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November 2, 1937

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EDEN ASKS OUR AID ON CHINA, PLEDGING EQUALITY OF ACTION; Claims Hitler Will Settle the Question of Restoration in His Own Time and Way

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr

Rome reaction

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DEFENDERS REPORT HALTING JAPANESE; Chinese at Shanghai Tell of Driving Back foe South of Creek in Bitter Battle

By Unknown Author

on Shanghai front, Chinese rept Japanese driven back south of Soochow Creek; Vice Adm Hasegawa apologizes to U S Marines for seizure of junk; Anglo-Japanese tension continues; Tokyo apologizes to Brit for machine-gunning of autos, Oct 12; 4 Ulster Riflemen buried; suicide detachment presents problem to Internatl Settlement Munic Council; Gen Chang Fah-kwai assumes command of Chinese forces south of Soochow Creek; Gen Hsieh Chin-yuan relates suicide detachment's experiences; Japanese press repts Chinese proposal of neutralization of Pootung and Nantao areas

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FINAL DRIVE BITTER; Tammany, With Back to Wall, Faces Loss of Estimate Board

By James A. Hagerty

Mayor revs record, campaign s

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Thousands Face Arrest at Polls; Gangsters Rounded Up by Police; 2,075 Warrants Sought and Many More Registrants Must Prove Right to Vote--Dewey Watchers Get Long Challenge Lists--Bennett Warns of Intimidation

By Unknown Author

Gangster round-up ordered for election day

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CHURCH DISCLAIMS ATTACK ON MAYOR; Official Letter by Cardinal's Aide Repudiates Pamphlets Calling La Guardia Red

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Notable Births

1937Earl Carroll, American singer (died 2012)^[†]

Earl "Speedo" Carroll was the lead vocalist of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs. The group's biggest hit was "Speedoo", which with a minor spelling change became Carroll's subsequent nickname. It was released in 1955. He joined The Coasters in 1961, leaving the group in the early 1980s to permanently reform The Cadillacs.