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Wednesday November 18, 1936

The 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

 

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Italy and Germany recognized the Franco regime.

Franco declared a blockade of Barcelona.

HRH The Prince of Wales No 4 (HS85-10-36416).jpgEdward VIII visited Dowlais in South Wales where he saw the abandoned site of the Dowlais Ironworks. The King was shocked by the poverty he witnessed and famously declared that “something must be done.

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USS Indianapolis CA-35 departing Charleston, South Carolina, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a Good Neighbor cruise to South America.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune November 18, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune November 18, 1936