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Show - Chronology Chronologyof of the Year 1934 1934Compiled Compll.J CompllJ Compiled . by byE E . W . PICKARD PICKARDir - - - -ir ir - 4 < 4DOMESTIC DOMESTIC DOMESTICJan ! ? J Jan . . l- l llt 1-PresIdent 1 PresIdent 1 - President Roosevelt Roosevett . lt . accepted acceptedthe acceptedthe . . . . the resignation realgnatlon reelgnauon o of Secretary Socretary of thde thde'treasury the theI thereaaury theTreasury 'treasury treasury ' reaaury reaauryV \ W \V V H Woodtn Woodin and appointe appointed appointedenry appointedHenry Henry I enry Morgenthau Morgentha.u . , . Jr to succeed him hini himJan hiniJan himJan opened regular ses.Ion 5eiton BCS- BCS ses- ses 5e- 5e BCSlon - Jan 3-Congress 3 Congress 3-Congre8 Congre8 3 - - Congress President Roosovells Roosevelt Roosovellsgellsage Roos c11"nriiftr c11nriiftr 8 " 8ineesage .Ion Ion iton . lon . and a.nd heard Deal must roust muste.Ta roustbe declazlnr declallng decax1ng the New ineesage ! * gellsage be : made mild * permanent t trevived , . , . .Jan Jan e.Ta eTa e.Taad.2 Jan permanentJan . ad.2 ad2 : 4-Congress 4 Congress 4 . ' - Congress : revived Prctldent President President'Roosovelt Presidenttooseve1t Prctldentic ? 'Roosovelt Roosovelt tooseve1t ' s 8 budget message ca.lling calling . for 16 26 ic % billion dollarsJan dollarsJan dollars . . . . . . Jan JanHouse Jan 6 & 6--House 6 House -House - - House passed $470 470 $ 10 " 000 000 na- na national fl0tional na fl0 national - tional liquor tax ta.x . bllL bill . . . . , . . Jan .Tan Tan S-Supreme S Supreme < - - Supreme court upheld upbeld mora mora- moratc moratorlura moratorium - - tc torium torlura u on mortgagesJan mortgages ; . .i i . , ri fgnetS fgnetSRoosovelt : Jan J riJ n 10-PresIdent 10 PresIdent 10 - President Roosevelt Roosovelt asked askedthe askedthe askedth the senate to ratify ratlty the St St . . Lawrencewaterv.ay Lawrenceaters Lawrence waterway waterv.ay watervay aters . sy treatySennte treatySenat treaty treatySenate Senate Sennte Senat . passed national liquor tax taxb1ll taxbill taxbill taxbillJan b1ll bill b1ll.Ian billJan . Jan .Ian Ian 12-Con 12 Con 12 - Gen en Blanton Winship was was.ppolntod wasppotntcd wasappointed .ppolntod ppolntod ppotntcd . * go eovernor goernor . ernor of Porto Pox-to Pox to - Rico vlco vice vlcoR viceIt viceJt R . It . . H Gore resignedWillis resignedWillia resigned resignedW1I11 Willis Willia W1I11 G 0 Grecs Gregg was appointed chiefot chiefof chief ot of f the thi weather bureau.Tan bureauJan bureau bureauJan . Jan .Tan Tan 16-presldent 16 presldent 15-President 15 President It - President Roosevelt asked askedCongress askedfcon Congress Ongre8 re . tor for additional authority tOsize to .Ize Ize . size lz federal bank cold gold reserve and andftx andx andflx ftx x dollar between (0 0 50 60 ( and 60 < 0 cents.Tan centsJan cents centsJan . Jan .Tan Tan 19-Presldent 19 Presldent 19-PresIdent PresIdent 19 - President Roosevelt modified modifiedbls modifiedbli modifiedkl bls bli * economy ecrmomy regulations to Increase Increaseannual Increase&nnual Increaseannual annual &nnual nnual & payments to disabled vteran veterans vet veteransbY rans ransby by y 21 million dollars.Tan dollarsJan dollars dollarsJan Jan .Tan Tan . 20-House 20 House 20 - House of representatives representativespassed representativepassed * passed assed the ' President l'resldent lresldent Vrestdent a s money moncy enoncy bill S60 360 360o 360.T 360to to o 40 40Jan 284 2SC mil- mil roil- roil mil1l0Jnn roillions mil millions - .T T . Jan 2C-Naval 2C Naval 24-NaVal 24 24 - Naval supply bill of lions passed eblat eblatOu by houseJan house Ou Oussed : .M M . , , ' ' . 1l0Jnn 1l0Jnnpai Jan : pai 27-Senate 27 Senate 27 : - Senate passed ssed President PresIdent's PresIdents PresIdent'sID President'ssnoney ID " snoney "San7 San7 Jan Y l 8 1E.NaUon 1ENaUon 81E.NaUon bill billJan 0-Nation 0 Nation . - Natlon celebrated President Presidentltoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt ltoosevelt's ltoosevelts Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' ' * fifty-second fifty second - birthday birthdayHouse birthdayHouse birthdayHouse House 1 > passed assed the Vinson Vlnon Vln < ; on navy blll bill blllJaa billJan billJaa Jaa Jan at-Prosldent at Prosldent Zi-Prosldent Zi ll - Proaldent established establlshod establishod a 69 06cent 06cent 06 cent ent dollarFeb dollarFeb dollar . Fob Feb 6--Unlted 6 Unlted 6-United United - f - United States Supreme courtquashed courtquashed court courtuahod quashed uahod * all aU pending federal dry casesFeb cases casesFob Fob Feb 9 9-President 9 President - President d dal and n postmaster postmastergineral postmasterreneral t df f alalroc alroc alroct : ; gineral . . : al : cancelled ; ; l : all al aln air mall mail contracts contractsand contractsand and the tho army was called on to carry carrythe carrythe carrythe the air alt mallFeb mailFeb mall mail mallFob Fob Feb H-WUllam H WUllam 14-William 14 William 14 - William P MacCracken and andIa andI 1 Ia . * . . H . . Brittin sentenced bv by senate to toten toten toten ten day days In jail ! tor for or contempt contcmpt In con- con connection conilection con connection - nection ilection , with vith air mail mall 10\ 10 Ins Investigation 10estlgaUon Investigationreb \ estlgaUon estigatlon estlgaUonFeb estigatlonFeb reb Feb 19-Army 19 Army IS - Army air corpa corps began 6y- 6y fly- fly 6yIng flying fly-InK fly InK - Ing the air mallI'eb mailI'eb mall mail , , ' reb I'eb Ieb ' 21-House 21 House 21 - House passed tax revisionbill revisionbill revision revisionbill billFab billFeb bill Fab Feb 22-Roger 22 Roger 22 - Roger Touhy and two mem mem- members mern- mern mernbers members - - bers of bis hIs gang convicted In Chicago Chlcacoof Chicagoof of ( ) f kidnapinc kidnaping John Factor and KlvenU Klven given U 19 * yeara years In prisonFeb prisonFeb prison prisonFob Fob Feb 26-Presldent 26 Presldent 26-President President 2C - President asked congress to tocreate tocreate tocreate create federal commission on wire and andradio andradio andradio radio communications communicationsFeb Feb 27-Benate 27 Benate 27-Senate Senate 27 - - Senate voted to restore rcstore 350 350mlllions 350millions 350million mlllions millions * In veterans benefits bene11ts and fed- fed fedral ! fed federal ed- ed ed4ral - eral 4ral ral alarles salaries salariesFob salariesFob , . , , , Fob 28-House 28 House 21 - House voted acalnst against federal federalfurniture federalfurnIture federalfurniture furniture factoryMarch factoryMarch factory factoryMarch March 2-Presldent 2 Presldent s-President s President S - President asked congress congressfor congressfor concresstor for power to neeotlate negotiate tarlfslarch tariffsMarch tariffs tarlfs tariffsMarch ! ? March larch 8-John 8 John Z-Jobn Z Jobn S - John Dllllneer Dillinger . , . bank rob- rob robber robbe rob robber - be ber and desperado escaped from jail jailat jailat jailat at Crown Point , . IndMarch 2nddarch Ind 2nd IndMarch March darch 6-Supreme 6 Supreme 5-Supreme 5 6 - - Supreme court upheld ROV- ROV Jov- Jov gov- gov JovornmJnt governmnt ; ROVrnmjnt - - ornmJnt ernmnt rnmjnt price flxlngPresident fixingPresident fixing flxlng fixingPresident President Roosevelt asked Industry Industryto to toll ll March raise : g 6 6-Senate 6 Senate wares wages 6 - Senate : a and dp passed : shorten soJe soJelroS : full lroS hoursMarch hours hoursMarch strength strengthiavy trcnethcavy ngth ngthcavy cavy iavy construction billPresident billPresident bill billPresident President appointed Judge Florence FlorenceAlIe FlorenceAllei FlorenceAllei AlIe Allei ' ! of oZ Ohio as federal circuit court courtof courtof courtof of appeal appeals * judgeMarch judgeMarch judge judgeMarch March 10-Presldent 10 Presldent 10-President President 10 - President ordered onlered orfiered armyair armysir army armylr air sir lr mall service haltedAttorney haltedAttorney halted haltedAttorney Attorney General Cummlne Cummings * ordered orderedcriminal orderedcriminal orderedcriminal criminal action acUon acalnst ag-alnst ag alnst against - Andrew 1\lelJon 1 lelJon Mellon 1lelJon.Tames MellonJames \ MellonJames .Tames Tames James . . J .1 1 Walker Walh.er Walher . and others tor for aI- aI al- al aIle alleged al alleged - - le lercl leged Income tax e evasionMarch evasion evasionMarch lef March f rcl cf cfH 12-House 12 House 12 - H House u e ee passed oiI : oiIblll bill blll tor for 1m- 1m im- im 1mr immediate Im Immediate - - mediate I payment yment of ofeterans \ \eterans eterans seterans \ bonus ingreenbiccs In greenbiccs r c 'n n ' greenbiccsMdrch trch Mdrch M ? , " , n0 I3-Arthur I3 Arthur 13-Arthur 13 - Arthur Cutts Cults Wlllard WlIlard Willard WlIlardelect Willardelected WlllardIect elect elected < Iect d president of Unh University Unisersity eralty of 1111 jill 1111nols jillnols 1111nols 1111nolsMarch nols nolsMarch March 14-St 14 St 14 - - St . . Lawrence waterway waterwaytreaty waterwaytreaty waterwaytreaty treaty relocted rejected by the enate senate senateMarch senateMarch * enateMarch March 19-Army 19 Army 19 - Army returned resumed flying fiylng aIr aIrmall airsnail airmall airmallMarch mall snail malllarch snailMarch ' \ March \larch larch 23-Presldent 23 Presldent 23-PresIdent PresIdent 23 - President urged passage of of40b ofdob ofob 40b dob ( Insurance billMarch billMarch bill _ . , March 2-Presldent 2 Presldent 24-President 24 President 24 { - President lgned signed sl ned Philip Ph1l1p- Ph1l1p Philip- Ph1l1ppine Philippine Philippine - pine Independence billMa.rch billMarch bill billMarch March Ma.rch . 26-Presldent 26 Presldent 25-President 25 President 26 - President settled threat threat- threatened threatoned threatened - ened oned Btrike strike In automobile IndustryMarch industryMarch Industry IndustryMarch March 26-Presldent 26 Presldent 26-President President 2t - President vetoed economy economybill economybill economybill economybillMarch bill billMarch March 21-Preslc1ent 21 Preslc1ent 27-President 27 President 27 - President left leU tor for Florida Floridacruise Floridacruise Floridacruise FloridacruiseHouse cruise cruiseHuse cruiseHouse House H\use H use \ ) 0\ 0 overrode 0errodo oserrode \ errodo veto of ot economy btll bill btllMarch billMarch billMarch March 28-Senato 28 Senato 28-Senate Senate 2 - Senate 0\ 0 os overrode 0errodc \ errodc errode economy economybl11 economybill economybill bl11 bill vetoMarch vetoMarch veto vetoMarch March 81-Johnson 81 Johnson 31-Johnson 31 1 - - Johnson Imposes ImposesdayIthour 6-dny 6 dny 6-day day 6dnyl6hour 6dayUhour ( -dayIt-hour dayIt hour - l6-hour l6 hour U-hour U - week on soft sort coal IndustryApril industryApril Industry IndustryApril April 9-Florenco 9 Florenco 9-Florence Florence S - Florence E I JJ : Alien Allen took oath oathtn oathIn oathIn tn In Cl Cleveland Cleseland ' eland as firstvoman first \ woman \voman voman tederal federal tederal2udge federaljudge federalludge federalludgeTrial 2udge judge 2udgeTrial judgeTrial Trial of Cithop Bishop Ilishop Cannon and Miss MissAda MissAda MissAda Ada Burrouehs Burroughs tor for violation of ot corrupt corruptpractices corruptpractices corruptpractices practices act beean began In WashingtonApril WashingtonApril Washington WashingtonApril April 10-House 10 House 10 - House committee began In- In Investigation investigation In Investigation - vestigation of ot charces charges made mad * by Dr DrWilliam Dr'William Dr'William DrWilliam William 'William ' ' A . A . WIrt Wlrt that member members * ot of ot"brain of"brain of"brain ofbrain "brain brain " trust " were plotting to over over- overthrow overthrow overthrow - throw the tho Government overnment . . April ll-Senate ll Senate 11-Senate 11 11 - Senate voted tor fcr for 10 per percent percent percent cent Increase in Income taxApril taxApril tax taxApril April 13-Senate 13 Senate 13 - Senate passed Its (480 480 USO ( 480 000 000000 -000 000 - 000 tax bill b1l1 with Income tax publicity publicityprovision publicityprovision publicityprovision publicityprovisionPresident provision provisionPresident President Roosevelt returned to toWashington toWashington toWashington Washington from fishing flshlng tripAprll tripApril trip tripApril April Aprll 16-Gov 16 Gov 16-Coy Coy 16 - - Gov Laneer Langer of North Da- Da Dakota Daicota Da Dakota - - kota icota and cleht eight others Indicted Indlctod by Unit Unit- United United United - ed State States * for tor ! forced orced collections coilections from fromrollef fromrelief fromrelief rollef relief worker workers workersApril workersApril * April 18- 18 18Wlrt 18-Wirt 18 Wirt ll - Wirt Wlrt Investigation ended endedby endedby endedby by Democrat Democrats * after his hi * story tory was de- de denied de denied - . nied riled niedApril riledApril April 23-1 23 1 23-Milk 23 Milk 23 - > Milk 111l " control plan dropped droppedby droppedby droppedby by tbo the AAA . . April U-Amerlcan U Amerlcan 24-American 24 American 24 - American fleet of ot 111 III warIIhlps warships war- war warhips - IIhlps ships hips made mad * record transit of ot Panama Panamacanal Panamacanal Panamacanal PanamacanalApril canal canalApril April 27-Blshop 27 Blshop 27-Bishop Bishop 37 - Bishop Cannon and Miss Mise MissDurroughs MiseBurroughs MisBurroueh * Durroughs Burroughs * acultted of ot violation of cor- cor corrupt corrupt cor corrupt - - rupt practices act . . . April Aprll 28-Sc.nate 28Sc.nate 28 Sc.nate Scnate 28-Scnate 2S - Senate . passed aIrmail air mall mail billMay billMay bill billMay : May 3-Postmaster 3 Postmaster 2 - Po tmator * General rarloy I'arloy Iarloy rarloyawarded I'arloyawarded Parleyawarded ' awarded 16 air mall mail contractsNow contractsNew contracts contractsNow Now New revenue bill enacted by con- con congres8 congress con-xres con xres - gres8 gress gres8co gressMay May \ * Cbilfouse 4-House 4 House 4 - House passed stock exchan exchange exchangecontrol cxchanKecontrol e eMay co control l lCbilfouse billMay bill billMay May 8-1 8 1 S-4ederal S 4ederal - - < federal ederal grand jury in Pitts- Pitts PiUs . - Mellontor MelloDfor Mellonfor burgh Pitts.burch Pittsburch Pittsburgh refused reCused to Indict A . W . MelloD Mellon for tax evasionMay evasionMay evasion evasionMay Fletcher-Ray-burn Fletcher Ray burn FletcherRayburn May 12-l 12 l 12-Senate 12 Senate 12 - : > bcnate enate pas pasbed pa ! : > bed ed Fletcher-Ray- Fletcher Ray Fletcher-Ray - - . burn stock took cxcha.n cxchan exchange . e billMay billMay bill billMay May 16-Senator 16 Senator 16 - Senator David A . A . Reed de- de de - . feated defeated Oov Gov G'ov ' Giftord GJford Gifford ! Pinchot Plnchot In Penn Penn- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - sylvania Republican primaries Demo Democrate Democrats enate isnate crate Ste Stenomlnatd nominated nomlnatd nominat8d ! Joseph F Guffey Guttey forSenate forisnate tor for enateSenate isnateSenate Senate passed bill tor for federal control controlcf controlcf controlct cf radio and wire communications May communicationsMay 18-Presldent 18 Presldent 18-President President U - President Roosevelt In message roessage mes- mes roes- roes mesaK - sage aK to conirets congress called tor for domestic and domesticand International atlODal control over arms and andSe znunitionq znunitionqSesen andmunitions andznunitionq andmunitionsSeven nudnm nudnmezf ezf ezfatlODal Se\ Se Seven Seen Sesen \ en bills blue bill * to aid federal war on crlmo crime crlmoero oncrime oncrlmo ' were /ero ero / BiRned sirned slfined by the President Presldent . . Dr George l 1- 1 l ' 1Zook - ' Zook reilgned resigned as aa com com- corn- corn - missioner commissioner cornmissioner of ot education effective ertectho effeetie July July1 JulyI 1 I and John W Studobaker tudebaker Studebaker of Des DenMolnes DesMolnos DesMoines Molnos Moines was elected selected to succeed him bins May himMay binsMay 22-Presldent 22 Presldent 22-President President 22 - President Roomvelt |