Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-01-11
Chronology
St t,'s 1893
Compiled By
e. W. PICKAR RID
DOMESTIC

state troops were sent after two per-
Jan. flight hundred enraged Iowa
4Armers halted farm mortgage sale.
Jan. 5-Former President Calvin
and President Hoover ordered 80 days
Of PUBLIC mourning.
Jan. 12-House passed domestic al
bOtment farm aid bill.
Jan. 13-President Hoover vetoed
the Philippine independence bill. and
fhe house OVERRIDE the veto;
Independence bill over Presidents
veto.
Jan. 20-President Hoover and Pres
var debt negotiations with Great
Britain.
Jan. Ex-senator H. B. Halves of Mis-
Jan. 2SsThe Twentieth amendment to
the Constitution, ending lame duck"
sessions of congress, was omcialiy
adopted when Missouri. the ssth state
DR.. Harry Woodburn Chase resigned
- president of University of Illinois
90 become chancellor Of New York uni
Jan. s4---secretary stimson invited
all non-defaulting nations to confer
ence on war debts after March 1.
Congress voted $s0,000.000 for farm
Jan. 2e.,senats passed the Glass
Jan: ,so-House passed bill to en-:
Ahe 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
gcyernors in Washington March g..
Feb. 14-Governor Comstock of Mich
igan proclaimed an eight day bank
Feb. i5~An anarchist. Giuseppe Fan
Ill. n
Roosevelt in Miami. missing him but
fatally wounding Mayor Cermak of
Feb. 16-Senate adopted resolution
Cor repeal of Eighteenth amendment.
Feb. 20-Resolution for prohibition
Rspeal passed by the house.
Feb. disappointment announced of
etate and William H. Woodin Of New
York rs secretary of the treasury in
4he Roosevelt cabinet.
a TH a asGS1srSss P S
u: G Stone resigned as chairman of
Feb. 24-House of representatives
Louderback of California for mis-
aemeanors in Office"
Feb. 26-President-E Elect Roosevelt
announced Henry Wallace would be
secretary of agriculture and James A.
Feb. 27-Haroid ickes as secretary
Of the interior and Claude A. Swan
eon as secretary of the navy announced
~ Roosevelt.
!. Federal grand jury in Chicago in
9icted the insults and others for US
ong the mails to defraud.
March Harry Byrd appointed SEN
son.
Treasury postofice bill, comforting
reorganization powers on President,
passed.
March -2-Representative Henry t.
Aainey Of Illinois chosen next speaker
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. named new
chairman of farm board.
March Bank holidays proclaimed
In New York and Illinois
Homer s. Cummings named attorney
general in Roosevelt cabinet
March 4-Franklin d. Roosevelt in
ougurated President of United States.
elose.
March president Roosevelt de-
elered a four-day bank holiday and
March 7-Theodore Roosevelt re-
signed as governo general of the Phil
Lewis Douglas appointed director of
March s-President Roosevelt ex-
tended bank holiday indefinitely
Congress gave President full control
Congress met in special session;
1ainey elected speaker of house
March 10-President asked congress-
government salaries $500 'ooo. ooo. anu
March li.House passed Presidents
March is-Banks reopened.
Robert w. Bingham appointed am
! oassador to England; Jesse l. Stratus,
I ambassador to France: and Josephus
Daniels, ambassador to Mexico.
March l4-House passed 80 per cent
March 16-Senate passed beer bill.
March 19-Zangara, slayer of Mayor
Ssrmek of Chicago. electrocuted at
March 22-House passed Roosevelt
March 27-President scrapped farm
board and combined several agricul-
eural bureaus.
March 2s-President issued order
eutting pay Of 100000 federal employ
oss l6 per cent.
April President signed regulations
reducing veterans aid s4oo.OoO,Ooo. ef-
April s-Claude q. Bowers named
ambassador to Spain.
Michigan nrst state to vote repeal
81 dry amendment.
April 4-Wisconsin voted repeal.
April b-President ordered return of
sold boards over 500 by May /.
April 6-President invited nine ma
1ngton.
April S-Mayor Frank Murphy OF De-
troit named governor-general Of Phil
1ppines.
April 12-Ruth Bryan owen named
minister to Denmark.
April 17-Senate rejected 16 to 1 sill
yer reconciliation amendment to farm
House adopted resolution giving
President power to declare an arms
embargo.
April ls-United States went off
gold standard; embargo on gold ex
portations declared; bill for controlled
imitation" drafted for administration.
April 20-Breckinridge Long nomi-
nAted for ambassador to Italy.
April 21-House passed bill providing
half a billion dollars for outright re-
lief gifts to the states.
Sumner Welles nominated for am
bassador to Cuba.
April 26-House passed the Muscle
wisconsin ratified prohibition repeal
amendment
April 26-Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross an.
pointed director of the mint
April I'll A. Steinhardt was an
pointed minister to Sweden and Am
bassador Hugh s. Gibson Transferred
from Belgium to Brazil.
April 28-Senate passed farm bill
wien credit and currency expansion
House passed $4,000, OoO. 600 boma
mortgage re1nancing measure
Warren Delano Robbins was appoint
cd minister to Canada, a I'd Robert II
Gore governor of Porto Rico.
Iowa farmers rioted and attacked a
Judge at lie Mars: martial law pro-
claimed.
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