Monthly Archives: April 2017

Monday April 19, 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.

 Sent applications with pictures to Amarillo, Tucson, Las Vegas Nevada, Colorado Springs, Flagstaff and Albuquerque! Hope for some luck!

 

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

aGeneralissimo Francisco Franco unified the Falangists and Carlists into a single party called the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista.

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The Non-Intervention Committee agreed to establish patrols of Spain’s coasts. The patrols were authorized to determine the destination of vessels but not to carry out search and seizure operations. Germany and Italy were to monitor Republican ships while Britain and France would monitor the Nationalists. This scheme proved to be ineffective since the Germans could use ships flying the Panamanian or Liberian flags and unload their cargo in Portugal with the complicity of authorities there.

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Sir Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that the government would investigate reports that poison gas had been shipped from Germany to Spain.

 

 

Walter Young of Canada won the Boston Marathon

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Image result for april 19, 1937President Roosevelt opens the baseball season.

The “Heater from Van Meter” is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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The Chicago Daily Tribune April 19, 1937

 

Sunday April 18, 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.

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John Lewis

 

CIO logo.gifPremier Hepburn threatened to pass legislation to keep the Congress of Industrial Organizations out of Ontario, telling its head John L. Lewis that “he and his gang will never get their greedy paws on Ontario as long as I’m prime minister.”

 

Image result for april 18, 1937Women cooking at the NYA camp in Zarah. Kansas, as the Great Depression continues.

 

 

 

Its opening day at Fenway Park

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New York Sunday News April 18, 1937

Saturday April 17, 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.

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Looney Tunes Character,Daffy Duck makes his first appearance in  Porky’s Duck Hunt

 

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post

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Image result for april 17, 1937Pinky Higgins homers against the Brave in a 7-5 Red Sox win

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image result for april 17, 1937Peterson  tractors holds the Grand Opening of its new Hayward, California facility

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 17, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 17, 1937

Thursday April 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.

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The Detroit Red Wings defeated the New York Rangers 3-0 to win the Stanley Cup, three games to two.

Image result for april 15, 1937Crews are transporting the gun tube to Fort Funston, California

 

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Bookies rushed in to City Clerk Hannon’s office to pay their occupation taxes.

 

 

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune April 15, 1937

Wednesday April 14, 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.

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Mitchell Hepburn

Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn forced two of his cabinet ministers to resign for opposing his handling of the Oshawa Strike as 500 war veterans representing approximately 800 veteran members of the UAW paraded to Oshawa’s Memorial Park

Babes in Arms Logo.pngThe musical stage comedy Babes in Arms by Rodgers and Hart opened at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway. The show spawned several hit songs including “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady is a Tramp“.

 

Image result for april 14, 1937HMS Ark Royal is commissioned

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 14, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 14, 1937

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday April 12, 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.

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English engineer Frank Whittle and his team successfully tested a prototype jet engine.

Seal of the United States Supreme Court.svgThe U.S. Supreme Court decided NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

 

Virginia Woolf is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Image result for april 12, 1937The New York Yankees check into the New Yorker Hotel.

Chicago Daily Tribune April 12, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 12, 1937

 

Sunday April 11, 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.

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Logo of the Royal Navy.svgThe British cabinet held a rare Sunday meeting in which it decided to afford the fullest protection to British shipping outside the three-mile limit in northern Spanish waters. This was understood to include authorizing the Royal Navy to open fire on any Spanish vessels interfering with British cargo ships.

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The Junkers Ju 89 prototype had its first flight, although it never entered production

 

 

 

 

German Wehrmacht recruits wave goodbye from the train.

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Chicago Daily Tribune April 11, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 11, 1937

Saturday April 10, 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.

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

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The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

 

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced that he would soon be retiring

 

 

 

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post 

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Image result for april 10, 1937The first mail plane arrives in  Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

Credit: Air Canada ArchivesTrans Canada airline takes off for the first time.

SS Nieuw Amsterdam was launched , it is the largest liner so far by Holland America

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Chicago Daily Tribune April 10, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 10, 1937