What was happening 1935

Sep 13 Howard Hughes sets an airspeed record of miles kilometers per hour. Sep 15 The Nuremberg Laws go into effect in Germany. Jews are denied the rights of German citizenship. Marriage and extramarital relations between Jews and "Aryans" are prohibited.

Oct Mussolini's Italian army invades Ethiopia. The League of Nations declares Italy to be in violation of the League's sanctions against aggression. Time magazine will describe the invasion as a "civilizing mission" and ridicule the Ethiopians. Oct 25 About 20, survivors of the Long March arrive at Yenan, in the far north of China, where they are able to recuperate.

The Communist Party has been reduced to about 40,, and Mao Zedung has emerged at the top of the Party's leadership. Roosevelt says there is no quota specifically for Jews. The request is denied. Nov 3 Non-secret balloting run by a military regime in Greece produces 95 percent in favor of restoring Greece's monarchy. Time magazine will write that a voter "could drop into the ballot box a blue vote for [King] George II and please General George Kondylis Advertising Fights the Depression Pontiac's promotional plan for the year.

John L. Lewis establishes the Committee for Industrial Organization CIO , which advocates the organization of workers in the steel, auto, and rubber industries. Annual auto show held in New York City this month instead of January to help even out employment in auto industry. Congress passes the United States Neutrality Act. Shenandoah National Park is established.

World's longest railroad bridge , over lower Zambesi River in South Africa, is completed. Detective Leonard Keeler demonstrates the Keeler polygraph , or lie detector machine.

New York Governor Herbert Lehman signs bills allowing blood types to be used as evidence in court cases. First description of an artificial heart appears in Science magazine. Edward Kendall presents a paper before the joint meeting of the American and Canadian Medical Associations discussing the isolation of cortisone from the adrenal cortex.

France's ship, the S. Normandie , breaks transatlantic record, crossing the Atlantic in hours 33 minutes. The March of Time: Marconi is urged by Mussolini to produce ray gun for military use. The president's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, is strongly opposed to segregation and invites the National Council of Negro Women to have tea at the White House, a symbolic gesture that changed a long-standing tradition from earlier First Ladies.

Agricultural chemist and noted African American scientist George Washington Carver receives the Roosevelt Medal for his role in developing products from cotton, peanuts and other crops. CBS news chief Edward R. Murrow coordinates radio broadcasts from several European cities to keep urban and rural Americans informed of the coming crisis on the continent. These radio broadcasts make world events more real to isolated Americans.

Federal programs such as the Public Works of Art Project PWA help artists survive the Depression by paying them to paint murals in public buildings across the country. Many of these s murals depict rural and urban life during that era and still exist in civic buildings. In South Dakota, Mount Rushmore is finished. In , Cook County Hospital in Chicago opens the nation's first blood bank.

Accidents and illnesses are still common. However, World War II delays the development of television until the s. Machines In , 58 percent of all U.

The number of combines nationally rose from 4, in to 90, in , despite the financial hardships of the Depression. Federal policy encourages road building to help move agricultural products from farms and small-town cooperatives to larger markets.

In , the Motor Carrier Act brought trucking under federal regulation. Farmers see an increase in the use of trucks to haul crops and livestock to market.

In , the first commercial air flight crosses the Atlantic Ocean, and the helicopter is invented. In the s, farmers didn't use special hybrids that were bred to resist disease.

The federal government provides assistance to school lunch programs in the early s, helping to feed hungry children. Later, the Federal Food Stamp Program is started to help low-income families buy food. He was soon sold to the Boston Red Sox where he began to develop into a star player until he was traded to the New York Yankees in Ruth remained with the Yankees until where he dominated the game, helping the team win four World Series and seven Pennants.

He spent his final season with the Boston Braves and upon his retirement held a home run record that was broken by Hank Aaron in , nearly forty years after it was set. Earthquake destroys Quetta Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan - 26, dead. The Luftwaffe is created as Germany's air force and Germany announces rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Sir Malcolm Campbell Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the mph barrier to set a new land speed world record.

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