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Thursday August 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.

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Got to Loredo – the customs men hardly looked at my bags.  Then an air conditioned car to San Antonio!  And a room at St. Anthony!

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

Japanese infantrymen advance with rifles and grenades in the Peking sector in China

Japanese infantrymen advance with rifles and ...

Portugal severed diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia over a broken armaments contract. Czechoslovakia broke the contract because it suspected Portugal of funneling the arms to the Nationalists in Spain.

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Nazi Germany restricted Jewish booksellers to only selling books by Jewish authors to Jewish customers

 

 

Erieville, NY gets a new fire truck

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Library of Congress.

The WPA Theatre production of “Power,” in San Francisco.    “Power” was a play that explored the issue of public vs. private control of energy.

A new Popeye.

Chicago Daily Tribune August 19, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune August 19, 1937