Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-01-05


Dec. 15-N. w. MacChesney Of Chi
cago nominated for minister to Canada.
Dec. 17-Senate passed Philippines
Dec. 19-President Hoover told con-
gress he was going to name commits
sion on war debts and would seek CO.
operation Of President Elect Roosevelt.
Dec. 21-House passed bill legalizing
Railway wage reduction continued
for nine months by agreement.
Dec. 23-Congress recessed for Christ
mas.
AERONAUTICS
Jan. 23--Hawks flew from Mexico to
Canada and return. 1850 miles. in IL
Jan. 25-Eddie stimson killed in
crash at Chicago.
March Harmon trophy awarded
national aviation champion for 1881:
May l2.Lou T. Reichers took on
from Harbor Grace, n. F.. on solo
fight to Dublin and Paris.
May 13-Reichers forced down near
Ireland and rescued by steamship
Roosevelt.
Putnam) began solo flight from Har-
May Mrs. Amelia Earhart Put
nam landed near Londonderry. Ire
across the Atlantic alone.
June Army balloon No. 2, piloted
by Lieutenants Paul and Bishop. won
national balloon race.
June SIS. F. Hausner started flight
from New York to Poland:
June 11-Hausner picked up at sea
after floating eight days on his plane:
Griffin started round-the world flight
from Harbor Grace. N. F.
July s-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
flew from Germany to Iceland on way
to Chicago.
Aug. 2-von Gronau arrived at Chi
cago.
Aug. 1s-Prof Auguste PICARD rose
in balloon to record altitude of 55.774
feet over Switzerland and Italy. s,u,,
from Ireland across Atlantic in Moth
Aug. ls-Mollison landed in New
solo flight across the Atlantic.
Aug. 22-Mrs. Louise Thaden and
Mrs. Frances Marsalis set new wom-
ems endurance flight record Of days.
Aug. 24-Amelia Earhart Putnam set
new women's records by 19-hour nom
stop flight from Los Angeles to New
Aug. 25-Clyde Lee and John Book
hon started flight from Harbor Grace
to Oslo. Norway, and were lost.
forecast record Of 10 hours. 10 minutes
| Sept. 3-Major Donlittle set new land
plane speed record of 292.2S7 miles
an hour at National Air races in Cleve-
land.
| Sept. l1-Mr. and Mrs. G. r. Hutch
| inson, two daughters and crew OF
four crashed off coast Of Greenland
Sept. 1s-w. Ulbricht and Edna
Newcomer pilots and DR.: L. Nj. Pts
stop flight to Rome and were lost at
Nov. 14-Roscoe Turner set new
record of IL hours. s3 minutes, for
G figiht from New York to Burbank
Nov: i IS Amy, Johs s,,p, complete; e; IIeted
time of days hours s. S w minutes and
0rville Wright unveiled at Kitty
DISASTERS
Jan. 2s-British submarine lost
near Portland with crew Of ISL.
| Feb. 2-Santiago, Cuba, badly dam
aged by earthquakes: six killed
Feb. 4 Seventeen killed by explo-
sion Of motoe,rship at Marcus Hook; Pa Pa:
Feb. 26-Thirteen persons killed by
avalanches near Seattle.
| Feb. 27--Mine explosion at Poca-
| hontas, Va, killed SO men.
March 12-Island of Banda Neira in
| Dutch East Indies, nearly destroyed by
earthquakes and volcanoes. with great
M March si-rornadoes in Alabama.
| Georgia, Kentucky. South Carolina and
Tennessee killed 35s and did great
| damage.
| March 27-Tornado killed 3. in
| April Ask dead. 81 hurt. in blast
| in Ohio state office building at CO.
April 25-Tornadoes in Tennessee.
| Alabama and Arkansas killed nine.
May 2-Nearly hundred killed by
typhoon in Philippines.
May e-Two million dollar fire on
May 16-New French liner Georges
Philippar burned in Gulf of Alden: SO
lives lost.
June s-Earthquake killed hundreds
in Guadalajara region of Mexico.
June ELEVEN killed in apartment
house fire in Cleveland. Ohio:
June l7.Explosion on oil tanker at
| Montreal killed 80 men.
June 19-Hailstorm in Honan prov
ince. China, killed 200.
July French submarine Promethee
sank off Normandy coast with 63 men.
July lO--Explosion of ammunition
depot in Marking. China. killed so.
July 13-Three million dollar fire on
July 2s-German training. ship Niobe
sank in storm: 50 drowned.
Aug. six million dollar fire in
| Chicago packing house district.
Aug. 13-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
in Algeria.
Sept. 26-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. 9-Disastrous storm in south
ern Cuba; 1850 killed and great dam
age done.
Nov 14-Japan swept by terrific ty-
phoon: scores Of lives lost and many
towns and villages wrecked.
| Dec. 5-Japanese destroyer capsized
in storm; los men lost.
Dec. Fourteen coal miners killed
by blast at Madrid, N. NJ.
Dec. 9-Explosion in coal mine al
Yancey. KY. killed %.
NEUROLOGY
Jan. &c. o. Iselin, millionaire
| yachtsman Of New York.
Jan. 2-Gen. Paul Pau. French wal
| commander.