The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-03

Terre Haute general strike calleu
| off by unions.
July 24-House passed liquor con-
| troll bill.
July 26-Senate passed bank bill as
| drafted by Glass.
James O'Neill resigned as head of
NRA, effective August l.
July 31-Congress passed Dill re
storing $46,000,000 in Spanish war
veterans pensions.
Aug. 5-New tax bill passed by
house
Aug. 6-Rhode Island Republicans
elected Charles F. Risk as congress-
man, defeating the New Deal canal
date
Aug. s-Maj. Gen. B. D. Foulois,
head of army air corps, voluntarily
retired
Aug. 9-Enactment of social secu-
rity law completed. 49,
Aug. 15-Senate passed new tax
bill
House cleared Federal Judge AL
schuler of illinois of misconduct
Aug. 19-Senate passed farm mora
torium and railway pension plliS ana
adopted conference report on pahk-
ing bill
House passed Guffey coal bill, rail-
way pension bill and conference re
ports on banking and rivers and
harbors bills.
Aug. 21-Congress enlarged pow
ers of IVA; senate passed neutral
ity resolution concerning ltalo-Ethl-
Aug. 22--House accepted compro-
mise death sentence in utilities
bill.
Guffey coal bill passed by senate.
House passed resolution for man
datory embargo on arms shipments
to nations at war.
TNh n
chairman of labor relations board.
Aug. 24-Senate accepted confer
ence reports on utilities. new tax
and alcohol control bills; and ap-
proved compromise neutrality reso-
luton.
Texas voted for prohibition repeal
and local option.
Aug. 26 - Congress adjourned: !:
third deficiency appropriation bill
killed by Senator Longs tilibuster.
Aug. 2S-James A. MOffet resigned
as federal housing administrators.
Sept. 5-PreSident ordered inquiry
into deaths of hundreds of war vet
Grams in Florida hurricane.
Sept. 6-SteWart Mcdonald ap-
pointed federal housing administra-
tor.
Sept. S-Senator Huey P. Long of
Louisiana shot and critically wound
ed in Baton Rouge; assassin killed
by Longs bodyguard.
Sept. 9-National encampment of
G. A. r. opened in Grand Rapids,
Sept. 1O-senator Long died;
Sept. 12-Oley Nelson of Slater
Iowa. elected commander in chief Of
Sept. 16-Franklin C. Hoyt ap-
pointed federal alcohol administra-
tor
Sept. 17-Voters of Pennsylvania
oh
in state constitutions.
Sept. 23--President Roosevelt al
located S8O0,O00,0O0 more to WPA.
American Legion convention opened
in st. Louis, Mo.
James NJ. Lands was appointed
chairman of the SEC.
Soft coal miners began strike.
Sept. 26 President Roosevelt
started on trip to Pacific coast.
Strike of soft coal miners won by
the union.
Ray Murphy of Ida Grove. Iowa,
elected commander of American
Sept. 29-New budget announced,
reducing deficit by more than bill
lion and a quarter.
Sept. 3O-Van Swearingen broth
ers regained control of their rail-
way empire.
Oct. 2-President Roosevelt sailed
on Cruiser Houston from San Diego.
Maj. Gen. Malin Craig appointed
chief of staff of army.
Oct. 9-New Jersey Court of Err
rors and Appeals upheld death SEN
tence for Bruno Hauptmann for
numbering the Lindbergh baby.
Oct. 16-President Roosevelt in
Panama.
Oct. 17-vice President Garner and
big congressional delegation sailed
for Philippines
president of American Federation of
Labor.
Oct. 23-President Roosevelt land
ed at Charleston, S. c.
Oct. 26-Farmers voted by big
majority for retention of corn-hog
Oct. 27-United States Supreme
court opened fall session in its new
Nov. 4-Eastern standard time for
Chicago adopted by council.
Nov. 5-Republicans gained con-
troll of New York legislature and
elected mayors of Philadelphia and
Cleveland. A. B. Chandler. Democrat.
. elected governor of Kentucky.
Nov. Federal Judge w. c. Cole
man at Baltimore held public utili-
ties holding act unconstitutional.
Nov. III. N. Darling, chief of
the biological survey. resigned.
Nov. 17-Presidcnt Roosevelt re-
fused to interfere in MeXico'S church
affairs.
Bar association upheld Liberty
league lawyers offer of legal aid.
Nov. 20-President Roosevelt went
to Warm Springsy Ga.
Nov. 22-United States shipping
board warned American shippers
against shipping war material to
Italy and Ethiopia.
Nov 23-John l.. Lewis resigned
as vice president Of A. F. of l..
Nov. 24-Supreme court granted
temporary injunction against AAA
processing taxes on rice.
Nov. 5O-Federal relief ended with
3,500,000 shifted from FERA rolls
to WPA pay rolls.
Dec. George n. Peek resigned
as president of export bank.
Secretary Wallace announced new
corn hog program
Dec 5-Congress of American In
dustrv and National Association of
Manufacturers adopted platform for
defeat of New Deal and return to
american system"
Dec. 6-Senator Norris of Nebraska
declared he was not a candidate for
reelection.
Dec 8-Lawyers' committee of
American Liberty league declared
Guffey coal act unconstitutional,
Dec 9-President Roosevelt ad-
dressed the American Farm Bureau
convention in Chicago. defending the
AAA, and received honorary degree
from Notre Dame in South Bend,
Ind.
Supreme court refused to review
the conviction of Bruno Hauptmann
for kidnapping and numbering the
Lindbergh baby.
Dec. 13-Hauptmann sentenced to
die in week of jan 1S.
Dec. 15-Gov. Talmadge of Georgia
announced his candidacy for Demo-
cratic Presidential nomination.
Dec. 16-Republican national COM
miJtee selected Cleveland for con-
VentjOn city.