April 1929

April 1, 1929 (Monday)

  • Industrialist William C. Durant addressed telegrams to 100 leading executives asking them if they agreed with the suggestion of the Federal Reserve Board that market prices of the securities of their companies were artificially high. "At a time when banking reserves of the country are in no way threatened, the Federal Reserve Board, by questioning the right of banks to loan on stock market collateral, is giving the public the impression that our best securities are selling above their market value", Durant wrote in the telegram. "It is my belief that the attitude of the Board, the method of handling and the thoughtless character of the publicity are most harmful to our business interests and threatening the prosperity of the country."[1]
  • The Five Nations Championship tournament of rugby concluded; Scotland won the championship with 3 wins against 1 loss.
  • The Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina began.
  • Born: Barbara Bryne, actress, in London; Milan Kundera, writer, in Brno, Czecheslovakia; Jane Powell, actor, dancer and actress, in Portland, Oregon

April 2, 1929 (Tuesday)

April 3, 1929 (Wednesday)

April 4, 1929 (Thursday)

April 5, 1929 (Friday)

April 6, 1929 (Saturday)

  • Citizens of the tiny German archipelago of Heligoland attacked the building of a local pro-German newspaper as they staged a demonstration calling for the return to British rule.[9]
  • The Buster Keaton silent comedy film Spite Marriage was released.

April 7, 1929 (Sunday)

  • Austro-Italian relations deteriorated over a football match after Austria defeated Italy 3-0 in Central European International Cup play. Italians complained that a sideways Hungarian flag was used to represent Italy and that the Austrian band played the wrong Italian song. Italian newspapers also accused the Austrians of unfair play and called for a refusal to float the country any new loans.[10][11]

April 8, 1929 (Monday)

April 9, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • The surviving crew of the I'm Alone was released at the request of a U.S. District Attorney in New Orleans. No reason was given for the dismissal of charges.[15]

April 10, 1929 (Wednesday)

April 11, 1929 (Thursday)

April 12, 1929 (Friday)

April 13, 1929 (Saturday)

  • The Young Commission handed Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht its proposal for the restructuring of reparations payments, which would have Germany pay $20–24 billion U.S. over 58 years. Schacht issued a statement that night saying the terms were unacceptable.[21]

April 14, 1929 (Sunday)

April 15, 1929 (Monday)

April 16, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • On Opening Day in major league baseball, Earl Averill made his major league baseball debut with the Cleveland Indians, going 1-for-4 with a home run to help defeat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in 11 innings.[23] The Indians also became the first ballclub to wear player numbers on the backs of their jerseys; the New York Yankees would have shared that distinction if their game hadn't been rained out that day.[24][25]
  • France rescinded its permission to allow English occultist Aleister Crowley to live there and gave him 24 hours to leave the country. Crowley had been living abroad since becoming unwelcome in England after being branded a traitor for writing articles supporting Germany during the war. "The expulsion order and the slanderous articles on my character do not worry me. Magick is the sole thing in life and lifts the soul above petty annoyances", Crowley declared from his sick bed.[26]
  • Born: Roy Hamilton singer, in Leesburg, Georgia (d. 1969)
  • Died: Jack Fitzgerald, 56?, British socialist

April 17, 1929 (Wednesday)

April 18, 1929 (Thursday)

April 19, 1929 (Friday)

April 20, 1929 (Saturday)

April 21, 1929 (Sunday)

April 22, 1929 (Monday)

  • In a speech to an Associated Press luncheon in New York, President Herbert Hoover declared that crime was the nation's most serious problem, warning of "the possibility that respect for law as law is fading from the sensibilities of our people", and that "life and property are relatively more unsafe than in any other civilized country in the world."[33][34]
  • The Japanese steamship Tokyo Kuni Maru sank after striking rocks off Cape Erimo in southern Hokkaido; two steamers arrived in time to rescue 97 survivors but over 100 others were believed drowned.[35][36]
  • Born: Michael Atiyah, mathematician, in Hampstead, London, England
  • Died: Henry Lerolle, 80, French painter

April 23, 1929 (Tuesday)

  • 35 communists were arrested in Romania by police who alleged to have uncovered a plot against the government.[37]

April 24, 1929 (Wednesday)

April 25, 1929 (Thursday)

April 26, 1929 (Friday)

April 27, 1929 (Saturday)

April 28, 1929 (Sunday)

April 29, 1929 (Monday)

April 30, 1929 (Tuesday)

References

  1. "Are Stocks Too High? Durany Asks Leaders; Hits Reserve Board". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 1, 1929. p. 1.
  2. "Wisconsin Votes to Repeal Its Dry Laws". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 3, 1929. p. 1.
  3. "Wisconsin Votes 2 to 1 To Repeal State Dry Enforcement Laws". Brooklyn Daily Eagle: 1. April 3, 1929.
  4. Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. pp. 376–377. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  5. "Duce in Accord with Chamberlain on Europe's Policies". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 2, 1929. p. 2.
  6. Owen, Bernard; Rodriguez-McKey, Maria (2013). Proportional Western Europe: The Failure of Governance. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-137-37437-0.
  7. "20 Killed, 59 Injured in Roumanian Train Wreck". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 5, 1929. p. 1.
  8. "Report Canada Charges U. S. Broke Treaty". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 6, 1929. p. 2.
  9. Schultz, Sigrid (April 7, 1929). "Tiny Heligoland Revolts; Seeks Rule of Britain". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 22.
  10. "Austria national football team: record v Italy". 11v11. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  11. "Italy, Austria Lose Temper Over Soccer". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 13, 1929. p. 1.
  12. "India Assembly in Panic as Reds Throw 2 Bombs". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 9, 1929. p. 1.
  13. Bradley, Edwin M. (1996). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-7864-2029-2.
  14. Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7864-6062-5.
  15. "I'm Alone Crew Freed by Order of Prosecutor". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 9, 1929. p. 1.
  16. "Tornado Wipes Out Arkansas Towns". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 11, 1929. p. 1.
  17. "Tornado Death Toll Mounts to 50 in Arkansas". Chicago Daily Tribune: 4. April 12, 1929.
  18. Myers, Jack (April 12, 1929). "Southern Cross Found; Report Crew Safe, Well". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
  19. "Year End Review – 1929". CanadaGenWeb.org. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  20. Falasca-Zamponi, Simonetta (1997). Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-520-92615-8.
  21. "Berlin Delegate Rejects Allied War Debt Bill". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 14, 1929. p. 6.
  22. "Britain Ends 300 Year Tea Tax; Vote Bate". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 16, 1929. p. 1.
  23. "Earl Averill 1929 Batting Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  24. Schindler, Kevin. "Indians are First Major League Baseball Team with Uniform Numbers". Suite.io. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  25. "Were the Yankees Really the First Baseball Team to Regularly Wear Uniform Numbers?". Sports Urban Legends Revealed. November 23, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  26. Allen, Jay (April 17, 1929). "France Expels Spy Who Says He Put U. S. In War". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 23.
  27. Beim, George; Ruth Stevens, Julia (1998). Babe Ruth: A Daughter's Portrait. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4616-2538-4.
  28. Pettey, Tom (April 19, 1929). "Helen Morgan Freed on Rum Charge". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  29. Yellen, Samuel. American Labor Struggles. (New York: Harbor Press, 1936), p. 304
  30. Hinckley, Jim (2012). The Route 66 Encyclopedia. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-61058-688-7.
  31. "Rick Ferrell 1929 Batting Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  32. "6 Die in Crash 2,000 Feet Up". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 22, 1929. p. 1.
  33. "Hoover Warns Law Breaking Perils Nation". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 23, 1929. pp. 1–2.
  34. Beverly, William (2003). On The Lam. University Press of Mississippi. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-61703-447-3.
  35. "Casualty reports". The Times (45185). London. April 24, 1929. p. 27.
  36. "Fear 100 Dead as Japanese Ship Sinks on Rocks". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 24, 1929. p. 12.
  37. "Roumanian Reds Active, Police Seize 35 in Plot". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 24, 1929. p. 17.
  38. "Sinking of I'm Alone". The Argus. Melbourne: 7. January 11, 1935.
  39. Crawford, Arthur (April 26, 1929). "Hoover Farm Relief Plan Is Voted". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  40. "Hoover Farm Relief Plan Is Voted". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 26, 1929. p. 1.
  41. Bradley, Edwin M. (1996). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7864-2029-2.
  42. Somer House, Ann (April 29, 1929). "Allies Raise Shaft to First Victims of Gas". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  43. "Mussolini Takes Eighth Jov in His Own Cabinet". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 30, 1929. p. 3.
  44. "Mexican Rebel Generals Seek Asylum in U.S.". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 30, 1929. p. 12.
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