The Ely miner., 1929-12-27
DOMESTIC

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Jan 2-Electoral college officiallv
elected Hoover and Curtis.
Jan. 6-President Elect Hoover ar
rived In Washington from his Latin
Jan. michigan Supreme court up
4 held conviction OF Fred Palm, first
| pint, OF -gin-lifer." under habitual Grim
Jan. s-Right of James Nj. Beck to
seat as representative OF first district
OF Pennsylvania upheld by the house.
Jan. 1l-HoJse passed bill for auto
matte reapportionment. effective In
| 1882.
Jan. l2-Stephen T. Mather resigned
as director of national parks: II. N.
| Albright succeeded him.
| Cascade railway tunnel in Washing
ton, longest In America. opened.
| Jan. 14-U. S. Supreme court decid-
ed Chicago might divert Lake Michi-
| ban water for navigation but not for
| sewage disposal.
| Jan. 15-Senate ratified the Kellogg
anti-war treaty by vote of S5 to l.
| House passed the army supply bill.
| Walter o. Woods appointed treasurer
of the United States
| Jan. 2l-Senate approved appoint
ment Of Roy o. West as secretary Of
DR.. C. C. Little resigned as president
Of University of Michigan.
| Oklahoma senate suspended Governor
| Jan. 22-Senate voted to give the
President $2t.000,000 for dry enforce
| ment.
Jan. 26-Congress authorized the
President to invite foreign nations to
take part in Chicago centennial fair In
Feb 1-President, Coolidge dedicated
tower at Mountain Lake, Fla.
| Feb. 5-Senate passed 15-cruiser bill
with time limit clause.
| Feb. House accepted senate
amendments to cruiser bill.
| Feb. S-Senate passed the army sup
| ply bill carrying $456.009.000, and the
house passed the naval appropriation
bin.
| :. Feb. lie. S. Shumaker, superin-
| tendent of Indiana Anti-Saloon league.
started serving 60-day sentence for
Feb. 12-Engagement of Col Charles
| Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow.
daughter of the ambassador to Mexico.
Feb. 13-President Coolidge signed
the 15-cruiser bill.
Feb 16-House passed bill for de-
| portation of alien gunmen and boot
Feb 19-President-E Hoover re-
turned to Washington.
The senate passed bill increasing
| prohibition penalties.
Feb. 23-Gen. Charles P. Summeran
made fun ranking general
Feb. 25-Senate ordered engineering
| survey for Nicaragua canal.
Feb. 2S-House passed Jones bill in
| creasing prohibition penalties.
March House passed resolution for
| Nicaragua canal route survey.
March 4--Hoover and Curtis in
| augurated President and Vice Presi-
dent of United States,
March 5-Senate confirmed eight new
members of Hoover's cabinet and or
dered an inquiry into Secretary Mel
Ions right to hold over.
March 7-President Hoover called
congress In extraordinary session for
March 1i-President Hoover ordered
| that all tax refunds be made public.
March 20-Three University of Mis-
souri, teachers ouSted in row over cir
| culation of sex QUESTIONABLE.
Gov. Henry S. Johnston Of Okla
homa removed from Office by state SEN
ate court of impeachment on charge of
March 22-President Hoover pro-
| claimed national origins quotas. in
creasing British immigration.
March 2S-Former Vice President
| Dawes sailed for Santo Domingo to
revise public finances.
Henry L. Stimson swora in as sec
April Henry ]. Allen appointed
senator from Kansas to succeed Vice
President Curtis.
April 7-Attempt to assassinate Gov.
F. P. Roosevelt of New York by bomb
April ST.. S. Supreme court upheld
| conviction of Harry F. Sinclair for con-
| tempt of the senate.
April 10-Charles G. Dawes appoint
| ed ambassador to Great Britain.
April 15-Special session of congress
opened; iongWorth reelected speaker
| of the house.
April 16-President Hoover's message
| read to congress.
April lS-Mrs. L. F. Hobart. Ohio.
| elected president of D. A. R.
April Ex-senator James Couzens of
! Michigan created trust fund of 10000
April 2s@John F. Curry elected
| chief of Tammany.
Lawrence NJ, Judd appointed COVER
April 25-Haugen farm relief bill
passed by house.
| DR.. r. M Hutchins, dean Of Yale law
school, made president of University
April 3O-Jouett shouse made head
of committee to rehabilitate the Demo-
May 5EAl Smith received Laetare
medal from Notre Dame university.
| May 6-Harry Sinclair began Jail
term in Washington for contempt of
| the senate.
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.. appointed
May S-Senate voted, Al to "A. for
| export debenture plan in farm relief
| May 1l-Des Moines university, Rap-
| tist fundamcntalist institution. closed
and faculty dismissed; students in riot
May 14-senate passed the McNary
farm relief bill.
May I5.pwight F. Davis. former
| nor general of Philippines.
May 20-President Hoover appointed
| his law enforcement commission of IL
| headed by George w. Wickersham.
Railroads won Supreme court decis-
ion in valuation case involving billions
| of dollars.
| May 22-Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ap-
| pointed governor of Porto Rico.
| May 24-R H. Lucas of Kentucky
appointed commissioner Of internal
| Presbyterian general assembly vot-
| ed for union with Episcopal, Metho-
| dist, Methodist South and Presbyterian
| South churches.
| and Anne Morrow were married at the
| Morrow home in Eng.ewood, N. ].
Supreme court held Rosika Schwim-
mer. Hungarian radical. unfit for
Pocket vetoes by President upheld
| by Supreme court.
| May 2S-House passed the Hawley
| Mabel willebrandt resigned as as
\ sistant attorney general.
| May 29-Senate passed census-reap-
June S-Supreme court upheld six
/ months sentence of Harry F. Sinclair
for hiring detectives tc shadow jury
Racial restrictions on realty sales
upheld by Supreme court.
| June Hubert Work resigned as
chairman of Republican national COM
mittee.
| President Hoover accepted resigna-
| ton of N. B. Judah as ambassador to
Cuba
| June 5-Senate and house conferees
| agreed on farm relief bill. eliminating
/ the export debenture clause.
| June 6-House passed census and
| reapportionment bill.
| June 7-House adopted conference
1 report on farm relief bill.
| June S-Seventy- fifth birthday Of Re-
/ publican party celebrated at Ripon.
| Wis.
June 11-Senate rejected farm relief
| bill conference report without export
/ debenture feature.
June 13-House voted down de-
| benture plan in farm relief and again