The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-01

senate and became law.
al Capone, liquor gang leader Of
jail for contempt Of court by Federal
Judge Wilkerson.
March Treasury offered securities
for 81, 700, 100000 for bonus loans.
cent cut In immigration.
March 3-President Hoover vetoed
the Muscle Shoals bill and the senate
sustained the veto.
March 4-Congress made "star
Spangled Banner" the national anthem.
Seventy-first congress adjourned.
March 6-Alexander Legge resigned
as chairman of federal farm board and
was succeeded by James G. Stone.
March 18-Rioting convicts in Illi-
nois penitentiary at Statewide burned
the mess hall and other buildings.
Sam H. Thompson of Illinois appoint
ed member of federal farm board.
March 19-President Hoover sailed
on battleship Arizona for Porto Rico
and Virgin Islands.
Nevada legislature legalized gam
bling.
March 20-Birth control Endorsed by
committee representing q Protestant
March March S2HFederaii farm board an
nounced sterilization of wheat prices
would end with marketing OF 1880
crop.
at San Juan, Porto Rico.
vestigate conditions in New York city
government and lower courts.
day at st. Thomas. Virgin islands.
March 29-President Hoover re-
turned from Caribbean cruise.
April Methods Of collecting crime
statistics condemned by Wickersham
April 7-Anton J. cermak. Democrat.
elected mayor of Chicago
April 22-King Of SIAM. with his
May international Chamber Of
Commerce met in Washington.
May l1-President Hoover ordered
executive departments.
May 15-Harvey H. Bundy OF Mich
igan appointed assistant secretary OF
state.
May 1s-Supreme court upheld legal
ity Of the Hoover dam act.
RED flag" clause of California anti
communist statute held invalid by Su-
May 2i-American Red Cross cele-
brated its fiftieth anniversary.
May 25-Supreme court ruled for
eigners seeking citizenship can ex-
prms foD tSs coantry about
May 28-Presbyterian general assem-
bly, opened in Pittsburgh and elected
Dr.. Lewis 8. Nudge Of Philadelphia
May &C. G. league resigned from
federal farm board and w. F. Schill-
ing was reappointed.
May 30-President Hoover delivered
Memorial day address at Valley Forge,
May 31-secretary Mellon announced
an $800.000,000 bond issue.
June 1-Minnesota's press gag law
Supreme court.
Supreme court refused to review the
case of Albert B. Fall
leader, indicted for income tax eva
Juns s-President Hoover ordered
abandonment Of Guam naval station.
June Report by Wickersham COM
mission blamed excessive crime on
system of prosecution.
June 9-Tennessee lower house
voted against impeachment Of Gov. H.
H. Horton.
June PA capone and ss others
cago for conspiracy to violate prohibi-
June i5-President Hoover addressed
the Indiana Republican Editorial as
ISOLATION in Indianapolis, predicting a
renewal of prosperity.
S. r. McKelvie resigned from federal
June 16-President Hoover, former
President Coolidge and other notables
took part in dedication of the Harding
memorial at Marion Ohio.
AL Capone pleaded guilty in Chicago
to income tax evasion and prohibition
law violation indictments.
June 17-President Hoover spoke at
dedication Of remodeled Lincoln tomb
Railways of country asked inter-
state commerce commission to author
ize MS per cent increase in freight
rates.
June 23-Dwight Davis resigned as
governor general of Philippines, eff
fective June 80.
July John R. Coen. of Sterling,
Colo, elected grand exalted ruler Of
July 1i-suspension Of sentence de-
MED Albert B. Fall.
July 13-Gen. B. D. Foulois appointed
chief of army air corps, effective De-
July 15-Criminal court procedure
criticized in a report from Wicker
sham commission.
July 20-A. B. Fall entered the New
Mexico penitentiary.
July 24-Federal court Of appeals up
held conviction of Ralph Capone on
income tax fraud charges.
July 26-Report by Wickersham
commission declared American prison
system a failure in almost every sense.
July 2S-United States steel corpora
and authorized lowering of salaries.
July 29-Centenary of McCormick's
reaper celebrated at Blacksburg. Va.
Aug. &C. B. Curtis appointed min
lSI0T u odlNdQOE anu Arthur 0CuOSu~
field minister to Dominican republic.
Aug. 4-Governor Murray closed the
Oklahoma oil wells and proclaimed
martial law. demanding price of 81
Aug. Farm board rejected OFFER
from Germany for it's cotton holdings.
Wickersham commission report crit
icised deportation methods.
member of federal farm board. :
Aug. 8-Navy's dirigible Akron
christened by Mrs. Hoover.
planters to pillow under one-third Of
Aug. 17-Five large Toledo banks
Texas oil wells closed and martial
law in the fields, proclaimed.
Aug. 19-President Hoover named W.
8. .Gifford head of unemployment re-
Aug. Si-Farm board traded 25,o00,-
600 bushels of wheat to Brazil for L.
O5O.0O0 bags of coffee.
Contract let for Chicago's $4,000, 900
post office building.
Aug. 25-Col. Luke Lea of Tennes-
see publisher and former senator, con-
victed of bank fraud and sentenced to
prison.
Aug. s1-Farm board announced 1t
was through buying wheat and cotton
for sterilization.
Sept. Sale Of 100000 bushels of
farm board wheat to China announced.
Veterans of Foreign Wars voted for
repeal of dry law.
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