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About Shanna Vicker

I was lucky enough to be a part of my Grandmother Elizabeth Carsey's last 40 years. We played countless card games, read books, played dress-up and many other games at her house. My family spent almost every holiday with her and Grandpa (until his death in 1985.) She was loved by the entire neighborhood and was often referred to as the Neighborhood Grandma. I held a special pride in the fact that I could call her mine! Through her simplicity, she taught me the basics of life and the things which make you happy. Love your family, your church and music. The only thing worth crying over is beautiful music. And above all else, approach life with a sense of humor. I have done my best to live up to her expectations and pass those lessons onto my children.

Saturday May 8, 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.

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Italy recalled its news correspondents from London and banned all British newspapers except for the Daily Mail, The Observer and The Evening News. The move was believed to have been taken in reaction to the British press mocking the recent defeats of Italian troops in the Spanish Civil War.

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Challenge Cup logoWidnes defeated Keighley 18-5 in to win rugby’s Challenge Cup in front of 47,699 at Wembley Stadium.

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The Montreux Convention Regarding the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt was concluded.

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The Chicago Daily Tribune May 8, 1937

Friday May 7, 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.

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German aviation minister Hermann Göring ordered work rushed on the LZ 130 LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, which was to have been the sister ship of the Hindenburg.

United StatesThe U.S. Congress passed neutrality legislation permitting the sale of certain commodities (excluding munitions) while making it illegal for U.S. citizens to travel on belligerent ships.

Shall We Dance poster.jpgThe musical film Shall We Dance starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers was released. This film introduced the famous George and Ira Gershwin songs “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and “They Can’t Take That Away from Me“.

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The Mirror, 1937
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A Royal Navy submarine emerges from the Thames in front of Tower Bridge on its way to St Katharine’s Dock
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The Amarillo Globe May 7, 1937

Thursday May 6, 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.

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The German airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built, explodes as it arrives in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people died in the fiery accident that has since become iconic, in part because of the live radio broadcast of the disaster.

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Chicago Daily Tribune May 6 1937

 

 

Wednesday May 5, 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.

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Spanish Prime Minister Francisco Largo Caballero sent the Guardia de Asalto to Barcelona to put down the May Days violence.

 

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British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin pleaded for labour peace ahead of the coronation of George VI as the bus strike threatened to spread

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune May 5, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 5, 1937

Tuesday May 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.

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Image result for edward wallis simpson engagedThe Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield (ex-Simpson) reunited in France after six months apart and immediately became officially engaged.

 

 

 

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The Non-Intervention Committee asked both sides in the Spanish Civil War to forswear bombing of open cities

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The turkish cabinet issues the  “Derism Repression Decrees” against genocide ultimately leading to  10s of thousands of Kurds to be massacred by TerroristTurkey

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Kurdish info

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A rhinoceros approaches Parks photographer Max Ulrich as he snaps a photograph at the Central Park Zoo in New York City

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 4, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 4, 1937

Monday May 3, 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.

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The Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on the evening of May 3, 1937, on the first of 10 round trips between Europe and the United States that were scheduled for its second year of commercial service.

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Six days of civil violence known as the May Days began in Catalonia.

Actors Billy and Bobby Mauch are on the cover of this weeks Time magazine

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt goes fishins at Port Aransas

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Chicago Daily Tribune May 3, 1937

Sunday May 2, 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.

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Austrian police raided the headquarters of the Nazi Party in Vienna, finding evidence of collaboration between German and Austrian Nazis, as well as propaganda hostile to the Austrian government.

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The statue of Father Francis Patrick Duffy, a world war 1 priest, is unveiled in Times Square. 

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Chicago Sunday Tribune May 2, 1937

Saturday May 1, 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.

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Image result for may 1, 1937 bus strike26,000 London bus drivers went on strike.

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The Siege of Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza ended in Republican victory.

United StatesThe Neutrality Act of 1937 became legally binding for all American citizens. Only oil and nonmilitary vehicles were excluded.

Sunderland defeated Preston North End 3-1 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

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Chicago Daily Tribune May 1, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 1, 1937

Friday April 30, 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.

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Women won the right to vote in the Philippines when a suffrage plebiscite passed with 90% approval.

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The Nationalist battleship Espana accidentally hit a mine laid by its own side and sank off Santander.

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Mrs. Roosevelt’s Arrives in Seattle
Chicago Daily Tribune April 30, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 30, 1937

 

Thursday April 29, 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.

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Image result for april 29, 1937 Ed Stanley drove the golden rivet to mark the completion of the $35 million Golden Gate Bridge

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The Irish Brigade fighting in Spain announced it was disbanding.

 

The Franco regime claimed that Guernica had been destroyed by communist demolition teams

 

 

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At Weybridge, K7721, the ninth production Wellesley is photographed

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Chicago Daily Tribune April 29,1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 29,1937