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

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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A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine

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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,

The farce play Horse Eats Hat co-written and directed by Orson Horse Eats Hat by Edwin Denby after Eugène Labiche.jpgWelles premiered at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in New York City

 

 

 

 

Disney releases a short about mice

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