Monthly Archives: September 2017

Monday September 20, 1937

September 20, 2017PostsAnthony Eden, Dictaphone, league of nations, WallaceShanna Vicker

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Anthony Eden spoke at the League of Nations Assembly, telling Italy and Japan they were ruining themselves financially by their policies of territorial conquest and informing Germany that the way to obtain raw materials was to buy them instead of demanding colonies.

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Spain failed to get the two-thirds majority it needed to get re-elected onto the League of Nations council. The Latin American countries no longer supported the Spanish Republic because they had shifted their support to Franco.

Mitchell Hepburn is on the Cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Henry A. Wallace, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, using a Dictaphone

Sunday September 19, 1937

September 20, 2017PostsAirshow, escape, Folsom, Hank Greenberg, Hockey, Italy, ShanghaiShanna Vicker

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Polly and Rosamond came up

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The Folsom escape attempt occurred. Two of the seven prisoners trying to escape were shot dead; the other five were sentenced to death and eventually executed.

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Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta was founded in Switzerland.

Military Airshow in Aspern Vienna

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U.S. Marines Arriving in Shanghai Aboard USS Chaumont

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Saturday September 18, 1937

September 20, 2017PostsAlliance of Democrats, B-18, Juan Negrin, Sailboat racesShanna Vicker

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Went to Martens shopped for hats.

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Spanish Prime Minister Juan Negrín spoke before the Assembly at the League of Nations, calling the Spanish Civil War “a war of invasion” and denouncing Hitler and Mussolini as “international highwaymen.” Negrín called on the League to recognize German and Italian aggression, give the Republic the right to freely procure war materiel and have all foreign combatants withdrawn from Spanish territory.

The Alliance of Democrats formed in Poland.

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post

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Friday September 17, 1937

September 20, 2017PostsAbe Lincoln, FDR, Mt. Rushmore, Spanish Civil WarShanna Vicker

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The Battle of Santander ended in a decisive Nationalist victory.

The Nyon agreement was expanded to include aircraft as legitimate targets for reprisal attacks by patrol ships.

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The Abraham Lincoln head on the Mount Rushmore sculpture was dedicated.

FDR speaks about Constitution Day

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Thursday September 16, 1937

September 19, 2017PostsHugo Black, Mt. Rushmore, NAACPShanna Vicker

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The NAACP sent a telegram to President Roosevelt urging that he call upon Hugo Black to resign from the Supreme Court or “take other appropriate action in the absence of repudiation and disproof of the charges by Senator Black to relieve himself and the nation of the embarrassment of having upon the highest court a man pledged to uphold principles inimical to true Americanism.”

Image result for sep 16, 1937 President Lincoln’s head emerges from the rocks at Mt. Rushmore.

Wednesday September 15, 1937

September 19, 2017PostsAlois Hitler, Hitler brother, Motorcycle License, San Francisco, StreetcarShanna Vicker

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Hitler’s half-brother Alois opened a café in Berlin

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San Francisco extends their streetcar routes

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Tuesday September 14, 1937

September 14, 2017PostsDetroit Police, Los Angeles, Nyon ConferenceShanna Vicker

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The Nyon Conference ended with an agreement to establish a system of patrol zones, with the British and French assuming the most responsibility.

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Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles.

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Chicago Daily Tribune September 14, 1937

Monday September 13, 1937

September 14, 2017Postshimmler, kitty Keene, Nuremberg, secretaries, u-boatsShanna Vicker

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The Battle of Xinkou began.

Heinrich Himmler decreed that Jews could be released from “protective custody” in concentration camps if they provided evidence that they were emigrating.^[

Japanese forces captured Datong.

The Chinese government made a formal appeal to the League of Nations to take action against Japan.

In his final address on the closing day of the Nuremberg Rally, Hitler declared that the failure of Franco’s Nationalists would “upset the balance of power in Europe, which is of vital importance to Germany.”

German Tennis player Gottfried von Gramm is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Kitty Keene aired for the first time on NBC Red Network.

Group of American Legion Secretaries Typing. New York City

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Sunday September 12, 1937

September 14, 2017PostsBomb, France, Italian Grand prix, Paris, Royal Family, tennis, TimeShanna Vicker

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Excerpts from a letter written by the imprisoned German pastor Martin Niemöller were read to his congregation. “I often think of others who must wander through the same dark valley as myself”, one passage read. “But it is a comfort to us all to know that you are praying for us. I am certain the almighty God will triumph.”