Daily Archives: May 6, 2017

Wednesday May 5, 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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Spanish Prime Minister Francisco Largo Caballero sent the Guardia de Asalto to Barcelona to put down the May Days violence.

 

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The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin pleaded for labour peace ahead of the coronation of George VI as the bus strike threatened to spread

 

Image result for may 5, 1937Workers resume work on Abraham Lincoln’s chin at Mount Rushmore, after breaking for winter, South Dakota, Black Hills

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 5, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 5, 1937