The prince of Wales opened tne 29th annual International Motor Exhibition at Olympia on Oct. 17, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Jr, son of the President, was fined $5" on Oct. 16. by: Judge John Perkins, on a charge of speeding.
The tenth anniversary of the signing of the Locarno Agreements was observed in Locarno on Oct. 16 a solemn ceremony under the auspices of the city authorities One of the first acts of the new Kondylis Cabinet has been to place three generals, all members of the Superior Council of War, on the re-
Prince Farouk, Crown Prince Exypt, was a passenger aboard the liner Strathaird which reached Plymouth on Oct. 17. His Highness intends making a long slay in Eng-
'The British Miners' Federation has docitied {0 take a ballot on November 11, 12 and 13 of all coal fields on the question of a strike to enforce their demand for an increase in wages of two shillings daily—Reuter, Political correspondents of the London newspapers state that the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwi has fixed November 14 a5 the date for the next General Election, The Aviation Bureau of'US. Department "of Commerce has confirmed reports that the United States. was "colonizing" three South Sea Islands—the Harvis, Baker, Howland Islands with the object of using them as potential alr bases, The Department of Justice Jcommissioned Mr. Martin" Conboy, former United States Attorney, as a special Assistant Attorney-General to Jconduet a grand jury investigation of suspected "violators of President Roosevelt's arms embargo of 1034.
One person was killed and several buildings were wrecked, while electric power and telephone wires were knocked down in a severe earthquake which rocked all. western Montana on Oct. 18—United ess Much nervousness reigns among the population of Rhondda Valley because 300 strikers in the Town Park Mine, who have been underground for the past 60 hours, still refuse to return to the surface, The workmen who barricaded themselvé in the Nine Mine Point Colliery Ukewise refuse to end their strike.
A new earthquake occurred in the Tovildora region of Tadjikistan on October 15, striking two villages and causing a new river to rush from the mountains, Some 112 dead persons have been found buried in the debris and 407 persons have been listed wounded since October 8. Twelve vil-ages: have been completely d molished.
Mr, William Green, president the American Federation of Labour, was returned to his office for another year by the members of the Federation at their annual convention. in Atlantic City on Oct. 18, The election marked the eleventh time that. Mr. Green has been reelected. He became head of the A. F. of L. in December, 1934, succeeding the late Mr. Samuel J. Compers, founder and first president of the Federation. the wars of 1968 and 1870/11. trans-Ocean Kuo Mi
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