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About Shanna Vicker

I was lucky enough to be a part of my Grandmother Elizabeth Carsey's last 40 years. We played countless card games, read books, played dress-up and many other games at her house. My family spent almost every holiday with her and Grandpa (until his death in 1985.) She was loved by the entire neighborhood and was often referred to as the Neighborhood Grandma. I held a special pride in the fact that I could call her mine! Through her simplicity, she taught me the basics of life and the things which make you happy. Love your family, your church and music. The only thing worth crying over is beautiful music. And above all else, approach life with a sense of humor. I have done my best to live up to her expectations and pass those lessons onto my children.

Friday October 15, 1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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The Montreux Convention Regarding the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt went into effect.

Datong (red) in Shanxi (orange)The Japanese puppet state known as the North Shanxi Autonomous Government was installed in Datong.

Image result for OCTOBER 15, 1937The Boeing XB-15 takes off for the first                                               time.

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The Ernest Hemingway novel To Have and Have Not was published.

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The musical drama film Heidi starring Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt was released.

 

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Thursday October 14, 1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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A total of seven people were killed on a day of violence in Palestine. Three were killed when a mine blew up a train northeast of the Palestinian city of Jaffa. A policeman shot two Arabs who refused to halt near the scene of the explosion. Elsewhere, two attacks on buses killed two Arabs and wounded three Jews.

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Sea Lions peform at the London Zoo

 

 

 

 

Officials viewing Grand Coulee Dam site.

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Wednesday October 13, 1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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Heavyweight wrestler Gino Garibaldi looks down at opponent Sandor Szabo from the ring in Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles,

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Film crews working in Miami, Fl

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Tuesday October 12, 1937

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Sent Mary Jo my wine evening dress. It is cold today.

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France and Yugoslavia extended their mutual assistance pact of 1927 for an additional five years.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a fireside chat on the topic of legislation to be recommended to Congress.

The Duke of Windsor continues his visit to Germany. Speaking with Joseph Goebbels 

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The Brady Shoot-out took place in Bangor, Maine. Two members of the Brady Gang were killed. The third apprehended.

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Monday October 11, 1937

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Arnold ate lunch with me.  We got my picture proofs.  He selected his and met Mrs. Morris.  I almost wept when he left but I couldn’t go to school that way!  Surely, hated to see him off without me! How is it that I love him now so much more than just last week, but I do! Charlotte missed school and we went to see her and stayed for the  “usual” coffee and home-made bread. Delicious!

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The Duke of Windsor and his wife began a visit to Nazi Germany, arriving in Berlin by train from Paris. The duke was taken on a tour of a factory by German Labour Front leader Robert Ley.

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Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne began their second visit to Nazi Germany. Over the next two weeks Colonel Lindbergh would be shown the Focke-Wulf, Henschel and Daimler-Benz factories and permitted to examine the Dornier Do 17 bomber and Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter.

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The U.S. Supreme Court decided Ex parte Levitt.

Justice William O Douglas is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Sunday October 10, 1937

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Got up in time for dinner – took Mary Jo to Cruces and came back to Roswell.  Got here about eleven P.M. Arnold wants me to marry him right away and I wish I could but I don’t see how!

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The New York Yankees won the World Series for the second straight year, four games to one, with a 4–2 defeat of the New York Giants.

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Sir Oswald Mosley was knocked unconscious by a stone that struck him in the head when he stood on a truck to address a Fascist rally in Liverpool.

 

 

 

Grapes are harvested in Montmartre. Paris

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The Labor Party (Stronnictwo Pracy) was founded in Poland.

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Cabo Santo Tomé Ship built in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) and used for passenger transport between Italy, France, Spain, and South America. During the Spanish Civil War was attacked, burned and sunk near Cape Rosa (El Kala, Algeria) by the nationalist coastguards Dato and Canalejas.

 

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Saturday October 9, 1937

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Went to Juarez and got a string of doo dabs for the wall.  Met Mary Jo there, Took her to theImage result for "Emile Zola" 1937 Tivoli Bar for a drink!!! She went with all of us to see “Emile Zola” that night.   Excellent!  Arnold and I went back to Juarez to dance some. I love him, I love him!

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Benito Mussolini turned down an invitation from Britain and France to attend a conference on the question of foreign volunteers in Spain.

Italy sent a note of support to Japan for exercising “the right of self defense”

 

 

 

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine

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The Giants take the Yankees in game 4 of the World Series 7-3

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National Council of Negro Women meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

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Friday October 8, 1937

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Let out at 10 for parade of Old Timers – But Arnold had come over to take me to El Paso for a Mexican supper.  Saw “Love Under Fire” Image result for "Love Under Fire"

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The Japanese reported the capture of Chengtingfu along the Beiping-Hankou Railway in Hebei Province.

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The Yankees lead the series 3-0 after a game 3 win over the Giants. Final score 5-1

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Thursday October 7, 1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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The Yankees take game two of the World Series with an 8-1 win. They lead the series 2-0

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A Nationalist court-martial declared death for the captured mercenary American pilot Harold Edward Dahl, but the sentence was immediately annulled by a reprieve.

 

 

 

 

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The American magazine Woman’s Day was first published.

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Wednesday October 6, 1937

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The Yankees take the Giants in game 1 of the World Series.

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A general election was held in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn was re-elected for a second term.

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Italy sent three new squadrons of Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 bombers to assist the Nationalists in Spain.

Benny and Betty Fox perform in Springfield Ill.  This pole was atop the 3-story Journal building.

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