Shanghai Carnage as Bomb Attacks Kill Hundreds and Wreck City
The International Settlement in Shanghai sees massive bombings with 506 killed and 903 wounded. Eight Japanese warships are reported immobilised in the Whang Po River as Chinese forces press attacks near Nanking Road, Palace Hotel, and Cathay Hotel, while British and French marines assist and Vice-Admiral Little arrives aboard HMS Falmouth.
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Shanghai
Avenue of Equity
Nanking
Whang Foo
Sechues Road
Soochow Creek
Whang Poo River
Riverside Avenue
Cicada
Nanking Road
Cathay Hotel
Palace Hotel
Sassoon Emporium
Iduma
Whang Poo
Coochow Creek
Newcastle
James Findlay
Neutrality stance warned against hasty action over China and Japan
Washington reports U S leaders resist rush to war actions over Sino Japanese conflict. Secretary Hull says China and Japan should avoid Shanghai as a military base. Navy ready to protect and evacuate nationals. Roosevelt remains on a Potomac yacht but closely monitors events. Public opinion centers on protecting Americans. The Sino Japanese war is not America’s war.
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Washington
China
Japan
Nye
Cordell Hull
United States
Shanghai
Navy
America
Gas Strike Support From Transport Union Hits Melbourne
The Land Transport Workers' Union backed gas workers on Saturday night, vowing not to cart coal or oil to the South Melbourne and West Melbourne gas works. Pickets blocked almost all traffic except coke for hospitals, risking disruption to iron and steel industries dependent on coke. Union demands include higher pay, longer service, a five day week, a superannuation scheme, and compulsory unionism. The South Melbourne City Band performed in the street after being refused entry to the works.
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Melbourne
Land Transport Workers’ Union
South Melbourne
West Melbournes
Iow
Nazi espionage in Britain targets German workers in London
Daily Herald reports Scotland Yard and Home Office investigations into German girl office workers and domestics aiding espionage. Threats to revoke permits drive refusals as Nazi secret police possibly fields 100 key men in Britain. Anti fascist paper shops also monitored by Nazi agents.
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London
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Nasi
Canberra Education Fellowship reception for overseas delegates
Canberra plans a reception at Albert Hall for the New Education Fellowship delegates headed by E Baker Davies. The event brings 15 countries together with lectures and social exchanges to follow.
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Canberra
New Education Fellowship
Arran
E. Baker Davies
C.B.E
M.A
Oxon
Albert Hall
Beatrice Encor
South Africa
Susan Isaacs
University of London
Debenham
Cambridge University
Hamley
Martial law declared in Shanghai Nanking railway zones
Government proclaims martial law across the Shanghai Nanking and Shanghai Nankow railway zones. Flennor Roosevelt appeals to Madame Chiang Kai-Shek to halt Shanghai bombing to protect foreigners and refugees. Japanese communique reports advances on Jukong Road Chapel district and repulsed Chinese attack near Hong Kew Park.
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Nanking
Shanghai - Nanking
Shanghai - Nankow
Flennor Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai
Jukong Road
Chapel District
Hong Kew Park
Nightmares in Shanghai as Battle Rages and Air Raids Grow
Shanghai endures a renewed bombardment in a tense siege atmosphere. Chinese forces tighten around the city while Japanese attackers push forward. Civilians and Westerners shelter in cellars amid air raids and international protests over the bombing of the International Settlement. General Chiang Kai-shek pledges punishment for any Chinese aircrew if misdirected fire caused settlement damage. The双方 blame game continues over the shooting of Japanese sailors.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kia-shek Heas
Piota
Japanese Raid Air Base as Reprisal
Japanese bombers from an aircraft carrier off Woosung attacked Chinese air bases in Chekiang and claimed destruction of aircraft. Unknown reinforcements landed. Japanese sectors near the international settlement face heavy pressure and may become untenable without aid. Anti aircraft bursts followed the raid.
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Shanghai
Idumo
Woosung
Chekiang Provinces
Sit Down Strike Disrupts Wharf Unloading in Darwin
A sit down strike by workers in Darwin's sorting shed halted unloading of fresh supplies from the Marella, which had arrived from Singapore, protesting the hiring of two permanent men to handle wheeled hand trolleys.
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Darwin
Singapore
Soviet Flyers Overdue on Polar Flight
Soviet Polar aviation parties face anxiety as Sigismund Levanevsky’s plane fails to arrive after fuel stop required five hours earlier. Ice conditions forced down by arctic ice with Krassin icebreaker ordered to assist, no further word since an earlier wireless report claiming crossing the North Pole.
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Moscow
Krassin
Fairbanks
North Pole
Warships seen as Chinese planes circle harbor amid Shanghai fighting
Reports say Japanese warships visible as Chinese planes circle the harbor in Shanghai while 625 bodies are recovered and 1,000 wounded near Edward VII Avenue. British sailors assist, French sailors land for guard duties, and a bombing lights the night as refugees crowd roads including Nanking.
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Edward VII
Infantile paralysis cases rise in Melbourne region
Seven more cases confirmed at field infectious diseases hospital, total reaching eighty. Cases include a boy from Eastern Road South Melbourne, a 4 year old boy from Middleanton, a girl aged unknown from Springvale, a seven year old boy from Balaclava who attends Brighton Road School, a 74 year old Carlton boy, and a two year old girl from South Melbourne. All patients treated at Fairfield and Children's Hospitals with respirators stretched to capacity.
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Melbourne
Field Infectious Diseases
Eastern Road
South Melbourne
Middleanton
Springvale
Balaclava
Brighton Road School
Carlton
Fairfield
Children's Hospitals
Attack on Pope by Official Nazi Paper
Berlin reports an official Nazi publication accuses Germany of propaganda aimed at German pilgrims. The article claims the recent Rome pilgrimage was targeted by hostile propaganda and says such actions amount to self-mutilation for the propaganda effort.
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Berlin
Germany
Goren
Rome
Tokyo to Decide New Measures
The Emergency Cabinet resolves to take more concrete measures not disclosed. A Japanese minister reportedly demanded final settlement from Chinese forces near settlement precincts to facilitate peace.
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Tokyo
Manking
Labour to debate shorter working week at congress
British Labour plans a debate at the 69th Trade Union Congress in Norwich next month on shorter working hours and pay. Resolutions will examine Labour's stance on the Government's rearmament programme and possible divisions over defence votes. A resolution criticizes Fascist powers and urges League of Nations strength while noting Labour's past stance.
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Salter Davies
England
Kent
The
Film Institute
Library World
Library Association
Mbra
Australia
Hearner
Casey
London
Trade Union Congress
Norwich
Labour Party
League of Nations
Labour
Road Fatalities Increase Toll In Sydney Area
Traffic deaths rise as two sons die from injuries after separate crashes. George Griffin, 23, of Tom Fitzsimmons, and an unidentified 70 year old of no fixed abode were involved in incidents on the Pacific Highway and at North Sydney, with Griffin dying from a skull fracture at North Shore Hospital.
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Sydney
Furtther
Tom Fitzsimmons
North Sydney
North Shore Hospital
Death of Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril MacNeile Author Pen Name Bapper
The death is announced of Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril MacNeile, the author who wrote under the name Bapper, in London. He was known for his literary work alongside his military career.
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Yusuke Tsurumi
Institute of Pacific Relations
Anders Vedel
Bovet
Geneva
Australia
Dr. Rawlinson
London
Cyril MacNeile
Bapper
Modern China’s Air Power Revealed by Sydney Report
A Sydney dispatch details China’s growing air strength led by Chiang Kai-Shek with nearly 600 frontline aircraft including bombers and high speed fighters. It cites 1936 imports, mostly from the United States, and new orders for 100 Vultee attack aircraft. Chinese pilots fly Northrop, Corsair, Curtis, and Fiat fighters while a Chinese agent travels to Baltimore for bomber contracts.
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Sydney
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Bhell Company
Chiang
U.S.A
Curtis
Fiat
Luther Chang
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Harbour Collision in Dense Fog Off Circular Quay
A fogbound collision occurred off Circular Quay involving the collier Himagase bound for Port Macquarie. No injuries were reported.
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Sydney
Circular Quay
Himagase
Port Macquarie
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NEW Education
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Commonwealth
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Whoare
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Shanghai Hospital
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