Historical events from 1930 through 1939 — Great Depression era.
Ten-week-old Haldon Fink was deliberately suffocated after being snatched from his cradle at his grandparents’ home. Sheriff H.L. Myers admitted having no solid leads in the cold-blooded killing that shocked rural Ohio.
Former Interior Secretary Albert Fall was released from New Mexico State Penitentiary after serving 10 months for his conviction in the Teapot Dome oil scandal. The release marked the end of the most dramatic criminal chapter in one of the greatest political scandals of the 1920s.
The Senate Naval Committee approved the Vinson-Trammell bill authorizing massive naval construction to bring the U.S. Navy to full treaty strength. Admiral William H. Standley estimated the program would cost approximately $475 million.
