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November 9, 1937

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EDEN ASSERTS TIES TO PARIS HOLD FIRM; Resents Criticism of Trade Accord With Rebel Spain as Betrayal of France ANTI-RED PACT MINIMIZED British Officials Stress View That Berlin and Rome Merely Affirmed Existing Bond Sees No Rift Possible EDEN ASSERTS TIES TO PARIS HOLD FIRM Cites British Investment Issue Avoided on Pact Friendly Words For Italy Seen

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr.special Cable To the New York Times

Eden defends decision; Commons upholds course, 241-107 (Kuhn)

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Notable Births

Roger McGough

1937Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright[†]

Roger Joseph McGough is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society.

1937Donald Trelford, English journalist and academic (died 2023)[†]

Donald Gilchrist Trelford was a British journalist and academic who was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993. He was also a director of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and chief executive from 1992 to 1993.

1937Clyde Wells, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland[†]

Clyde Kirby Wells, was the fifth premier of Newfoundland from 1989 to 1996, and subsequently Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, sitting on the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1998 to 2009.

Notable Deaths

Ramsay MacDonald

1937Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1866)[†]

James Ramsay MacDonald was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Party, where he led a minority Labour government for nine months in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. In 1931, MacDonald was expelled from the Labour Party, after he formed a National Government dominated by the Conservative Party and supported by only a few Labour members, his premiership of which lasted until 1935.

Historical Events

Second Sino-Japanese War

1937Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.[†]

The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th century and has been described as The Asian Holocaust, in reference to the scale of Japanese war crimes against Chinese civilians, similar to the European ones. It is known in the Republic of China and People's Republic of China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.