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October 1, 1935

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1935Julie Andrews, English actress and singer^[†]

Dame Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and seven Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours.

1935Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (died 2013)^[†]

Walter Joseph De Maria was an American artist, sculptor, illustrator and composer, who lived and worked in New York City. Walter de Maria's artistic practice is connected with minimal art, conceptual art, and land art of the 1960s.

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Headlines from October 1, 1935

PRESIDENT ASKS INDUSTRY TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SPEEDING EMPLOYMENT; SPEAKS AT BOULDER DAM

By Charles W. Hurd

Opens Boulder Dam dedication ceremonies; tribute to Sen Johnson

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James Donahue Is Forced to Leave Italy; Shouted 'Viva Ethiopia' at Rome Fascisti

By the Associated Press

Forced to leave Italy for anti-Ital remark at Fascist demonstration, Rome

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Officer a Suicide, Bradford, Pa., Bank Shut;

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Fails to open after suicide of asst cashier, F W Calkins; FDIC to make good shortage estimated at $1,000,000

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PRESIDENT IN PERIL IN AUTO ON A CLIFF; On Mountain Drive He Is Forced to Turn Car Back on Narrow Ledge Over Precipice.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

In peril as car is forced to turn back on narrow ledge over precipice, near Las Vegas

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ITALY READY TO BEGIN WAR IN AFRICA WHEN MUD DRIES; 30,000 TROOPS ON THE WAY; 220,000 AWAIT ADVANCE

By Arnaldo Cortesi

Italy ready for hostilities; 30,000 men en route to Africa, 220,000 ready for orders; sanctions expected but France is relied upon to keep them mild; Ital view of Sir S Hoare's reply to France on Brit policy

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VAST RAIL EMPIRE RE-WON AT AUCTION BY VAN SWERINGENS; New Holding Company Pays Only $3,121,000 for Control of $3,000,000,000 System.

By Unknown Author

Revealed as one of two backers of Midamerica Corp

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MAYOR ORDERS END OF NOISES AT NIGHT; DAY DRIVE IS NEXT; October Is Proclaimed as an 'Educational Period,' With More Drastic Curbs Later.

By Unknown Author

Extracts from radio address on opening of noise-abatement campaign

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LAWYER IS SLUGGED IN A TAMMANY ROW; Horan Aides Ejected When They Try to Serve Writ to Halt Election of Mahon.

By Unknown Author

Slugged trying to serve writ to prevent county com meeting for election of D J Mahon as 9th A D Dem leader

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Benes Bitten be a Dog; Statesman in a Hospital

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Foreign Min E Benes bitten by dog, Prague, Czechoslovakia

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EUROPE DIVIDING INTO TWO CAMPS; Democracy, Headed by Britain, Seeks Ententes in Opposition to Dictatorships.

By Frederick T. Birchall

German reaction

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Rotterdam's Passengers Are All Taken Off Safely; 460, Also Many of Crew, Taken Aboard the Ariguani - 'Everybody Happy, Taking It as an Experience,' Captain Radios.

By Unknown Author

grounding causes speculated

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FDIC Faces Loss of a Million as Insurer

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

BRADFORD, Pa., Sept. 30. -- The Commercial National Bank, second largest bank in Bradford, failed to open today in a sequel to the discovery Saturday of its assistant cashier dead in his garage from carbon monoxide poisoning.

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