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Monday February 1, 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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George VI released the New Year Honours list, one month late due to the abdication crisis. Queen Elizabeth was made Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

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Argentina defeated Brazil 2-0 at the Estadio Gasómetro in Buenos Aires to win the South American Championship of football.

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The French aircraft manufacturer SNCASE was founded.

New York Governor Thomas Dewey is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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The waters are receding in the Ohio River Valley and moving into the Mississippi. Todays was the maximum discharge of the Ohio River at its mouth at 1,880,000 second-feet .

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Meantime,  a foot of snow is falling in Portland, Oregon

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Chicago Daily Tribune February 1, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 1, 1937