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Thursday January 28, 1937

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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.

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

 

A man lies in a bed with his left leg raised by a pulley.
After breaking his leg, Morenz was unable to move from his hospital bed.

In a National Hockey League game between the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks, Canadiens star Howie Morenz caught his skate in the boards and broke four bones in his leg. Morenz was hospitalized and would die five weeks later from a blood clot

 

 

 

The Great Ohio River Flood continues the  river crested in Huntington nearly 20 feet above flood stage.

Nobody living between Huntington and Parkersburg had ever seen anything like the 1937 flood, which was brought on by melting snow and 19 straight days of rain.
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flood waters rising

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tents are set up for those fleeing the flood waters

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Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs is in production.

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune January 28, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune January 28, 1937
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Wednesday January 27, 1937

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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.

Letter from Carsey saying he has the flu and won’t be able to come next Saturday – Darn!  I surely hope it isn’t serious but I am disappointed in his not being able to come – At the meeting tonight Mr. Deaton asked me to be a chairman .  Report card day. My room averages were low!

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

The great Ohio River Flood of 1937 continues the river gauge reached 57 feet (17 m) in the Louisville area, setting a new record. Seventy percent of the city was under water at that time

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The engineer looks out over a 10 mile pond of the Ohio River
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St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church – Cincinnati, Ohio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Greta Garbo 1935

The 1935 salaries of Hollywood movie stars were made public as part of a Congressional study on salaries paid by corporations. Greta Garbo topped the list at $332,500 ($5,824,987.41 in 2016 with inflation,) followed by Wallace Beery ($278,749), Joan Crawford ($241,403), William Powell ($238,750) and Clark Gable ($211,553).

 

The Duke of Norfolk married Lavinia Mary Strutt at Brompton Oratory in London. 5,000 women jostled each other and fought police outside the venue in an effort to get a glimpse of the proceedings

Chicago Daily Tribune January 27, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune January 27, 1937
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