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Visited with pop. Watch party at the church.  Bill Brunson played. Surely do like him and hope he and Agnes do marry – perhaps – Jonathon evidently having a good time

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The most successful board game of all time, Monopoly – which would go on to be printed in more than 40 languages and licensed in well over 100 countries – was patented on this day in 1935 by a salesman from Philadelphia named Charles B. Darrow.

The Imperial Airways passenger plane City of Khartoum ran out of fuel and crashed off Alexandria, Egypt. 12 of the 13 aboard were killed.

The Lindbergh family reached English shores and dodged an army of reporters, secluding themselves in a Liverpool hotel and turning down all requests for interviews.

The musical film King of Burlesque had its world premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood

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Ty-Ty left for Silver City to visit Dit and Harold.  Mary Jo and I watched the Rose Bowl Specials from Dallas go through – one of the fellows, Lindsey Esco (?) Manager of the band, gave us each a figure of Peruna with the colors of SMU to wear – A pity  they lost so horribly!  Went to Bachora Smith’s Dinner – Bunco Party and played Bridge with Red Smith, Maxine Conore, Bill Neill – seven tables of Bunco besides!

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Times Square New York City

Helen Hayes is on the cover of this weeks Time Magazine.

Baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax is born in Brooklyn.

Italian warplanes bombed a Swedish Red Cross field hospital in southern Ethiopia, killing 42. The bombing greatly angered Sweden and led to a diplomatic row with Italy.

Ethiopia protested to the League of Nations that Italy had used chemical weapons in violation of the Geneva Convention.

In order to economize gold, Nazi Germany restricted the size of wedding rings and the amount of gold that they could contain.

The Leni Riefenstahl-directed documentary Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht (Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces) premiered in Germany

Playing in the snow in Philly

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James Grover McDonald announced his resignation, effective tomorrow, as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Coming from Germany. In his letter of resignation he explained that racial persecution in Germany had become so large a problem that only the League itself could solve it by addressing its source.

The Soviet Union decided to allow Christmas trees again, but only for New Year’s when they would be designated as New Year trees

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Saw “Good Fairy” in Van Horn with Agnes and Mary Jo

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Snow fun in Norfolk, VA

The Sumatra earthquake occurred.

Mussolini renounced the Stresa Front and Four-Power Pact due to hostile relations with Britain and France.

The French government banned political “leagues” in an attempt to counteract radical political organizations

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker

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Five American warplanes of the 23d Bomb Squadron bombed Mauna Loa in Hawaii in an unprecedented attempt to divert the flow of lava from a volcanic eruption. The bombs hit their mark, but it was not clear if they had any effect.

Uruguay broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.Uruguay accused the Soviets of using their legation as a headquarters for plotting communist revolutions.

The film A Tale of Two Cities, based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, was released.

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Martial law was declared in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hankou following Tang Yu-jen’s assassination

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Very Happy Christmas – Music from Jona – then mirrors from Jaime and pj’s from Mary Jo besides slip from Alyce Claire, stationary, candy, hankies cards etc.  Some hand-printed cards from Mr. Berkness – Jonathon left at 7 P.M. for Memphis, Tenn For Y.P. Conference of M.S. Church, South

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More Christmas mail than ever points to signs of an improving economy

A solar eclipse.

Vice Minister of Chinese Railways Tang Yu-jen was assassinated in Shanghai.

Italian colonial authorities sentenced three Eritreans to be shot in the back as spies for Ethiopia

Two law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty.

Policeman Thomas J. O’Neill
Butte Police Department, MT
EOW: Wednesday, December 25, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire

Patrolman Joseph P. Reiner
New York City Police Department, NY
EOW: Wednesday, December 25, 1935
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault

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King George V sent a message to the empire.

Russia announces it has quadrupled its war fleet

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President F.D. Roosevelt sends a Christmas message to the nation.

The Soviet Union announced that its submarine and destroyer fleets had quadrupled in size over the last four years.

20 were killed and 80 injured in a train collision in Großheringen, Germany.

Haile Selassie gave a Christmas message asking all Christian nations to pray for peace

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Opera singer Kirsten Flagstad is on the cover of Time Magazine.

The Italians first used chemical weapons in Ethiopia, spraying mustard gas and dropping bombs with mustard agent on Ethiopian soldiers and civilians.

In a Christmas radio message, Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg announced an extensive amnesty for political prisoners. It benefited both Socialists who fought in the Austrian Civil War and Nazis who participated in the July Putsch.

It was announced that Charles Lindbergh and his family had departed the United States for England due to kidnapping threats against their 3-year-old son

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Church twice – not S.S. Bill Brunson sang one of his own songs at night.  Heard Dit had operation for appendicitis last Friday.   Heard about Jaime’s Eula Brown.  Saw Mr. Wheat

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Anthony Eden was named Britain’s new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Droves of people braved a harsh winter storm to watch the great unveiling of the 22 foot tall Santa statue in Santa Claus, Indiana. capitalize on the town’s unique name.

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