Professor Hamilton's Diary: Oct. 10, 1935

'Another fine warm day' in Reading; Roosevelt sons crash car into train

In a sparse entry, Professor Hamilton wrote simply, “Classes. Another fine warm day,” and “Margaret went out to her ensemble class.”

In the news that day, there was plenty going on, however. The president and first lady almost lost two of their sons in a car crash with a train, the New Jersey Supreme Court made a decision about the death sentence of the Lindbergh baby killer, and Professor Hamilton’s observation of “another fine warm day” followed a record-setting cool one.

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The photo of the Roosevelt family in 1919, from the archives of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, show John, sitting on his mother’s lap, and James beside them on a sofa. The other children are Anna, Elliott (standing) and Franklin Jr., on his father’s lap. The picture was accessed via Wikimedia Commons.