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Saturday July 24, 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.

Went to see Martha Eggert (?) in “Castilla en Flanders” which was very good. She is bellisima and has a lovely voice –   we went to Xochimileo because there was a moon. Met up with 5 ladies from St Louis who knew not 6 words of Spanish among them! We stayed out an hour and the moon made everything fairy – like and beautiful. There was a fiesta there of some kind and music, rockets and fire-crackers sounded everywhere!  The car was packed coming home – Jean and I rode the second car and finally got seats!

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The Scottsboro Boys, with attorney Samuel Leibowitz

In Alabama, four of the nine Scottsboro Boys were set free after six years of legal battles

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John ‘Red’ Pollard on Seabiscuit, at the Yonkers Handicap at Empire City Race Track

Chicago Daily Tribune July 24, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune July 24, 1937

 

Saturday October 31, 1936

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.

 

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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

Saturday October 24, 1936

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.diary 2

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Portugal broke off diplomatic relations with the Spanish Republic

Bill Wyman 2009.jpgBill Wyman, bassist of The Rolling Stones, was born in Lewisham, London, England

 

 

 

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Race horses complete the first lap of the Scarsdale Handicap, Empire City Track in New York. Seabiscuit wins in record time.

Chicago Daily Tribune October 24, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 24, 1936

Saturday September 26, 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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Luckily no one was injured in what is considered one of the worst  train wrecks which occurred at Hemphill in McDowell County West Virginia.   Train traffic was tied up for two days.

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Seabiscuit and jockey, John (Red) Pollard came in first for the second time. It was his 50th race.

The Campaign of Gipuzkoa ended in Nationalist victory.

Tensions decreased considerably in Shanghai when the Japanese withdrew most of their forces.

Emblema NKVD.svgJoseph Stalin appointed Nikolai Yezhov as the new head of the NKVD. Under Yezhov’s direction the Great Purge would be widely expanded.

Image result for swiss franc 1936As a result of the French devaluation, Switzerland announced it would devalue its own franc by 30%.

 

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New craze for idle-rich … aerial golf. With not enough hazards in an ordinary game of golf, and not enough adventure in flying,

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Disney releases a short about mice

Chicago Daily Tribune September 26, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune September 26, 1936