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Tuesday September 10, 1935

(This is entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Top Hat (1935) PosterDecided to take Girls Chorus of the Church beginning Oct. 1st.  If Velma takes her dramatics maybe we can work together!  Saw “Top Hat” with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – Lucy Mae Crow went with me.  Good picture.

 

 

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

Louisiana Governor Huey Long died at 6:06 a.m. Eastern Time. Doctors had tried to save him by performing an operation and five blood transfusions, to no avail.

The five-power abritration committee in the Abyssinia Crisis concluded that any further negotiations were pointless.

Riots broke out in Athens as the Greek parliament debated restoring the monarchy.

Benhard Rust 1934

 

Nazi Culture Minister Bernhard Rust issued a decree stating that beginning in the spring of 1936, complete racial segregation of German schools must be enforced

 

Monday September 9, 1935

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Letter from Home,  Dad got home Thursday – Ty-ty said Jaime god a card from Carsey in California wanting Dit’s address. The big bum hasn’t written but maybe he hasn’t been home in time to get my letter – Another contract lesson, I believe I am catching on a little!  Wrote to Sante Fe again about my certificate.  The teacher to take Mrs. Miller’s place has come but I haven’t met him yet – I am having to make over my English book – pasting stray leaves from several books into a notebook like this diary.  Starting taking the Herald Post –

El Paso Herald Post August 30, 1935
El Paso Herald Post August 30, 1935

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

A new time magazine with Clyde Herring on the cover.

President Roosevelt released a statement condemning the shooting of Huey Long.

“The spirit of violence is un-American and has no place in a consideration of public affairs, least of all at a time when calm and dispassionate approach to the difficult problems of the day is so essential”

 

The Chicago Tribune Sept 9, 1935
The Chicago Tribune Sept 9, 1935

Sunday September 8, 1935

(This is entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Kit Carson, about 1860.jpg
Kit Carson

Old Timers Day with robed choir – Mrs. Hoffman said she would like to have me help her but that if the Young People needed me she’d rather I’d go there – She said she had three children in that department.  Lucy Mae Crow ate dinner with us. Saw Kit Carson’s Cousin whom everyone calls “Rip Van Winkle” dressed in leather jacket with fringe and wearing long blond-grey hair.  Quite a character!   Alyce Claire dated Bud Titler, our bridge teacher, to a show. Went to bed before 10 o’clock.

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Senator Huey Long, aka “The Kingfish”,  is shot in the Louisiana state capitol building.

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Hans Stuck won the Italian Grand Prix.

Chicago Sunday Tribune September 8, 1935
Chicago Sunday Tribune September 8, 1935

Saturday September 7, 1935

(This is entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Worked two hours in Junior High Library. Found the check from Jose Alvarez had come in today – Mrs. Grady leaves out with Mrs. McCullough for California for two weeks.  Surely am glad for her sake – Learned how to tell my own fortune but it doesn’t turn out as indicated!  Rode around with Betty and Alyce Claire nearly all afternoon – Bought some cream rouge and Tangee lipstick.  Found out that Miss Perry is to play the organ but if I play to have a hey made.  Dr. L is sure I can practice on it. Talked with Alyce Claire until so late that Miss Schraer tapped on her ceiling!  Shame on us!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

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38 Victims of the Labor Day Hurricane are cremated in Plantation Key, FL.  Over the next week  136 more will also be burned.

Germany made a formal protest to the United States over Judge Brodsky’s remarks.

Pope Pius XI celebrated the first Mass by a pope in St. Paul’s Basilica in 175 years for a convention of World War veterans. The pope reiterated his hopes for peace.

Miss Pittsburgh Henrietta Leaver was crowned Miss America 1935.

A new Saturday Evening Post.

The Chicago Tribune Sept 7, 1935
The Chicago Tribune Sept 7, 1935

Friday September 6, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) Poster

Saw “The Farmer Takes a Wife” with Janet Glaynor.  Letter from Bernard. Don’t know when he is returning.

 

 

 

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

Italy accepted the appointment of a five-power committee (consisting of France, Britain, Spain, Turkey and Poland) to arbitrate in the Abyssinia Crisis.

New York judge Louis B. Brodsky dismissed charges against five of the six persons arrested in the July 26 Bremen incident. Brodsky likened the Nazi swastika to “the black flag of piracy” and called the Nazi regime “a revolt against civilization.

The Chicago Tribune Sept 6, 1935
The Chicago Tribune Sept 6, 1935

Thursday September 5, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Pete and Velma both ate lunch with us this noon. Another bridge lesson, this time at Betty’s – The more I try to learn the more confused I get it seems!  Took Helen Snipes home after sitting downtown with her and watching the world go by – She gave us some verbenas.  Saw Mr. Plyer who said the Mrs would be home from Oklahoma in about two weeks. I’ll be glad to see her.  Saw Mr. Incognito for the first time since spring, he went into Kipling’s!!

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Ten members of the French Air Force were killed during military maneuvers when two bomber planes collided in low-visibility weather.

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President Roosevelt ordered an investigation into why adequate precautions were not taken to protect the veterans in work relief camps from the hurricane.

The Chicago Tribune Sept 5, 1935
The Chicago Tribune Sept 5, 1935

Wednesday September 4, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

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Went to Raymond Hitchcock’s to get our radio.  Met his mother and two sisters, one of whom I have in a class.   Saw some racing picture after eating a hamburger at Moseleg’s.  May play contract at Betty’s tomorrow.  It was raining when we got up and didn’t slacken until almost three o’clock.  You ought to see both Alyce Claire and me under my green cape!  Looks like a mountain coming to meet you!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

www.floridamemory.com Search by image Salvaging sawmill logs after September 4, 1935 hurricane

The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense in history, made landfall at Cedar Key, Florida. It would kill a total of more than 400 people by the time it dissipated in the North Atlantic on September 10.

The Paris Evening News Sept 4, 1935
The Paris Evening News Sept 4, 1935

The Italian delegation at the League of Nations demanded that Ethiopia be expelled from the organization. President Roosevelt holds a press conference on the Ethiopia situation.

 

Tuesday September 3, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

First day of classes not bad.  About as crowded as usual – Not seen the new science teacher and Velma is substituting for the other.  Bought or rather rented a P.O. Box no 197 – Wrote Mrs. Ruiz about her brother and my check.  Mary’s friend came over again and we had a lesson in contract – Betty Johnson was here for that too.

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

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Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his own previous world record of 276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the year.

In Florida, Hurricane warnings have been extended north of Tarpon Springs to Carabelle. Tropical disturbance approaching mouth of Tampa Bay moving northnorthwest with winds estimated one hundred miles per hour at Boca Grande.  The keys are still cleaning up more than $6 million in damages and 423 deaths.

Chicago Tribune pg 8 Sept 3, 1935
Chicago Tribune pg 8 Sept 3, 1935
The Waco News Tribune Sept 3, 1935
The Waco News Tribune Sept 3, 1935

 

Monday September 2, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-.years-ago)

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Teacher’s meeting at 9 with the same sort of talk that teachers have always heard. Earnest Harp takes Mr. Corum’s place at Sr. High and Miller takes Earnest’s.  Don’t know who takes Miller’s or Hubbard’s – Hope they are nice and unmarried. Ate lunch at Mrs. Martens but went back to school in the afternoon.   Saw Leanore Shafer, Harriet Poorbaugh, and Charlotte St. John and heard some gossip.  Harriet had been in Chicago, Charlotte in New York and Boston and Leonore at Pine Lodge.  Met a friend of Mary Owensby who lives in Charlotte’s old room and he took us to Kipling’s for drinks.

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A deadly  Labor Day Hurricane hits South Florida with winds of 185 mph. More than 400 are feared dead in the Keys alone.   It is classified as  the third most intense Atlantic cyclone on record and the strongest to ever hit the U.S.

Men standing near 20 or more stacked boxes, which happen to be coffins
The Labor Day Hurricane caused massive amounts of destruction and had a fairly high death toll. This image shows men standing near a large stack of coffins during the cleanup following the storm. Source: Florida State Archives

A new Time Magazine. with tennis’ Don Budge.

The Bryan Daily Eagle Sept 2, 1935
The Bryan Daily Eagle Sept 2, 1935

Sunday September 1, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-.years-ago)

Saw Martens and Littles et al at church. Alyce Claire arrived in her car right after dinner.   Stayed at Betty’s most of the afternoon- Alyce Claire has lost some pounds but looks grand.  Her car is a nice Plymouth Coupe.  Wrote home.

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Chicago Tribune, Part 8 page 2, Sept 1, 1935
Chicago Tribune, Part 8 page 2, Sept 1, 1935
The Paris News Sept 1, 1935
The Paris News Sept 1, 1935