Strong attack by Chinese troops near Shanghai and Soochow Creek
Chinese forces launched a heavy offensive along the Shanghai front with reinforcements sealing a long southern foothold on the Soochow Creek and driving into Rubicon village area. Japanese counterattacks, bombings, and bridge destruction marked fierce fighting as both sides reported no decisive gains and a temporary stalemate emerged.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Rubicon Village
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hungjao Road
Jessfield Park
China
Peiping-Hankow
Chang River
Changteh
Henan Province
Peping
Rise in Income Tax Collections Across Districts
Ottawa shows a steady rise in income tax receipts for the first seven months of the fiscal year reaching 99 202 556 dollars up from 84 072 599. Toronto leads with 34 338 763 dollars followed by Montreal Calgary and Edmonton gains listed with brackets. Ottawa recorded a decrease to 6 589 190 dollars from 6 896 951. The longest solar eclipse can last seven minutes.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Toronto
Montreal
London
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
Winnipeg
Royal Air Force plans fast planes to smash speed records
RAF engineers prepare two speed seekers and a long range bomber for test flights next year. The Spitfire type aims to beat 352 mph, a Bienheim twin aims above 350 mph, and a Vickers Wellesley bomber targets a 7 000 mile distance record from Cranwell or Mildenhall to Singapore then Sydney in three days.
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London
Royal Air Force
Ottawa Bond Issue Overwhelms Subscriptions
Finance department and Bank of Canada officials report the new one hundred million dollar government bond issue heavily oversubscribed within two hours of opening. The allotment covers 20 million in 1 percent bonds for one year, 20 million in 2 percent bonds for seven years, and 60 million in 4 1/4 percent bonds for fourteen years. Proceeds fund redemption of the 1917 victory bonds maturing Dec 1, carrying 5 percent interest tax free.
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Ottawa
Finance Department
Bank of Canada
Dredge Scarboro Crew Describe Harrowing Escape in Halifax
Two Scarboro crewmen Thomas Morris aged 19 and Clarence Glover 30 recount long hours adrift in mountainous 30 to 40 foot seas as the dredge and tow lines parted. The Scarboro drifted toward danger until the Howard Donald and Florann assisted, pulling crew to safety in Lun enburg and Halifax.
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Halifax
Secarboro
Scarboro
Banscor
Montreal
Thomas Morris
Clarence Glover
Lickeport
N.S
Howard Donald
Lunenburg
George Morgan
Daniel Morris
Florann
Morris
Decrease In Bacon Exports Ottawa
Canada struggles to keep bacon exports to Britain as British quotas rise for other nations. The price dip is about 3.80 dollars per hundredweight. Exports dropped from 42 408 hogs weekly in May and June to 21 513 in September and 25 513 for the first three weeks of October. Western Canada drought is the major factor, with half of exports coming from west of the Great Lakes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Britain
Western
Britain Tightens Watch Over Italian Radio Tone
London reports the government is monitoring Italian press and radio for bias on Palestine. Viscount Cranborne said broadcasts have shifted but may not need further protest. Ormsby-Gore denied seeking Haj Amin al-Husseini’s extradition and blamed the Arab high committee for unrest following the Galilee district commissioner’s assassination.
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London
Palestine
Viscount Cranborne
House of Commons
Rome
Ormsby-Gore
Great Britain
Haj Amin el Hussein
Jerusalem
Syria
League of Nations
Arab High Committee
Lews Yell and Andrews
Galilee
Plot to topple Soviet control unfolds in Abkhazia trial
The Sukhumi trial of 13 former Abkhazian officials reveals a two phase plot to sever Abkhazia from the Soviet Union. The plan included sabotage and spying to trigger an insurrection if Germany invaded, with an initial 1933 assassination attempt on Joseph Stalin aboard a boat in Pitsunda bay.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Sukhumi
Black Sea
Tiflis
Dawn of the East
Germany
Abkhazian
Stalin
Pitsunda Bay
Exhibit Destroyed By Fire in Winnipeg Trade Building
An exhibit of grains and grasses valued at 3200 for shipment to the London exhibition commission in England was destroyed when fire swept the Trades and Commission building on Maple street. Damage to the building was estimated at 10000.
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Winnipeg
Canada
London Exhibition Commission
England
Trades and Commission
Maple Street
Alberta Dean Accepts California Post
Dean W. H. Alexander, first appointee to the University of Alberta faculty, resigns to take the senior professorship of Latin at the University of California Berkeley. He joined Alberta in 1908 and will begin duties next fall.
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Dean Alexander
Alberta’ University
California
Edmonton
W. H. Alexander
University of Alberta
W. A. R. Kerr
University
Alexander
Alberta
University of California
Berkley
Calif
California University
Hogg Named Chairman of Ontario Hydro Commission
Dr Thomas H Hogg chief hydraulic engineer of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission is named chairman succeeding T Stewart Lyon. A native of Chippewa Niagara district he has advised the Dominion Government on power projects across Canada.
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Thomas H. Hogg
Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission
Commission
T. Stewart Lyon
Dominion Government
Canada
Chippewa
Niagara District
Great Cataract
Insurgent Air Raid Hits Barbastro and Lerida Endanger Civilians
Despatches from Barbas tro report an estimated 80 persons killed and many injured in an insurgent air raid on Barbastro, 100 miles west of Barcelona. Twelve tri motor bombers attacked quickly, with Lerida suffering a recent raid that killed 120 including 50 school children. Government fronts along Zaragoza and Aragon report recapture near Fuentes de Ebro and limited fire as Asturian troops arrive on the central front.
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Madrid
Barbastro
Barcelona
Lerida
Lerda
Zaragoza
Fuentes de Ebro
Aragon
Spain
Revised Building Totals by Province in Canada
Maclean Building Reports Limited issues October totals for provincial building contracts. Alberta 2,794,300 Manitoba 631,000 Saskatchewan 242,300.
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Toronto
Maclean Building Reports, Limited
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nazi symbols alleged at Toronto rabbi home in push for inquiry
Rabbi Maurice N. Eis endrath says fascists placed a Swastika emblem and a funeral crepe on his door in Toronto and calls for a double inquiry into Nazi and fascist activities in Canada. He cites a placard bearing a Swastika as the source. In Glasgow, the Queen Mary’s sister ship grows to 2,400 passenger capacity on the Clyde, with hotel services expanded to handle about 400 more than Queen Mary’s 3,214.
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Toronto
Maurice N. Eisendrath
Canada
Glasgow
Clyde
Friendship With Italy Aims at Peace in the Mediterranean
British statesmen urged renewed friendship with Italy and peace in the Mediterranean. In Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain cited July letters with Mussolini, saying misunderstandings could be cleared by talks. In Lords, Lord Dufferin and Ava stressed peace with neighbors and safeguarding Mediterranean as world trade route. He noted the earlier gentlemen's agreement did not fully work.
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London
Italy
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Mussolini
House of Lords
Marquess of Dufferin and
Ava
Lord Dufferin
United Kingdom
Suez Canal
Royal Commission Plans Briefs on Dominion Provincial Powers
Ottawa reports Newton W. Rowell announces hearings across nine provinces and Ottawa. The advisory panel will study taxation and responsibilities distribution, with hearings starting in Winnipeg on November 29 and a goal to finish by July 1, 1938.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
Newton W. Rowell
Rowell
Winnipeg
Bairman
Edmonton
Aberhart
Alberta
Regina
Maritime
British Columbia
Quebec
Ontario
Ottawa Aginning
Britain Near Trade Deal With Insurgents Amid Spain Talks
London reports Britain to seek cooperation with insurgents in Spain to withdraw foreign troops while pursuing a trade agreement. British interest centers on Spain’s mineral wealth including mercury iron copper and pyrites as negotiations continue. Prime Minister Chamberlain cautioned the move does not grant de facto recognition and will use commercial agents only to protect British interests.
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London
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
Ethiopia
Franco
Foreign Office
Jean Weems
Catalan
Great Haritain
Chamberlain
France
The
Daily Mail
Daily Herald
the Herald
Britain
Germany
Italan
John Bull
House of Commons
Morocco
Silver gift marks Baden-Powell wedding anniversary
A silver plate inscribed was presented to Lord Baden-Powell chief scout and Lady Baden-Powell head of the Girl Guides at a private dinner in London. The 25th anniversary of their wedding prompted the gift. Presented by the Princess Royal on behalf of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations of Great Britain.
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London
Baden-Powell
Girl Guides
Princess Royal
Poy Scouts
Girl Guides’ Associatons of
Great Britain
Toronto murals to be shown at Royal Ontario Museum
Prof T Currelly, curator, called three of the large Chinese murals among the world's greatest paintings. He noted the display will occur in Toronto at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
T. Currelly
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