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Saturday December 21, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Bought music – Left Roswell with Bernard.   Mrs. J the boy for El Paso.   Ate lunch in Alamagordo.  The mts were beautiful – trees covered with snow.  Got to El Paso about 3.  Went to a show and left on bus for Van Horn about 8.   Home at 12

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Future site of the St. Louis Arch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the order to approve the memorial, The Arch,  allocating the 82-acre area of exactly where the city of St. Louis began, as our country’s ” FIRST National Historic Site.”

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Anthony Eden informed Prime Minister Baldwin that Turkey, Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia would aid Britain in the event of war with Italy.

Nazi Germany forced Jewish doctors to resign from private hospitals

Chicago Daily Sun Dec 21, 1935
Chicago Daily Sun Dec 21, 1935

Friday December 20, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Party for home room at 7 P.M. in art room.  Had games until after 8:30 – Went to room – had tree, and refreshments of sandwiches, candy – ice cream never came – took down decorations- Homeby 10:15 P.M.

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British scientist Michael Perrin and his team at Imperial Chemical Industries were able to successfully reproduce a substance created by accident two years earlier. The new substance was named polyethylene.

The Douglas DC-3, aka: the Giant Sleeper Plane,  is taken for a test ride.

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Idaho Republican Senator William Borah announced his willingness to run for president in 1936.

 

 

The Hoover Dam's first and last victimsThe first worker to die during the dam's construction was J.G. Tierny on December 20, 1922. The last person to die there was J.G. Tierny's son, who died on December 20, 1935.
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The first worker to die during the dam’s construction was J.G. Tierny on December 20, 1922. The last person to die there was J.G. Tierny’s son, who died on December 20, 1935.

 

 

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Christmas decorations at London’s Paddington Station featuring a well-placed advertisement

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 20,1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 20,1935

Thursday December 19, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

No post today:

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America talks about social security.

Labour Party leader Clement Attlee brought a motion of censure against the government of Stanley Baldwin, explaining, “If it is right for (Samuel Hoare) to resign, then it is right for the Government to resign.” Baldwin stood and took chief responsibility for the Hoare–Laval debacle, and declared that the proposals were “absolutely and completely dead” and that the government would “make no attempt to resurrect them.” Attlee’s motion was defeated, 397 to 165.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 19, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 19, 1935

Shanghai students demonstrate, calling for resistance to Japanese aggression

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Shanghai students demonstrate, calling for resistance to Japanese aggression

Wednesday December 18, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

8th class planned a Christmas party for Friday night, committees appointed and everything.  I got candy canes and gifts for the family Jaime asked me to buy – Is he in love or is he in love!! He never wrote letters like that before! Alyce Claire got an $8.00 set of Evening in Paris from Lawson – I know he really cares for her – She likes  him but says she isn’t in love – wouldn’t take much of that for me to like him!  Finished all the tests that were over there tonight – Hope that’s all !  Heard that Kagawa wold not be in El Paso!

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Samuel Hoare resigned as British Foreign Secretary over the unpopular Hoare–Laval Pact.

 

 

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sichuan Province in China that killed about 100 people and destroyed many homes.

While inaugurating the new municipality of Pontinia, Mussolini introduced “Faith Day”, in which Italians were to donate their wedding rings so the material could be melted down for use by the state.

 

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The Lanka Sama Samaja Party was founded in Sri Lanka.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 18, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 18, 1935

Tuesday December 17, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

No post today

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The prototype of the Douglas DC-3 airliner made its first flight.

The British Boy Scouts announced that two of the organization’s badges bearing the swastika would be redesigned to remove the symbol due to its increased association with Nazi Germany.

 

 

A Los Angeles man turns a rifle on co-workers after being demoted.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 17, 1935 pg 17
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 17, 1935 pg 17
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 17, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 17, 1935

Monday December 16, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

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Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia,  held a conference for reporters on the porch of his headquarters to formally reject the Hoare–Laval Pact

Mussolini authorized the use of chemical weapons in Ethiopia.

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Frick Collection – Enamels Room, 1935.

 

 

In Manhattan, the Frick Collection of art opened to the public.

 

 

Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov is on the cover of Time magazine.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 16, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 16, 1935

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday December 15, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Graded standard tests – Alyce Claire returned at 5

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The Christmas Offensive began when Ethiopians launched a counterattack against the Italians at Dembeguina Pass.

Rodolfo Graziani sent Mussolini a telegram requesting “maximum freedom of action for use of asphyxiating gases.

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In the NFL Championship Game, the Detroit Lions beat the New York Giants 26-7 at University of Detroit Stadium.

 

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Konosuke Matsushita. the founder of Panasonic,  divided up his company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co,  into 9 division companies based on the different types of business.    This move led to the creation of Panasonic.

Sacramento’s Tower Bridge was officially dedicated. Tower bridge dedication, December 15, 1935:

Chicago Sunday Tribune Dec 15, 1935
Chicago Sunday Tribune Dec 15, 1935

Saturday December 14, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Lavora was here and Pauline too.  Helped P. get in a dress.  Went to a Ranger picture (!) with P and the Birkels.

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The new 1936 Dodge gets 23 miles to the gallon

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Ted Drake

English Footballer, Ted Drake of Arsenal scored seven goals in one game against Aston Villa.

T. G. Masaryk and Edvard Beneš at Masaryks abdication as president

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk resigned as President of Czechoslovakia due to old age.  He was the countries first president.

In New York City, a fundraising rally was held in Madison Square Garden for the Italian Red Cross. The crowd cheered every mention of Mussolini’s name and booed references to Britain and sanctions. Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia spoke at the event but kept his comments politically neutral,

Chicago daily Tribune Dec 14, 1935
Chicago daily Tribune Dec 14, 1935

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Two tons of cheese arrives in Chicago – a gift from Wisconsin – to feed the poor.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 13, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 13, 1935

 

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 14, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 14, 1935

Friday December 13, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Letter from Dit – bought Ty-Ty the silver salt  cellars. the room at school is decorated beautifully – the children did it.    A pretty tree, wise men on the boards, wreaths in the windows, everything is lovely. Alyce Claire and Mary Ormsby went to Tatum and the Flying M tonight for a dance.  I had to be here Sunday so I couldn’t go – Missed a grand time , I know.  Saw Lucy Mae C today. She has considered rooming with me since her parents are returning to Oklahoma.  However,  she asked Mrs. Morris so many foolish questions about the room and restrictions that she didn’t care for her being up here.   And she is usually so quiet that we were all surprised by her questions.  She intends to have a gay time now that she doesn’t live at home, evidently!  Meow!

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The British-made Scrooge, the first all-talking film version of the Charles Dickens classic,opened in New York City

The full text of the Hoare–Laval Pact was revealed to the public, causing a huge split at the League of Nations. Haile Selassie told the League that the plan violated the spirit of the League Covenant.

Italy sent a protest to the League accusing Ethiopia of abusing the Red Cross emblem by placing it in militarized areas.

Police in Nazi Germany closed Barasch Brothers’ Department Store, a prominent Jewish establishment, for an “indefinite period”. Police claimed that executives were forcing its female employees into illicit relations.[28]

The execution date for Richard Hauptmann was set for January 13 after the Supreme Court declined to review his trial.

Representatives of the federal and provincial governments of Canada agreed unanimously to amend the constitution to allow the country to make it own constitutional amendments without recourse to the British Parliament.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 13, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 13, 1935

Thursday December 12, 1935

(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

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Seattle is decked out for the holidays.

At the dam’s official concrete pour, Washington Governor Clarence D. Martin tips the concrete bucket.

 

 

 

 

 

Construction begins on the Grand Coulee Dam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford was found not guilty of manslaughter in a case of careless driving.[This was the last time a trial of peers in the House of Lords was held, since that privilege of peerage was abolished in 1948.

 

Fuad I 1868 – 1936 Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his brother Sultan Hussein Kamel. In 1930, he attempted to strengthen his power by abrogating the 1923 Constitution and replacing it with a new constitution limiting parliament to advisory status only. Public dissatisfaction force him to restore the constitution in 1935.:
1936 Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan

King Fuad restored the Egyptian Constitution of 1923.

 

 

 

 

 

Christening of a Lebensborn child

The Lebensborn organization was established in Nazi Germany.

In an effort to deny them citizenship, Judge John Knight of the U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York, denied three Mexicans’ petitions for naturalization because they had a “strain of Indian blood.” Click here for more on this story.

Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 12, 1935
Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 12, 1935