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metsgeek · 09-08-2006, 10:24 PM

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS - 1931

* Italicized events actually happened. If the event is partially italicized, the parts in normal type have been changed for this reality. The changes could be extremely minor or quite significant.

January 13 - German Reichskanzler Gottfried Feder makes the acquaintance of 33 year-old Joseph Goebbels, a rising star in the German Worker's Party known for his revolutionary ideas regarding use of the media and entertainment industry to deliver the messages of the state and indoctrinate the youth of Germany.
February 3 - Napier Earthquake: Much of the New Zealand city of Napier is destroyed in an earthquake. It lasts for two and a half minutes and is estimated to have measured about 7.9 on the modern Richter Scale. The earthquake strikes with a massive upthrust, and half a minute later comes a huge resettling. There are 525 aftershocks recorded in the following two weeks.
February 21 - Peruvian revolutionaries hijack a Ford Trimotor aeroplane and demand that the pilot drop propaganda leaflets over Lima.
February 26 - Joseph Goebbels is chosen by Reichskanzler Feder to run the newly created Ministry of Propaganda.

Minister Goebbels addresses a crowd of party members soon after his appointment.
March 3 - The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.
March 17 - Nevada legalizes gambling.
March 25 - The Scottsboro Boys Case: On March 25, 1931, a fight breaks out between black and white hobos riding in a car of a Southern Railway freight train. All the white men and boys are forced to jump off. When the train stops in Paint Rock, Alabama, the nine black youths are arrested on charges of assault. Two young white women dressed in boys' clothing, Victoria Price, aged twenty-one, and Ruby Bates, aged seventeen, are also found catching a free ride on the freight train. All are taken to Scottsboro, Alabama, the Jackson County seat. The two girls, unemployed mill workers and part-time prostitutes from nearby Huntsville, tell authorities they have been brutally gang raped by the nine black youths taken into custody in Paint Rock. After a lynch mob gathers, the Governor of Alabama, Benjamin M. Miller, is forced to call in the National Guard to protect the jail. Authorities plead against mob violence by promising speedy trials and executions.

The nine men accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama.
March 30 - The Scottsboro Boys are indicted by a grand jury
April - All the Scottsboro Boys are convicted and sentenced to death, except for one thirteen year old boy, who is sentenced to life in prison
May 1 - Construction of the Empire State Building is completed in New York City
June 5 - Count Fidél Pálffy is appointed Minister of Media in the Magyar Dominion. He immediately seeks an audience with Joseph Goebbels, with whom he has corresponded over the past few months.
Summer - George Florescu discovers Vlad III Dracula's tomb in Snagov Monastery, Romania.
July - 1931 Yellow River Flood: Between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people die as the Yellow River floods an area greater than 500,000 square miles. Deaths caused by the flooding include but are not limited to drowning, disease, ensuing famines, and droughts. It is easily the most deadly natural disaster in recorded history.
July 21 - Unemployment eclipses 25% in the United States. Across the nation, numerous "villages" spring up in desolate areas and unpleasant neighborhoods, consisting of hundreds of shacks and tents that serve as temporary residences of those left unemployed and homeless by the Depression. People sleep in anything from open piano crates to the ground. Some of the men who were forced to live in these conditions possessed building skills and were able to build their houses out of stone. Most people, however, resort to building their residences out of box wood, cardboard, and any scraps of metal they could find. Some individuals even live in watermains. These "towns" are given the moniker of "Smithvilles" after President Smith whose popularity has dropped precipitously since the stock market crash of 1929.

A typical Smithtown in Seattle, Washington
August 11 - Despite public sentiment against the plan, in order to prevent the complete dissolution of the National Economic Security Administration, President Smith sponsors a bill to cut benefits by 50% and raise the Economic Security Tax by 2%. It narrowly passes in both house of Congress.
August 22 - Senator Alf Landon, Republican senator from Kansas and Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Republican Senator from Illinois each announce that they will seek the presidency in 1932.
September 15 - Minister Goebbels of Germany meets with his counterpart in the Magyar Dominion, Count Fidél Pálffy. Pálffy has admired the accomplishments of Goebbels and would like to implement them in the Magyar Dominion.
November 8 - The Panama Canal closed for couple of weeks due to damage caused by a number of minor earthquakes.
December 10 - President Smith denies rumors that he will not run for re-election next November.
December 20 - Governor Ross Sterling of Texas announces that he will run against President Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932.

09-08-2006, 10:24 PM	#878
metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450	NOTEWORTHY EVENTS - 1931 * Italicized events actually happened. If the event is partially italicized, the parts in normal type have been changed for this reality. The changes could be extremely minor or quite significant. January 13 - German Reichskanzler Gottfried Feder makes the acquaintance of 33 year-old Joseph Goebbels, a rising star in the German Worker's Party known for his revolutionary ideas regarding use of the media and entertainment industry to deliver the messages of the state and indoctrinate the youth of Germany. February 3 - Napier Earthquake: Much of the New Zealand city of Napier is destroyed in an earthquake. It lasts for two and a half minutes and is estimated to have measured about 7.9 on the modern Richter Scale. The earthquake strikes with a massive upthrust, and half a minute later comes a huge resettling. There are 525 aftershocks recorded in the following two weeks. February 21 - Peruvian revolutionaries hijack a Ford Trimotor aeroplane and demand that the pilot drop propaganda leaflets over Lima. February 26 - Joseph Goebbels is chosen by Reichskanzler Feder to run the newly created Ministry of Propaganda. Minister Goebbels addresses a crowd of party members soon after his appointment. March 3 - The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem. March 17 - Nevada legalizes gambling. March 25 - The Scottsboro Boys Case: On March 25, 1931, a fight breaks out between black and white hobos riding in a car of a Southern Railway freight train. All the white men and boys are forced to jump off. When the train stops in Paint Rock, Alabama, the nine black youths are arrested on charges of assault. Two young white women dressed in boys' clothing, Victoria Price, aged twenty-one, and Ruby Bates, aged seventeen, are also found catching a free ride on the freight train. All are taken to Scottsboro, Alabama, the Jackson County seat. The two girls, unemployed mill workers and part-time prostitutes from nearby Huntsville, tell authorities they have been brutally gang raped by the nine black youths taken into custody in Paint Rock. After a lynch mob gathers, the Governor of Alabama, Benjamin M. Miller, is forced to call in the National Guard to protect the jail. Authorities plead against mob violence by promising speedy trials and executions. The nine men accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. March 30 - The Scottsboro Boys are indicted by a grand jury April - All the Scottsboro Boys are convicted and sentenced to death, except for one thirteen year old boy, who is sentenced to life in prison May 1 - Construction of the Empire State Building is completed in New York City June 5 - Count Fidél Pálffy is appointed Minister of Media in the Magyar Dominion. He immediately seeks an audience with Joseph Goebbels, with whom he has corresponded over the past few months. Summer - George Florescu discovers Vlad III Dracula's tomb in Snagov Monastery, Romania. July - 1931 Yellow River Flood: Between 850,000 and 4,000,000 people die as the Yellow River floods an area greater than 500,000 square miles. Deaths caused by the flooding include but are not limited to drowning, disease, ensuing famines, and droughts. It is easily the most deadly natural disaster in recorded history. July 21 - Unemployment eclipses 25% in the United States. Across the nation, numerous "villages" spring up in desolate areas and unpleasant neighborhoods, consisting of hundreds of shacks and tents that serve as temporary residences of those left unemployed and homeless by the Depression. People sleep in anything from open piano crates to the ground. Some of the men who were forced to live in these conditions possessed building skills and were able to build their houses out of stone. Most people, however, resort to building their residences out of box wood, cardboard, and any scraps of metal they could find. Some individuals even live in watermains. These "towns" are given the moniker of "Smithvilles" after President Smith whose popularity has dropped precipitously since the stock market crash of 1929. A typical Smithtown in Seattle, Washington August 11 - Despite public sentiment against the plan, in order to prevent the complete dissolution of the National Economic Security Administration, President Smith sponsors a bill to cut benefits by 50% and raise the Economic Security Tax by 2%. It narrowly passes in both house of Congress. August 22 - Senator Alf Landon, Republican senator from Kansas and Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Republican Senator from Illinois each announce that they will seek the presidency in 1932. September 15 - Minister Goebbels of Germany meets with his counterpart in the Magyar Dominion, Count Fidél Pálffy. Pálffy has admired the accomplishments of Goebbels and would like to implement them in the Magyar Dominion. November 8 - The Panama Canal closed for couple of weeks due to damage caused by a number of minor earthquakes. December 10 - President Smith denies rumors that he will not run for re-election next November. December 20 - Governor Ross Sterling of Texas announces that he will run against President Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932. __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!