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Thursday November 4, 1937

diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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Image result for Robert StammThree men were executed by decapitation in Nazi Germany for high treason and espionage, including the former Communist deputy Robert Stamm

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President Roosevelt with WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins and his daughter.

Federal Officials inspecting Louisville Airport

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Monday June 8, 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

Texas Governor James V Allred is on the cover of this week’s Time magazine.

42 were killed in Bucharest when two crowded grandstands collapsed during a Boy Scouts rally. Members of the royal family including King Carol II and son Michael witnessed the tragedy but were uninjured.

A bomb blast at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem wounded 25.

The First Lady is in Iowa talking about the WPA program

Chicago Daily Tribune June 8, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune June 8, 1936