Today's episode date, August 19, 1934, isn't one you're likely to know unless you are a history professor, but it's a day that truly had worldwide consequences. It's the day Adolf Hitler became the Fuhrer. What else was making headlines on that infamous day?

SOURCES

• “Advertisement: Granite Furniture Company (Page 6).” Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), August 19, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Colletta’s Entangled Romance Becomes More Involved As Philippine BoyfriendDenies Their Engagement.” The Omaha Evening Bee News (Omaha, Nebraska), August 22, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Evangelist Confesses Story of Kidnapping Is Untrue, Sheriff Says.” The Daily Herald (Everett, Washington), August 22, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Evangelist Is Acquitted in U.S Court.” The Roanoke World-News (Roanoke, Virginia), November 14, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Fiend Slays Girl in Her Own Yard.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), August 19, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Germany to Give Hitler Approval.” The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Virginia), August 19, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Newlywed Truck Driver Jilts ‘Rich Butterfly.’” Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), August 21, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Associated Press. “Truckman’s Heiress Bride Returns to the Limousine.” The Daily News (New York, New York), August 19, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• Berel Wein adapted by Yaakov Astor. “The Coming of Hitler.” Jewish History | We Bring Jewish History To Life, July 26, 2021. https://www.jewishhistory.org/the-coming-of-hitler/ gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2JG9BhAuEiwAH_zf3mJuc1RypC1xI8UIUk9hI3djhneKPxGo7j5XlkI34Xn9QcEsns4hyRoCLoAQAvD_BwE.
• “Daughter of Oil Executive Elopes with a Truck Driver.” The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), August 17, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• “The History Place - Triumph of Hitler.” The history place - triumph of hitler: Hitler becomes Führer. Accessed February 6, 2025.https://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr fuehrer.htm.
• “Hitler Becomes Dictator of Germany | August 2, 1934.” History.com. Accessed February 6, 2025. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-becomes-fuhrer.
• Kubberness, Gwen. “San Diego Murders.” Criminal Genealogy, September 25, 2021. https://criminalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/09/san-diego-murders.html.
• “Miss Hattie Greer Bride of Prof. R. H. Askew.” Watauga Democrat (Boone, North Carolina), June 11, 1931. www.newspapers.com.
• Pourade, Richard. “Microscope Peers Into Murder Mystery.” The San Diego Sun (San Diego, California), August 20, 1934. www.newspapers.com.
• “Ralph Hinton Askew (1906-1971) .” Find a Grave. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181661649/ralph-hinton-askew.
• User, Super. “Paredes, Isidro Juan.” Ferry Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Accessed February 13, 2025.https://www.ata-ferry-pilots.org/index.php/category-blog-1941/426-paredes-isidro-juan.
• “Victims in Coast Fiend Slayings.” Santa Ana Daily Register (Santa Ana, California), September 11, 1936. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

• Al Jolson. "I'll Say She Does." www.pixabay.com/music.

• Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
• Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.