b' 100 Years: 1919-2019 This Quarter in History . February, March and Aprilcontinued Events to Remember85 Years Ago 1934 (Apr 5) The comedy film agent and an innocent man died in the crossfire. On Apr 23rd 1934 (Feb 22) Frank Capras smashYou\'re Telling Me! starring W. C.Dillinger and his associates Homer Van Meter and John Hamilton hit It Happened One Night, starringFields was released. engaged in another shootout with law enforcement near Hastings, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert(Apr 6) 6,000 unemployed peopleMinnesota. Hamilton was wounded and died a few days later.was released, the first film to winrioted in Minneapolis. (Apr 29) Nazis confiscated three Catholic newspapers around all 5 of the major Academy Awards.A parade of the jobless seeking anGermany for printing articles informing readers about the Gable and Colbert received theirextension of the Civil Works Administration marched to City Hallchurch\'s ongoing dispute with the government. On Apr 30th the only Oscars from this film. and sent in a committee to see the city council, but after wordindependent American film Hitler\'s Reign of Terror, an anti-Nazi 1934 (Mar 3) John Dillinger escaped from Crown Point jail ingot out that the committee had been arrested the demonstrationfilm composed of newsreel footage and re-enactments, premiered Indiana, then on Mar 6th he and his men robbed the Securitiesturned violent. Police moved in with tear gas and clubs and a totalat the Mayfair in New York City.National Bank and Trust Company in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,of 18 were injured, 13 of them law enforcement.100 Years Agomaking off with $49,500. On Mar 13th, Dillinger and his gangThe drama film Men in White starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy1919 (Feb 6) The Seattle General robbed the First National Bank in Mason City, Iowa and got awaywas released.with $52,000. (Apr 12) A book titled On Our Way by U.S. President Franklin D.Strike began. Over 65,000 workers Roosevelt was published, defending the New Deal and reviewingstriked. On Feb 11th the Seattle (Mar 8) Hundreds protested outside the Berlin cinema becauseGeneral Strike ended when Federal the British historical film The Rise of Catherine the Great starredthe accomplishments of its first year. troops were summoned by the state Elisabeth Bergner, a Jew. The next day Nazi Germany banned it(Apr 14) Black Sunday: Twenty of the worst dust storms within theof Washingtons Attorney General.because its director was also Jewish. Dust Bowl occurred. (Feb 25) Oregon placed a 1 cent per (Mar 10) President Roosevelt ordered the cessation of air(Apr 18) The first laundromatU.S. gallon (.26/L) tax on gasoline, mail delivery by army pilots "except on such routes, underopened in Fort Worth, Texas,becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.which weather conditions and under such equipment andcalled a "Wash-a-Teria." (Feb 26) An act of the U.S. Congress established most of the Grand personnel conditions as will insure, as far as the utmost(Apr 19) The musical film StandCanyon as a U.S. National Park.care can provide, against constant recurrence of fatalUp and Cheer! starring Warner1919 (Mar 5) A. Mitchell Palmer became Attorney General of the accidents." The president\'s order came after a three-weekBaxter, Madge Evans and ShirleyU.S. through recess appointment.span in which ten pilots delivering air mail had been killed. Temple in the role that made her famous, premiered at Radio City (Mar 14) The historical biographical film Music Hall in New York City. 1919 (Apr 13) Eugene V. Debs entered prison at the Atlanta The House of Rothschild world premiere was (Apr 20) The action-adventure film Tarzan and His Mate, the secondFederal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia for speaking out against at the Astor Theatre in New York City. in the Tarzan film series starring Johnny Weissmuller, premiered atthe draft during World War I.(Mar 25) The threatened American auto workers\' strike wasthe Capitol Theatre in New York City. (Apr 15) Boston Telephone Strike of 1919 began.averted when the Roosevelt Administration created a National(Apr 22) The FBI caught up with John Dillinger and his men inEnded successfully for the telephone operatorsAutomotive Labor Board to help resolve disputes. Manitowish, Wisconsin, but the gang escaped unscathed. An FBIand supporters on April 20. SWPMA News / Spring 201947WN19 Spring 17-48.indd 47 3/27/19 10:42 AM'