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

Letter from Ty-Ty telling me to have nothing to do with Girls Chorus if possible and to move next year to some other job!  Rather rare for her to say such a thing – Had another bridge lesson and am beginning to really get some of the points to contract!  Got “Ladies Whose Bright Eyes” at the Library by Ford Maddox Ford – Haven’t read much of it but can’t get interested.

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Berlin newspapers published photos of five new U-boats, Germany’s first public admission that it possessed any.

The fear of war taking a toll on the markets

Actress Sophia Loren is born. 

“The Old Maestro”, Ben Bernie wins a secret divorce from his wife, Rose Anzelevitz.

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

Letter from Santa Fe saying they never received my letter with the certificate from home or the $10. Teachers annual picnic at Miss Cowan’s in the evening.  We went for Merle O’Terry and ate with Betty, Harriet and Lenore – Good food as usual.  Mr. Pope did not attend because he had a sudden attack of gall stones or something in the morning.   After the picnic we went to the P.T.A. and later on saw “The Gay Deception” with Frances Lederer and Frances Dee.  The cutest picture I’ve seen in a long time.

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Jewish leader Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise sent an appeal to the League of Nations to stop Germany’s persecution of Jews.

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

Letter from Dit says Harold got a job in Silver City and she is leaving soon too.   She has been packing all week and has been seeing the the Fair in San Diego.   Tuesday I sent a special delivery registered letter to Santa Fe about my certificate. Surely am glad Harold could get a job so soon.   His health was poor in California.   Last night we had our S.S. Dinner at Edith Johnson’s – Mrs. Leroy Brown gave the lesson. Merle Terry and Rose McDowell were guest and future members.  Mary Jo made $20 or $25 on commissions from Avon products!  Congratulations on her!  Monday night Bud Gaylord, Mary, Betty, Alyce Claire and I played Bridge and too in the Mexican Fiesta.  I was supposed to have made a speech again but I never knew what the time for it was and it was evidently all over when we went at nine!

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Benito Mussolini rejected the League’s latest peace offering of Danakil and Ogaden, scoffing that he had been taken for “a collector of deserts.

Construction continues on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.  Construction began in January 1933 and the bridge was opened in May 27, 1937.

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

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The biggest blimp (so far) takes flight

The Philippine Presidential elections were held. Manuel L. Quezon was elected the 1st President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

Britain amassed fifteen warships at Gibraltar as a precaution against Italy.

Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Len Koenecke got into a fight while flying in a private airplane over Toronto after drinking heavily. He was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher and killed.

On this Constitution Day, President Hoover gives a speech on the Constitution and  Patriotism.

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

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Dr. Alexis Carrel is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine.

Small Montana won the world flyweight boxing title with a win over Midget Wolgast in Oakland, California.

Hitler conducted a review of the Wehrmacht on the final day of the Nuremberg Rally.

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

At church Dr. Lindbaugh gave us a lecture from the church discipline but for the most part he scolded us on our lack of loyalty!  Ate waffles at Pete and Velma’s – Sam went too.  Saw “Annapolis Farewell”  !Grand!

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Nuremberg Laws are Instituted, German Jews are stripped of their citizenship, reducing them to mere “subjects” of the state.

The swastika flag was made the official flag of Germany.

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

Played tennis at 630 AM.  Went to Betty’s to wash the car.  Letter from Victor Velasquez asking me to say that he had never slandered Mexico, etc. as he is about to be put to trial for alleged statements reported by “Big Ears” New Yorker!  Bought a blouse and a black hat and brown shoes!  Sam came for the week end and is Alyce Claire happy!  Gene Kittler stopped by and had supper with us on the way from Albuquerque! Evelyn Polk yesterday returned from Melorose to get a job in the office of Dr.’s Bradley and Johnson – Surely am thrilled over her getting the place!  Maurenne is in Albuquerque studying to be a nurse and likes it tremendously!  Pete and Velma surely are to be congratulated on all they have done for those girls – Wrote to Pauline R. about staying with Janette, Alyce Claire and me in Albuquerque at Teacher’s Meeting.

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Italy  considers withdrawal from the League of Nations.

Hitler addressed 50,000 Hitler Youth assembled at the Nuremberg Rally.

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post.

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

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Howard Hughes sets a record.

The Hughes H-1 is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States. The H-1 Racer was the last aircraft built by a private individual to set the world speed record; most aircraft to hold the honor since have been military designs.

Haile Selassie made a plea for peace in a radio address transmitted around the world.

The Nuremberg Laws were  enacted by Germany ,  marking a major step in clarifying racial policy and removing Jewish influences from Aryan society.

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

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An estimated 200,000 people flooded Baton Rouge to witness Huey Long’s funeral procession.

Stock prices climb to a new high.

U.S. officials announced that effective October 15, Germany would lose all tariff reductions granted in reciprocal trade pacts, due to various discriminations against American imports in Germany.

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

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Approximately  100 workers started clearing and grading land on Pack Murphy’s farm, beginning the Blue Ridge Parkway’s initial 12.5-mile-stretchfrom the Virginia-North Carolina border south to Cumberland Knob.

British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare spoke before the League of Nations Assembly, affirming Britain’s dedication to the League but asserting that it was conditional on its fellow members doing their share.

In Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new Congress Hall that would accommodate 60,000 people.

 This building would never be completed.

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