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Saturday April 10, 1937

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The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

 

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced that he would soon be retiring

 

 

 

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Image result for april 10, 1937The first mail plane arrives in  Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

Credit: Air Canada ArchivesTrans Canada airline takes off for the first time.

SS Nieuw Amsterdam was launched , it is the largest liner so far by Holland America

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Chicago Daily Tribune April 10, 1937
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Friday April 9, 1937

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The Kamikaze became the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe in a Flight Time Record of 94 hours, 17 minutes and 56  seconds.

Image result for april 9. 1937Wives of Caterpillar Tractor Company employees celebrate after the company and CIO leaders resolved the ongoing strike, Peoria, Illinois

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The Mayor of Berlin orders public schools not to admit Jewish children until further notice.

Chicago Daily Tribune April 9, 1937
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Thursday April 8, 1937

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Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg went back on his announcement of February 14 and said that the Habsburg Monarchy could not be restored in the foreseeable future due to the tense international situation.

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The Oshawa Strike began in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada when 4,000 General Motors workers walked off the job

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Sakiko Saito, daughter of the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito, was crowned Queen of the Cherry Blossoms by Melvin Hazen, Commissioner of the District of Columbia.

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 8, 1937
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Wednesday April 7, 1937

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 Two letters from Mary Jo telling me of getting the dresses!  I thought she’d never write and sure enough the letters were delayed one place LloydsOfLondonFilm.jpgor another! All is fogiven. Next to last curriculum meeting tonight. Nellie Monroe Cullender and I saw “Lloyds of London”  last night and had a good visit  – Horror of Horrors!  They are taking my Spanish away from me!  Only one teacher will be needed next year because they are not requiring it for graduation!  Woe is me!  Maybe someone else will have a need for Spanish teacher, huh?
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The Pennsylvania chocolate workers’ strike ended when the strikers were forcibly removed from the factory
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Robert Wadlow (Alton Giant), 18, of Alton, Ill., enters a turnstile at a New York City subway station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sunday April 4, 1937

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Byron Nelson won the fourth Masters Tournament.

 

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Tthe fuselage of a war plane at the plant the Boeing aircraft company, in Seattle, built for the United States Army Air Corps.

 

 

 

 

 

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The congestion in Manhattan on this Sunday afternoon was not your typical mix of cars and trucks, but a parade of pachyderms, in town for the Ringling Brothers circus show.
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The first Giant Slalom race takes place in Tuckerman Ravine
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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.

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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.

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Saturday March 13, 1937

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Image result for march 13, 1937Joe Petrali  riding a specially built streamlined Harley-Davidson in Daytona Beach,  he set a new one-mile motorcycle speed record of 136.183 mph. That record would hold for 11 years.

 

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The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling in the Remington Rand strike, finding that Remington Rand committed acts of deceit, economic warfare and union breaking. The company was ordered to reinstate all strikers with back pay and recognize the union, but owner James Rand, Jr. refused and the strike continued.

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One of the few tank-vs.-tank engagements of the Spanish Civil War was fought near Trijueque when some Republican T-26s destroyed five Italian-made CV 3/35 tankettes and severely damaged two more

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Image result for march 13, 1937Amelia Earhart takes the $80,000 flying laboratory on a trial run over San Francisco Bay prepping for her around-the-world flight

 

 

 

 

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Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1937
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Friday February 5, 1937

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The first time in three weeks the Ohio River was below flood level at most stages. Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana were all affected, 385 died and property loss reached $500  million. (close to 9 billion today)

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The Hughes Court, 1932–1937

Judicial Procedures Reform Bill: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a surprise message to Congress recommending a drastic revision of the Supreme Court. The plan would increase the number of judges from 9 to 15 if judges past the age of 70 refused to retire

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Chicago Daily Tribune February 5, 1937
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Wednesday February 3, 1937

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In the wake of the Ohio River Flood, President Roosevelt presented a request to Congress for almost $3 billion for flood control improvements.

 

The Battle of Málaga began.

 

 

 

 

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The 33rd International Eucharistic Congress opened in Manila, Philippines. It was the first eucharistic congress held in Asia.

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The old Federal Building in Portland where men are waiting to help with snow shoveling.
Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 3, 1937
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