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Saturday September 18, 1937

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

Went to Martens shopped for hats.

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

 

 

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Juan Negrín

Spanish Prime Minister Juan Negrín spoke before the Assembly at the League of Nations, calling the Spanish Civil War “a war of invasion” and denouncing Hitler and Mussolini as “international highwaymen.” Negrín called on the League to recognize German and Italian aggression, give the Republic the right to freely procure war materiel and have all foreign combatants withdrawn from Spanish territory.

Herb Polski.svgThe Alliance of Democrats formed in Poland.

 
A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post

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Image result for september 18, 1937“Sailboat races get under way on Potomac. Washington, D.C.,

Image result for september 18, 1937Douglas B-18 Bolo, March Field Airshow

Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 18, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune Sept 18, 1937