On March 12, 1933, families gathered around their radios in living rooms all over the country to listen to the newly-inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt deliver his first fireside chat. It was the first time a president had done anything like that and the country loved it. What else was being reported in newspapers on the same day?

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SOURCES

“Advertisement: Madison's Most Popular Girl (Page 13).” Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin), March 12, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Roosevelt Due On Air Tonight.” The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Alabama), March 12, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “‘Countless’ Tremors Keep Coast In Panic; 130 Dead, 5,000 Hurt.” The Sunday Star (Washington D. C.), March 12, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

“The Bravest Of Boys Are Falling For Your Sake.” The Austin American (Austin, Texas), October 19, 1913. www.newspapers.com.

“Brutal Murder of Wichita Baby Will Be Aired In Court.” The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), March 12, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

“Charge Couple In Death of Infant.” The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kansas), January 25, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

Conservation, California Department of. “California's Big Earthquakes.” CA Department of Conservation. Accessed March 3, 2023. https://www.conservation.ca.gov/index/Pages/CA-big-quakes.aspx.

“Couple Arraigned on Murder Count for Baby Slaying.” The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), January 26, 1933.

“Emilio Orlando (1895-1918) .” Find a Grave. Accessed March 2, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71520517/emilio-orlando.

“FDR's Fireside Chats (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Accessed March 2, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/fdr-s-fireside-chats.htm.

“The Fireside Chats: Roosevelt's Radio Talks.” WHHA (en-US). Accessed March 2, 2023. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-fireside-chats-roosevelts-radio-talks.

“Frank Totino Mass Set.” The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida), June 30, 1969. www.newspapers.com.

“Great Depression: Causes and Definition | History.com. - History.” History.com. Accessed March 2, 2023. https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression.

International News Service. “Soldier Sees Own Grave.” Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), March 12, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

“Mary Helen Drury Is Granted Divorce From Baby Slayer.” The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), July 6, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

“Reach Verdict in Trial of Accused Baby Killer Here.” The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) , March 15, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

“A Sedgewick County Jury...” The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kansas), April 18, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

Underwood, Agnes. “Quake Horrors Told; 131 Dead; Towns In Ruin and Mother's Story of Quake Terror.” Los Angeles Record (Los Angeles, California), March 11, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

“Veteran Finds His Own Grave In French Trip.” The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), October 29, 1933. www.newspapers.com.

Wertenbach, Fred. “Another Man Identified As Him, Buried As He Lay Wounded.” The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), January 29, 1933. 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.