New Britain herald., 1927-01-03

Argentina, completes an alrplane
flight from New York to Buenos
Aires.
Aug. 16-Leonard Wood. COVER
nor general of Philippines. vetos
the Filipino legislatures bill pro-
i viding for plebiscite on indie
pendence.
Aug. 22-General Condylis Gusts
Pangalos. Greek dictator.
Aug. 22-Dr. Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard
university. dead.
Aug. 23-Rudolph Valentino, mo-
ton picture actor, dead.
Aug. 23-Bert NJ. Fernald, U. S.
senator from Maine, dead. Arthur
Gould elected lin November) to
succeed him.
Aug. 25--Jiddu Krishnamurti,
proclaimed by TEeosophists as the
New Christ" arrives in L. s.
Aug. 27-Comdr. John Rodgers,
U. S. n, who headed the San Fran
cisco Hawaii flight. killed in air
plane accident.
Aug 2S-Mrs. Clemington Cor
son, of New York, swims English
channel.
Aug S0-Ernest Vierkoetter,
German swimmer, crosses English
channel.
Aug. 31-City of Horta on Fayal
Island, in the Azores, is destroyed
by earthquake.
Sept. 4-The council OF the
League of Nations votes to give
permanent seat to Germany.
Sept. 5-The federal oil conser-
walton board reports that present
available reserve Of petroleum is
only theoretical six years
supply.
Sept. 9-Mme. Alexandra Kol
lontay appointed Russian minister
to Mexico.
Sept. ia French baker,
George Michel, swims the Chan
mel in II hours, minutes,
Sept. 1.-THE third attempt to
assassinate Premier Mussolini of
Italy in the year unsuccessful.
Sept. 1.-THE National Broad
casting Co. is organized to operate
radio broadcasting stations on a
! higher scale.
Sept. IS First university
Afloat" sails from New York with
500 men and women students on
a world cruise.
Sept. IS - President Coolidge
back from vacation.
Sept. is - Hurricane sweeps
across Florida, centering in Miami
district, causing great damage to
property. $40 people killed.
Sept. 1S-In Iowa heavy storm
damages 100000 and mandates
$500 acres.
Sept 19--The Florida hurricane
reaches Pensacola and Mobile
causing great damage.
Sept. 25-Ford Motor Co. an
nounces a five-day week for labor,
with an eight-hour day.
Sept. % Aimee Mcpherson
evangelist, and her mother, Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy. arraigned in Los
Angeles on charges of perjury and
conspiracy to defeat justice.
Sept. 25-MacKenzie Kings Lib
eral cabinet in Canada restored to
power.
Sept. 2S-yera Cruz, Mex. struck
| by hurricane.
Sept. 2S-Maj. Gen. Chas. 7.
Summerall new chief of staff of
army.
Sept. 29-In Ironwood, Mich, 45
miners are rescued after being
trapped for 40 hours.
Sept. 3o--Charles e. Hughes
named as a member of the Inter-
national Permanent Court of Arbi-
tration of The Hague.
! Sept. 3O-An European steel and
| iron trust formed. combining plants
| in France, Germany. Belgium and
Czecho Slovakia.
| Oct. Alan Gotham, English
aviator, returns to London from a
; flight to Australia, a distance Of
$4,000 miles.
Oct. 6-Gen. Won Seekt forced TO
resign as commander of German
army; Lieut., Gen. Wilhelm Heye,
new commander.
Oct. $4,000 Chinese dead of
starvation in besieged Wuchang.
Oct 11-Trial Of Harry NJ.
Daugherty. former U. S. attorney
general, and Thomas w. Miller,
| former alien property custodian.
for alleged conspiracy to defraud
government. ends in disagreement.
Oct. 14-Lord Oxford and AS
auth resigns as head of the Brit
ish Liberal party.
Oct. 15-Howard P. Savage, new
| national commander Of American
Legion.
Oct. 1s-Queen Marie of Rou-
mania arrives in New York with
Prince Nicholas and Princess lie
ana, for an American tour.
Oct. 19-In national plebiscite,
Norway votes against continuing
prohibition of liquor.
Oct. 19-Bankers and Industrial
lists of Is nations issue manifesto
demanding removal of tariff and
other barriers to restore European
pre-war international commerce and
exchange.
Oct. 20--The mails are guarded
by $500 marines in % cities, fol-
lowing serious holdups.
Oct. 24-Cuba struck by hurrl- F.
cane; $50 dead; s50,000,00o dam /
ages to plantations.
Oct. 2O-Dr. w. D. Coolidge an
nounces development of a power
full new ray, with inestimable pos
sibilities.
oct 90-ThOmaS Mott Osborn, ?