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Sunday July 18, 1937

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diary 2by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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Jean went to Tepozlan at 7:10 with an excursion.  I wait very impatiently for a telegram or some word that will tell me Arnold has crossed the border safely. I write as though he were a criminal or something but I don’t like it at all that Tony is going with them. I can’t see the necessity of it so I am worried! Wrote cards to Charlotte and Lenore, read, did everything but chew my fingers!

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Spanish dictator Francisco Franco
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Manuel Azaña

On the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, both Francisco Franco and Manuel Azaña made addresses to the country.

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The Haus der Kunst opened in Munich, Germany.

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Nearly 1,000 uniformed men wearing swastika arm bands and carrying Nazi banners parade past a reviewing stand in New Jersey

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The New Age: Sacrifice, Faith and Loyalty” section during the “Two Thousand Years of German Culture” parade.

Chicago Sunday Tribune July 18, 1937
Chicago Sunday Tribune July 18, 1937

Tuesday July 6, 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.

Wrote Jaime a birthday letter even tho belated! Thrills! Carsey called about 10:30 pm! I hadn’t been expecting him anyway until Thursday – Seemed too good to hear his voice.

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The Battle of Brunete began.

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The National Guard at the entrance to Cleveland’s Republic Steel plant

Chicago Daily Tribune July 6, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune July 6, 1937

Tuesday June 29, 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.

Thought I’d leave for Laredo at 8:30 am but as the 4:45 made better connections I just waited. Met Frances Neville, also Mex bound, so we walked over town together – Visited Joske’s Store – Sat in the Gunter Lounge and listened to an orchestra broadcast luncheon music. Very good – Got the 4:45 and met two people there. Vincent Rousseau from North Carolina and  Jean Crawford from Colorado Springs. We went all the way together. The trip would have been terrible without their company. They scenery is boring! So different from the beautiful green around San Antonio!

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The Nationalists occupied Balmaseda.

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The Lewiston–Auburn shoe strike ended in defeat of the workers.

 

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune June 28,1937
Chicago Daily Tribune June 28,1937

Saturday June 19, 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.

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The Battle of Bilbao ended with the Nationalist capture of the city.

The Huesca Offensive ended in Republican failure.

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The Women’s day massacre occurred in Youngstown, Ohio.Image result for little steel strike june 19, 1937

Pennsylvania Governor George Howard Earle III declared martial law in Johnstown

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Freeport Journal Standard Newspaper Archives. June 19, 1937

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post magazine

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Chicago Daily Tribune June 19, 1937

Saturday June 12, 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.

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The Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization ended swiftly with eight Soviet generals sentenced to be shot for treason.

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The Battle of Bilbao started as the Nationalists launched an assault for the city.

The Republicans launched the Huesca Offensive.

 

 

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Image result for Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition 1937The Greater Texas & Pan-American Exposition opened in Dallas, Texas.

 

 

 

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune June 12, 1937

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday June 6, 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.

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The Segovia Offensive ended in Republican failure

Image result for june 6, 1937 A general strike by some 12,000 auto workers and others in Lansing, MI, shuts down the city for a month in what would become known as the city’s “Labor Holiday.”

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1937 COMMUNION CLASS HOLY ROSARY CHURCH

A boy hops a ride on a streetcar on 51st Street near Western Avenue in Chicago. The photo was taken from the window of a passing auto

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Chicago Sunday Tribune June 6, 1937
Chicago Sunday Tribune June 6, 1937

Saturday June 5, 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.

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French troops were rushed to the İskenderun region to control the rioting between Arabs and Turks

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The first motorized lifeboat in Cullercoats, England is put into service

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Lucchese mobsters James Plumeri aka Jimmy Doyle and Johnny Dioguardi aka Johnny Dio are handcuffed together leaving court.

Jockey Charley Kurtsinger guides War Admiral to the Triple Crown with a win at the Belmont Stakes.war-admiral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily  Tribune June 5, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune June 5, 1937

Wednesday June 2, 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.

Sent special delivery to El Paso for Chiffon ruching.

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Rioting broke out around İskenderun and Antioch after the Syrian parliament refused to ratify the League of Nations‘ decision to make the İskenderun district autonomous.

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German War Minister Werner von Blomberg began a three-day visit to Italy to discuss German-Italian military ties.

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Dizzy Dean

 

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean was suspended by National League President Ford Frick for referring to Frick and umpire George Barr “the two biggest crooks in baseball today.”

 

 

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Image result for june 2, 1937Fred Noonan and Amelia Earhart sit in the “Lockheed Electra”, the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune June 2, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune June 2, 1937

Monday May 31, 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.

Quiet day – Sent Alyce Claire her two dresses she had packed in my bag.  Wrote her, Mary Jo, and the Mex train official in El Paso.  Saw Harry M. Says Roswell is damp but reports have been greatly exaggerated!

 

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Bombardment of Almería: German warships bombarded the city of Almería in retaliation for the Deutschland incident.

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The Republicans launched the Segovia Offensive.

 

Italy and Germany decided to withdraw from the non-intervention cordon around Spain.

The Dionne Quintuplets are on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine.

TIME Magazine Cover: Dionne Quintuplets -- May 31, 1937

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Senjūrō Hayashi resigned as Prime Minister of Japan.

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Wilbur Shaw won the Indianapolis 500.

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 31, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 31, 1937

Monday May 24, 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.

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Republican warplanes bombed a patrol boat of the Italian Navy, killing several sailors.

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Janis Rudsutak
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Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Packhorse Library in West Liberty, KY,

Soviet politician Jānis Rudzutaks was arrested and accused of Trotskyism and espionage for Nazi Germany.

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The U.S. Supreme Court decided Helvering v. Davis and Steward Machine Co. v. Davis.

 

 

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The Chicago Daily Tribune May 24, 1937
The Chicago Daily Tribune May 24, 1937