(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

“The Patsy” was one of the cleverest plays ever!  Very well done too.  Mrs. Noah’s dance orchestra was good for between numbers too.  Card from Ty-Ty promises Santa letter soon-

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

Sefridge’s department store lit up london’s Regent Street – long before there were organized Christmas lights.

Italian planes bombed Emperor Haile Selassie‘s headquarters at Dessie. The American Seventh-day Adventist Hospital and a Red Cross tent were also hit by the indiscriminately dropped bombs, though the hospital was evacuated minutes before the attack. The emperor sent a vigorously worded protest to the League of Nations over the incident.

Michael Joseph Savage became 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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