Monthly Archives: August 2016

Tuesday August 11, 1936

August 11, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, HindenburgShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

No post today.

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

Day 9 of the 1936 Olympic Games

100 m backstroke details	Nida Senff Netherlands	Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands	Alice Bridges United States

Rowing begins

The Battle of Mérida ended in Nationalist victory.

Joachim von Ribbentrop was made the German ambassador to Britain.

Ethel Barrymore announced her retirement from the stage

The German dirigible Hindenburg flying over Baltimore

Monday August 10, 1936

August 10, 2016Postsheat wave, OlympicsShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

We decided Mary Jo could go to De Paw for only the transportation extra over anything around here! I am as thrilled as she! It is as if I were going back. Maybe I will for the Centenial in May ’37. Wrote her about it – Ty-Ty is making wool crochet set for Elfy – cap, jacket, and coverlet – precious!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

Day 8 of the 1936 Olympic Games

US Men swept the 3 meter diving

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Richard Degener (USA)	Marshall Wayne (USA)	Alan Greene (USA)
10 metre platform details	Marshall Wayne (USA)	Elbert Root (USA)	Hermann Stork (GER)

American novelist, John Roderigo Dos Passos, is on the cover of this weeks Time Magazine

Today is the hottest day in Arkansas history.

       Arkansas	  BRINKLEY       	 8/10/1936	108	74
       Arkansas	  CONWAY         	 8/10/1936	115	69
       Arkansas	  CORNING        	 8/10/1936	102	71
       Arkansas	  EUREKA SPRINGS 	 8/10/1936	112	74
       Arkansas	  FAYETTEVILLE EX	 8/10/1936	109	68
       Arkansas	  GRAVETTE       	 8/10/1936	112	65
       Arkansas	  MAMMOTH SPRING 	 8/10/1936	103	69
       Arkansas	  MENA           	 8/10/1936	112	76
       Arkansas	  NEWPORT        	 8/10/1936	106	70
       Arkansas	  PINE BLUFF     	 8/10/1936	108	79
       Arkansas	  POCAHONTAS 1   	 8/10/1936	99	71
       Arkansas	  PRESCOTT 2 NNW 	 8/10/1936	112	76
       Arkansas	  SUBIACO        	 8/10/1936	117	81

Sunday August 9, 1936

August 9, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, Edward VIII, FDR, Hindenburg, Jesse OwensShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

Have a ride with Mr. Moore (Payton Meat Co.) to Van Horn this afternoon. Am reading ‘Goya” by Schneider – Rather like it. Finished ‘Winding Lane’ by Phillip Gibbs and A Story of Henry VIII ‘The King Rides’ or something like that, last week. Have discovered I like P.E. Wadehouse better than Benchley as a steady diet. Got home about 6 p.m. The family was expecting me on the train – Fooled ’em!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

Day 7 of the 1936 Olympic Games

African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Games in the 4×100-meter relay

The Battle of Mérida began.

Edward VIII left Šibenik on a cruise of the Adriatic Sea. Wallis Simpson was among his guests, but the British press refrained from writing about their relationship

The Hindenburg flies over Philladelphia

Saturday August 8, 1936

August 8, 2016Posts1936 Olympic GamesShanna Vicker

diary 2 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 Lenore – apt. is out of the question with her too. Heard Rozella Kropp (Latin) is married. Brought brown suit from Popular for Mary Jo.

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

Day 6 of the 1936 Olympic Games

The US men sweep the Decathalon

1	Glenn Morris	24	United States	USA	Gold	7,900	7.254	WR
2	Bob Clark	23	United States	USA	Silver	7,601	7.063
3	Jack Parker	20	United States	USA	Bronze	7,275	6.760

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Ferenc Csik Hungary	Masanori Yusa Japan	Shigeo Arai Japan
400 m freestyle details	Jack Medica United States	Shunpei Uto Japan	Shozo Makino Japan
1500 m freestyle details	Noboru Terada Japan	Jack Medica United States	Shunpei Uto Japan
100 m backstroke details	Adolph Kiefer United States	Al Vande Weghe United States	Masaji Kiyokawa Japan
200 m breaststroke details	Tetsuo Hamuro Japan	Erwin Sietas Germany	Reizo Koike Japan
4×200 m freestyle relay details	Japan (JPN) Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa	United States (USA) Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf	Hungary (HUN) Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine.

The French government changed its policy on the Spanish Civil War again, announcing that it was closing its border and stopping all further shipments of arms to Spain

Friday August 7, 1936

August 7, 2016PostsShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

No post today.

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Day 5 of the 1936 Olympic Games

Basketball begins in Berlin – the first time ever at the games.

The Battle of Almendralejo and the Battle of Sigüenza began.

The body of gangster Dominick Didato, also known as Terry Burns lies where he fell outside a restaurant on Elizabeth Street

Thursday August 6, 1936

August 6, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, Archie WilliamsShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

No post today.

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Day 4 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany

The U.S took gold and bronze in the 400 meter

Gold:	Archie Williams
Silver:	Godfrey Brown
Bronze:	Jimmy LuValle

American Charles Leonard won silver in the Olympic Pentathlon

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men’s Individual	Gotthardt Handrick	Charles Leonard	Silvano Abbà

58 died in a pit blast at Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Colliery in Yorkshire.

Francisco Franco moved his headquarters to Seville.

Despite the French government’s attempt to keep its aid to the Spanish government secret, the right-wing press ran articles exposing and denouncing it.

The first volunteers of the Luftwaffe arrived at Cádiz to fight for the Nationalists. To keep Germany’s involvement secret the volunteers were officially discharged from the Luftwaffe so they could go to Spain as “tourists”

Wednesday August 5, 1936

August 6, 2016PostsShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

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Day 4 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany

Jesse Owens won gold in the 200-metre dash. His time of 20.7 seconds would have easily been a new world record, but the IAAF did not recognize records set on a turn at the time

Earle Meadows won the pole vault for the United States.

The naval battle known as the Convoy de la victoria was fought in the Strait of Gibraltar, resulting in a Nationalist victory.

Chicago and Southern Flight 4: A Chicago and Southern Airlines plane crashed on a farm near St. Louis, killing all 8 aboard.

Tuesday August 4, 1936

August 4, 2016Posts1936 Olympic Games, Greece, Italy, Jesse OwensShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

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Day 3 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany

Jesse Owens won gold in the long jump.

Young members of the Greek National Organisation of Youth (EON) hail in presence of Ioannis Metaxas

4th of August Regime: Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas staged a self-coup and established an authoritarian regime.

Monday August 3, 1936

August 3, 2016PostsHitler, Jesse Owens, Olympic Games, TaftShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

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Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash in front of Adolph Hitler. This was his first gold medal of the Berlin Olympics, and he equaled the world record of 10.3 seconds

Jesse Owens breaks the 100m tape to win the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics.

U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull said at a press conference that the government would do all it could to evacuate Americans still in Spain who wanted to leave, but warned that conditions may develop which would make it no longer possible for American ships to reach them

Robert A. Taft is on the cover of this weeks Time Magazine

The first swordfish ever caught with rod

Saturday August 1, 1936

August 1, 2016Postsheat wave, opening ceremony, Spanish War, Summer GamesShanna Vicker

diary 2 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

No post today.

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The opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin. As with the Winter Games in February, there was confusion between the Nazi salute and the Olympic salute. Most countries gave one salute or the other as they passed Hitler in the viewing stand. The British and Americans did not salute at all and gave a military-style ‘eyes right’ instead. The Americans were also the only country not to dip their country’s flag while passing Hitler, in keeping with the U.S. custom of only dipping to the President of the United States.

France took a public stance of neutrality in the Spanish Civil War by announcing that volunteers would be allowed to go and fight as long as they did not carry arms on French soil.

The Nationalists captured Guadarrama

The heat wave shifts to the South from its position over the northern Plains and is now anchored over the southern Plains

80 Years Ago Today

Mexico Summer: A journal by Elizabeth Carsey

Monthly Archives: August 2016

Tuesday August 11, 1936

Monday August 10, 1936

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Sunday August 9, 1936

Saturday August 8, 1936

Friday August 7, 1936

Thursday August 6, 1936

Wednesday August 5, 1936

Tuesday August 4, 1936

Monday August 3, 1936

Saturday August 1, 1936

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