Wednesday March 4, 1936

diary 2The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, by 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

 

After four years of construction the Hindenburg  (LZ-129) takes flight.

A British Red Cross ambulance was bombed by Italian warplanes on the Korem plain in Ethiopia, killing seven patients.

The espionage trial of Hermann Görtz began in the Old Bailey.

The SS California strike ended when Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins agreed to arrange a grievance hearing and guarantee the strikers they would face no reprisals.

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 4, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune March 4, 1936

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction continues on the West Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Bridge

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