The government of Manchukuo passed a law on royal succession making Puyi's brother Pujie the next in line for the throne. Puyi had been married for fourteen years but did not have any children.[2]
The French steamer Marie-Thérèse le Borgne hit a naval mine in the same area where the British ship Llandovery Castle was damaged a week previously. The ship was able to make port at Palamós.[3][4]
British Parliament endorsed the government's rearmament program by a vote of 243 to 134.[5] Italy replied by ordering every male in the country between 18 and 55 to be fit for "integral militarization".[6]
The Holmes Foundry Riot occurred in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Workers engaging in a sitdown strike were attacked by nonstriking employees who wanted to go back to work. 50 people were injured, including 9 who were hospitalized.[8][9]
New York City Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia made a speech to a Jewish women's group proposing that the 1939 World's Fair include a "Hall of Horrors" with a figure of "that brown-shirted fanatic who is now menacing the peace of the world."[10][11]
Der Angriff dedicated its entire front page to attacking Fiorello La Guardia, calling him a "scoundrel" and an "impudent Jew" who governed New York with "the terror of the revolvers and clubs of his gangster friends." The German government directed its ambassador to Washington Hans Luther to make a formal protest against La Guardia's remarks.[10]
The steamship Mar Cantabrico, carrying war materiel from the United States to the Spanish Republic, was intercepted in the Bay of Biscay by the Nationalists who shot 26 members of the crew.[15][16]
Heinrich Himmler ordered the arrest of "professional criminals" who had committed two or more crimes but were now free after serving their sentences. Over the next few days some 2,000 people were arrested without charges and sent to concentration camps.[17]
German and Italian POWs who fought for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War were interviewed in Valencia by a correspondent of the British newspaper The Times. The captured fighters confirmed they were regular soldiers of their country's army and not civilian volunteers.[18]
The U.S. Ambassador to Germany William Dodd protested to German Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath about recent attacks on the United States in the German press. Von Neurath said he regretted the violent tone of the articles but did not give a formal reply.[21]
One of the few tank-vs.-tank engagements of the Spanish Civil War was fought near Trijueque when some Republican T-26s destroyed five Italian-made CV 3/35 tankettes and severely damaged two more.[22]
Died:Elihu Thomson, 83, English engineer and inventor
Beginning at midnight the naval powers of France, Great Britain, Italy and Germany began patrolling Spanish seas with the objective of keeping foreign arms and volunteers out of the Civil War.[23]
20,000 people attended an anti-Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. Banners hanging from the rafters called for a boycott of Nazi goods. Hugh S. Johnson was a featured speaker at the event, declaring that "Hitler and his immediate staff of Nazipathics have become a sort of monster, threatening the peace of the world."[24]
The Civil List of George VI was presented in the House of Commons.[26]Edward, Duke of Windsor was absent from the list, ending the speculation over whether he would receive a government pension. Whatever income Edward was to receive would be a matter purely within the family.[27]
The former French ambassador to Italy Charles de Chambrun was shot in the thigh by a woman who blamed him for breaking up her friendship with Mussolini.[28]
Arabs in Tripoli presented Mussolini with the "Sword of Islam" to symbolize his leadership and present him as a protector of the Muslim faith. A famous propaganda photo depicts Mussolini on horseback raising this sword above his head.[29][30][31]
Lou Gehrig signed a new contract with the New York Yankees for $36,000 plus a $750 signing bonus, making him the highest-paid player in baseball.[34][35]
Amelia Earhart's plane crashed and burst into flames as she attempted to take off in Honolulu. Earhart and her two passengers escaped injury.[36]
The Ponce massacre occurred in Ponce, Puerto Rico when police opened fire on a peaceful civilian march. 21 were killed and more than 200 wounded.
Mit brennender Sorge was read out from the pulpits of German Catholic churches. Copies of the encyclical had to be secretly smuggled into the country.[37]
The only acknowledgement of Mit brennender Sorge in the German press appeared in the Völkischer Beobachter, where an editorial said that "even an agreement with the Holy See has not sacrosanct, untouchable and eternal value."[38]
Italy and Yugoslavia signed a five-year non-aggression and neutrality pact. Yugoslavia recognized Ethiopia as Italian territory while Italy made trade concessions and granted language and school rights for its Yugoslav minority.[7]
William H. Hastie was confirmed as judge of the Federal District Court in the Virgin Islands, becoming the first African-American federal magistrate in U.S. history.[42]
A decree by Hermann Göring was published declaring that anyone who owned land suitable for agriculture was obligated to cultivate it. Landowners who did not comply would be forced to lease part or all of their property to an approved expert.[43]
At the behest of Japanese army and navy leaders, an Imperial ordinance was passed which dissolved the Diet and notified general election to be held on April 30. [48][49][50]
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