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Tuesday February 2, 1937

February 3, 2017PostsChild wedding, Groundhog Day, Ohio River Flood, Paducah KYShanna Vicker

The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, diary 2 by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

Telegram collect from Mary Jo saying she had to have $25 and $14 and I sent her 2 checks signed but not filled out! Surely peeved me!

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

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The Groundhog saw his Shadow at 9:09 AM after an encounter with a skunk! 6 more weeks of winter.

This Ohio River crested Paducah, KY as the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937 continued. Flood waters covered 90 percent of the city.

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Senjūrō Hayashi became the new Prime Minister of Japan.

A 9-year-old from Tennessee is married

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Saturday January 30, 1937

January 30, 2017PostsBirthday, FDR, Hitler, Ohio River Flood, SpeechShanna Vicker

The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, diary 2 by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

No post today.

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

The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937 continues as the Associated Press reported a total of 333 known deaths across eight U.S. states from the recent flooding. 225 of the deaths were in Kentucky.

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A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post

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The Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center ended. 13 of the 17 defendants were sentenced to execution by firing squad.

Its President Roosevelt’s birthday

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Hitler speaks on the fourth anniversary of the Nazi takeover of power. It is always the occasion for a major Hitler speech. Here he formally renounced Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles and banned Germans from accepting Nobel Prizes

Thursday January 28, 1937

January 28, 2017PostsDisney, Howie Morenz, Ohio River Flood, Snow WhiteShanna Vicker

The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, diary 2 by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

No post today.

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

A man lies in a bed with his left leg raised by a pulley. — After breaking his leg, Morenz was unable to move from his hospital bed.

In a National Hockey League game between the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks, Canadiens star Howie Morenz caught his skate in the boards and broke four bones in his leg. Morenz was hospitalized and would die five weeks later from a blood clot

The Great Ohio River Flood continues the river crested in Huntington nearly 20 feet above flood stage.