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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.

No post today.

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

 

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

Portrait of a middle-aged man with short grey hair and a stern expression. He wears a dark military uniform, with a swastika on one arm. He is seated with his hands on a table with several papers on it, holding a pen.
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

Monday January 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.

No post today.

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

 

Image result for january 11, 1937 gm strike riot

 

Nearly two weeks into a sit-down strike by General Motors (GM) auto workers at the Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, a riot breaks out when police try to prevent the strikers from receiving food deliveries from supporters on the outside.

Nebraska Senator George Norris is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Image result for january 11, 1937  hitlerAdolf Hitler assured France that Germany had no intention of seizing Morocco.

The United States invalidated all passports to Spain.

Image result for january 11, 1937  look first publication

 

The first issue of Look magazine went on sale in the United States.

Chicago Daily Tribune January 11, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune January 11, 1937