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Tuesday March 30, 1937

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A Nationalist offensive at Almadén was repulsed.

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The Marienplatz in Munich during the Beer Hall Putsch.

Hitler was reported to have reconciled his feud with Erich Ludendorff going back to the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch

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The Nelmobile

A 16-year-old from Washington D.C. combined a lawn mower with a set of motorcycle gears to make a midget automobile

Chicago Daily Tribune March 30, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 30, 1937

 

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Monday March 29, 1937

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Seal of the United States Supreme Court.svgThe U.S. Supreme Court decided West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. Justice Owen Roberts made the jurisprudential shift known as the switch in time that saved nine.

 

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The mysterious murder of model Veronica Gedeon in New York City made front page headlines in the United States.

 

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In this March 29, 1937, file photo, the desolation in this part of the Dust Bowl is graphically illustrated by rippling dunes in Guymon, Okla. Associated Press file photo
Associated Press file photo March 29, 1937

The desolation of the Dust Bowl is graphically illustrated in Guymon, Okla.

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The Samoan Clipper arrives in Auckland

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Sunday March 28, 1937

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Easter is celebrated at St Patrick’s Cathedral

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Pope Pius XI published the encyclical Nos es muy conocida about the religious situation in Mexico

 

 

Image result for march 28, 1937Mothers who have given birth in a National Socialist maternity home in Fuerstenberg, Germany,  wait to have their babies examined by a doctor.

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Saturday March 27, 1937

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A decree by Hermann Göring was published declaring that anyone who owned land Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13805, Hermann Göring.jpgsuitable for agriculture was obligated to cultivate it. Landowners who did not comply would be forced to lease part or all of their property to an approved expert

A new Saturdy Evening Post and New Yorker magazine

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African-American singer Marian Anderson reading to a group of children
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Daphne and Stanley Green were married in Norfolk
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Friday March 26, 1937

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Judge William H. Hastie, dean of the Howard University Law School, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, ca. 1941 - NARA - 535835.tifWilliam H. Hastie was confirmed as judge of the Federal District Court in the Virgin Islands, becoming the first African-American federal magistrate in U.S. history

 

 

Image result for march 26, 1937In Crystal City Texas  the  Spinach industry installed a statue of the iconic cartoon character ‘Popeye’, leaving the fictitious beefy guy’s fans delighted.

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 26, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 26, 1937

 

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Thursday March 25, 1937

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Italy and Yugoslavia signed a five-year non-aggression and neutrality pact. Yugoslavia recognized Ethiopia as Italian territory while Italy made trade concessions and granted language and school rights for its Yugoslav minority.

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TWA Flight 15A crash: A Trans Continental & Western Air passenger plane in Clifton, Pennsylvania crashed attempting to land, killing all 13 aboard.

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Officials at the police station discussing the strike

 

The Lewiston–Auburn shoe strike began in Maine.

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The Royal Family Princess Elizabeth, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Queen mother, and Princess Margaret

 

 

 

 

 

Prince Kuninomiya Asaakira visited Kagamigahara airfield to see Kamikaze-Go during training

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The 1937 Ford Daniel La Lee Streamliner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 25, 1937
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Wednesday March 24, 1934

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60,000 auto workers striking against Chrysler ended a 17-day work stoppage after a tentative settlement was reached.

Eight middle aged white men, seven wearing three piece suits and one wearing an overcoat that obscures what he's wearing beneath, stand in two rows in front of some steps.
William Aberhart’s first cabinet, pictured with him in 1935, remained intact until late in 1936.

Social Credit backbenchers’ revolt: By a vote of 27 to 25, a motion was carried in the Alberta legislature over the protest of Premier William Aberhart to adjourn the debate on his government’s budget.

 

 

 

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Oxford won the 89th Boat Race, ending Cambridge‘s streak of 13 consecutive wins.

Image result for march 24, 1937The new Post Office is dedicated in San Antonio, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 24, 1937
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Tuesday March 23, 1937

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The Battle of Guadalajara ended in a Republican victory

.Judy Garland signs autographs at the preview for CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS in Los Angeles

Thousands of demonstrators protest against police eviction of sit-down strikers in Cadillac Square in Detroit

Chicago Daily Tribune March 23, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 23, 1937
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Monday March 22, 1937

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The only acknowledgement of Mit brennender Sorge in the German press appeared in the Völkischer Beobachter, where an editorial said that “even an agreement with the Holy See has not sacrosanct, untouchable and enternal value.

Cancer researcher C. C. Little is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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Russian film maker Vladislav Mikosha and crew Seeing-off the airplane to the Pole

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 22,1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 22,1937
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Sunday March 21, 1937

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The Ponce massacre occurred in Ponce, Puerto Rico when police opened fire on a peaceful civilian march. 21 were killed and more than 200 wounded.

Mit brennender Sorge was read out from the pulpits of German Catholic churches. Copies of the encyclical had to be secretly smuggled into the country

Albert Einstein makes a face moments before adressing Congress with a speech on Peace 

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Chicago Daily Tribune March 21, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 21, 1937
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