Daily Archives: January 11, 2017

Monday January 11, 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.

No post today.

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

 

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Nearly two weeks into a sit-down strike by General Motors (GM) auto workers at the Fisher Body Plant No. 2 in Flint, Michigan, a riot breaks out when police try to prevent the strikers from receiving food deliveries from supporters on the outside.

Nebraska Senator George Norris is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Image result for january 11, 1937  hitlerAdolf Hitler assured France that Germany had no intention of seizing Morocco.

The United States invalidated all passports to Spain.

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The first issue of Look magazine went on sale in the United States.

Chicago Daily Tribune January 11, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune January 11, 1937

Sunday January 10, 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.

No post today.

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

 

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France massed troops in French Morocco and threatened to occupy the Spanish side if the Nationalists refused to quickly oust the Germans reported in the territory. France feared that Germany was building up troops there under the guise of “volunteers” in preparation for a surprise attack on French Morocco.

The Spanish government ordered an evacuation of all citizens remaining in Madrid.

Britain warned its citizens that anyone volunteering to fight for either side in the Spanish Civil War would be subject to prosecution under the Foreign Enlistment Act of 1870

 

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Mahatma GANDHI (center) with Pandit Jawaharlal NEHRU, presiding over the opening of the National Hindu Congress

Flood warning are issued over the Ohio River region.

Chicago Sunday Tribune Jan 10, 1937
Chicago Sunday Tribune Jan 10, 1937