Former
German Crown Prince Wilhelm endorsed
Adolf Hitler for president in the April 10 election. By making a political statement, Wilhelm broke his word to the German government that he would refrain from politics as a condition of his return to Germany from exile.[3]
John F. Condon received an eleventh ransom note in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case. He was directed to a twelfth note that led him to the unidentified man known as "John" and paid $50,000 for another note containing instructions for where the Lindbergh child could be found.[4]
Edward Marjoribanks, 32, British member of parliament, committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest
Bill Pickett, 61, African-American rodeo and Wild West show performer, died after being kicked in the head by a horse
April 3, 1932 (Sunday)
Germany's "Easter truce" forbidding political activities expired at noon with violent clashes around the country.[5]
A search was made for the Lindbergh baby near
Martha's Vineyard in accordance with the directions given by "John", but nothing was found and the case went cold.[4]
In
St. John's, Newfoundland, a parade of demonstrators calling on the Legislature to investigate certain charges against the
Richard Squires government turned into a violent riot. All the windows of the
Colonial Building were smashed and Squires had to leave the building under protection.[10]
The documents seized by German police in last month's raids on Nazi headquarters were presented to the government. According to authorities, they showed Nazi plans to start a civil war in which a secret army would seize arms and ammunition and cut off water supplies to city centers.[11]
Chancellor
Heinrich Brüning told an audience in
Stuttgart that the re-election of Hindenburg would pave the way for a settlement of the reparations problem, while the election of Hitler would cause the German mark to drop with a crash "in no time."[11]
The first government-owned
Alko stores, for the sale of alcohol, opened in Finland, originally under the name Oy Alkoholiliike Ab, to sell government-manufactured and government-imported products.
"Tällainen on Alkon uusi tiskimyymälä – muistatko, kuinka viinakaupassa ennen asioitiin?" ("This is Alko's new counter store - Do you remember how you used to shop in a liquor store?"), by Antti Halonen, Ilta-Sanomat, September 22, 2017
Died:María Blanchard, 51, Spanish Cubist painter, from tuberculosis
Four powers (Britain, France, Germany and Italy) opened the Danube Conference in London, discussing the perilous economic situation of the countries that once made up
Austria-Hungary.[13][14]
With the
Lindbergh kidnapping ransom payment still a secret from the public, U.S. Treasurer
W. O. Woods sent an official circular to banks telling them to watch for certain large amounts of bills in specific denominations, but did not say that it was connection with the Lindbergh case.[15]
Negotiations were held in the British consulate in
Shanghai between representatives of China and Japan over setting a timetable through the
League of Nations for Japanese withdrawal, but the Japanese insisted that the League was not qualified to handle the issue.[16]
The Danube Conference broke down, with Italy and Germany at odds with the French proposal that would have seen them lose their favored nation trading status with the Danubian nations.[14]
U.S. presidential candidate
Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a famous campaign speech over the radio in which he said that prosperity depended on plans "that build from the bottom up and not the top down, that put their faith once more in the
forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid."[17][18]
Reichsbank President and two-time German chancellor
Hans Luther was shot at close range at a subway station in Berlin, but the bullet only grazed his arm. Two men were arrested without resistance, who identified themselves as former Nazis who wanted to kill Luther because they disapproved of the Reichsbank's deflation policy.[20]
It was revealed to the public for the first time that a $50,000 ransom had been paid in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case but that the child had not been returned.[15]
Italy's
Grand Council of Fascism passed a resolution saying that the "first necessary step toward the economic recovery of the world" was the cancellation of all war debts.[21]
The first major gangster film, Scarface, was released by Astor Pictures. Financed by
Howard Hughes, and produced and directed by
Howard Hawks, and starring
Paul Muni and
Osgood Perkins as Italian members of organized crime in Chicago, the film and the
Armitage Trail novel on which it was adapted were thinly-veiled depictions of the career of
Al Capone (who had been nicknamed Scarface) and his gang. Muni's character was named "Antonio Camonte", and other characters had names only slightly different than the people on whom they were based. The
Hays Office ordered heavy censorship of the more violent scenes in the original version.
The runoff of the
German presidential election was held.
Paul von Hindenburg was re-elected for another seven years, winning the majority of votes unlike in the March 13 elections. Hundreds were arrested in election day violence.[22]
The French foreign office issued a statement insisting that Germany's payments under the
Young Plan must be continued.[23]
Born:
Omar Sharif (stage name for Micahel Yusuf Chalhoub), Egyptian-born film actor; in
Alexandria (d. 2015)
Born:Joel Grey (stage name for Joel David Katz), American actor, singer and dancer, winner of the Academy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award; in
Cleveland
April 12, 1932 (Tuesday)
The German stock exchange reopened for the first time in almost seven months.[27]
Tiny Tim (stage name for Herbert Khaury), American singer; in
New York City (d. 1996)
Died:Pierre Batcheff, 24, French film actor, from a drug overdose
April 13, 1932 (Wednesday)
President Hindenburg passed an emergency decree through
Article 48 ordering the
SA,
SS and all auxiliary forces of the
Nazi Party dissolved immediately.[29]
The
Queen Street Riot occurred in
Auckland, New Zealand when thousands of unemployed clashed with police while smashing and looting shops on the city's main commercial thoroughfare. The violence, the worst riot in New Zealand's history, injured 200 people.[30][31]
Eleven construction workers were killed when a gas explosion ripped through the new Ohio State Office Building being constructed in
Columbus.[32]
Adolf Hitler released a statement characterizing the government's crackdown on his stormtroopers as "a last blow of despair" and declaring April 24, the date of local elections, as "retaliation day".[33]
The
Gustav Holst composition Hammersmith was performed in Washington (performed on an earlier date in London.) Holst was scheduled to be in attendance but canceled due to ill health.[6]
Died:William Redmond, 45, Irish politician who was a member of the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1910 to 1922, then of
Ireland's
Dáil Éireann since 1923
On
Budget Day in the United Kingdom,
Chancellor of the ExchequerNeville Chamberlain turned in a balanced budget with a projected surplus of £796,000. A return of the old tea duty was the only new tax, and the rate on sugar imports was increased as well. However, no provision was made for the $171.5 million in war debt due the United States over the next twelve months.[9][38][39]
Sarojini Naidu, the most prominent female independence activist in India at the time, was taken off of a train en route to
Delhi and arrested for disobeying an order against attending a
National Congress meeting there.[46]
President Hindenburg reduced the price of Germany's alcohol from 36 to 30 marks per gallon to cut down on foreign imports, smuggling and bootlegging.[47]
The new
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in
Stratford-upon-Avon, replacing the original one that burned down in 1926. The design of the new theatre was universally disliked, with critics unfavourably likening the exterior to a "barracks" or a "jam factory".[9][48]
Born:Halston (business name for Roy Halston Frowick), American fashion designer, in
Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1990)
April 24, 1932 (Sunday)
The
Nazi Party made big gains in local elections held across Germany, winning pluralities in four out of five
Landtag elections.[49][50]
Fifteen Nazis were elected city councilmen in
Vienna, the first time they had won any elective office in the city.[51]
"After yesterday's election we have a mandate from the German people", Adolf Hitler stated from
Munich. "We will demand the right to form governments in
Prussia and the other states in which we have won."[53]
Korean independence activist
Yun Bong-gil threw a bomb at a group of Japanese generals and officials staging a ceremony in honour of
Hirohito's birthday at Hongkew Park in
Shanghai. General
Yoshinori Shirakawa was fatally wounded and died of his wounds a month later, while Ambassador
Mamoru Shigemitsu survived but lost a leg. [61][62]
The jury in the Massie Trial found the defendants guilty of manslaughter.[7]
^Elston, Gene (2006). A Stitch in Time. Houston: Halcyon Press. pp. 89–90.
ISBN978-1-931823-33-3.
^Holtfrerich, Carl-Ludwig (1999). Frankfurt as a Financial Centre: From Medieval Trade Fair to European Banking Centre. Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 216.
ISBN978-3-406-45671-8.
^
abHolston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 74.
ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
^Schmitt, Carl (2004). Legality and Legitimacy. Duke University Press. p. 71.
ISBN978-0-8223-8576-9.
^"Moscow Greets Turkish Prmier with Great Pomp". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 29, 1932. p. 14.
^Foust, Hal (April 29, 1932). "New Motor Car Does 139 Miles Speed Per Hour". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 14.
^Park, Young (2009). Korea and the Imperialists: In Search of a National Identity. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. pp. 145–146.
ISBN978-1-4389-3141-8.
^Hoyt, Edwin P. (2001). Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict. New York: Cooper Square Press. p. 101.
ISBN978-1-4616-0206-4.
^"46 States Wet in Nation-Wide Poll on Dry Law". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 29, 1932. p. 3.
Former
German Crown Prince Wilhelm endorsed
Adolf Hitler for president in the April 10 election. By making a political statement, Wilhelm broke his word to the German government that he would refrain from politics as a condition of his return to Germany from exile.[3]
John F. Condon received an eleventh ransom note in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case. He was directed to a twelfth note that led him to the unidentified man known as "John" and paid $50,000 for another note containing instructions for where the Lindbergh child could be found.[4]
Edward Marjoribanks, 32, British member of parliament, committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest
Bill Pickett, 61, African-American rodeo and Wild West show performer, died after being kicked in the head by a horse
April 3, 1932 (Sunday)
Germany's "Easter truce" forbidding political activities expired at noon with violent clashes around the country.[5]
A search was made for the Lindbergh baby near
Martha's Vineyard in accordance with the directions given by "John", but nothing was found and the case went cold.[4]
In
St. John's, Newfoundland, a parade of demonstrators calling on the Legislature to investigate certain charges against the
Richard Squires government turned into a violent riot. All the windows of the
Colonial Building were smashed and Squires had to leave the building under protection.[10]
The documents seized by German police in last month's raids on Nazi headquarters were presented to the government. According to authorities, they showed Nazi plans to start a civil war in which a secret army would seize arms and ammunition and cut off water supplies to city centers.[11]
Chancellor
Heinrich Brüning told an audience in
Stuttgart that the re-election of Hindenburg would pave the way for a settlement of the reparations problem, while the election of Hitler would cause the German mark to drop with a crash "in no time."[11]
The first government-owned
Alko stores, for the sale of alcohol, opened in Finland, originally under the name Oy Alkoholiliike Ab, to sell government-manufactured and government-imported products.
"Tällainen on Alkon uusi tiskimyymälä – muistatko, kuinka viinakaupassa ennen asioitiin?" ("This is Alko's new counter store - Do you remember how you used to shop in a liquor store?"), by Antti Halonen, Ilta-Sanomat, September 22, 2017
Died:María Blanchard, 51, Spanish Cubist painter, from tuberculosis
Four powers (Britain, France, Germany and Italy) opened the Danube Conference in London, discussing the perilous economic situation of the countries that once made up
Austria-Hungary.[13][14]
With the
Lindbergh kidnapping ransom payment still a secret from the public, U.S. Treasurer
W. O. Woods sent an official circular to banks telling them to watch for certain large amounts of bills in specific denominations, but did not say that it was connection with the Lindbergh case.[15]
Negotiations were held in the British consulate in
Shanghai between representatives of China and Japan over setting a timetable through the
League of Nations for Japanese withdrawal, but the Japanese insisted that the League was not qualified to handle the issue.[16]
The Danube Conference broke down, with Italy and Germany at odds with the French proposal that would have seen them lose their favored nation trading status with the Danubian nations.[14]
U.S. presidential candidate
Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a famous campaign speech over the radio in which he said that prosperity depended on plans "that build from the bottom up and not the top down, that put their faith once more in the
forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid."[17][18]
Reichsbank President and two-time German chancellor
Hans Luther was shot at close range at a subway station in Berlin, but the bullet only grazed his arm. Two men were arrested without resistance, who identified themselves as former Nazis who wanted to kill Luther because they disapproved of the Reichsbank's deflation policy.[20]
It was revealed to the public for the first time that a $50,000 ransom had been paid in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case but that the child had not been returned.[15]
Italy's
Grand Council of Fascism passed a resolution saying that the "first necessary step toward the economic recovery of the world" was the cancellation of all war debts.[21]
The first major gangster film, Scarface, was released by Astor Pictures. Financed by
Howard Hughes, and produced and directed by
Howard Hawks, and starring
Paul Muni and
Osgood Perkins as Italian members of organized crime in Chicago, the film and the
Armitage Trail novel on which it was adapted were thinly-veiled depictions of the career of
Al Capone (who had been nicknamed Scarface) and his gang. Muni's character was named "Antonio Camonte", and other characters had names only slightly different than the people on whom they were based. The
Hays Office ordered heavy censorship of the more violent scenes in the original version.
The runoff of the
German presidential election was held.
Paul von Hindenburg was re-elected for another seven years, winning the majority of votes unlike in the March 13 elections. Hundreds were arrested in election day violence.[22]
The French foreign office issued a statement insisting that Germany's payments under the
Young Plan must be continued.[23]
Born:
Omar Sharif (stage name for Micahel Yusuf Chalhoub), Egyptian-born film actor; in
Alexandria (d. 2015)
Born:Joel Grey (stage name for Joel David Katz), American actor, singer and dancer, winner of the Academy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award; in
Cleveland
April 12, 1932 (Tuesday)
The German stock exchange reopened for the first time in almost seven months.[27]
Tiny Tim (stage name for Herbert Khaury), American singer; in
New York City (d. 1996)
Died:Pierre Batcheff, 24, French film actor, from a drug overdose
April 13, 1932 (Wednesday)
President Hindenburg passed an emergency decree through
Article 48 ordering the
SA,
SS and all auxiliary forces of the
Nazi Party dissolved immediately.[29]
The
Queen Street Riot occurred in
Auckland, New Zealand when thousands of unemployed clashed with police while smashing and looting shops on the city's main commercial thoroughfare. The violence, the worst riot in New Zealand's history, injured 200 people.[30][31]
Eleven construction workers were killed when a gas explosion ripped through the new Ohio State Office Building being constructed in
Columbus.[32]
Adolf Hitler released a statement characterizing the government's crackdown on his stormtroopers as "a last blow of despair" and declaring April 24, the date of local elections, as "retaliation day".[33]
The
Gustav Holst composition Hammersmith was performed in Washington (performed on an earlier date in London.) Holst was scheduled to be in attendance but canceled due to ill health.[6]
Died:William Redmond, 45, Irish politician who was a member of the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1910 to 1922, then of
Ireland's
Dáil Éireann since 1923
On
Budget Day in the United Kingdom,
Chancellor of the ExchequerNeville Chamberlain turned in a balanced budget with a projected surplus of £796,000. A return of the old tea duty was the only new tax, and the rate on sugar imports was increased as well. However, no provision was made for the $171.5 million in war debt due the United States over the next twelve months.[9][38][39]
Sarojini Naidu, the most prominent female independence activist in India at the time, was taken off of a train en route to
Delhi and arrested for disobeying an order against attending a
National Congress meeting there.[46]
President Hindenburg reduced the price of Germany's alcohol from 36 to 30 marks per gallon to cut down on foreign imports, smuggling and bootlegging.[47]
The new
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in
Stratford-upon-Avon, replacing the original one that burned down in 1926. The design of the new theatre was universally disliked, with critics unfavourably likening the exterior to a "barracks" or a "jam factory".[9][48]
Born:Halston (business name for Roy Halston Frowick), American fashion designer, in
Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1990)
April 24, 1932 (Sunday)
The
Nazi Party made big gains in local elections held across Germany, winning pluralities in four out of five
Landtag elections.[49][50]
Fifteen Nazis were elected city councilmen in
Vienna, the first time they had won any elective office in the city.[51]
"After yesterday's election we have a mandate from the German people", Adolf Hitler stated from
Munich. "We will demand the right to form governments in
Prussia and the other states in which we have won."[53]
Korean independence activist
Yun Bong-gil threw a bomb at a group of Japanese generals and officials staging a ceremony in honour of
Hirohito's birthday at Hongkew Park in
Shanghai. General
Yoshinori Shirakawa was fatally wounded and died of his wounds a month later, while Ambassador
Mamoru Shigemitsu survived but lost a leg. [61][62]
The jury in the Massie Trial found the defendants guilty of manslaughter.[7]
^Elston, Gene (2006). A Stitch in Time. Houston: Halcyon Press. pp. 89–90.
ISBN978-1-931823-33-3.
^Holtfrerich, Carl-Ludwig (1999). Frankfurt as a Financial Centre: From Medieval Trade Fair to European Banking Centre. Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 216.
ISBN978-3-406-45671-8.
^
abHolston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 74.
ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
^Schmitt, Carl (2004). Legality and Legitimacy. Duke University Press. p. 71.
ISBN978-0-8223-8576-9.
^"Moscow Greets Turkish Prmier with Great Pomp". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 29, 1932. p. 14.
^Foust, Hal (April 29, 1932). "New Motor Car Does 139 Miles Speed Per Hour". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 14.
^Park, Young (2009). Korea and the Imperialists: In Search of a National Identity. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. pp. 145–146.
ISBN978-1-4389-3141-8.
^Hoyt, Edwin P. (2001). Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict. New York: Cooper Square Press. p. 101.
ISBN978-1-4616-0206-4.
^"46 States Wet in Nation-Wide Poll on Dry Law". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 29, 1932. p. 3.