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AVIATION AND POLITICS OUTSTANDING IN REVIEW OF PAST YEAR'S EVENTS
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Jan. 27 Dirigible. Loa-lngelcs)
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Feb. J CoL Charles Lindbergh, ends "good will" Hight ovrr Latin
America in Havana.
j January,
t 1 Five V, S. marines killed.
23 wounded. In an attack on San
j dlno's forces in Nicaragua,
j S Ono thousand more ma
rlnes are sent to Join expedition
" ury troopsi pursuing Sandino.
4 Governor Fuller of Massa
p chnsetu urges revision of Judicial
liroccdure as a lesson drawn from
If the Saeco-Vanze:tl case.
11 Thomas Hardy, famous
I, British author, dies.
'? 15 President Coolidge arrives
j' In Havana for sixth Pan-Amerl-:k
can Congress.
ji 16 iLeou Trotzky, Russian
; revolutionary leader, goes Into
!l exile in eastern Russia.
I' 19 U. S. Senate declares the
ileeat o Sonator-eiect Frank L.
',: Smith of Illinois vacant.
21 Colonel George W'. Goeth
nls, builder of Panama Canal,
dies.
37 Dirigible Ix)s Angeles sets
a new record bv lantZine on the
I deck of the airplane carrier Sara
toga at sea to refuel.
"S Vicente Elasco Ibanez. fa
mous Syarli novelist, dies.
I kebruary'.
i 3 tJ. S. Senate arrests Col
I onel Robert W. Stewart for re-
. fii.-al to testify.
j S Governor Ed Jackson of In
diana is put on trial on charges
j," cf bribery. ,
S' Colonel Charles A. Lind
i bersli completes his 7S60-mile
'. good will flight over Mexico and
j Central America by landing in
Havana.
i 14 The Earl of Oxford and
' Asquith, British statesman and
I: liberal leader, dies.
15 U. S. Senate directs trade
j ,1 Commission to investigate the
!t '"power trust."
1G Governor Jackson freed of
bribery charge because of liml
j'" tatlons.
22 Herbert Hoover tells Sen-
1' ator Dorah he favors strict en-
forccinent of the prohibition law
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3Ic-ch 1J St. Yaucls (lam break nnd flooila Santa Clara tall',
Ollfornin: over 2(M die.
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jsejiU .17 1'ortp JWw Jjurrkaue
lands on deck of C S. S. Saratoga
t refuel. . .
and opposes its repeal. -endurance record of 53 hours 36
14 Japan's new universal suf- minutes at Jacksonville. Fla.
frage '.aw brings 9.700,000 voters J 30 Senator Frank B. Willis
to the polls In a general elec- of Ohio, opposing Herbert Hoov-
tion. er for the republican presidential
26 Moffat tunnel under thi nomination, drops dead at po-
Colorado Rockies is complete I. Ilitical rally at Delaware, O.
17 ;Five more marines arj; April.
killed In a surprise attack at' 4 Great Britain announces re-
jOcotal, Nicaragua.
IS Dirigible Los Angeles
makes 2.265-mi'.e flight to Pan- j
ma from New Jersey. '
29 Marshal Armando Diaz,
jcommander of the Italian army
'during the World War, dies
j March.
j 1 Will Hays tells the Settite
Investigating committee of Harry i
F. Sinclair's gift of $260,000 to ! trial In Washington for conspir
ithe republican campaign fnnd. iacy to defraud the government
I 1 Henry L. Stimaon is inatiu-. n the. Teapot Dome oil leases.
rated governor-general ' of tlo-i
Philippines. '
2 Senator Thomas J. Wb!b!i
of Montana announces his 13 Koehl, Von Huenefetd and bile, file over the Nurth Pole. wins the democratic nomination
'didacy for the democratic nom-: Fltzmaurice land at Greenclyj 26 Mrs. Florence Knapp, for-1 for the presidency, getting MD
Ination for the presidency. Island, off the Labrador coast, mer secretary of stale in New voles on the firm ballot,
j 6 Charles Levlne makes first In the plane Bremen, making i York, Is convicted of grand lar- July,
non-stop flight from New Yotk'first successful east-west fllght'ceny of state funds. !, ) l General Aivaro obregou Is
to Havana. , across the Atlantic. 27 The dirigible Italia crash-, elected presideut of Mexico.
I 13 St. Francis dam In the : 13 Secretary of State Kellogg es on the Ice on its way back i 4 . Captain Alfred Loewen
iSanta Clara valley of California ' begins negotiations for a treatylfrom the North Pole. ; stein, famous Ilelgiun financier,
bursts, flooding the valley andjto outlaw war. j 29 Congress adjourns. '.falls or lj.ips to bis death from
taking between 200 and 500 15 President Coolidge signs' June. his private airplane over the
lives. . j the $323,000,000 flood control' " Chang Tso-lin. Manchurian : English channel.
13 Captain Walter Hinchllffe i
and Elsie Mackay begin their HI-
. fated attempt to fly the Atlantic : Lieutenant Eielson land at Green
from England. j Harbor. Spltzbergen. after a
17 House of Representatives! 2200-mile flight over the North
j votes $274,000,000 for new cruls-'Pole region from Alaska.
ers. 21 Sinclair is acquitted of con-
27 Ambassador Morrow's ef- splracy charges.
tons to solve the Mexican prob-i 21 Chinese Nationalist army;wrecked dirigible Italia, stranded bin with Nationalists Is over, anil
lem reach a climax with the an-'begins Its final offensive against 'on the leu. open radio communl-! recall Torn) soldiers from Slum
nouncemeut that Mexico will rec-'the Pekin government forces, j cation with their baso ship. tuns.
oguize foreign oil titles acquired going into action near Tslnan-fu, I 10 The monoplane Southern i II--John J. Itm kob named
prior to adoption of the 1917 capital of Shantung province. Cross reaches Sydney, Australia. ' by Governor Smith as i lialiitmit
constitution. , 25 Floyd Bennett. B y r d's : after a 7800-mile flight over the j of the ix uioeratlc National Com-
29 England's House of Com- companion on his flight to the ; Pacific from Oakland, Culif. mittee.
mons reduces the age limit for. North Pole, dies of pneumonia i the longest flight over water 12 The Soviet ship Krasiu
women voters to 21 years. contracted in an effort to carry
30 George Haldeman and Kd- 'aid to the stranded Bremen fly
dlc Stluson set a new alrpfanciers at Greenely Islam).
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nvngct Florida const; 2000 dead.
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April 1 lliuro von llurm-rrlil,
Mnnh 1.1 ( .t. Waiter lllmh.
liflV and llss Klslo Mnrkiiv lost at
mm in tranvitlaiiiir ni;ht.
moval of the Stevenson rubber Tslnan-fu after a three-tlay battle g
restriction act. ,wlth Nationalist troops.
5 Chauucey Depew dies. 16 House of Representatives
io Illinois voters, in republi- passes the bill calling for govarii-,
can primaries, administer sharp ment operation of Muscle Shoals. ;
defeat to political machines of' IS Japanese g o t e r n m e n t ,
Governor Len Small and Mayor warns Chinese Nationalist leaders.
William HJle Thompson of Chi- it will allow no fighting la Man-
cago. churia. , ' '
10 Harry F. Sinclair goes on 19 Explosion in coal mluo at
-"12 -Sandftib.' fvllcarnrnan ban-
dir. seizes two American gold
mines.
bill.
16 George H. W'llklns and i
lutif 1 4 HTljt rt IIiHvr vi hi
ii. U. P. preni.l.'nlinl nominnlion.
tariHiii. s:t-i.Midt.N 'Iimii-j.,
OtHO liiHK Kni-sliek i lecled
presl'lent of China.
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Capt. Ku.-lil and MtJ. KUinaiirltf
mnklus nrt ca.st-mvsl rittminit In niMory.
Mar. 24 liriuHili
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Jbi? It Monoplane Sontlirrn l'n
brvaklnii IliKlit I
May..
3 Nationalist Chinese troops
clash with Japanese soidlers at
Tsliian-fu.
' 4 Senator Thomas J. Walsh
announces his withdrawal from
ithe race for the Democratic pres-
Idcntlnl nomination.
11 Japanese take control of
Mather. Pa., kills 197 miners..
S3 President Coolidge vettjos
the McNary-Haugcn furm ' rtrll'.'f
bill.
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24-Tlie dirigible Italin. cMii-
manded by General I'mherto No-;
war lord, evaluates Pekin before
the advancing Nationalist troops.
and Is killed by a bomb which
wrecks his train. '
S The Chinese Nationalists oc-
Icupy Pekin, ending the rcvolu -
i tlon.
I 8 Members of the crew of the
ever made.
12 Republican National Con -
veotion meeta at Kansas City.
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July Jtl-t'-no Tunney mlrea n
heat) weight champion.
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)r,. ),. ork Isnkees win
w.whl scrle from t, Louis Cards.
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tti A(i4tnilc in uuiliuie Itivmcu,
lialid. ditmi:nulil by rmlioitti Xnlt,
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mn'hni Aumrnli.t oiler rit-ord-
mm Mm rramlo.
' II Herbert Hoover wlnt the
republican uniulnutlon fur the
presidency, (jetting 837 vuies on
the first ballot.
i n Mrs. Kmmellne Pankhuntl,
famous Hrlilch "militant" suffra-
I(,t i,.ader. dies.
IS Amelia Kiirhart uiiil two
muiu coiiiDiinlons luml in Hurry.
Wale. In telr plane Frl-ml.'hlp.
Miss Karhart being the first wo-
m;in to fly across the Atlantl.'.
:i Herbert Hoover names Dr.
Hubert Work as his cainp.ilKti
munagcr.
2 1 tipr.'rn! Nobile Is rescued
from the ire park by Lieutenant
Elnar l.uiwlhorg.
2 I Johnny Farrell beats Holi-
by Jones for the national open
Bolf championship at Olympia
Flrldsv hVao.
-'! Demorratle national con-
vent ion meets at HuhHiim. Tean.
2S Governor Alfred K. Smllli
7 Chit:m ininsuort AimamoK
I sinks In the Bay of Aranco.
i drowning -'.
8 Chinese Nationalists un-
nounce that the "unequal treaties"
'wlih foreign powers will be ubro-
gated r.s they expire.
: in Japanese uiiiiouuee '.ron
rescues seven of the wrecked li i.
i la's lew.
' IS Captain Etnillo Ctrrranza
it,
June' Ut Johnny i-'urrrll lieato
t IPibby Jones for open golf chain.
plonshlj.
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3 ft ir0K tmMm
ryirlakl. M:-L4..lT Vtmrm.
April 10 4ixnm II. W ilkin and
hMvlsoii ly ft no .lnsk Cl
. SiilulM-rgrB.
tltiw Nvti tl
jnp in Amelia riatliai. w
(ho winlc comkiiilmi, lll ncso
Mlnnlli.
Mexican llyir. Is killed when his
plane crashes In New Jersey.
11 Herbert Hoover nulls the
Department of Commerce and
rtarts west to open his presi
dential campaign.
17 Alva. o Obrcgon. president
elect of Mexico, Is assassinated.
19 Dry southern denitkcrats
meet at Abbeville, N. ('., and un
. nouuee that they will support
Herbert Hooter for the presi
dency. 21 Klleu Terry, fatuous Eng
lish a-tress, die" nt the age of So,
2i The Arrhhlshop of ('nil
ternary, head of the Anglliun
church, reslsns.
27 The I'nlted Stales recog
;li!zes the Chinese Nationalist gov
ernment. i 31 Gone Tunney announces
; his retirement its heavyweight
' chHiuplnn.
AtiKie-t.
2 Captain Frank Courlney is
' forced down at sea in an nt
! tempted flight from the Asorrs
to Newfoundland. Is rescued by
a steamship.
! t Thirty-one sal lorn drown
when the It.. Hun submarine F-ll
is rammed and sunk by u de-
: stroyer during maneuvers In the
Adriatic
j 7 .Maurice Drohln. famous
French aviator, is killed In an
airplane crash near Paris.
11 Herbert Hoover delivers
j r.pecch of acceptance ut Palo
I Alto, Calif.
I 19 Itert Hasnell and Cramer,
'his aide, take orr at Hoik ford,
III., on u projei led flight to
Sweden.
' 20 George II. Harvey, fornmr
.nmbiissudor to Great Britain, dies.
I 3o Art Goi bel sets a new rec
'ord by making a non-Mop flight
from Los Angeles to New York
i in 18 hours f8 in I tin lea.
,22 Governor Alfred K. Smith
I delivers his acecptnnce spi-eeh at
j Albany, N. Y.
( 21 Sixteen uie killed and loll
Juno 2H Alfnsl K. Sinllh ulna
IM-niocratic presidential nomiav
tlon.
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president of tho United Htntca.
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Ao. 1 UlilKiblo (irnf piirlln rraiiii-a hVfclrlrlihaK-n. tiuBr,
ariir II l(i In lo .New lurk and rclura.
hurl when a New Yolk ub
train Is derailed and wrecked.
21 Commander llyrd's flaa
ship, tho City of New York, sails
for New Zvalnuil In preparation
for his South Pole flight.
Neplemlier.
1 Ahmed Zogu. premier of
AliHiula. Is made king.
1 - President Calles of Mexico
announces that hu will not crJ
as provisional prrsitleni
1 Certainty of the ileal li of
liojld Amunili'eu cmes when
part of his wrecked seaplnno l
foil int off the coasl of Norway.
I - llai.cll and Cramer, miss,
lug on the Atlantic flight, turn
up sate and sound In Greenland.
8 Charles Evans Hughes l
mnile Judge of the World Court.
10 Republicans sweep the
''btirnuielrlc" .Maine election '
' - Hurrleuu sweeps I'orio
Hlco. taking 2S0 lives and mak
ing 7u0.iioti homeless.
17 The pnrto Rico liurrl anu
ravnges the Florida roast. llh
deaths estimated at 2uuu.
18 Governor Smith oh iis
Ills
first western campaign totir.
25 -- Emillo Portes Gil
iiamt-d provisional president
Mexico.
Is
of
27 Herbert Hoover opens
his
first eastern campaign tour.
2S Notes to Paris and Lou
don from Hie I'. K government
reject thu Franco-British naval
government,
October.
3 French submarine Oiidlue
Is rn mined ami sunk by n Greek
ship off the cousl of Portugal,
wlih the enitre crew of 411 oi;i
cers and men drowned
6 I.'. H. polu team win Hit In
ternational match willi Hie Ar
gentines. 9 - Chiang Knl-hbtk le electe d
president of I lie Chinese, republic,
9 New York Yankees win
world series from St. ImiiiIm Cnr
dluuls, taking 4 straight ganiea.
10 Governor Alfred E. Smith
Jlllv ITAltaru lllii-euoii. in... I.
dent-s leet nf Mexico, is- iissnssl.
nnted.
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. Nov. JU Hoover lienlns ro..)i?ul "! ,,nr' I'or
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JUillit-.tnterlcn.
llnulil anil fr III" AulantU'.
liculns his second tumimlKit '.out
la Iho Hesl.
li German dirigible llraf
,.. lla reach.s Lukehurit. N
J . utter a perilous flight from
Krledri bshafen. (.ermsny.
1 - llr-hcrt Hoover carries his
eastern lampalgn to Boston.
' 23 George Burr McCutcheon.
is Mely. known novelist, dies.
2a Captain C II. D. Collel.
filng t lit monoplane Yanki
Dooili.., sits a new record by
making a im.ii .lop flight from
New York to Los Angeles In 2 1
hours SI minutes.
IT .Herbert Hoover promises
to cull au extra session of Con
I res. if he is vice led, lo provide
;lariu relief;
2! Figures lotnplli'd at Wash
.l.igloii show 41,noO,uii0 cltlsens
have registered lo voi lu lb"
presidential t'leilloll.
NotrlulM-r.
I lllrl.-llile Graf Zs-ppelln
reaches Frleilrlelishufen, G r
liimiv. on Its return flight from
tile I lilted Stales.
I Nicaragua holds an election
under suiM-rvUloii of I'. H. ma
rines ami eh-Is Geurral Mon
cado. the Libera! candlilute, pres
ident. fi - Herbert Houver Is elected
prerlilellt of the I'lllted States,
tni-akliig the dnniocralle "solid
rout h'" ami nlf;iig up a record
breaking vole.
8 Mount Klnu. In Sicily,
erupts, witling on I several vll
lagi nod making many iH'Oplu
homeless.
i - Jose il Leon Tornl, assass
in of General ohicgou, Is sen
leeeed lo death nt Mexico City.
Ifolbert Hoover lintiulluees
he hi'I make a good will tour
of Latin Aiio-rlia before lie lakes
olflee.
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Peasant puny, is made premier
i of Uuinlilil.1.
13- Steamer Vcxtrl ' fotiuiters
(( out loin d on rutin Three)'
Jose Tornl, assassin ol
) Obrvgon, is senteniTil to (lentil.
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