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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.

 

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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.

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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