The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-08

claimed martial law, demanding
price of 81 a barrel.
Aug. Farm board rejected offer
from Germany for its cotton hold
ings.
Wickersham commission report
criticised deportation methods.
Frank Evans of Utah appointed
member of federal farm board.
Aug. S-Navys dirigible Akron
christened by Mrs. Hoover.
Aug. 12-Farm board asked cot
ton planters to plcw under one
Aug. 17-Five large Toledo banks
closed their doors.
Texas oil wells closed and mar
tial law in the fields proclaimed.
Aug. 19-President Hoover named
w; S: Clifford head of unemployment
Aug. 2lEFarm board traded 25,;
for 1,O5O,OOO bags of coffee.
Contract let for Chicago's $16,-
100000 post office building.
Aug. 25-Col Luke Lea of Ten
nessee, publisher and former sena-
tor, convicted of bank fraud and
sentenced to prison. -
Aug. 31-Farm board announced 1t
was through buying wheat and cot
ton for stabiliZation.
Sept. 4-Sale of 100000 bushels
: OF farm board wheat to China an
Veterans of Foreign Wars voted
for repeal of dry law.
drew his plea of guilty to crimes
against the dry law, in Chicago.
Sept. 11-Farm board sold $780,
900 bushels of wheat to Germany.
Sept 14-American Legion labor
conference opened in Washington.
Sept. 17-Samuel p. Town or
Philadelphia elected commander in
chief of the G. A r. at encampment
in Des Moines.
Sept 21-President Hoover ad-
dressed American Legion convention
Iowa state troops called out to
suppress farmers revolt against tu-
berculin tests of cattle.
Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown
Sheet and Tube, announced wage
cuts of 10 per cent; General Motors
reduced salaries; United States Rub
ber adopted 5-day week.
Sept. 24-American Legion Voted
for referendum on dry laws, decided
not to ask immediate payment Of
compensation certificates, and elect
ed Harry l. Stevens, Jr., OF war
saw, N. c., national commander. -,
Sept 2S-Aluminum Company OF
America cut wages 10 per cent
Oct Eastern trunk lines agreed
on plan for merging eastern roads
into four systems.
oct 5-American Federation of
Labor opened its annual convention
in Vancouver, B. c.
oct. 6-President Hoover an
nounced comprehensive financial
plan to check depression, which was
approved by leading members OF
Oct. S-Billion dollar bankers
pool pool formed to carry out Hoover
oct 13-National Credit associa-
tion incorporated in Delaware.
Oct IA A:ssTican Federation of
Labor convention voted against COM
pulsory unemployment insurance.
oct. 15-Federation of Labor
voted for legalization of 2.75 per
cent beer.
oct. 17-Al Capone, boss gangster,
found guilty in Chicago of income
tax fraud.
Celebration of 15Oth anniversary
of Battle of Yorktown begun.
Oct. 19-President Hoover spoke at
Yorktown celebration.
Oct 20-Interstate commerce COM
mission denied freight rate increase
of Is per cent, offering a substitute
plan of temporary increases.
Oct 22-Premier Laval of France
arrived in Washington for confer
ences with President Hoover.
Oct. 24-Al Capone sentenced to
IL years in prison and fined $4,000.
tions concluded with agreement that
revision Of war debts and repara-
tions should go side by side.
Nov. president Hoover named
committee of five to examine
charges made against administra-
tion policies by the Navy league.
Nov. BY electing a congress
man in the Eighth Michigan district
the Democrats gained control of
the next house of representatives.
A. Henry Moore. Democrat, was
Martin S. Conner. Democrat, COVER
nor of Mississippi, and Ruby LAT
foon, Democrat, governor of Ken
lucky.
Nov. 7-Committee on Navy league
charges. reported they contained
many false and Inaccurate state
ments. and vindicated President
Hoover's navy policy
New cruiser Indianapolis launched.
Nov. 11-Armistice day observed,
President Hoover speaking in Wash
ipgton.
Nov. 13-President Hoover pro-
posed federal system of home loan
banks.
Mrs. Hattie Caraway appointed
temporary senator from Arkansas.
Now 15-President Hoovers ad-
ported recommending wide revision
of federal educational policy and
creation of a department of educa-
tion with a secretary in the cabi-
net.
Nov. 16-Dino Grandi, italian for
eign minister, arrived in Washing
ton for conversations with Presi-
dent Hoover.
Nov. ,9-Grandi concluded his
conversations with President Hoo
yer and Secretary Stimson.
Nov. 21-Federal Judge FitzHenry
at Springfield, Ill, ruled alcohol
permits to food manufacturers ille-
gal.
Nov. 24-Robert L. OBrien, Bos-
ton editor, appointed chairman of
tariff commission.
R M. Kleberg, Democrat. elected
congressman from Texas to succeed
the late H. w. Wurzbach, Repub-
lican.
Nov. SO-Representative B. H.
Smell of New York chosen Republi-
can candidate for speaker.
Vice President Curtis announced
he would be a candidate for renomi-
nation.
Dec. w. Warren Barbour ap-
pointed senator from New Jersey.
Wabash railway put in receivers
Dec. 2-President Hoover opened
conference on home building.
Dec. 5-Steamer Manhattan, larg-
America, launched at Camden, N. ].
Dec. 7-Seventy-second congress
convened; John N. Garner of Texas,
Democrat, elected speaker of the
house.
Communist hunger marchers" re-
pulsed by police in Washington.
Interstate commerce commission