Show e I 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W I 1 0 i 1 3 I 1 I 1 U lj compiled by JOHN D GRANT af 31 u 1 0 M I 1 T 9 I 1 U p f jan 2 postmaster general parleys forays I 1 I 1 annual n ual report showed net surplus of more V t than ban 12 million dollars r jan 3 congress opened regular session nd received presidents annual message IV f supreme court upheld federal power loans it nd jan grants 4 representative lester hill nom ana ted for senator from alabama t jan an 5 presidents budget message re 1 healed larger deficit smaller revenues and asked a billion tor for national defense t associate justice george sutherland of supreme r eme court announced his retirement aufa 3 1 jan n 10 resolution for war referendum amendment men dment to constitution burled buried by house jan II 11 indiana supreme court outlawed k marriage marr laye mills ot of state stale jan 12 house voted to widen presidents sr power to cut appropriations i jan 15 stanley F reed solicitor geni 9 eral ap appointed ot to supreme court by president d an R roosevelt 4 jan 18 house appropriated billion and X a hall half for treasury and post office departments par part ments J jan n 20 comptroller of the currency J r F T oconnor resigned jan 21 federal court ot of appeals at chattanooga upheld TVA competition with I 1 private power companies house passed million navy appropriation pria tion bill I 1 jan 22 sixteen oil companies and 30 individuals found guilty at madison wis bof of conspiring to violate sherman antitrust anti trust law jan 25 senate confirmed appointment ot of j stanley reed to supreme court jan 27 robert H jackson nominated for or solicitor general jan 28 president sent congress a pro cram ram to strengthen national defense P jan 31 supreme court upheld labor boards power to make maka investigations I 1 feb I 1 housing bill finally enacted feb 6 A F of L expelled uni united led mine 4 workers and two other C 1 I 0 unions feb 10 president asked congress to appropriate prop for or relief feb a b I 1 14 ii farm bill finally enacted by congress feb 16 house passed million dollar relief bill feb IS 18 five united states army planes comp completed 6 mile flight to buenos alres aires see secretary y wallace fixed marketing quotas tor for cotton and tobacco feb 21 anti antl lunching lynching bill withdrawn in I 1 senate enate feb 23 bituminous coal commission revoked I 1 all fixed prices senate passed relief bill feb 2 26 ased spy py ring selling united states military and naval secrets to foreign government smashed two men and one woman arrested anon march 2 morgan of TVA asked d congressional investigation of his two fellow d directors march 8 interstate commerce commis llon authorized 10 per cent increase to in railroad freight rates I 1 march 11 21 president told TVA directors to compose their differences or resign march 14 24 chairman C F hosford of coal commission resigned march 17 secretary of state hull outlined Amerl Ameri cail call lorel foreign gri policy of co operand tion lor for peace a ce and pr preparedness epa redness to defend inter international nat loge 1 law and order march 21 house passed navy expansion bi 11 I 1 march 22 president roosevelt ousted A E morgan from TVA laid entire matter afore congress 1 l and appointed harcourt morgan TVA cha chairman trman march wa 25 senate otava voted for JoInt congles cn con ere gres I 1 atonal investigation at TVA oration march 23 ji senate 6 passed government vc ramet te j bill u orpa 11 march ch 30 house voted tor for TVA invests gation T april 4 house passed bill releasing 1 sl I 0 funds lor for bus ness loans 4 april 5 presidents roosevelt and quezon agreed to deter defer philippines economic independence pen dence until 1960 1960 4 P 1 G senate passed army appropriation t J n bill bi carrying april 1 ab 9 senate ale passed revenue bill A tie de 0 signed i to relieve business I 1 aaril april ll 11 senate passed bill putting pas masterships master ships under civil service april 14 president roosevelt in message to congress asked nearly seven billion dol to jars 8 for spending ff and ad adiar lending program april t 19 house 0 passed million dollar A JL agriculture A ri culture Illions department bill carrying t in millions for road april p 21 congress passed naval appropriation bill carrying ution 4 bofia A R rill 1 25 President asked congress to 0 i i t income c me tax S exemption eption fP tion tor for govern 1 ment i 1811 securities and government employees y ees 14 april 1111 28 national 0 1 progressives Progress ives efflo 0 or america 1 darty ar 1 yn I 1 formed byckov by gov philip la follette 0 of wisconsin c 0 in and rowers followers i may 3 senate passed navil naval expansion but taju house Ju passed bill to create 24 2 more fedral I 1 c tr judgeships Judge ships may S labor board 1 withdrew decision I 1 gagnat ford corri a ya passed 4 gany 4 highe highway bill ahouse may 9 senate al billion do dou ar i aj aarl ri 0 O I 1 II al department bill may 12 three billion recovery spending bill passed by house may 13 enactment of naval expansion bill completed may 16 senate passed bill creating aeronautics authority may 17 Pennsyl pennsylvania vanta democratic primaries resulted in defeat tor for C 1 I 0 candidates di gov G H earle nominated tor for senator and C A jones tor for governor republicans public ans senator davis and named A H james for governor may 21 presbyterian church general as assembly voted predestination sections out of confession of faith may 25 dr A E M morgan an first witness in congressional inquiry inquiry int into TVA accused david lilienthal and harcourt arcouet morgan of deceit and dishonest management mard may 26 Lil lilienthal lenthal and harcourt morgan heard in denial of A E morgans charges and counterattack counter attack bloody labor riots in detroit and akron may 21 27 president roosevelt let tax bill become law without his signature 11 supreme court denied rehearing case rebuking secretary wal ards solicitor general 5 ackson president ent signed bill creating 20 new federal 1 1 judges gas government bill shelved by congress june one 3 senate passed the three billion recovery bill june 9 house ousted representative jenks republican of new hampshire and seated Alp alphonse alphonise horise roy democrat june 14 senate passed the wage hour act june 15 congress passed flood control bill june 16 congress passed relief and pump priming bill and anjou ad d june 20 eighteen persons indicted in new york as german spies june 24 president by executive order extended civil service to all government employees a a not exem exempted led by statute july lily 6 dr A E morgan sued for or reinstatement as chairman of TVA july 7 president roosevelt began transcontinental speechmaking tour july 14 president reviewed battleship 0 beet beet at san francisco howard hughes and four others completed round the world flight started july 10 setting record of three days 19 hours 14 minutes july 15 elmer F andrews new york a appointed administrator of wage and hour law secretary wallace asked 31 per cen cent cut in wheat acreage july 18 douglas corri corrigan leyork n of los angeles made solo flight from new york to dublin ireland in 28 hours 13 minutes july 19 governor of iowa ordered troops to newton home of strike bound maytag plant five officials and 12 corporations fined in 0 oil il conspiracy case at madison wis july 20 government began antimonopoly anti monopoly suit against chief movie companies july 22 federal court of appeals in I 1 cago set aside finding of NLRB in fan Fans fansteel s tee iii corporation case july 25 puerto rico nationalists tried to assassinate gov blanton winship aug I 1 justice department announces investigation vesti gation of american medical ass association ocla on charge of antitrust anti trust law violation au aug 2 new dealers defeated in virginia and missouri democratic primaries aug 3 william C dodge former new york district attorney linked with james J hines in policy racket charge president roosevelt heads back home after fishing cruise in south pacific aug 6 majority leader alben W barkley wins democratic senatorial nomination in kentucky over gov A B happy chandler aug 11 president roosevelt asks defeat of sen walter F george in georgia speech twenty six passenger german plane flies nonstop non stop from berlin to new york aug 12 tom girdler republic steel president ident blasts C I 1 0 0 national labor resident relations elat ions board and senate civil liberties committee aug 13 united states and com monism investigated by house committee on un americanism aug 15 president roosevelt asks sk defeat of sen millard tydings in fireside chat on social tys third birthday trial of james J hines on racket chargi charge opens in new york city ford motor company calls back to work aug 16 16 john jahn P frey A F of L leader aul blames bames I 1 communists lor for sit siddon don strike epidemic aug 18 president roosevelt dedicates new international bridge through the thousand islands st lawrence river A aug u 24 president roosevelt denounces G C 0 P tor for meddling in primaries secretary hull sends sharp note to mexico on seizure of american owned farmlands aug 30 senator smith intended purge victim wins in south Carolina primary mcadoo indorsed endorsed Indor sed by roosevelt loses in california primary sept 6 governor davey of ohio defies federal social security board to cut off states old age assistance grants senator pat mccarron defeats two per cent new dealers in nevada primary j sept 7 grand ar army of the republic ho holds ads national reunion an fn des sept 8 9 grand grana jury ury indicts indices S davis wll wil son bon mayor of philadelphia in gambling inquiry sept ept II 11 james roosevelt undergoes operation at rochester minn t i sept 12 senator tydings wins in maryland I 1 I 1 landslide frieary Fri primary mary voters defy pr president aa d c nt by 1 judge judg pecora declares mistrial in hines racket case I 1 maine elects republican governor and all 1 three congressmen sept 14 senator W F george on the urge purge list wip stirl georgia sept 20 defeat 3 I 1 3 oconnor in new york G 0 P nominates him sept 27 senator mcadoo made chairman I 1 0 of I 1 the dollar ship lines under united states state control sept 29 district At attorney thomas Is dewey nominated as republican can candidate for governor of new york sept 30 gov cov H H lehm lehman named by democrats as candidate for governor or of 1 new york oct 4 sweeping graft inquiry started darted to in Brook brooklyn lynt oct 5 two bandits hold up two bank employees at ottawa ill and escape with 60 in cash oct 6 A F ot of L votes to continue assessments sess ments tor for fight against C I 1 0 oct 10 united states supreme court refuses to review contic conviction tion ot of tom mooney serving sentence for or bombing in san francisco in 1916 oct 13 green reelected elected re president 0 of A F kofl 0 L act oct 14 gustav army deserter pleads guilty to being a german spy oct 17 dr eduard elenes benes former president of czechoslovakia accepts invitation to become visiting professor at the university sit ot of chicago oct get IS 18 national eucharistic congress opened in new orleans opened in oct of 19 9 labor board ordered republic steel to reinstate strikers oct 20 united states indicted 73 as gr drafters grafters a in new mexico 0 oct ct 24 wage hour law went into effect 0 oct C I 1 28 big utilities pledge two billion dollar expansion e x with federal aid nov no v 7 president roosevelt sent congratulations ions to soviet russia on its twenty first b birthday I 1 nov 8 election te results republicans gain eight bight sen senators acors 80 representatives and governors in I 1 11 states nov 9 rise in stocks and heaviest trading in s tilts since ince oct 21 1937 follow election results nov 10 col fulgencio Fulgen clo batista dictator of cuba welcomed to washington nov 12 ladies garment workers union strong withdraws from C 1 I 0 nov IS 15 grand jury indictments returned in chicago charging 97 persons and firms w with I 1 th conspiracy to fix the price of milk and ice cream nov 16 new deal turns to arms making to sup supplant lant job relief john L lewis leu Is retains dictatorial control of C I 1 0 including levy nov 17 reciprocal trade agreements blued slued signed with great britain and canada nov ov 18 attorney general cummings announced resignation from cabinet elective effective in january nov 19 roosevelt recalls hugh R witson ambassador dor to germany navy contracts tor for three new battleships nov 21 president roosevelt arrived at warm springs ga tor for two weeks visit vi sit ins retroactive income tax law ia upheld by U S supreme court N nov av 29 capt apt ross T white house physician named surgeon general of the na navy nov 30 grand jury investigation of 0 graft charges against governor earle earie of pennsylvania and 14 others ordered dec 1 homer martin reveals tar far flung rule of reds over C I 1 0 at dies committee hearing D dec cc 5 U S supreme court rebukes labor labar board for abuse of authority mrs elma lauer wife of new york supreme court justice indicted tor for smuggling dec 7 anna M hahn cincinnati poison slayer layer electrocuted at columbus ohio dec 9 united un ted states ambassador to chino china i recalled far or conference dec 11 president roosevelt announces plan to deed hyde park estate to government to serve as a me memorial martal to himself dee dec 13 george burns oi of burns and allen alien pleads cuilty guilty on smuggling smug glin charge dec 16 F a coster head of mckesson robbins drug firm revealed as elcon ex convict v jet real name philla phillip indi ted in huge swindle kills set sell three broth brother e q of coster under different names on same charge dee dec 20 20 Contes confession ston ot of anna M rahn hahn electrocuted poison slayer made public in which she confesses to four murders murders theft of uncovered as coster swindle grows huge gun deals with foreign power linked to swindle administration grants indefinite credit to china against gold held in U S dec 21 inquiry reveals use of large part of drug fraud millions tor for nationwide nation wide lobby four medical associations and 21 physicians indicted on restraint of trade charges w w iz VVs jan I 1 france emba embargoed r goe arms shipments to rumania and j u go laala jan 2 chiang cheang kal kai shek heads reorganized chinese government jan 9 prince lt paul heir presumptive to greek throne married princess frederika Freder lka louise of hanover in athens jan 10 20 Japa japanese occupied 0 jan 11 submarine sank dutch steamer off spanish coast jan 14 premier chautemps Chau tempa of france and his popular front government govern resigned res ignec jan 29 united states rejected proposal to operate cooperate co with britain france and russia in supplying china with war munitions jan 31 british steamer torpedoed and sunk by pirate submarine off spanish coast feb 4 hitler reorganized german army high command assumed absolute control and made von foreign minister inister fin fob feb 7 britain warned franco to stop pirate attacks or face reprisals feb 14 britaina Brit ains great naval base bae at singapore tied dedicated bated feb 15 hitler forced austria to pit put P pro r nazis in her cabinet feb 20 hitler demanded conle colonies tor far germany and said reich bert tear ear war anthony eden resigned as british foreign minister king carol proclaimed fascist regime tor for rumania march 2 chinese armies in shen sl province north of yellow river routed g by y pi japanese rov P march 3 twenty one former soviet rusman leaders pleaded gutler guilta ot of treason and 0 other ther crimes in moscow trial tr al 2 march 7 united states and czechoslovakia signed reciprocal trade treaty march 9 chancellor ordered plebiscite lebis cite on austrian independence matern chautemps pan french cabinet resigned march 10 leon blum became french premier march li 11 |