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Sunday October 11, 1936

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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Members of the Arab Higher Committee,

The Arab Higher Committee announced an end to the 175-day-old Palestinian general strike.

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The plain red flag is often used at socialist or communist rallies

 

 

200 fascists instigated a new wave of violence in London’s East End, attacking Jews and smashing and looting the windows of Jewish shops until they were dispersed by police.

10,000 leftists participated in an anti-Fascist demonstration in Victoria Park, London, with 5,000 police on hand. 50 Fascist youths attempted a rush to snatch a red flag and some people were slashed with razors

Chicago Sunday Tribune October 11, 1936
Chicago Sunday Tribune October 11, 1936

Thursday February 13, 1936

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

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Charles Maurras published a column in Action Française calling for “the knife” to be used against politicians who supported sanctions against Italy. That same day, French politician Léon Blum was attacked and cut about the head by student followers of Maurras.

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Léon Blum, 1927

That night, the French government banned the Action Française, Camelots du Roi and Royalist Students’ Association under the law passed in December prohibiting extremist political leagues

 

 

Below is an excerpt from Long Life in Florida” a novel about the 1936 North American Cold Wave.

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The U.S. still on top in Olympic Hockey standings

Standings Through February 13, 1936

Standings

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Rk Team W L T
1 United States 5 1 0
1 Canada 5 1 0
1 Czechoslovakia 5 1 0
4 Great Britain 4 0 1
5 Germany 3 2 1
6 Sweden 2 3 0
7 Hungary 2 4 0
7 Austria 2 4 0
7 France 1 2 0
7 Switzerland 1 2 0
7 Poland 1 2 0
7 Italy 1 2 0
13 Latvia 0 3 0
13 Japan 0 2 0
13 Belgium 0 3 0
Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 13, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 13, 1936