The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31
FOREIGN

Jan. 10-Miguel Gomez elected president
u Jan. i7-Eleven acquitted, nine convicted
in great Stavisky fraud trial in Paris.
JAN 20-King George of England died.
Jan. 21-Former Prince of Wales pro-
GAINED King Edward VIII.
Jan 23-Premier Laval of France re-
signed.
French cabinet
Feb. I3-French cabinet suppressed all
royalist organizations because of riots
Feb. 16-Leftists won Spanish elections.
Feb. 17-Paraguay government seized by
military revolutionarieS. Rafael Franco
Feb. 19-Manuel Azana made premier
of Spain.
Feb. 26-Japanese militarists revolted and
assassinated several high officials; govern
ment buildings in Toxic seized.
Feb. 2soRsbelli9n in Japan ,, aueiie 49,
by Koki Hirota installed.
March 11-Franco made Paraguay a to-
talitarian state.
March 13-SerlouS MarXlSt riots through
March 14-Franco government in Para.
quay recognized by United States and other
March 2o-Mexican government permitted
reopening of 5000 Catholic churches.
March % = Mussolini abolished Italian
chamber OF deputies and nationalized all
President Vargas proclaimed martial law
in Brazil.
March Z9@Iermany gave Hitler almost
unanimous vote in reichstag elections.
April - Austria decreed general con-
scription. violating st. German treaty.
April 7-Spanish parliament voted Presi-
dent Zamora out of office.
April 10-Mexican government expelled
former President Gales.
April "a = Honduran government an
nounced suppression of rebellion:
April 25-Eleazar Contreras elected presi-
dent of Venezuela.
April RECONCILIATION of Communists and
Socialists won majority in French parlia-
April 2SNKing Fuad of Egypt died and
was succeeded by Crown Prince Farouk.
May 2-Wafd party won Egyptian parlia-
May 3-CoaIition of leftists won control
of French assembly.
May 10-Manuel Azana made president OF
Spain.
May 13-Prince Won Starhemberg, vice
chancellor of Austria. dropped from cabi-
net.
tria decreed dissolution of all private arm
les.
May 17--Bolivian army officers forced
President SorZano to resign and named Col.
David Toro to succeed him.
May 20-Miguel Mariana Gomez inaug-
May Military revolt started in Mica
ragua.
June 2-J H. Thomas, resigned British
colonial secretary, found guilty OF disclos'
ing budget secrets.
premier of France.
June million French workers won
strike. as employers accepted "NRA' OF
June 1o~Spanish Reds and syndicalists
fought machine gun battle at Malaga.
June l5-Pope Plus created two new 1tal-
ian cardinals.
June 18-French cabinet decreed dissolu-
ton of all Fascist organizations.
July is Gen. Gustav Dresser.
chief of Poland's air force, killed in crash
with two other officers.
July 18-Fascists and royalists started
revolution in Spain.
July 28-Spanish government seized all
troll of industry and finance.
Aug. 5-Premier MetaxaS of Greece set
plot.
ers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill Stain
and seize control of Soviet Russia.
Aug. 23-Russian conspirators sentenced
to death.
British liner Queen Mary set new trans.
Aug 24-Sixteen Russian conspirators ex-
ecuted by firing squad.
Hitler doubled period of military train
ing in Germany.
Aug. sc T. Wang made Chinese am
bassador to United States.
Sept 3-Great Britain put Palestine under
martial law.
Sept 4-Caballero. Socialist leader. be-
came premier of Spain.
Spanish rebels captured Irun.
Sept. France decided to spend $780,.
000, 900 on army.
Sept. 11-British trades union congress
rejected popular front alliance with COM
Sept. 12-Spanish rebels captured San
Sept. 1s-Spanish loyalists dynamited part