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.

Blew hard all day.  Carsey had to be at work at 6:30!! I slept late and got up to go with him to lunch at 11.  He had to go back to work at 12 and I fixed up and read.  Slept a little. At 3 the wind had died. Went to town – met Pete Romain – fooled around – went to a western show – punk!

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

In retaliation for the Palos incident of the previous week, the German cruiser Königsberg forced the Spanish steamer Soton aground near Santander while the Graf Spee stopped another steamer, the Aragon, and forced it to change course to a Nationalist-held port.

The Public Order Act went into effect in the United Kingdom, banning the wearing of political uniforms and empowering the police to stop political marches when there is risk of disorder.

Anastasio Somoza García became President of Nicaragua.

The Pittsburgh Panthers beat the Washington Huskies 21-0 in the 1937 Rose Bowl.

The Santa Clara Broncos defeated the LSU Tigers 21-14 in the Sugar Bowl.

The Duquesne Dukes edged the Mississippi State Bulldogs 13-12 in the Orange Bowl.

The 1st Cotton Bowl was played in Dallas, Texas. The TCU Horned Frogs beat the Marquette Golden Avalanche 16-6.

In the 3rd Sun Bowl, the Hardin-Simmons Cowboys beat the Texas Western Miners 34-6.

 A heavily laden gambling ship, the Monte Carlo,  tore at her moorings three miles off Coronado, the victim of a vicious winter storm.

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