The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-01-06
FOREIGN

Jan. 4-MarShal Chang sentenced TO ten
years Imprisonment for kidnapping Chinese
dictator Chang Kai.shek and then par.
doned
Jan Grown Princess Juliana of the
Netherlands So. married to Prince Bernhard
Jan. 15-George Bonnet made French am
bassador to United States.
started riot. fred prison and Several hun.
Jan. 23-Premier Hirota of Japan and
his cabinet resigned after being attacked
Karl Radek and Is others on trial at Mos
cow confessed plot to overthrow the Stain
Jan. 2e-Germany abolished free city
Jan. 30IThirteen Russian eonspirators
sadek sSen to pf dsah fonT
Gen. Senjuro Hayashi undertook task of
forming Japanese ministry.
Feb. 2-Hayashi cabinet accepted by eru.
Feb. spanish Fascists captured Malaga
Feb. 9-All political prisoners in Mexico
Feb. 14-Chancellor Schuschnigg of Aus.
tria declared in favor of restoration OF
tempors s Iowa ioyalst af canitai Iheneu 'ae"'ia'
March 8-Spanish liner Mar Cantrabrico
with American cargo of munitions for 10y
And by vessel
sored BY Japan. set up in north China.
April New constitution for India went
Brs ses Burma Sae
=. April I1IAnti-Fascists won crucial cleo.
ton in Belgium.
strike. " lush Oai A '' "
Gen. Francisco Franco consolidated Span
ish insurgent factions to form one-party
April 22~Poland barred all Jews from
politics.
May President De Valera proposed
new constitution for Irish Free State:
London transportation tied up by strike
May Fixing George vi and Queen Eliza.
beth of Great Britain crowned.
May. 14--British imperial conference
May 15-Caballero's loyalist Spanish cabi-
net resigned.
May 17-New Spanish government formed
May 24-Paris worlds fair opened.
May 23-Baldwin quit as British prime
minister and was succeeded by Neville
May 31-Hayashis Japanese cabinet re-.
signed.
June 2--Prince Fumimaro Konoe made
June 3-Duke of Windsor and Wallis War.
field married at Monts. France.
June 16-President of White Russia COM
mitted suicide as hundreds were seized.
June 19-Bilbao fell to Spanish rebels.
June 20-Premier Blum and cabinet re.
signed as French senate refuses to make
him money dictator.
June 21-Camille Chautemps named pre-
mier of France to succeed Blum.
Premier of Georgian soviet republic re-
moved by Moscow.
June 23-President of Mexico announced
that government would take over national
railway lines.
June 28-France suspended payment of
gold and foreign exchange: bourse closed
until further notice.
Russian firing squads executed 81 more
wreckerS in Soviet Far East.
June 29-French chamber gave cabinet
dictatorship over finances.
July 1-German police seized Rev. Mar
tin Niemoeller. leader of the Protestants.
July. 2--De Valera's party, failed to get
Irish Free State elections:
July 3-Courft Covadonga, former crown
prince of Spain, and Marta Rocafort mar
ried in Havana.
July 12-Japan prepared nation to 60 on
war footing.
July 13-French Reds and rightists rioted
in Paris on eve of Bastile day.
July 17-Pope Plus angered NaZis by pay
ing tribute to Cardinal Mundelein of Chi
cago.
July 1s-British parliament passed divorce
reform act.
dent of Irish Free State.
July 26-Republic of Liberia celebrated
its Goth anniversary.
July 28-Farouk I invested as king of
ESypt.
Aug. 1-American war memorial at Mont
faucon, France, dedicated.
Aug. 11-Kurd uprising in Syria sup
pressed by French troops.
Russia reported execution of " railroad
Aug. 25-spanish rebels captured San
lander.
Aug. 31-French railroads nationalized by
decree.
Sept. 8-Paraguay government suppressed
revolt
Sept. 17-Dr. Hjalmar Schacht retired as
German finance minister.
Oct. 2-SpaniSh rebels took Covadonga.
Oct. 19-New high taxes decreed in Italy.
Oct. 23-Provisional President Paez of
Ecuador resigned and was succeeded by
Gen. Alberto Enriquez.
Oct. 25-Van iceland resigned as premier
of Belgium.
oct. 26-British parliament opened by
King George vi.
Oct. 28-Spanish loyalists moved capital
from Valencia to Barcelona.
Nov. 9-Spanish rebels announced block.
ade of entire loyalist coast.
Nov. 10-President Vargas made himself
dictator of Brazil.
Nov. l6-Grand Duke George of Hesse
and ten others killed in Belgian plane cash.
Nov. l8-Dictator Vargas abolished fed
eral courts of Brazil.
Nov 22-Duke of Windsor won libel suit
against author and publisher of book about
his abdication.
Due de Guise issued manifesto starting
Campaign to regain throne of France.
Dec. 3-Dctator Vargas of Brazil out
lawed all political parties.
Dec 12-Soviet Russia held first free"
election under new constitution.
Dec. 13-Pope Plus created five new car
dinals.