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Thursday April 8, 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:

 

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Kurt Schuschnigg

Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg went back on his announcement of February 14 and said that the Habsburg Monarchy could not be restored in the foreseeable future due to the tense international situation.

The Canadian Encyclopedia

The Oshawa Strike began in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada when 4,000 General Motors workers walked off the job

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Sakiko Saito, daughter of the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito, was crowned Queen of the Cherry Blossoms by Melvin Hazen, Commissioner of the District of Columbia.

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 8, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 8, 1937