Saturday, November 11, 1933
Armistice Day. 15 years since the guns went silent “on the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month.” The world, battered by Depression, is mostly at peace today. But the seeds of new conflict were planted at the end of the last, and finding fertile soil in the discontent of the 1930s.
The French stand firm in their desire to keep the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva rather than moving it to Rome or somewhere else.
In Austria, a decree by dictator Engelbert Dollfuss provided for prompt judgment and sentencing for people charged with murder, arson or damage of state property.
Dust Bowl: The first dust storm in a long series of such wind storms swept through South Dakota and stripped away almost all of the loose topsoil by the end of the first day, and making the skies black by the second day. The storms would continue throughout the 1930s.
The U.S. observes the 15th anniversary of the Armistice, as President and Mrs. Roosevelt put flowers on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The United States also observes the traditional two minutes of silence.
The Dow Jones Composite Average was introduced, combining the Industrial, Transportation and Utility Averages.
NRA Administrator Hugh Johnson is surprised to receive a warm welcome when he speaks in Fort Worth, Texas. He expected to have to “sell” the NRA, but says he finds it is already “sold.”
Girl Scout cookies, according to one source, were created when the Girl Scouts of Greater Philadelphia were baking treats on the Armistice Day holiday, as a community project to benefit day care centers. Passers by the kitchen 1401 Arch Street in Philadelphia asked about buying the cookies, and the money raised inspired the girls to repeat the project the next autumn, with the Keebler Company making a special vanilla shortbread cookie in the shape of the Girl Scout emblem.
Control of Easter Island was transferred from the Compania Explotadora de la Isla de Pascua (CEDIP), a subsidiary of the Williamson-Balfour Company, to the Republic of Chile.
The Canton government in China prepares strenuously for war, importing armored cars, tanks, and a large supply of automatic weapons.
Photograph: On November 11, 1933, “Dust Bowl” storms begin in the United States, in South Dakota. The dust storms in America’s Heartland will deepen the misery already prevalent from the Great Depression.
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