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S| contifiue crop tL ‘ner crash kills 17. _ Review of Major Events Written Into the World's History in 1936 Hauptmann case—Hitler opens 50,000. winter Olympics before 8—Charles Curtis, former vice resident, dies. 9—Germany announces she colonies lost in World Wart Briaio n 10—Suprem. Court voids Huey 3 rertble Tommy” nes Louisiana newspaper tax. Roosevelt invites Latin- iaies countties to peace pact .| parley. 13—French Royalists seriously | | injure Leon Blum, Socialist leader. in assault. 14—Record U. S. army fund of $572,000,000 voted by House. 15—“Machine: Gun” Jack Mc- Gurn, notorious gangster, slain w ee farm aid bill passed 66-20—Government crushes Venezuelan uprising. 16—Mercury bits 50. below tn Northwest—Historian James Har- vey Robinson dies. Drastic neutrality bil bill intro- duced by Senator Nye—AAA unconstitutional. 8—Administration ‘decides to etre |" tell at Senate neutrality hearing pod ee Admi i papers etal to head U. S, fleet. on _power.sales from Wilson dam Election riots sweep Spain. 18—Neutrality measure ped Senate, completing’ Congress’ a tion—Kid Cann acquitted of Editor Walter Liggett murder in Minne- apolis—Paraguayan rebels oust President Ayala. 19—Hauptmann re-sentenced— Azana cabinet. rules Spain. 20—Gen. William L. Mitchell. aviation leader, dies—House votes Townsend Plan inquiry. 22—Henry Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, dies—Top Row wins $100,000 Santa Anita handicap. Dobeatc 24—Gen. Hagood eved of duty after WPA criticism —Ex-Gov. Albert Ritchie of Mary- land dies—Son born to Barbara Japanese military * East—Esthonia re- turns to parliamentary goverz- ment. 27—General Hagood quits army command—New AAA bill passes both houses—Franco-Soviet pact voted in Paris. 28—Italians storm Mt. Alayl; Ras Seyoum crushed—l. C. C. or- ders 2-cent basic rail fare—An- tonio Scotti, famed baritone, dies Chicago shifts to Eastern time. ——$__, | MARCH | 1—Roosevelt signs farm bill— Italians shatter southern Ethiopian armies—King Edward VIIl sete Precedent in first broadcast. 2—Supreme Court refuses TVA Al Smith Wallace 9—Democrats pick Philadelphia fer national convention June 28— John Gilbert, actor, dies—Gomez elected Cuban president. 10—House passes bonus bill, -356-59—Soil: conservation set as basis of farm program— , Femiaent extends Gold Reserve ‘ for one year. 11—Hauptinann loses clemency plea in New Jersey court—Farm leaders approve AAA substitute. + _13—Samuel L. Rothafel, “Roxy” of the theater, dies—Supreme ~eourt orders $200,000,000 AAA taxes returned. 14—Habeas corpus writ denied Heuptmann—Filyers find no trace caf aviator Paul Redfern in South American jungle—Arkansas air 15—-Japan quits naval parley— & nator Nye charges Woodrow .* #ilson “falsified” about war-time pacts. 16—Governor Hoffman grants Hauptmann reprieve until Feb. 15 Seer ton Fish, Grant's secretary of si arRudyard Kipling dies—Lin- coln Ellsworth and his pilot res- cued in Antarctic—Madame Sta. vigky acquitted in French swindle case, 18—Governor Hoffman orders new Hauptmann investigation. 19—Fourth Scottsboro trial pace Tornadoes kill 17 n south. 20—King George V dies; Ed- ward becomes king—Senate passes bonus bill, 74-16, 21—Alcatraz prison strike quelled, ties up New York—French Pre- mier Laval resigns. 23—Scottsboro case verdict 75 years for Heywood Patterson. 24—House overrides bonus veto by Roosevelt—Sarraut forms French cabinet. 25—George Wickersham, famed lawyer, dies—Liberty Leaguers hear Al Smith score New Deal. 26—Sonja Henle wins Europe's skating crown. 27—Bonus bill repassed by Sen- ate ‘over veto, becomes law. 28—George V buried—Richard Loeb, killer,” slain in Joliet prison—Gov. O. K. Allen, Louisi- ana, dies. 29—Landon speech faunches presidential candidacy. 30—Five million dance at Roosevelt birthday party—Miners’ union sanctions withdrawal from A. F. of L.—Nazis celebrate three years in power. 31—Twenty Negro convicts die in Alabama truck blaze—Mrs Huey Long named to late hus- S. Senate seat—Marshal Hitler Taylor rehearing—Italy told to make African peace or face oil sanctions. 3—Roosevelt asks tax on $620,- 000,000 undivided protits—Italy moves to nationalize banks. 4—Roosevelt beats Talmadge, 5-1, in Georgia primary—Norris Dam opened—Hindenburg makes successful trial fight. 7—Hitler sends troops into Rhineland—Brevity ties world record in Florida derby. 8—Jean Patou, noted Paris fashion designer, dies. 10—Admira) Ear) Beatty, Jut- land hero, dies. 11—France insists Germany withdraw from Rhineland—Para- guay sets up Fascist state. 12—Locarno powers charge Ger- many violates treaty—Floods rav- age East. 13—Italians challenge Britain. start drive on Lake Tana region 14—Maine cities flooded—Spain torn by fresh riots. 15—Serge Mdivani, “Marrying oes" killed in Florida polo oo tee-Spain orders modified. mar- tial law to curb mobs—League bars Hitler peace plan, but grants German equality. 17—Reich agrees to hearing be- fore Eee Ties Tavages Johns- town, Pa. 18—Pittsburgh marooned by floods; thousands flee deluge in East—Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek statesman, dies—Roosevelt asks billion and a half for relief. 20—Execution of Hauptmann set for March 31—Harvard’s ter- centenary opens. 21—Blizzards follow flood chaos in East. 22—Red Cross. asks flood relie! for $25,000 in 13 states—Dust storms rage from California to egange Austria, and Hun- gary agree on extended common Danubian front. 23—Mussolinj nationalizes key industries. 24—Hitler rejects Locarno terms —Clements, co-founder of Towo- send organization, quits. 25—U. S.-Britain pledge naval parity new treaty is signed. 26—Townsend Plan inquiry lopens in Washington. 27—Reynoldstown repeats 1935 victory in England’s Grand Ne- tiong! race. FEBRUARY 1—Italians gain contro] of Ma- kale area. 2—Police smash $12,000,000 New Hirohito Selassie stand John L. Lewis—Charies *B. Warren, ex-ambassador to Japan, dies. 4—William £. Borah announces presidential candidacy. 5—General strike halts all busi- ness in Pekin, Ill. 6—Attorney Genera! Homer Cummings refuses to reopen thousand WPA workers tight flood damage in 14 states—Hitier regis- ters his greatest vote in German feferendum—Italian bombs set Harar aflame—Thousands of Cath- Astor Wrote Diary olic churches feopmed in Mexico. 30—Hauptmann plea rejected by New Jersey pardon board. 31--Hauptmann geis stay of sen- tence at ‘hour of exicution. TR | “APRIL 1—Labor’s Non-Partisan League tormed to back Roosevelt—Austris poe universal military serv- P $-Terrindea ki}! 24, injure hundreds, in South. 3—Bruno Hauptmann electro- cuted for slaying Lindbergh baby —Zeppelin Hindenburg crosses Atlantic, reaches South Americ» on first flight. 4—Emperor Haile Selassie’s ar- my routed. 6—Southern tornadoes kil) more than 400; Tupelo, Miss. dev- 17—Supreme Court backs TVA | stated. 7—Marilyn Miller, actress, dies Spanish Cortes ousts President Zamora—Eleven killed in airliner crash in ivania. Stalin Hauptmann 9—G. O. P. forms campaign “brain trust.” 10—200-inch eye for targest telescope sent across continent to California—Ex-President Call and aides exiled from Mexico. 12—James M. Beck, famed law- yer, dies. 18—General Hagood reinstated it, U. S. army—Howard Thurston. magician, dies. 14—Major league baseball sea- son opens. 15—Italians occupy Dessye. 17—League admits failure in Ethiopian peace effort—Federal Judge H. L. Ritter ousted by U. S. Senate in impeachment case— Turkish troops reoccupy demili- tarized Dardanelles zone. 18—Federal agents capture three Hamm kidnapers. 19—Louis Howe, Roosevelt's secretary, dies—F. H. Harvey, din- ing car magnate, and wife die in plane crash. 20—Scores of priests and jour- up—Germany parades military might on Hitler’s birthday. 23—Roosevelt asks $460,800,000 to set up security program. 24—Two Nova Scotia miners, entombed for 10 days, rescued— Finley Peter Dunne, “Mr. Dooley” author, dies. 26—Greatest battle of Ethiopian war starts at Saza Baneh—Percy Hammond, drama critic, dies— Leftists win Spanish election. 27—Goering made German f- nance dictator. 28—King Fuad of Egypt dies. 30—Ethiopians abandon Addis Ababa defense. | MAY es 1—Roosevelt orders CCC re- nalists arrested in Spanish round- || candidate—50,000 strike on Mex!- can railways. 19—Britain recalls Mediterran- ean warships. 20—Gomez inaugurated Cuban president. 21—Dr. Francis Townsend bolts House hearings. 22—G. H. Thomas quits as Brit- ish colonia) secretary in budget scandal—Black Legion members accused of Detroit murder. 25—Norman Thomas nominated third time by Socialists for presi- dent. 26—A. F. of L. orders Lewis’ labor group to dissolve. 27—Mahmoud wins Epsom der- by—King Edward VIII holds first formal dinner since accession; Ernest Simpsons guests. 28—House orders Townsend court trial—French arms factory workers strike — Dionne quintu- plets 2 years old. 80—“Queen Mary” sets new sea record of 766 miles in day—Louw Meyer wins Indianapolis speedway race. 31—Pope Pius XI! celebrates 79th birthday. 1.—Liner “Queen Mary” arrives in New York—Two-cent rail fares ip effect—U. S. Supreme Court voids New York minimum wage law—Representative Zioncheck of Washington held in Capital for sanity test. 2—Cyrus H. McCormjck, former harvester “king,” dies. 3—House Speaker Joseph W Byrns dies, 4—Rep. W. B. Bankhead (Dem. Ala.) named House speaker—Pre- mier Leon Blum forms French cabinet; strikes cripple nation. 6—Tony Mareno wins U. S. open golf title—Granville wins $45,000 Belmont Stakes. 8—John Hays Hammond, Sr., famed mining expert, and E. Green, financier, son of Hetty Green, die—Avalanche balks Mt. Everest climb. 9—Mussolini gives up three cab- inet posts; son-in-law, Count Ci- ano, foreign minister. 11—Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas nominated for president at Landon Republican convention in Cleve- land. 12—French chamber passes 40- hour week bill; strikes end. 18—Rains “worth a million” break great drouth through mid- west. 15—Bonus Day brings $1,500,- 000,000 to World War veterans. 16—Thirty-six churches burned in Spanish uprising. 17—U. S. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida dies. 18—Maxim Gorky, famous Rus- sian author, dies—Hundreds of scientists watch sun eclipse in Blum cruited to full strength—Gangster | Asia. Alvin Karpis captured. Lewis Green 2—Haile Selassie flees, Addis Ababa looted and set afire—Bold Venture wins Kentucky derby. 4—Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa—Churches burned in Ma- drid riots, 6—U. S.-France reciprocal trade treaty signed—U. S. golfers retain Curtis cup against British. 7—Public enemies Harry Camp- bell and William Mahan captured —Amy -Mollison sets cecord in England-Capetown flight. 8—Haile Selassie reaches Pales- tine refuge. 9—Zeppelin Hindenburg reaches Lakehurst, N. J., on first hop to U. S.—Mahan gets 60 years tn Weyerhaeuser kidnaping. 10—Population of nation re- ported as | 127,521,000—Manuel Azana becomes Spanish president. 11—A. Mitchell Palmer, ex-at- torney general, dies. 12—Italians quit Geneva be- cause of sanctions. 13—Frazier-Lemke farm mort- gage bill beaten in House—Theo- dore Robinson, Stoll! kidnaper. sen- tenced to life. 14—Lord Allenby, conqueror of Turks, dies. 4 15—Kurt Schuschnigg seizes contro] of Austrian government. 16—Bold Venture wins Preak- 29—Two-hundred seventy-five | ness. 17—Bolivian army ousts presi- dent, seizes control. 18—U. S. Supreme Court holds Guffey coal act invalid—Hoover announces he’s not presidential Baldwin—He Balked King 19—Rep. William Lemke (Rep. N. D.), announces president can- didacy; backed by Father Cough- lin—French cabinet votes to eno Italian sanctions—Max Schmeling knocks out Joe Louis in 12th round. 20—Congress adjourns. 22— Washington University wins Poughkeepsie Regatta races. 24—Arthur Cutten, noted grain speculator, dies, 26—President Roosevelt renom- inated at Democratic national con- vention in Philadelphia—Railway pension law and its tax act ruled unconstitutional. 27—Roosevelt “notified” before 80,000 at Philadelphia—Alfred Padgham wins British Open golf championship. 30—Liberty League announces it wall enter campaign against Roose- velt. JULY 6. 1—Alexander Berkman, anarch- ist leader, kills self. 2—Floods kil! 25, cause $4,000,- 000 damage in Texas—C. 1. unions defy A. F. of L. citation Pope Pius XI Holm —Pope orders world drive on in- decent films. 3—Fred Perry wins British ten- nis title for third time. 4—League of Nations refuses help to Ethiopia—Helen Jacobs wins Wimbledon tennis tith 5—Paris police battle Rightists in riots. T—Leave sot absence as post- master general given James A farley; resignation rejected —Brit ain asks (27,000,000 more fot ve- arming program —I'chitcherin, So- viet statesman, dies — National Leaguers beat Americans, 4-3. in annual all-star game. 8—John D. Rockefeller, Sr., 97 --Thomas Meighan film star, dies —Hitler offers pact guaranteeing Austrian independence. 9—Heat shatters ali records in many parts of U. S.; 1023 all- time mark in New York City: hundreds die in nation—Third son born to Dionnes. 10—Joe Humphries, famed sport announcer, dies. 11—Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S minister to Denmark, weds Capt Boerge Rohde. 12—Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, noted pastor, dies. 18—Nation’s heat death toll placed at 1625—Joseph Calvo Sotelo, Spanish monarchist \eader assassinated. 15—Townsend Plan convention opens in Cleveland — Sanctions lent ttaly lifted. 16—U. S. Senator Louis Murphy of lowe killed in auto crash—King Edward VII) escapes assassination attempt. 17—French Chamber passes bill to expropriate arms industry. 18—Turkey given right to re- arm Dardanetles—Spanish forces in Morocco rebel. 21—U. S sends warships to Spanish waters. 23—Gov. Alfred M. Landon ac- cepts G. O. P. presidential nomi- nation — Eleanor Holm Jarrett dropped trom U. S. Olympic team for “breaking training.” 26—King Edward VIM unveils Canadian war memorial at Vimy. 27—Alvin Karpis given life term for Hamm abduction. 28—Spanish Leftist government orders church property confiscated Catalonia seizes American in- dustrial plants. 31—President Roosevelt, in Quebec to confer with Gov. Gen. Lord Tweedsmuir, praises tie with Canada. —__, | AUGUST | —_—_—___, 1—France asks powers to re- main neutral in Spanish war; warns against aiding rebels—For- est fires ravage great Michigan area; soldiers called to aid— Eleventh Olympics open in Berlin before 100,000. 3—Financial aid to Spanish government pledged by 100,000 in Moscow mass_ meeting — Jesse Owens wins 100-meter final in Olympics, tying record. 4—Rebels defeated north of Madrid by 80,000 Leftists. 5—A. F. of L. council votes suspension of 10 C, 1. O. unions— Greek general strike crushed— Lithuania and Germany reach political-trade accord. 6—Alrliner crash near St. Louis kills eight—Jeffersonian Demo- crats open conclave in Detroit, 7—Spanish loyalist warships wreck Algeciras, cut off rebels in Morocco — Representative Marion Zioncheck leaps to death in Seattle. 8—First world Jewish congress opens in Geneva. 9—Arthur B. Reeve, noted au- |, thor, dies. 10—King Edward VII] starts|—_ Mediterranean cruise; Mrs. Wallis Simpson among guests. 12—Rosalind wins Hambie- tonian, harness racing classic. 13—Sensational Mary Astor-Dr. Franklyn Thorpe case settled; Zioncheck Bullitt daughter’s custody divided. 14—Father Charles E, Coughlin opens convention of N. U.S. J. in Cleveland, 16—A. A. U. suspends Jesse Owens for ignoring exhibition tour as Olympics end—Massacre of 1200 charged as Spanish rebels capture. Badajoz—Typhoon takes many lives, causes immense dam- age in Philippines. 18—Joe Louis knocks out Jack 2. Sharkey in third round. 19—British ban all arms ship- ments to Spain—Hearst suspends Seattle newspaper publication in labor dispute. 20—U. S. refuses Uruguay's plea to mediate in Spanish war—Ger- mar~ orders warships to Spain to resist vessel searches. 21—Bolivia and Paraguay sign agreement resuming relations. 22—Landon opens eastern cam- paign in birthplace, West Middie- sex, Pa,—Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota dies. 23—Horthy of Hungary and Hitler agree on anti-Soviet front Soviet sentences 16 to die for plot against Stalin. 24—Germany and Russia ban arms exports to Spain. 25—Roosevelt starts drouth states tour— William Bullitt named U. S. ambassador to France. 27—Secretary of War George Dern dies. 28—Leon Trotsky interned by Norway; Russia demands expul- sion. Elizabeth Heir George VI Bules 30—Mrs. Ruth Bryeh Owen Rohde resigns as minister to Den- mark—Liner Queen Mary sets new record, 3 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes, for westeeast Atlantle Ageke 1—Roosevelt expects $1,000,- Pare cise in federal deficit in 3—Roosevelt and Landon con- fer at Des Moines drouth meeting —U. S, golfers rout British, 9-0, retain Walker Cup. 4—Anarchists destroy t Spain, by fire when Leftists before rebels. 5—C. |. O. international unions read out of A. F. of L.—Mrs. Beryl Markham files across Atlantic. crashes on Cape Hreton. 7—French flyer Detroyat wine Vhompson trophy race, feature of national air races, in Los Angeles —Million gather tn Nuremberg for Nazi congress. 8—Princess Juliane of Holland Trotzky Marble betrothed to German prince. 9—Japan cushes warships to South China after murder of Jap- anese—Yankees clinch American League pennant. 10—U. S. orders its warships from Spanish waters—German | mi plane reaches New York in test flight over new Atlantic route. 11—Senator George W. Norris, Nebraska, enters race for ce- election as independent. 12—Spanish rebels capture Talavera—Alice Marble defeats Helen Jacobs for U. S. tennis title —Lawson Little wins Canadian golf open. 13—Magnus Johnson, ex-U. S. senator from Minnesota, dies— Hitler warns Communists millions of Nazis are ready for war. 14—Pope Pius Xi denounces Catholic church foes in Spain— Republicans win Maine elections, 17—Soviet warng Germany against attack—French govern- ment ends strike of 25,000 Lille textile workers. 18—Tropical storm takes tre- mendous tol! along 1000 miles ef U. S. coast—Italy asks League to bar Ethiopian delegates. 19—T. Campbell Black, tamed English aviator, dies in crash— Johnny Fischer wins U. S. ama- teur golf crown. 20—American Legion opens convention in Cleveland, O. 21—Dick Merrill and Harry Richman end round-trip Atlantic flight—New German army opens greatest maneuvers since 1914. 23—G. A. R. convenes in Wash- ; 700 march in intense heat thiopia seated in League As- sembly by 49-4 vote. 24—New York Giants clinch National League pennant. 25—Harry Woodring named temporary secretary of war. 26—Switzerland and the Neth- erlands go off gold standard— Sub-zero weather and snow strike Rocky Mountain states. 27—France orders frape de- valuation; U. S. joins in money stabilization accord—Spanish reb- els capture Toledo, lift Alcazar siege. 28—Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. navy, dies—Seventeen inches of snow in Denver—Germany finds Lawrence Simpson, U. S. seaman, guilty of sedition. 29—Eleven Black Legionnaires convicted of murder in Detroit— Texas floods cause millions’ loss. 30—Earl Browder, Communist presidential candidate, jailed in Terre Haute, Ind. to prevent speech — Three reporters leave New York in round-the-world air race. ————— | OCTOBER | 6 1—Al Smith cuts ties with Dem- ocrats, appeals for Landon election —Insurgents instal) Gen. Francis- co Franco as dictator of Spain— Queen Mary of England moves to Marlborough House. 3—Pam Barton of England wins U. S. women's golf title—Pompoon wins 2-year-old race classic, Bel- mont Futurity. 4—Jesse |. Straus, famed phil- anthropist, dies tn New York— Mobs halt great British Fascist parade, after bitter fight. 6—Rebels chop way nine miles toward Madrid—Premier Julius Gomboes of Hungary dies—New York Yankees win world series, downing Giants in sixth game. 7—Karl Radek, noted Russian writer, accused of plot by Soviet —China Clipper La west over Pacific in preview hi 9—Rebels encircle Madrid, leave ing only one gap for escape. fold deal to steady exchange—U. S. Supreme Court refuses review of New York minimum wage act. 14—Beigium returns to old neu- trality, dropping alllances—Soviet asks Portugal blockade in Span- ish war. 15—Mrs. Wallis Simpson suit for divorce from Ernest son~Marlen E. Pew, veteran mest valuable player award for second time. 18—Sand Merchant sinks tp Lake Erie storm; 19 die—“Ma’ Streeter, famed for Chicago squat- ter rights t, dies. 19—H. R. wins round the world air race of three reporters, time 18 days, 14 hours—Presiden Azana quits Madrid—Goerineg chosen dictator of Reich's four. year economic plan—Car! Hubbeli named Nationa! League's most valyable player. 20-—Mrs, Anne Macy. Keller's teacher, dies. 21--Spanish rebels open direct smash on Madrid. 22——-Senator James Couzens of Michigan dies. Belen break in Spain—Denver-Chicago Zephyr sets new world train rec- oe averaging 83.6 miles an how lor 1017 miles. 24—China Clipper returns tc California, ending 16,400-mile Pa- cific trip—Rebel tanks legd 11- mile gain against Madrid; 150 planes menace city. 25—Eari Browder rally broken up ip Tampa, Fla.; 12 hurt—Bel- gians arrest Rexist leaders in Brussels riots, 27—Mrs. Ernest Simpson wins divorce at Ipswich, Eng. 28—Japanese emperor reviews largest’ fleet ever assembied in Orient. 20—Landon named leader in asrieed Digest poll, with 370 elec- toral votes—Protestant church ad- mits pe uplusation by Nazjs in Ger- ‘30—Strike ties up all shipping in Pacific Coast ports—Lorado Taft, noted sculptor, dies—Rebe) flyers twice bomb Madrid, killing and wounding 190—King Edward Ekins Lou Gehrig VIII, tor first time, prorogues Par- | 1 tiament—James Mollison flies At- lantic in 13 hours, 17 minutes, 8 record. 1—Shipping cone extends to Atlantic coast 3—President Roosevelt re-elect- ed, with 523 electoral votes. 6—U. 6. Stee! leads in pay rises to 600,000 in nation—Loyalist army abandons Madrid suburbs—Stalin opens Soviet revolutionary fete. 7—Aides' announce Father Coughlin suspends activities of NU. Peay Battle rages in Madrid streets; cabinet flees to Valencia— “Chic” Sale, noted comedian, dies. 8—Gérman motorship Isis sinks in peliaborr lag 39 die—Federa) Re- reports business at highest level since 1930—Hitler begins Munich celebration of his 1923 beer hall putsch. 9—General Motors votes $20,- 000,000 pay increase and bonus. 10—Admiral Leahy named chie! of naval operations—Poland forces Germany to end support of Nazis in Dansig. 11—Mine Workers cite William Green to answer charges—Austria and Hungary greet Italian king as emperor of Ethiopia. 12—Nobe) prize in literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill. 14—Engagement of Miss Ethe) du Pont and Franklin D. Roose- velt, Jr., announced—Air raiders ill 53 in Madri feted bowers from conte of ee rivers—Egypt adopts pa Britain guaranteeizig her freedom —Clark Howell, noted Atlanta ed- itor, dies. 16—Distribution of Social Se- oad ope ion—Mary engagement to Buddy Rogers announced. 17—Charles Edison named assist- ant secretary of navy—First ref- erence to Mrs. Simpson made by Laborite in Commons — Mme. Schumann-Heink dies. 18—Resignation of Rexford G Tugwell as cesettlement admin- istrator confirmed — Roosevelt starts for Buenos Aires peace par- ley—Italy and Germany recognize rebel regime in Spain. 20—J. E. Davies named U. & ambassador to Russia—U. S.’ Su- preme Court holds Ohio's mini- mum wage law constitutional— Russia protests to Japan against pect with Germany. ~ 22—Sir Flex MacLean, famed [Slag haves dies at 101— ins national pro 10—Heimwehr dissolved: Aus-| golf ue" tria bans private Pre hogy tre y Arab eavike Buel lace—. ends in Palestine after 24 weeks of conflict with British and Jews. 12—Philippine typhoon —U. S., Britain and France Mrs. Simpsen award VIIT 23—0. P. Van Sweringen, rail | through rar re dies—U. 8S. embassy Borie to Valencia. eee chices *L crash Kills : injures re ernment Kills 400] seizes emi aad Gere make| many; city Lei te Throne Love Wins Quit Throne nan Tae eee opine Siamese twins. separated after one i a gew charter for Rus- selene Baldwin calle on Edward VIll; believed move against Mrs. Simpson. 26—Mrs. Thomas Whilfen, noter p- jactress, dies at 91. 27—A. F. of L. asks %U-hou: week, re-elects Green as or esident Zaharoff —Eden warns Hitler England wil! fight to protect Belgium—Sir Basi! 23—Soviet threatens neutrality ieee munitions king, dies at Roosevelt, 28—Navy beats Army, 7-0, be- fore 102,000 football fans in Phila- delphia—France decides to ask U. S. for new war debt plan. 29—Experts agree Minnesota is nation’s ranking footbal) team. 30—Great throng welcomes Roosevelt in Buenos Alres—Fire destroys London’s famed Crystal Palaee. —_______.___, | DECEMBER | —___, 1<-Bishop of Bradford rebukes King Edward VIU for non-church attendauce— Gus Gennerieh, Roosevelt bodyguard, dies in Bue- nos Aires—Roosevelt, in Buenos Aires speech, urges New World to help avert war. 2—London newspapers “break” King-Mrs. Simpson story under huge headlines—Premier Baldwin tells king cabinet will resign un- less he gives up romance—Japan recognizes Italian’ conquest of Ethiopia—John Ringling, circus man, dies. 3—Royal family confers with Edward VIII — British Commons refuses to pass morganatic mar- tlage act—Pittsburgh selected to meet Washington in Rose Bow! football game. 4—Thirty rebel bombers launch attack on Madrid—Mrs. Simpson leaves London for France. 5—Mrs. Simpson reaches (Cannes, france — Cordell Hull offers eight-point peace plan at Buenos Aires parley—Pope’s con- dition reported “not alarming.” 7—Mrs. Simpson offers to “withdraw if it will solve prob- lem”—Trotzky told to quit Nor- way—George A. Ball tells Con- gress probers $274,000 cash swung Van Sweringen rai] empire deal. 9—Edward’s baggage rushed away from Fort Belvedere home. 10—King Edward VIII abdi- cates; Duke of York, as George VI, becomes ruler of Great Britain —Japan withdraws major de- mands on China—Lottie Pickford. screen actress, dies, 11—Edward leaves England on a naval yacht for the Continent. 12—Premier Chiang Kai-shek seized by rebels—Canada swears loyalty to George VI—Braddock and Schmeling sign for June 3, 1937, fight. 13—Nanking troops rushed to rescue of Chiang Kai-shek—Ed- ward occupies Rothschild castle near Vienna—Green Bay Packers beat Boston Redskins, 21-6, for pro football title. 14—Presidential electors meet, decide Roosevelt won—George Vi pledges self to duty in message to Parliament—Hitler orders Nazi leaders to halt attacks on Chris- tianity—Loyalists beat off exten- sive smash at Madrid—Joe Louis knocks out Eddie Simms in 26 seconds. 15—Airliner with seven aboard vanishes in Utah mountain wilds. 16—Dr. Glenn Frank, University of Wisconsin president, fights de- mand of LaFollette board that he resign—Spanish rebel planes bomb Catalan coast for first time —Larry Kelley of Yale gets tro- phy as 1936 outstanding football id—Germany ousts| stor, 17—Roosevelt decides on manent CCC—Marie Van Vorst, author, dies, 18—John D, M. Hamilton re- tained as G. O. P. national chair= man, 19—Anthony Eden calls on Ger- many to halt “volunteer” rush to Spanish war.. 20—Senator Peter Norbeck ot South Dakota dits—Strikes spread auto parts plants—20U killed, 400 injured in Salvador panish 21—President Gomez impeached by Cuban chamber—Landon guest by air of Roosevelt at White House. 0 nw mene te