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  2. RUSSIAN PURGE.

    Moscow, Dec. 20.—An official announcement states that eight leading Soviet officials have been tried, sentenced to death, and executed for high treason, ...

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  3. LUDENDORFF DEAD.

    MUNICH, Dec. 20.—General Ludendorff, Germany's famous wartime leader, died today, following a sudden relapse. He had been seriously ill for some time, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. BRITISH INTERESTS.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—Newspapers speculate at length on British policy in the Far Eastern situation, which will no doubt be thoroughly discussed at the ...

    Article : 672 words
  5. THE HALT IN CHINA.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.—With Peiping, Tientain, Shanghai and Nanking—four of the biggest cities in China—in Japanese bands and the Chinese National ...

    Article : 365 words
  6. SPANISH STRUGGLE.

    LONDON, Dec. 19.—In addition to an overflow meeting at Hammersmith Hall, 9,000 persons attended a Labour demonstration in favour of the Spanish ...

    Article : 334 words
  7. TSINGTAO FIRES.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 19.—The Japanese admit the destruction by Chinese in Tsingtao, the capital of Shantung Province, of mills owned by nine important ...

    Article : 404 words
  8. NAVAL RIVALRY.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The latest edition of "Jane's Fighting Ships" Indicates that 85 vessels will be added to the Royal Navy by the 1937 programme. ...

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  9. SINKING OF PANAY.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—An unprecedented public apology for the sinking of the United States river. gunboat Panay on the Yangtze near Nanking on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. U.S. EXPENDITURE.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The Washington correspondent of the United Press states that it is understood that President Roosevelt will recommend Congress ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. TRADE WITH AMERICA.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 20.—The first direct step towards the negotiations of a trade agreement between the United States and Australia was taken today when the ...

    Article : 349 words
  12. WRECKED FREIGHTER.

    EAST LONDON (Cape of Good Hope), Dec. 20.—Latest reports indicate that the Blue Star freighter stuart Star (11,928 tons), which, bound for North ...

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  13. ARAGON FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—Flerce fighting continues around the rebel city of Teruel in Aragon (in the north-east of Spain) against which the Government troops ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. MACHINE-GUN ATTACK

    TOKIO, Dec. 20.—The Foreign Office spokesman (Mr. Kawai) recanted today the earlier denial that the Japanese had machine-gunned the Panay after the ...

    Article : 241 words
  15. MARCHING ON HANGCHOW.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.—The Japanese have launched four columns in the direction of Hangchow, the beautiful city on Hangchow Bay, which it was hoped ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. CHINESE DETERMINATION.

    SHANGHAI. Dec. 19.—All heads of the Chinese Government have assembled at Hankow today under their chief, General Chiang Kal-shek, and are planning ...

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  17. CHINESE RESCUED FROM RIVER.

    HONG KONG, Dec. 19.—It is disclosed that the British river gunboat Ladybird, which was fired on by a Japanese share battery on the Yangtze on December 12, ...

    Article : 146 words
  18. CANTON ATTACK FEARED.

    HONG KONG, Dec. 20.—A Japanese attack in force on Canton is widely feared, and its meaning to Hong Kong is being discussed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. A FIGHTER FOR PEACE

    ST. PAUL (Minnesota). Dec. 19.—Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, the former Secretary of State and originator of the Kellogg Pact of renunciation of war (which was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  20. STRENGTH IN FAR EAST.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The "Daily Telegraph" gives prominence to a letter, signed "Nauticus," obviously well-informed, deprecating the ...

    Article : 359 words
  21. CHICAGO DEMONSTRATION.

    CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—In an anti-Japanese demonstration today Chinese burnt Japanese merchandise of an estimated value of £2,000 on a vacant lot, ...

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  22. RESPONSIBLE ARMY OFFICER.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—In a dispatch from Shanghai a special correspondent of the "New York Times" states:—"Colonel Hashimoto, the Japanese military ...

    Article : 159 words
  23. EPIC OF 1918.

    LONDON. Dec. 19.—The town of Villers Bretonneux is celebrating with festivities its recapture by the Australians from the Germans in 1918. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. AUCKLAND FIRE.

    AUCKLAND. Dec. 20.—A fire which occurred today at the Farmers' Trading Company's furniture factory, destroyed one building and much ...

    Article : 136 words
  25. KILLED BY OWN PLANES.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 19.—It is now revealed that their own planes killed several Japanese officers when, after disposing of the U.S.S. Panay, they returned to destroy ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. DISAPPOINTING VISIT.

    ROME, Dec. 20.—M. van Zeeland, the ex-Prime Minister of Belgium, who arrived in Rome several days ago, has left for Brussels. He did not see Signor ...

    Article : 198 words
  27. PROVISIONING PROBLEM.

    LONDON, Dec. 18.—Australia's first Considerable export of beef was sent to Hong Kong in 1840 to supply British troops in the first China War. Australia ...

    Article : 167 words
  28. LIBERATION EN MASSE

    MOSCOW, Dec. 19.—Ten thousand prisoners who were engaged on the work of laying a second track for the trans Siberian railway from Karymskaya to ...

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  29. MR. MACDONALD'S STORY.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The Berlin correspondent of '"The Times" states:—"Two German newspapers, quoting the account of the bombing and machine-gunning of ...

    Article : 177 words
  30. SCOTLAND YARD.

    LONDON, Dec. 19.—In order to ascertain what is really wrong with Scotland Yard. 'the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police (Sir ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  31. COMEDIES HENCEFORTH.

    LONDON. Dec. 20.—Greta Garbo, the screen star, has arrived unexpectedly at Stockholm from the United States, for Christmas. She announced that her ...

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  32. "DEDICATED TO MARS."

    ROME, Dec. 19.—A son has been born to Countess Ciano, who is a daughter of Signor Mussolini and the wife of Italy's Foreign Minister. The child has ...

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  33. ANXIETY IN HANKOW.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.—Britain, the United States and other Powers have made representations to Tokio to establish a safety zone in Hankow (the first ...

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  34. SYDNEY CELEBRATIONS.

    LONDON, Dec. 19.—The representatives of young farmers' clubs of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who will attend the Sydney ...

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  35. DIOCESE OF POLYNESIA.

    LONDON, Dec. 19.—The Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, Lord Bledisloe and Vice-Admiral Swabey are appealing for financial aid for the diocese ...

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  36. PEIPING GOVERNMENT.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.—In a statement from Chungking the Chinese Government declares that the establishment of the Peiping provisional government ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. STRANDED LINER.

    MANILA. Dec. 20.—Heavy gales and high seas have caused the skeleton crew left aboard the Dollar liner President Hoover (21,936 tons), which ran on a ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. LONG-DISTANCE FLYING.

    PARIS, Dec. 19.—On an attempt to establish a woman's record for a long distance flight, Maryse Hilsz, a well- known French air woman, took off today ...

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  39. LONDON STOCK MARKETS.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The stock markets were quietly steady today despite the approaching holidays and a fair amount of business was transacted. ...

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  40. FILM STAR ILL.

    HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 19.—Ptomaine poisoning compelled Jeanette Macdonald, the film star, to cancel a broadcast. Her husband said her condition was not ...

    Article : 25 words
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