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December 20, 1935

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Schall, Blind Senator, Badly Hurt; Struck by a Hit-and-Run Driver; Minnesotan Is Picked Up Unconscious on Highway Near Capital -- Condition Is So Grave Family Is Summoned to Bedside -- Aide Also Injured -- One Arrest Made. SCHALL BADLY HURT BY HIT-RUN DRIVER

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Struck, with aide, O R Leen, by hit-run auto driver; condition critical; L C Humphries arrested as alleged driver

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KIDNAP GANG OF 4 ACCUSED BY MILNE; DOUBT ON RANSOM; Youth Says He Accepted Offer to Go to His Grandfather, Who Thugs Said Was III. BLINDFOLDED IN SEDAN Federal Men Find Farmhouse Near Wrightstown, Pa., Where He Was Held Captive. NARCOTIC SYRINGE THERE Government Agents Believe No Money Was Paid but Police and Troopers Are Skeptical. WHERE CALEB MILNE 4TH WAS FOUND. KIDNAP GANG OF 4 ACCUSED BY MILNE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Milne, in hosp, describes kidnappers; doubt on ransom

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Japanese Issue Denial.; JAPANESE IN CLASH IN OUTER MONGOLIA

By Unknown Author

Invasion by Japanese and Manchukuoan troops and killing of Mongolian officer and soldiers at Bulun Derson, Mongolia, reptd; Japanese War Office spokesman asserts scene of clash was in Manchukuo; charges Soviet news agency incites border troubles

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All Nations Speed Building of War Planes; Many Powers Cloak Programs in Secrecy

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Evidence of world-wide aircraft rearmament in publication "Jane's All the World's Aircraft for 1935"

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BALDWIN SUSTAINED 397-165 AFTER HE CONFESSES 'ERROR;' LEAGUE DROPS PEACE PLAN; LABOR CENSURE BEATEN British Tories Stand By Prime Minister but Uphold League. HOARE DEFENDS HIMSELF Says His Conscience Is Clear, as He Sought to Prevent Conflict in Europe. LEAGUE ACTS WITH HASTE Leaves Future Peace Effort to Committee of Thirteen, Which Will Study the Situation. Commons Hears Explanations. BALDWIN UPHELD BY A 397-165 VOTE

By Charles A. Selden.special Cable To the New York Times

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Notable Births

1935Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster (died 2024)^[†]

Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla was a Pakistani-New Zealander cricketer, cricket coach and umpire who later worked as a cricket commentator for TVNZ. He represented Pakistan four times at Test match level between 1964 and 1967, and was the first Pakistani to play in the County Championship.

Notable Deaths

1935Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1882)^[†]

Martin O'Meara, VC was an Irish-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.