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Saturday April 10, 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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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

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The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

 

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced that he would soon be retiring

 

 

 

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post 

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Image result for april 10, 1937The first mail plane arrives in  Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

Credit: Air Canada ArchivesTrans Canada airline takes off for the first time.

SS Nieuw Amsterdam was launched , it is the largest liner so far by Holland America

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Chicago Daily Tribune April 10, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 10, 1937