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Show Friday, January 8, 1932 THE MIDVALE JOURNAL • Chronology ol tbe Year S metona. re elected president of Lith uo.nla Deo 12-Tsuyoahl In 1kal bea.d of Seiyukal party made premier ot .Jap- an Dec IS--Japan suspended the gold standard.. !>ec. 15--chiang H;al shek resigned as president of China. Lin Sen sllc ceade!d him Dec 17-Giuseppe Motta elected president of S Nltz&tJand INTERNATIONAl. Com.,....f131 E. w. Pickard FOREIGN Jan 2-Go'\! ernment of Panama over thrown by revolutionists and Pres1 4ent Arosemena captured Ricardo Al faro minister to the United States accepted otTer of the prestdency Jan 4-Dr Daniel Salamanca electe" preeldent of Bo11vla J"a..n 19-Round table conference on lndla closed in London .Jan 22-French cabinet headed by teeg res1gned Jan 26-Plerre Laval formed new ministry lor France Feb 7-Klng of Spain restored con -stttutional rights and called an elec tion Feb 9-Ea.rl of Bessborough appoint ~d governor ge1 eral of Canada Feb 14-Berenguer cabinet of Spain resigned and kl g canceJled call tor parliamentary elections Feb 16-Pehr Svlnhufvud elected president of Finland Feb 18-Ne.w Spantsh government torroed by Admiral Juan Aznar mon archtst. Feb 20-AtUmpt to assassinate King Zog ot: Albanla in Vienna !ailed Peruvian counter revolution sup pressed with bloodshed at CallaO' but contJnued at Arequipa March 1-Navy junta In Peru forced Provisional President Cerro to resign and put Ch1el Justlce Ricardo Elias at bead of government Dr Gabriel Terra Inaugurated as president of Uruguay and Arturo Ar aujo as president of SalvadOr March 6-Army junta in Peru ousted Elias 1Uarcb 10-Lieut Col David Ocampo became proviR!Onal president or Peru April 4-MuUnous troops seized Ma delra. tsland Portugal rushed war ships to crush rebeJlion April 12-King Alfonso s enemies triumphed as SJ)&.ln voted Republicans xouted monarchists in munlc pal elec tiona April l ol-King Alfonso an(l sailed tor exile re1 ubllo set up headed by Alcala Zamora ADril 19-Cfvil war broke out In Ron duras loyal troops defeating rebels In three battles A W il 20-Hondura.s insurgents cap turt11 a,nd looted Progreso April;.< 23-Hondurns rebel forces routed by federal troops May 2-Rehels In Madeira Island sur rendered to Portuguese forces May 13-Arlst de Brand deteated for presidency of F1ance Paul Doumer elected May 22--8panfsh republic decreed &bsolutir freedom :tor all <ellglons M~ 30--Premler Mussoltnl ordered dlss Jtlon of all Catholic action youth orga1tzaUons In Italy Pope Plus re apomled by placing the Cathollc Action In control of the bishops June 8-Greal Britain awarded own erahlp of Jerusalem walling wall to Mcttlems with free access for Jews a.t llll times June 13-Paul Doumer inaugurated preefdent of France Ju-.n B Pare~ resigned presldenC'y of Vtnezuela. on demand of congress Jun• 16-Go-vernment of Austr a re algned. :runt 19-Juan Vicente Gomez elected presld,~t of Venezuela .Tune 20-Pope Plus denounced the Fascist gov6rnment of Italy Doctor BureRch formed new govern ment for Au~trta June 28--8pa1 Ish elections won by Republtca.n coallt on July 9-1\lussollnl barred all Fasc.lsts from joining Catholic Action July 11-Finan<'ial crlsl!t,ln Germany aue to fa.Jlure to get huge loan for Relchsbank Ju}jy 26-Carlos Ibanez president dictator or Chile resigned and lled Prlnc.:oss Ileana of Rumania and Archduke Anton ot: Austria wete roar rled at Sinaia July 27-Jua.n Esteben .Montero be came acting president or Chile Aug 9-Pleblt;~Cite tailed to over throw Prussian government and rad teals staged ratal riots State ot war declared In Havana as revolutionary moven1ent jlroke out Aug 14-Cuban army captured Gen )!arlo Menocal and other revolutionary leaders Aug 17-Presldent Machado an nouncQd the Cuban revolt was sup preesed Aug 19---count Bethlen resigned as premier of Hungary and was succeeded by Count Kuoly1 Aug 24-Brltlsh labor cabinet re•lgned and Premier Ramsay :MacDou aid was asked to t:orm a eoalltton m1n lstry to balance the budget Isidro Ayor"' president o! Ecuador resigned Aug 26-Brltish national go' ernment formed with MacDonald as prime min later Sept !-Mutiny In Chllean navy threatened government. s~pt 2-ltaly and the pope reached an accord on Cathol c Action societies Cbtlean ca.blnet resigned Sept 6-Chllean govf'rnment planes ttomb4'd wnrl!lhlps tteld by mutineers Sept. 7-Chllean mutineers surren de red Sept. 8-Brltlsh parliament met and natlonal go'\ ernment won vote of con 6dence Sept 10-House of Commons accepted Snowden s budget inC'reaslng taxeJ> and cutting the dole and pay ot. govern ment employeet!l Sept 14-Round tab e conference on India opened In London with Gandhi 11rese t. Sept. 21-Brltlsh parliA.ment passed measure -euspendlng gold standard act for sl:z: months Sept 27-Norwav and Sweden sua pended gold standard Oct <t~Tuan Esteban Montero elected president or Chile Oct 7-German cabinet resigned and Chancellor Bruen lng was commissioned to form a new go> ernment with great ]y ln,..r~ase£1 powers Oct 13-Soantsh cortes voted separa tlon of church and state Out. H-Zamora. resig-ned as presl dent of Spain and was succeeded by Ema lUel Aaana. Oct 2Z-People of Cyprus revolted a~atnst BrfU~h rule burning the gov a'!rnrnent buiLdlr g In Nicosia Oct 23-Cypt us revolt suppressed by troops Oct. %4- Sanchez Cerrv elected presl dent ot: Peru Oct 2o-Pre~ldent Gugglarl or Para guay handed o-.:er the presidential powe.rs to Vice President 1'-iavero be cause or dis rdE'rs Oct. 21-1\tc.cDonatd s Nat1onal gov ernn e t won a ~~ eeplng victory in tbe B itlflh elections Nov 6-Prlme Mlntster MacDonald of Great BrJtaln announced new ca.b tnet of 20 Nov 16-Phlllp Snowaen was ere atea a viscount and elevated to house (\f lords ov 19-!=;par !Rl national assembly de tared tormer King Alfonso an out law S"ov 26- Labor cahlnet of Australia was defeated and re:ugned Nov 27-British conference on Bur ma opened In London l"lJec: !-Round table conference on In dla endt.!d without result Dec. 2-Modora.te coalition won New Zealand elect101 over radicals Dee 3-Preeiddnt Arturo Araujo of Salvador ousted by military revolution Wages or Oar n.<Jian railway work ers cut 10 per cent Dec !-German government dee.reed r eductl~s In wages salaries and nearly all costs of living Sanches Cerro Inaugurated president of Peru Dac 10-Zarnora. was elected con atltutlona-1 pr&trldent of Spa.ln Dec. 11-.Jaoanese cabinet resigned. Jan 8-Pope Plus XI issued an encyclical coniemnlng divorce birth control a.nd many phases ot modern life Jan U-League of Nations council decided to col vene world disarmament conference Feb 2 1932 March 1-France and Italy reached an accord on naval strength March 27-In ternational wheat con terence opened in Rome April 27-New commercial slgned by Italy and Russia May '\-china abrogated all extra territoriality treat1es etl'ectlve Ja.n. 1 1932 May 16-Commisslon on proposed European union met In Geneva and Austro German customs union was de bated June 20-Presldent Hoover proposed one year suspension ot German repara Uons and payments on war debts June 23-Rotary International met In Vienna and elected s W Pascali of London president June 24-France made counter pro posal tor war debt moratorium Great Brita n and Italy accepled Hoover s plan .July ~-France and United States agreed on moratorium plan and it be came effective as ot date of July 1 July 13-'WOrld bankers at Basel ex tended $100 000 000 ctedlt to Get many July 20-fnten ationaJ cont'e1 ence on German crisis opened In London July 23-London conference ad journed after adopting recommends. ttons that bort torm credits t<.o Ger many be renewed Aug 11-Protocol co o.rdlnating mor atorlum plan with Young plan signed ly iotd'rnational experts In London Aug 27-Amerlcan and French ban\rers arranged for UOO 000 000 loan to Great Britain Sept. !-Germany and Austr1a form ally abandone-d the proposed customs un on. Sept 6-World court ruled Austro German customs union was !Hegal Sept 7-League ot Natlons a~semhly met In Geneva ~lectlng Nlkolas Ti htlescu ot Rumania president Sept. 8-Mexlco accepted b1d to join League of Nations Sept H-Panama and China given aeats In League or Nations counc 1 Sept 19-Japanese troops shelled a.nd occupied Mukden Manchuria Sept 20-Japan occupied all citle$ In southern Ma.nchurln. China sent note demanding Japanese ceaRe hostilities and withdr'aW troops to previous posl ttons Oct 5-Fourth Pan American com mercia] congress opened ln Washing ton Oct 8-Japanese army planes bombed Chlnchow temporary capital of Man churia kUling many soldiers and civil lana Oct 10-Chlna served ultimatum on .Japan demanding Immediate evacua tton of Manchuria Oct 11-Secretary of State Stimson called on League of Nations to avert war between China a.nd Japan Oct 15-League of Nations council lnvtted United Statee to participate In discussion of Sino Jap::Lnese embroglio Japan opposing Oct 24-League or Nations councll demanded that Japan evacuate Chinese terr1tory by NQvernber 16 and ad ;t.ourned to that date Japan rejected the de01and Nov 4-League or Nations aga1n told Ja.pan to withdraw troops from Man churta Nov: 6-.Japanese won three day bat tie with Chinese under Gen Ma Chan shan at Nonnl river bridge Nov 8-Three thousand armed clv Ill anSI rioted In Tlent$1 n F1fteen th United States infantry called out to gether with French and Italian troopa Nov 12-Germany a.sked a moratori urn on reparations Nov 16-League of Nations council met in Parts to consider the Sino Jnp anese embroglio Ambn.ssador Dawes present as Amertean obser\er One Jear armament truce declared in etrect by League secretariat Nov 18-Japanese routed General Ma and captured Anganchl and Tsltsihar Nov 20-Truce in Manchuria planned by League of Nations councll rejected by .Japan Germany propO!'It>d new conference on reparations and d,ebts Nov 23-Japanese army tn Manchu ria began advance southward on Chin chow Nov zs--cntnese and Japanese troops began fierce fighting In Tientsin Dec 1-Japn11e~e !'!topped advance on Chlnchow General Ma defeated Jap anese troops near Tsitsib11r Dee 6-.Japanese ln Manchuria. be gan war on bandits on three fronts Dec 7-International bankers com mittee to In' estigate Germany s abll tty to resume reparations payments next summer met In Basel Switzer land Dec 1o-Japan and China accepted with reservations the League of Na tlons resolution !or cessation of hos t1lities tn Manchuria and a commission of Inquiry Dec 20-chine~e army begn.n drive to recapture Mul{den !rom Jallll.Dese DOMESTIC Jan !-President Hoover proclaimed the London naval treaty in eftect .Tan 5-Congress resumed business and house passed bill appropriating $ol5 000 000 for drought rei ef seno.te Increased amount by $15 000 000 for tood loans .ran 9-Sennte asked President to resubmit three nomtnatlons to power commls~lon Jan tO-President Hoover refused to return power commission apvolntments to the sen~te Jan !S-House passed army appro priatlon bill carrying $HG 024 000 Jan 16-senate passed $30 000 000 bill for modernizing throe ba.ttleslups Jan 17-Senate voted '!'or $ 9 5 000 000 gift to Red Crose for free food Jac 18-Pre~ldent Hoove-r named Red Cross relief drive committee head ed bY Calvin Coolldge Jan 19-Wicker.eham commission re port on prohibition delivered to Prest dent Hoover Jan 2o-Wickersham report trans mltted to congress found to be a straddle of the llquor question .Jan 29-Secretary Stimson apologized to Italy for remarks derogatory to Mussolfnl made by Gen Smedley But ler who was ordered court ma.rtialed Feb 4-Senate reco.nftrmed Garsaud a.nd Draper as members of power board but rejected Georgo Otis Sm1th. Feb 6-Compromise In drought re Uet matter reached by co,ngresslonal lenders by adding $20 000 000 to loan& fund: Feb 8-General Butler reprimanded and hie trial called oft Feb 13-House passed $349 000 000 naval appropriation bill Feb U.-lnterlor department ap-pro pr ation carrying $20 000 000 for tl<OUg-ht relief Ptl!'IS!!d by congress and s1gned bY the Pre~lclent Feb JG-House prtRsed bllJ Increasing loans on veterans bonus eertlflcates to 50 per cent Feb 18-Benate ujected treaty with ;:!anada for preser'\ atlon of Niagara falls Feb H1-Bonus loan bill passed by the sens.te Feb 20-House adopted conference report on bill tor government operation ot Muscle Shcals Feb 21-Sennte passed $358 000 000 naval approtnlatlon blll o.dding funde for eleven destroye1 s Feb 23-Senate adopted Muscle Shoals measure hou~e pastsed the Wag ner employmt;~nt agency bUI FQb 24-Unlterl States Supreme court again upheld validity ot Lhe Eighteenth amEindment House passed resolution for abolish tng of lame duck session of con gress Feb 26-Prestdent Hoover vetoed the veterans bonus l•an measure and tha bouse repassed It House appropriated $30 000 000 to modernize three battleships Feb 27-New York World newspa pe.rs -sold to Soripps Howard syndlcat~ Bonus loan bill was repassed bY tbe senate and becnme law Al Capone liq,uor gang leader of Chtcago sentenced to six months In jaJl for contempt of court by Federal Judge wnkerson March 1-Treasury ot!ered securities for $1700 000 000 for bonus loans. March 2-House voted for 90 per cent "Ut In lmmlgra.tton March 3-Prestdent Hoover vetoed the Muscle Shoal~ btU and the senate sustained the veto Mareh 4---congress made Star Spangled Banner the lil&tlonal anthem. Seventy ftrst .. ongress adjourned March t1-Aiexa1 der Legge resigned as chairman of federal tarm board and was succeeded by James C Stol e March 18-Riotlng convicts In Ill! nols penlte ttary at Stn.tevtlle burnea the mes.s hall and other butldtngs Sam H. Thompson of Illinois appoint ed a member of federal t:arm board Mareb 19-President Hoover sailed on battleship Arizona tor Porto Rico and 'Vtrgln Islands Nevada legislature legalized bllng March 2{)--Blrth control Indorsed b)l committee representing 27 Protestant churches or Amer1ca March 22-Federal farm board an nounced stabilization or wheat prices would end Wlth marketing of 1930 crop March 23-Prestdent Hoover la.nded at San Juan Porto Rl!'O New York legislature voted to tn vestlgate cond1tiona In New York city go" ernment and lower courts March 25-Pres:ldent Hoover spent day at St. Thomas Virgin Islands March 29-Pre~ldent Hoover turned from Carrlben.n cruise .April 1-'Metl\ods of .co11Gcting crime sta.t1stlce condemned by Wickersham commlss on April 7-Anton J Cermak Democrat elected mayor or Chicago April 22-Klng ot Slam with hts quoen camo to United states for ao &ye operation May 4-Internatlonal Chamber of Commerce met In Washington May 11-Presldent Hoover or(Iered drastic red uctlons n expenses of all executive departments :May 15-Harvey H Bundy of Mlch igan appointed assistant secretary of 'tate May 1S-5qpreme court upheld legal ity of the Hoover dam act Red flag' clanse ot California anti communist statute held in'\:alld by Su preme court May 21-Amcrloan Red Oross cele brated its fiftieth anniversary May 25-Supreme court rttled for e1gnors seeking citizenship can ex Dl ess no re::~en allons about bearing arms ror the country May 28-Presbyterlan general assem bly opened In Pittsburgh and elected Dr Lewis S Mudge ot Philadelphia moderator :M:w 29-C C Teague reslgnec1 from federal farm board and W F Schill Ing was reappointed May SO-President Hoover delivered Memorial day addre~s at Valley Forge Pa May 31-Secretary Mellon announced an $800 000 000 bond Issue June !-Minnesota s press gag taw held unconstitutional by Unlttd States Supreme court Suoreme court refused to review the ease of Albert B Fall June 5-Al Capone Chicago gang leader Indicted !or lncon e ta:z: eva sions June 6-President Hoover ordered abandonment ot Guam naval station June 7-Report Oy Wickersham com mlsston blamed excessive crime on system of prosecution June 9-Tennessee lower house voted against impeachment of Gov H H. Horton June 12-A.l Capone and 68 others Indicted by federal ~rand jury at Chi cago for conspiracy to violate t'r'Ohlbl tlon laws June 16-Prestdent Roover addressed the: Ind1ana Republican Editorial as socfatlon In Indianapolis predicting a ranewal of prosperity S R McKelvie resigned from federal farm bnard .June 16-Presldent Hoover former Pr'esldent Coolidge and other notables took part In dedication of the Harding memorial at Mallon Ohio .A.I Capone pleaded guilty In Chlcago to Income tax evasion and prohibition law violation lndlctments June 17-Presldent Hoo' er spoke at dedication of remodeled Lincoln tomb in Springfield Ul Railways of country asked Inter state commerce commission to author tze 15 per cent increase In freight rates June 23-Dwlght Davis resigned ae governor general ot Pblllpp nes et fective June 30 July 7-Jobn R Coen of Sterling Colo elected grand exalted ruler ot the Elks .July 11-Suspenslon of 11entence de nled Albert B Fall Julv 13-Gen B D Foulols appointed chief of army air corps ettectlve De cember 20 July 15-Crlmlnal court procedure crltlelzed In a report from \Vicker' .sham commission July 20-A B Fnll entered the New Mexico penitentiary July 24-Federal court of appeals up held conviction of Ralph Capone on income tax fraud charges July 26-Report by Wickersham commission declared American prison system a !atlure In almost every sense July 28-Unlted States Steel corpora Uon directors reduced dividend rate and authorized lowering ot salaries July 29-Centenary of McCormick s reaper celebrated at Blacksburg Va Aug s-c B curtis appointed m10 lster to Salvador and Arthur Schoen feld mtbister to Dominican republic Aug ol-Governor Murray closed the Oklahoma oil wells and proclaimed martial law demanding a price of $1 a barreL Aug 'l-Farm board rejected otter from Germany tor Its cotton holdings WJcltersham commission report crit lcised deportation methods Frank Evans of Utah appointed metnMr of federal farm board At~. 8-Nn'\Y s dirigible Akron christened by Mrs Hoo\ er Aug 1z-Farm bonrd asked cotton planters to plow under one third of crop Aug 17-Five large Toledo banks closed their doors Texas oil wells closed and martial law n the fields proclaimed Aug 19-Presldent Hoover named W S Gifford head ot unemployment re Uef body Aug 21-Farm board traded 26 000 000 bushels ot wheat to Brazil tor 1 050 000 bags of coffee Contract let for Chicago B 116 000 oon post office building Aug 25-Col Luke Lea of Tennee see publisher and tormer senator con victed of bank fraud and sentenced to -pnson Aug 31-Farm board annou need It was through buying wheat and cotton tor stabillzation Sept 4-Sale of 16 000 000 bushels ot farm board wheat to C1 lna announced Veterans o! Foretgn Wars voted for repeal of dry law Se-pt 8-Alphonse Capr.me withdrew his plea of guilty to crimes against lhe dry law In Chicago Sept 11-Fnrm board sold 'l 500 000 bushels of wheat to Germany Sept 14-American Legion labor con terence opened In Washington Sept 1"1-samucl P Town ot Pb.lla delphia eJected commander In chiet of the G A. R at encampment In Des Moines Sept 21-Presldent Hoover addressed American Legion ct)n\entlon ln De lro t. Iowa state troops eaUe() o 1t to sup press fR.rmers revolt against tuber culm testa of cattle Sept 22-Unfted States Steel Beth lehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube announced wage cuts of 10 per cent General Motors reduced salaries United States Rubter adopted 5 day week sept 24-Amerlca.n Legion voted for referendum on dry lo..-a (lectded not to ask Immediate pnynf'ent of eompen u.nd oiecled Ftarr 1 13 at !"'n certlnca e~ L Stevens Jr ot \Varsaw N C na Uonal commander Oct. 1-Eastern trunk lines agreed on plan tor merging eastern roads into tour s-ystems Oct 5-Amerlcan Federation of La bor opened Its annual con>ention tn Vancouver B C Oct. 6-Presldt.nt Hoover aonounced eomprehenslve financial plan to check depression which was approved by leading members of congress Oct 8-Billlon dollar bankers pool formed to carry out Hoover plan Oct 13-Nattonal credit association Incorporated In Deleware Oct. 14-Amerloan Federation of La boa convention voted againat compul SJOry :.~nJmploym~nt Insurance Oct 16-Federa tlon of Labor voted tor lagall:aatlon of 2 75 por cent beer Oct. 17-Al Capone boss gangster round ~ullty In Chicago of lncome tax fraud Celebration or 150th anniversary of Battle of Yorktown begun Oct 19-Presldent Hoover spoke at Yorkto-vn celebratiOn Oct 20-11 terstate commerce com mission denied freight rate Increase or to per cent, offerh g a subst tute plan of temporary increases Oct. 22-Prernler Laval of France ar rived in Washhlgton for conferences with President Hoover Oct 24-Al Capone sentenced to 11 years ln prison and flned $50 000 0"t 25-Hoover Laval conversations concluded with agreement that re'tision of war debts and reparations should 1'0 stde by side Nov 2-Presldent Hoover named committee of five to examine charges made a~alnst administratiOn policies by the Navy league Nov 3-By elacting a congrPssman In the Eighth Michigan dletrict the Democrats gained control of the next house or representatives A. l:!arry Moore Democrat was elected governor of New Jersey Mar tin S Conner Democrat governor of MlsslsslpJ>I and Ruby Laf'roon Demo crat governor at KentuckY Nov 7-Commlttee on Navy league charges reported they contained many falsi! and lna.ccutate stateme1 ts and vindicated Prostdent Hoover s navy policy New cruiser lndlanavolis launched Nov 11-Armistlce day obse1 ved Pres dent Hoover speaking in Waeh ington Nov 13-President Hoover proposed federal system ot home loan banks Mrs Hattie Caraway appointed temporary senator from Arkansas Nov to-President Hoover s advisory commlttE't,e on education reporled rec .,mmendihg wide rev is c.n of federal educational policy and creation of a department of education with a secre tary 1n the C'ablnet Nov 16-Dino Grandi Italian for elgn mm ster arrived In Washington for eon,ersations with President Hoo ver Nov 19-Grandi concluded hts con versat10ns with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson Nov 21-Federal Judge FitzHenry at Springfield Ill ruled alcohol per m1ts to food mn.nufneturers illegal Nov 2-'-Robert T..-. @Brien Boston editor appointed chairman of tariff commission R M Kleberg Democrat elected con gressman from rexas to succeed the late H. W Wurzbach Republican Nov 30-Representatlve B H Snell ot: New "tork chosen B.epubllcan cand1 date for speaker Vice President Curtis announced he would be a candidate for re 10mJnation Herman Trelle of Alberta Canada agaln deolared American wheat king at International Live Stock e~posltlon In Chicago Dec 1-W Warren Barbour appoint ed senator from New Jersey Wabash "allway put in receivers hands Dec !-President Hoover opened conference on home building Dee 6-8teamer Manhattan largest merchant vessel ever built In America launched at Camden N J Dec 7-Seventy second congress con vene.d John N Garner of Texas Dem ocrat elected spenl{er of the house communist hunger marchers re pulsed by pollee In Washington Interstate. commerce commission granted ranroads $100 000 000 freight rate lncrE!ase Dec 8-Prestdent Hoover gave con gress his message on the state of the Unlcn asking higher taxes a recon struction :ftnance corporation and other emergency measures Dllnols Central cut pay of officers and nonunion employees Dec 9-Prestdent Hoover sent con gress hls budget message together with the report of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon recommending ln c-reased taxes New York Central pal<lsed its divl dend first time In more than GO years Dec 10-Message on foreign rela.tlons sent to congre~s bv Pres dent Dec 10-Presldent Hoover s message on foreign relations asked raUflcation of the moratorium and proposed re constitution ot v.: ar debt commisRton Harry Power.s V. est Virginia Blue beard murderer eonvlcted and sen tenced to death Dec 11-Beven convicts escaped !rom Leavenworth three died tn bat tle with posse three were recaptured Dec 15-Republlcnn national com mlttee votea to hold presidential con ventton in Chicago..... opening June 14 Dec 17-Sena.tor Swanson named a delegate to disarmament conference Dec 18-The house ratlfled the Boo ver' moratorium but went on record as opposed to reduction or cancellat1on ot war debts SPORTS Jan 1-Alabama defeated Washtng ton State l.n Pasadena. Rose Bowl t:oot ball game Feb 5-Capt Malcolm Campbell of England estabHshed world automobile speed record or 245 73 m. les an hour at Daytona Beach Fla. Feb 26-First James E Suiilvan memorial -nedal of A. A U presented to Bobby Jones Feb 28-Northwestern university won Big 'len basketball championship March 20-Gar Wood at 1\flaml Beach set new speed boat record of 102 2.66 m1le~ an hour March 21-Cambrldge crew beat Ox fold Aprll 14-Jaek Thompson Chicago colored welterwelgl t 1 egalned worlds title by defeating Tommy Freeman of Cleveland APril 24-Tony CanzonerJ retained lightweight title at Chtcago by knock lng out Jack (Kid) Berg ot Engla.nd .May 9-Mate won the Preaknesfi,J May 12-Amerlcan amateur bQx~>:rs defeated French team 5 bouts to 8 in Chicago May 16-1\frs Whitney s Twenty Grand won the Kentucky derby :May 22-Eric Smith won British amateur golf title May 23-Wisconsln won Big Four track and Held cha-n~lonshlp May 27-Willlam Harrldge elected president of American Baseball league May 30-Louls Schneider won Indian apolls 600 n11le automobile ra.ce Southern California won intercol laglate track championship June 3-IDngllsh derby won by Cam eroman the favorite June 5-'Iommy Armour Detroit pro tessional won British open golf cham p onshlp June 6-Untversity ot Southern CalJ torula won national collegiate track meet Unlv~rsity of Dlfnols won Big Four baseball <:hamplonship June 16-Navy won the Poughkeep sie rega.tta. June 19-Harvard beat Yale In the New Lond:ln regatta June 20-'!\Iate won the Amerlcal'l derby at Ch 1cago Ed Dudley won Western open golf <:haruplonsh p June 2:1-Johnny Goodman ot Omaha won Tran~mlssisslppl golf title June 23-Iale won collegiate arol' te'l.m tit.le June 27-Americnn goiters defeated Brlbsh regaining the Ryder cup George Dunlap of Princeton won col leglatd golf champlonslup July 3-"!\fax Schmeling of Germany whipped Willie Stribling In 15 roun Is at Cleveland retail lng the heavyweight t1t1e July 4-George Von Elm and Willie Burke tied for national open golf cha.mplonsh p July 5-Von Elm and Burke agatn tied in oJay off ot: national golf cham p on~hip July s-BUly Burk"t won open galt title In second playoft with Von Elm July 11-Watler Hagen and Percy Alllss Ued tor canadian open golf Utla July H-Hngen beal Alllss In p1ayoft' for Canaa.lan Utle July 18-.Mate won the $82 600 clas sic at Arlington track Chicago Old .Aiken polo team won lnterna Uonal series from Santa Paula team ot Argentina. Don Moe won western amateur golf tlt1e July 19-Britlsh tennis team defeated Americans 'lnd won ri~bt t..o play French tor Davia cup July 22-Jack Sharkey and Micky Walker fought a 15 ro&nd draw in Brooklyn July 26--French tenn1a team defeated British retaining Davis cup Aug 1-Sun Beau winning the Ar llngton bandicap became record break lng money winner Aug 8-Amerlcan women 8 tennis team won W glltman cup from Brltlsh Aug 23-Helen Wills Moody again won women s tennis championship Aug .28-Rev Garrison Roebuck of McClure Ohio won Grand .American handicap Aug 29-Mrs 0 S Hill won women • "estern galt title Sept 5-Francls Qulmet won nation al amateur ifOif championship at Chi cago Sept 6-Kaye Dons Miss England 11 beat Gar Woods Miss America IX In fU st heat of Harmsworth trophy race at DetroiL Sept. 7-Harmsworth races ended when Dons boat was disqualified and then sault. Sept 1 0---Tony Ca.nzonerl lightweight champiOn defeated Jack Berg in lltle fight at New York Sept. 12-Eib:worth Vlnea of Call for01a won national tennis champiOn ship Sept. 15-Phlladelphla Athletlc.a 1\TOn Ame~;ican league pennant Sept 16--st. Louis Cardinals 1Von National league pennant. Sept 19-rom Creavy "on the pro fessional gol.f cha.mpiOl ship ... Santa Paula team of Argentina won Amer can open polo tltJe Sept 26- Helen Hlclts won women s golt champlon$hlp defeating Mrs Glenna Collett Vare Oct 10-St Louts Cardinals won world ehamp onshlp Oct 12--Jack Sharkey whipped Primo Carnera In Brooklyn Oct 20-No\ a Scotia boat Bluenose won Atlantic flshlng fleet trophy per manently Oct 23-Lou Brouillard won welter weight title from Jack Tbompson Oet. 26-Young Perez ot Tunis won flyweight title from Frankie Gena.ro of New York in Paris Nov 2-Lewls outwrestled Zbyszko In Chicago and won world title Nov 4.-Battallno beat Earl Mastro In Chicago retaining featherweight title Nov 20-Canzonerl defeated Kid Cho colate In New %ark Nov 21-In tootball Yale defeated Harvard and Unlverslty of Southern Callforn a beat Notre Dame Nov 28-Northwestern Purdue and Michigan tied tor Western Conference football championship Army defeated Notre Dame Yale beat Princeton Tu lane won S:>uthern conference title Dec 30-Annual conference of Na. tlonal CQllegiate Athletic association opened in l'\ew York AERONAUTICS Jan 5-Twelve Italian planes started transatlantic Hight t'rom Portuguese Guinea to Brazil Jan 6-Te.n of the Italian planes reached Natal B• azll two forced down at sea flve men killed :ran 11-Mrs Beryl Hart and Lieut. W :s MacLaren lost In hop trom Ber muda to the Azores Jan 31-Big German Hying boat DO X flew from Lisbon to Canary Islands on transatlantic flight April 'l-Harmon trophy presented to MaJ James H Doolittle for hls blind flight experiments May 27-Prof August Piccard of Brussels and an assis~a.nt made bal loon flight to the stratosphere. being In a sealed aluminum ball landed In Austr a TYrol ~lifter reaching record alutude ot 62 500 feet June. 4-Germnn Hying boat DO X flew frcm Cape Verde !~lands to Fer nando Noronha Braz 1 In 12 hours 15 minutes June 23-W!ley Post and Harold Gatty bopped of! from Harbor Grace N F for Berlin June 24-Post and Gatty landed a.t Chester England and proceeded to Berlin on way around world Otto Billig and Holger Hoirils left Harbor Grace on a Hight to Copen hagen June 25-Hilllg and Holrtts landed at crefeld Germany July 1-Post and Gatty landed at Roosevelt field Long Island having collli>leted the flight around the world In S days 16 hours and 61 Y.. minutes July 16-George Endres and Alex a.ndP.r Magyar Hungarian army flyers started from Harbor Grace N F on flight to BudapesL July 16-Endre~t and Magyar landed H miles from Budapest. July 28-Hugh Herndon and Clyde Pangborn took oft from New 1'ork on flight to Moscow Russell Boardman and John Polando started from New York on ftlght to Turkey Col and Mrs C A. Lindbergh left washington on alr tour to Japan July 29-Rerndon and Pangborn landed In Wales{ went on to London and .started aga n for Moscow J-uly 30-Boa.rdm:ln and Polando landed In Istanbul &etting new non stop distance record Aug 14-Lindberghs landed at Karagln Island Kamchatka. .A.ug 27-DO X big German flying boat arnved at New York Aug 28-Natlonal air races opened at Cleveland Ohio Sept. 1-Graf Zeppelin reached Bra z!L * Sept 4--Jlmmy Doolittle. flew from Los Angeles to New York In 11 hours Sept. 7-Lowell Ba.)- lea v; on Thomp son trophy at Cle' eland with average speed of 236 mtles an hour Sept. 8-Don Moyle and C A Allen started !rom Samuahlro Japan on non stop flight to Seattle Sept. 11-Hope tor Moyle given up Sept. 13-Lteuts J N Boothman and G H Staln!orth won Schneider cup permanently tor Great Britain the lat ter setting new speed record ot: S 79 06 mtJes per' hour Sept 1 6-Moyle nnd Allen found alive and safe on Island off Kamchatka Sept 23-Navy dirigible Akron made fil'Rt test flight successfully Oct 4-Pangborn and Herndon ~Start ed nonstop flight !rom Japan to United States Oct 5-Pangborn and Herndon landed at Wenatcble Wash complet lng ftrst continuous flight from Japan to United States and winning $25 000 prize Nov 25-Bert Hlnkler started fllght from Natal Brazil to Africa Nov 26-Hinkler landed In British Gambta.. West Afrlcn. completing :ftrst eastward flight across the South At lantlc. Dec 5-Lowell R Bayles killed at Detroit in attempt to set new speed record DISASTERS Jan 3-About 170 persona kl11ed by typhoon In the Philippines .Jan 14--0axaca City Me-xlco wrecked by earthquake many killed Feb a-Cities or Napier and Ha~t tngs New Zealand wrecked by earth quake manY kllled Feb 16-0ne hum1red Chinese drowned when steamer sank In Pearl rlver March ?-Earthquake in tie Balkans killed 150 and wrecked many towns March 31-Knute Rockne Notre Dame football coach and seven others killed In T A T Western E:z:press liner crash nenr Bazaar Kan Cltv ot: Managun Nicaragua ruined b) ear hquake 1 100 dead April 29-Enrthqunke Jn Transeau casla k lled nearly 400 May 25-Forty seven h:llled by fire ln gold m ne in Kolar fields India June 9-BdtiRh submarine aunlc In con sion near Wetllalwel China 24 men lost June 14--French excursion steamer capsized near St Nazaire about 600 lives lost June 22-Tcn mllllon dollar ftro 1n St John N B Aug 21-Ftood ot' Yangtse river drov; ned 200 000 and threatened de struction of Rankow Aug 27-Thousands reported killed by earthquak& in Baluchistan Aug 30-Terrlble Hoods north ot Ya.ngehow Ch na resulted from break lng o! Grand can«l dykes 160 000 drowned. Sept 3-About 200 drowned b7 tloode at Ponce Porto Rico Sept 10-Bellze British Hondllr--. devastate-d by hurricane 1 400 killed. Oct 24-Russlan submarine aunk lD collision 50 drowned Nov 5-Fne k11led and eight tn.. jured by gun explosion on U S S. ColQrado Nov 20-H:xploslon ln colliery near Gantonbury England killed 32 men. Nov 22-Stock tihOw special wrecked 1n Missouri ~even men and many valuable horses killed Dec. 13-Three hundred Chinese di&cl when shtp blew up near &hangbaJ. NECROLOGY .Jnn 1-Hugh C Wallace, tormer am bassadot to Franee .Tan 3-1\tarshal Joseph Jotrre ot France hero of the Marne Jan 11-Nathan Straua of New YQI'k, millionaire merchant and phlla.nthropJst Jan 22-Anna Pa.vlowa, noted dancer. at The Hague .Tan 26-Edward I Edwards former governor o! New Jersey a.nd tormer Un1ted States senator Feb H-Maj Gen C R Edward•, commander of Yankee division A. E. F fn Boston Feb 18-Louis Wolbelm stage and screen star Frank C Emerson. governor of Wyoming W R Merriam former governor ot Minnesota l<'eb 23-Dame Nellie Melba.. famoua soprano In Melba Australia March 1-Representative Heney A. Cooper o! W sconstn Rear Adm1ral Thomas S Rodgers U .. S N retired March 2-LJeut Gen Edgar Jadwl~ chairman of lnteroceanlc ca.nal board March 10---Joseph p cotton undersecretary of state March 16-Cardlnal Pietro Maftl, archbishop of Pisa Representative James B AsweU ot Louisiana March 24-Robert Edeson ata.ge and screen star Rear Admiral C P Plunkett, retired, ln washington March 27-Arnold Bennett. English novelist and playwrlghL Henry Ives Cobb American arch\ .. teet March 29-Byron Bancroft Johnt~on founder ot Amer1can Baseball league Dr George A Dorsey antbropologlst,. In New York A_pnl 1-Maclyn Arbuckle stage and screen Slar April 9-Nicbolas Longworth apeak• er of the national house of representa .. tlves May 2--George F Baker ot New York Amerlca s richest banker May 9-Dr Albert A. Michelson eminent scientist in Pasadena Calif May 10-Walter A Strong publlahar of Chicago Daily News May 12-Eugene Ysaye violinist, tn Brussels Belgium May 14-David Belasco, dean ot theatrical producers Dr S P Brooks pr'e.sldent of Baylor un verslty In Waco Texas .May 16-Dr Samuel W Parr of Unl• versity of Illinois chemist. May 29--congressman C A. Mooney of Cleveland Ohio June 4--Mortlmer L. Schiff New York banker and pl;lllanthroplst .June 5--.John L. Stoddard Amerlc&D. author and travel lecturer' June 15-Ml.ss Anna Adame Gordon. former president of World W C T U. .June 2G-Ralph Booth American minister to Denmark .Tune "a-Altred Aloysius Smltll ( 'lrader Horn ) tn London .June!'.7-Wilbur C Whitehead. bridge whist authority July 1-Mlss Allee M. Robertson, former congreslO.woman from Oklahoma. .July 2-Dr Stephen M.. Babcock ot University of Wisconsin Inventor of the mHk test. July 4-Georft"e S Graham of Pennsylvania oldest member of congresa July 7-Jolm Brl.sben Walker sol .. dier business man writer and mas· azlne edttor In Brooklyn July 9-John L. Agnew mlnln&' mag.. nate at Copper Clirt Ont. R L Henry former congressmau from Texas in Houston July 13-Representatlve C. G Ed .. wards or Georgia July 28---Congressman Sam C Major of M1ssouri Aug 3-:\ierrltt Star Chicago attor.. ney and author Aug 11-Rev Peter J 0 Callaghan ot Chicago president of CathoUc Total Abstinence Union of America Aug 26-Fra-nk Harris author, la. Nice France Aug 29-Al!red P Dennis member of tarlt'f commls&1on Aug 31-Slr Hall Caine English author Sept. 12-F W Lehmann of St. Louis former United States solicitor general Sept 18-J F Nugent former senator tro'm Idaho Col Zack Mulhall Oklahoma Dloneer anci showman Sept. 19-Dr David Starr Jordan. chancellor emeritus of Stanford university Sept 25-Dr J B Deaver of Pbtl.. adelphia surgeon Sept. 29-Slr William Orpen British artist Oct 2-Sir Thomas Lipton tea magnate and yachtsman Oct 3-Dr Rossiter Johnson author and editor Oct 6-Dwlght W Morrow senator from New Jersey Oct. '7-Dantel Chester French .Amer.. lean sculptor Oct. 11-Fiemlng B Revell of New York publisher Oct H-W H Williame vresldent of Wabash railway Oct. 16-charles W Murphy former owner of Chicago National League Ball club Oct 18-Tbomas A. Edison In West Orange N J Oct 22-Fletcher Hale congressman from ~w H ~.mpshtre Oct 14-C F D Belden Ubrarlan of Boston Publlc library and president of American Library association Oct "5--Cbarles A. Comlskey owner of Chicago White Sox ball club Ronald W Boyden American mem· ber of the Hague court Oct 28-John M. Bowman -president or Bowman Biltmore hotel eorporatlon.. Nov 5-C A Greathouse of Indiana. secretary or Democratic national eom· mlttee Prot: 0 E Rolvaag novelist and educator at Northfield Minn. Nov 6-Senator T 1L Caraway of Arkansas Henry M. Wurzbach only Republican congressman trom Texas Nov 'l-Rtchard T Crane .Jr of Ch1cago vresldent of Crane company Nov 9--CoL Isaac N Lewis Inventor of machine gun In Hoboken N J Nov 1 'l-EJC!ward Simmons American painter In Bnltlmore A. J Wimple oorn developer tn Cen .. terv1Ue S D Nov 21-Dr Sam Small editor and eve.ngehst Jn Atlanta Ga. Nov 22- 'Louis Loucheur, Frencb statesman Nov 25-Former Gov .A.l Taylor of Tennessee Nov 27-Robert Ames .American ac... tor Hoke Smith former cabinet member, senator and governor In Atlanta Ga.. Nov SO-Henry Walters railway magnate ln New York Dr K G :~oratbeaon president ot DrexeJ Institute Phlladelnhta Da.ntel Sultlvan multimillionaire banker of San Antonio Tex. J J fJattstaelit of ChJca.go veteran mul!:lcal edueR.tor D• 1-W 0 Shepard !r.fethot!fst htsbop ot: };[edlterranean area In Parts. nee !-A H Cockburn go'\ ernment &un expert at Waten llet N Y Dec 3-VIncfmt D Indy French composer De 4--J F Jelko rhlla.nthroplet and manufacturer In Chicago F H Bedford oil magnate Jn New Yorlt Charle.s Ma.cVengh former American ambassador to Japan Dec 6- Va<'heU Lindsay American t~oet in Sprlngftel~ Ill Dec a-Clarence H Howard eteel ms.gna.te In Boston Dec 'l-R. C Hupp automobile manufacturer In Detroit Dec 9-Antonlo Salandra. wu premier ot Italy Dec 18-Former Cardinal Loula BUlat at Arrlcia Ita.ly {(Q. 1931. Western Newa:papn Unlea..a |