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Saturday May 15, 1937

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Valencia endured the most intensive Nationalist aerial bombardment yet made on the city, killing more than 30 people.The British embassy there was damaged and two staff members wounded.

Largo Caballero.jpgFrancisco Largo Caballero resigned as Prime Minister of Spain after the Socialists and Communists withdrew participation from his cabinet over his desire to give POUM clemency.

“September in the Rain” by Guy Lombardo topped the American pop charts.

 

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War Admiral won the Preakness Stakes

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The remains of the wreckage of the German Zeppelin Hindenburg are removed from the U.S. Naval Base

 

 

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The Princes and Princesses of Denmark and Norway in an open carriage on their way to the cathedral on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark.

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Friday May 14, 1937

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Came home dead and slept and hour.  Went riding with Velma later.  She certainly has her troubles and she was brimming over with them. Tonight is the night of the dance at Seminole!  Alyce Claire left right after school.

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The 8th Imperial Conference began in London.

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1937 Imperial Conference
Governor Winship (left) meeting with Virgin Islands governor Lawrence W. Cramer (standing) and Senator Millard Tydings,

The Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship signed a bill providing for sterilization of the insane and the establishment of a eugenics board

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German Board of Inquiry at Lakehurst, NJ investigating the Hindenburg accident
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Young actors Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland arrive at a movie premiere
Chicago Daily Tribune May 14, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune May 14, 1937
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Tuesday May 11,1937

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Took my home room to Bottomless Lakes – Mrs Roney helped chaperone them.   They went swimming and motor-boating – Good time.

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LBJ and President FDR, meet with Governor James Allred  in Galveston

 

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The Chicago Daily Tribune May 11, 937
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Saturday May 8, 1937

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Italy recalled its news correspondents from London and banned all British newspapers except for the Daily Mail, The Observer and The Evening News. The move was believed to have been taken in reaction to the British press mocking the recent defeats of Italian troops in the Spanish Civil War.

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Challenge Cup logoWidnes defeated Keighley 18-5 in to win rugby’s Challenge Cup in front of 47,699 at Wembley Stadium.

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The Montreux Convention Regarding the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt was concluded.

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Friday May 7, 1937

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German aviation minister Hermann Göring ordered work rushed on the LZ 130 LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, which was to have been the sister ship of the Hindenburg.

United StatesThe U.S. Congress passed neutrality legislation permitting the sale of certain commodities (excluding munitions) while making it illegal for U.S. citizens to travel on belligerent ships.

Shall We Dance poster.jpgThe musical film Shall We Dance starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers was released. This film introduced the famous George and Ira Gershwin songs “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and “They Can’t Take That Away from Me“.

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A Royal Navy submarine emerges from the Thames in front of Tower Bridge on its way to St Katharine’s Dock
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Thursday May 6, 1937

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The German airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built, explodes as it arrives in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people died in the fiery accident that has since become iconic, in part because of the live radio broadcast of the disaster.

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Monday May 3, 1937

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The Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on the evening of May 3, 1937, on the first of 10 round trips between Europe and the United States that were scheduled for its second year of commercial service.

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Six days of civil violence known as the May Days began in Catalonia.

Actors Billy and Bobby Mauch are on the cover of this weeks Time magazine

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt goes fishins at Port Aransas

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Tuesday April 6, 1937

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Four U.S. Navy flyers were killed in a collision of two bomber planes during maneuvers off the coast of California

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The  Hindenburg, arrived over the United States as a rainstorm was broiling over its intended destination, the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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Logansport Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana on April 6, 1937
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Thursday March 18, 1937

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New London School explosion: A natural gas explosion destroyed a school in New London, Texas and killed at least 295 people. It remains the worst school disaster in American history.

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Arabs in Tripoli presented Mussolini with the “Sword of Islam” to symbolize his leadership and present him as a protector of the Muslim faith. A famous propaganda photo depicts Mussolini on horseback raising this sword above his head.

Republicans took Brihuega

BYGONE - 031717Just 36 days after the Mississippi River stood at a record 48.7 feet in Memphis on Feb. 10, the Chisca sat on a sandbar near Tunica

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Inside the Hindenburg Airship. Interior corridor of the passenger cabin.

 

 

 

 

 

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Amelia Earhart wears a lei upon arrival at Wheeler Field, Oahu, from California

Chicago Daily Tribune March 18, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune March 18, 1937
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Friday October 9, 1936

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Boulder Dam began generating electricity and Tens of thousands of people jammed the parade route on Broadway in Los Angeles as the street became ablaze with light

 

The European committee on neutrality in the Spanish Civil War met in London with representatives of 27 nations present. Many accusations were flung back and forth but no concrete proposals on how to resolve them were offered, and the meeting adjourned with no date set for another meeting.

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650 fighters of the International Brigades arrived at Alicante.

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Hindenburg over The Travelers Tower Hartford, Conn
Chicago Daily Tribune October 9, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 9, 1936
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