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October 29, 1937

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Headlines from October 29, 1937

LENIN TIE CHARGED; Mahoney Links Him and La Guardia in Soviet Industrial Concern

By Unknown Author

Linked with Mayor LaGuardia, says J T Mahoney

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BRONXITE'S WREATH IS A SHOCK TO NAZIS; It Is Left on War Monument in Berlin in Name of New York Jewish War Veterans

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

I Gennett, Amer Jew, places wreath with ribbons from Amer Legion, Disabled Amer War Veterans and Jewisn War Veterans on German war dead memorial, Berlin; questioned by police; released

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OVATION BY LABOR; New Party's Rally at the Garden a Display of Old-Time Fervor

By Unknown Author

Madison Sq Garden rally; replies to Red charge; illus

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CHINESE REINFORCE SHANGHAI DEFENSE; MORALE UNBROKEN; 150,000 Dig In on South Bank of Soochow Creek to Bar Crossing by Japanese

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Chinese reinforce defenses on Soochow Creek south bank while Japanese concentrate on north bank; plan to drive toward Hungjao airdrome; map; Japanese expectations fail as Chinese morale is unbroken by Shanghai retreat; Chinese planes raid city; batteries in Pootung shell Hongkew and Yangtzepoo; Chinese suicide detachment holds out on Chapei border; reject offer of asylum in Internatl Settlement if unarmed; Shanghai stirred by exploit; Japanese planes shell Shanghai-Nanking ry, Nansiang and other towns

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MUSSOLINI TO BACK GERMANY'S EFFORTS TO REGAIN COLONIES; 15th Anniversary of March on Rome Also Marked by Pledge to See Franco Victor

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Mussolini comments on solidarity

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Notable Births

1937Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (died 2021)^[†]

Sonny Osborne was an American bluegrass musician and founding member of the Osborne Brothers.