(This is an entry from the journal entitled Mexico Summer written 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:

Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia,  held a conference for reporters on the porch of his headquarters to formally reject the Hoare–Laval Pact

Mussolini authorized the use of chemical weapons in Ethiopia.

Pope Pius XI created eighteen new cardinals.

In Manhattan, the Frick Collection of art opened to the public.

Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov is on the cover of Time magazine.

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