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Show SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1936. Record of News Events Throughout World in 35 (Continued from Preceding Page) icit of 44,000,000 for first two months of current fiscal year. November 11- Captain A. W. Stevens and Captain O. A. Anderson reach 74,000 feet in stratosphere balloon, 2000 feet higher than any previous ascension. November 13- President Roosevelt orders a half-billion-dollar cut in federal expenditures under the 1937 budget. November 13- Western railroads decide to retain permanently the lower passenger fares tentatively adopted in December, 1833. November 14- British election returns Baldwin government for another five years. November 15- Manuel Quezon inaugurated as first president of the new Philippine commonwealth. November 15- Reciprocal trade treaty between the United States and Canada is signed in Washington. U. S. industrial products benefit, while Canadian farmers, lumber-men, cattle raisers and distillers get concessions. November 16- Herbert Hoover, in dynamic speech before the Ohio society in New York, assails the new deal. November 20- Admiral of the fleet, Lord Jellicoe, dies in London in his seventy-sixth year. November 22- Marriner S. Eccles, governor of the federal reserve board, issues statement that the board does not regard recent stock market activity as unhealthful; will not apply brakes. November 22- Shipping bureau intimates it will use pressure on lines in debt to the government to enforce embargo. November 23- China Clipper arrives in Honolulu with first mail flown across the Pacific; time, 21 hours 5 minutes from California. November 25- King George II of Greece lands in Athens. November 27- Brazilian government quells revolt of rebellious military forces. DECEMBER December 3- British parliament is opened as, due to the recent death of the Princess Victoria, Lord Hailsham reads the speech from the throne. December 6- Italian airplanes bomb Dessye; palace and American hospital badly damaged. Twelve killed and 200 wounded. December 6- French political parties agree to discard arms and uniforms; step greatly strengthens confidence in Laval government. December 9- Five-power naval conference opens in London. December 10- Treasury withdraws support of silver; markets go into complete collapse. December 10- Hoare-Laval peace proposals are sent to Rome and Addis Ababa. December 13- League of Nations publishes text of Hoare-Laval plan. Plan gives Italy control of 220,000 square miles of territory in exchange for about 2000; British and colonial reaction violent, French not at all favorable. December 14- President Masaryk of Czecho-Slovakia resigns office he has held since formation of republic in 1918 because of advanced age, 85 years. December 15- North China moves toward autonomy; Japanese backing alleged in the belief that another puppet state, similar to Manchukuo, is sponsored. December 16- Republicans set June 9 for convention in Cleveland. December 17- Ethiopians force Italians back 20 miles in north, on Takkaze river. December 17- French chamber votes by a narrow margin to support Laval in peace negotiations. December 18- Sir Samuel Hoare resigns as foreign secretary because of disapproval of peace plan. December19- Opposition vote of censure for Baldwin government is defeated, 397 to 165. Mrs Bildwin admits erro rof judgment in approving peace proposals. December 19- Senator Borah commits himself for the first time as being willing to enter the 1936, presidential race when he told two Wisconsin senators if Wisconsin decides to elect a Borah delegation, its all right with me. December 20- Britain rallies allies in case of a Mediterranean assault from the Italians by asking a united front of collective defense by the League of Nations members against an unprovoked attack. Assurance of help was given by France, Turkey, Greece and Jugoslavia. December 21- Il duce, embittered by the British change in peace attitude, resolved to make a major land push against Selassie to make him beg for an end to the Ethiopian war. December 21- The Wagner labor disputes act was voided by a federal court which said congress exceeded its powers. December 22- Captain Anthony Eden was named to succeed Sir Samuel Hoare as British foreign secretary. December 22- Fourteen persons were killed as a bus plunged through an open bridge over the Appomattox river near Hopewell, Va. December 23- Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, with their son, Jon, were discovered en route to England to make their residence, assuredly because of the United States kidnap peril. The noted flier and his family left secretly on the cabin freighter American Importer. December 23- President Roosevelt signs N R A death order after a supreme court ruling last May had paralyzed the recovery legislation. December 24- President Roosevelt appealed for universal good will in his Christmas message to the nation. December 25- King George of England condemned war at the climax of his jubilee year, urging peach throughout the world in a radio address to his 500,000,000 subjects on seven continents. December 27- The Italian navy girded for action and il duce declared his fleet ready for any emergency as it was sent through maneuvers in the Red sea. Four thousand air recruits were called to the colors. December 28- Al Smith, unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1928 and former political ally and close personal friend of President Roosevelt spurned and invitation to spend the night at the White House on his visit to Washington January 25. December 29- Congressmen set January 7 as the date for opening war loan investigation and announced they have summoned J. P. Morgan to testify with regard to American loans abroad during the World war. December 30- An Ethiopian army of nearly half a million men was reported poised for its first general onslaught against Italys invaders in the north of Ethiopia. December 30- Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and their son, John arrived at Liverpool aboard the S. S. American Importer. December 30- Alfred E. Smith branded as false a purported White House statement that he had been invited frequently to the presidential home, but that he had always declined. December 31- Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, with Mrs. Lindbergh and their son, Jon, said they would stay some time in Wales, seeking privacy and security. December 31- Secretary Morgenthau of the United States treasury conducted preliminary conversations with the Mexican silvery delegation. December 31- The Red Cross announced a Swedish unit of nine and 23 Ethiopians connected with the organization had been wiped out by Italian bombers. December 31- Alvin Karpis, killer and kidnaper, escaped from police in a gun battle in Missouri. December 31- American greeted 1936 with a rip-roaring welcome perhaps unequaled since the spontaneous celebration that heralded the end of the World war. |