(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

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The Saturday Evening Post was inspired by poetry.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act Amendment was enacted in the United States.

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ordered civilians to leave Addis Ababa and disperse across the country in order to reduce casualties from the anticipated aerial bombardment by Italian planes.

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Drought Returns to West, Intensified by Heat

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Jonathon finished the washing – Mr. Gorman showed specimens of petrified wood found at Guerron’s  – Still no word from dad.  He must have gotten there early yesterday morning – Wrote to Mrs. Morris and Alyce Claire.

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The banking act of 1935 is approved.

Britain ordered a buildup of its forces in the Mediterranean region to guard the Suez Canal from potential Italian attack.

Joseph Stalin ordered that four double-headed eagles (a Tsarist emblem) be removed from the towers of the Moscow Kremlin and replaced with giant stars.

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Washed. Ty-Ty wrote to Dit.  Learned to play “Hell” (double solitaire) with Mary Jo and Jonathon.

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Vigilantes round up and torture suspected communists in Califorina.

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Dad left on the early morning train for Los Angeles., happy as a lark!  Surely am glad he has actually gone.  Rained quite awhile in the afternoon – letter from Lenore Shaffer in Roswell.  Letter from Carsey written Saturday in Tamazunchale, waiting for the river to subside -Nearly all the school was there!  Nice of him to write, even if he does call me names!  Wrote to Betty in the afternoon

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The era of swing begins today after a performance by Benny Goodman.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill declaring American neutrality in foreign wars.

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Wrote to Mrs. Ruiz. Practiced.  dad decides to go to Long Beach and Jaime offers to pay for his way! After all!!

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The B-17  prototype Boeing Model 299, being taken out  at Boeing Field in Wright Field, Ohio for a test flight.

The military of Ecuador announced that it had arrested President José María Velasco Ibarra for attempting to proclaim a dictatorship.  Antonio Pons was appointed Ibarra’s successor.

A tunnel collapsed at an S-Bahn construction site at the Brandenburg Gate, killing 19 workers.

Scientists at the University of California announced the isolation of Vitamin E

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Arrived at 2 o’clock last night- Didn’t sleep late.  Went to town with Dad in the afternoon.  Mailed letters to Insurance and to House Supt of Schools. Went to see Harry in town with Jaime, Mary Jo and Jonathon

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A fire swept through the Berlin Radio Fair, killing 3 people and doing an estimated 1.5 billion Reichsmarks in damage

A new Time Magazine with Jean Harlow on the cover.

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Began to get hot and dusty at Chihuahua.  Arrived two hours late in Juarez.  had met a mining engineer and the newspaperman Atamiraus on the train- the latter ate a whole chicken and ten eggs for supper!!! From Juarez I went to the Union Depot and waited just a little for the Van Horn train. Betty went to find Alfred. the day coach was a swanky light green air-conditioned car that was gorgeous after the Chihuahua-Juarez trip.

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The Paris conference broke up with nothing resolved. Tesla predicts that an expanding Sun will someday explode

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

All day on the train and rather cool weather. My coat is completely  worn out – I am not even taking it to Roswell

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AEG demonstrated the Magnetophon reel-to-reel tape recorder at the Berlin Radio Fair.

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine.

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

He called in the morning to say that he had a ride home with Charlie Reeves.  Later to say goodbye for they were starting immediately.  One way to get out of coming up to the house, anyway!  I was disappointed because he had said he would go shopping with us for Alfrey’s watch and guaraches for Jaime.  I bought a watch for 58 pesos and a tooled-leather book cover.  Carsey would like on but I think this will be for Jaime – bought a blue vase for Mrs. Ruiz.  In the afternoon Betty and I visited Chapultepec Castle.

Left at 8:15 for Juarez. Jose Alvarez and his wife (Mrs. Ruiz’ newly married brother) spend the day at the Ruiz’s.

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Representatives of France, Great Britain and Italy met in Paris to negotiate a solution to the Abyssinia Crisis. 

Haile Selassie offered new economic concessions to Italy, stressing he would not accept a military occupation but would grant facilities for mining, road construction and railway operations

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(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

Just walked around town.  Rained last night as that everything looked rather fresh and pretty –

Saw the Casino and some park land near it that would have been pretty but it had been neglected.  Ate lunch and started back to Mexico at 3 – Arrived at 5, went to Sanhorn’s for drinks and came on home.  Carsey came by later and we saw the last half of the last picture at the Primavera – He is not going to Vera Cruz which rather halts plans for my trip so we weren’t very gay.  We went to Tacubaya market for  tacos, sidral and a banana.

I felt that the summer was over and Carsey will gradually become a dimmer figure – I rather hope not!! He missed a lot this summer and all that but he is still the best companero I’ve known for a very long time.

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At age 55, Will Rogers, a leading political pundit of his era, died on this day in 1935 in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska

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