In the summer of 1934, with conditions exacerbated by a long drought, winds began to whip the sunbaked soil into thick, dark, low-riding clouds of dust. In April, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico were all hit with a devastating dust storm. The dust clouds assaulted everything, destroying crops, killing livestock, and ...

In 1934, Americans grappled with an economic situation that feels all too familiar today. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration created the Public Works of Art Project—the first federal government program to …

Jan 07, 2005 · Finished cattle in 1934 averaged 289s 2d/live cwt, the equivalent of 3.85p/kg lw. Today’s figure is some 25 times higher at about 95p. The milk price ex-farm was 1s 3d/gal, which translates to 1 ...

Oct 16, 2016 · Historical Events for the Year 1934 1st January » Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison. 1st January » Nazi Germany passes the "Nazi eugenics called Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring". 13th January » The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union.

Following the 1934 death in office of Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany, Hitler's cabinet passes a law proclaiming the presidency vacant and transferring the role and powers of the head of state to Hitler, hereafter known as Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor).

By 1930 Andrew Webb and his mother were living in Chicago, where he was working as a post office clerk. But he was admitted the same year as a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. In 1932 he married Roberta Chambers, but he died of tuberculosis in 1934 when he was just 29 years old.

Nov 03, 2021 · Explore our timeline of 1934 events from news headlines from the year, like the arrest of John Dillinger or the shooting of Bonnie and Clyde. Menu. Original Newspapers ... Alabama. Starr was an American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and a coach for the Green Bay Packers. January 15: The Dillinger Gang robbed $20,000 from First National ...

Life expectancy at birth in 1930 was indeed only 58 for men and 62 for women, and the retirement age was 65. But life expectancy at birth in the early decades of the 20th century was low due mainly to high infant mortality, and someone who died as a child would never have worked and paid into Social Security.

On March 16, 1934 Famous Weddings Jan 7 Dutch Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld Jan 30 American comedian and actor Lou Costello (27) weds American burlesque dancer Anne Battler (21) Jan 30 Painter Salvador Dali (30) weds Gala Dali (39) in a civil ceremony in Paris Famous Divorces

In 1934, a major fire broke out at the Chicago Union Stock Yards, the second major fire in its history after the 1910 fire. Masses of blacks migrated to the city from the south during the "Great Migration" of the first half of the 20th century.