The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-03

Jan. 10-Mary Pickford granted d.
vorce from Douglas Fairbanks.
Jan. 11--House passed $770.000.000 In
| dependent offices BILL
Jan. 1e-President sent message urg-
ing senate to approve United States
entry into World court.
social safety plan and oid-age PEN
Jan. 1s-Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali
and John Boettiger married In New
Jan. 21-Biii in house giving Roose-
xelt power GysI spelnaing ga 81 s sG4r nn-
Jan. 24-House passed four billion
eight hundred million relief and works
Jan. a5-House voted power to Roose-
Welt to borrow sl1.5Oo.oOO.OOo to pay
Jan. ss-Uprising in Louisiana put
down by Huey Longs troops.
Jan. Ss-senate rejected World court
adherence resolution.
House passed bill to extend RFC for
Jan. sO-senate passed bill to In.
crease borrowing power Of New Deal
by 1850, 00. 900.
ia Jan; sim AL extended auto
Feb. 2-North Dakota Supreme court
ousted Noodle as governor.
into Postmaster General Gariey's gifts
of stamps to friends.
Feb. 6-Extension of MIRA two years,
Tightening of hour and wage provisions.
Feb. 8-Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son named chairman Of Red Cross.
Feb. 13-Bruno Richard Hauptmann
found guilty of numbering Lindbergh
baby; sentenced to death.
Congress voted to end federal pay
Feb. 14-Robert q. Wood. Chicago.
named to head advisory committee on
$4.S80.000,000 work relief plan.
out Of Oklahoma reformatoryS guard
killed, eight prisoners wounded.
Feb. decentralization won in SUI
preme court gold clause decisions by
Feb 22SHouse passed largest peace
time army bill. appropriating $s7s,ooo..
Feb. 2s-Federal Judge holds section
IA of MIRA unconstitutional in its ap-
| plication to Weirton Steel company
Federal judge granted 35 Kentucky
| coal operators injunctions preventing
| United States from enforcing code.
March 3-President asked congress
for outright subsidy to merchant ma
rine to replace present mail contract
| and building loan system.
March SIS. Clay Williams resigned
as head of MIRA board.
March 10-Government moved to re-
| place all national bank currency with
money based on gold taken by treasury.
income tax publicity feature.
Samuel insult acquitted of embezzle-
| ment charge.
| March III Crawford Biggs, solic-
itor general, resigned.
currency imitation plan to pay SOL
| diers' bonus.
March 2S-senate passed works relief
March 24-President gave his ap-
groyal to proposed constitution for
March ss-President left on fishing
trip off the Bahamas.
Senate passed ssO5.oOO.OO0 treasury
March 27-House voted s3s, ooo. 900 to
| strengthen navy shore bases.
| March 2S-Senate voted for repeal Of
income tax publicity feature:
March 30-Coal miners and operators
June 16.
April limited States Supreme court
again reversed conviction and death
sentence of two negroes in famous
Five per cent pay raise for railway
workers went into effect.
April 5--Conference report on work
April S-President Roosevelt ended
his fishing trip and signed the work
April .s--House passed Mcswain war
Senate passed the navy public works
bill carrying $SS,o00,000.
April 19-House passed administra-
tion's social security bill.
April 23-Frank Walker named d.
rector of National Emergency council
and chief adviser in work relief ex-
Toledo branch of Chevrolet Motor
company closed by strike.
April 24-President announced crea-
tion of three new agencies for work
relief program. and named eight classes
April 25-secretary Ickes named head
of works allotment division.
April 26-Harry Hopkins made head
of works progress division.
April 29-Supreme court ruled in ia
vor Of Arizona in Parker dam case.
strike spread to Cleveland and Gin
| cinnati.
May .-United States Chamber of
Commerce adopted resolutions opposing
tion.
May s-Leland Harrison appointed
minister to Rumania.
May 6--Supreme court declared rail-
way pension act unconstitutional.
May 7-Senate passed the Patman
bonus bill.
of North Dakota and four others for
conspiracy to misuse federal relief funds
| reversed by Federal Court of Appeals.
May 9IHouse passed the omnibus
May 11-President Roosevelt estab-
lished rural electrification division,
| headed by MOTIFS II. cooke.
Dennis Chavez appointed senator from
| New Mexico.
May 13-Toledo auto strikers accept
| ed compromise settlement.
| May 14-Senate passed bill extending
| MIRA until April /, 1886.
| Longs resolution for investigation of
Farley rejected by senate
May 15-Representative- Michael L.
Igoe appointed United States district
| attorney at Chicago.
May 16-Senate passed the Wagner
| labor relations BILL
May 1S-Audit by Comptroller Cen
eral McCarl disclosed great waste in
IVA.
May 20-President fixed wages and
hours for work relief program.
| Norman Armour appointed American
| minister to Canada.
May 22-President Roosevelt, appear
ing personally before joint session of
| congress, vetoed the Patman bonus
measure. The house Immediately re-
May 2s-senate sustained Presidents
veto of bonus act.
| May 24-Senate passed $3.50, 600, 900
| navy appropriation bill.
| May 27-United States Supreme court
| unanimously ruled the code structure
| and wage and labor hours provisions Of
| NRA were unconstitutional.
| Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage mora
torium act held invalid by Supreme
| court.
President Roosevelt's removal of the
| EJuy