The Coolidge examiner., 1934-01-05
DOMESTIC


county, Illinois, broke out again and
state troops were sent after two
persons were killed.
Jan. flight hundred enraged
Iowa farmers halted farm mortgage
sale.
Jan. 5-Former President Calvin
Coolidge died in Northampton. Mass,
and President Hoover ordered 80
days Of public mourning.
Jan. l2-House passed domestic
allotment farm aid bill
Jan. 13-President Hoover vetoed
the Philippine independence bill. and
the house overrode the veto.
Jan. 17-Senate repassed Philip
pine independence bill over Presi-
dents veto.
Jan 2O-President Hoover and
ident-Elect Roosevelt agreed
TO open war debt negotiations with
Great Britain.
Jan. 2l-Senator II. B. Hawes Of
Jan. 23-The Twentieth amend
ment TO the Constitution, ending
Tame duck" sessions OF congress,
was officially adopted when Mis-
souri,. the thirty-sixth state to ap-
prove. ratified IT,
DR.. Harry Woodburn Chase re-
signed as president of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois 10 become chancellor
Of New York university:
Jan. 24-Secretary Stimson in
conference on war debts after
March 4.
Congress voted s9O.OOO,oOO for
Jan. s53senate 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
Feb 7SSenate ousted Sergeant at
Arms David S. Barry for traducing
il in magazine article.
Roosevelt called conference Of all
governors in Washington March 6.
Feb. l4-GoVernOr Comstock OF
Michigan proclaimed an eight-day
banking holiday.
Feb. l5-An anarchist. Giuseppe
Zangara, fired five shots al Franklin
but fatally wounding Mayor Cermak
of Chicago.
Feb. 16-Senate adopted resolution
for repeal Of Eighteent hamendment
Feb. 20-Resolution for prohibi-
tion repeal passed by the house.
Feb. 21-Appointment announced
OF Senator Cordell Hull as secretary
of state and William II. Woodin or
New York as secretary OF the treas
ury in the Roosevelt cabinet.
Feb. 23-Congress passed S3OS.OOO.-
600 naval appropriation bill
j.. G. stone resigned as chairman
OF farm board.
Feb. .24-House Of representatives
impeached Federal Judge Harold
Louderback Of California for mis-
demeanOrs in Office"
Feb. 26-President-E 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 an
nounCed by Roosevelt
Federal grand jury In Chicago In
Cicted the insults and others for us
ing the mails 10 defraud.
March Harry Byrd appointed
senator from Virginia to succeed
Swanson.
Treasury postofice bill. comforting
reorganization powers on President
passed.
March Representative Henry T..
Rainey OF Illinois chosen next speak
er by Democrats.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. named
new chairman of farm board.
March 3-Bank holidays pro-
claimed in New York and Illinois.
Homer S. Cummings named attor-
ney general in Roosevelt cabinet.
inaugurated President of United
States.
seventy-second congress came to
a close.
March 5-President Roosevelt de-
clared a four-day bank holiday and
called congress in session on March
March 7-Theodore Roosevelt re-
signed as governor general of the
Philippines.
Lewis Douglas appointed director
OF the budget.
March 9-President Roosevelt ex-
tended bank holiday indefinitely.
Congress gave President full con-
troll of banking system.
Congress met in special session.:
Rainey elected speaker of house.
March 10-President asked con-
gress for power to cut veterans
costs and government salaries $780,
600. .000
March ll-House passed Presi-
dents economy bill.
March 13-Banks reopened
Robert w. Bingham appointed am
bassador to England; Jesse l. Straus,
ambassador to France; and Josephus
Daniels. ambassador to Mexico.
cent beer bill.
March 16-Senate passed beer bill.
March 19-Zangara, slayer of May
or Cermak of Chicago. electrocuted
at Miami.
March 22-House passed Roosevelt
March 27-Presldent scrapped farm
board and combined several agri-
cultural bureaus.
March 2S-President issued order
cutting pay of 100000 federal en-
ployees 10 per cent.
April president signed regula-
tions reducing veterans aid $780,
100000, effective July 1.
April 3-Claude G. Bowers named
ambassador TO Spain
Michigan first state to repeal dry
amendment.
April 4-Wisconsin voted repeal.
April 5-President ordered return
of gold boards over 500 by May l..
April 6-President invited nine
nations to economic conference in
Washington.
April S-Mayor Frank Murphy Of
Detroit named governor general of
Philippines.
April 12-Ruth Bryan owen named
minister to Denmark.
April 17-Senate rejected 16 to
silver remonetization amendment to
farm bill.
House adopted resolution giving
President power to declare an arms
April 19-United States went off
gold standard; embargo on gold ex-
portations declared: bill for con-
trolled imitation" drafted for admin
istration.
April O-Breckenridge Long NOM
mated for ambassador to Italy.
April 21-House passed bill pro-
viding half a billion dollars for out
right relief gifts to the states.
Sumner Welles nominated for am
bassador to Cuba.
April 25-House passed the Muscle
Shoals bill.
Wisconsin ratified prohibition re-
peal amendment.
April 26-Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross
appointed director of the mint.
April 27-L. A Steinhardt was ap-
pointed minister to Sweden and Am