On this day

May 1, 1936

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from May 1, 1936

SECRETARY URGES ACTION; Deficit for June 30 Put at the All Time High of $5,966,000,000. INCLUDES ALL OF BONUS Maximum Outlay Calculated for the Fiscal Year, Despite Nine-Year Amortization. PROFITS TAX PLAN BACKED Finance Committee Moves to Simplify House Rates and Corporation Classes. MOVE TO INCREASE YIELD OF TAX BILL

By Turner Catledgespecial To the New York Times

Sec Morgenthau on additional yield expected as result of undistributed corp profits tax

None0 words

U.S. Ex-Soldiers Resist Paris Siege; Thwart Closing of Legion Building; Four Immured in Pershing Hall, Aided by Ten Comrades, Win Preliminary Verbal Skirmish With Police Riot Squad -- Shut-Down Decision Caused by Financial Difficulties. U.S. EX-SOLDIERS RESIST PARIS SIEGE

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

4 Paris post members resist eviction by police from Pershing Hall, ordered closed by Pershing Hall Bldg Corp; Legion officials condemn closing of bldg; Col F Drake, pres of corp, says financial difficulties necessitate closing

None0 words

WENDEL ABDUCTOR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE; FOURTH MAN SEIZED; Weiss Tries to Hang Himself With Necktie in Cell, but Guards Cut Him Down. NEW ARREST IN TRENTON Bookmaker Held After Wife of Fugitive Says He Gave Money for Flight. WENDEL ABDUCTOR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

By Unknown Author

Wendel case prisoner attempts suicide; new arrest

None0 words

Emperor Back at Capital; ETHIOPIANS GIVE UP CAPITAL'S DEFENSE

By the Associated Press

ADDIS ABABA, April 30. -- Emperor Haile Selassie returned suddenly today to his apparently doomed capital, while high officials and natives fled in panic against the approach of the Italian northern army.

None0 words

THRUST AT TAX BILL WINDS UP CHAMBER; Resolutions Also Attack the Social Security Act as Invading Private Rights. FIGHT ON COURTS DECRIED Addressing Delegates, Hull Says Only Free Trade Flow Can Prevent New War. THRUST AT TAX BILL WINDS UP CHAMBER

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Reciprocal policy approved in U S Chamber of Commerce resolution

None0 words

Civic Groups Seek Ban on Soap-Box Orators And Cheap Signs in Columbus Circle Area

By Unknown Author

West of Central Pk Assn to seek ban on cheap signs and soap-box orators

None0 words

$3,000,000,000 Frazier Farm Bill Will Come Before House for Vote; Backers Get Five More Signatures, Enough to Force Farm Mortgage Measure Out of the Committee -- Co-Author Predicts Passage by a Margin of 2 to 1. HOUSE ACTION WON FOR LEMKE'S BILL

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Signatures to force Frazier-Lemke farm refinancing bill out of com reach required total

None0 words

BRITAIN WILL BUILD 38 NEW WARSHIPS; BIG U.S. FUND ASKED; Largest British Program Since the 1921 Race Includes Two 35,000-Ton Battleships. WORK IS TO BE RUSHED Machinery and Materials to Be Ready Before Treaties Expire at End of Year. $531,068,707 SOUGHT HERE Record Peace-Time Provision Is Made in Bill Calling for Great Variety of Ships. British Program Is Large BRITAIN. WILL BUILD 38 MORE WARSHIPS

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr.wireless To the New York Times

38 new ships planned in bldg program announced in Admiralty White Paper; House of Commons asked to vote additional appropriation to supplement regular naval estimate; work to be rushed; statement by Lord Monsell (F Kuhn Jr)

None0 words

PRESIDENT REJECTS PWA EARMARKING; House Bloc Proposing to Set Aside $700,000,000 Fails to Budge Roosevelt Opposition. PREFERENCE IDEA TRIED Compromise Is Believed Unlikely -- Bill to Replace Tugwell Stays in Committee. PRESIDENT REJECTS PWA EARMARKING

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Roosevelt rejects demand for PWA funds

None0 words

NO FAIR TILL 1940, MOSES NOW FEARS; He Writes the Committee That 'Weaknesses in Management' Will Cause Delay. ALBANY VOTES STATE AID Both Houses Pass Four Bills Allotting $2,130,000 and Authorizing $7,000,000. NO FAIR TILL 1940, MOSES NOW FEARS

By Unknown Author

Predicts delay in opening of World's Fair

None0 words

ETHIOPIANS GIVE UP CAPITAL'S DEFENSE; Italians at Half-Way Mark in Tedious Push Over Muddy Road From Dessye. SASA BANEH IS CAPTURED Shift in Attack Surprises Defenders in South -- Haile Selassie Back in Capital.

By G.l. Steerwireless To the New York Times

Itals occupy Debra Brehan; Ital plane fires on Akaki Airfield in Addis Ababa; Ital column meets no resistance at Jibwasha Range; Emperor returns to capital, confers with U S Min

None0 words

RELIEF BILLS VOTED BY ALBANY SENATE; ASSEMBLY CHIDED; Republicans Back $30,000,000 Bond Issue, Fight $10,000,000 From General Fund. LEHMAN SENDS MESSAGE Governor Denies to Lower Body Social Security Act Will Raise Taxes. RELIEF BILLS VOTED BY ALBANY SENATE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Social security

None0 words