Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-29
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80, refused to let Frank L. Smith, SEN
ator-designats from Illinois, take the
oath of office pending investigation OF
his qualifications.
ing 100000 to budget bureau esti-I
mate.
Jan. 2s-President Coolidge. ad-
dressing budget meeting. opposed mill
tarism and pacifism but declared for
House passed compromise radio bill
Feb. Senate passed navy appropri-
alton bill after adding money for con-
struction of three light cruisers OPP
posed by President, and increasing ap-
preparation for navy aircraft program.
Feb. 9-President signed bill appro-
priating 100000 for fighting corn
borer.
Feb: l1-senate passed McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill, 4739.
Feb. 15-Hugh r. Wilson appointed
minister to Switzerland, J. Butler
Wright minister to Hungary and Lee
land Harrison minister to Sweden.
bank bill.
Haugen farm relief bill
Ezra Brainerd. Jr., Of Oklahoma con-
f1rmed as member of interstate COM
merce commission.
Feb. 1S-Radio bill passed by senate
Vincent Massey, first minister from
Canada, received by President Coolidge.
Feb. 24-House accepted senate
amendment to navy bill appropriating
cruisers.
Feb. 25-President Coolidge vetoed
the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill
Feb. 28-U: s. Supreme court can
celed oil land leases given E. L. Do
heny by A. B. Fall when secretary of
the interior on ground of fraud
March President Coolidge appoint
ed radio commission consisting of o.
Ca16wal Rear Admiral TT
Billiard, E. o. Sykes, H. A. Bellows and
J. F. Dillon.
House passed medical whisky bill.
Senate passed bills for elevation of
battleship guns and other navy appro-
priations totaling S104,104,000.
March 2ESenate passed prohibition
reorganization bill.
March 3-Senate ended S7-hour fili-
buster by receSSing until March 4.
March president Coolidge refused
to call extra session as congress adj
Jury failed to agree in case of
trial, but convicted Miller.
March S-Thomas w. Miller, former
alien property custodian, sentenced to
Is months in Atlanta prison and fined
$4,000 for conspiracy to defraud gov
eminent.
March 16-Harry F. Sinclair, charged
Teapot Dome oil scandal investigation,
found guilty by a District of Columbia
Supreme court jury.
March 24-Roy A. Haynes appointed
acting commissioner of prohibition.
April 2-President Coolidge revoked
Harding's naval oil reserves order and
April 5-William Hale Thompson
elected mayor of Chicago. defeating
sacco and Vanzetti, convicted MUIR
derers, denied new trial by Massa-
chusetts Supreme court.
President Coolidge vetoed the Philip
pine act for plebiscite on independ-
April 22-President Coolidge called
on country for 100000 relief fund
April S5-President Coolidge spoke
at anniversary dinner of United Press
Secretary Hoover, took personal
charge Of flood relief activities in
April 3O-U. S. agents broke up plot
to smuggle Chinese from Mexico into
California by airplanes and killed one
May 2-U. S. Supreme court upheld
the Virginia law for sterilization of
mental detectives.
President Coolidge called for $5,000.-
900 more for food relief.
May 17-U. S. Supreme court upheld
California anti-syndicalism law.
May 18-Demented farmer dynamited
schoolhouse at Bath, Mich, killing. 81
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American Medical association voted
| that restrictions on medicinal whisky
shSnid be taken from molseesa act con-
demned to death in Chicago for murder.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, SEN
fenced to three months in Jail and fined
| $500 for contempt of the senate.
| l.. G. Andrews resigned as assistant
secretary of the treasury in charge OF
| prohibition enforcement and Seymour
Lowman picked for place; DR.. ]. M.
Doran appointed commissioner of pro-
hibition, replacing Roy A. Haynes.
May 25-Dr. o. D. Davis of Chicago
elected national moderator Of Congre-
gational church.
Dr. Robert E. speer of New Jersey
elected moderator of the Presbyterian
| church in the United States at general
assembly in San francisco
opened in Chicago
June 4-Gen. e. H. Crowder resigned
as ambassador to Cuba.
June 6--President Coolidge named
delegates to naval disarmament con-
| ference, with Ambassador Hugh L. Glib
June 1S-President Coolidge and his
encourage left Washington for the
Hills, South Dakota.
June 25-Fifty-five indicted at. Los
Angeles in connection with oil stock
June 2s--sacco and vanzetti re-
prieved for 80 days by Governor Fuller
| Of Massachusetts,.
July 6-Fall-Doheny bribery indict-
ments upheld by District of Columbia
| Supreme court.
July Henry Ford apologized for
attacks on Jews in his Dearborn 1nde-
pendent
July S-James R. Sheffield resigned
as ambassador to Mexico.
July 9-Federal trade commission
ordered Lasky, Zukor and Famous
| Players-Lasky corporation to discon-
tinue unfair methods" in moving pic
| ture business.
July 12-Northwest farm conference
in st. Paul voted to support the Nc
| Nary-Haugen farm relief measure until
| it becomes law.
July 15-Gov Len Small paid state
| of Illinois $650,0 interest refund in
satisfaction of judgment.
July 18-Sapiros 100000 libel suit
| against Henry Ford dismissed after
payment of a substantial sum.
July 24-Charles Burger, southern IL
linois gang leader, sentenced to death
for murder; two accomplices given life
| Imprisonment.
Congressman M. e. Crumpacker of
| Portland, Ore, committed suicide by
| drowning at San Francisco.
July 28-Secretary of the Navy Will
bur awarded contracts for building of
| four new cruisers.
Aug. president Coolidge an
| nounced that he did not choose to run
| for President in 1928"
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