The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1934, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY DECEMBER 24 YOU SU | ‘Year Filled With Violence and Swift Parade of Highly Important Events | The year 1934 passed with feverish tempo, dramatic events piling on one another so fast that it has been hard to realize what a significant and im- portant year it was. Only by looking backward now over the year can realization be achieved of the happenings of 1934 and what they brought to America. Here are the “10 biggest stories” of 1934: 1—New Deal First, the New Deal in all its phases, a “continued story” running throughout the year. No other single story affected the pocketbook and the very life and future of every Ameri- can 80 distinctly as did that of the measures which the government at Washington kept putting in effect throughout the year. Russia recognized, dollar devalued to 59 cents, airmail system overhaul- ed, farm crop restrictions, rising de- mand for changes in the NRA and its reorganization, stock market con- trol, the effort to revise tariffs, un- precedented powers given the presi- dent, nationalieation of silver, the drawing of definite plans for a social security program—all these things vitally affected the America of to- day and tomorrow. 2—Dillinger Dies Most sensational, however, in a| sensational year, was the shooting down of John Dillinger before a Chi- cago movie theater, just as he had shot down so many others in hig) meteoric career of crime and gunplay. Co-operation in this event of Fed- eral Department of Justice investiga- tors and local police marked a new era in crime suppression in the coun- try, an era which began auspiciously in 1934 with the similar deaths of other professional outlaws: Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Tom Car- roll, “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Charles Makley, and “Baby Faee” Nelson. Further ‘perfection of this anti- crime machinery marked the year’s end, both in technical methods and legal procedure. 3—Drouth Ravages Creeping into the nation’s cons- ciousness during the hot summer days. came the drouth, gradually assum- ing the proportions of a national catastrophe, as one blazing day fol- lowed another without rainfall over a! 7 wide area of the grain and stock country of midwest and northwest. Thousands of farmers were absolu-| tely destitute as their cattle gasped | and died and their crops withered and , burned under the parching sun. Loss was estimated in money at five billions, and a tremendous bur-| den of drouth relief was added to that already being carried because of general unemployment. Loss to crops and herds threw temporarily out of gear much of the AAA crop program, and affected prices. 4—Quintuplets Live Like a bright spot in a rather dreary and violent year came word from the tiny, Ontario village of Cor- beil that the Dionne family of poor French-Canadian farmers had pro- duced quintuplet babies. Rare in medical annals, survival of such quin- tuplets was unheard of. But through the firm, gentle de- votion of Dr. A. R. Dafoe, country doctor, and the kindly interest of a whole continent in the wonder, all five of the little girls passed safely through their critical early days, and as the year ended were healthy, bright ‘children with every chance of normal future development. 5—Lindbergh ‘Break’ ‘Two years had passed since the na- tion had been horrified by the kid-} naping and murdet of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh. So far as was generally known, the investigation (assigned “for life” to expert federal detectives) was making little or no; progress. ‘With dramatic suddenness, then, came the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, sullen German army veteran and New Jersey carpenter. In his possession and concealed about, his home were large amounts of the Lindbergh ransom money, attempts to spend which had led to his arrest. Immediately there got under way elaborate preparations by both pro- secution and defense to determine at his approaching trial whether this deepest mystery and most shocking crime had been solved by the relent- less persistence of federal sleuths. 6—Liner Burns About 3:30 on the morning of Sept. 8, the dread SOS signal came crack- Ung out of the darkness over the wa- ters off the Jersey coast. The Morro Castle, crack New York-Havana Ward liner, was afire. In his cabin aboard the burning ship lay the body of Capt. Robert R. ‘Willmott, dead only 12 hours before of a sudden attack of heart disease. Command had passed to William ¥F. Warms, mate, later to be indict- ed for inadequate handling of a cri- tical situation. The fire, whose origin has never been determined, spread with horrifying speed, and before the confused officers of the Morro Castle Various investigations of the dis- aster dragged through the year, with promise of better laws to t Socialism, Sinclair polled three-quar- RVIVED 4 (ee D Everything Maybe Ten Foremost Foreign Events 1, King Alexander I of Yugo- Slavia and Foreign Minister Louis Barthou of France are assassinat- ed (Oct. 9) at Marseilles, 2. Dictator Adolf Hitler subjects his Nazi party to a violent “purge,” summarily shooting nearly 100 leaders (June 30). 3. Chancellor Dollfuss of Aus- tria is shot down (July 25) in the chancellory in Vienna by con- spirators attempting a “putsch.” 4. Prince George of England marries (Nov. 29) Princess Mar- ina of Greece amid pagentry which drew the attention of the world. 5. Latter months of year oc- cupied by frenzied attempt by both parties to influence coming ple- |] biscite in the Saar. Agreement 1) reached on Saar coal mines. 6. Increasing aggressiveness by Mussolini, Italian dictator, mark- ed the year, in militarizing youth of Italy from the age of 8 and in taking active hand in mid-Euro- pean politics, 7. Throughout the entire year Bolivia and Paraguay reeled back and forth in deadly and_ costly warfare over the Chaco, despite efforts of the League of Nations to mediate. No decision. 8. C. W. A. Scott and T. Camp- bell Black, English pilots, win the London-to-Melbourne internation- al air race (Oct. 23) in 2 days, 22 hours, 59 minutes. 9. After five nerve-racking days, 1,200 coal miners emerge from the pits at Pecs, Hungary, finally dis- crated arom ce sensational threat |] of mass suicide in est against conditions of work. be 10. Dramatic rescue by planes || from Arctic ice floes of 104 of the crew and passengers of the sunken Soviet ice-breaker Chelyu- in, In these as well as other violent strikes at Toledo, Minneapolis, and Kohler, Wis., the most notable develop- ment was the mass enlistment of or- ganized unemployed as pickets in sup- Port of strikers, 8—Sinclair Loses Turbulence was the keynote not only of the industrial, but also of the political, field. In Calorie. especially in the southern part, ne’ Political movements rose like lava within the cone of a volcano. life-] Socialist, for ip. sine clair seized tion of the Democratic party, and launched a campaign of pamphleteering and speechmaking which came within an ace of carrying his “End Poverty in California” (EPIC Plan) into the statehouse, Though he lost the election after & bitter fight against him by all con- servative elements, by his Plans to institute a system of near- ipton Sinclair, ‘the governorshi the nomina: ters of a million votes, which left a mark on the incoming administra- tion of Governor Merriam, Also, he left the three-quarters of @ million voters ready to ally them- selves with whatever movement of- fers the greatest similarity to what f I i i .| @ single man arose to be uncontested he] #€8 of comic-opera performances that they had voted for, but lost. 5 9—Huey Dictates For the first time in many years master of a great American state, He was Huey Long, “Dictator of the Delta.” Victor over the “New Ci- came Clee to. blodsed Sats ‘nat dl as his na- Sanat guardsmen lined up across the street from city ‘police, Long became complete “boss” of the state. A subservient legislature, in a ser- were almost on a par with the fan- tasles of “Of Thee I Sing,” passed without debate, almost without read- ing, @ series of laws consolidating most of the political patronage of ibe sreat cities as well as all that of e stat Person of Long, who, though still 8 U. 8. senator and hold- ing no state office, was in @ position to be absolute ruler of Louisiana as the year closed, 10—Insull: Wins | More than Samuel Insull seemed! a planet is out of joint. around you, 3 it. you can get the point. magnificg faced a court on a series of mail fraud charges in connection with sale of utilities stock during the boom days. comic-opera episodes of his flight from Greece, hair dyed, aboard a tramp steamer, his arrest by Turk- ish authorities, and his involuntary return to America to face trial. in Chicago, a jury of plain people, to whom Insull would not have spoken on the street during his palmy days, Courtney, Syracuse, Kes, ranch-| 1836 when he saw cc recast & talld winter for 1994-| bling about late in gueieieieieieieieieie : ALL THIS IN *34 (STUDENT PROGTORS | Pers szuny save, NAMED FOR SCHOOL Selected to Maintain Classroom Discipline in Absence of Teachers a Lines To A News % and to you too ar ° Students who act as chairmen of their classrooms di by W. H. Payne, principal of Bismarck high school, In the event that the teacher is ebsent from school or from the class- GREETINGS We sing our praises to the season and wish you all the merriest of Merry Christmases graciously thank fe tronage of the year just cosiag. is lere are big and ha: H 2 ‘There are lots of striking models Filled with English Who woulda’ think of striking. . Helmuth Clausnitzer, Howard Nelson, Sah ay ye English, debate and public speaking” ‘Bowman, Dayton Shiphey. Margaret Mundy, Valdis Knudson, | === Emma » Stanton Robérts, Gayle Kelly, James Snyder; Juanita Edick, Day Be Merry Health, Happiness, and the Good Will of Man is our, wish for you in this festive Xmas Season. We also take this opportunity in express- ing our gratitude for your loyal patronage in the past year. May the is] Noel! Noel! We extend heartiest wishes for a happy | Christmas season to all -|4% our customers and friends, and we cordially invite your continued ooo = 4 4 c 4 = and | @® eo a =o = =o c 4 oo = = = = 3 =o 2 = Tri Tnsull in ted this . 3 | ceo at a akc see, Oe exoneration not only of his impugned |and physical education for boys — transactions, but of his career. Dorothy Manney, Myrtle Norum, Jane Amd those 10 are only the high-| Willson, Sam Tolchinsky, William lights of a chaotic and violent year|Corwin, Robert Spangler, Hudson in which events marched so fast that/LeRoy, Harold Sloven, John Mein- it was hard to keep abreast of them.|iinger; A. C. Van Wyk, chemistry, bi- ology, and algebra—Lee Andrews, The Seattle, Wash., city council has| John Cameron, Leslie McCrorie, Del- passed an ordinance giving blind per-| bert » Robert Vogel, Grace tons free rides on city streetcars. Olmanson; R. L. Wells, history — pe SW a Oe Wr Oe We Oe We wg 4 ; a Throughout the year stretched the After a long and complicated trial with the true .. Christmas Spirit When Christmas time draws near, the world, almost by magic, rises to a greater spiritual fullness—all the goodness and sublimity of human nature comes into bold relief; the small, the petty, the unworthy vanishes and everything flows in the golden joy of gen- erosity, magnanimity, and nobility. With the world deep in the joy of Christmas- tide let us add our greeting to the others— Season’s Greetings : We wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas. Capital Laundry Co. |§ 3 sana cd sn E. A. BROWN Su ererererererereteretet A Wish for Christmas A warm fire and a creaking board. Lights and music and 4 Jest and story. Cheerful voices and wide-eyed children, t ts. and heart. our. will Romance. 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