The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-07
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Chronology
of the YEAR
1896
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Compiled by z. w. PIcKARD


message for fiscal year 1887.
Jan. 9-Democratic national conven-
ton, opening June %, awarded to Phila-
delphia.
Jan. loIHouse passed immediate pay
Jan. l3-Supreme Court ordered re-
turn of impounded processing taxes.
Jan. 20-Senate passed bonus bill pro-
viding payment by baby bonds.
Jan. 21-Defciency appropriation bill
asked $50, 200, 600 for New Deal.
Jan. 22-BonuS bill sent to President.
Jan. 23-Senate committee rejected
substitute AAA bill.
Jan. 4-President vetoed bonus bill
and house voted to override the veto.
House voted 1926, 200, 900 for AAA farm
contracts.
Jan. 27-Senate passed baby bond bo.
nus bill over Presidential veto.
Jan. 31-Huey Long widow appointed
senator from Louisiana to fill out his
term.
Feb. 4-Senate repealed cotton. to.
bacco and potato control acts.
Feb. 5-House repealed the three farm
acts.
Feb. 6-House voted to impeach Fed
district of Florida.
Feb. 10-Supreme Court held invalid
the Louisiana law taxing newspaper ad-
Feb. fs-wayne Chatfield- Taylor made
assistant secretary of treasury.
Feb. H-House passed $545.000,0O0
army Ss appreciation sa ion hill n.sssd nv cen.
ate.
Feb. 17-Supreme Court upheld right
of IVA to distribute electricity devel-
oped at Wilson dam.
House voted to extend neutrality act
Feb. 1s-Senate passed neutrality ex-
tension bill.
Feb. 21-House passed new farm bill:
Feb. 24-Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood
,,,l Gov f,ysff nivtr, n
administration.
Feb. 26-President Roosevelt vetoed
$50, 900, 900 seed loan bill.
Feb. 28-Interstate commerce COM
mission cut basic railway fares to
cents a mile.
Feb. 29LPresident signed revised neu-
trality act.
Completed Boulder dam turned over to
reclamation service.
March 3-President in message to con-
gress proposed new taxes of s1.137.-
600, 900.
March - Completed Norris dam
opened by President Roosevelt.
March 11-District of Columbia Su-
preme court permanently enjoyed SeiZ-
ure of kilograms by senate committee.
March 18-President Roosevelt asked
congress for $1.50o, 900 for relief in
next fiscal year.
March 22-President Roosevelt started
on annual fishing trip.
March 23-Senate passed War depart
m6nI APPROPRIATION Dill.
March 24-Federal Judge Barnes In
Chicago declared national labor rela-
tions act unconstitutional
March 30-Federal Judge Samuel Al
schuler of Chicago resigned.
April 3-Bruno Hauptmann executed
at Trenton, N. j., for kidnapping and
murder of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's
baby son.
April s - Supreme court decision
curbed powers of securities exchange
OmrnicSiOny
April 10-President Roosevelt returned
to Washington.
April 13ePresident appointed General
Hagood to command of Sixth corps area
April I7-Federal Judge Halstead L.
Ritter of Florida found guilty by senate
on impeachment charges and removed
from Office.
April 29-House passed SSO3, ,OoO. 900 tax
bill.
May ALVIN Karpis, public enemy
No. l." captured in New Orleans:
House passed S531 900, 900 navy bill.
May 8-Senate passed house naval ap-
preparation bill
May 11-House passed 81. 1854. .299. 900
relief and deficiency bill;
May 13-Frazier.Lemke farm mort
gage refnancing bill defeated in house.
May 18-Guffey coal act declared in
valid by Supreme court.
May 25-Supreme court declared in
valid the municipal bankruptcy act
Socialist party nominated Norman
Thomas for President.
May 30-Senate approved Florida ship
canal appropriation.
June 1-Senate passed relief and de-
ficiency bill.
United States Supreme court held in
valid New York minimum wage law:
June 4-William B. Bankhead, Ala
bama, elected speaker to succeed the
June 6-Texas Centennial exhibition
opened at Dallas.
Speaker Byrns funeral held at Nash.
VILE.
June 9-Republican national conven-
ton opened in Cleveland.
June 11-Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kan
sas nominated for President by Repub-
licans.
June IL Republicans nominated
Frank Knox of Chicago for vice presi-
dent
President Roosevelt delivered address
at the Texas Centennial exposition in
June 14-President Roosevelt dsdi.
Gated George Rogers Clark memorial at
Vincennes, Ind.
June 17-House defeated Blacksmith
anti-lobby bill. and Florida ship canal
June 1s-Congress passed anti-commu-
June 2O-Congress adjourned.
June 23-Democratic national conven-
IlOn opefeO at RnlldOelpDld.
June 26-Franklin D. Roosevelt renom-
mated by acclamation by Democrats.
June 27-John N. Garner renominated
for vice presidency.
July 7-Postmaster General Farley
given leave of absence until after cleo
ton
July 11-Roosevelt dedicated S65, ,OOO.-
600 New York Tri-Rnrough bridge.
July 14-President Roosevelt and sons
left on two weeks cruise.
July I5-Tow- send followers opened
convention in Cleveland.
Former Liert. Comdr. John S. Farms
worth arrrT ed on charge of selling ma
val information to Japanese.
July 18-Government drouth relief eX-
tended to Is states.
july 23-Alf M. Landon officially noti-
fed of his nomination for Presidency.
July 29-PreSident Roosevelt ended va
cation cruise at Campobello island. N. B.
July 31-President Roosevelt visited
governor general of Canada in Quebec.
Aug. Fifty y-eight persons, 23 petro-
1eum concerns and three publishing COM
panies indicted by federal grand jury
for violating antitrust law.
Aug. 5-A. F. of L. council suspended
ten unions dominated by John L. Lewis.
Aug. 16-National Union for Social
Justice, in convention in Cleveland, in
dorsed Lemke for President of United
States and elected Father Coughlin its
president
tary of state, appointed ambassador to
Italy.
Aug. 25-William c. Bullitt named am
bassador to France. vice Jesse 1. Straus.
resigned.
President Roosevelt began 12-day tour
of drouth area.
Aug. 30-Ruth Bryan Owen resigned
as minister to Denmark.
Sept. 3-President Roosevelt met Gov
ernor Landon and six other midwest
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