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Wednesday August 4, 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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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

 

 

Image result for venezuelan national guard 1937The Venezuelan National Guard was founded.

In Little Rock, Arkansas, the newly formed Society for the Booing of Commercial Advertisements in Motion Picture Theatres made its debut, booing loudly when corporate advertising appeared on the movie screen. Similar “booing clubs” soon began springing up elsewhere. In the 1930s and ’40s movie houses experimented with running ads for commercial products alongside movie trailers, but many theatre-goers resented the practice because, unlike the radio where ads were recognized as necessary, movies were not free.

Image result for august 4, 1937British Legion rekindles the Flame of the Unknown Soldier Grave in Paris, France

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune August 4, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune August 4, 1937