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Tuesday March 30, 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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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

 

Tuesday March 23, 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 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

Saturday March 13, 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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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

 

 

 

 

Image result for march 13, 1937In Washington D.C., Albert Pike is using a stereoscope on a pair of photographs to bring out the relief and locate objects for a map;

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1937

Monday March 8, 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 Guadalajara began.

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The steamship Mar Cantabrico, carrying war materiel from the United States to the Spanish Republic, was intercepted in the Bay of Biscay by the Nationalists who shot 26 members of the crew.

Coat of Arms of Edward, Duke of Windsor.svgThe title of Duke of Windsor was created for the former king Edward.  His brother George Vi is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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March 8, 1937-Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player, dies of a heart attack at 34 Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player, dies of a heart attack at 34 after breaking his leg January 28, 1937

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Taxi Cab drivers strike in Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Men of the London Stock Exchange,
Chicago Daily Tribune March 8, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 8, 1937

Friday March 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.

Stayed home to get rid of cold for good and all. Hope  I succeeded! Carsey Wrote.
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The Battle of Cape Machichaco was fought, resulting in a Nationalist victory.

Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista flag.svgThe Communist Party of Spain demanded that POUM be eliminated.

 

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Ferenc Szálasi

The Hungarian government revealed a plot by the National Socialist Party and arrested its leader Ferenc Szálasi.

Chicago Daily Tribune March 6, 1937 pg 4
Chicago Daily Tribune March 6, 1937 pg 4

The U.S. Department of State officially apologized to the German government for Fiorello La Guardia’s remarks

 

 

 

 

Popeye becomes artistic

Chicago Daily Tribune March 5, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 5, 1937

Wednesday February 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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In the Battle of Jarama, Republicans tried to take strategic Pingarrón Hill southeast of Madrid but were pushed back

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Chicago Daily Tribune February 24, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 24, 1937

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Sunday February 21, 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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Preacher Rodney “Gypsy” Smith

Heard Gypsy Smith twice – he is very sincere.  Slept late!

 

 

 

 

 

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Nearly 40,000 Republican militia launched an attack on Oviedo.

Image result for José Asensio TorradoThe Spanish government dismissed General José Asensio Torrado after the fall of Málaga.

France closed its border with Spain to keep foreign fighters and weapons out of the Civil War.

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The Italians captured the leader of the Ethiopian resistance, Desta Damtew.

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The first successful flying car, the Waterman Arrowbile, made its first flight.

 

Chicago Suday Tribune February 21, 1937
Chicago Suday Tribune February 21, 1937

Sunday February 14, 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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A Nationalist warship shelled the Republican capital of Valencia for 30 minutes until counterfire from shore batteries forced its retreat.

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Kurt Schuschnigg

Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg indicated that a referendum on the question of restoring the Habsburg Monarchy might be held

 

 

 

 

St Pauls Perrish in Brookeville Center, Ct. burned to the ground.

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St. Paul’s Brookfield
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Scene along “Skid Row.” Howard Street, San Francisco, California
Chicago Daily Tribune February 14, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 14, 1937

Saturday February 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 Battle of Jarama began.

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Benito Mussolini‘s 20-year-old son Vittorio married Orsola Buvoli in Rome. About 1,000 people stood in the rain outside the church to view the comings and goings

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New York’s Central Park is covered in snow

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Learning to type and write shorthand
Chicago Daily Tribune February 6, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 6, 1937

Thursday January 14, 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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Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring held conferences in Rome with Benito Mussolini and Galeazzo Ciano to discuss policy toward the Spanish Civil War

 

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Professional golfer Harry Cooper squatting on the golf course during the final round of the Los Angeles Open. Cooper won the event.
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Adelaide Boys’ Band arriving at Central Railway in Sydney
Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 14, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 14, 1937