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Friday February 19, 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.

Read Live Alone and Like It by Hillis  – Clever!

Had half -dates to Reunion with J.A. and Ed.- They took me to the bus for El Paso at midnight.  Got tired but couldn’t sleep much.

 

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

Image result for february 19, 1937James Braddock and Joe Louis shake hands after signing contract for upcoming fight in Chicago

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Yekatit 12: Ethiopians attempted to assassinate Italian Viceroy Rodolfo Graziani in a grenade attack. Graziani and several of his staff were wounded. Italians would massacre 30,000 Ethiopians in reprisal killings over the next three days

Image result for february 19, 1937German nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler poses for a family picture with World War I German veterans during their congress in Berlin.

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune February 19, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 19, 1937