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Thursday November 12, 1936

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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.

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Letter from Ty-Ty!  Went for a walk at 6 a.m!! Club today had Mr. Martin Image result for excuse it pleasetalk suposedly on the plause for the Quatro.  Centennial but he spent too much time on N.M. history, Finished reading Excuse It Please by Cornelia Otis Skinner.  Very Clever!  Also “Be Kind to Your Self” by Vash Young.  First 2 chapters fine!

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Image result for Winston Churchill 1936 speechWinston Churchill gave a speech in Parliament attacking the Baldwin government for its slow response to the “unwelcome fact” of German rearmament, warning that Britain was entering a new period of danger. “The era of procrastination, of half measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close”, Churchill stated. “In its place, we are entering a period of consequences.”

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The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened.

Housemaster cast. Seated, middle row, Kynaston Reeves as Ovington, Hilda Trevelyan as Barbara Fane, and Frederick Leister as Donkin

The comedy play Housemaster by Ian Hay premiered at the Apollo Theatre in London.

Chicago Daily Tribune November 12, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune November 12, 1936
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Sunday November 8, 1936

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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.

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Lenore Shafer moved in with me!  Surely am glad that after we had planned our apt. and I back out, we can still be together.

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Wells Fargo stagecoach celebrating the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge opening

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Nationalist general Emilio Mola launched an assault on the Spanish capital city of Madrid, beginning the three-year Siege of Madrid.

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250,000 people gathered in Hyde Park in support of the Jarrow Marchers.

Guatemala and El Salvador recognized the Franco regime

Chicago Daily Tribune November 8, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune November 8, 1936
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Tuesday March 31, 1936

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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.

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The Hindenburg began its first transatlantic crossing

Italians won the Battle of Maychew and achieved complete victory on Ethiopia’s northern front.

Construction continues on the San Francisco Bay Bridge

Baseball returns to downtown Seattle

 

Syria: History of politics and conflict (1920 - 2013)Riot broke out in Damascus after some nationalists were banished to the desert near Dier- El- zor for allegedly fomenting trouble. As a result a general strike was declared which spread to other parts of Syria.

 

 

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Wednesday March 4, 1936

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diary 2The 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.

 

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After four years of construction the Hindenburg  (LZ-129) takes flight.

A British Red Cross ambulance was bombed by Italian warplanes on the Korem plain in Ethiopia, killing seven patients.

The espionage trial of Hermann Görtz began in the Old Bailey.

The SS California strike ended when Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins agreed to arrange a grievance hearing and guarantee the strikers they would face no reprisals.

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune March 4, 1936
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Construction continues on the West Bay section of the San Francisco Bay Bridge

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