Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-01-28

Dec. 15--PfGSIdenC R0OSoVslI returned
Washington from South American trip.
Dec. 17-Republican national committee
rejected Chairman Hamilton's resignation.
FOREIGN
Jan. 1o-Miguel Gomez elected president
of Cuba
Jan. 17-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-
claimed King Edward VIII.
Jan. 23-Premier Laval of France re-
Jan. 24--Albert sarraut formed new
French cabinet.
Feb. l3-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
assassinated several high officials; govern
ment buildings in Toxic seized.
Feb. 29ooRebellion in Japan ,quelled.
March 9-New Japanese cabinet headed
by Koki Hirota installed.
March 11-Franco made Paraguay to-
taltarian state.
March 13-SerlouS MarXlSt riots through
March 14-Franco government in Para
quay recognized by United States and other
nations.
March 20-Mexican government permitted
reopenng of 5000 Catholic churches.
March % - Mussolini abolished Italian
chamber of deputies and natonalized all
large industries.
President Vargas proclaimed martial law
in Brazil.
March 29-Germany gave Hitler almost
unanimous vote in reichstag elections.
April l - Austria decreed general con-
scription. violating st. German treaty.
April 7-Spansh parliament voted Pres-
dent Zamora out of office.
oril 10-Mnyican government exnelled
former President Gales,
April "a - Honduran government an
nounced suppression Of rebellion
April 25-Eleazar ContreraS elected presi-
dent of Venezuela.
April Decentralization of Communists and
Socialists won majority in French parlia-
April 28-King Fuad 1 of Egypt died and
was succeeded by Crown Prince Farouk.
May 2-Wafd party won Egyptian parlia-
May 3-Coalition of leftists won control
of French assembly.
May 10-Manuel Azana made president of
Spain.
May 13-Prince Yon starhemberg. vice
chancellor of Austria, dropped from cabi-
May 15-Chancellor Schuschnigg of Aus
tria decreed dissolution of all private arm
les.
May l7..Bolivian army officers forced
President SorZano to resign and named Col.
David Ioro to succeed him.
May 20-Miguel Mariana Gomez inaug-
urated president of Cuba. nro.
May 30-Military revolt started in Mica
ragua.
June 2-J H. Thomas, resigned British
colonial secretary, found guilty of disclos-
ing budget secrets.
June 4-Leon Blum, Socialist became
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 15-Pope Plus created two new Ital-
ian cardinals
June 18-French cabinet decreed dissolu-
ton of all Fascist organizations.
July l6 Gen. Gustav Orlicz-Dreszer.
chief of Polands air force, KILLED in crash
with two other officers.
July 18-Fascists and royalists started
revolution in Spain.
July 28-Spanish government seized all
church and school property and took con-
troll of industry and finance.
Aug. 5-Premier Metaxas of Greece set
plot. pR a dictatorship because OF communist
Aug. 1e-Zinoviev. Kamenev and IA 9th.
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
atlantic speed record
Aug. 24-Sixteen Russian conspirators ex.
ecuted by firing squad
Hitler doubled period of military train
ing in Germany.
Aug. 25-C. 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,.
o00,000 on army.
Sept. l1-British trades union congress
TeJected popular 'front.' alliance with COM
muniSts.
Sept: 12-spanish rebels captured San
Sebastian.
Sept. ls-spanish loyalists dynamited part
of Alcazar at Toledo. killing many rebel
Sept. 25-French government decided to
abandon gold standard and devaluate the
franc.
Sept. 27-Spanish rebels captured Toledo
and rescued the Alcazar garrison.
Oct 1-Gen. Francisco Franco became
head of the Spanish insurgent junta.
Austria, repudiating the treaty of st.
Germain,. called 5000 youths for compulsory
military training.
:. FRENCH parliament passed franc devalua.
Oct 4-Serious riots in Paris between
communists and .nationalists.
Oct. 5-Italy devalued the Ira.
Oct 11-Arab general strike in Palestine
against Jewish immigration called off.
Oct 14--Belgium dropped all military
Oct 3o--spanish rebel planes bombed
Madrid. killing 189.
Military coup forced reorganization Of
Iraq government.
Nov 3-King Edward of England opened
parliament, pledging the nation to peace.
Nov. 4-Spanish insurgents captured Ma
drid suburbs.
Nov. Spanish government fed from
Madrid to Valencia.
Nov 15-Spanish rebels forced crossing
OF Manzanares river and entered one Sec
ton of Madrid
Nov 18-Roger Salengro, French minister
OF the interior, assailed by rightists. COM
mitted suicide.
General Franco Spanish rebel chief. de-
ciared blockade of Barcelona.
Nov: 24-Dictator Stain presented new
constitution to Russia.
Nov. 28-Miltary revolt in Quito Ecua.
dor. suppressed by government.
Dec. spanish loyalists launched great
offensive against Fascist insurgents.
Germany decreed death penalty for those
who hoard wealth abroad.
New Russian constitution approved by
soviet congress.
British house Of lords defeated bill to
permit mercy killings"
Dec. z-British Prime Minister Baldwin
pleaded with King Edward to accept cabi.
nets advice TO relinquish his intimacy with
Mrs. -Malty ~S1mpson.