The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-01-04
Chronology
S St tss 1888
Compiled BY
Il. w. PICK A r D
DOMESTIC

count. Illinois, pEOhe ols oh1fs
state troops were sent after two per-
sons were killed.
Jan. flight hundred enraged iowa
farmers halted farm p mortsags CAV Gavin
Coolidge died in Northampton, Mass.
and President Hoover ordered 3o-aa1s|
of public mourning. -, 4
Jan 12-House passed domestic
lotment farm aid BILL. -.
Jan. 13-President Hoover ,vetoea
the Philippine Independence Dill. Anu
the house OVERRIDE the Veto
Jan. 17--Senate repassed Pnlnpplne
Independence bill over Presidents
veto. De-.
fdent-EIect Roosevelt agreed to open
war debt negotiations with Great
jan. al-senator H. B. Halves OF Mis-
Jan. 2seThe Twentieth amendment
the Constitution, ending lame duc h.,
sessions of congress, was ,e o,ne ..ats
adopted when Missouri. the soln staes
to approve, ratified IT.
Dr. Harry WOODBURY. Chase resigned
ms president of University OF liilnoi5
to become chancellor of New YORK UNI
versity. .,.a
Jan. z4-secretary stimson invited
Iii non-defaulting nations to confer
ence on war debts after March !.
Congress voted $90.oo0.ooo for farm
Jan. 25-senats passed tho Glass
Jan. so-House passed bill to en-;
able debtors to avoid ., bankruptcy anu
the Glass banking bill.
Feb. House refused TO cut pay VI
Feb. Senate ousted Sergeant at
Arms David s. Barry Tor trauucthk ~
In magazine article. :,
Roosevelt called conference OF Ill
governors In Washington Marcn o..
Feb 14--Governor Comstock OF Mich
iEan proclaimed An eight day bank
Feb I5@An anarchist. Giuseppe Fan
cara, fred five shots at Franklin Il.
Roosevelt in Miami. missing MIN put
fatally wounding Mayor Cermak OF
Feb. 1s-ssnate adopted resolution
for repeal of Eighteenth amendment.
Feb. 20-Resolution for prohibition
repeal passed by the house
Feb. disappointment announced o.
Henator Cordell Hull as secretary OF
state and William II. Woodin of New
York as secretary OF the treasury 10
Feb. 23-Congress passed $500. uoo,ooo
naval appropriation bill.
j. C. Stone resigned As chairman OF
farm board.
FEB. 24-House OF representatives
impeached Federal Judge Harold
Louderback OF California for mis-
demeanors In offlce.'
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 Tor u.s.
ing the mails to defrand.
March Harry Byrd appointed sem
ator from Virginia to succeed Swan
son.
Treasury postoffice bill. comforting
.fvof I'm praHtdenf
March 2-Representative Henry II.
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-Franklln p. Roosevelt In
Augurated President OF United States
Seventy second congress came to .
close.
March president Roosevelt de.
clared a four-day bank holiday and
called congress In session on March >
March Theodore Roosevelt re.
signed as governo, general OF the Phil.
Lewis Douglas appointed director o.
the budget.
tended bank holiday indefinitely.
Congress gave President full contro
of banking system.
Congress met In special session
Hainey elected speaker of house.
March 10--President asked congress
for power to cut veterans costs ant
government salaries s5o0,o00,oo0.
March H-House passed President
economy bill.
March 13-Banks reopened
Robert w. Bingham appointed am
bassador to England. Jesse |. Straus
ambassador to France. and Josephu
Daniels, ambassador to Mexico.
March 14--House passed 80 per cen
beer bill.
March 1s--Senate passed beer bill.
March 19-2angara. slayer of Mayo
Cermak OF Chicago. electrocuted .
March 22--House passed Roosevelt
farm bill.
March 27--President scrapped farr
board and combined several agricul
tural bureaus.
March 2S-President issued orde
cutting pay Of 100000 federal employ
ees 1b per cent.
April president signed regulation
reducing veterans aid s40o000.000. oil
fective July |.
April 3-Claude q. Bowers name
ambassador to Spain.
Michigan first state to vote repsi
of dry amendment
April WISCONSIN voted repeal
April b--President ordered return
wold boards over 800 by May l.
April s--Presdent invited nino n,
<ions TO economic conference in WaBi
1ngton.
April s--Mayor Frank Murphy OF D,
troit named governor-general OF Phi
ippines.
April truth Bryan Owen name
minister to Denmark.
April 17-Senate rejected 16 to ! 81
yer reconciliation amendment to far
bill.
House adopted resolution glvIr
President power to declare an arr
embargo.
April 1s-United States went
gold standard; embargo on gold @
portations declared. bill for CONTROL
Imitation drafted for administratio
April 20--Breckinrdge Long non
mated for ambassador to Italy.
April 2l-House passed bill providil
half billion dellars outright Is
lief -Efft&mto the states.
Sumner Welles nominated for al
bassador to Cuba.
April 25--House passed tho Muse
Wisconsin ratified prohibition rep,
amendment.
April 26-Mrs, Nellie Tayloe Ross q
pointed director OF the mint.
April 27-L A. Steinhardt was
pointed minister to Sweden and A
bassador Hugh s. Gibson transfer
from Belgium to Brazil
April 28--Senate passed farm |
with credit and currency expans
amendment.
mortgage refnancing measure.
Warren Delano Robbins was appoi
cd minister to Canada, and Robert
Cara yoyprnor of Porto Rico