Daily Archives: May 17, 2017

Monday May 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.

No Post today.

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

 

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Juan Negrín

Juan Negrín became Prime Minister of Spain.

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Råsunda Stadium was formally inaugurated in Stockholm, Sweden. England defeated Sweden in a friendly, 4-0

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Juvenile delinquents gambling on the street in NYC

Christain X,  King of Denmark and Iceland,  is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Chicago Daily Tribune May 17, 1937

Sunday May 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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Nationalists came within seven miles of the Basque capital of Bilbao, pushing the Republicans out of the village of Gorocica.

Cazadero Cavalcade May 16 1937

The “Cazadero (California)Cavalcade” occurred after railroad abandonment in 1933

Chicago Sunday Tribune May 16, 1937
Chicago Sunday Tribune May 16, 1937