Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-01-04
Chronology
Sess gt tss 1893
Compiled by
f. w. PICK A r D
DOMESTIC

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Jan. president Hoovers commits
sion on social trends reported,
count, illinois, Broke out again and
state troops were sent after two per-
sons We're killed.
farmers halted farm mortgage sale.
Jan. 5-Former President GAVIN
Coolidge died in Northampton, Mass.
and President l3o Hoover ordered 81 Gays
Jan. 12-House passed domestic al
Iotment farm aid bill.
the Philippine independence bill. and
the house overrode the Veto;
Jan. 17-Senate repassed Philippine
independence bill over Presidents
Jan. 2o-President, Hoover and Pres
ident- Elect Roosevelt agreed to open
war debt negotiations with Great
Jan. 2l--senator H. B. Hawes of Mis-
souri, resigned.
Jan 23-The Twentieth amendment to
the Constitution, ending lame duck"
adopted when Missouri. the s6th state
TO approve, ratified it.
DR.. Harry WoodDurn Chase resigned
as president of University Of Illinois
to become chancellor of New York uni
Versity.
all -defaulting nations to confer
ence on war debts after March 4.
Congress voted $90,000.000 for farm
loans.
Jan. 25-senate passed the Glass
banking bill
Jan 3O-House passed bill to en-
Able debtors to avoid bankruptcy. and
the Glass banking bill.
Feb. 4-House refused to cut pay OF
congressman.
Feb. 7-Senate ousted Sergeant at
Arms David S. Barry for traducing 1t
In magazine article.
Roosevelt called conference of all
governors in Washington March g..
Feb 14-Governor Comstock of Mich
ing holiday.
Feb. 15-An anarchist. Giuseppe zan-
Roosevelt in Miami, missing him but
fatally wounding Mayor Cermak of
Chicago.
Feb. 1s-senate adopted resolution
! for repeal of Eighteenth amendment.
Feb 20-Resolution for prohibition
repeal passed by the house.
Feb. disappointment announced of
state and William H: Woodin of New
York as secre ory of the treasury in
the Roosevelt cabinet
Feb. 23-Congress passed $308. 600, 900
naval appropriation bill.
j. c. Stone resigned as chairman or
FEB: st-House Of 1p 1reprssenttsatiyesss ives
Louderback of California for mis-
Feb. 26-President- Elect Roosevelt
announced Henry Wallace would be
secretary of agriculture and James A.
Farley postmaster general.
Feb. 27-Harold Ickes as secretary
OF the interior and Claude A. Swan
son as secretary of the navy announced
by Roosevelt.
Federal grand jury in Chicago in
dicted the insults and others for US
ing the mails to defraud.
March HAIRY Byrd appointed sem
Ator from Virginia to succeed Swan
son.
Treasury -postoffce bill, conferring
reorganization powers on President.
March 2-Representative Henry T.
Rainey Of Illinois chosen next speaker
by Democrats.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. named new
chairman of farm. board.
March 3-Bank holidays proclaimed
IN New York and Illinois.
Homer S. Cummings named attorney
general in Roosevelt cabinet.
March 4--Franklin D. Roosevelt in
augurated President of United States.
Seventy-Second congress came to q
March 5-President Roosevelt de-
clared a four-day bank holiday and
called congress in session on March 8.
March 7-Theodore Roosevelt re-
signed as governo general of the Phil
Lewis Douglas appointed director of
March 9-President Roosevelt ex-
tended bank holiday indefinitely.
Congress gave President full control
Of banking system.
Congress met in special session:
Rainey elected speaker of house.
March 10-President asked congress
for power to cut veterans costs and
government salaries s500,000,000.
March 11-House passed Presidents
economy bill.
March 13-Banks reopened.
Robert w. Bingham appointed am
/ bassador to England; Jesse /. Straus,
ambassador to France; and Josephus
/ Daniels, ambassador to Mexico.
March 14-House passed 80 per cent
beer bill.
! march I6-Senate passed beer bill
! March 19-Zangara. slayer of Mayor
Cermak of Chicago. electrocuted at
Miami.
March 22-House passed Roosevelt
farm bill.
March 27-President scrapped farm
board and combined several agricul-
tural bureaus.
March 2S-President. issued order
cutting pay Of 100000 federal employ
ees 15 per cent.
April president signed regulations
reducing veterans aid $400.000000, eff
fective July /.
April 3-Claude G. Bowers named
ambassador to Spain.
Michigan first state to vote repeal
OF dry amendment
April 4-Wisconsin voted repeal.
April 5-Presdent ordered return of
gold boards over 500 by. May /.
April 6-President invited nine ma
tions to economic conference in WASH
ington.
April s-Mayor Frank Murphy of De-
troit named governor-general Of Phil
| fppines.
April 12-Ruth Bryan owen named
minister to Denmark.
April 17-Senate rejected 16 to sill
yer reconciliation amendment to farm
I. bill.
House adopted resolution giving
| President power to declare an arms
l embargo.
!. ;. April 1s-United States went off
gold standard; embargo on gold ex-
portations declared: bill for controlled
Imitation" drafted for administration.
April 20-Breckinridge Long nomi-
mated for ambassador to Italy.
April 21-House passed bill providing
half billion dollars for outright re-
lief gifts to the states.
Sumner Welles nominated for am
bassador TO Cuba.
April 25-House passed the Muscle
Wisconsin ratified prohibition repeal
amendment.
pointed director Of the mint.
April 27--L. A. Steinhardt was ap-
pointed minister to Sweden and Am
bassadRorl Ralrum hugh TO = Braz GaIion transferred
April 28-Senate passed farm bill
q with credit and currency expansion
House passed $4,000, ,ooo, 900 home
mortgage refinancing measure.
Warren DelanO Robbins was appoint
ed minister to Canada, and Robert H
Gore governor of Porto Rico.
Iowa farmers rioted and attacked Q
fudge at LIE Mars; martial law pro-
Nav i-House passed the $Soe, ,o00, ,0el
amergency relief bill
J, q. T. Helvering appointed commits.
!. eioner of internal revenue: and J. =. =