Daily Archives: September 4, 2016

Friday September 4, 1936

diary 2The 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.

I went to Educ. Meeting at El Paso High.  Dr Leonard was very good!  M.J. left for Van Horn.  Dit goes to hospital at one P.M.

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

 

Image result for september 4, 1936 Louise Thaden becomes the first woman to win the prestigious coast

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Francisco Largo Caballero became the 66th Prime Minister of Spain. An announcement explained that “because of the length of the civil war, the government believed it advisable to resign to make way for a government embracing all parties comprising the Popular Front.”

 

 

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The Battle of Irún ended with the Nationalist capture of the city.

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In Paris, 100,000 pro-Republican demonstrators held a march calling on the French government to lift its arms embargo against Spain

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune Sept, 4, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept, 4, 1936

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Thursday September 3, 1936

diary 2The 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.

Ty-Ty and Mary Jo –  Got M.J’s coat. She went to “Anthony Adverse” and AnthonyAdverse.jpgKids Rodeo

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

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Nationalist soldiers rest during the Battle of Talavera de la Reina

The Battle of Talavera de la Reina was fought, resulting in Nationalist victory.

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with six state governors, including rival presidential candidate Alf Landon, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines to discuss government actions in response to the drought.

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Lou Ambers won the World Lightweight Championship of boxing by 15-round decision over Tony Canzoneri in Madison Square Garden.

Olympic gold medal winner Jesse Owens waves from an open car during a ticker tape parade along Broadway in New York City on September 3, 1936. The twenty-two-year-old won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by AP Photo)

 

Olympic gold medal winner Jesse Owens waves from an open car during a ticker tape parade in New York City

Prince Mikasa, in foreground wearing black skull cap, youngest of the three brothers of Emperor Hirohito, participates in the exercises of the 15th Cavalry Regiment, swimming mounts across the river in Tokyo, September 3, 1936. Prince Mikasa, a graduate of the army cadet school, is expected to be commissioned a cavalry officer soon. (Photo by AP Photo)Prince Mikasa, in foreground wearing black skull cap, youngest of the three brothers of Emperor Hirohito, participates in the exercises of the 15th Cavalry Regiment, swimming mounts across the river in Tokyo

Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 3, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 3, 1936