Saturday May 2, 1936

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.

April has gone!  Slept late today. Paid some bills and practiced for tomorrow.  Saw Margaret Douglas but I can’t remember her name now.  She has gained 20 pounds since I saw her last.  I guess that was in Tucumcari. Washed.

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

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt, won by the Wafd Party.

 

 

 

Bold Venture won the Kentucky Derby.

The Sergei Prokofiev composition Peter and the Wolf premiered in Moscow

 

 

 

Temple prepare for the Second Sino-Japanese War as they wear gas masks during training against future aerial attacks in Tokyo, Japan

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 2, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune May 2, 1936

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