The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-01-06

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4 Hoover voted down by the house.
i Dec. I'm, w. MacChesney of Chi
cago nominated for minister to Canada.
Dec l7-senate passed Philippines
Dec. i9-Presidens Hoover told COM
greSs he was going to name commis-
sion on war debts and would seek Coz
| operation of President-Eiect Roosevelt.
Dec. 21-House passed bill legalizing
| "a per cent beer,
Railway wage reduction continued
for nine months by agreement.
i Dec. 2s-congress recessed for Christi
mas.
AERONAUTICS
Jan. 23-Hawks few from Mexico to
Canada and return. 1900 miles. in 10
Jan e a5-Eddis stimson killed in
to Gen. rtalo Baibo Of italy as inter-
| national aviation champion for 1881.
May Lou y Reichers took on
May 13-Reichers forced down near
ireland and rescued by steamship
May 2o--Amelia Earhart tMrs. 9. p.
Putnam began solo flight from Har-
| Dor Grace to Paris.
1 May 21-Mrs. Amelia Earhart Put.
nam landed near Londonderry, Ire
| across the Atlantic alone.
| June Army balloon No. ., piloted
1 BY Lieutenants Paul and Bishop. won
1 national balloon race.
| June 3--S. r. Hausner started fight
| from New York to Poland.
June 1l--Hausner picked up at sea
after floating eight days on his plane.
July 5--James Mattern and Bennett
| Griffin started round-the-world flight
from Harbor Grace. N. r.
July .6-Mattern and Griffin crossed
lin and departed for MOSCOW.
July 7-Mattern and Griffin made
| forced landing SO miles from Minsk.
July 22-Capt. Wolfgang Won Gro
nau OF Germany and three companions
few from Germany to Iceland on way
Aug. a-von Gronau arrived at Chi
cago.
Aug; ls-Prof. Aususte Piccard rose
feet over Switzerland and Italy.
Capt. ,. A. Mollison began fight
from ireland across Atlantic in Moth
| plane.
Aug. 19--Mollison landed In New
Brunswick. completing first westward
solo flight across the Atlantic.
Aug. 22--Mrs Louise Thaden and
Mrs. Frances Marsalis set new wom-
ems endurance fight record of 8 days,
Aug. s4--Amelia Earhart Putnam set
new women's records by 19-hour nom
stop fight from Los Angeles to New
Aug. 25-Clyde Lee ana John Book
| hon started flight from Harbor Grace
to Oslo, Norway, and were lost.
Aug. 29--J. g. Haizlip set new coast
toscoast record ;a Of 10 hours. - minutes
| plane speed record of 292.287 miles
an hour at National Air races in cleye-
Sept. ii--Mr. and Mrs. q. r. Hutch
tnson, two daughters and crew of
four crashed off coast Of Greenland
while flying 70 Europe.
Ns Sep S ri1c,s u and and Ee isa
Gull hoped Off from New York on nom
stop hight to Rome and were lost at
sea.
record OF ~ hours, SO minutes, for
eight from New York to Burbank.
Nov. Is-Amy johnson completed
time Of days. hours, 55 minutes.
Nov 1s-Memorial to Wilbur and
orville Wright unveiled at Kitty
DISASTERS
Jan. 2-Fifty killed in train wreck
As Jan. ssMBritish submarine lost
near Portland with crew Of 161.
Feb. 2-Santiago. Cuba, badly dam
aged by. earthquakes; six killed.
Feb. 4-seventeen killed by expIo-
Feb. 26-Thirteen persons killed by
avalanches near Seattle.
Feb. 27-Mine explosion at Poca-
March 12-Island Of Banda Neira in
Dutch East Indies, nearly destroyed by
earthquakes and volcanoes. with great
March si-Tornadoes in Alabama,
Georgia. Kentucky. South Carolina and
Tennessee killed 1858 and did great
March s7-Tornado killed .. in
jured SO in Alabama.
in Ohio state Office building at Co
Alabama and Arkansas killed nine.
May NEARLY hundred killed by
typhoon. in Philippines.
May 1.-TWO million dollar fire on
| Cunard pier New York.
May 16-New French liner Georges
| Philippar burned in Gulf Of Alden: 50
June 3-Earthquake killed hundreds
In Gnadalajara region Of Mexico.
June Eleven killed in apartment
house fire In Cleveland. Ohio.
June 17-Explosion on oil tanker at
Montreal killed 20 men.
June 19-Hailstorm in Honan prov
ince, China, killed 200.
July French submarine Promethee
sank off Normandy coast with 63 men.
July 10-EExplosion of ammunition
depot In Marking, China, killed SO.
July lS-Three million dollar fire on
J.
July 26-German training ship Niobe
sank in storm; SO drowned.
Aug. six million dollar fire In
Chicago packing house district.
Aug. 1S-Forty killed in south Texas
storm.
Sept. s--Fifty-six workmen killed
by steamer explosion at New York.
Sept. 14-Fifty five men killed in
wreck Of French Foreign Legion train
Sept. Earthquake in the Balkans
killed about 235.
Sept. 27-Hurricane swept Porto
Rico. killing several hundred and do
Ing vast damage.
Sept. 30--Forty lives lost in cloud
burst in Tehachapi pass, California.
Nov. a-Disastrous storm in south
ern Cuba; $500 killed and great dam
age done.
Nov. I4-Japan swept by terrific ty-
phoon: scores of lives lost and many
towns and villages wrecked.
Dec. 5-Japanese destroyer capsized
in storm: 105 men lost.
Dec. Fourteen coal miners killed
by blast at Madrid, NJ M.
Dec. 9-Explosion in coal mine at
Yancey, KY. killed 23.
NEUROLOGY
Jan. 1-C. o. IselIn. millionaire
yachtsman OF New York.
Jan 2-Gen, Paul Pau French war