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Thursday October 21, 1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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Children being evacuated  from Gijon

 

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The Asturias Offensive and the War in the North ended in Nationalist victory with the capture of Gijón.

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Generalissimo Francisco Franco increased his powers with a decree concentrating all the authority into a new National Council, whose members Franco could appoint and dismiss as he wished. Franco assumed the right to name his own successor as well.

Image result for stalin purge october 193762 were executed in Stalin‘s latest purge.

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The Catholic Centre Party in the Free City of Danzig was ordered to dissolve, leaving the Nazi Party as the only party allowed to exist in Danzig.

Image result for october 21, 1937 Howard Hughes’ inspects his Sikorsky S-43 also known as the flying boat

Theawfultruth1937.jpgThe screwball comedy film The Awful Truth starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant was released.

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Tuesday March 2, 1937

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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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British Parliament endorsed the government’s rearmament program by a vote of 243 to 134. Italy replied by ordering every male in the country between 18 and 55 to be fit for “integral militarization”.

Cecilia Colledge 1937.jpgCecilia Colledge of the United Kingdom won the ladies’ competition of the World Figure Skating Championships in London.

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Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas announced that the government would take over control of the country’s oil resources

 

Howard Hughes is honored, as the worlds most outstanding aviator,  by  President Roosevelt in the Oval Office

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Howard Hughes accepting the Harmon Trophy,
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Chicago Daily Tribune March 2, 1937
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Tuesday January 19, 1937

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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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Image result for january 19, 1937Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental aviation record by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

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British Parliament convened for its first session of the New Year. Anthony Eden gave a speech on the foreign situation saying that the future of the continent lay with Germany, who “has it in her power to influence a choice which will decide not only her fate, but that of Europe. If she chooses co-operation with other nations, full and equal co-operation, there is nobody in this country who will not assist wholeheartedly to remove misunderstandings and to make the way smooth for peace and prosperity.”

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Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Memphis made its first tire

A new Popeye the Sailor.

Chicago Daily Tribune January 19, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune January 19, 1937
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Sunday January 17, 1937

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The Hughes Aircraft H-1 racer was used by millionaire Howard Hughes to set the speed record from Los Angeles to New York

 

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A prison riot broke out near Guelph, Canada. Inmates started fires and fought police for ten hours until order was restored. An estimated $250,000 in damage was done and it was feared that 200 of the prison’s 700 inmates had escaped.

The Soviet Union sent Britain a note on the Spanish Civil War explaining that the Soviet government, although it “presently does not practice the dispatchment of volunteer detachments, does not consider it expedient to adopt unilateral prohibitive measures.”

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It’s the first day in a week that rain has not fallen in the Midwest.   The Ohio River is already past flood stage and is expected to crest Sunday.

Chicago Daily Tribune January 17, 1937
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Tuesday April 21, 1936

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Howard Hughes sitting in the Northop Gamma Racer in New York after setting a new Miami-New York record

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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the San Jacinto Monument

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Anti-Jewish riots by Arabs in Tel Aviv-Jaffa killed 11 people and injured 50.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Neville Chamberlain, is surrounded by press photographers and journalists as he leaves No.11 Downing Street on Budget Day, 1936On Budget Day in the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain projected a surplus of nearly £3 million for the next year, but raised taxes to help pay for increased defence spending

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 21, 1936
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Tuesday January 14, 1936

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary,  written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Alyce Claire bought a baby cap and some booties.  We went over to Velma’s and Pete’s.   Maureen was capped last week, the first one in her class and her theme was to be read as the best!  Also, Evelyn was elected Sec’y of Rainbow! Honors! Got a letter fron Earl Dawson, 1013 W. Mistletoe, Saw Antonio. Surely was glad. I don’t know that I told you that the night (or morning) I bought my ticket to comeback here, I saw Erle’s name on the Captain Hotel register.  I wrote here a not and this is her answer – She is mad at Carsey too for not writing-

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Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental flight record, completing a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey in 9 hours 27 minutes 10 seconds.

An American Airlines passenger plane crashed in Goodwin, Arkansas, killing all 17 aboard. The cause of the crash was never determined.

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Monday January 13, 1936

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(diary 2The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary,  written by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago.  Click here to read more)

Alyce Claire got back from Tatum just in time for school. Letter from Ty-Ty says Dit thinks I am going to be an auntie!  Ojala! say I! She suggests Laredo as a good place for me to work with Spanish. Ty-Ty plans to go home today.  Gave Lorenzo Burciaga a test for  Merit badge in interpreting (Spanish).  Mary has a cold and has stayed in bed all day. I wish this were  next week so exams would be all over with and new work started.  Broke crystal of my watch yesterday so I took it down to Mr. Bullock to have it fixed – Nothing infuriates me more –

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Physicist Arthur Compton is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

The city of Saarlouis in the Saarland had its name Germanized to Saarlautern

A Northrop Gamma Racer , flown by Howard Hughes, attracts a crowd in Newark Airport, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

Floods in Illinois create havoc in the mines

Chicago Daily Tribune January 13, 1936 pg 9
Chicago Daily Tribune January 13, 1936 pg 9

Hurricane force winds push the  S.S. Iowa into rocks off the coast of Portland, Ore.  There are no survivors.

Chicago Daiily Tribune Jan 13, 1936
Chicago Daiily Tribune Jan 13, 1936
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