East Asia braces for destructive typhoon as landslides kill 15 in Philippines
BBC World →Heading for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.
HUNDREDS HOMELESS AFTER FIERCE STORM: Seven Known Dead in Typhoon in Philippines
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By United Press MANILA, P.I., Nov. 15.—Four persons were drowned and seven others were reported missing today in Catbalogan, Samar province, in the wake of a typhoon which roared through the southern area of the island of Luzon. Estimates of damage mounted rapidly as the provinces in the path of the storm reported to territorial officials here. In Camarines Sur province, 10,000 persons lost their homes. In Albay province at least 5,000 families were homeless.
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Sakdalista
The Sakdalista party had grown quickly over a short period of time, and by early April, their activities in the provinces surrounding Manila were causing concern in government circles. The Filipino government, anticipating escalating acts of public unrest, stifled the Sakdal newspaper by revoking its mailing rights and by ordering that public meetings could only be held with government-sponsored permits. These measures proved unsuccessful, however, because Ramos had succeeded in printing and smuggling thousands of copies of a Japanese-sponsored pamphlet entitled 'Free Filipinos' while on his tour of Japan.
Wikipedia →1935 Philippine presidential election
The 1935 Philippine presidential elections was held on September 16, 1935. This was the first election since the enactment of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, a law that paved the way for a transitory government, as well as the first nationwide at-large election ever held in the Philippines. Senate Preside
Wikipedia →1937 Pacific typhoon season
The storm was at typhoon intensity by the time it approached the Philippines, moving across Polillo Island before making landfall on November 12 along eastern Luzon near Infanta. The typhoon killed 38 people across the archipelago, with many houses destroyed, leaving 40,000 people homeless. The damage was estimated at ₱2 million.
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