Events of 1929 Pass in Review
Edward W. Pickard surveys 1929 noting Britain and the United States near naval talks, the Kellogg Briand pact, reparations readjustments, and Rhine evacuation. He cites Manchuria, China’s civil strife, Mexico, Afghanistan, and ArabJewish clashes in Palestine. The U S stock crash prompts Hoover to unite lenders, with tax cuts and farm relief passed. A tariff bill advances but Senate rewrites it in the regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDonald
Great Britain
Hoover
France
Italy
Japan
United States
Britain
Young Commission
Rhineland
Mars
Manchuria
China
Mexico
Afghanistan
Palestine
Treasury Mellon
Congress
Federal Farm Board
House
Senate
Basel
Switzerland
Bank of International Settlements
Germany
Belgium
Briand
Russia
Moscow
Vatican
Vatican City
Pius XI
Chile
Peru
J. P. Moffat
Berne
Anglo American Entente Moves Toward New Naval Talks
Dawes and Ramsay MacDonald join in fostering Anglo American cooperation to extend the Washington naval accords. Hoover names U S delegates to a January conference with allied powers, aiming to abolish submarines and widen talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gates Dawes
Santo Domingo
England
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Great Britain
MacDonald
Hoover
Stimson
Adams
Dawes
Morrow
Gibson
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robison
Arkansas
New Era Under Hoover Seen Amid War Debates and Reforms
The text surveys the final weeks of the Sixtyseventh Congress and Hoover's early presidency. It notes passage of military supply bills and prohibition enforcement measures, tariff revisions, farm relief programs, and the debenture plan. It also covers the 1930s diplomacy, court actions on oil scandals, and notable elections signaling Democratic gains. The overview mentions law enforcement commissions, canal projects, and international appointments shaping the administration’s early agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hoover
Charles Gates Dawes
London
Walter B. Edge
Paris
John W.garrett
Rome
Gerritt J. Diekema
Brussels
Benny I. Guggenheim
Cuba
Irwin B. Laughtin
Madrid
Charles C. Hart
Perala
A. B. Geissler
Siam
Dwight F. Davis
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Porto Rico
Lawrence M. Judd
Rawail
Supreme Court
Harry F.sinclair
Senate
Albert B. Fall
Interior
The
American Legion
Louisville
O. L. Bodenhamer
Oklahoma
Grand Army of the Republic
Portland
Maine
H. J. Foster
Worcester
Mass
Edson
Henry Ford
Detroit
Hoover
Edison
Middle West
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Virginia
Bishop Cannon
New York
Jimmie Walker
la Guardia
Democratic Party
Year in Aeronautics Highlights From 1930s Era
A retrospective of major 1930s aviation feats. The German dirigible Graf Zeppelin circled the globe with stops at Friedrichshafen Tokyo Los Angeles and Lakehurst. Transatlantic flights by pilots from Spain France the United States and Britain set records. Notable feats include long endurance flights, altitude records, and the Schneider Cup win. Col. Lindbergh expanded air routes and photo flights over Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission of International Experts
Owen D. Young
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Rhineland
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
N.J
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Japan
Atlantic
Jiminez
Iglesias
Spain
Seville
Yellow Bird
Old Orchard Beach
Williams
Yancey
Rome
Santander
Robbins and Kelley
Forth Worth
Texas
Mendel and Reinhart
Culver City
Calif
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Apollo Soucek
United States Navy
Frank Hawks
New York
George Haldeman
Windsor
Ont
Havana
Lieutenant Waghorn
England
A. H. Orlebar
Fritz von Opel
Cleveland
Santa Monica
Louise Thaden
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Notable Deaths Across 1920 War Era Figures
A chronology of prominent deaths in 1920 lists leaders from France, Germany, and the United States. It notes figures such as Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau and Gustav Stresemann alongside senators ambassadors and other notable professionals across months from January to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ferdinand Foch
Georges Clemenceau
Anger
Sarrail
Verdun
Liman ‘von Sanders
Turkey
Gustav Stresemann
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
George L
Tex) Rickard
Henry Arthur Jones
Casper Whitney
Alabama
Ogden Mills
New York
Count Chinda
Sophie
Irene Loeb
R. L. Stage
University of South Dakota
Maria Christina
Spain
Edwin Denby
Navy
Lily Langtry
de Bathe
Melville W. Stone
Francis Bridgeman
England
Frank Keenan
Ogden Godet
Newell Dwight Hillis
Harvey O'Higgins
Harrison M. Wild
Thomas Taggart
Moses Clapp
Minnesota
D. D. Buick
Allen B. Pond
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railway
W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Brander Matthews
E. Lester Jones
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Count Shimpei Goto
J. W. Bailey
Texas
Flora Annie Steel
Lord Revelstoke
Prince Henry
Prussia
H. P. Curry
Pullman Company
Edward Payson Weston
Earl of Roseberry
Garrett P. Serviss
Wallace Treat
Harry A. Smith
W. B. Thomas
Boston
Sir Cecil Burney
Bliss Carmen
Count Julius Andrassy
Charles F. Brush
Bramwell Booth
The
Salvation Army
Don Boucicault
Duarte Felix
Dutsin Farnum
Eli K. Cole
Marine Corps
W. Eberle
U. S.N
Katherine Tingley
Robert Henri
Lillian Bell
Henry B. Fuller
N. J. Sinnott
United States Court of Claims
J. J. Keane
Dubuque
Emile Berliner
H. C. Witwer
Chancey Keep
Cyril Keightley
Edwin Ray Lankester
A. P. Nibla
Baron Tanaka
A. Bourdelle
J. G. Murray
Protestant Episcopal Church
Jeanne Bagels
W. J. Connors
Buffalo Capitalist
Edmund M. Dunce
Peoria
Lemira Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Shumaker
John Roach Stratton
Graham Balfour
W. G. Lee
Prince Max
Baden
Germany
T. P. O'Connor
House of Commons
John Cort
Henry W. Lyon
Daniel FB. Appel
New England Life Insurance Company
Raymond Hitchcock
Father Tondorf
Georgetown University
B.M. Shaw
University of Iowa
Robert Reid
W. W. Griest
Pennsylvania
M. W. Stryker
Hamilton College
Col
Charles Goodnight
D. BL Aultman
Western Newspaper Union
Byrd Becomes First to Fly Over Both Poles
On Thanksgiving day Commander Richard Byrd and three expedition members completed a hazardous Antarctic flight looping the South Pole and returning safely to Little America. Byrd thus becomes the first person to fly over both poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Byrd
Great Antarctic Plateau
South Pole
Little America
Byrd
Poles
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Edward W. Pickard
Stanley Baldwin
David Lloyd George
Liberal
Baldwin
Labor
Margaret Bondfield
Arthur Henderson
Foreign Office
Lancashire
Poincare
M. Poincare
Aristide Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Eduard Daladier
Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
Fasciani
Mussolini
bin Amanullah
Habibullah Khan
Kabul
Habibullah
Bacha Sakho
Nadir Khan
Bacha
Jerusalm
Walling Wall
Holy Land
Portes Gil
Escobar
Calles
Orizaba
Monterey
Juarez
Manzanillo
Torreon
Fortune
Jesus Aguirre
Vera Cruz
Reforma
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Grand Revolutionary
Government
Vasconcelos
Army
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Henry L. Stimson
Treasury
Mellon
Labor Davis
Davis
Alexander Legge
International Harvester Company
Farmers’ Co-Operatives
Joseph Grundy
George W. Wickersham
Washington
Seventy-first Congress
William 8. Ware
Wisher
Borno
Haiti
James W. Good
Patrick J. Hurley
Aeronautics
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