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Thursday June 3,1937

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 chiffon ruching  on morning mail! A record I say! Helped dad mend roof on back porch and bath but I don’t think it helped  much. Also helped (?) him fix a light over the door of the Annex. Had postponed party for May birthdays until tonight. my partner was the new chiropractor Dr. Bernard Walker. Very Nice

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

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Ford Frick

The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield (Simpson) were married at the Château de Candé in Monts, France.

Dizzy Dean refused to sign a letter of apology and threatened to sue Ford Frick for $250,000

 

 

Image result for june 3, 1937Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E, NR16020, departs Caripito for Paramaribo

 

 

 

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Wednesday June 2, 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 special delivery to El Paso for Chiffon ruching.

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

 

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Rioting broke out around İskenderun and Antioch after the Syrian parliament refused to ratify the League of Nations‘ decision to make the İskenderun district autonomous.

Generaloberst Werner von Blomberg in 1934
Werner von Blomberg

German War Minister Werner von Blomberg began a three-day visit to Italy to discuss German-Italian military ties.

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Dizzy Dean

 

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean was suspended by National League President Ford Frick for referring to Frick and umpire George Barr “the two biggest crooks in baseball today.”

 

 

Image result for june 2, 1937Government soldiers train Spanish women how to handle a rifle.

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Image result for june 2, 1937Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart sit in the “Lockheed Electra”, the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune June 2, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune June 2, 1937