupont set new glider mark at 13.5 miles. July 30—Plans announced for trans-At lantic air mail and passenger service be tween Great Britain. Canada. Irish Free State and Newfoundland. Aug. 5—Eight killed in crash of Chicago Sc Southern airlines plane. Sept. 2—Harry Richman and Richard Mer rill took off from New York for London. Sept. 3—Richman and Merrill landed safely in Wales, out of gas. Sept. 4—Louise Thaden won Bendix tro- Phv. Sept. 5 — Mrs. Beryl Markham, first woman to fly Atlantic alone from east to west, made forced landing in Nova Scotia. Sept. 7—Michel Detroyat of Fsance won Thompson trophy race at Los^Angeles meet. Sept. 14—Richman and Merrill flew from England across Atlantic, landing in New foundland. ' Oct. 1—C. W. A. Scott won England-Jo- hannesburg air race. Oct. 7—Kurt Bjorkvall. attempting flight from New York to Stockholm, was rescued from ocean off Irish coast. Oct. 30—Capt. J. A. Molliscn flew from Newfoundland to London in record time. June 19—Louis knocked out in twelfth round by Schmeling. July 4—Helen Jacobs won Wimbledon ti tle. Varoff set world record for pole vault at \4 feet 6*/2 inc'ies. ' July 7—National league all-stars defeat ed Americans 4 to 3. July 19—Paul Leslie won western ama teur golf title. July 23—Eleanor Holm Jarrett. swimming champion, dropped from American Olympic team for breaking training. July 29—Two men ousted from American Olympic boxing team for breaking training. July 31 — Japan awarded the Olympic Gam^s of 1940. Aug. 1—Olympic Games at Berlin offi cially opened. Jesse Owens, America, broke world rec ord for 100 meters at Berlin. Aug. 5—Owens won his third Olympic championship. Aug. 8—Morris of America won Olympic decathlon. Aug. 9—American track team won Olym pic championship with 209 points. Japanese won Olympic marathon. Aug. 16—Olympic games 6t Berlin ended with Germany in first place and United States second. Aug. 18—Joe Louis knocked out Jack Sharkey at New York. Aug. 31—Mako and Budge won the na tional doubles tennis title. Sept. 2—New York Yankees won Ameri can league championship. Sept. 3—American Walker cup golf team defeated British team. Lou Ambers won lightweight title from Tony Canzoneri. Sept. 12—Perry of England and Alice Marble of California won national tennis championships. * Lawson Little won Canadian open golf title. Sept. 10—Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati jvon national amateur golf title. Sept. 24—New York Giants won National league championship. Sept. 26—Argentine polo players defeated American team for the title. Oct. 3—Pamela Barton of England won American women’s golf championship. Oct. 6—New, York Yankees won World Series from New York Giants. Oct. 12 — Tazio Nuvolari, Italy, won George Vanderbilt 300 mile automobile road race. Nov. 2—Johnny Goodman of Omaha won Mexican amateur golf title. Nov. 7—Northwestern university won Big Ten football championship. Nov. 21—Yale defeated Harvard at foot ball. Nov. 22—Denny Shute won United States pro golf championship. Nov. 27—Barney Ross retained welter weight title by beating Izzy Jannazzo. Nov. 28—Navy beat Army at football. Dec. 12—Welker Cochran won three-cush ion billiards championship in Chicago. Dec. 13—Green Bay won professional foot ball title. NECROLOGY DISASTERS Jan. 9—Earthquake killed several hundred persons in Colombia. Jan. 12 — Thirty - four drowned when freighter Iowa foundered at mouth of Co lumbia river. Jan. 14—American Airlines plane crashed in a swamp in Arkansas, killing 17. March 14—Disastrous floods in northeast ern states. March 19—Floods in New England and eastern states killed scores of persons and caused many millions of loss to property. March 26 — Fourteen persons killed in plane crash in Mexico. April 5—Tornado at Tupelo. Miss., killed 187. i Army bombing plane crashed on Blue mountain. Penn., five killed. April 6—Tornado killed more than 150 at Gainesville, Ga. April 7—Eleven killed when TWA air liner hit mountain near Uniontown. Pa. June 30—Forest fires swept a million acres in Kentucky. July 4—Independence day deaths smashed record with 444 killed over nation. July 29—Fifteen men drowned when sand motorship upset at Chicago. Ten miners killed by gas at Dowell. 111. Aug. 5—Eight killed In crash of Chicago & Southern Airlines plane. Aug. 6—Explosion in British coal mine killed 57 men. Aug. 14—Twenty-two men and boys killed in train wreck near Louiseville. Quebec. Aug. 28—Typhoon in Corea killed nearly 400. Aug. 31—Twenty-eight men killed in Ger man mine explosion. Sept. 5—Ten persons killed in crash of sightseeing plane near Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 13—Avalanche at Loen, Norway, killed 74. Sept. 16—Dr. Jean Charcot, famous French polar explorer, and 59 others drowned in shipwreck Sept. 27—Forest fires in southwestern Ore gon virtually destroyed Bandon and at tacked three other towns: nine known dead. Oct. G^-Ten miners killed at Mullan, Ida ho. when shaft car fell. Oet. 11—More than 300 killed by typhoon In the Philippines. Oct. 17—Nineteen drowned when Canadian sh>o Sand Merchant foundered in Lake Erie. Oct. 18—Destructive earthquake in north eastern Itcly killed 25. , Nov. 8—Hamburg-American mdlorship Isis foundered off Land’s End. England; 39 drowned. Nov. 16—Explosion of French powder p’ant near Marseilles killed 34 and injured 200. * Nov. 19—.Thousand killed when dam in Japan burst. Nov. 24—Nine killed and scores injured in Chicago elevated train wreck. Nov. 30—Crystal palace. London, burned. Dec. 2—Twelve drowned when German freighter Elsa foundered. Dec. 4—Nearly 250 killed in flood in north ern Luzon. Philippines. Dec. 7—More than 200 drowned in flood in Turkey. Dec. 9—Dutch airliner crashed in Eng land, killing 14, including Juan de la Ci- erva, inventor of the autogyro. Dec. 15—Western Air Express plane lost in Utah with seven persons. Dec. 19—San Vicente. Salvador, wrecked by earthquake; several hundred killed. SPORTS Jan. 1—Stanford beat Southern Methodist in Rose Bowl football game at Pasadena. Jan. 11—Willie Hoppe won three-cushion billiards championship from Cochran. Jan. 17—Joe Louis knocked out Charley F.etzlaff in one round in Chicago. Feb. 6—Olympic winter games opened at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Feb 16—Norway won Olympic winter fames; United States fifth. March 7—Purdue and Indiana tied for Big Ten basketball title. March 14—University of Michigan won Big Ten indoor track championship. April 4—Cambridge beat Oxford in annual regatta. April 6—Horton Smith won the Masters’ golf tournament at Augusta, Ga. April 14—Major league baseball season opened. May 2—Bold Venture won Kentucky Derby. May 6—American women’s golf team tied British team, retaining Curtis cup. May 8—Canzoneri defeated McLarnln in New York. May 11—Petey Sarron of Birmingham von featherweight title from Freddie Mil ler. May 17—Bold Venture won the Preak- ncss stake. May 23—University of Indiana won Big Ten outdoor track championship. May 30—Louis Meyer won Indianapolis 500 mile auto race. June 1—Australian terinrs team eliminated United States from Davis cup play. June 3—University of Michigan won Big Ten baseball championship. June 6—Tony Mareno won national open golf tcurney. June 13—Mrs. Opal Hfll won women's Western golf title. Don Lash broke world’s recora for two miles. American women's tennis team won Wightman cup from British. Jan. 1—Harry B. Smith, American libret tist, at Atlantic City. Jan 4—Col. James Churchward. Ameri can author. Jan. 5—Ramon Inclan, Spanish dramatist and poet. Jay House, journalist. Jan. 6—Charles Stoneham, owner of New York Giants. Jan. 9—John Gilbert, screen actor. Jan. 12—John F. Hylan, ex-mayor of New York. Jan. 13—S. L. Rothafel, “Roxy.” New York motion picture producer. Jan. 15—Cynthia Stockley, British novel ist. Jan. 16—Annie Russell, veteran Ameri can actress. Jan. 17—A. Barry Bacon, president of the Christian Science mother church in Boston. Jan. 18—Rudyard Kipling, British poet and story writer. Jan. 20—King George V. of Great Britain. Jan. 23—Frank H. Simonds, editor and historian. Dama Clara Butt. British singer. Jan. 25—George V/. Wickersham, former attorney general of United States. Jan. 27—Scott Bone, former governor of Alaska. Jan. 28—Oscar K. Allen, governor of Louisiana Feb. 2—Sir Owen Seaman, former editor of London Punch. Feb. 3—Charles B. Warren of Detroit, international lawyer and former diplomat. Feb. 6—Wilhelm Solf. German diplomat. Feb. 7—O. P. Heggie, stage and screen actor. Feb. 8—Charles Curtis, former senator and vice president, in Washington. Feb. 9—Henry Justin Smith of Chicago, journalist and author. Feb. 10—Prof. Caroline E. Furness. Vas- sar astronomer. David S. Barry, writer and former ser geant-at-arms of the senate. Feb. 11—W. H. “Coin” Harvey, veteran bimetaiism leader. Feb. 12—Mrs. Cora Urquhart Brown-Pot ter. once famous actress. Feb. 16—Roy D. Chapin of Detroit, for mer secretary ot commerce. Dr J. H. Robinson, writer and teacher of history, in New York. Feb. 17—Alexander Pantages, former theater magnate. Hiram P. Maxim, firearms inventor. Feb. 19—Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, com mander of American air forces in World i war. ! Matthew E. Hanna, former diplomat, at Tucson, Ariz. Feb. 22—Henry L. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. Feb. 23--Ed Smith, noted sports editor. Feb. 24—Albert C. RRchie, former gov ernor of Maryland. Feb. 27—Antonio Scotti, baritone, in Na ples. Feb. 23—J. G. Coolidge, veteran diplo mat. in Boston March 2—Prof. R. B. Anderson of Madi son. Wis.. Norse history authority. March 4—Maj. Gen. William Weigel, U. S. A retired. March 9—Sidney J. Catts, ex-governor of Florida. March 10—Earl Beatty, British naval hero. March 12—Dr. William Wilmer of Wash ington, D C., eye specialist. March 15—George E. Foss of Chicago, former congressman. Prince Serge Mdviani at Delray Beach, F’.a. Prof J. S. Haldane, British scientist. March 18—Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek statesman March 21—Justin McCarthy, author and playwright, in London. Alexander Glazouncff. Russian composer. March 24—W. 'J. Bogan, superintendent of •"’irengo sekoo’s. March 29—Magnus Swenson, scientist, in M.-d’son, Wis March 33—Charles G. Phillips, retired trade paper publisher, at Montclair. N. J. March 31—Congressman S. A. Rudd of Brooklyn. N. Y. April 4—C. L. Strobel of Chicago, steel construction engineer. W. C. Peyton of New York, chemical engineer and industrialist. April 5—Chandler Egan, former golf champion, at Everett. Wash. April 6—John Hammill, former governor of Iowa. April 7—Marilyn Miller, musical comedy star. April 19—Leopold von Hoesch, German ambassador to England. April 11—Richard Yates, former governor of Illinois and congressman. April 12—James M. Beck, former solicitor general and congressman from Pennsyl vania. C. Howard Walker, architect, in Boston. April 13—Constantine Demerdjis, premier of Greece. Howard Thurston, magician. April 17—Ottorino Respighi, Italian com poser. April 18—Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to President Roosevelt. April 22—Alexandra Carlisle, actress. In New York. A-.ril 23—Congressman J. T. Buckbee of Rockford. 111. April 24—Finley Peter Dunne, creator of “Mr. Dooley.” F. S. Wheeler, chairman of American Can company. April 25—Percy Hammond, dramatic crit ic. in New York. W. R. George, founder of the George Junior Republic. April 27—C. K. McClatehy, California newspaper publisher. Dr. John Ridlon, American surgeon. April 28—King Fuad I of Egypt. May 1—Dr. A. E. Housman, English poet. May 3—James E. Smith of St Louis, pioneer in waterways Improvement. Mav 5—Milo Reno, head of Farmers' Holi- dr v association. May 6—Beatrice Harraden, English nov elist. May 7—Dr. H. L. McBain of New York, ec ucator and scientist. May 8—United States Senator Park Trammel of Florida. Dr. Oswald Spengler of Germany, au thor. May 11—A. M. Palmer, attorney general under president Wilson. May 14—Viscount Allenby, who took Pal estine from the Turks. I May 17—Len Small, ex-governor of Illi nois. Col. George Fabyan, scientist and cipher expert. May 19—Archbishop Pascual Diaz of Mex ico. May 20—Harry Whitney of New Yoik„ explorer and hunter. May 21—Minnie Palmer, once famous ae- tress. May 23—Dr. E. M. Lewis, president of University of New Hampshire. May 24—Claudia Muzio, grand opera star, in Rome. May 31—William Butterworth of Moline-,. 111., industrialist. June 1—John C. Williams, president Weir- ton Steel company. June 2—Cyrus Hall McCormick of Chi cago, former head of International Har vester company. Truxton Beale, former diplomat, in Annap«- olis, Md. June 3—Congressman Joseph W. Byrns. of Tennessee, speaker of the house. Representative A. Piatt Andrew of Massa- chusetts. June 8—John Hays Hammond, Sr. Edward Green, son of late Hetty Greeiw Jamalul Kiram, sultan of Sulu. Mrs. Eugene Field, widow of famous poet. June 14—Gilbert K. Chesterton, English author and critic. June 15—Marc Klaw, theatrical producer. June 17—Henry B. Walthal, actor. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida. June 18—Maxim Gorky. Russian author. June 21—Harold E. Porter (Holworthy Hall) author. Bernhard W. von Buelow, German foreign- minister. June 23—Arthur W. Cutten, grain broker. July 10—Joe Humphreys, veteran fight an nouncer. July 12—S. Parks Cadman, clergyman, July 16—Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa. July 21—Dr. James L. Barton, foreign mission leader, in Boston. July 22—Earle L. Ovington, American aviation pioneer. July 25—Sir Henry Wellcome, British sci entist. July 26—Miss Ellen Fitz Pendleton; ex president of Wellesley col’ege. Dr. C. H. Frazier of Philadelphia, noted brain surgeon. July 27—Wilfred W. Fry, Philadelphia capitalist. July 28—Walter Nettleton, American art ist. July 30—C. N. Kimball of Chicago, piano manufacturer. Aug. 2—Louis Bleriot of France, first: to fly the English channel. Walter Ufer, American painter. Aug. 6—Congressman J. J. McSwain of South Carolina. . Aug. 7—Congressman M. A. Zioncheck of Washington. J. J. O’Brien of Chicago, president Bylles- by and company Aug. 9—Lincoln Steffens, journalist and author. Arthur B. Reeve, author. Aug. 16—Prof. A. A. Titsworth of Rutgers. Aug. 22—Floyd B. Olson, governor of Minnesota. George Rasmussen, founder National Tea. company. Aug. 25 — Prince Pierre Troubetskoy, painter Winnifred Mason of Chicago, former con gresswoman at large. Aug. 26—Dave Barry, prize fight referee. Aug. 27—George H. Dera, secretary oP w<ir. Miss Anna Morgan of Chicago, veterarr drama teacher. Aug. 29—C. W. Toms of New York, to bacco magnate. Aug. 30—W. F. Whiting, former secretary of commerce, in Holyoke, Mass. Sept 5—G. E. Tarbell of New York, for mer life insurance magnate. Sept. 11—Augie Kieckhefer of Chicago*, billiard star. Sept 12—W. D. Walling, American labor leader. Sept. 13—Magnus Johnson, former senator and representative from Minnesota. J E. Armstrong, veteran Chicago edu cator. Sept 14—Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist and! conductor, in Detroit. Irving Thalbefg. movie producer. Sept. 15—Alexander Zaimis, ex-president of Greece Dr. E. A, Grosvenor. emeritus professor of h.story in Amr.-erst. Sept. 18—Maj. Gen. U. S. G. McAlex- 'arder, U. S. A., retired. Sept. 24—Frank Munson, president Mun son Steamship line. Sept. 25—William Horlick of Racine. Wis... malted milk manufacturer and philanthro-. St Sspt 28—Miss Harriet Monroe of Chicago, cd’tor of "Poetry” magazine. Dr. Joseph Clark, Sunday school leader. Sept. 28—Rear Admiral W. S. Sims, U. S. N.. retired. . _ Sept. 30—F. L. Rainey, president of Centra co^ege. Kentucky. Oct. 1—George Huff, athletic director at- University of Illinois. Ex-Congressman Louis- T. McFadden- ot Pennsylvania. Cct. 3—H. H. Whiting president Pillsbury Flour Mills, in Minneapolis. Cct. 4—Jesse I. Straus, merchant ante dir’omat, in New York Cct. 6—Julius Gomboes. premier of Hun gary. ’ Oct. 10—Frank Presbrey. tormer editor ar-* nr*' 15 s*'''r. in Greenwich. Conn. Cct. 12—E. M. Blashfield. American mural painter Oct. 14—Mary McDowell of Chicago, so cial worker. Oct. 17—Samuel Merwin, American nov elist. - „ Gen. Andres Figueroa. Mexican minister of war. , Oct. 13—D. E. Shanahan, veteran Illinois legislator. . „ . Oct. 20—Mrs. Anna Macy, teacher of Hel en Keller. . „ Oct. 22—James Couzens. United States- senator from Michigan. Oct. 24—Clem Yore, novelist and poet, at Estes Park. Col. Oct. 25—Arthur W. Needles, president Norfolk and Western railway. Oct 29 — Thomas Cochran, New York, financier. Oct. 30—Lorado Taft, sculptor. In Chicago. Nov. 4—Nathan E. Kendall, former gov ernor of Iowa. Nov. 6—Henry B. Joy of. Detroit, auto mobile manufacturer. Nov. 7—Charles H. Strong, industrialist, in Erie. Pa. Chic Sale, comedian. Nov. 11—Sir Edward German, British, composer. Nov. 12—Dr. Gilbert Fitz-Patrick of Chi cago. surgeon. Franklin W. M. Cutcheon of New York, lawyer and civic worker. Nov. 14—Clark Howell, editor of Atlanta Constitutmn. John F Whelan- of New York, tobacco magnate. Nov. 16—Alfred Aarons of New York, theatrical producer. Cardinal Maurin of Lyons. France. Nov 17 — Mme. Ernestine Schumann- Hemk. operatic and concert contralto. Nov. 18—Levin Faust, industrial leader of Rockford, 111. Nov. 19—Maurice Maschke of Cleveland. Oh o. political leader. Nov. 21—Maj: Gen. R: E. Callan, U. S. A., retired. Ernest R. Graham of Chicago, architect. Nov. 22—Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean. chief of the Clan MacLean. Nov. 23—O. P. Van Sweringen of Cleve- . land, railway magnate. Frank A. Sebring, pioneer pottery manu facturer. at Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 26—Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, veteran, actress Nov. ’ 27—Sir Basil Zaharoff, "mystery man” of’ Europe and war munitions mag nate. Nov. 2»—George Clark, ex-governor of Iowa. Nov. 30—Fred W. Green, ex-governor of Michigan. Dec. 1—John Ringling, last of drew* brothers, in New York. Jacob Schaefer, composer, In New York. Dec. 2—Charles- Thrasher, artist, of Old field, N. Y. Harold’ W. Brown, adjutant' general of Missouri. Dec. 3—Oliver Harker, veteran educator, at Carbondale, 111. Mrs. Florence Robinson, psychologist, at New Haven. Conn. Dec. 4—Leon i Cammen, internationally known engineer in New York. Dec. 5—J. a. Alexander,. Chicago flnan* o er. Congressman G. H. Cary of Kentucky-, Dec. 7-—Fuller Mellish, veteran actor, in Lew York. Dec. lO^—Duigi Pirandello, Italian play- W right. Dec. 13—Russell B. Harrison of Indianap- c- s. son ot former President Benjamin’ 1 irrison. Peter Bilhom. singing evangelist and’ b mn writer, in-Los Angeles. Dec. 16—George A. McKinlock. Chicago or oitalist and philanthropist. Dec. 18—Howard J. White, eminent Chi- t go architect. Peter H. Van Horn of New York, business leader. Dec. 19—Marie Van Horst, American nov elist. Dec. 20—Peter Norbeck, United! States^ senator from South Dakota. © Western Newspaper Union. ., J