Daily Archives: March 16, 2017

Tuesday March 16, 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.

No post today

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

 

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The Corpo Truppe Volontarie was routed during the Battle of Guadalajara.

Image result for civil list 1937The Civil List of George VI was presented in the House of Commons. Edward, Duke of Windsor was absent from the list, ending the speculation over whether he would receive a government pension. Whatever income Edward was to receive would be a matter purely within the family

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French Tennis Champion Sylvia Henrotin Serving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Duce, Benito Mussolini at a mass in the Agricultural Center in Massah (a town called Luigi Razza by the italians), Libya

Chicago Daily Tribune March 16, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 16, 1937

Monday March 15, 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.

Got back from a visit to Seminole – Curry’s (our hostess) were lonley but Carsey Such a selfish insulting someone I never seen!  I don’t care if I never see him!

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

Image result for madison square garden march 14, 193720,000 people attended an anti-Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. Banners hanging from the rafters called for a boycott of Nazi goods. Hugh S. Johnson was a featured speaker at the event, declaring that “Hitler and his immediate staff of Nazipathics have become a sort of monster, threatening the peace of the world.

Joseph Davis, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine
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The Highway is under construction in San Francisco

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The Derailment of a Southern Pacific freight train in the mouth of tunnel at Tehachapi Pass held up passenger for hours. They later were taken to Los Angeles by bus. 

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Chicago Daily Tribune March 15, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 15, 1937