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Benito Mussolini and Galeazzo Ciano became the first recipients of the Order of the German Eagle.
Actress Jean Harlow, 26, dies of kidney disease.
The Lansing Labor Holiday continues in Michigan
Sidney Howard is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine
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The Segovia Offensive ended in Republican failure
A general strike by some 12,000 auto workers and others in Lansing, MI, shuts down the city for a month in what would become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.”
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A boy hops a ride on a streetcar on 51st Street near Western Avenue in Chicago. The photo was taken from the window of a passing auto
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French troops were rushed to the İskenderun region to control the rioting between Arabs and Turks
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The first motorized lifeboat in Cullercoats, England is put into service
Lucchese mobsters James Plumeri aka Jimmy Doyle and Johnny Dioguardi aka Johnny Dio are handcuffed together leaving court.
Jockey Charley Kurtsinger guides War Admiral to the Triple Crown with a win at the Belmont Stakes.
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The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield were married yesterday. Terrible pictures of them today in the paper. Letter from Charlotte which I answered and wrote to Mrs. Ruiz to ask if she wanted me to bring her anything when I came. She wanted some creams when I came before! didn’t stir out of the house!!!
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The Dust Bowl towering over the Panhandle town of Hooker, Oklahoma
Fumimaro Konoe became Prime Minister of Japan.
The Kriegsmarine held its first maneuvers off Heligoland since the island was refortified in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. Only a skeleton fleet participated because so many ships were deployed in Spain.
The National League lifted its suspension of Dizzy Dean, who stuck with his vow not to sign a letter of apology but issued a letter of “explanation” instead. Dean lost $500 during the course of his suspension.
Sylvan Goldman introduced an invention of his called a shopping cart at the Humpty Dumpty supermarket he owned in Oklahoma City
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Got chiffon ruching on morning mail! A record I say! Helped dad mend roof on back porch and bath but I don’t think it helped much. Also helped (?) him fix a light over the door of the Annex. Had postponed party for May birthdays until tonight. my partner was the new chiropractor Dr. Bernard Walker. Very Nice
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The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield (Simpson) were married at the Château de Candé in Monts, France.
Dizzy Dean refused to sign a letter of apology and threatened to sue Ford Frick for $250,000
Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E, NR16020, departs Caripito for Paramaribo
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Sent special delivery to El Paso for Chiffon ruching.
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Rioting broke out around İskenderun and Antioch after the Syrian parliament refused to ratify the League of Nations‘ decision to make the İskenderun district autonomous.
German War Minister Werner von Blomberg began a three-day visit to Italy to discuss German-Italian military ties.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean was suspended by National League President Ford Frick for referring to Frick and umpire George Barr “the two biggest crooks in baseball today.”
Government soldiers train Spanish women how to handle a rifle.
Strikers and sympathizers gather at Republic Steel rally, Chicago, Illinois
Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart sit in the “Lockheed Electra”, the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico
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.
Letter from Carsey saying Vida Holland’s brother jailed for burglary and she probably won’t be teaching again in Hobbs! Mrs. Estes’ funeral.
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In Italy, the Ministry of Popular Culture, Dino Alfieri, ordered all foreign words and names to be Italianized. Louis Armstrong, for example, was to be known as Luigi Fortebraccio.
Oldsmobile announced the first automatic transmission available to the public.
Bill Dietrich of the Chicago White Sox pitched an 8-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns
Amelia Earhart‘s Lockheed Electra 10E NR16020 is refueled at Miami, Florida
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Quiet day – Sent Alyce Claire her two dresses she had packed in my bag. Wrote her, Mary Jo, and the Mex train official in El Paso. Saw Harry M. Says Roswell is damp but reports have been greatly exaggerated!
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Bombardment of Almería: German warships bombarded the city of Almería in retaliation for the Deutschland incident.
The Republicans launched the Segovia Offensive.
Italy and Germany decided to withdraw from the non-intervention cordon around Spain.
The Dionne Quintuplets are on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine.
Senjūrō Hayashi resigned as Prime Minister of Japan.
Wilbur Shaw won the Indianapolis 500.
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Hope Harry got to Roswell ! Floods have been 6 ft all over Roswell! Wrote Carsey, Lenore and the School Supt at Hobbs, N. Mex! Am playing “tired horse” today, too.
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The Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, during the “Little Steel Strike”
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.
Left Midland about 9:40 -Train was late because of rains. Carsey rode as far as Odessa (20 miles) with me and I hated to see him leave – The rest of the trip was slow and boring! Got home about 2:30 and did nothing except wash a few things for Sunday. Dorothy Monk and Harry Mulray plan to goto Roswell tomorrow and return
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Deutschland incident: Republican planes bombed the German cruiser Deutschland.
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Black roller dust storm is rushing toward Clayton, New Mexico
Armed Hungarian Troops Kneeling In The Streets While Doing The Military Salute During The Traditional March For The Pentecost Holiday, In Budapest
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