October 1937

The following events occurred in October 1937:

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October 1, 1937 (Friday)

  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black gave a radio address admitting that he had once been a member of the Ku Klux Klan, but had resigned and never rejoined. Black repudiated the Klan and pointed out that his voting record in the Senate demonstrated that he was "of that group of liberal senators who have consistently fought for the civil, economic and religious rights of all Americans, without regard to race or creed."[1]

October 2, 1937 (Saturday)

October 3, 1937 (Sunday)

  • Thousands of members of the British Union of Fascists marched through the London district of Bermondsey to mark the fifth anniversary of the organization's founding. Anti-fascists jeered and threw eggs, bricks and other objects as 3,000 police fought to maintain order. Over 100 arrests were made.[4][5]
  • Died: Richard Hertwig, 87, German zoologist; E. J. Rapson, 76, British numismatist, philologist and professor of Sanskrit

October 4, 1937 (Monday)

October 5, 1937 (Tuesday)

October 6, 1937 (Wednesday)

October 7, 1937 (Thursday)

October 8, 1937 (Friday)

October 9, 1937 (Saturday)

October 10, 1937 (Sunday)

October 11, 1937 (Monday)

October 12, 1937 (Tuesday)

October 13, 1937 (Wednesday)

October 14, 1937 (Thursday)

  • A total of seven people were killed on a day of violence in Palestine. Three were killed when a mine blew up a train northeast of the Palestinian city of Jaffa. A policeman shot two Arabs who refused to halt near the scene of the explosion. Elsewhere, two attacks on buses killed two Arabs and wounded three Jews.[24]

October 15, 1937 (Friday)

October 16, 1937 (Saturday)

October 17, 1937 (Sunday)

October 18, 1937 (Monday)

October 19, 1937 (Tuesday)

  • Italy raised taxes significantly in an effort to meet the cost of increased arms production and maintaining its colonies.[31]
  • Died: Ernest Rutherford, 66, New-Zealand born British physicist

October 20, 1937 (Wednesday)

October 21, 1937 (Thursday)

October 22, 1937 (Friday)

October 23, 1937 (Saturday)

October 24, 1937 (Sunday)

October 25, 1937 (Monday)

October 26, 1937 (Tuesday)

October 27, 1937 (Wednesday)

October 28, 1937 (Thursday)

October 29, 1937 (Friday)

October 30, 1937 (Saturday)

October 31, 1937 (Sunday)

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  5. Darrah, David (October 4, 1937). "Street Battles Rage as London Fascists March". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 8.
  6. Darrah, David (October 5, 1937). "Mystery U-Boat Fires Torpedo at British Ship". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 9.
  7. "Text of President's Speech at Link Bridge Dedication". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 6, 1937. p. 2.
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  9. "Franco Saves Illinoisan from Firing Squad". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 7, 1937. p. 1.
  10. "Fall Kills Aerialist". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 8 October 1937. p. 2. GREENEVILLE (Tenn.) D. D. Roland, veteran trapeze performer, was injured fatally late today when he plunged more than sixty feet from a pole on which he was performing at the Ottway Community Fair.
  11. "The Final Curtain". The Billboard. 16 October 1937. p. 33. ROLAND -- D.D., 42, aerialist and human fly, a native of Pennsylvania, killed in a 62-foot fall while performing at Greeneville (Tenn.) Community Fair October 7.
  12. Cooke, William (October 30, 1937). "Tribute to Late D. D. Roland, Noted 'Human Fly' and Aerialist". The Billboard. p. 50. It had long been his ambition to develop a new act that would give more thrills than his former acts, and last winter he realized it by bringing out a high trapeze and awaying pole routing, performed without a safety net, 110 feet above the ground. At the Ottway Fair, Greenville, Tenn., October 7, while completing the finale of his trapeze, a forward somersault to ankle catch, a gust of wind blew his trapeze bar from under him and he fell to his death.
  13. "Japanese Scale Walls and Take North China City". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 9, 1937. p. 5.
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  24. "Train Blown Up; 7 Die in Day of Palestine Strife". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 15, 1937. p. 6.
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  31. "Il Duce Decrees Huge New Taxes to Build Empire". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 20, 1937. p. 11.
  32. "Franco Takes New Powers as Rebel Dictator". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 23, 1937. p. 8.
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  38. Darrah, David (October 25, 1937). "Aviatrix Clips Australia to London Mark". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  39. "Ship Bombed by Air 'Pirate'". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 25, 1937. p. 1.
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  41. "L'Enciclopedia Italiana è finita – La consegna al duce dell'ultimo volume". La Stampa. October 27, 1937. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  42. "Japs Kill 10,000 Chinese in 3 Day Mountain Fight". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 28, 1937. p. 5.
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  49. "100,000 Fascist Troops Repeat March on Rome". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 28, 1937. p. 6.
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  52. "Il duce inaugura Aprilia e parla ai rurali". La Stampa. October 30, 1937. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  53. "Il Duce Recalls Paris Envoy". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 31, 1937. p. 1.
  54. "Hitler Bestows Nazi Decoration on Jap Prince". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 31, 1937. p. 2.
  55. "Sinking of Vessel Causes Stir". The Advertiser. Adelaide. November 2, 1937. p. 19.
  56. "Chinese 'Suicide Troop' Escapes Japanese Siege". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 31, 1937. p. 1.
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