September 1934

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The following events occurred in September 1934:

September 1, 1934 (Saturday)[]

September 2, 1934 (Sunday)[]

  • Limerick and Dublin played to a draw in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. A rematch was held on September 28.
  • Born: Grady Nutt, Southern Baptist minister and humorist, in Amarillo, Texas (d. 1982)
  • Died: Russ Columbo, 26, American singer, violinist and actor (shot in accident); Alcide Nunez, 50, American jazz clarinetist

September 3, 1934 (Monday)[]

  • Evangeline Booth was elected General of the Salvation Army, the first woman to hold the position.[2]

September 4, 1934 (Tuesday)[]

  • 8 were killed by bombs in Havana during a nationwide strike of government workers. President Carlos Mendieta promised a relaxation of martial law.[3]
  • Born: Clive Granger, economist and Nobel laureate, in Swansea, Wales (d. 2009); Eduard Khil, baritone singer, in Smolensk, USSR (d. 2012)

September 5, 1934 (Wednesday)[]

  • The 8th Nuremberg Rally formally opened in Nazi Germany. Adolf Wagner read a proclamation written by Hitler which first established the concept of a "Thousand Year Reich", declaring that the Nazi revolution was complete and there were to be no more revolutions in Germany for the next 1,000 years.[4][5]
  • 11,000 public transit workers went on strike in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
  • The first known victim of the notorious Cleveland Torso Murderer, the Lady of the Lake, is discovered on the shore of Lake Erie.

September 6, 1934 (Thursday)[]

  • Hitler reviewed a parade of 52,000 young labourers on the Nuremberg Rally grounds.[7]

September 7, 1934 (Friday)[]

  • Hitler addressed 350,000 party members and spectators at Nuremberg.[8]
  • Born: Little Milton, blues singer and guitarist, in Inverness, Mississippi (d. 2005)

September 8, 1934 (Saturday)[]

  • The ocean liner Morro Castle caught on fire off the coast of New Jersey. Only six of the twelve lifeboats were lowered and a total of 137 people died in the disaster.[9]
  • Gunshots were fired at the home of Austrian Vice-Chancellor Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg. After a commotion the shots were attributed to a careless guard who bumped his rifle against a wall.[10]
  • Born: Peter Maxwell Davies, composer and conductor, in Salford, Lancashire, England (d. 2016)

September 9, 1934 (Sunday)[]

  • 7,000 police and guardsmen were dispatched to London's Hyde Park, looking to head off any potential violence on the occasion of a rally by 1,200 members of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists. About 8,000 to 9,000 anti-fascists and onlookers also turned out, but the police cordon was so thick that no one on the outside of it could hear the speeches. A total of eighteen arrests were made, mostly for disorderly conduct.[11]
  • Rudolf Caracciola and Luigi Fagioli won the Italian Grand Prix.
  • The Little King, a comic strip by Otto Soglow that had appeared in The New Yorker for several years, made its debut in its new form of a newspaper comic strip.
  • Died: Roger Fry, 67, English painter and critic

September 10, 1934 (Monday)[]

  • The 8th Nuremberg Rally ended with a closing address by Hitler.[12]
  • Police were called upon to end the Costa Rican banana workers' strike, firing on strike leaders and arresting others.[13]
  • Born: Charles Kuralt, journalist, in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1997); Roger Maris, baseball player, in Hibbing, Minnesota (d. 1985)

September 11, 1934 (Tuesday)[]

  • Cuban officials revealed the confiscation of five mail packages containing bombs addressed to American ambassador Jefferson Caffery.[14]
  • Born: Ian Abercrombie, actor, in Grays, Essex, England (d. 2012)

September 12, 1934 (Wednesday)[]

  • Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia signed a treaty of mutual support that led to the formation of the Baltic Entente.[15]
  • The mystery film Charlie Chan in London starring Warner Oland was released.
  • Died: Catherine Breshkovsky, 90, Russian socialist

September 13, 1934 (Thursday)[]

  • The J. B. Priestley play Eden End premiered at the Duchess Theatre in London.

September 14, 1934 (Friday)[]

  • Nazi Germany appealed to brides to help save the country's gold reserves by substituting gold wedding rings for those made of white alloy instead.[16]
  • Russia reaffirmed its claim to Herald Island by hoisting a Soviet flag there.[17]
  • Born: Sarah Kofman, philosopher, in Paris, France (d. 1994)

September 15, 1934 (Saturday)[]

September 16, 1934 (Sunday)[]

  • Poland won the Challenge International de Tourisme aviation contest in Warsaw.
  • William Randolph Hearst met with Adolf Hitler in Berlin.[18]
  • Born: Elgin Baylor, basketball player, coach and executive, in Washington, D.C.; Ronnie Drew, folk musician and actor, in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (d. 2008)

September 17, 1934 (Monday)[]

  • Nome, Alaska was virtually destroyed by fire.[19]
  • Albania and the Soviet Union began diplomatic relations.[20]
  • Born: Maureen Connolly, tennis player, in San Diego, California (d. 1969); Binoy Majumdar, poet, in Burma (d. 2006)

September 18, 1934 (Tuesday)[]

  • The League of Nations voted to admit the Soviet Union, 39 to 3.[21]
  • Benito Mussolini ordered compulsory military service for all Italian boys above the age of 8.[22]
  • Sam Rice of the Cleveland Indians played in his final major league game, going 3-for-5 with a double against the Washington Senators.[23]
  • Died: Ruth Hale, 46 or 47, American writer and feminist

September 19, 1934 (Wednesday)[]

  • Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in the Lindbergh kidnapping.[24]
  • Born: Brian Epstein, businessman and manager of the Beatles, in Liverpool, England (d. 1967)
  • Died: Lorin C. Woolley, 77, American Mormon fundamentalist leader

September 20, 1934 (Thursday)[]

  • Wrestling champion Jim Londos defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis before a crowd of 35,265 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the biggest crowd in pro wrestling history to that point.[25]
  • Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh Pirates played in his final major league game, pitching a scoreless inning against the Brooklyn Dodgers.[26]
  • Born: Takayuki Kubota, karate master and founder of the International Karate Association, in Kumamoto, Japan; Sophia Loren, actress, in Rome, Italy; David Marquand, academic and politician, in Cardiff, Wales; Jeff Morris, actor, in St. Joseph, Missouri (d. 2004); Rajinder Puri, cartoonist and activist, in Karachi, British Raj (d. 2015)

September 21, 1934 (Friday)[]

  • The Muroto typhoon struck Japan, killing over 2,700 people.
  • Paul Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 3-0 no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers.[27] It was the second game of a doubleheader; in the first game, Paul's brother Dizzy Dean also pitched a complete game shutout of the Dodgers.[28]
  • Born: Leonard Cohen, musician, poet and novelist, in Westmount, Quebec (d. 2016)

September 22, 1934 (Saturday)[]

  • Gresford disaster: 266 were killed in north-east Wales when a coal mine exploded.
  • The United Textile Workers of America called off the three-week old textile worker's strike.[29]
  • The stage musical The Great Waltz premiered at the Center Theatre on Broadway.[30]
  • Born: Lute Olson, basketball coach, in Mayville, North Dakota

September 23, 1934 (Sunday)[]

September 24, 1934 (Monday)[]

  • The Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant, their first in 25 years, when the New York Yankees were eliminated by losing to the Boston Red Sox 5-0. The game also proved to be Babe Ruth's last at Yankee Stadium; he drew a walk in the first inning and was replaced by a pinch-runner.[32]
  • Born: Tommy Anderson, footballer, in Haddington, Scotland; Robert Lang, actor, in Bristol, England (d. 2004); Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, eldest daughter of Umberto II of Italy and Marie José of Belgium, in Naples, Italy

September 25, 1934 (Tuesday)[]

  • Hugh S. Johnson resigned as head of the National Recovery Administration.[33]
  • King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy announced an amnesty for all Italians imprisoned for two years or less, in celebration of the birth of Princess Maria.[34]
  • The New York Yacht Club retained the America's Cup, defeating the Royal Yacht Squadron four races to two.[35]

September 26, 1934 (Wednesday)[]

  • The RMS Queen Mary was launched into Glasgow's River Clyde in the presence of King George V and the ship's namesake, Queen consort Mary of Teck. It was the largest ship in the world at the time.[36]
  • Afghanistan was admitted to the League of Nations.[15]
  • Died: Alexander Moszkowski, 83, German-Jewish satirist, writer and philosopher

September 27, 1934 (Thursday)[]

  • Former Cuban president Ramón Grau fled the country by plane with seven members of his family. The executive committee of his party, the Partido Auténtico, issued a statement saying it had advised him to leave after receiving reports that he was in personal danger.[37]
  • King Alexander of Yugoslavia made an official visit to Bulgaria.[38]
  • The first six-man football game was played in Hebron, Nebraska.
  • Born: Beverly Armstrong, baseball player, in Maywood, New Jersey; Wilford Brimley, actor, in Salt Lake City, Utah

September 28, 1934 (Friday)[]

September 29, 1934 (Saturday)[]

September 30, 1934 (Sunday)[]

  • U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a fireside chat titled "On Government and Capitalism".[42]
  • The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the National League pennant on the final day of the season when the New York Giants were eliminated by losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-5 in ten innings.[43]
  • Babe Ruth played his final game as a Yankee, going 0-for-3 at Griffith Stadium in Washington during a 5-3 loss to the Senators.[32][44]
  • Born: Alan A'Court, footballer, in Rainhill, England (d. 2009); Udo Jürgens, composer and singer, in Klagenfurt, Austria (d. 2014); Anna Kashfi, actress, in Darjeeling, British India (d. 2015)
  • Died: Mary Brough, 71, English actress

References[]

  1. ^ "Textile Strike of a Million Called". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 2, 1934. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Booth Dynasty Regains Lead of Salvation Army". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 4, 1934. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Bombs Kill 8 in Havana; 3 Die in Strike Clash". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 5, 1934. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Revolution Now Over". The West Australian. Perth: 23. September 7, 1934.
  5. ^ Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  6. ^ "11,000 Street Cat and Bus Workers Strike in Tokyo". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 5, 1934. p. 1.
  7. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (September 7, 1934). "Hitler Bows to 300,000 as Nazi Youths Parade". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 8.
  8. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (September 8, 1934). "Hitler Boasts He is Ruling by Divine Right". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  9. ^ Coyle, Gretchen. "Morro Castle". New Jersry Maritime Museum. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  10. ^ "Fascist Prince's Home Fired On; Vienna Excited". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 9, 1934. p. 12.
  11. ^ Steele, John (September 10, 1934). "7,000 Cops Keep Fascists, Reds Apart in London". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 10.
  12. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (September 11, 1934). "Rule by Minority is Best, Hitler Tells Germans". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
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  16. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (September 15, 1934). "Germany Bans Gold Wedding Rings for Brides". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  17. ^ "Russians Plant Soviet Flag on Arctic Island". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 15, 1934. p. 13.
  18. ^ Proctor, Ben (2007). William Randolph Hearst : The Later Years, 1911–1951. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-19-971710-1.
  19. ^ "Fire Destroys Nome, Alaska; Gold Rush City". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 18, 1934. p. 1.
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  21. ^ "Russia, Voted Seat in League, Pleads Peace". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 19, 1934. p. 4.
  22. ^ "Il Duce Drafts All Boys Over 8 for Army Duty". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 19, 1934. p. 1.
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  24. ^ "The Lindbergh Kidnapping". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  25. ^ Smith, Wilfrid (September 21, 1934). "Londos Pins Lewis Before Record 35,265". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
  26. ^ "Burleigh Grimes 1934 Pitching Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  27. ^ "1934 MLB No-Hitters". ESPN. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  28. ^ "Dizzy Dean 1934 Pitching Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  29. ^ "Textile Union Orders End of Strike". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 23, 1934. p. 1.
  30. ^ "The Great Waltz". Playbill Vault. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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  33. ^ "Johnson, NRA Chief, Resigns". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 26, 1934. p. 1.
  34. ^ "Free Prisoners to Mark Birth of Italian Princess". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 26, 1934. p. 10.
  35. ^ "U. S. Keeps Yacht Cup; Sopwith Drops Protest". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 26, 1934. p. 17.
  36. ^ Steele, John (September 27, 1934). "World's Biggest Ship Launched as Queen Mary". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 4.
  37. ^ "Ex-President Grau Flees from Cuba by Plane". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 28, 1934. p. 1.
  38. ^ "Kisses of Kings and Queens End Old Balkan Feud". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 28, 1934. p. 7.
  39. ^ "Settlement at Last". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Townsville: 5. October 1, 1934.
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  42. ^ "Fireside Chat 6: On Government and Capitalism (September 30, 1934)". Miller Center of Public Affairs. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  43. ^ Burns, Edward (October 1, 1934). "St. Louis Wins League Championship". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  44. ^ "Babe Ruth 1934 Batting Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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