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Saturday June 5, 1937

June 6, 2017PostsBelmont, lifeboat, Mail, mobsters, Spanish Civil War, triple crown, War AdmiralShanna 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.

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French troops were rushed to the İskenderun region to control the rioting between Arabs and Turks

A new New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post magazine

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Richard Silver.

The first motorized lifeboat in Cullercoats, England is put into service

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Lucchese mobsters James Plumeri aka Jimmy Doyle and Johnny Dioguardi aka Johnny Dio are handcuffed together leaving court.

Jockey Charley Kurtsinger guides War Admiral to the Triple Crown with a win at the Belmont Stakes. war-admiral

Saturday May 15, 1937

May 15, 2017PostsDenmark Royalty, Hindenburg, preakness, War AdmiralShanna 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.

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Valencia endured the most intensive Nationalist aerial bombardment yet made on the city, killing more than 30 people.The British embassy there was damaged and two staff members wounded.

Francisco Largo Caballero resigned as Prime Minister of Spain after the Socialists and Communists withdrew participation from his cabinet over his desire to give POUM clemency.

“September in the Rain” by Guy Lombardo topped the American pop charts.

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine

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War Admiral won the Preakness Stakes

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The Princes and Princesses of Denmark and Norway in an open carriage on their way to the cathedral on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark.

Saturday May 8, 1937

May 9, 2017PostsHindenburg, Kentucky Derby, Spanish Civil War, War AdmiralShanna 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:

Italy recalled its news correspondents from London and banned all British newspapers except for the Daily Mail, The Observer and The Evening News. The move was believed to have been taken in reaction to the British press mocking the recent defeats of Italian troops in the Spanish Civil War.

War Admiral won the Kentucky Derby. Image result for war admiral wins kentucky derby