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November 12, 1936

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ROOSEVELT HAILS 1937 AUTO SHOW; MAKES LABOR PLEA; He Urges Industry to Direct Every Effort to Maintain Continuous Employment. PRAISES SAFETY DEVICES Crowds at the Grand Central Palace Indicate Exhibit Is Unusually Popular. PROSPEROUS YEAR IS SEEN 200 Cars and Chassis of Twenty American and Five British Companies Displayed. ROOSEVELT HAILS AUTO SHOW OPENING

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opens; message from Pres Roosevelt

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Inventor Survives Auto Fumes for an Hour, Then Is Found Near Death as Device Fails

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

V A Clark Sr found near death as device to make gasoline engine exhaust fumes harmless fails, Ocean City, N J

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LEFTISTS RECAPTURE TOWN 4 MILES SOUTH OF MADRID; CAPITAL HOLDS FOE AT BAY; REBELS LOSE VILLAVERDE Their Lines Are Said to Be Threatened by a Move on Aranjuez. MADRID HEAVILY SHELLED Defenders Beat Off Attacks on Two Bridges as City's Siege Continues. RE-ENFORCED BY CATALANS Capital Takes Heart as Fresh Troops Parade -- Insurgents Launch Assault at Night.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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CHINESE BEAT BACK ALLIES OF JAPANESE; Defeat 30,000 Manchukuoans and Mongols, Who Use Tanks and Planes in Suiyuan Drive. TO 'GO LIMIT' IN DEFENSE China Rushes Troops to Front and Dictator Is Near By -- Another Japanese Slain. CHINESE BEAT BACK ALLIES OF JAPANESE

By Hallett Abendwireless To the New York Times

Assassinated in Shanghai

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Historical Events

San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

1936In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.^[†]

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 260,000 vehicles a day on its two decks. It includes one of the longest bridge spans in the United States.