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April 1934

1934JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberThe following events occurred in April 1934: April 1, 1934 (Sunday)Turkish authorities removed fugitive businessman Samuel Insull from his ship docked at Istanbul, brought him to court for a 15-minute hearing and then confined him to a hotel under guard.John Bosco was canonized as a saint by Pope Pius XI.The Major Bowes Amateur Hour premiered on the New York radio station WHN.Two Texas Highway Patrol officers are killed by Clyde Barrow and Henry Methvin of the Barrow Gang in Grapevine, Texas.Born:Jim Ed Brown, country singer, in Sparkman, Arkansas (d. 2015); Don Hastings, actor, singer and writer, in Brooklyn, New York; Rod Kanehl, baseball player, in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2004); Vladimir Posner, journalist, in Paris, FranceDied:Barney Gilligan, 78, American baseball playerApril 2, 1934 (Monday)The Turkish government put Samuel Insull in jail to ensure his presence when American agents arrived to extradite him.Catholic holy year ended when Pope Pius XI walled up the holy door of St. Peter's Basilica, not to be opened again until the next holy year in 1950.A message from Pope Pius XI published in a Cologne-based Catholic publication criticized Nazi propaganda as "pointing away from Christ back to paganism."Guy Moll won the Monaco Grand Prix.Born:Paul Avery, journalist, in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2000); Paul Cohen, mathematician, in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 2007); Brian Glover, actor, writer and wrestler, in Sheffield, England (d. 1997)April 3, 1934 (Tuesday)A court in Duisburg, Germany ruled that "the Catholic press has no right to exist."

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