The RMS Queen Mary steamed into New York Harbor to complete her maiden voyage. The crossing was completed in 4 days 12 hours and 24 minutes – 42 minutes shy of the speed record set by the Normandie last year.[1]
The Reichsmusikkammer decreed that using pseudonyms to hide foreign-sounding names without getting approval from the organization were illegal, effective immediately. Violations were punishable by fines or disbarment.[2]
InMińsk Mazowiecki, Poland, a total of 50 Jews were reported wounded after several days of anti-Semitic rioting. The violence stemmed from an alleged incident on May 31 when a Jew reportedly killed a Polish sergeant in a drunken brawl. A synagogue and many Jewish homes and shops were set ablaze during the riots.[7]
42 were killed in Bucharest when two crowded grandstands collapsed during a Boy Scout rally. Members of the royal family including King Carol II and son Michael witnessed the tragedy but were uninjured.[12]
Herbert Hoover spoke at the Republican National Convention, slamming President Roosevelt for increasing the national debt and preaching what Hoover called "the gospel of class hatred."[15] The delegates yelled and cheered in what The New York Times called "a wild and uncontrollable burst of frenzy."[16]
100,000 marched in Guangzhou in an anti-Japanese demonstration.[22]
The government of Palestine empowered civil courts to hand out the death penalty for rioting, bomb throwing, firing at soldiers or interfering with activities at harbours and railroads.[23][24]
Despite the new laws allowing for the death penalty, Arab snipers wounded 5 Jews on the Jaffa highway and Jericho road. Troops escorting a Jewish convoy returned fire.[24]
120,000 Belgian miners decided to go on strike.[25]
Died:G. K. Chesterton, 62, English writer and critic; Hans Poelzig, 67, German architect, painter and set designer
Belgian troops were ordered mobilized to protect public services as thousands more workmen joined the miners already out on strike.[28]
José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones stood in the Cortes Generales and read out statistics, which he challenged the government to disprove, showing that in the last 48 hours, 65 people had been killed, 36 churches had been destroyed by fire and 34 more severely damaged. Prime Minister Quiroga did not dispute the statistics but blamed the country's strife on fascists.[29]
Havørn Accident: A Junkers Ju 52 crashed into the mountain Lihesten in Norway, killing all 7 aboard. It was the first fatal aviation accident in Norway.
Anthony Eden told the British House of Commons that there was "no longer any utility" in continuing sanctions against Italy, causing cries of "Shame!" and "Treachery!" to ring out from the Labour benches. Eden explained that the decision was made to prevent the European situation from deteriorating. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said his government was "hoping to bring the French, the Germans and ourselves into conference for the better security of the peace of Europe. The part that Germany can play for good or for evil in Europe is immense, and if we believe the opportunity is presented, let us do what we can to use it for good."[32][33]
The first in a series of six articles by Miguel Maura appeared in the leading Madrid newspaper El Sol calling for a multiparty "national Republican dictatorship" to save Spain from descending into anarchy.[34]
Al Capone was stabbed in the back by fellow Alcatraz inmate James C. Lucas with a blade from a pair of barber's shears, but the wound was not serious.[42]
Maryse Hilsz of France set a new women's flight altitude record of 14,000m.[43]
Haile Selassie arrived in Geneva to make a speech before the League of Nations. During a press conference with journalists, Selassie maintained that his government remained the only legitimate authority of Ethiopia.[47]
Franklin D. Roosevelt was unanimously renominated for President at the Democratic National Convention.[48]John N. Garner was renominated that same day for Vice President.[49]
President Roosevelt gave an open-air address to 110,000 people at Franklin Field and millions more by radio, accepting the renomination.[49] "I accept the commission you have tendered me", the president said in conclusion. "I join with you. I am enlisted for the duration of the war."[50]
Pope Pius XI promulgated the papal encyclicalVigilanti cura on the subject of motion pictures. "Since ... the cinema is in reality a sort of object lesson which, for good or for evil, teaches the majority of men more effectively than abstract reasoning, it must be elevated to conformity with the aims of a Christian conscience and saved from depraving and demoralizing effects", the pontiff wrote.[52]
Haile Selassie appeared before the League of Nations to give a speech. Italian correspondents in the press gallery created a loud disturbance and had to be removed by police before he could speak. Selassie then made an impassioned speech recounting the principal events of the war and criticizing the League for its ineffective response.[53][54]
