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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1937
Page
1
Shanghai endures another day of bombardment and street fighting as Japanese reinforcements rush up and Chinese forces press near the International Settlement. Reports from London note limited progress toward any side’s victory and discuss proposals for a neutral zone guarded by international forces.
Tokyo maintains no war with China despite a looming land and sea push near Shanghai and seized Chinese warehouse lands cited as reprisal for a Japanese ship sinking. Diplomacy remains in apparent limbo with piracy implications due to lack of declared war.
Reports say a new Japanese offensive begins with heavy bombardment of Chapel area as flames rise in multiple sectors. British shipping lines halt cargo to Shanghai amid a joint plan to adjust movements, with about 100000 tons of range en route to Shanghai and diversions affecting Hong Kong congestion.
The event lists participants from France Britain and Italy. Signor Mussolini's son Bruno joins four French men and Flying Officer Clousten piloting a Comet in the Iatres to Damascus leg then to Paris with racing to start tomorrow.
The British Government submitted definite proposals to China and Japan to end the danger in Shanghai. It urges both nations to exclude their military and naval forces from the settlement and surrounding area. Protection for Japanese nationals should be entrusted to other foreign contingents in concert, to reassure both sides.
A Tokyo Daily Telegraph correspondent reports Japan faces rising tension and a possible fascist dictatorship under war conditions. Opposition wanes, a state controlled economy could emerge, with major banks and industries organized into a vast monopoly trading syndicate and a minister without portfolio favored to coordinate military and economic policy.
After breakdowns in talks to settle the stay-in strike at Metropolitan Gas Company works, union officials widen the dispute to Fitzroy works. Foremen superintendents and office staff continue operations while the Trades Hall Disputes Committee directs Road Transport Union members to halt shipments except for hospital and fire brigade needs.
Lisbon dispatch cites severe diplomatic strains between Portugal and Czecho-Slovakia over alleged failures to fulfill armament contracts for Morvugal.
Valencia dispatch reports an Italian destroyer pursued and fired on the Spanish steamer Aldecon, which sought refuge at Algiers. The vessel is undamaged.
The Manchester Guardian reports Whitehall worried by the Mediterranean crisis as Italian submarines attack ten ships between August 6 and 15. Officials note weak fleets and uneven forces hinder distant raids while the Non-Intervention Committee debates the impact on Anglo Italian and French Italian relations.
George Charles Richardson appeared before Col. J. T. H. Goodwin at Canberra Court and was fined 10 shillings with two days’ hard labour in default. Police records show he has 100 prior convictions for various offences.
Thursday the Berlin representative of The Times, Mr Ebbutt, was served with an expulsion order. The time limit ends at midnight Sunday. The order cites un favourable conduct and threatens fines or seven years imprisonment if he returns without permission. The Foreign Press Association met to consider the expulsion.
Detectives probe the death of nine year old Donald Bunyan found dying in a garage behind his home. A bullet struck his chest and a post mortem showed the bullet passed through a lung and heart. Two theories consider accidental shooting by another boy or an intruder.
Sir Hubert Wilkins and Mellick Menyon will pilot a large flying boat to locate Soviet flyers. The craft, meant for New Guinea exploration, has a 4000 mile range. Alaska weather hampers the search as replies from the Bakimos on Barter Island, 500 miles from Point Borrow, suggest they heard engines days ago raising hope of a rescue.
At the annual conference in Sydney on September 22 the Returned Soldiers League will hear a motion from the South Coast and Tablelands group alarmed by continued immigration of Southern Europeans to Australia. The Griffith sub-branch will move that ex-service men support home defence and that Australian governments prevent the influx by non British people.
The Strathaird docked today with 80 arrivals, about 80 Greeks and the rest Germans and Czechoslovakians plus two Italians. A passenger claimed Greeks looked respectable today but described their voyage attire as dirty and greasy. Other travelers noted differing living standards and cleanliness from Australian norms.
Prime Minister Mr Lyons announced that a comprehensive report on alien migration prepared by the Department of the Interior will be considered by a special Cabinet meeting tomorrow. The statement was made this Thursday in Sydney during current government deliberations.
Prime Minister Lyons outlined rapid industrial growth in Australia at a Chambers of Manufacturers dinner. He cited over £14,000,000 new capital since 1932 creating 28,350 jobs and machinery output near £17,500,000, with a further £10,000,000 investment anticipated this year.
Cabinet in Canberra weighs Victoria's quarantine status for infantile paralysis after a report by Dr. Cumpston. Health officials from states met in Melbourne to discuss, with new regulations mandating Victorians under two to report to the Health Department in the capital.
Health Minister Fire Simmons said Premier Stevens sent a telegram to Prime Minister Lyons with a letter requesting NSW declare infantile paralysis a quarantinable disease and Victoria a quarantine area. He noted anticipated Commonwealth action and orders to police and transport services to enforce state quarantine. Education Minister Drummond announced teachers would cooperate to limit spread by avoiding travel during holidays unless urgent, with reports on destinations upon return.
Emergency health measures for the Federal Capital Territory were issued by the Commonwealth Health Department in response to the infantile paralysis epidemic. They run through September 30 and require reporting of anyone under 21 arriving from Victoria since July 1. Occupiers and head teachers must report arrivals. under 21s from Victoria are contacts and face residence restrictions and visitor bans.
At a Social Credit picnic in Edmonton Premier Aberhart stated Alberta would fight along constitutional lines. A man shouted for guns, but Aberhart cautioned against such talk and avoided secession comments amid Ottawa’s disallowance of the banking bill.
A British inventor has produced a small device described as a secret eye that detects aircraft above clouds at night or in fog and warns of approaching obstacles at sea. It uses wavelengths between infrared and radio, indicates distance and direction, and weighs about 40 pounds in a compact box.
The infantile paralysis epidemic grew with ten new cases, totaling 116. Three children in Fairfield and children’s hospitals contracted paralysis via cross infection, prompting discussion by the Consultative Council on hospital infection risks and gauze mask use at home. The Minister for Health noted NSW isolation mirrored Victorian practice, while SA announced no quarantine against Victoria.
Sydney bookmakers plan a Monday meeting to protest the 1 percent turnover tax. They argue the tax burdens them beyond survival and threaten to refuse operating during the Spring Carnival opening at Warwick Hill if the remssion is not granted, risking a totalisator overload for punters.
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