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Tuesday May 25, 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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Carsey called me from Andrews about going home by there. I’ve decided to go to Broomsfield with Alyce Claire and have him come up there and take me to Midland to see Ben!  I wanted to tallk to him so badly but was afraid to talk over 3 min-

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

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The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life) opened in Paris.

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Mickey Cochran

Detroit Tigers star Mickey Cochrane suffered a career-ending, near-fatal injury when he was hit by a beanball pitched by Bump Hadley of the New York Yankees.

An editorial in Mussolini’s Il Popolo d’Italia warned the Jews of Italy to cease making criticisms of Germany, because such opposition was “irreconcilable with the friendship that binds us to Germany and which has objectives far more vast and fundamental than the Jewish question.

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The Steam locomotive ‘Coronation’ being cheered by workers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 25, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 25, 1937

Monday May 24, 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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Republican warplanes bombed a patrol boat of the Italian Navy, killing several sailors.

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Janis Rudsutak
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Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Packhorse Library in West Liberty, KY,

Soviet politician Jānis Rudzutaks was arrested and accused of Trotskyism and espionage for Nazi Germany.

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The U.S. Supreme Court decided Helvering v. Davis and Steward Machine Co. v. Davis.

 

 

Image result for may 24, 1937A close-up view of new electro-matic vehicle actuated traffic signals at the corner of Queen and George Streets in Brisbane, Australia.
Men set up speakers to amplify the switching on ceremony

 

 

Image result for may 24, 1937The Archbishop of Canterbury is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Chicago Daily Tribune May 24, 1937
The Chicago Daily Tribune May 24, 1937