The Spanish Cortes declared all the estates of the grandees confiscated without indemnity, with intent to redistribute their property among the people.[11]
The Swiss-German war film Tannenberg was released.
Disgraced Anglican priest Harold Davidson was fined in Blackpool court for causing an obstruction of traffic because of the large crowds he was attracting as he sat in a barrel along the waterfront charging money for a peep at him through a hole bored in the side.[15]
The Reichstag passed a motion of no confidence against the Franz von Papen cabinet by an overwhelming vote of 513 to 32, though von Papen called the vote illegal because he was entitled to the floor and had already placed the decree on the speaker's desk dissolving parliament.[18]
President Paul von Hindenburg rebuked Reichstag president Hermann Göring, ordering him "to acknowledge the command for dissolution expressed yesterday and to recognize the legal status it created." Göring responded that he could not interrupt the vote on the nonconfidence motion once it began.[19]
British pilot Cyril Uwins broke the world airplane altitude record by reaching a height of almost 45,000 feet.[25]
Died:Ronald Ross, 75, Indian-born British medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate
Died:Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, 24, a Welsh-born English stage and screen actress. Entwistle began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from the "H" on the Hollywoodland sign September 16, 1932.
The body of actress Peg Entwistle was discovered near the famous Hollywoodland Sign from which she had evidently jumped to her death. A note found in her pocket read, "I am afraid I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this long ago it would have saved a lot of pain."[27]
Mahatma Gandhi began a "fast unto death" in Yerwada Central Jail as a protest against British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's Communal Award. The authorities opened the door of Gandhi's cell and allowed him to leave, but Gandhi vowed to stay unless forcibly removed.[29]
In the St. Clair River, Garfield Wood reclaimed the world boat speed record with a new mark of 124.86 mph in the Miss America X.[30]
Manchukuo announced that if other countries did not recognize its sovereignty within six months, it would refuse to recognize the rights and interests of those countries in return.[33]
The first contingent of National Hunger Marchers left Glasgow for London.[35][36] and the marchers were greeted by a crowd of about 100,000 upon their arrival at Hyde Park on 27 October 1932.[37]
Gandhi ended his fast when the government in London accepted a compromise agreement allotting the Untouchables a certain number of legislative seats.[39]
Four Cuban political leaders were killed in a wave of assassinations. The most prominent death was President of the Senate Clemente Vazquez Bello, who was assassinated in a drive-by shooting as his car was leaving a country club.[41]
Italian ocean liner SS Rex makes her maiden voyage. She became the first Italian liner to win the Blue Riband.
University students rioted in Havana on the second anniversary of the death of martyred student leader Rafael Trejo, who was killed by police in anti-government student demonstrations.[42]
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^"British Flyer Ascends 45,000 Feet; A Record". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 17, 1932. p. 2.
^"Colombia Votes $9,500,000 for War with Peru". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 18, 1932. p. 17.
^"Actress Leaps to Death from Electrical Sign". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 20, 1932. p. 3.
^"Colombia Clamors for War With Peru over Seized City". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 20, 1932. p. 8.
^"Gandhi Starts Fast, Refusing To Leave Jail". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 20, 1932. p. 17.
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^Burns, Edward (September 21, 1932). "38,000 Cheer as Cubs' Victory Clinches Flag". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
^"Karolyi Resigns; Hungary Faces Millions Deficit". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 22, 1932. p. 5.
^"Manchuria Gives World 6 Months to Recognize Her". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 22, 1932. p. 1.
^Hannington, Wal; Unemployed Struggles, 1919–1936: My Life and Struggles Amongst the Unemployed, p. 237; Barnes & Noble Books, 1973 ISBN0-85409-837-2
^Ewing, Keith D. and Gearty, C.A., The Struggle for Civil Liberties: Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in Britain, 1914–1945; p. 220, Oxford University Press, 2001 ISBN0-19-876251-8
^Cronin, James E.; Labour and Society in Britain, 1918–1979, p. 96; Batsford Academic and Educational, 1984, ISBN0-7134-4395-2
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^"Gandhi Death Fast is Ended as Britain O. K's Compromise". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 26, 1932. p. 1.