Professor Hamilton's Diary: Oct. 3, 1935

He has a full day of college and chores; Mussolini invades Ethiopia

For Professor Hamilton, it was a day of classes and housework. He mowed the lawn and waxed the floors at home. He drove Margaret to her ensemble class and then put the children to bed. After they were asleep, he worked on a speech he was to give the next day to the Peace League of Berks County.

The peace had been broken that very day when the Italian army under dictator Benito Mussolini dropped all pretense of negotiating and invaded the African nation of Ethiopia. It was yet another prelude to the world conflagration known as World War II. Paid subscribers can read on.

The photo above shows Italian troops parading through the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, in May 1936. It was accessed via Wikimedia Commons.