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.

At 8:30 AM Arnold called and I dressed in a hurry to start sightseeing – He met me in the lobby looking like a million in a white suit – Went to breakfast, then to Breckenridge.  Had limeddes in the Japanese Sunken Gardens – Saw “Easy Living” at the Majestic. Packed – made house plans in the hotel rooms. Left Dallas at eleven

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

In Shanghai, an anti-aircraft shell landed on the deck of the heavy cruiser USS Augusta and exploded, killing 1 American sailor and wounding 18

Dixie Bibb Graves takes her seat in the Senate, she was a First Lady from the state of Alabama, and the first woman United States Senator from Alabama

A tri-engined SAVOIA-MARCHETTI airplane is  checked out before its departure from Istres (near Marseilles) to Damascus, Syrai. The two pilots are the sons of Benito Mussolini.

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