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Three men were executed by decapitation in Nazi Germany for high treason and espionage, including the former Communist deputy Robert Stamm
President Roosevelt with WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins and his daughter.
Federal Officials inspecting Louisville Airport
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The Nine Power Treaty Conference opened in Brussels to consider means of ending the war between Japan and China.
Ethiopian Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen petitioned the Coptic Church Council in Egypt for a divorce from Wolete Israel Seyoum, declaring that he could not live with the daughter of a man who surrendered to the Italian invaders.
Police in the Free City of Danzig seized Jewish bank deposits
Count Basie and His Orchestra: Boogie Woogie Blues (Basie)
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The Howie Morenz Memorial Game was played as a benefit to raise money for the family of the late Montreal Canadiens star Howie Morenz. The National Hockey League All-Stars defeated the Canadiens 6-5.
Fiorello H. La Guardia easily won re-election as Mayor of New York City.
A deadly air attack on Lleida (Lerida), Spain by the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.
President Roosevelt casts his ballot in Hyde Park, New York.
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The Defense of Sihang Warehouse ended in Japanese victory.
Japanese troops advanced deeper into Shanghai by crossing Suzhou Creek.
Anna Marie Hahn took the stand in her own defense during her sensational murder trial in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hahn denied ever poisoning anyone with arsenic
Nuclear Scientist Ernest Orlando Lawrence is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine
The first transmission of Hilltop House took place on CBS. Also, the action-adventure comic strip Terry and the Pirates was aired for the first time. 
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Chinese forces abandoned the Defense of Sihang Warehouse. The top floors of the warehouse burst into flames from Japanese shelling as the Chinese withdrew.
WYNC Greenpoint, Brooklyn transmitter on opening day
HMS Gloucester is launched by the British Royal Navy. She was one of the second group of three ships of the Town Class of light cruisers.
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Mussolini recalled the Italian Ambassador to France due to strained relations between the two countries over Italy’s participation in the Spanish Civil War.
The British cargo ship Jean Weems was bombed and sunk by warplanes off the coast of Catalonia. A Daily Herald correspondent identified one of the pilots who sank the ship as Benito Mussolini’s son Bruno.
Hitler bestowed the Order of the German Eagle on Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu as a gesture of friendship between Germany and Japan.
Nazis of the German American Bund line up and wait for start of parade
A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker Magazine
A Halloween barn dance was held at the Tacoma Country Country & Golf Club in Tacoma, Washington
Wearing medieval plate armor, Mr. H. Maskell opens the car door of a visitor to Tudor House in Maidstone, Kent, England.
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Henry Armstrong knocked out Petey Sarron in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden to win the World Featherweight Championship of boxing.
The Federated Autonomous Government of Mongolia (a precursor to Mengjiang) was formed with Hohhot as its capital
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Captain George Eyston in his car Thunderbolt, the worlds most powerful car, traveled at 309. 6 miles per hour on the salt beds near Utah, Salt Lake City.
The Spanish government relocated again from Valencia to Barcelona.
The 15th anniversary of the March on Rome was celebrated in Italy. High-ranking Nazis including Rudolf Hess and Viktor Lutze attended the ceremonies to demonstrate Germany’s new friendship with Italy.
Tony Lazzeri signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
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The Japanese announced the capture of Pingding in Shanxi Province after a three-day battle.
Japan rejected a proposed conference in Brussels to settle the war in China.
Slums in New York, The Great Depression
This is the cover date of an issue of the weekly magazine Night and Day that included a notorious review by its editor Graham Greene of the movie Wee Willie Winkie. Greene wrote of nine-year old Shirley Temple‘s “dubious coquetry” and “well-shaped and desirable little body”. 20th Century Fox launched a lawsuit on Temple’s behalf and would win £3,500
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The Defense of Sihang Warehouse began in Shanghai.
George VI opened the first Parliament of his reign.
Theu USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Smith DD-378 take part in fleet exercises off the coast of California.
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