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Thursday February 13, 1936

diary 2The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary,  written 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

Charles Maurras published a column in Action Française calling for “the knife” to be used against politicians who supported sanctions against Italy. That same day, French politician Léon Blum was attacked and cut about the head by student followers of Maurras.

Léon Blum Meurisse b 1927.jpg
Léon Blum, 1927

That night, the French government banned the Action Française, Camelots du Roi and Royalist Students’ Association under the law passed in December prohibiting extremist political leagues

 

 

Below is an excerpt from Long Life in Florida” a novel about the 1936 North American Cold Wave.

cold wave

 

 

 

The U.S. still on top in Olympic Hockey standings

Standings Through February 13, 1936

Standings

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Rk Team W L T
1 United States 5 1 0
1 Canada 5 1 0
1 Czechoslovakia 5 1 0
4 Great Britain 4 0 1
5 Germany 3 2 1
6 Sweden 2 3 0
7 Hungary 2 4 0
7 Austria 2 4 0
7 France 1 2 0
7 Switzerland 1 2 0
7 Poland 1 2 0
7 Italy 1 2 0
13 Latvia 0 3 0
13 Japan 0 2 0
13 Belgium 0 3 0
Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 13, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Feb 13, 1936