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October 8, 1935

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Headlines from October 8, 1935

FALL BUYING SETS A 5-YEAR RECORD; Heavy Gains at Week-End in All Departments Reported by Store Executives.

By Unknown Author

Met stores have highest sales total for any day in 5 yrs exclusive of Christmas

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BOTH SIDES DELAY BATTLE; Italians Are Held Back for Reinforcements as Foes Mass.

By Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press

plans praised

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ENVOYS IN ETHIOPIA SEND AIR RAID PLEA; Ask Governments to Get Italy to Abstain From Bombing Capital and Diredawa.

By G.l. Steer

diplomatic and consular corps in Addis Ababa ask their govts to obtain assurances from Italy that neither capital nor Diredawa will be attacked from air; Ethiopians prepare for Ital offensives; troops concentrated at Dessye; govt minimizes Ital occupation of Adowa and Adigrat

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WORK FUND DELAY FORCES EXTENSION OF 'DOLE' TO NOV. 15; Nearly $2,000,000,000 Allotted, but Only $585,000,000 Freed by McCarl.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

comparison of projects approved by Roosevelt with funds made available

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France Demands British Pledge In Return for Aid Against Italy; Note Makes It Clear That Assistance to Britain's Fleet Must Be Conditional on Reciprocal Assistance on Land and in Air -- Germany Undoubtedly in Mind.

By Frederick T. Birchall

French reply to Hoare revealed to have made pledge of French assistance conditional upon Brit assurance of reciprocal assistance to France on land and air; Archbishop of Canterbury revealed to have been in consultation with Hoare

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1935Albert Roux, French-English chef (died 2021)^[†]

Albert Henri Roux was a French restaurateur and chef. He and his brother Michel operated Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair, the first restaurant in the UK to gain three Michelin stars. He helped train a series of chefs that went on to win Michelin stars, and his son, Michel Roux, Jr., continued to run Le Gavroche until January 2024.

Headlines from October 8, 1935

FALL BUYING SETS A 5-YEAR RECORD; Heavy Gains at Week-End in All Departments Reported by Store Executives.

BOTH SIDES DELAY BATTLE; Italians Are Held Back for Reinforcements as Foes Mass.

ENVOYS IN ETHIOPIA SEND AIR RAID PLEA; Ask Governments to Get Italy to Abstain From Bombing Capital and Diredawa.

WORK FUND DELAY FORCES EXTENSION OF 'DOLE' TO NOV. 15; Nearly $2,000,000,000 Allotted, but Only $585,000,000 Freed by McCarl.

France Demands British Pledge In Return for Aid Against Italy; Note Makes It Clear That Assistance to Britain's Fleet Must Be Conditional on Reciprocal Assistance on Land and in Air -- Germany Undoubtedly in Mind.

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