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.
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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today
Cuban President Miguel Mariano Gómez vetoed a bill that would have introduced an army-sponsored 9-cent tax on each bag of sugar to fund the construction of rural schools run by the military. Gómez explained in his veto message that it was “the duty of the educational and not the military institutions” to teach Cuban children. Opponents of Gómez immediately began impeachment proceedings against him, accusing the president of trying to unconstitutionally force congress to defeat the tax bill as well as embezzling public funds.
The Junkers Ju 88 had its first flight.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.. It involved principles of both governmental regulation of business and the supremacy of the executive branch of the federal government to conduct foreign affairs.
Edward Johnson is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine
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Got “Fiesta in Mexico” by Erna Ferguson. Asked for Woolcott’s “While Rome Burned” or his “Reader” – No luck on them – cleaned my room. Somehow the sun always seems to shine brighter after I’ve cleaned my room. Changed the furniture around again too. had a sore throat since Thursday so I bought another bottle of stuff to gargle. Read Erna Fergusons “Fiesta in Mexico” until after 10 P.M.
