These Were Among Highlights in the Year’s Net vs * ' ►_ _ '_ ' , ) > " PERSECUTION—The world sought a new home for the wandering Jew, driven from Germany, Czecho slovakia and Italy, battled by Arabs in the lloly Land. FLOODS—Raging torrents swept California in the spring, Texas in the summer, New England in the autumn. POLITICS—Primary and general elections in every state of the union focused attention on national affairs and brought Republican gains in many sec tions. AGGRESSION——Germany’s Adolf Hiller marched through Austria and Czechoslovakia, Japan marched through China and fought with Russia on the Siberian border. Compiled by JOHN D. GRANT Jan. 2—Postmaster General Farley's annual report showed "net surplus" of more than 12 million dollars. Jan. 3—Congress opened regular ses sion and received President's annual message. Supreme court upheld federal power loans and grants. Jan. 4—Representative Lester Hill nominated for senator from Alabama. Jan. 9—President's budget message re vealed larger deficit, smaller revenues, and asked a billion for national defense. Associate Justice George Sutherland of Supieme court announced his retire ment. Jan. 10—Resolution for war referen dum amendment to Constitution burled by house. Jan. 11—Indiana Supreme court out lawed marriage mills of state. Jan. 12—House voted to widen Presi dent’s power to cut appropriations. Jan. 15—Stanley F. Reed, solicitor gen eral. appointed to Supreme court by President Roosevelt. Jan. 18—House appropriated billion and a half for treasury and post office departments. Jan. 20—Comptroller of the Currency 3. F. T. O'Connor resigned. Jan. 21—Federal court of appeals at Chattanooga upheld TVA competition with private power companies. House passed 553 million navy appro priation Dill. Jan. 22—Sixteen oil companies and 30 individuals found guilty at Madison. Wis., of conspiring to violate Sherman anti-trust law. Jan. 25—Senate confirmed appointment of Stanley Reed to Supreme court. Jan. 27—Robert H. Jackson nominat ed for solicitor general. jan. zb—1'resiacni sem congress a pro gram to strengthen national defense. Jan. 31—Supreme court upheld labor board's power to make Investigations. Feb. 1—Housing bill Anally enacted. Feb. 6—A. F. of L. expelled United Mine Workers and two other C. I. O. unions Feb. 10—President asked congress to appropriate $230,000,000 for relief. Feb. 14—Farm bill Anally enacted by congress. Feb. 18—House passed 250 million 'dol lar relief bill. Feb. 18—Five United States army planes completed 6.000-mlle flight to Buenos Aires. Secretary Wallace Axed marketing quotas for cotton and tobacco. Feb. 21—Anti-lynchlng bill withdrawn in senate. Feb. 23—Bituminous coal commission revoked all Axed prices. Senate passed $250,000,000 relief bill. Feb 28—Spy ring selling United States military and naval secrets to foreign government smashed; two men and one woman arrested. March 2—Chairman Morgan of TVA | asked congressional investigation of his two fellow directors. March 8—Interstate commerce com mission authorized 10 per cent increase in railroad freight rates. March 10—President submitted to con gress a six-year plan for developing na tional water resources of nation. March 14—Chairman C. F. Hosford of coal commission resigned March 17—Secretary of State Hull out lined American foreign policy of co operation for peace and preparedness to defend international law ana order. March 21—House passed navy expan sion bill. March 22—President Roosevelt ousted A. E. Morgan from TVA. laid entire matter before congress and appointed Harcourt Morgan TVA chairman. March 25—Senate voted for Joint con gressional Investigation of TVA. March 28—Senate passed government reorganization bill. March 30—House voted for TVA Inves tigation. April 4—House passed bill releasing 11,500,000.000 RFC funds for business >ans. April 5—Presidents Roosevelt and Que zon agreed to defer Philippines' eco nomic independence until 1960. April 6—Senate passed army appro priation bill carrying $491,000,000. April 9—Senate passed revenue bill designed to relieve business. April 11—Senate passed bill putting 15,000 postmasterships under civil serv ice. April 14—President Roosevelt in mes sage to congress asked nearly seven billion dollars for spending and lending program. April 19—House passed 903 million dol lar agriculture department bill, carrying 201 millions for road building. April 21—Congress passed naval ap propriation bill carrying $546,866,000. April 25—President asked congress to abolish Income tax exemption for gov ernment securities and government em ployees. April 28—National Progressives of America party formed by Gov. Philip La Follette of Wisconsin and followers. May 3—Senate passed naval expansion bill. House passed bill to create 24 more federal judgeships. May B—Labor board withdrew deci sion against Ford company. House passed $484,000,000 highway bill. May 9—Senate passed billion dollar agricultural department bill. May 12—Three billion recovery spend ing bill passed by house. May 13—Enactment of naval expan sion Dill completed. May 16—Senate passed bill creating aeronautics authority. May 17—Pennsylvania Democratic pri maries resulted In defeat for C. I. O. candidates; Gov. G. H. Earle nominated for senator and C. A. Jones for gover nor. Republicans renominated Senator Davis and named A, H. James for gov ernor. May 21—Presbyterian church general assembly voted predestination sections out of confession of faith. May 24—House passed the wage-hour bill. May 25—Dr. A. E. Morgan, first wit ness in congressional Inquiry Into TVA, accused David LlUenthal and Harcourt Morgan of deceit and dishonest manage ment. May 26—Llllenthal and Harcourt Mor gan heard in denial of A. E. Morgan's charges and counter-attack. Bloody labor riots in Detroit and Ak ron. May 27—President Roosevelt let tax bill become law without his signature. May 31—Supreme court denied rehear ing of stockyards case, rebuking Sec retary Wallace and Solicitor General Jackson. President signed bill creating 20 new federal judges. Government reorganization bill shelved by congress. June 3—Senate passed the three bil lion recovery bill. June 9—House ousted Representative Jenks, Republican, of New Hampshire, and seated Alphonse Roy, Democrat. June 14—Senate passed the wage-hour act June 15—Congress passed flood con trol bill. June 16—Congress passed relief and pump-priming bill and adjourned. June 20—Eighteen persons indicted In New York as German spies June 24—President by executive order extended civil service to all govern ment employees not exempted by stat ute. July 6—Dr. A. E. Morgan sued for reinstatement ns chairman of TVA. July 7—President Roosevelt began transcontinental speechmaking tour. July 14—President reviewed battleship fleet at San Francisco. Howard Hughes and four others com pleted round-the-world flight started July 10. setting record of three days, 19 hours, 14 minutes. July 15—Elmer F. Andrews, New York, appointed administrator of wage and hour law. orv'i tifi i y v* a nave asncu 01 cut In wheat acreage. July 18—Douglas Corrigan of Los An geles made solo flight from New York to Dublin, Ireland, in 28 hours, 13 min utes. July IB—Governor of Iowa ordered troops to Newton, home of strike-bound Maytag plant. Five officials and 12 corporations fined in oil conspiracy case at Madison. Wis. July 20—Government began anti-mo nopoly suit against chief movie compa nies July 22—Federal court of appeals In Chicago set aside finding of NLRB in Fansteel corporation case. July 28—Puerto Rico nationalists tried to assassinate Gov. Blanton Wlnship. Aug. 1—Justice department announces Investigation of American Medical asso ciation on charge of anti-trust law vio lation. Aug. 2—New Dealers defeated In Vir ginia and Missouri Democratic prima ries Aug. 3—William C. Dodge, former New York district attorney, linked with James J Hines in policy racket charge. President Roosevelt heads back heme after fishing cruise in South Pacific. Aug. 6—Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley wins Democratic senatorial nomination in Kentucky over Gov. A. B •'Happy" Chandler. Aug. 11—President Roosevelt asks de feat of Sen. Walter F. George in Geor gia speech. Twenty-six passenger German plane flies non-stop from Berlin to New York. Aug. 12—Tom Girdler, Republic steel president, blasts C. I. O , National La bor Relations board and senate civil liberties committee. Aug. 13—United S'ates Nazlism and Communism investigated by house com mittee on un-Americanism. Aug. 15—President Roosevelt asks de feat of Sen. Millard Tydlngs in "fire side chat" on social security's third birthday. Trial of James J. Hines on racket charge opens in New York city. Ford Motor company calls 24,000 back to work. Aug. 16—John P. Frey, A. F of L. leader, blames Communists for sit-down strike epidemic. Aug. 18—President Roosevelt dedicates new international bridge through the Thousand Islands. St. Lawrence river. Aug. 24 — President Roosevelt de nounces G. O. P. for meddling in pri maries. Aug. 26—Secretary Hull sends sharp note to Mexico on seizure of American owned farmlands. Aug. 30 — Senator Smith, Intended purge victim, wins in South Carolina primary. Mc.vloo, indorsed by Roosevelt, loses In California primary. Sept. 6—Governor Davey of Ohio de fies federal social security board to cut off state's old-age assistance grants Senator Pat McCarron defeats two 100 per cent New Dealers in Nevada pri mary. Sept. 7—Grand Army of the Republic holds national reunion in Des Moines. Sept. 9—Grand Jury Indicts S. Davis Wilson, mayor of Philadelphia, tn gam bling inquiry Sept. 11— James Roosevelt undergoes operation at Rochester, Minn. Sept. 12—Senator Tydings wins In Maryland primary; voters defy Presi dent by landslide. Judge Pecora declares mistrial in Hines racket case. Maine elects Republican governor and all three congressmen. Sept. 14—Sen. W. F. George, on the purge list, wins in Georgia. Sept. 20—Democrats defeat J. J. O'Connor tn New York; G. O. P. nom inates him. Sept. 27—Senator McAdoo made chair man of the Dollar ship lines under Unit ed States control. Sept. 29— District Attorney Thomas E Dewey nominated as Republican candi date for governor of New York. Sept. 35—Gov. H. H. Lehman named by Democrats as candidate for governor of New York. Oct. 4—Sweeping graft Inquiry started in Brooklyn. Oct. 5—Two bandits hold up two bank employees at Ottawa, 111., and escape wltn $(50,000 in cash. Oct. 6—A. F. of L. votes to continue assessments for fight against C. I. O. Oct. 10—United States Supreme court refuses to review conviction of Tom Mooney, serving sentence for bombing in San Francisco in 1916. Oct. 13—Green re-elected president of A. F. of L. Oct. 14—Gustav Rumrlch, army desert er. pleads guilty to being a German spy. Oct. 17—Dr. Eduard Benes, former president of Czechoslovakia, accepts in vitation to become visiting professor at the University of Chicago. Oct. 18—National Eucharistic congress opened in New Orleans. Oct. 19—Labor hoard ordered Repub lic Steel to reinstate 5,000 strikers. Oct. 20—United States indicted 73 as WPA grafters in New Mexico. Oct. 24—Wage-hour law went Into ef fect Oct. 28—Big utilities pledge two bil lion dollar expansion with federal aid. Nov. 7—President Roosevelt sent con gratulations to Soviet Russia on its twenty-first birthday. Nov. 8—Election results; Republicans gain eight senators, 80 representatives and governors in 11 states. Nov 9—Rise in stocks and heaviest trading since Oct. 21, 1937, follow elec tion results. Nov. 10—Col. Fulgenclo Batista, dic tator of Cuba, welcomed to Washington. Nov. 12—Ladies Garment Workers' un ion, 250.000 strong, withdraws from C. I. O. Nov. 15—Grand Jury Indictments re turned ip Chicago charging 97 persons and firms with conspiracy to fix the price of milk and Ice cream. Nov. 16—New Deal turns to arms mak ing to supplant Job relief John L. Lewis retains dictatorial con trol of C. I. O including $2,000,000 levy. Nov. 17—Reciprocal trade agreements signed with Great Britain and Canada. Nov. 18—Attorney General Cummings announced resignation from cabinet, ef fective in January. » Nov. 19—Roosevelt recalls Hugh R. Wilson, ambassador to Germany. Navy contracts for three new battle aiuua. Nov. 21—President Roosevelt arrived at Warm Springs. Ga.. for two weeks visit. Wisconsin's retroactive income tax law upheld by U. S. Supreme court. Nov. 29—Capt. Ross T. McIntyre. White House physician, named surgeon general of the navy. Nov. 30—Grand Jury Investigation of graft charges against Governor Earle of Pennsylvania and 14 others ordered. Dec. 1—Homer Martin reveals far flung rule of Reds over C. I. O. at Dies com mittee hearing. Dec. 5—U. S. Supreme court rebukes labor board for abuse of authority. Mrs. Elma Lauer, wife of New York Supreme court Justice, indicted for smuggling Dec. 7—Anna M. Hahn, Cincinnati poi son slayer, electrocuted at Columbus, Ohio. December 9—United States ambassa dor to China recalled for conference. Dec. 11 — President Roosevelt an nounces plan to deed Hyde Park estate to government to serve as a memorial to himself. Dec. 13—George Burns, of Burns and Alien, pleads guilty on smuggling charge. Dec. 18—F. D. Coster, head of Mc Kesson & Robbins drug firm, revealed as ex-convict, real name, Phillip Musica, indicted in huge swindle, kills self. Three brothers of Coster, under different names, arrested on same charge. Dec. 20—Confession of Anna M. Hahn, electrocuted poison slayer, made public, in which she confesses to four murders. Theft of $4,000,000 uncovered as Coster-Muslca swindle grows; huge gun deals with foreign power linked to swindle. Administration grants indefinite credit to China against gold held in U. S. Dec. 21—Inquiry reveals use of large part of drug fraud millions for nation wide lobby. Four medical associations and 21 phy sicians Indicted on restraint of trade charges. Jan. 1—France embargoed arms ship ments to Rumania and Jugoslavia. Jan. 2—Chtang Ka'-shek heads reor ganized Chinese government Jan. 9—Prince Paul, heir presumptive to Greek throne, married Princess Fred erika Louise of Hanover in Athens. Jan. 10—Japanese occupied Tsingtao. Jan. 11—Submarine sank Dutch steam er off Spanish coast. Jan. 14—Premier Chautemps of France and his Popular Front government re signed. Jan. 18—Chautemps formed new French cabinet, asked Japan to reveal her naval building plans. Jan. 29—United States rejected pro posal to co-operate with Britain. France and Russia in supplying China with war munitions. Jan. 31—British steamer torpedoed and sunk by pirate submarine off Spanish coast. Feb. 4—Hitler reorganized German army high command, assumed absolute control and made Von Ribbentrop for eign minister. Feb. 7—Britain warned Franco to stop pirate attacks or face reprisals. Feb. 14—Britain's great naval base at Singapore dedicated. Feb. 15—Hitler forced Austria to put pro-Nazis in her cabinet. Feb. 20—Hitler demanded colonies for Germany and said Reich didn't fear war. Anthony Eden resigned as British for eign minister. King Carol proclaimed fascist regime for Rumania. March 2—Chinese armies In Shensi province north of Yellow river routed by Japanese. March 3—Twenty-one former Soviet Russian leaders pleaded guilty of trea son and other crimes in Moscow trial. March 7—United States and Czechoslo vakia signed reciprocal trade treaty. March 9—Chancellor Schuschnigg or dered a plebiscite on Austrian independ ence. Chautemps' French cabinet resigned. March 10—Leon Blum became French premier. March 11—Premier Schuschnigg of Austria resigned when German troops invaded the country; Seyss-Inquart took post and formed Nazi cabinet. March 12—Hitler proclaimed the union of Germany and Austria, scrapping the treaty of St. Germain. March 27—Spanish Insurgent armies drove forward into Catalonia. April 8—Blum's ..French cabinet re signed. April 10—Edouard Daladier formed new French government. April 16—President Benes of Czecho slovakia announced amnesty for 4.000 political offenders. Great Britain and Italy signed agree ment for peaceful settlement of all their differences. April 19—Plot against King Carol of Rumania by Fascists foiled. April 22—Japan paid United States $2,214,000 to settle Panay incident. April 25 — Anglo-Ireland agreement signed, settling trade disputes. April 28—Great Britain and France agreed to pool their armed forces in time of war. May 3—Hitler arrived in Rome for conference with Mussolini. May 4—Dr. Douglas Hyde made pres ident of Ireland by acclamation. May 11—Japanese captured Amoy, South China port. May 12—League of Nations council in formally recognized Italy’s conquest of c-tmopia. May 13—New anti-Nazi government for Hungary formed by Bela Imredi. May 21—German and Czech troops massed along the frontier. May 22—Germany promised Czecho slovakia would not be attacked. May 30—Japanese bombed Canton for three days, killing 800 persons and in juring 1,400. June 4—Japanese continued bombing of Canton, killing hundreds. June 11—United States government took steps to discourage sale of planes to Japan. July 2—Japanese bombed Swatow, south China port, killing many. July 4—Chinese air base at Nanchang raided and wrecked by Japanese bomb ers. July 14—Manchukuo protested inva sion bv Russian troops. July 19—King George of Great Britain made state visit to Paris. July 25—Japanese occupied Kluklang. China, key to Hankow defense. Aug. 1—Russian planes Invade Korea and shell Japanese. Aug. 7—Russia rejects Japanese terms, offers counter plan. Aug. 11—Russia, Japan, reach truce in Manchukuan border conflict. Aug. 24—Relchsfuehrer Hitler pledges the inviolability of Hungary in meeting with Admiral Horthy, Hungarian regent. Aug. 28—Hitler demands powers force Czechs to submit to him. Aug. 27—Britain warns Hitler against attack on Czechoslovakia. Sept. 1—Mussolini orders out all Jews who entered Italy qfuce the World war. Sept. 4—France masses troops at Mag inot line. Sept. 6—Polish police wreck 173 ortho dox churches; kill many. Sept. 9—Britain again warns Hitler against attacking Czechs. Sept. 11—Czechs and Nazis riot in Sudeten territory. Sept. 12—Hitler defies Britain and France In speech. Sept. 14—Czech troops smash civil war in Sudeten territory. Prime Minister Chamberlain flies to Germany to see Hitler. Japan pledges armed aid to Hitler. Sept. 15—Four-power peace parley planned as result of Prime Minister Chamberlain's conference with Hitler. Sept. 18—British and French cabinets confer on Czech situation. Sept. 18—Britain and France yield to Hitler's demands. Sept. 20—Czechs accept partition. Sept. 21—Poland and Hungary demand slices of Czechoslovakia. Sept. 22—Chamberlain and Hitler dis cuss peace plan. Czech premier and cabinet resign. Sept. 25—President Roosevelt sends peace appeal to Hitler. Sept. 26—Chamberlain pledges Britain to enforce yielding of Sudeten area if Hitler will not make war. Hitler warns Czechs he is ready to fight for Sudetenland. Sept 27—Roosevelt sends second plea to Hitler, proposes European parley. Sept. 28—Hitler calls four-power peace conference, including Great Britain. France and Italy as last effort to avert war Sept. 29—Conference agrees to all Hit ler's demands: Germans take immedi ate possession of Sudetenland. Czechs submit. Sept. 30—German troops begin march into Czechoslovakia. Czechs get new demand from Poland. Czechs cede territory. Oct. 4—Premier Daladler given dic tatorial powers by French chamber of deputies. President Benes of Czechoslovakia re signs. Oct. 6—British forces kill 50 Arabs in new Palestine clash. House of commons endorses Chamber lain's deal with Hitler. Oct. 7—Powers bar plebiscite in Su detenland: give Hitler area without vote of people. Oct. 8—Nazis stone palace of Cardinal Innitzer at Vienna, injuring the cardi nal. Oct. 10—Chinese report 20.000 Japa nese slain in three-day battle near Tein. Oct. 12—Germany demands $43,000,000 from Czech gold reserve to strengthen financial position. Oct. 14—Hitler demands Britain limit air force to fraction of Germany's. Oct. 16—Germany arrests labor lead ers as anti-Nazi agitators in new wave UI11C91. Oct. 18—British troops besiege Arab rebels within old city of Jerusalem. Oct. 20—British troops disarm Arab rebels in Jerusalem. Oct. 25—Duke of Kent made governor of Australia. Oct. 26—Japs take complete control of Hankow. Oct. 27—Japan approved plan to share spoils of Chinese conquest with Germany and Italy. Nov. 2—British commons approved Chamberlain's pact with Italy. Hungary given chunk of Czechoslova kia by Germany and Italy. Nov. 6—Two British planes set non stop record of 7.162 miles, flying from Egypt to Australia Nov. 7—King George of Great Brit ain accepted President Roosevelt's invi tation to visit United States. Nov. 10—20,000 Jews thrown into pris on in Germany as mobs destroyed their homes and stores. Pearl Buck. American novelist, won 1938 Nobel prize for literature: Eurico Fermi won "physics award. Nov. 11—Duke of Gloucester visited Duke of Windsor in Paris: former king to be restored to royal family circle. Gen. Ismet Inonu becomes president of Turkey. Nov. 12—Germany fines Jews $400, 000,000 as penalty for murder of Ger man diplomat by Polish Jew in Paris. Nov. 16—31 nations ask Nazis to let Jews enter other lands. Nov. 21—Britain offers new homelands for German Jews in British Guiana and parts of Africa. Nov. 24—Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Halifax call on duke of Windsor In Paris. Nov. 29—General strike began in France: troops occupy public services. Nov. 30—German secret police begin purge in Nazi circles and army in drive to silence critics. Dec. 1—Rumanian province forbids use of Yiddish language In public. Japa nese air bombers kill 72; wound 200 in raid in Kweilin. China. Dec 4—French colonists In Tunis and Corsica riot against Italy’s apparent program of annexation. Dec. 5—Germany forbids Jews to en gage in economic affairs and bars sale of their possessions. Dec. 7—France and Germany sign “no war" pact. Dec. 8—Britain shelves Germany's de mands for restoration of colonies. Dec. 9—Disorders grow in French-Ital ian row over Tunisia. Dec. 14—British refuse to help France In war with Italy. Dec. 15—Chamberlain warns Italy to keep hands off French Tunisia. Dec. 16—Spanish rebels decree full citizen rights to former King Alfonso. Dec. 19—British inflict heavy losses on Arab rebels in Palestine. Dec. 20—France fortifies African col onies. Jan. 1—Admiral H. P. Jones, U. S. N.. retired. Jan. 2—Roland R. Conklin. New York capitalist. Jan. 8—Henry M. Dunlap, noted horti culturist, in Champaign, 111. Jan. 11—Robert B. Harshe, director Chicago Art Institute. Jan. 16—W. H. Pickering, Harvard university astronomer. Jan. 19—Dr. W. K. Boyd, historian, at Durham, N C. Jan. 25—William Slavens McNutt, playwright. Jan. 27—Charles A. Corwin, artist, in Chicago. Jan. 29—H. Reeves-Smlth, English actor. Feb. 3—Armando Valdes, eminent Spanish novelist. Feb. 7—Harvey S. Firestone, rubber magnate. Feb. 14—Admiral Cary T. Grayson, head of American Red Cross. O O McIntyre, writer, in New York. Feb. 20—John O. Sumner, historian, in Boston Feb. 24—Mrs. Irene Rucker Sherid&n. widow of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, in Washington. Feb. 27—Elijah W. Halford, former editor, and private secretary to Presi dent Benjamin Harrison. March 1—Gabriele d'Annunzlo. Italian poet, playwright, soldier and patriot. March 3—R. P. Scripps, president Scripps-Howard newspaper chain. March 6—Walt McDougall, veteran cartoonist. March 11—Dr. W. A. Wirt, educator, at Gary, Ind. March 13—Clarence Darrow, noted lawyer. In Chicago. March 28—Col. Edward M. House, in New York. April 10—Brig. Gen. Leon A. Mattie, U. S. A., retired, veteran of three wars. April 12—Feodor Chaliapin, grand op era star. In Paris. April 27—Albert B. Anderson of Indi anapolis. former federal Judge. May 6—F. D. Waterman, fountain pen manufacturer and philanthropist, in New _ —i. Duke of Devonshire In London. May 16—E. T. Stotesbury, financier. In Philadelphia. May 18—Anton Lang, veteran Passion Play actor, in Munich. May 31—Louis Zangwill, English au thor. June 3—Marion Butler, former sena tor from North Carolina. June 10—Constance Fletcher (George Fleming), novelist and dramatist. June 14—Dr. W. W. Campbell, astron omer and former president of University of California. June 17—Dr. Royal S. Copeland. Unit ed States senator from New York. June 19—Henry W. Keyes, former sen ator and governor of New Hampshire. July 4—Suzanne Lenglen. French ten nis star. July 9—Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo of Supreme court. July 10—Dr. Frederick Peterson, neu rologist and author, in Bridgeport. Conn. July 16— Samuel Insull, former utili ties magnate, in Paris. July 18—Dowager Queen Marie of Ru mania. July 19—Dr. Paul Rader, noted evan gelist. in Los Angeles. July 21—Owen wister, American au thor. Charles P. Howard, president of Typo graphical union. July 24—Obadiah Gardner, former sen ator from Maine. July 25—Maj. A. V. Dalrymple, last national prohibition director. Countess of Warwick. Aug. 3—Pearl White, silent screen movie heroine. Aug. 6—Warner Oland, "Charlie Chan" of cinema fame. Aug. 11—Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, wife of automobile magnate. Aug. 15—Daniel G. Dodge, 21, heir to automobile fortune. Aug. 17—Adolph Lewlsohn, 89, multi millionaire investment broker and phi lanthropist. Aug. 18—Thomas K. Heath, 85, of famed vaudeville team of McIntyre and Heath. Aug. 28—May Yohe, acress, in Boston. Sept. 4—Cardinal Hayes, in New York. Sept. 11—Prince Arthur of Connaught, in London. Sept. 19—Pauline Frederick, star of stage and screen, in California. Sept. 22—President L. D. Coffman of the University of Minnesota, in Minneap olis. Sejjt. 28—Charles E. Duryea, inventor of first automobile, in Philadelphia. Oct. 1—Conway Tearle, stage and screen star, in Hollywood. Oct. 10—George W. Lederer, theatrical producer, in New York. Oct 12—Grand Duke Cyril, self-pro claimed czar of Russia, in Paris. Oct. 13—E. C. Segar, creator of “Pop eye, the Sailor.” in California. Oct. 17—Dr. John Barrett, ex-diplomat, in Bellows Falls, Vt. Oct. 22—May Irwin, famous actress, in New York. Oct. 27—Alma Gluck, opera star, in New York. Oct. 29—Pat Crowe, Cudahy kidnaper in 1900, in New York. Robert Woolsey, comedian, in Call foraia. Nov. 10—Kemal Ataturk, president of Turkey. Nov. 12—C. H. Mackay, Postal Tele graph head, in New York. Nov. 20—Queen Maud of Norway, in London. Nov. 21—Leopold Godowsky, famed pi anist, in New York. Nov. 27—Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry, retired, in Baltimore. Dec. 10—Professor J. W. Garner, po litical science authority at the Univer sity of Illinois. Dec. 13—Gaston B. Means, superswin dler, responsible for the Lindbergh ran som hoax, in Springfield, Mo. Dec. 20—Warren T. McCray, former governor of Indiana. Dec. 21—Mrs. Helen Shepard, daugh ter of Jay Gould, in Margaretsville. N. Y. Jan. 4— United States army bomber with seven aboard lost off California coast. Jan. 10—Ten killed in plane crash near Bozeman, Mont. Jan. 11—Munitions explosion In Ma drid killed 200. Capt. Edwin Mustek and six others killed in plane crash near Samoa. Jan. 18—Forty-seven killed when Cath olic college at St. Hyacinthe, Que., burned Jan. 27—Falls View bridge at Niagara Falls destroyed by ice jam. Jan. 29—Munitions plant explosion wrecked town of Segnl, Italy, and killed 27. Feb. 2—Eleven killed in collision of planes near San Diego. Feb. 6—Russian dirigible crashed, kill ing 13. f Feb. 17—Tornado In Louisiana killed 30. March 2—Flood in Los Angeles area killed 04. March 15—Tornadoes In seven states killed 21. March 24—Ten killed in plane crash in Ohio. March 30—Tornadoes in Illinois. Kan sas. Arkansas and Missouri killed 29. April 6—Seven men burned to death in Chicago lodging house fire. April 8—Storms in many states killed 40 persons. April 20—Earthquake in Anatolia, Tur key. killed 800. April 22—Mine explosion at Grundy, Va., killed 45 men. May 1—Nineteen killed in crash of Ital ian air liner. May 10—Seventy-nine miners killed by explosions in Derbyshire, England. ^May 27 Hotel Ore la Atlanta, Ga.. Air liner with 9 aboard lost in Cali fornia mountains. May 28—Excursion steamer Mandalay sunk by collision off Staten island; 329 saved. June 10—Eight army flyers killed by plane crash near Delavan, 111. June 14—Great Yellow river flood la China killed 150,000. June 19— Forty-six killed and many injured in train wreck near Miles City, Mont. July 2—Destructive storms, floods and earthquakes in Japan. July 14—Italian airliner fell la sea; 20 killed. July 19—Destructive earthquake in Greece. Eleven men killed by Baltimore water tunnel explosion July 24—Forty-two killed when air fjlane crashed in crowd at Bogota, Co ombia. Aug. 14—Thirty-three die in German, Mexican, English air crashes. Aug. 15—Nine die as plane falls into Rio de Janeiro harbor. Triple navy airplane crashes at Camp Kearny, San Diego, kill eight. Aug. 22—More than 100 persons killed and 117 Injured in train wreck in India. Two killed and 49 injured in worst New York subway train crash in 10 years. Two French bombing planes collide near Lyon, killing six. Aug 23—Frank Hawks, famed flier and holder of speed records, dies with companion in plane crash at East Au rora, N. Y. Aug. 24—Two planes collide over Om orl, Japan, crashing into iron foundry and killing 28, injuring 130. Aug. 31—One hundred killed in ty phoon that hit Tokyo. Sept. 1—Eleven killed In Quebec by disasters caused by floods. Sept. 4—Ten killed in plane crash in London suburb. Sept. 6—Hundreds die as Are and flood sweep Japan. Count of Covadonga, eldest son of ex King Alfonso, bleeds to death following an auto accident in Florida. Sept. 11—Four killed in plane crash near Danville, 111. Sept. 21—Hurricane rips east coast; 661 dead; loss $300,000,000. Mississippi river floods factories, drives out lowlands residents. Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover killed in plane crash in California. Sept. 29—Twenty-seven killed in tor nado at Charleston, S. C. Oct. 3—Richard T. Crsne III, former diplomat, killed in hunting accident in Virginia. Oct. 11—Twenty-one persons dead at forest fires raged near Minnesota-On tario border. Oct. 29—Fifty-six lives lost In fire at Marseilles, France. Nov. 19—Army bomber, traveling 200 miles an hour, crashes in rain, killing seven. Nov. 22—Hundreds buried by ava lanches in British West Indies. Nov. 29—United Air lines plane crashes in sea off Point Reyes, Calif.; five drowned. Dec. 1—Twenty-two pupils and driver killed as train demolishes school bus near Salt Lake City. Jan. 1—California beat Alabama in Pasadena Rose Bowl game. Jan. 21—Jim Braddock whipped Tom my Farr in New York. Jan. 30—Max Schmeling whipped Ben Foord of South Africa in Hamburg. Feb. 23—Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis knocked out Nathan Mann in New York. Feb. 26—Glenn Cunningham set Indoor record for “metric mile* at 3:48.4. March 3—Glenn Cunningham ran mile in 4:04.4, world record. March 11—Max Baer whipped Tommy Farr in New York. March 21 — Chicago area Golden Gloves boxers defeated New York team. April 1—Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis whipped Harry Thomas in Chicago. April 4—Henry Picard won the Mas ters golf tournament at Augusta, Ga. April 16—Max Schmeling whipped Steve Dudas in Berlin. May 7—Lawrin, owned by H. G. Woolf of Kansas City, won the Kentucky Derby. May 18—Chicago area Golden Gloves boxers defeated European team, 5 to 3. May 28—Charles Yates of Atlanta, Ga., won British amateur golf title. June 4—British golfers defeated Amer ican team for Walker cup. June 11—Ralph Guldanl retained na tional open golf title. American wightman cup tennis team defeated British team. June 16—Ralph Guldahl won Western Open golf championship. June 22—Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis whipped Max Schmeling of Ger many, challenger, in one round. June 27—Navy won the Poughkeepsie regatta. July 2—Helen Wills Moody won Wim bledon tennis tourney. July 14 — Japan canceled Olympic games of 1940. July 16—Paul Runyan won Profession al golf championship. July 26—A1 Hostak knocked out Fred die Steele at Seattle, winning middle weight title. Aug. 2—Sammy Baugh, all-time out standing passer, signs three-year con tract with Washington Redskins pro foot ball team. Aug. 6—Mickey Cochrane, manager of Detroit Tigers, dismissed. Aug. 17—Henry Armstrong becomes first tighter in ring history to hold three ring titles at same time. Aug. 27—Capt. G. E. T. Eyston drives racing car 345.49 mph, for world record. Aug. 31—College All-Stars defeat Wash ington Redskins, professional football champions, 28 to 16. Sept. 3—Jacqueline Cochran wins Ben dix trophy race at Cleveland, flying 250 jnph. Sept. 4—Tony Levier wins Greve tro phy race at Cleveland, flying 250 mph. sept. 5—Roscoe Turner wins Thomp son trophy race at Cleveland, flying 283.41 mph. U. S. Davis cup tennis team retains cup by defeating Australians at Phila delphia Sept. 11—Frank Frisch fired as Car dinal manager. Sept. 15—John R. Cobb speeds 350 mph to set new auto record. Sept 16—Capt. G. E. T. Eyston sets new auto speed record of 357.5 mph. Sept. 18—Yankees win pennant in American league. Sept. 24—Patty Berg wins women's championship of United States Golf as sociation. Sept. 26—J. Donald Budge successful ly defended title as tennis champion. Alice Marble regained championship crown in United States tennis tourna ment. Gabby Street fired as manager of the St. Louis Browns. Oct. 1—Chicago Cubs win National ICdKUC Uvimaui. Oct. 2—Perry defeats Barnes to win national pro tennis title. Oct. 4—Dr. J. T. Prothro signed as manager of the Philadelphia National league baseball team to succeed Jimmy Wilson. Oct. 9—New York Yankees win world's baseball series from Chicago Cubs In four straight games. Oct. 10—Burleigh Grimes fired as man ager of the Brooklyn baseball team. Oct. 12—Leo Durocher named manag er of Brooklyn baseball team. Oct. 26—Bluenose retained Internation al fishermen’s sailing trophy by defeat ing the Gertrude L. Thebaud. Oct. 31—Ernie Lombardi, Cincinnati catcher, voted most valuable player In the National league. Nov. 2—Jimmy Foxx, Boston Red Sox. chosen most valuable player In the American league. Nov. 6—Ray Blades named manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. Nov. 7—Fred Haney named manager of the St. Louis Browns. Nov. 10—Don Budge, tennis cham pion, turned professional. Nov. 19—Minnesota won Big Ten foot ball championship. Nov. 27—Dr. Eddie Anderson, football coach at Holy Cross, appointed to suc ceed Irl Tubbs as head coach at the University of Iowa. Nov. 28—Monty Stratton, White Sox pitcher, loses leg as result of hunting accident. Nov. 29—Trustees of the University of Illinois defeated plan to oust Bob Zuppke as football coach. Nov. 30—Tony Musto knocked out San dy McDonald In the sixth round in Chicago. 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