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Show M:iy 2 France and Russia efgned mutual a s :-; i 1 . 1 1 1 ' t a r t::in e n t. May 1 Jap:i n dt.-ii v-r-d ultimatum ultima-tum r.o Chirm ;irnl prepared to occupy L'.-i p i n k mid 'i'i -n L.si n. J u n : 7 1 ;'l i v ill a nd Paraguay ac-rppt ac-rppt ,j ha sia of HL-Uicment of Gran Ciii'o war. Juno I I War In Gran Chaco ended end-ed by truce. June js 'Jr'-at Ilrifriin and Oer-rri.'i Oer-rri.'i n y co re: I u! ! na vul agrecintiU, d iM'ir;'arl i n g" ' r;t nre. June 2'; United States embassy In Mi-xi'-o City bomlx-d. July l'f KUiiopia. appealed to the world for f:nr play in contest wilh J tal y, and fi --ina ml -d early action by L,o; ;'ue of Xar ions. Juiy i:i Cnitcri Staff1) and Russia concluded a trade a.; rfemen t. July 2H Forty Kalians, twenty Ethiopimis kilb-d In border clash. A ii . 3 I-'-a mje of Nations cnun-eil cnun-eil ft"layd for one month .settlement of 1 ' a lo -1 t li io iia n ( narrel. Aii', 2-t L' n i f 'd Stales demanded Russia I op suhvorsive plotting in Soviet territory. Au', 27 Russia formally rejected the A m eriean protest against Com-tn Com-tn ii n ist a eti vi i i es. Aug-. l-;trtperior Halle Selassie granted vast d v e 1 o pm e n t concession in Ethiopia to an Atnerican corpora- t ion y Chronology of the Year 1935 Compiled by E. VV. P I CKARD 1 f O FOREIGN Jan. 3 Rollvta's general army mo-bilizalion mo-bilizalion went into fltVct. Jan. 21 Nomad tribesmen massa-cred massa-cred 107 pTHuiiM In Africa. Feb. fi--:yid expedition nailed for New Zealand after 17 months In Ant-urei Ant-urei le. l-'t-b. 9' ermn ny plann ed flrmy of 40 0, (Mi 0, with militia running in to millions. F-l. 2S San rla nd ern h taped wild celebration bailing ret urn of territory terri-tory to ; erma n y. M a reh 2 Re vol ut ion broke out In S'-eond Amerban protest note cent to Kuvsia on ("omriiunist plots. S - p t . 'i i : t h i o i : i n development concession cancelled by the American Ameri-can o w ners on req ue.st of American government. Sept. 4- League of Nations council coun-cil met in Geneva and received Italy's ura t ejiK-n t ;iK!i t nst Kthiopia and the lat i er ciiuii try's reply. Sept. !t i.eamie of Nations assem-blv assem-blv met In GiT'va. Fra nK R, KelloKff resigned from World court. Sept. 1 1 Sir Samuel Hoare. British Brit-ish foreign .secretary, told Leas-rue of Nations assembly Britain would isolate iso-late herself from continent unless nil members of league consented to take sanctions against an aggressor. aggres-sor. Sept, 1 2 Secretary of State Hull asked ' Tlaly and Kthiopia to keep their obligations under the Kellogg pact. Sept. 14 Italian cabinet refused compromise on Kthiopian question. Sept. 10 Jews appealed to League nf Nations to stop "persecution" in Germany. Sept. 21 Italy rejected peace plan of league committee. Sept. 2G Lentrue of Nations council coun-cil acted to enforce peace but gave Ttaly ten days to agree to conciliation. concilia-tion. Sept. 29 Great Britain promised to support collective action against an y aggressors. Oct. 2 Emperor Halle Selassie informed in-formed League of Nations Italians had invaded Ethiopia from Eritrea. General mobilization of all Fascists in Italy. Oct. 3 Italian planes and artillery bombarded Aduwa, Adigrat and Har-rar, Har-rar, killing and wounding hundreds. General mobilization ordered by Emperor Em-peror Haile Selassie. Oct. 4 Italians Invaded southern Ethiopia, and captured Adigrat in the north. Oct. 6 Italians captured Aduwa; 2,Ono Ethiopians killed. Oct. 7 League of Nations council found Italy's invasion of Ethiopia "an act of war against all other members of the league.' Oct. 9 Austr'a and Hungary refused re-fused to join In League of Nations sanctions against Italy. Oct. 10 League assembly declared Italy outlawed. Oct. 11 League voted embargo on arms and munitions for Ttaly and raised embargo on arms for Ethiopia. Oct. 14 League of Nations banned foreign loans to Italy. Oct. in Fifty-two members of League of Nations declared a boycott on Italian goods and an embargo on key exports. Oct. 21 Germany formally ended membership in League of Nations. Nov. 1 League of Nations ordered or-dered sanctions against Italy into effect November 1 8. Paraguay gave notice of withdrawal with-drawal from League of Nations. Nov. 6 Germany told League of Nations she would bar trade in goods for Italy or Ethiopia. Nov. 8 Italians occupied Makale and Gorahal, Ethiopia. Nov. 9 Japanese naval unit occupied occu-pied part of Shanghai; new crisis threatened. Nov. 11 Mussolini formally protested pro-tested against sanctions. Nov. 17 United States-Canadian trade treaty made public. Nov. IS Sanctions against Italy by 52 nations went Into effect. Gen. Pietro Badoglio succeeded Gen. Emilto de Bono as commander in chief of Italian armies in Ethiopia. Ethio-pia. Nov. 20 Pope Pius named twenty twen-ty new cardinals. Nov. 27 Japan seized control of north China railways and sent large bodies of troops to the Tientsin area. Dec. 2 British cabinet decided to support oil embargo against Italy; anti-aircraft defenses of London ordered or-dered strengthened. Pec. 5 American, Irish and Canadian Ca-nadian delegates met in Washington to plan trans-Atlantic air service. Pec. 6 Italian planes bombed imperial im-perial palace, American hospital and Red Cross tents in Pessye, Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie formally protested pro-tested to League of Nations. Dec. 8 Great Britain and France agreed on last peace offer to Italy. Dec. 0 International naval conference confer-ence opened in Londcn. Dec. 11 Ethiopia rejected Franco-British Franco-British peace plan. Dec. 12 Japan's demand for naval parity rejected by other powers in London parley. Dec. IS Sir Samuel Hoare resigned as British foreign secretary because of opposition to Franco-British peace plan. Italians defeated Ethiopians In big battle south of Makale. United States and Honduras con eluded recinrocity trade agreement. Dec. li Leatrue of Nations council discarded Franco-British peace plan. Outer Mongolia invaded by Japanese Jap-anese and Mancnukuan troop3. j C rei-eo. K i n g Prajjulhlpok of Slam abdicated abdi-cated a fid retired to private life in ICn i'l;t ml. Mareh 5 Greek troops defeat rebels reb-els I n M;i redo n ia. Prince- Ann ruin, eleven years old, n: med king of Sin tn. March 1 Greek rebellion ended Wb eti V en i el os lied. Mm reh jr. Illtler decreed conscript army of Lelo.iMin. April 3 Austrian cab i net decided to I in-r en so army over stren g th allowed al-lowed by tre.uy of St. Germain. April 2t' Germany began building mi b run rlnes in deilance of peace treaty. Lerroux cabinet In Spain resigned. May 0 Eleuthcrlos Venizelos sentenced sen-tenced to death for part In G reek re vol t. May Celebration of silver Jubilee Jubi-lee of King George of Great iiritain bejrn n. May 11 Thirty-three Greek naval oflicers condemned to death for part In revolt. May 18 Emperor TTalle Selassie of Kthiopia ordered freedom for all serfs. May 24 Crown Prince Frederik of Den ma rk and Princess Ingrid of Bweilen ma rried. May 30 Premier Flandin of France, defeated by chamber of deputies in financial crisis, resigned with his cat) inot. May 31 Bouisson formed new French, cabinet. June 4 French cabinet ousted by cshamber of deputies. June 6 Pierre Laval formed new French government. June 7 Stanley Baldwin succeeded succeed-ed Ramsay MacDonald as prime minister min-ister of Great Britain. July 1 0 A ust rian diet revoked bnnishment of Hapsburgs and restored re-stored their properties. j July 2?. German government put ' ban on all religious youth organizations. organiza-tions. Aug. 2 Law for new government of India enacted by British parliament. parlia-ment. Aug. If! Revolt against King Zog of A Iban ia crushed. Aug. 21 Ecuador army ofTicera arrested President Ibarra for trying to set up a dictatorship and Installed Antonio Pons as his successor. Aug. 29 Queen Astrid of Belgium killed In automobile accident. Sept. 1 Mexican women workers grlven the franchise. Sept. 3 Dr. Chalm Weizman elected elect-ed president of World Zionist organization. organ-ization. Sept. 15 German reichstag- passed laws making the swastika the national na-tional and trade flag; forbidding marriages of Jews to Aryans, and setting up three classes of German citizenship, excluding Jews. Sept. 17 Manuel Quezon elected to be first president of Philippine republic. re-public. Sept. 26 Federico Paez became military dictator of Ecuador. Oct. 10 Greek republic upset by military coup; restoration of monarchy mon-archy decreed by national assembly. Oct. 14 Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada and Conservative party defeated de-feated in parliamentary elections by Liberals led by Mackenzie King. Oct. 23 Liberal government headed head-ed by Mackenzie King installed in Canada. Nov. 3 Greece voted for recall of King George II. Nov. 8 Chancellor Hitler ' of Germany Ger-many dissolved the Steel Helmets, war veterans' association. Nov. 10 King George II accepted call to Greek throne. Nov. 13 Serious Egyptian riots against British domination. Nov. 14 British Conservatives and Prime Minister Baldwin won parlia-, mentary elections. Nov. 15 Commonwealth of the Philippines established and Manuel Quezon inaugurated as president. Nov. 24 Yin Ju-keng proclaimed autonomy for 25 counties in eastern Hopei province of China. Military revolt broke out In northeastern north-eastern Brar.il. Nov. 25 King George II returned to the throne of Greece. Nov. 28 Hitler started new "purge," arresting hundreds. Revolt in Brazil crushed. 13 8 being be-ing killed. Dec. 1 Great Britain ordered naval na-val reservist officers to report for duty. Hans Kerrl. German church dictator, dicta-tor, decreed censorship for pastoral letters. Dec. 5 Church of England commission com-mission rejected claim of women to enter priesthood. Dec. 6 French chamber of deputies depu-ties dissolved all semi-military organizations. or-ganizations. Chiang Kai-shek became premier f China. Dec. 7 Hope! and Chahar provinces, prov-inces, northern China, set up autonomous auton-omous regime. Dec. 10 London silver market collapsed. col-lapsed. Dec. 11 Carlos Mendleta resigned as president of Cuba. Dec. 12 King Fund decreed restoration res-toration of constitutional government govern-ment in Egypt, Great Britain con-een con-een ting. Dec. 14 President Mazaryk of Czechoslovakia resigned. Dec. IS Eduard Benes elected president of Czechoslovakia. North China autonomy council installed. F,:b. 5 Houe vo'p'l down inquiry Into Pont n n.-i ?r Geri.-rnl Farley's tji!"fs of Ktnmt'.s to frifct:'is. i ; : i n s i o n of X P- A two years, tightening of hour and wa 'e provisions, ami retention of pr-seiu yr;'!f asked bv Prtsid-Tit Cooeveit. Feb. 8 Rear Admiral C'ary T. Oravson named chairman cf Red Cro-s. F'-b. 13 Bruno Richard TTaupt-mann TTaupt-mann found guilty of mur.J!'ing Lindbergh baby; sentem-ed to death. I'oni'rwa voted to end federal pay cu f s. Feb. 14 Robert E. Wood, Chicago, named to had advisory corn mil lee on $4,30, 000. (eta work relief plan. Feb. 16 Thirty-one convicts shot wav out of Oklahoma reformatory; guard killed, and eight prisoners wounded. Feb. IS Administration won In Supreme court gold clause decisions by 5 to 4 vote. 22 II ouse passed largest peacetime army bill, appropriating 5378, 00fi, 000. March 3 President asked congress for outright subsidy to merchant marine to replace present mail contract con-tract and building loan system. March 5 S. Clay Williams resigned as head of N'RA board. March 10 Government moved tn replace all national bank currency with money based on gold taken by treasury. March 11 House repealed pink slip income tax publicity feature. March 14 J. Crawford Biggs, solicitor so-licitor general, resigned. March 20 AAA dropped" restriction restric-tion ; on planting of spring wheat, fearin-jr food shortage. March 21 House accepted Patman currency inflation plan to pay soldiers' sol-diers' bonus. March 22 President nsked congress con-gress to pass stricter food and drug bill. March 23 Senate passed works rel ief measure. March 24 President gave his approval ap-proval to proposed constitution for Philip pines. March 26 President left on fishing trip off the Bahamas. Senate passed $905,000,000 treasury bill. March 27 House voted $38,000,000 to strengthen navy shore bases. March 2S Senate voted for repeal of income tax publicity feature. March 30 Coal miners and operators opera-tors agreed to continue wage scale until June IS. April 1 United States Supreme court again reversed conviction and death sentence of two negroes in famous fa-mous Scottsboro case. Five per cent pay raise for railway rail-way workers went into effect. April 5 Conference report on work relief bill accepted by senate and house. April 8 President Roosevelt ended his fishing trip and signed the work relief bill. April 9 House passed McSwaln war profits bill. Senate passed the navy public works bill carrying $38,000,000. April 19 House passed administration's adminis-tration's social security bill. April 23 Frank Walker named director di-rector of National Emergency council coun-cil and chief adviser in work relief expenditures April 24 President announced creation cre-ation of three new agencies for work relief program, and named eight classes of projects. April 25 Secretary Ickes named head of works allotment division. I April 2G Harry Hopkins made head of works progress division. April 29 Supreme court ruled in favor of Arizona In Parker dam case. May 2 United States Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions opposing oppos-ing legislation asked by the administration. admin-istration. May 3 Leland Harrison appointed minister to Rumania. May 6 Supreme court declared railway pension act unconstitutional. May 7 Senate passed the Patman bonus bill. Conviction of ex-Gov. VllIiam Langer of North Dakota and four others for conspiracy to misuse federal fed-eral relief funds reversed by Federal Fed-eral Court of Appeals. May 9 House passed the omnibus banking bill. May 11 President Roosevelt established estab-lished rural electrification division, headed by Morris L. Cooke. Dennis Chavez appointed senator from New Mexico. May 14 Senate passed bill extending extend-ing NRA until April 1. 1936. Long's resolution for in vestfgation of Farley rejected by senate. May 15. Representative Michael L. Igoe appointed United States district attorney at Chicago. May 16 Senate passed the Wagner iabnr relations bill. May 18 Audit by Comptroller General McCarl disclosed great waste in TVA. May 20 President fixed wages and hours for work relief program. Norman Armour appointed American Ameri-can minister to Canada. My 22 President Roosevelt, appearing ap-pearing personally before joint session ses-sion of congress, vetoed the Patman bonus measure. The house immediately immedi-ately re-passed It. May 23 Senate sustained President's Presi-dent's veto of bonus act. May 24 Senate passed 1460.000.000 navy appropriation bill. May 27 United States Supreme court unanimously ruled the code structure and wage and labor hours Drovisiors of NRA were unconstitutional. unconstitu-tional. Frazier- Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act held invalid by Supreme Su-preme court. President Roosevelt's removal of the late Will iam E. Humphrey as trade commissioner declared invalid by Supreme court. May 2S Senate passed Copeland food, drug and cosmetic bill. May 29 California Pacific exposition exposi-tion at San Diego opened. May 31 President Roosevelt suggested sug-gested revision of Constitution to give economic control to federal government. gov-ernment. June 1 Young George Weyerhaeuser, Weyerhaeu-ser, kidnaped from Tacoma, freed on payment of $00,000 ransom. June R Electric power strike in 50 111 i no is cit ies ended in com prom ise. June 7 House passed bill extending extend-ing skeletonized NBA until April 1. 1936. June 9 H. M. Waley and wife were arrested in Salt Lake City for ' Weyerhaeuser kidnaping and con-I con-I fessed. June IP Republicans of ten midwest mid-west states opened "grass roots" conference con-ference in Springfield, condemning the New Deal. June 11 Senate passed the public pub-lic utility bill. June 12 President Roosevelt presented pre-sented di plomas to 27 6 West Point graduates. June 13 Senate passed resolution extending skeletonized NRA to April 1. June 14 Secretary of War Dern vindicated General Foulois of air mail charges. June 16 President Roosevelt n a tn ed new NR. A board with Jam es L. O'Neill as administrator. June 17 House extended "nuisance" "nui-sance" taxes two years. June 18 House passed AAA amendments asked by administration. administra-tion. June 19 President told to congress con-gress his plan to break up great fortunes for-tunes and red is tri bute weal th th rough taxes. Senate passed the social security bill. House passed the Wagner-Connery labor-disputes bill. Senator Cuuzens gave federal government gov-ernment S550.OUU for industrial workers' work-ers' home colony in Detroit area. June 25 (leu. Hugh Johnson made works reli ef d i rector for N ew Yo r k- June 26 President set aside $50,-0 $50,-0 Of i. (i 0 0 from works fund lo provide jobs for youth of nation. July 1 President handed $!U.0OO,-nOO $!U.0OO,-nOO to Rexford Guy Tugwell for rural reset t leiuen I work. July 2 House passed ut f lit tes bill without "death sentence" clause, and ihen ordered investigation of lobbying lobby-ing for and against the measu re. July 22 General strike at Terre j Haute s1- ut o:T all food supplies; .N'iit:e,:-.:ti c;,;aiJ called out. July S--n.ae passed AAA airo-minif-ms b-L I'reid.-nt Roosevelt named L. vN -Cramer to su"'"-ec-d Paul Pearson as governor of Virgin islands. Terre Haute fetnerul airike called off by u n ions. Ju'v '4 iiuuse passed liquor control con-trol bill. July c Senate passed bank bill as drafted bv Gla-s. James O'Neill resigned as head of NRA, effective August 1. J ul v 3 1 C'-.nirress passed bill re- stori n g $ i ,.'' 0.00 in Spanish war veterans' pensions. Aug. 5 New tax bill passed by house. Aug. 6 Rhode Island Republicans elected Charles F. Risk as congressman, congress-man, defeating the New Deal candl-dat candl-dat e. Aug. 8 MaJ. Gen. B. D. Foulois. head of army air corps, voluntarily ret ired. Aug. 9 Enactment of social security secu-rity law completed. Aug 15 Senate passed new tax bill. House cleared Federal Judge Al-schuler Al-schuler of Illinois of misconduct charues. Aug. 19 Senate passed farm moratorium mora-torium and railway pension bills and adopted conference report on banking bank-ing bill. House passed Guffey coal bill, rall-wav rall-wav pension bill and conference reports re-ports on banking and rivers and harbors bills. Aug 21 Congress enlarged powers pow-ers of TVA; senate passed neutrality neutral-ity resolution concerning ltalo-Ethi-opian jnarrel. Aug. 22 House accepted ccmpro-rnise ccmpro-rnise "death sentence'' in utilities bill. Guffey coal bill passed by senate. House passed resolution for mandatory man-datory embargo on arms shipments to nations at war. Aug. 23 John G. Wlnant appointed chairman of labor relations board. Aug. 24 Senate accepted conference confer-ence reports on utilities new tax and alcohol control bills: and approved ap-proved compromise neutrality resolution. reso-lution. Texas voted for prohibition repeal and local option. Aug. 26 Congress adlourned : third deficiency appropriation bill killed bv Senator Long's filibuster. Aug. 28 James A. Moffet resigned as federal housing administrator. Sept. 5 President ordered inquiry Into deaths of hundreds of war veterans vet-erans in Florida hurricane. Sept 6 Stewart McDonald appointed ap-pointed federal housing administrator. administra-tor. Sept. 8 Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana shot and critically wounded wound-ed in Baton Rouge; assassin killed by Long's bodyguard. Sept. 9 National encampment of O. A R. opened in Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept. 10 Senator Long died. Sept. 12 Oley Nelson of Slater, Iowa elected commander In chief of G. a! r. Sept. 16 Franklin C. Hoyt appointed ap-pointed federal alcohol administrator. administra-tor. Sept. 17 Voters of Pennsylvania and New Mexico rejected changes in state constitutions. Sept. 23 President Roosevelt allocated al-located $800,000,000 more to WPA. American Legion convention opened in St. Louis. Mo. James M. Landis was appointed chairman of the SEC. Soft coal miners began strike. Sept. 26 President Roosevelt started on trip to Pacific coast. Strike of soft coal miners won by the union. Ray Murphy of Ida Grove, Iowa, elected commander of American Legion. Sept. 29 New budget announced, reducing deficit by more than a billion bil-lion and a quarter. Sept. 30 Van Swearingen brothers broth-ers regained control of their railway rail-way empire. Oct. 2 President Roosevelt sailed on Cruiser Houston from San Diego. Maj. Gen. Malin Craig appointed chief of staff of army. Oct. 9 New Jersey Court of Errors Er-rors and Appeals upheld death sentence sen-tence for Kruno Hauptmann for murdering the Lindbergh baby. Oct. 16 President Roosevelt In i Panama. Oct. 17 Vice President Garner and big congressional delegation sailed for Philippines. Oct. 18 William Green re-elected president of American Federation of Labor. Oct. 23 President Roosevelt landed land-ed at Charleston. S. C. Oct. 26 Fanners voted by big majority for retention of corn-hog program. Ocl. 27 United States Supreme court opened fall session in its new home. Nov. 4 Eastern standard time for Chicago adopted by council. Nov. 5 Republicans gained control con-trol of New York legislature and elected mayors of Philadelphia and Cleveland. A. B. Chandler, Democrat elected governor of Kentucky. Nov. 7 Federal Judge W. C. Coleman Cole-man at Baltimore held public utilities utili-ties holding act unconstitutional. .Nov. 11 J. N. Darling, chief of the biological survey, resigned. Nov. 1 7 President Roosevelt refused re-fused to interfere in Mexico's church affairs. Bar association upheld Liberty league lawyers' offer of legal aid. Nov. 20 President Roosevelt went to Warm Springs, Ga. Nov. 22 Un ited States shipping board warned American shippers against shipping war- material to Italy and Ethiopia. Nov. 23 John L. Lewis resigned as vice president of A. F. of L. Nov. 24 Supreme court granted temporary Injunction ngainst AAA processing ta xes on rice. Nov 50 Federal relief ended with 3,500.00 0 shift Pd from FERA rolls to WPA pay rolls. Dec. 2 George N. Peek resigned as president of export hank. Secretary Wallace an nou need new corn-hog program Dec. 5 Congress of American Industry In-dustry and National Association of Manufacture! s adopted platform for defeat of New Deal and return to "American system." Dec. 6 Senator Norrts of Nebraska ; declared he was not a candidate for re-election. Dec. 8 Lawyers' committee of American Liberty league declared Guffey coal act unconstitutional. Dec. 9 President Roosevelt addressed ad-dressed the American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago, defending the AAA, and received honorary degree from Notre Dame in South Bend. Ind. Supreme court refused to review the conviction of Bruno Hauptmann for kidnaping and murdering the Lindbergh baby. Dec. 13 Hauptmann sentenced to die In week of Jan. 13. Dec. 15 Gov. Talmadge of Georgia announced his candidacy for Democratic Demo-cratic President ial nomination. Dec. 16 Republ i can national committee com-mittee selected Cleveland for convention con-vention city. Dec. 18 Frank C. Walker resigned as NEC head. AERO Jan. 12 Amelia Earhart made solo flight Honolulu to California in IS lion rs 16 min u tes. Jan. 15 "Jimmy" Doolittle flew transport plane across United States in 11 hours 5:t min u tes. Feb. 21--Lelam! S. Andrews broke Dool it Lie's transcontinental speed record by 38 minutes. March 1 7 Pan-A merlcan Airways' Clipper Pioneer flew from Alameda, Calif., to Honolulu. March 30 Robot-piloted TWA plane Hew from coast to coast in 12 hou rs 5 in i n u t os. May S Amelia Earhart made nonstop non-stop flight from Mexico City to New ark, N. J. June 12 Pan-A m eriean Airwa ys' Clipper plane started from Alameda. Calif., for Midway islands. June 13 Clipper plane reached Honolulu. June 1 5 Pan - America n Clipper plane reached Midway islands. July 12 Stratosphere balloon blew up while being inflated at Rapid Gitv. S. D. Aug 1 5 Will Rogers, comedian, arid " Wiley I'ost. famous aviator, killed in plane crash near Point Barrow, Bar-row, Alaska. Aug. 30 P.cnny Howard won Ben-dix Ben-dix air race, Los Angeles to Cleveland. Cleve-land. Sept 2 Harold Neuman of Moline, HI., won Thompson trophy race at Cleveland. Sept. 12 Laura Ingalls set new-women's new-women's record for west to east transcontinental flight. 13 hours 34 minutes 5 seconds. Sept. 13 Howard Hughes made new land plane speed record, 353 miles an hour. Sept. 21 Lieut. Felix Waltkus started non-stop solo flight from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania. Sent. 22 Waitkus made forced landing at Ballinrobe. Ireland, unhurt. un-hurt. Nov. 8 Sir Charles Klngsford-Smith, Klngsford-Smith, Australian aviator, lost in Bav of Bengal. Nov. 11 Capts. A. W. Stevens and O. A. Anderson of the army reached record altitude of 74,000 feet in stratosphere balloon. Nov. 13 Jean Batten of New Zea--land made solo flight across the southern Atlantic. Nov. 22 Pan-American line's China Clipper left Alameda, Calif., for Manila with first trans-Pacific air mail. Nov. 25 Lincoln Ellsworth disappeared disap-peared on flight over Antarctic continent. con-tinent. Nov. 29 China Clipper arrived at Man i la. Dec. 6 China Clipper completed round trip to Manila. SPORTS Jan. 1 Alabama defeated Stanford In Rose Bowl football game at Pasadena. Pasa-dena. Jan. 2 Sullivan trophy awarded to Bill Bonthron of Princeton by the A. A.. U. Feb. 23 Azucar won $108,400 Santa Anita handicap. March 7 Sir Malcolm Campbell broke own record at Daytona Beach, driving car 276 miles an hour. April 6 Cambridge beat Oxford In annual shell race. April S Gene Sarazen won Masters' Mas-ters' golf tournament at Augusta, Ga. April 2G Jesse Owens of Ohio State set new American record for broad jump, 26 feet 1 inches, at Drake relay. May 4 Omaha won the Kentucky derby. May 10 Canzonerl regained lightweight light-weight title by whipping Ambers. May 18 Jesse Owens of Ohio State set new world's record for low hurdles. May 21 University of Michigan and John Fischer won Big Ten golf championships. May 22 Americans defeated Italian Ital-ian boxers, 5 to 3. in Golden Glove tourney In Chicago. May 25 Lawson Ijlttle of California Califor-nia again won British amateur golf title. Jesse Owens of Ohio State set three new world records and tied another in Big Ten track meet which was won by University of Michigan. May, 27 Barney Ross whipped Jimmy McLarnin, regaining world welterweight title. May 30 Kelly Petillo won Indianapolis Indian-apolis 500-mile auto race. June 3 Minnesota won Big Ten baseball championship. June 5 Aga Khan's Bahram won English derby. June 7 Ohio State won central Intercollegiate In-tercollegiate track meet. June 8 Sam Parks of Pittsburgh won open golf championship. June 13 James J. Braddock won heavyweight championship from Max Baer. June 16 Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee Milwau-kee pro, won western open golf title. June 18 University of California won the Poughkeepsie regatta June 22 Bradley's Black Helen won American derby in Chicago. Yale defeated Harvard in annual regatta. June 25 Joe Louis defeated Primo Carnera in New York. July 21 Charles Yates of Atlanta Atlan-ta won western amateur golf title at Colorado Springs. July 29 English tennis team won Davis cup from Americans. Aug. 7 Joe Louis whipped King Levinsky In one round at Chicago. Aug. 17 American women tennis team beat English and retained Wightman cup. Aug. 26 Lou Sallca won bantamweight bantam-weight title by beating Sixto Escobar Es-cobar In New York. Aug. 31 Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare won women s national golf championship. cham-pionship. Sept. 3 Sir Malcolm Campbell of England set new world record of 301.337 miles per hour with his Bluebird Blue-bird automobile in Utah. Sept. 11 Helen Jacobs retained women'B national tennis championship. champion-ship. Sept. 12 Wllmer Allison won national na-tional tennis championship. Lawson Little won national amateur ama-teur golf, title. Sept. 19 Risko won middleweight championship from Yaroz in Pittsburgh. Pitts-burgh. Sept. 20 Detroit Tigers won American League pennant. Sept. 24 Joe Louis knocked out Max Baer In fourth round at New York. , Sept. 27 Chicago Cubs won National Na-tional League championship Sept. 29 American pro polf team won Ryder cup from British team Oct. 2 Chicago Cubs defeated Detroit Tigers In first world series ga m e. Oct. 3. Tigers won second game from Cubs. Oct. 4 Tigers won third world series game. Tony Canzonerl defeated Al Roth retaining lightweight title. Oct. 5 Tigers won fourth game in world series. Oct. 6 Cubs captured fifth world series game. Oct. 7 Detroit Tigers won sixth game and the world championship. Oct. 23 John Revolta won national nation-al P. G. A. championship. Nov. 15 Sixto Escobar of Puerto Rico won bantamweight title from Lou Salica. Nov. 19 Welker Cochran won world three-cushion billiards championship cham-pionship in Chicago. Nov. 23 Minnesota and Ohio State tied for Big Ten football title. Yale defeated Harvard in football. Nov. SO Army beat Navy at football. foot-ball. Dec. 8 A A. U. voted for American Ameri-can participation in Olvmplc games In Germany. Avery Brundage elected elect-ed president of A. A. U. Dec. 13 Joe Louis beat Paulino Uzeudun In New York. Dec. 15 Detroit Lions won professional profes-sional football championship. NECROLOGY Jan. 1 William Sproul, ex-presl-dent of Southern Pacillc railroad. Jan. 8 Hubert Vos, painter, In New York. Jan. 11 Mme. Marcella Sembrlch, former opera Ftar. Jan. 15 Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, former president General Federation of Women's clubs, in Den ver. Jan. 23 John Barton Payne In Washington. Jan. 2G Rear Admiral Robert E. CooiHz at Bremerton. Wash. Jan. 29 Adrian Iselin in New York. .Jan. 31 Richard Washburn Child, diplomat and author. Feb. 8 Frederick Warde, veteran actor. Feb. 9 Cora Harris, novelist. Feb. 17 Arthur Soniers Roche, au t lior. March 5 Former Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. March 12 Dr. Michael I. Pupln, scientist, in New York. April 3 Janic-s M u i lenbach, noted labnr mediator, in Chicago. Henry Augustus Lukenian, sculptor, sculp-tor, in New York. April 4 W. F. Axton of Louisville tolKLrco magnate and turfman. April :'. Edward Arlington Robinson, Robin-son, American poet. Aprll 7 Warren Delano Robbxns. American minister to Canada. M-ril S-Adolph S. Ochs owner and , blisher of New York Times Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson fAnr!l"l5 John Tauldlng, American SCApriir'2S Raymond T. Baker, former for-mer director of the mint. April 29 Alfred I. du Font, Industrialist Indus-trialist in Jacksonville. Fla, May 5 E C Dinwiddle, temperance temper-ance leader, in Washington jay e Senator Bronson M. Cutting Cut-ting of New Mexico. " May 9 Nathan H. Dole, American author and translator. May 10 Herbert N itherspoon, director di-rector Metropolitan Opera company. In New York. . May 12 Marshal Josef Plrsudskl, dictator of Poland. .i,- Mav 13 MaJ. J. S. Cohen, editor Atlanta Journal and former sen- atMraJ. Gen. Harry Lee, U. S. ma- rlMay 14 Dr. Edwin B. Frost, astronomer. as-tronomer. M ... Pleasant Stoval, former minister to Switzerland. May 16 John P. Weyerhaeuser, lumber magnate Mav IS John R. Drexel of Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, in Paris. May 19 Col Thomas E. Lawrence "L.nwrence of Arabia" in Boving- ton. England. May 21 Miss Jane Addams of Chicago, Chi-cago, famed social worker. May 27 Rear Admiral W. C. Cole, U. S. N retired. May 30 William Dudley Foulke, author and civil service reformer, at Richmond, Ind. May 31 Rear Admiral W. Capps, U. S. N., retired. jline 6 Viscount Byng of Vimy. George Grossmith, English actor. June 15 Edwin P. Morrow, ex-governor ex-governor of Kentucky. Gaar Williams, noted cartoonist. June 22 Elliott W. Sproul of Chicago, Chi-cago, ex-congressman. july 5 j. j. Bernet of Cleveland, railway executive. Oliver Herford, American author and artist. , July 6 MaJ. Gen. Stuart Helnt-zelman, Helnt-zelman, U. S. A. July 9 Ray Long, noted magazine editor. July 12 Lt. CoL Alfred Dreyfus of France. July 17 George William Russell, Irish poet. July 21 Mrs. Basil de Sellncourt (Anne Douglas Sedgwick), English novelist. July 25 Col. H. H. Rogers of New York, capitalist. Charles M. Clark, utilities magnate. July 28 Gray Silver, veteran farm leader - July 29 Dr. Walter Williams, educator edu-cator at Columbia, Mo. July 30 Frederick H. Glllett of Massachusetts, former speaker and United States senator. Aug. 5 Frank H. Hitchcock, Tucson Tuc-son publisher and former postmaster general. Aug. 9 Representative CharleB Truax of Ohio. Aug. 13 Sir William Watson, English Eng-lish poet. Aug. 15 Will Rogers, actor and humorist. Wiley Post aviator. Aug. 17 Gilson Gardner, editor and author. In Washington. Aug. 22 Admiral Kondourlotls, first president of Greek republic Aug. 25 Thomas A. Edison, Jr. Aug. 27 Childe Hassam, American artist. Aug. 29 Queen Astrid of Belgium. Aug. 30 Henri Barbusse, noted French author and pacifist. Aug. 31 Mrs. Harold Ickes, wife of secretary of the interior. Herman Bernstein, American author au-thor and editor and former diplomat. Sept. 2 Charles Dickinson of Chicago, Chi-cago, pioneer In aviation. George C. Hanson, veteran American Ameri-can diplomat. Sept. 4 Bishop Walter T. Sumner of Oregon, crusader against vice. Sept. 7 William Abbatt of New York, historian. Mrs., Wilson Woodrow, American novelist. Sept. 8 E. L. Doheny, ofl magnate. Sept. 9 Former Gov. S. S. Penne-will Penne-will of Pennsylvania. Sept. 10 United Statea Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana. Sept. 12 Cllve Runnells, vice president pres-ident Pullman company. Sept. 14 Dr. Leo Gans, nestor of German chemical industry. Dame Madge Kendall, veteran English actress. Sept. 19 J. S. Cooper, former D. S. commissioner of education. Jules Cambon, French diplomat. Sept. 20 Gen. W. W. Atterbury, retired president of Pennsylvania railroad. Sept. 23 De Wolf Hopper, American Ameri-can comedian. Sept. 29 Ernest P. Blcknell, vice chairman of American Red Cross. Oct. 1 Karl Harriman, magazine editor. Oct. 3 Bishop T. F. Gailor, chancellor chan-cellor of University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn. Oct. 4 Henry de Jouvenel, French statesman. Oct. 6 Edward C. Moore of Chicago, Chica-go, musician and music critic. Oct. 7 Francis Wilson, veteran comic opera star. Oct. 16 MaJ. Gen. Milton J. Foreman Fore-man oT Chicago. MaJ. Gen W. L. Sibert. one of builders of Panama canal. Oct. 17 T. V. O'Connor, former chairman U. S. shipping board. Oct. 19 Congressman H. M, Kimball Kim-ball of Kalamazoo, Mich. Oct. 20 MaJ. Gen. A. W. Greely, Arctic explorer. Sidney Smith, cartoonist. Oct. 21 Langdon E. Mitchell of New York, playwright Oct. 22 Dr. J. C. Bloodgood of Baltimore, cancer expert. Lord Carson, North Irish statesman. states-man. Oct. 27 Federal Judge W. L Grubb at Birmingham, Ala. Oct. 29 Rev. Dr. Johnston Myers of Chicago, noted Baptist pastor. Nov. 6 Dr. Henry F. Osborn, scientist sci-entist and explorer. In New York. William A. ("Billy") Sunday, evangelist, in Chicago. Nov. 8 Herman Black, newspaper publisher. In Chicago. Nov. 9 Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, Chi-cago, former secretary of the Interior. Inte-rior. Nov. 13 Frank Navin, president of Detroit Tigers ball club. Nov. 17 J. K. Blatcliford, hotel man, in Chicago. Nov. 18 Federal Judge Louis FitzHenry at Normal, 111. Nov. 19 Federal Judge Benson Hough at Columbus, Ohio Nov. 20 Earl Jellicoe, British admiral. ad-miral. Nov. 21 Dr. A. B. Dinwiddle, president pres-ident of Tulane university. Nov. 24 E. W. Rice, pioneer In electricity Industry, at Schenectady. N. Y. Nov. 30 Dr. Edward Judd, noted mayo clinic surgeon. Dec. 1 J. M. Young, of New York, Inventor of vacuum packing can Adrian Stokes. English artist.' Dec. 2 Dr. James 11. Breasted of University of Chicago, orientalist. Princess Victoria, sister of king of England. Miss M. Carey Thomas, ex-presl-dent of Bryn Mawr. Dec. 3 Dr. Francis Le Rov Sattcr-lee, Sattcr-lee, American pioneer in X-ray research. re-search. Luella Miner, American educator In China. Dec, 4 Don C. Seltz, New York, veteran author and newspaper man Dec. 8 Charles Ewing of Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, president of Reading Railway com pany. Dec. 12 M. J. Van Swerlngen of Cleveland, Ohio, railway magnate Dec. 15 Gov. F. 11. Cooney of Montana. Mon-tana. Dec. 1G Thelma Todd, screen actress, ac-tress, in Los Angeles Most Rev. Alpliiinso Smith, Cathoilo bishop of Tennessee. Dec. 17 Miss Lizette Reese of Baltimore, Bal-timore, poet. Dec. IS Juan Vicente Gomez, president pres-ident of Venezuela. Dec. 19 George 'D. Buckley former for-mer publisher and banker in Nuw l orlc. Western Newspaper Union. DOMESTIC Jan. 1 Rhode Island Democrats by a coup seized the senate and ousted the Supreme court. Jan. 3 Seven ty-fourth congress met and organized; Byrns elected speaker of house. Jnn. 4 President Roosevelt In annual an-nual message proposed great work relief program to supersede the direct di-rect dole. Jan. 7 President Roosevelt presented pre-sented to congress a budg-et for the fiscal yonr 10-16 cnllin.tr for expenditures expendi-tures of. S8.SOO.000. 000. United States Supreme court held unconstitutional petroleum control provisions of the National Industrial Recovery act. Jan. !' Arbitration commission ordered or-dered United Stntes to apologize to Canadian government and pay $50,-66fi $50,-66fi for sinking of the rum running-schooner running-schooner I'm Alone. Jan. 11 House passed $770,000,000 Independent oCires bill. Jan. 16 President sent messape nrt;inff senate to approve United States' entry into World court. -Jan. 17 President's message outlined out-lined "social safety" plan and old-aire old-aire pensions. Jan. 21 L-iill in house giving- Roosevelt Roose-velt power over spending of $4.0no,-non.ono $4.0no,-non.ono for public welfare and $Soo'-OOii, $Soo'-OOii, ono for relief. Jan. 21 House passed $4,800,000,000 relief and works bill, Jan. L'5 House voted power to Roosevelt to borrow $1 1.500. UU0. 000 to pay New Deal cost. Jan. 2G Uprising in Louisiana put down by H uey Lung's troops. Jan. 21 Senate rejected World court ad h ere nee resol u t ion. House passed bill to extend RFC for another two years. Jan. 30 Senate passed bill to increase in-crease bormwiiiL; power of New Deal by $ 1 1.50", (i(in. t.in0. Jan. 31 Uousevelt extended auto coil e to June 16. Feb. 2 Nor i h Da kota Supreme court ousted Moodie aa governor. INTERNATIONAL Jan. A Foreign Minister Laval of France and Premier Mussolini of Italy beijan peace pact conference In Koine. Jan. 6 Mussolini and Laval reached full agreement on all points In dispute between Italy and France. Jan. 12 The Saar voted to rejoin Germany. Jan. 17--League set March 1 as date for return of the Saar to Germany. Ger-many. Feb 12 Ethiopia defied Italy's demand de-mand for sa t is factory amends in African border row. March 1 1 -Russia decided to sell Chinese Eastern railway-to Manchu-kuo. Manchu-kuo. March 20 France appealed to League of Nations to deal with Germany's Ger-many's scrapping of the Versailles trea ty. March 21 Germany defied France and Italy, rejecting protests. March 26 Japans resig-natfon from league beca me effective. April 14 Kni; lan d, France and Italy, at Stresa, agreed on peace plan for Europe and denounced Ger. Bio ny as 1 1 ea ty violator. April 17 League of Nations council coun-cil adopt ed resol u i ion censuring Germany for treaty violation. April 20 Chancellor Hitler, In note to 13 nations, rejected league council's coun-cil's resolution condemning Germany, |