Daily Archives: March 1, 2017

Monday March 1, 1937

The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, diary 2by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

jplandcaster
J.P. Lancaster

Saw “Green Light” very good – Dad’s Birthday!

 

 

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

Kyösti Kallio.png
Kyösti Kallio

Kyösti Kallio became 4th President of Finland.

The Camp of National Unity was founded in Poland.

 

 

 

Image result for Puyi Pujie
Puyi and his younger brother Pujie

The government of Manchukuo passed a law on royal succession making Puyi‘s brother Pujie the next in line for the throne. Puyi had been married for fourteen years but did not have any children.

 

Image result for Marie-Thérèse le Borgn
Marie Therese Le Borgne.

The French steamer Marie-Thérèse le Borgne hit a naval mine in the same area where the British ship Llandovery Castle was damaged a week previously. The ship was able to make port at Palamós

The Honorable Charles Evan Hughes is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

Image result for march 1 1937

Image result for march 1 1937
Seamen March in Rain in D.C. Protest
Chicago Daily Tribune March 1, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 1, 1937

Sunday February 28, 1937

The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, diary 2by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

a

Slept late. Went to the cemetery. Ate dinner visited and started home.  Visited about 45 minutes in Broomfield with Cymbol and Buddy. Dropped Joyce at Tatum and came on home.  One of the nicest weekends I ever lived!

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

Political cartoon from the LA Times

Image result for february 28, 1937

Julio Álvarez del Vayo

Spanish Foreign Minister Julio Álvarez del Vayo scolded the European democracies for “lamentable weakness … in the face of the tactics of Fascist nations to make themselves masters of the continent.” Álvarez del Vayo declared that “the defense of Madrid is the defense of Paris and London tomorrow

Image result for february 28, 1937
Ted Herbert of Roosevelt Field takes a spin over midtown Manhattan in a new type of sport plane
Image result for february 28, 1937
Choir of Men and Boys at the Music of Grace Church in New York prepare for Easter
Chicago Sunday Tribune February 28, 1937
Chicago Sunday Tribune February 28, 1937