Timeline Saturday 31 August 1935

Events on Saturday 31 August 1935 2

• 1935 Neutrality Act of 1935 US bans arms sales to warring nations Congress passed and Roosevelt signed the first Neutrality Act, which imposed an embargo on arms exports to all countries at war. It reflected strong isolationist feeling in the United States as war loomed in Europe and Africa.
• 1935 Stakhanov's record shift Soviet miner launches the Stakhanovite movement Coal miner Alexei Stakhanov was reported to have cut 102 tons of coal in a single shift, about 14 times the quota. The Soviet state used the feat to launch a campaign that pressed workers to exceed their production targets.