Germany and Belgium Reach Unilateral Treaty Assurances
Berlin says Belgium will not allow military passages or bases that could threaten Germany. The accord aims to shorten Germanys eastern frontier and neutralise the Western front in future hostilities. Britain and France are urged to respond to the Spanish question and join a round table on broader European issues.
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Belgium
Germany
Europe
Italy
Buitain
France
Britain and France may hold Minorca amid peace talks
Paris reports renewed talk that Britain and France could occupy Minorca while awaiting order. The Figaro urges protecting Mediterranean positions without consent. Other papers discuss landing forces with Spanish Republicans and stationing ships at Port Mahon, warning Italy about Balearic occupancy.
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Britain
France
Minorca
Figaro” Aays
Mediterranean
Premier denies state aid to Catholic schools in cabinet decision
Premier Stevens told a Sydney crowd at Town Hall that government policy will not fund Catholic education and cabinet reached a firm decision last week. Archbishop Mowll led the meeting opposing aid, urging unity in secular schooling to avoid sectarianism while protestants warned against undermining state welfare.
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Sydney
Stevens
Mowll
Broadbent Plans Solo Flight Run To Beat Record
London report says H Broadbent will attempt a solo flight to Australia before next Wednesday aiming to beat the existing record. Miss Jean Batten plans to beat the England Australia solo record, potentially crossing routes en route.
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London
Jean Batten
Australia
England
H. Broadbent
French Proposals for Spain Crisis Circulate in London
Diplomatic report says Foreign Minister Eden will present France proposals and recommendations to the British Cabinet. France has adopted Thalia counter suggestions to discuss foreign intervention with the Lael Committee to press for troop withdrawal from Spain. France warns against endless talks and urges a time limit on discussion.
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Wemendway
Velegraph
Eden
France
Spain
Prasce
London Markets Edge Up After Tepid Start
London stocks recovered from a weak morning session with all edged shares closing above the prior night’s level. Banks reportedly urged customers to redraw borrowings while French investor confidence returned, drawing money back. Reports said British bankers met privately to discuss the distress at a major Dutch financial house that was forced to liquidate to secure extra cover.
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London
Apallink Llt
Klinding
Campaigns Intensify With Ten Days Left Before October 23
With ten days remaining, parties rush to reach voters using radio campaigns loudspeakers and door to door canvassing as October 23 nears.
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Sydney
Victoria Political Rift Deepens In State Politics
In Melbourne a split widens between the UAP and Liberal Country Party wing as Knox (Upper Yarra) is urged to replace Sir Stanley Argyle as leader. The faction demands a seat redistribution plan and a tougher transport policy to ease roads for motor vehicles, threatening to defect if unmet.
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U.A.P
Country Party
Knox
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Stanley Argyle
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Legislative Assembly
Poet D Annunzio Seeks Death at North Pole
Gabriele d Annunzio, famed Italian poet, says he wishes to die at the North Pole. He asked General Valle to pilot him there when death nears and to leave him on the ice, joking about polar bears and jars of honey to keep them happy.
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Gabriele d' Annunzio
North Pole
Guiseppe Valle
Air
D'Annunzio
Ugo Oretti
Spain Ready to Withdraw Foreign Volunteers
London Tuesday Spanish Government confirms it would be willing in principle to ensure withdrawal of foreign volunteers fighting in Spain as part of a general plan for all foreign combatants to leave the struggle.
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London
Foreign Office
Republic
Spain
Duke of Windsor Nazi salute in Berlin observed
The Duke of Windsor lifted his arm in the Nazi salute several times today outside the Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin while acknowledging crowd salutes. He and the Duchess signed visitors books, toured garden settlements near the city, greeted cheering children, visited a house and the Olympic Stadium, and dined with Elert von Ribbentrop at a restaurant with prominent guests.
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Duchess of Windsor
Olympic Stadium
Elert von Ribbenthrop
Sister Kenny Brings Bavarian Student for Paralysis Treatment
London County Council grants air transport for a Bavarian pupil from Munich to Queen Mary Hospital. The Polish-born student, brought to the area three years ago, will receive care at Sister Kenny's clinic and is reported satisfactory.
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London
London County Council
Sister Kenny
Munich
Queen Mary Hospital
Poland
Loyalist Advance in Aragon Rail Line Front
A Spanish official communiqué says Republicans held key towns on the upper Aragon front near Jaca and cut the railway at several points. Seven insurgent planes were destroyed and three airmen captured with Italian papers. In Madrid an artillery bombardment killed about 100 and wounded 200.
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Valencia
Aragon
Juen
Huesca
Madrid
Drug horror in Asia linked to Japanese zones
The Times reports that Japanese controlled regions in China and Manchukuo now dominate heroin and opium production. Harbin and Fuciaten reportedly host many opium saloons and heroin dens where buyers seek instant injections with cash ready.
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London
Times
China
Manchukuo
Harbin
Fuciaten
Dutch Air Line to Extend Batavia Route to Sydney
The Dutch airline plans a Batavia to Sydney extension next March with an eight day Europe to Australia service using the fastest commercial planes. Approval from the Commonwealth Government is expected soon.
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Sydney
Batavia
Europe
Australia
Wilkins to Resume Search for Flyers
Sir Hubert Wilkins has acquired four new aircraft with airframes and will renew his search for Soviet flyers in a fortnight, New York report states.
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New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Million Gift to Endow Social Studies College at Oxtford
Lord Nuttell offers 1 000 000 pounds to Oxtford University to endow a social studies college and a new site, plus 200 000 pounds for medical research, totaling 1 300 000. He aims to foster cooperation between academic and non academic people and ease lab costs. Lord Nuffield says modern industry demands for knowledge and recruits are rising and the college should be a meeting place for diverse professionals.
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London
Lord Nuttell
Oxtford University
Nisew
Lord Nuffield
Sys
Communists Back Social Credit Protest Resolution
The Communist Party of Canada at a Toronto convention carried a protest resolution over the arrest of Social Credit leaders and endorsed Premier Aberhart.
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Ottawa
Communist Party of Canada
Toronto
Social Credit
Imi
Aber- Whart
Judge Brockman Rules Against Railways Union Bid
In a Federal Arbitration Court hearing Judge Drake Brockman criticized the Australian Railways Union for pursuing prosecutions over alleged award breaches rather than referring them to the author of the award. The application sought a ten hour workday with overtime for traffic workers, but the judge declined to vary the award at this time.
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Federal Arbitration Court
Drake Brockman
Australian Railways Union
Railways
Gangsters' End Street Battle in Bangor Maine
Two gunmen died and four others were wounded in a dramatic Bangor street shootout in Maine. Alfred Brady and Clarence Shaffer were killed, while G man Walter Walsh was injured. Authorities say the gang aimed to seize ammunition from a shop before surrender. Brady had terrorized Indiana in a spate of robberies and murders.
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Bangor
Maine
Alfred Brady
Indiana
Clarence Shaffer
Walter Walsh
Brady
New Tillinger
Escapee Warburton Recaptured in Darlinghurst Residence
Leslie James Warburton who escaped from Parramatta Gaol asylum last Friday was found in a Darlinghurst residence. Police entered the dwelling after a knock and discovered him in bed having changed clothes. He claimed he had subsisted on bread and water since the escape. Warburton, sentenced in October 1934 to three years on seven armed robbery charges, was removed from the gaol to the asylum after showing signs of insanity.
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Leslie James Warburton
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Yurong Street
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Japanese Offensive Slow at Shanghai
Shanghai reports slow Japanese progress with mud and weather hindering the southward thrust. Chinese forces hold steady at Chapel and Kiangwan as planes support infantry on the north front. In Hopei the Japanese claim the Chinese right wing collapsed while offering dollars for desertion.
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Mongolia
Suiyuan
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Hopei
Japanese Push On Western Tainghsing Front
Tokyo desk reports Japanese motorised columns speedily advancing along a 70 mile crescent on Tainghsing western flank. They have taken Chan chow Yuanshih and reached Kaoyi while air and rail strikes disrupt Chinese supply. Chinese rear guards dig in near Changteh as Caiyuan line is severed by Csinghsing capture.
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Tokyo
the Times
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Yuanshih
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Henan
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Caiyuan
Peiping Renamed Peking by Japanese Authority
The ancient capital Pei ping, known as Peiping by the Nanking Government in 1928, is renamed Peking by Japanese authorities. Use of Peiping is forbidden from tomorrow.
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Peiping
Nanking
Peking
Nanking Air Battle and Bank of Japan War Loan
In Nanking a dramatic air raid saw Japanese bombers attack the aerodrome with one raider shot down and about 60 bombs dropped. Tokyo announces the Bank of Japan underwrites a government loan of 11.6 million pounds to fund the war effort.
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Nanking
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
Boycott Continues on Japanese Whaler Tonan Mari
Coal lumpers continued a boycott of loading operations on the Japanese whaler Tonan Mari at Fremantle. Arrangements are underway for a Japanese ship to supply coal so the vessel can reach the Antarctic.
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Fremantle
Antarctic
British Cars Bombed in Shanghai Area Incident
Six Japanese planes attacked three British cars between Nanking and Shanghai amid a dispute over route and car counts. British officials plan a mild remonstrance while Japanese claim the route differed and that two cars were used. One car was ahead of the Assistant air attache Mr Murray when the attack occurred. The firing lasted six to seven minutes as occupants fled to fields. Union Jacks waved by the British did not deter the Japanese according to their account.
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Shanghat
Nanking
Shanghai
Japan
Tay
Roosevelt outlines aims of Nine Power Conference
In a fire side chat broadcast President Roosevelt states the Nine Power Conference seeks by agreement to resolve the current situation. He emphasizes cooperation with signatories including China and Japan as a model for pursuing world peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
China
Japan
New Zealand Bans Scrap Iron Exports to Japan
Reports say New Zealand forbids scrap iron shipments to Japan. Chinese forces repulse a landing near Linho and counter-attack to push Japanese back at Tazang after a two mile advance.
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Domei
New Zealand
Japan
Shanghai
Linho
Tazang
Mussolini Orders Italian Flyers to Discontinue Service
The Times reports Rome announces Mussolini has ordered Italian flyers to halt service with the Chinese Government. The move reflects wartime diplomacy and aviation concerns impacting international routes.
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Tokyo
the Times
Rome
Signor Mussolini
Withdrawal Report From Pratlan Air Experts
Rome dispatch reports withdrawal of Pratlan air experts from Ching, described as quite untrue.
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Pratlan Air
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