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Friday May 28, 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.

Woke up about 9:30 – Slept at Mrs. Burl Greyton’s at the camp – Carsey came over and we ate lunch there and left for Midland.  Fairly good road. Saw films at Ben’s and saw a show. Saw Toolen’s at supper. Told them to tell Dad I’d be home tomorrow.  Ben’s children are darlings.  Named for their parents , They are Bennie and Little Dorothy

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The government of Germany–then under the control of Adolf Hitler,  formed a new state-owned automobile company, then known as Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH. Later that year, it was renamed simply Volkswagenwerk.

 

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
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Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when Stanley Baldwin retired. Chamberlain signalled an intention to continue Baldwin’s policies by making very few changes to the cabinet.

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In the final act of the Baldwin government, the London Gazette announced that Wallis Warfield would not be elevated to royal status upon her marriage to the Duke of Windsor, and would only be entitled to be addressed in the forms appropriate to a woman who was married to a duke but was not of royal blood. The ruling also applied to any children she might have with the Duke

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On this day in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, while seated in the Oval Office, pressed a golden telegraph button to ceremonially open the Golden Gate Bridge to vehicular traffic.

Image result for may 28, 1937The Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne turn 3.

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 28 , 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 28 , 1937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday February 20, 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.

Visited all morning – Saw “Champagne Waltz” in afternoon and Lloyd’s of London” at night.  Bought red blouse.

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Paraguay gave notice of its intent to withdraw from the League of Nations.

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Hitler opened an auto show in Berlin featuring three test models of the Volkswagen.

Flag of the Indian National Congress.svgThe Indian National Congress won a majority of seats in six Indian provincial elections

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post Magazine

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The first showing of Carl Switzer as Alfalfa, George McFarland as Spanky and Tommy Bond as Butch in ‘Glove Taps,’ an Our Gang comedy later known as The Little Rascals

Chicago Daily Tribune February 20, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 20, 1937

 

Wednesday February 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.

 

School as usual – Went to Martens in the afternoon and to Burdettes for waffles.  Dad went over to Mr. Pends to settle about the lot.   We talked quite a bit about the church, My work, Ty-Ty, Jaime and many other things

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

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The 2-26 Incident was an attempted coup d’état in Japan. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army officers with the goal of purging the government and military leadership of their factional rivals and ideological opponents.

In Saxony, Hitler opened the first Volkswagen production plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Got Milk campaign gets a boost with a new neon sign outside the Detroit Creamery Co.

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 26, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 26, 1936