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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

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

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday April 27, 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

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Wallis Simpson‘s divorce became permanent when the mandatory six months elapsed since the divorce decree was issued. The former Mrs. Simpson was now free to marry again.

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Ida May Fuller received the first social security check

The first social security payments were made in the United States under the Social Security Act of 1935

The last symbolic rivet of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss, April 27, 1937 [photograph]The last symbolic rivet of the Golden Gate Bridge is  presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss.

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The National Maritime Museum was officially opened by George VI

Chicago Daily Tribune April 27, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 27, 1937

Monday January 4, 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.

Carsey’s gift was in the P.O. this am.  A tiny bottle of perfume and a white and gold compact! Am so proud of both of them!  Slow day at school!!

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Coat of arms of Lebanon.svgFrance restored the Constitution of Lebanon after it had been suspended for a number of years.

The winners of the 2nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards were Mdgtt1936.jpgannounced. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was named Best Film of 1936.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided De Jonge v. Oregon.

Wallis Simpson is  Time Magazine‘s person of the year.

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President Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt are seen up Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C.

Chicago Daily Tribune January 4, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune January 4, 1937

Sunday December 20, 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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Christmas cards from Carsey, Shugarts, Mahota, Jessica Belle

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In Cannes, Wallis Simpson spoke to the media for the first time since her divorce, although she took no questions. She mostly talked about the weather and the beauty of the French Riviera. Herman Rogers, who was hosting Mrs. Simpson at the villa where the reception took place, said she would be staying there for several months

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

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Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York
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Luggage handler Waterloo Station London surrounded by Christmas parcels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Sunday Tribune December 20, 1936
Chicago Sunday Tribune December 20, 1936