Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 20, 1935

Baby has mastoid surgery; German rearmament alarms world leaders

Mary Elizabeth underwent double mastoid surgery at 8:30 this morning at Reading Hospital. It was over by 9:45, but they were not able to see her for a few hours. “We went back for a short time in evening but returned home,” her father wrote, “as nurse was taking good care of M.E. and she was as quiet as they wanted her to be.”

World powers reacted with alarm to the news that Germany would reinstitute a draft on September 1 and was showing off its new airplanes. To read on, you will need to be a paid subscriber. Click below to upgrade.