The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-01-04
Chronology
S St ths 1893
Compiled BY
E. W. PICKAR D
DOMESTIC

DONlLO H.
Jan. president Hoover's commits
sion on social trends reported:
count. Illinois, broke out again and
state troops were sent after two per-
sons were killed.
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 al
1otment farm aid bill. 1890,
Jan. 13-President Hoover vetoed
the Philippine independence bill, and
the house OVERRIDE the veto.
Jan. 17-Senate;, repassed Philippine
Jan. 2O-President Hoover and Pres
ident-Elect Roosevelt agreed to open
war debt negotiations with Great
Jan. Ex-senator H. B. Halves of Mis-
Jan. 2SsThe Twentieth amendment to
the Constitution, ending lame duck
sessions of congress, was otnclaiiy
adopted when Missouri, the seth state
to approve, ratified it.
DR.. Harry Woodburn Chase resigned
as president of University of Illinois
TO become chancellor of New York uni
versity.
Jan. 24--secretary stimson invited
all non-defaulting nations to confer
ence on war debts after March 4.
Congress voted $90.0O0,00O for farm
loans.
Jan. 25--senate passed the Glass
Jan. SO-House passed bill to en-
able debtors to avoid bankruptcy, and
the Glass banking bill.
Feb 4-House refused to cut pay of
congressman.
Arms David S. Barry for traducing it
in magazine article.
Roosevelt called conference of all
governors in Washington March g.,
Feb. 14-Governor ComStock of Mich
igan proclaimed an eight day bank
ing holiday.
Feb 15-An anarchist, Giuseppe Fan
CARA, fired five shots at Franklin D.
Roosevelt in Miami, missing him but
fatally wounding Mayor Cermak Of
Feb 16-Senate adopted resolution
for repeal of Eighteenth amendment
Feb. 20-Resolution for prohibition
repeal passed by the house.
Feb. 21-Appontment announced Of
Senator Cordell Hull as secretary, of
state and William H: Woodin of New
York as secretary of the treasury in
the Roosevelt cabinet,
Feb. 23-CongreSS passed $30S. 100000
naval appropriation bill.
]. C. Stone resigned as chairman of
Feb. 24-House of representatives
Louderback of California for mis-
Feb. 26-President-E Elect Roosevelt
announced Henry Wallace would be
secretary of agriculture and James A.
Farley postmaster general.
Feb 27-Harold 1ckes 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 postoffice bill, comforting
: reorganization powers on President
J passed.
March 2-Representative Henry T.
Fainey OF Illinois chosen next speaker
by Democrats.
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
augurated President of United States.
Seventy-second congress came to a
close.
March 5-President Roosevelt de-
clared four-day bank holiday and
called congress in session on March 9.
March 7-Theodore Roosevelt re-
signed as governo- general of the Phil
Lewis Douglas appointed director OF
the budget.
March 9--PresIdent Roosevelt e1-
tended bank holiday indefinitely.
Congress gave President full control
of banking system.
Congress met in special session;
Rainey elected speaker of house.
March 1O-President asked congress
for power to cut veterans costs and
government salaries $500,000,000
March 1l-House passed Presidents
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.
March 14-House passed 80 per cent
beer bill.
March 1s-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 agricuI-
tural bureaus.
March 2S-President issued order
cutting pay of 100000 federal employ
ees Is per cent.
April president signed regulations
fective July l.
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-President ordered return OF
ROlu nOdFuS over SlOU by May j.
April 6-President invited nine ma
tons to economic conference in Wash
ington.
April S-Mayor Frank Murphy of De-
troit named encouragement of Phil
p ippines.
April 12-Ruth Bryan owen named
minister to Denmark.
April 17-Senate rejected 16 to / sill
yer reconciliation amendment to farm
bill
House adopted resolution giving
President power to declare an arms
embargo.
April 19-United States went off
gold standard; embargo on gold ex-
portations declared; bill for controlled
imitation" drafted for administration.
April 20-Breckinridge Long nomi-
April 2l-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 25-House passed the Muscle
Wisconsin ratified prohibition repeal
amendment.
April 26-Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross an
pointed director of the mint.
April 27-L. A. Stenhardt was APP
pointed minister to Sweden and Am
from Belgium to Brazil.
April 28-Senate passed farm bill
with credit and currency expansion
amendment.
mortgage refinancing measure.
Warren Delano Robbins was appoint
cd minister to Canada, and Robert Ii
Gore governor of Porto Rico
Iowa farmers rioted and attacked a
Judge at LIE Mars; martial law pro-