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1932 Year-IN-Review: National News

Aviator’s Child Kidnapped,

Found Dead! By Jeffrey Buszta

Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of

famed aviator Charles Lindbergh

was kidnapped on March 1. The

20-month old’s body was found

on May 12.

Baby Lindbergh was last seen

alive when he was put to bed

about 8 p.m. by his nurse, Betty

Gow. Gow returned to check on

the baby about 10 p.m. but he

was not in his crib.

Gow found Mrs. Anne Lindbergh

and asked if the baby was with

her. Mrs. Lindbergh, who just

finished her bath, said the child

was not with her.

Gow then went to ask Mr.

Lindbergh if the baby was with

him. Mr. Lindbergh went

directly to the baby’s room and

found an envelope near the

radiator.

It took the police 20 minutes to

arrive at the scene. Lindbergh

armed himself in order to protect

his wife and the nurse for the

possible intruder or intruders.

Charles Lindbergh Jr.

Lindbergh gave the police the

note, which read:

“Dear Sir! Have 50.000$ redy 25

000$ in20$ bills 15000$ in 10$

bills and10000$ in 5$ bills After

2–4 days we will inform you

were to deliver the mony. We

warn you for making anyding

public or for notify the Police

The child is in gut care.

Indication for all letters are

Singnature and three hohls.”

(Editor’s note: The quote is

directly from the ransom note. It

appears with the grammatical

errors the writer used)

Joseph Condon, a former teacher,

was contacted by the kidnappers

to be the delivery man for the

ransom. Condon met in

Woodlawn Cemetery one of the

alleged kidnappers. Condon

asked how he knew if the baby

was alive.

Condon received proof in the

mail a few days later, the baby’s

sleeping suit.

Condon received his final

instructions and took $50,000 to

pay the ransom. He was given a

note saying the baby was in good

care with two women who were

innocent.

On May 12, a truck driver,

William Allen, found the baby’s

body near a grove of trees in

Mount Rose, NY. He called the

police. They took the body for

an autopsy.

Mr. Lindbergh and the nurse

identified the body. The body

had already begun decomposing

and looked like animals may

have tried to eat it.

The baby was cremated and his

ashes were scattered in the

Atlantic Ocean.

No one has been arrested and

charged as of December 31,

1932. The investigation is on-

going.

Americans Push

to End Prohibition

By Run’nita Snead

By the end of 1932, many people

fought to end Prohibition because

of the change in opinion about

the ban on alcohol.

United State Prohibition began in

1920. The Constitution banned

the sale, import, export, and

transportation of alcohol.

In this era in history, the number

of people that drank alcohol was

on the rise and there were many

groups that did not approve of

this and wanted to see a decrease

in drinking. This was led by the

Temperance Movement, which

was a group of people who

wanted to see people stay sober

from alcohol and the negative acts

that come from it.

Since alcohol was illegal, people

would try to find other ways to

drink. One way would be to get a

prescription since the Volstead

Act allowed alcohol consumption

with a doctor’s prescription.

Another way people were able to

have alcohol was by making their

own or buying from people who

made it themselves.

There were also gangs that would

smuggle alcohol in from the

Caribbean’s and distribute it to

people in America.

Caraway becomes

First Woman

Elected to Senate

Hattie W. Caraway, who was appointed after her husband’s death to the senate, became the first woman elected to the senate.

By Taylar Sain

On January 12, 1932 Hattie W.

Caraway became the first woman

to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

She is from Arkansas.

Her Husband, Thaddeus

Caraway, died while he was a

Senator from Arkansas. She was

appointed to finish the remainder

of his term.

The late Sen. Thaddeus Caraway

who died Nov. 6, 1931.

She decided to run in the special

election to replace him. Ninety-

one percent of the votes went to

her.

She then ran again in the regular

election in November 1932

against John W. White, a

Republican, and won with 89.5%

of the vote.

Texas Voting Laws

Declared Unconstitutional By Randy Mathews

The United States Supreme Court found an all-white Democratic Primary

unconstitutional n Nixon v. Condon.

The case was based on a 1927 law preventing blacks from voting. The

Supreme Court said the law was an unjust and unconstitutional.

After this decision, Texas replaced the law with a new one allowing

political parties to determine who can participate in primaries.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: National News

Coal Mine Disaster Kills

54, Leaving Two Survivors

Florida-Alabama

Freeport

Hurricane

Destroys Large

Gulf Coast Area

By Stephanie Case-Allen

Tropical cyclones formed in the

Atlantic Basin during the 1932

Atlantic hurricane season. There

were 15 known storms, six

hurricanes, and four major

hurricanes; it was a very active

season.

The first storm was tropical,

followed by three hurricanes, and

then there were four tropical

storms, again followed by another

hurricane and four more tropical

storms and ended with two more

hurricanes making a total of 15

storms. There were six hurricanes

and nine tropical storms.

The season resulted in at least

3,384 fatalities and at least

$77.706 million in damages total.

By Stephanie Case-Allan

The whistle from the mine blew

on December 24, 1932. Residents

from the town of Moweaqua

came to gather around the mine

because they knew that the

whistle meant that something

went wrong at the coal mine site.

A few minutes before they got

there, there was a methane gas

explosion in the mine shaft. In the

explosion only two survived and

54 people killed.

On October 3, 1889 a large coal

seam was first found in

Moweaqua after two months of

drilling by the Samuel Warner

and Son firm as reported in the

Moweaqua Call-Mail, the local

newspaper.

In November two years later the

first mining shaft site was built a

few blocks from the railroad

depot, but under a new drilling

company called the Cochran Coal

and Mining Company under

James G. Cochran.

On December 21, 1891 land was

bought from Mrs. M.K. Duncan

and the Moweaqua Coal and

Manufacturing Company was

officially formed where ground

was broken for mine

construction. The Moweaqua

Call-Mail thought it would be

much cheaper for farmers and

manufacturers so they urged

people living in the town to hold

out for the coal they hoped to

find because then they could buy

the coal locally.

Three six-foot veins of coal were

found in the mine 570 feet below

the Earth’s surface and were sold

in the market a few days later on

August 30, 1892.

February 9, 1893, 25-30 tons of

coal was being raised per day

selling at $1.25 for nut coal and

$1.50 for lump coal due to the

success of the mine increasing

over the coming months.

The mine also presented plans to

have steel fiber cables installed

so they could lift eleven tons of

coal at once. The mine was able

to hire more workers to watch

over the animals in the mine

when the first mule was taken

into the mine August 8, 1894.

Over 100 miners were working in

the mine as cage men, motor

men, mule drivers, shotfirers,

blacksmiths and miners by 1897.

With the increasing number of

workers in the mine, four lots

were purchased from a man

named Mr. Prescott to start a

church because Catholic families

began to express interest to build

a church in Moweaqua.

Many single men as well as

families were attracted to

Moweaqua over the years leading

up to the 1932 disaster because of

the successful mine and the

growing sense of community in

the town, but the migrant workers

ended up being detached from the

community and everyone kept to

themselves.

Great Depression

Hits New Low!

By Martice Clark

1932 was the worst year in the

Great Depression so far. It was

led by the failure of over 10,000

banks.

Since 1930, stocks lost 80% of

value. The government has a top

tax rate is 63%. Over 750,000

people in New York City are

dependent on some type of

government relief.

In June, an estimated 25,000

World War I veterans protested in

Washington, D.C. demanding the

bonuses they were promised after

serving in the war. The bonuses

are not scheduled to be paid until

the 1940’s.

During the protest the Bonus

Army marchers set up “camp” in

the Anascostia Flats. These

became known as “Hoovervilles”

The D.C. Police were first sent to

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

disperse the protesters. When

they would not leave, President

Hoover sent the U.S. Army,

under the command of General

Douglas MacArthur to remove

the protesters.

Dow-Jones Hit New

All-Time Low!

By Alexandria McGee

Dow-Jones reaches his lowest level of great depression, closing at

41.22 on July 8. The Dow had suffered a drop of nearly 90%.

The decline in the wake of the 1929 crash not only affected Wall

Street but also undermined consumer consumption. Industrial

production and employment fell.

In political term it led today victory of Franklin D Roosevelt, the first

democrat to be elected President since 1916.

Many Americans are disappointed by the response of Republican

President Herbert Hoover to the economic crisis.

Tens of thousands of World War I veterans, many of whom could not

find work, rallied in Washington.

New Subway Opens in NYC

By Alexandria McGee

Saturday, September 10, 1932

marked a major milestone in the

continuing evolution of the New

York City Subway. Without

fanfare, or any major city

ceremony, the Independent City

Owned Rapid Transit Railroad

opened at midnight that weekend.

The man who put the entire idea

into motion, former Mayor John

F. Hylan, wasn't even in office to

see his plan reach fruition.

His successor, Jimmy Walker,

resigned just a week before the

subway opened for business

because of charges of corruption.

The current mayor, Mayor Joseph

McKee, was unavailable.

On the first day of operation,

the line called, the Eighth

Avenue Subway, spanned only

12 miles and 28 stations, from

the top of Manhattan to the

bottom.

The new subway is part of the

Independent Subway System,

or the IND, the first city-

owned subway network.

The IND competed with two

private subway systems, the

Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit

Corporation and the

Interborough Rapid Transit

Company.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: National News

FRD Rides Wave of Reform to White House By Jeffrey Buszta

New York Governed Franklin D.

Roosevelt swept into office

defeating incumbent President

Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt won

472 electoral votes to Hoover’s

59.

President Hoover only won six

states, Maine, New Hampshire,

Vermont, Pennsylvania, Rhode

Island and Deleware.

Roosevelt also won the popular

vote, 22, 921, 277-15, 761, 254.

Roosevelt, a Democrat, was

elected with John Nance Garner,

who will be the new Vice-

President.

The country turned on Hoover

after the stock market crash in

1929. People began wondering if

the man who saved Europe after

World War I would be able to

help his own countryman.

The turning point in the election

may have been when WWI

veterans, known as the “Bonus

Army” marched on Washington,

D.C. and Hoover called the U.S.

Army to remove the protesters.

President Elect Franklin Roosevelt

Outgoing President Herbert Hoover

Vice President Elect John Garner

Outgoing Vice President Charles Curtis

The protesters set up villages

made of cardboard boxes and

called them “Hoovervilles.”

Roosevelt was challenged by

former NY Governer Al Smith

and Speaker of the House John

Nance Garner for the Democratic

Nomination. Roosevelt had a

majority of delegates through the

first three ballots, but did not get

the 2/3’s needed for nomination.

Before the fourth ballot,

Roosevelt’s managers struck a

deal with Garner in which Garner

would withdraw and ask his

delegates to support Roosevelt.

Roosevelt won the nomination on

the fourth ballot. The convention

named Garner as the Vice-

Presidential candidate.

At the Republican convention,

President Hoover won nomination

on the first ballot gaining 98% of

the delegates. Sen. John Blaine

and former senators Joseph

France and James Wadsworth Jr.

gave Hoover a token fight for the

nomination.

Chief Justice Lays

Comer Stone for New

Supreme Court Building

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes

By Taylar Sain

For the past 142 years, the

Supreme Court of the United States

had to find space wherever

they could to hear their cases and

work. Work began in 1932 on a

new permanent home for the

Court. It is estimated to be

completed in 1935 the exact date

is not accounted for yet.

Chief Justice Charles Evans

Hughes laid the cornerstone for

the building on Oct. 13, 1932.

Funding was received after the

arguments in front of Congress of

then-Chief Justice William

Howard Taft.

The building is needed because

there is no place for the judges to

have court and they being the

highest court it makes more sense

for them to have a court of their

own.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: International News

Group Attempts

to Overthrow

Stalin By Alexandria McGee

The Ryutin Affair was one of the

last attempts to oppose Joseph

Stalin within the Communist

Party of the Soviet Union.

Martemyan Ryutin wrote a

pamphlet nearly 200 pages long

entitled Stalin and the Crisis of

the Proletarian Dictatorship.

Ryuthin gathered around him a

group of friends who call

themselves the union of Marxist

Leninists and they began to

appeal to workers and to members

of the opposition.

A hastily assembled Presidium of

the Central Control Commission

was convened to investigate and

deal with the Ryutin group.

There were twenty-four members

present, including Yan Rudzntak,

Yemelyan Yaroslavsky. Aaron

Soltz, and Lenin’s sister, Maria

Ilinichna Ulyanova.

Joseph Stalin

They authorized the OGPU “to

uncover the still undetected

members of Ryutin's

counterrevolutionary group," and

acquaint "these white guard

criminals...with the entire

strictness of revolutionary law.”

All member of the group were

kicked out of the Communist

Party and exiled from Moscow.

Their final fate is in the hands of

the Politburo.

Saudi Arabia Unified!

Map of the Unified Saudi Arabia

By Tyrone Moore

The unification of Saudi Arabia

was a military and political

campaign. Between the years of

1902 and 1932 the house of

Saud took over the Arabian

Peninsula.

Arabia is a peninsula in western

Asia situated north east of

Africa. In the modern days the

kingdom of Saudi Arabia was

proclaimed.

This process created the Third

Saudi State, to differentiate it

from the first and second states

that existed under the Al Saud

clan.

The Al-Saud was in exile in

Ottoman Iraq since the year

1893. In 1902, Ibn Saud

captured Riyadh.

The area was named the

Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz

from 1927 until the day it was

consolidated into Saudi Arabia

in 1932.

German Art Dealer

Sentenced For Selling

Forged Paintings

By Stephanie Casr-Allan

Otto Wacker, a German art dealer

who sold forgeries of paintings by

Vincent Van Gogh and became

infamous for commissioning

fraud art work, was sentenced to

19 months in prison. He was also

fined 30,000 Reichsmarks.

Otto Wacker started his “career”

in 1925 after selling various false

starts in other professions. He

established a reputation for being

dependable in the art field.

Wacker’s brother, Leonhard

Wacker, was probably the one

who did the painting and restoring

of the forgery of Van Gogh’s

paintings.

Wacker was able to convince

Van Gogh experts Jacob Baart de

la Faille, Hendrik P. Bremmer,

Julius Meier-Graefe and Hans

Rosenhagen that the paintings he

was selling were in fact genuine.

Later in 1928, one of the general

managers of the exhibition,

noticed that Otto Wacker’s art

were all forgeries. Further

investigation began and revealed

33 suspect paintings. Wacker was

sued by Matthiesen gallery, with

the aid of the Federation of

German Art and Antique Dealers.

Other former directors of the

Bank für Deutsche Beamte, who

speculated in the paintings on

behalf of the bank, were also

sued.

Bolivia, Paraguay

Go To War!

By Randy Mathews

Bolivia and Paraguay went to war over the desire to control the

northern part of Gran Chaco in South America. This became known as

The Chaco War.

Some would call this war the “War of the Thirst” because of the

benefits, winning over the Chaco land.

Both countries faced problems during the war trying to ship arms and

supplies. People see Bolivia’s army as stronger, but Paraguay is using

guerilla tactics during the war.

Paraguay lost much of its territory to Brazil and Argentina in the

Paraguayan war. Paraguay was determined not to surrender its

economic value, and by winning the war they would have access to

600,000 kilometers of land with rich oil and resources in Chaco.

Royal Christmas Message Presented

to Kingdom on Radio By Taylar Sain

King George V gave his Christmas message on the radio for the first time

in 1932.

The Christmas message combines a chronicle of the entire year’s events

with the sovereign’s own personal milestones and feeling on Christmas.

This year’s speech was written by Rudyard Kipling.

Empire Service said the king was originally hesitant using relatively

untested medium radio.

The broadcast was introduced by Walton Handy. Local shepherd carols

from church choir and bells playing the town church were also heard on

the broadcast.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: International News

Lithium Nucleus

Split by

Scientists!

Ernest Walton

By Stephanie Case-Allan

Ernest Walton and John

Cockcroft worked together to

build a machine that split the

nuclei of lithium atoms by

attacking them with a stream of

protons accelerating inside a

high-voltage tube of 700 kilovolts

.

Helium nuclei were produced

because of the splitting of the

lithium nuclei.

The successful apparatus is a type

of particle accelerator helped to

usher in an era of particle-.

John Cockcroft

accelerator-based experimental

nuclear physics.

They had taken from 1929 to

1932 to make their discovery,

but had still managed to be the

first experimenters in the

upcoming era of high-energy

physics.

Walton was known for helping

create the first disintegration of

an atomic nucleus by artificially

accelerated protons under

human control. Cockcroft was

known for being the first person

in history to artificially split the

atom.

Japanese Elite

Targeted by

Terrorist Group

By Alexandria McGee

An ultranationalist group

murdered a politician and

industrialist in what became

known as the League of Blood

Incidient. The police in Japan

uncover a list of 20 prominent

assassination targets.

The Assassination took place in

Japan in which extremists

targeted wealthy businessmen

and liberal politicians. The two

killed were former finance

minister Junnosuke Inoue (on

February 9) and businessman

Takuma Dan (on March 5.)

The goal of the group was

overthrowing the political and

economic elite, allegedly to

save Japan from the evil

influence controlling the

empire.

The far-right terrorist

organization is known as

Ketsumeidan and is composed

of student radicals and young

Japanese military cadets.

Arms Reduction

Conference a Failure

Randy Mathews

A conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss disarming the

world of all weapons that could be used as a means to attack other

countries. The conference was held February 2, 1932.

The League of Nations, along with the United States, the United

Kingdom and Germany led the conference.

The gathering was to have limitations on arms and weapons that armies

use. The argument focused a lot on what constituted offensive and

defensive weapons. What arms should be limited and what arms should

not.

Germany was very against any and every limitation.

Peasants Massacred

in El Salvador By Taylar Sain

The Salvadoran Massacre occurred in 1932 due to the peasants

rebelling against the rich people who had all the wealth.

The peasants wanted to be a part of the lifestyle that had to do with

living right so they decided to fight and at the end of the massacre the

peasants had lost due to them not being able to have weapon's and

other things that will help them in achieving the win.

The Salvadoran army had superior in weapons and soldiers. A

mixture of protest and insurrection ended in ethnocide.

The Latifundia had 90% of the country land because of the perceived

abuses by the political class.

Landowners became rich growing coffee which is the country’s main

export and cash crop.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: Entertainment

Disney Creates First Cartoon in

Full Technicolor

By Stephanie Case-Allan

The Disney cartoon Flowers and

Trees became the first full-length

cartoon to use the Technicolor

process.

Technicolor is a color motion

picture process invented in 1916

by Technicolor Motion Picture

Corporation (a subsidiary of

Technicolor, Inc.), now a division

of the French company

Technicolor SA.

In 1914, the Technicolor Motion

Picture Corporation was founded

in Boston (incorporated in Maine

in 1915) by Herbert Kalmus,

Daniel Frost Comstock, and W.

Burton Wescott.

Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, where both Kalmus

and Comstock received their

undergraduate degree and were

later instructors. Technicolor, Inc.

was chartered in Delaware in 1921

inspired the company's name

"Tech."

Theatrical Release Poster for the movie “Flowers and Trees”

Kalmus served primarily as the

company's president and chief

executive officer. He had

convinced Walt Disney to shoot

one of his Silly Symphony cartoons

Flowers and Trees in 1932. Most

of Technicolor's early patents were

taken out by Comstock and

Wescott.

Walt Disney, Owner of Disney Studios

Tarzan Stars Olympic

Hero in Title Role

Olympic-hero-turned-actorJohnny Weissmueller

By Stephanie Case-Allan

The Edgar Rice Burroughs book

Tarzan the Ape Man came to life

in a motion picture starring

Olympian swimmer Johnny

Weissmueller.

The story is about a man who was

raised by apes in the jungles of

Africa. He is trying to save the

apes from killers as well as save a

lady named Jane. Jane is

portrayed by Maureen Sullivan.

Tarzan is often accompanied by

his companion, Cheetah, a

chimpanzee.

Johnny Weissmuller who was

born with the name of Peter

Johann Weissmüller was born

June 2, 1904.

Johnny Weissmuller won five

gold medals as an Olympic

swimmer and a bronze medal as

part of the men’s water polo team

from 1924 to 1928.

Weissmuller became an

overnight international sensation

because the film Tarzan the Ape

Man was such a huge success.

Weissmueller as Tarzan

Cook Statue

Unveiled in

New Zealand

By Randy Mathews

A statue honoring explorer James Cook was unveiled on August

10, 1932 in New Zealand.

The statue was donated by Matthew Barnett, a philanthropist and

bookmaker. Barnett funded an “architectural competition” in 1928

to have a statue designed honoring the three journeys of James

Cook to New Zealand.

James Cook was a famous English navigator, known as the best

explorer of the 18th century. He was known for his scientific

theories and journeys to the Pacific Ocean during the war in 1763.

He also proved that New Zealand was a group of islands, not a

continent. Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand in 1642 and

declared it a continent.

Cook died in 1779 while exploring the Northern Pacific Ocean.

He was at a stop in the Hawaiian Islands when a group of hostile

Hawaiians killed him.

The location of the James Cook statue is in Christchurch.

Roth Writes New Novel By Tyrone Moore

The Radetzky March is a German book that was written by Joseph Roth in

1932. It is a story about the Trotta family.

The story Radetzky March is an early example that features the recurring

fictional narrative participation of a historical figure. Radetzky March is a

three-generation story of the Trotta family.

The Austrian Empire was fighting the second war of Italian Independence,

against the French belligerents and Italian belligerents in the year of 1859.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: Entertainment

Picasso Exhibits

New Painting

Venice Holds First

Film Festival By Alexandria McGee

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde became the first film to be screened at the

new Venice Film Festival.

No official prizes were awarded, but an audience referendum took

place to determine the winners.

The festival was the idea of the president of the Biennial of Venice,

the count Giuseppe Volpi of Misurata, the sculptor Antonio Maraini,

secretary general, and Lucian De Feo, secretary general of the Society

of Nationals headquartered in Rome.

They agreed a review should be held in the lagoon city.

The festival is considered to be the first international event of its kind.

The festival is a showcase of potential new films.

By Randy Mathews

Spanish Painter Pablo Picasso

debuted a new painting entitled

Le Lecture in January.

It is believed that his wife, Olga

Khbokhlova, was the inspiration

for the painting.

Picasso was born on October 25

1881 in Malaga Spain. .

Picasso began work on La

Lecture in December, 1931 and

finished in January, 1932.

Sci-Fi Hero Buck

Rogers Rides the

Radio Airwaves!

By Alexandria McGee

With the huge popularity of the

comic strip, it was a natural for

Buck Rogers to become part of

the nation’s latest craze, radio.

Buck Rogers hit the airwaves on

November 7. It is the first science

fiction radio program, and one

John Dunning calls one of the

important early juvenile

adventures.

The radio show is a serial played

on CBS, and is sponsored by

Kellogg's, Cocomalt, and Cream

of Wheat as a 15 minute daily

show.

The plots are similar to the comic

strip. Buck, Wilma and Dr. Huer

save the universe from the

fiendish plots of Killer Kane and

Ardala.

The sounds of death rays,

incendiary missiles, gamma

bombs and a mechanical mole,

thrill listening youngsters who

are simulated by the sounds

effects crew using a variety of

electrical and hand-powered

utensils.

For instance, the crackling buzz

of the psychic destruction ray is a

Schick razor. Many men no doubt

felt the same effects, using their

razors early in the morning.

The show is announced by Paul

Douglas. Jack Johnstone is the

writer, producer, and director.

Other writers are Joe Cross,

Albert Miller, and Dick Calkins

the original illustrator for the

comic strip.

The ambitious sound effects of

the various rockets and futuristic

gadgets are created by Ora

Nichols.

Huxley Pens Novel

about the Perfect

World

Aldous Huxley

By Taylar Sain

The Brave New World is a novel

that was written this year by

Adlous Huxely. The Brave New

World was his first dystopian

work.

By 1931 Huxely had already

made a name for himself by being

a writer, and a social satirist.

He published many poems such as

the Burning Wheel, Crome Yellow,

and Those Barren Leaves.

Huxely got his idea from Herbert

George which was inspired by

Uptopia.

This novel opens in London 2540.

This novel is about a society that

is perfect and equally ran. It is

also saying that it is a happy place

where everyone has what they

need.

The population of the planet is

two million people and it cannot

expand any larger than that.

Any and every activity or

movement is notified and

monitored by the world state.

Later in the book, there are people

who are kept outside of the

society. They eventually do not

like being kept out and riot.

Do the rioters win? Does the

perfect society stand or are they

overthrown? To find the answers

to these questions, you must read

the book.

Indonesian Writes Love Story

By Tyrone Moore

The novel “Dian Yang Tak Kunjung Padam” was written by a man by

the name of Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana. He is from Indonesia and born in

1880.

It took him three to four weeks just to write the novel in 1930. He

worked at Balai Pustaka, the state owned publisher of Indonesia.

In the novel there is a young boy named Yasin, he was a fatherless youth

and he lived with his mother. He fell in love with a girl named Molek on

first sight, they had wrote each other love letters and things but they did

not tell their parents that they are in love with each other.

In the novel Molek, the girl, dies, then Yasin goes back to his hometown

and goes to live in cabin by the lake called Ranau after his mother had

died.

He never married and he wants to die someday to see Molek again.

Italian Composes 3-part Suite

By Run’nita Snead

Ancient Airs and Dancers is a set of three orchestral suites by Italian

composer Ottorino Respighi. Respighi was also a notable musicologist.

In the 16th, 17th And 18th centuries led him to compose works inspired

by the music of these periods it was also Italian music.

In 1917 Suite No.1 was composed, it was also based on Renaissance

Lute. In 1923 Suite No.2 was composed it was also based on pieces for

lute, and architect and violin by Fabritio Caroso. It also includes an aria

attributed to Marin Mersenne.

In 1932 Suite No. 3 was composed. It is arranged for strings. It is only

somewhat "Melancholy" in overall mood. It is based on lute songs by

Besard.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: Sports

Americans Have Great

Success at Both Olympics Didrikson Wins 3

Medals at Summer

Olympics By Alexandria McGee

At the Olympics in Los Angeles,

21 year-old Babe Didrikson won

two gold medals and one silver.

She received her first gold medal

for the javelin throw, setting a

new world record at 143 feet.

The next day she set a new world

record of 11.7 seconds in the 80-

meter hurdles to win another gold

medal, breaking the record she

held.

After a much-debated tie for first

in the high-jump (at 5’5”), the

judges ruled that her technique

was illegal and disqualified her,

Didrikson ended up with the

silver medal.

Babe single handedly won

the AAU championships, which

served as Olympic qualifying, on

July 16 in Evanston, Ill. The sole

representative of Employers

Casualty, she scored 30 points,

eight more than the runner-up

team, which had 22 athletes.

In a span of three hours, she

competed in eight of the 10

events, winning five outright and

tying for first in the high jump.

She set world records in the

javelin, 80-meter hurdles, high

jump and baseball throw at the

AAU Championships.

US Sweeps Speed

Skating and

Bobsleigh Gold By Stephanie Case-Allan

The 1932 Winter Olympics

competition included four speed

skating events and two bobsleigh

events that took place at Lake

Placid.

The bobsleigh event took place at

the Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge,

and skeleton track.

The U.S. bobsleigh won two gold

medals, one each in two-man and

four-man bobsleigh. .Hubert

Stevens and Curtis Stevens won

the gold in two-man. Their

teammates, John Heaton and

Robert Minton took home the

bronze.

In the four-man, Billy Fiske,

Edward Eagan, Clifford Grey and

Jay O’Brien won the gold while

Henry Homburger, Percy Bryant,

Francis Stevens and Edmund

Horton of the U.S. won the

Silver.

The men's speed skating events

were held on February 4, 5, 6,

and 8. The U.S. men’s speed

skating won four gold medals.

Jack Shea won the gold in the

500 meter and 1500 meter races.

Irving Jaffee won gold in the

5000 meter and the 10,000 meter.

American Eddie Murphy won the

silver medal in the 5000 meters.

Women’s speed skating were

demonstration events at the 1932

Games, with no medals. The U.S.

women’s speed skating won first

place in two out of three events.

They would have won six of the

nine medals if it was a medal

event.

Elizabeth Dubois won the 1000

meter race and Kit Klein won the

1500 meter race.

Europe was not familiar with the

competition form of having the

speed skating events held as pack

style events, and having all

competitors skate at the same

time. This competition form gave

the skaters from the United States

and Canada a major advantage

over the European rivals.

US Sweeps Diving

Medals at

Summer Games By Stephanie Case-Allan

Four diving events were

organized at the 1932 Summer

Olympics in Los Angeles

consisting of two for men, and

two for women. In all four

events the U.S. swept the

medals.

Both the men and women

competed in the 3-meter

springboard and10-meter

platform events.

The men divers were Michael

Galitzen (gold in springboard

and silver in platform), Harold

Smith (gold in platform and

silver in springboard), Richard

Degener (bronze in springboard)

and Frank Kurtz (bronze in

platform)..

The women winners

were Georgia Coleman (gold in

springboard and silver in

platform), Dorothy Poynton

(gold in platform), Katherine

Rawls (silver in springboard),

ane Fauntz (bronze in

springboard) and Marion Roper

(bronze in platform).

America Hosts

Winter Olympics

at Lake Placid, NY By Run’nita Snead

The Winter Olympics of 1932

were held in Lake Placid, New

York from Feb. 4-15. This was

the first Winter Olympics in the

United States. Franklin

Roosevelt opened the games.

There are 4,000 people living in

Lake Placid. The games

happened during the depression

so land was donated for some

of the events.

In this Olympics, it was the first

time in the speed skating

competition that mass starts

was used, meaning all

participants raced at the same

time. Also for the first time in

the Olympics a female flag

bearer carried the British

flag. Another unique fact about

the games is that hockey was

played inside a covered hall.

The games had several

highlights. These Olympics

had 14 different competitions.

USA had the most medals in

this Olympics, 12. In total 17

countries participated

Henie Wins Second

Gold in Figure Skating!

Sonja Henie

By Randy Mathews

Norwegian Sonja Henie won her

second golf medal in figure skating

at the 1932 Winter Olympics at

Lake Placid, NY. In winning the

gold, she became the first woman

to win the gold medal in women’s

figure skating for two consecutive

Olympic games.

Sonja Henie born in Norway on

April 8th, 1912. Henie was a six-

time European champion as well

as three-time world champion.

Henie won her first

championship in the senior

Norwegian competition at the

age of 10.

Henie managed to accomplish a

victory in the world figure

skating championships in 1927,

Henie being 14 at the time. She

won over defending Olympic

and World champion. Herma

Szabo of Austria to a 7 to 8 vote

by Norwegian and German

judges.

Since the games, Henie has been

approached by Hollywood

producers to have her star in a

number of movies. As of this

time, Henie has not accepted or

rejected any of the offers.

Cycling Race held in Holland By Taylar Sain

Six Days of Amsterdam was the first cycling race held at the Amsterdam

Velodrome. Organizers hope it will become an annual event.

The first race was won by Dutch Couple Jan Pijnenburg and Piet van

Kempen.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: Sports

Ruth Calls Shot; Yanks Win World Series

In this grainy shot, Ruth is pointing to center field, where the next [itch would land

By Alexandria McGee

Manager Charlie Grimm leads

the Cubs to the National League

pennant, the team's second in

four years. The Yankees sweep

the Cubs, four games to none in

the World Series.

The Cubs faced New York

Yankees in the World Series - a

series marked by Babe Ruth's

mythical "called shot" during the

5th inning of Game 3 at Wrigley

Field.

Ruth hit a home run in the top of

the 1st inning to give the lead to

the Yankees. The Cubs tied the

game in the bottom of the 4th

inning.

During the pre-game and early

parts of the game the Chicago

fans and players were constantly

insulting the Yankees. This

began when their train arrived

and at the team hotel. This

included throwing lemons at the

team.

In the top of the 5th

inning, Ruth

came to bat. Cubs pitcher

Charlie Root joined in with the

fans to insult an aging Babe

Ruth. The first pitch was a called

strike. The second pitch was also

a strike. The third and fourth

pitches were balls.

After the 4th

pitch, Ruth stepped

out of the batter’s box and

pointed to center field. Ruth

swung at the pitch and sent it

over the center field fence for a

home run.

The Cubs built a 4 game lead on

Pittsburgh with a record of 90

wins against 64 losses. Mr.

Wrigley made several important

changes to the line-up. The

biggest acquisition was bringing

on Billy Herman to play second

base.

Herman led the team in runs

scored with 102. He also led the

team in hits with 205 and was

second only to Riggs Stephenson

in the batting average with .314.

Their pitching was best in the

National League allowing 4.11

runs per game. Pat Malone led

the Cubs in ERA with 3.38 but

his record had more losses with

17 than wins with 15.

The pitcher with the best record

was Lon Warneke at 22 and 6

followed by Guy Bush, (19-11)

and Charlie Root, (15-10.)

Bears Win NFL

Championship

1932 Bears Team Photo

By Martice Clark

The Chicago Bears won the NFL

championship with a 9-0 win

against the Postsmouth Spartans.

There were 11,198 people

watching in the Chicago Stadium.

Red Grange caught a two yard

touchdown pass from Bronko

Nagurski to win the game.

The Chicago bears are a

professional football team that is

a part of the NFL. That is in

Chicago, IL.

The Bears had 27 players on

their football team.

Americans Dominate

Wimbledon Singles

Championships

Men’s Singles Champion

Ellsworth Vines

By Randy Mathews

Americans won both the men’s

and women’s single

championships at the 1932

Wmbledon Tennis

Chamionships. Three of the four

players in the singles finals were

from the United States.

The Wimbledon Championship

occurred outdoor on the grass

courts at the England Lawn

Tennis and Croquet Club, in

Wimbledon, London, United

Kingdom. The tournament went

on from June 20 to July 2.

Women’s Singles Champion

Helen Wills Moody

The tournament was the 52nd

tournament held, and the third

Grand Slam tennis event of

1932.

Men’s single championship

game was won by Ellsworth

Vines who defeated Henry

Wilfred Austin from Great

Britain.

Women’s single was won by

Helen Wills Moody who

defeated fellow American Helen

Hull Jacobs.

Men’s doubles Jean Borotra and

Jacques Brugnon defeated Pat

Hughes and Fred Perry.

Women’s doubles Doris Metaxa

and Josane Sigart defeated

Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Hull

Jacobs.

Canadian Team with Championships

Maple Leafs

Win Stanley

Cup By Tyrone Moore

The 1932 Stanley Cup Finals was

a best of five series with the New

York Rangers and the Toronto

Maple Leafs. The New York

Rangers play in Manhattan in New

York.

The Toronto Maple Leafs plays for

the cities of Toronto and Ontario

Canada. They played against each

other and the Toronto Maple Leafs

won the series winning three

games out of five and the Rangers

winning only two out of the five

games they had.

Tigers-Cats

Beat

Roughriders

for Grey Cup By Tyrone Moore

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats

defeated the Ottawa

Roughriders 25-6 at the Civic

Stadium in Hamilton.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats were

founded in the year 1869 as a

Rugby Football Union team.

The Tigers have won the Grey

Cup championship five times.

The Ottawa Roughriders are

also a pro football team in the

CFL based in the city called

Regina, Saskatchewan. They

play in the West Division.

Their team was founded in the

year of 1910; they are one of

the oldest of three of the

gridiron football teams.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: Obituaries

Lucy Bacon (July 30, 1857-October

17, 1932)

By Stephanie Case-Allan

Artist Lucy Bacon died

from health problems in

San Francisco, California

on October 17, 1932.

Lucy Bacon was born in

Pitcairn, New York on

July 30, 1857.

Lucy was a Californian

artist who studied under

the famous French

impressionist, Camille

Pissarro.

Before leaving for France

in 1892, Lucy went to an

art school at the Arts

Students League of New

York and the National

Academy of Design in

New York City.

In Paris she attended

another school,

Académie Colarossi.

Unsatisfied with her

studies, Lucy decided to

study under the French

Impressionist Camille

Pissarro.

She made Impressionist

paintings after moving to

Éragny. Lucy was

exhibiting paintings such

as A San Jose Garden at

the San Francisco Art

Association by 1898.

She moved to San Jose,

California in the hope of

improving chronic

illness. Unmarried, she

taught at Washburn

School and painted from

her home studio.

In 1891 and 1893, Robert

Vickery organized the

first exhibitions of

Impressionism in San

Francisco, through Mrs.

William H. Crocker.

Yoon Bong-

Gil (June 21, 1908-

December 19, 1932)

By Tyrone Moore

Yun Bong-Gil was a

Korean Independence

activist who everyone

knew to be the man for

orchestrating the deadly

bombing of a gathering

of the Japanese

dignitaries in the

Shanghai International

Settlement in the year of

1932.

The bombing happened

on April 29, 1932. Yun

Bong-Gil was planning a

bomb attack by using a

water bottle as a

disguised to hide the

bomb. He carried two

bombs to Shanghai, one

in the water bottle and

the other one in a lunch

box he carried.

The bomb in the lunch

box was for him to kill

himself after the

bombing but it failed to

detonate. Bong-Gil was

arrested at the time of the

bombing. He was

executed on December

18. Bong-Gil was born

on June 21, 1908.

Dan

Brouthers (May 8 1858-August 2,

1932)

By Stephanie Case-Allan

Dan Brouthers was the

first baseman playing for

10 teams in the Major

Leagues.. His career

started in 1879 and

ended in 1896, with a

minor return in 1904.

Dennis Joseph “Dan”

Brouthers was born on

May 8, 1858 and died

August 2, 1932 of a heart

attack at the age of 74.

He was given the

nickname “Big Dan”

because of his size. He

was six foot two and

weighed 207 pounds,

which was considered

large for 19th-century

standards.

Big Dan was the first

great slugger in baseball

history, and among the

greatest sluggers of his

era, he held the record

for career home runs

from 1887 to 1889.

Dan had a batting

average of .342, hits of

2,296, and had a 1,296

for runs batted in, with

his final total of 106

tying for the fourth most

of the 19th century.

Tenby Davies (April 12, 1884-July 23,

1932)

By Randy Mathews

Half-miler Tenby

Davies died on July 23,

2932.

Davies was born

Frederick Charles

Davies on April 12,

1884.

Davies was the

champion of the 1909

race against Irishman

Beauchamp Day.

He was a regular

competitor in the Welsh

Powderhall 130 yard

races and winning many

races throughout

Britain.

Davies is survived by

his wife, Agnes Emily

Ferguson and 3

children.

Peg Entwistle (February 5, 1908-

September 16, 1932)

By Randy Mathews

Stage and screen actress

Peg Entwistle is

believed to have

committed suicide on

September 16, 1932.

Millicent Lilian “Peg”

Entwistle was born on

February 5, 1908.

Entwistle was a famous

stage actress starring in

one film and several

Broadway shows. The

film

“13 Women” was

released after

Entwistle's death.

It is believed that she

jumped off the letter H

in Hollywood famous

sign above Los

Angeles.

Rokeya

Sakhawat

Hussain (December 9, 1880-

December 9, 1932)

By Tyrone Moore

Feminist writer and a

social worker Roquia

Sakhawat Hussain died

on December 9, 1932

when she was only 52.

She was born on the day

of December 9, 1880 in

the village of

Pairabondh, Mithapukar.

She was famous for

gender equality and the

other social issues that

was going on at the time.

She was a Muslim

Feminist.

A lady named Taslima

Nasrin saw her as a good

influence on her because

of a good writer she was.

Errico

Malatesta (December 14, 1853-July

22, 1932)

By Run’nita Snead

Italian Anarchist Errico

Malatesta died on July

22, 1932. He was born

on December 14, 1853.

He spent half of his life

in two places either Italy

or in jail where he spent

more than ten years.

Malatesta had written a

number of radical

newspapers and also had

a friend that was Mikhail

Bakunin. He was also an

enormously popular

figure in his time.

Malatesta was born to a

family, which was

middle class landowners

in Santa Maria Capua

Vetere, Italy. When

Errico was 14, a long

series of arrests came

because he wrote an

“Insolent and Threating“

letter to King Victor

Emmanuel II.

King Victor was the king

of a United Italy. He was

king until his death in

1878.

In 1910 he opened an

electrical workshop in

London at 15 Duncan

Terrance Islington and

he allowed a jewel thief,

George Gardenstien, to

use his premises. On

January 15, 1910 he sold

Oxyacetylene equipment

to Gardenstien so he

could break into the safe

at Harris Jewellers

Houndsditch.

Alberto

Santos-

Dumont (July 20, 1873-July 23,

1932)

By Run’nita Snead

Brazilian aviation

pioneer Alberto Santos-

Dumont and died on July

23, 1932. He was born in

Cabangu Farm on July

20, 1873.

He grew up as the sixth

of eight children. His

father was an engineer.

The family produced

coffee on their

plantation.

Santos-Dumont

dedicated himself to

aeronautical study and

experimentation in Paris,

France. Dumont built,

flew, and designed the

first practical dirigible,

demonstrating that

routine the flight was

possible.

He won the “Deutsch De

La Meuthe Prize in 1901

for the flight around the

Eiffel Tower. That made

him one of the famous

people in the world

during the early 20th

century.

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1932 Year-IN-Review: Obituaries

John Philip

Sousa (November 6, 1854-

March 6, 1932)

By Alexandria McGee

John Philip Sousa, the

famous American band

conductor and march

king, died at the age of

77 unexpectedly in his

room in the Abraham

Lincoln Hotel from an

attack of heart disease.

Sousa composed many

famous marches

including The Stars and

Stripes Forever and The

Washington Post March.

John Philip Sousa was

born in Washington, DC

on November 6, 1854.

He was the third of ten

children of John Antonio

Sousa, a Portuguese

immigrant, and Maria

Elizabeth Trinkhaus, a

German immigrant.

His father played

trombone in the U.S.

Marine Band, which

influenced John to begin

studying music when he

was six years old. He

began studying violin,

but eventually learned all

the wind instruments.

John Philip Sousa was

very interested in being

in a band, so when he

was 13 years old, he

tried to join a circus

band. His attempt was

unsuccessful and shortly

afterwards, his father

enlisted John in the

Marine Band in

Washington, D.C., where

he stayed for eight years.

He was in Reading, PA

to lead the local

Ringgold Band in its

80th Anniversary concert

as its guest conductor.

He rehearsed the band in

the afternoon and at that

time showed no signs of

illness.

The night before he died,

he attended a civic

dinner at the hotel in his

honor at which 100

leading citizens and all

the members of the

Lincoln Band were

present.

In response to laudatory

addresses he made a

brief speech, asking to be

excused from saying

more in

order that he might

save his strength for the

concert ahead of him.

He told two or three

funny stories,

reminiscences of his

long career, and sat

down amid great

applause.

On Nov. 6, his 77th

birthday, Sousa stood

before the WJZ

microphone, led a large

band in "The Stars and

Stripes Forever" on a

nation-wide network,

cut a birthday cake

given by five noted

conductors and told the

radio audience he

wanted to live to be

100 so that he could

write many more

marches.

He was the guest of

honor at a dinner of the

American Legion Post

of the New York

Athletic Club given at

the club. Five hundred

Legion members

applauded as Mr. Sousa

received an honorary

American Legion

citation as the oldest

and most distinguished

Legionnaire.

Representative Norton,

Democrat, of Nebraska,

introduced a

Congressional

resolution to designate

"The Stars and Stripes

Forever" as the national

march.

Because of his mastery

of march composition,

he is known as "The

March King" or the

"American March

King" due to his British

counterpart, Kenneth J.

Alford also being

known as the March

King.

On the outbreak of

World War I Sousa was

commissioned as a

Lieutenant Commander

and led the Naval

Reserve Band in

Illinois. Following his

tenure, he returned to

conduct the Sousa

Band until his death.

Sir Alfred

Yarrow (January 13, 1942-

January 24, 1932)

By Taylar Sain

Shipbuilder Sir Alfred

Yarrow died on January

24.

He was born in East

London of humble

origins. Yarrow was

raised a Christian and

attended the University

College School.

In 1892, Yarrow built

the first two destroyers

for the Royal Navy.

Yarrow & Co. was

originally a partnership,

but it was dissolved in

1875.

Yarrow then moved his

shipyard north to the

banks of the Clyde River

on the west coast of

Scotland during 1906-

1908.

Florenz

Ziegfeld (March 21,1867-July 22,

1932)

By Alexandria McGee

Florenz Ziegfeld,

musical comedy

producer, died on July

22 due to pleurisy in

Hollywood. Death came

at 10:31 p. m. Only Dr.

Marcus Radwin,

attending physician, and

a nurse were in the room

when the producer died.

His wife, Billie Burke,

the actress, reached the

bedside two minutes

after his death.

The noted "glorifier of

the American girl" had

been in Hollywood only

a few days, having been

brought from a New

Mexico sanitarium. He

never had recovered

from an attack of

pneumonia last winter.

Florenz Ziegfeld had

been ill intermittently

since February. He

suffered a relapse in

June, and

was confined to his

home at Hastings-on-

the-Hudson.

His physician said at that

time Mr. Ziegfeld had

never fully recovered

from a severe attack of

influenza dating back to

the try-out of "Hot-Cha!"

in Pittsburgh during the

winter.

On July 19 a dispatch

from Hollywood had

reported Dr. E. C.

Fishbaugh as saying that

he was "hopeful" of Mr.

Ziegfeld's recovery. He

said Mr. Ziegfeld had

suffered an attack of

pleurisy and that,

although both lungs had

become affected, the

producer's heart was

improved.

Mr. Ziegfeld, known as

the "glorifier of the

American girl," began

his career in professional

theatrics with the

profitable exploitation of

the strong man, Eugene

Sandow, as the "perfect

man.