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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.

Wednesday September 15, 1937

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

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Hitler’s half-brother Alois opened a café in Berlin

Image result for sept 15, 1937The first motorcycle license issued to a woman in Washington D.C

 

 

 

 

San Francisco extends their streetcar routes

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Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 15, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 15, 1937

Tuesday September 14, 1937

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The Nyon Conference ended with an agreement to establish a system of patrol zones, with the British and French assuming the most responsibility.

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Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles.

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Chicago Daily Tribune September 14, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune September 14, 1937

Monday September 13, 1937

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The Battle of Xinkou began.

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Heinrich Himmler decreed that Jews could be released from “protective custody” in concentration camps if they provided evidence that they were emigrating.[

Japanese forces captured Datong.

The Chinese government made a formal appeal to the League of Nations to take action against Japan.

In his final address on the closing day of the Nuremberg Rally, Hitler declared that the failure of Franco’s Nationalists would “upset the balance of power in Europe, which is of vital importance to Germany.”

 

 

German Tennis player Gottfried von Gramm   is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Kitty Keene aired for the first time on NBC Red Network.

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Sunday September 12, 1937

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

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Excerpts from a letter written by the imprisoned German pastor Martin Niemöller were read to his congregation. “I often think of others who must wander through the same dark valley as myself”, one passage read. “But it is a comfort to us all to know that you are praying for us. I am certain the almighty God will triumph.”

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Caracciola sits on what appears to be the back of a vehicle. A young woman sits in front of him.Rudolf Caracciola of Germany won the Italian Grand Prix.

 

 

A bomb explodes at the French Employers Confederation’s building, in Paris France

 

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The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace

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Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 12, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 12, 1937

Saturday September 11, 1937

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President Roosevelt gave a press conference in New York vowing he would do everything possible “to keep us out of war.”

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker Magazine

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Chicago Daily Tribune September 11, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune September 11, 1937

 

Bette Cooper of New Jersey won the 11th Miss America beauty pageant.Image result for Bette Cooper

Friday September 10, 1937

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Visited with Burdettes.

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Image result for nyon Conference_(1937)The Nyon Conference began in Nyon, Switzerland, aiming to address attacks on international shipping in the Mediterranean during the Spanish Civil War.

Image result for september 10. 1937German police parade before Adolf Hitler in front of Hotel Deutsches Haus, at a Nazi Party Congress rally. Nuremberg, Germany

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Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 10, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 10, 1937

Thursday September 9, 1937

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

Letter from Arnold explaining details of the “disappointment’ Sat and evidently, he was too griped because he swore!

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Hitler laid the cornerstone for the Deutsches Stadion

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SIDE GLANCES BY GEORGE CLARK SEPTEMBER 9, 1937 PAGE 3

 

This quip on Cheese Burgers appeared in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Pennsylvania,

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The Workers On Strike Occupying The Yard Of Simca-Fiat Of Nanterre Following The Redundancy Of Several Workers

Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 9, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 9, 1937

 

Wednesday September 8, 1937

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Italy announced it would not be attending the upcoming Nyon Conference on Mediterranean piracy due to the Soviet Union’s demands on Italy for satisfaction. Germany would not be participating either.

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Bloudan Conference: A Pan-Arab conference of 400 unofficial delegates in Bloudan rejected the Peel Commission report recommending partition of Palestine.

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Nazi leaders gathered in Nuremberg on September 8, 1937, for the opening ceremony of the National-Socialist meeting.

Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 8, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 8, 1937

Tuesday September 7, 1937

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

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The Zaragoza Offensive ended in Republican failure.

Batalla de Belchite.pngThe Battle of Belchite ended in a tactical Republican victory.

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The Battle of Cape Cherchell was fought.

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A manifesto written by Hitler was read by Adolf Wagner at the Nuremberg Rally, offering to stand beside Italy and Japan in a “defensive fight” against communism.

The first winners of the new German National Prize for Art and Science were announced.

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune September 7, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune September 7, 1937

Monday September 6, 1937

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The Battle of El Mazuco began in the north.

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Italy denied responsibility for the sinking of the Timiryazev and Blagoev.

Image result for september 6, 1937The Prime Minister of Spain is on the cover of  this week’s Time Magazine

 

Young Hitlerians are on parade in Stuggart

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New School buses hit the road in Winston-Salem NC

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Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 6, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 6, 1937

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