Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-15
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Chronology
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Jan. Sire in south e wing Of Capt.
Jan. 6-President Hoover asked con-
gress for 80 more coast guard vessels
for prohibition enforcement
Jan. 11-RepreSentative j. M Rob.
sion OF Kentucky sworn In as senator
10 succeed :. N. Sackett, resigned,
gross, and President Hoover recom-
mendsd measures to strengthen the
dry laws.
Anti-saloon league opened it's twen-
ty-fourth annual Convention in Detroit
Jan. 16-Senate voted to retain pres
ent duties on sugar.
l. Jan. 1s-House passed treasury ap-
( Precipitation bill carrying s15.ooo.ooo for
Jan. 2o-Ralph H. Booth of Michigan
appointed minister to Denmark.
American legation to Poland elevated
Jan. 22-House voted for six more
Jan. 24-senate put hides, leather
! and shoes on free list.
Jan. 28-Fred M. Dearing Of Missouri
appointed ambassador to Peru:
chief justice of the U. S. Supreme
| court, and President Hoover appointed
! Charles Evans Hughes to the position.
Feb. 6-Federal farm board launched
emergency plan of surplus control cor
poration to check decline of wheat
Feb. 7-President Hoover named
! commission to investigate conditions
in Haiti. with w. G. Forbes as chair
man.
ington for a weeks fishing at Long
/ Key, Fla.
House passed bill transferring pro-
hibition enforcement to Justice depart
/ ment
Herman Bernstein of New York ap-
pointed minister to Albania.
Feb. 13-Senate confirmed appoint
ment of Hughes as chief justice, So
! TO 26.
Feb. .2o-Dr. Harry w. Chase, presi-
| dent or University of North Carolina,
3! elected president of University of Illi-
| nois.
President Hoover reappointed entire
feqerai Fab radio eommssi9n nm Pnans uugbea
sworn in as chief justice OF Supreme
Congress appropriated s7,ooo.ooo for
South and West
March 4-Former President Coolidge
dedicated the great Coolidge dam in
John N; willys appointed ambassador
March 6-senate voted increased tar
March 1o-W. IL. Taft buried at
March i2-senate voted farm board
March 14-Secretary Mellon an
Rounced tax refund of approximately
$33,O00.000 to U. S. Steel corporation.
ed Federal Judge James J. Parker of
North Carolina to Supreme court.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr established
416,00o,000 fund for western national
March z2-E. L. Doheny acquitted of
giving 100000 oil bribe.
n March re. 24-Tariff bill passed by SEN
United States and Canada negotiated
treaty to halt smuggling.
March 26-Rt. Rev. James De Wolf
primats Of the Episcopal church.
April 2-House passed resolution for
commission to study universal draft
plan.
Tariff bill sent to conference.
Taking of fifteenth decennial census
begun. !
ernment operation Of Muscle Shoals
April 1.-THE house passed the Porter
0 Apr sraatsngM puFsaS Rath Il hans
mick nominated for senator by Repub- ,
1icans of Illinois. defeating Senator
April 14-Supreme court decided Chi
cago lake water diversion case in ac- ,
cordance with the findings Of Hughes
April l5-Roland W. Boyden selected
to succeed c. e. Hughes as American ,
member Of permanent court OF arbitra-
April 21-Senate judiciary commit
tee voted 10 to against confirmation
Of Judge. J. j. Parker. az associate
'ustces, Of sgRpsme nassed eoura sooo ooo
rivers and harbors bill. providing for
completion of Illinois waterway project.
April 1esty fro Tsceysd s.s
retary of State Stimson.
May 2-President Hoover submitted
budget for $1O.e0o.o0o to begin work
on Boulder dam project.
May 3-House defeated export de-
benture plan and voted for flexible
tariff provisions.
May 7--Nomination Of Judge John J.
Parker of North Carolina as associate
justice of the Supreme court rejected
by senate. 80 to Al.
owen j. Roberts of Philadelphia for
Supreme court associate Justice.
May l2-senate passed bill for fed
oral employment bureau.
MAY 13-Senate voted to put Mexican
immigration under national origins
quota system.
ring prohibition bureau from Treasury
to Department of Justice.
May 17-Salvation Army celebrated
Its golden Jubilee n New Yoak sog,ttea .
of Methodist church. South
May 2oIsecrsstaa1y 2ossas a1y .ors1aa OF Labor J; =
ford Pinchot for governor in Pennsyl-
yania Republican primary.
Senate confirmed Owen J. Roberts as
May 21-Hanford MacNider appointed
minister to Canada.
May 26-Supreme court ruled buyers
" May % %so~President Hoover delivered
Memorial day address at Gettysburg
National cemetery.
American war pension bill over Presi-
dents veto.
June Louis Bamberger OF New
rs gors ann n5s 600 for unyersity Of aS
South Carolina Democrats nominated
J. W. Bailey for senator. defeating
June s-President Hoover signed bill
increasing Civil war pensions by $12.-
o0 Chicago Board Of Trade dedicated
its new $22, 900, 900 home
Prof. Frank p. Graham elected pres
ident of University of North Carolina.
June 12-President Hoover nominat-
ed W. Cameron Forbes as ambassador |
TO Japan and reappointed Legge and
league to federal farm board.
June 14-House passed the tariff bill
June 17-President Hoover signed |
the tariff bill, and 1t became effective
June 1S-Rear Admiral Byrd arrived
in New York from the Antarctic.
June 20-Senate confirmed Hanford
MdcNluer as minister 10 CANADA
Rivers and Harbors bill passed by !
the senate.
June 22-President Hoover gave no.
tice he would veto the World war vet |
erans' bill as unsound and too costly. |
Son was born to Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh
June 23-Senate passed the World
war veterans bill by vote of 88 to 8.
Amos w. w. Woodcock appointed
chief prohibition officer in Department
of Justice.
June 26-President Hoover vetoed |
the World war veterans bill; the |
house sustained the veto and passed
q substitute measure.
June 27-Almon Roth GaIiforpia