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Saturday October 31, 1936

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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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General meeting – Hoped to hear Dr. Zimmerman on the Quarter-Centennial but Dr. Hewitt gave it instead.  Then Gov. Tingley read a talk on the “Future of Ed in New Mex”  but he doesn’t say much of anything.  Big disappointment.  I saw “Ladies in Love” in afternoon. Alyce C and I saw “San Francisco” in the evening

 

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FDR Welcomes their hatred in a speech at Madison Square Garden

 

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The hunger marchers from Jarrow arrived in London.

Boy Scouts of the Philippines.pngThe Boy Scouts of the Philippines organization was founded.

 

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker

 

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Jockey Johnny Pollard rides race horse Seabiscuit before a race at Empire City Track, New York
Chicago Daily Tribune October 31, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 31, 1936
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Monday October 5, 1936

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The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, bydiary 2Elizabeth 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 devalued the lira and introduced various levies on capital.

 

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In Moscow, the USSR State Symphony Orchestra performed in public for the time.

Baseball’s Lou Gehrig and Carl Hubbell on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Jarrow March: 200 Hunger marchers in Jarrow began their march to London. They carried a petition with 11,572 signatures asking for government help. The marchers hoped to draw attention to the 68 percent unemployment rate in the town

 

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Mongolian religious festival near Pailingmiao, capital of Inner Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune October 5, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 5, 1936
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