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Saturday March 13, 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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Image result for march 13, 1937Joe Petrali  riding a specially built streamlined Harley-Davidson in Daytona Beach,  he set a new one-mile motorcycle speed record of 136.183 mph. That record would hold for 11 years.

 

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The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling in the Remington Rand strike, finding that Remington Rand committed acts of deceit, economic warfare and union breaking. The company was ordered to reinstate all strikers with back pay and recognize the union, but owner James Rand, Jr. refused and the strike continued.

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One of the few tank-vs.-tank engagements of the Spanish Civil War was fought near Trijueque when some Republican T-26s destroyed five Italian-made CV 3/35 tankettes and severely damaged two more

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Image result for march 13, 1937Amelia Earhart takes the $80,000 flying laboratory on a trial run over San Francisco Bay prepping for her around-the-world flight

 

 

 

 

Image result for march 13, 1937In Washington D.C., Albert Pike is using a stereoscope on a pair of photographs to bring out the relief and locate objects for a map;

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1937

Thursday February 11, 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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Image result for february 11, 1937The Flint sit-down strike ended when General Motors agreed to recognize the United Auto Workers.

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Joachim von Ribbentrop

 

Joachim von Ribbentrop formally presented the British Foreign Office with a demand for the return of Germany’s colonies.

 

 

 

Image result for cavalcade magazine  1937 epilepsyAn issue of the British weekly news magazine Cavalcade was banned for running an article referring to rumors of the king having suffered an attack of epilepsy.

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Amelia Earhart

Aviator Amelia Earhart announced she would attempt to circumnavigate the globe as close to the equator as possible

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune February 11, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 11, 1937

Sunday September 20, 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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Image result for september 20, 1936Amelia Earhart sits on top of her Lockheed Electra plane with a group of Purdue University coeds in front

 

 

 

A dynamite blast in Havana, Cuba demolished a newspaper press and a Catholic church and killed 4 people. 20 Socialists were arrested by police that day. It was believed that the newspaper was targeted because it ran editorials supporting the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

Party activists handing out ballot papers for their parties outside a polling booth

The Swedish general election was held. The Swedish Social Democratic Party maintained its plurality in the Riksdag.

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Stylish outfits at Longchamp in Paris, France
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Chicago Bears at Green Bay
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 20, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 20, 1936

 

Friday July 24,1936

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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Eleanor Holm’s teammates arranged a petition asking American Olympic Committee Chairman Avery Brundage to reinstate her. German officials told Brundage, “she has been punished enough and discipline is bound to prevail after this public warning.”

The heat returns in the Midwest. It is the hottest day in Nebraska history with 42 cities hitting all-time record highs.  The hottest temperature recorded in Minden, Ne at 118 degrees.

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The Battle of Guadarrama was fought, resulting in Republican victory.

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Customer information on the Speaking ClockA speaking clock service was introduced in the United Kingdom.

 

 

 

 

The French right-wing press led by L’Écho de Paris attacked France’s policy of support for the Spanish Republic, arguing it would could lead France into open conflict with Germany and Italy.

 

Popeye gets movin’

Amelia took delivery of the Electra on July 24, 1936, her 39th birthday
Chicago Daily Tribune July 24, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune July 24, 1936

Wednesday July 22, 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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Gaines left at 8:30 P.M. We watched his train pull out and surely regretted his going so soon –

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

A strong windstorm, possibly a tornado, moved across the Iowa State Teachers College campus and destroyed the wooden football field bleachers.  The high in Sioux City reached 105 degrees

Aftermath of the July 22, 1936 storm.

A new plane is tested by Amelia Earhardt 

LA Times July 22, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune July 2, 1936 pg 2
Chicago Daily Tribune July 2, 1936 pg 2

 

British authorities warned Spanish warships that if shells continued to fall on Gibraltar, British artillery would return fire.

Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne arrived in Berlin. Although ostensibly a goodwill visit, the American Embassy had invited Lindbergh in the hope that the German Air Ministry would try to impress him by inviting him to inspect their planes and air bases. That way, Lindbergh could take notes on the Luftwaffe’s capabilities and report back to the U.S. government. As it turned out, that is exactly what happened

Chicago Daily Tribune July 22, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune July 22, 1936