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Tuesday September 1, 1936

diary 2The 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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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

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Republican forces bombed Burgos for the first time. Nationalists protested to the International Red Cross in Geneva that a hospital was bombed despite clearly displaying the Red Cross insignia.

The first Edward VIII postage stamps was issued.

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Central Police University was established in Nanjing, China

 

 

Lt. Kendall’s Hawker Nimrod (K2912) of HMS Courageous which landed in the sea after an engine failure.

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Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 1, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 1, 1936