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January 20, 1936

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Notable Deaths

1936George V of the United Kingdom (born 1865)^[†]

George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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Headlines from January 20, 1936

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NEW HOUSING DRIVE TO USE PRIVATE AID; Administration Consults Banks Here on Creation of National Mortgage Body. FEDERAL SUBSIDY SMALL Association Would Acquire Mortgages From Lenders and Issue Bonds on Them. NEW HOUSING DRIVE TO USE PRIVATE AID

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Plans to amend Fed Housing Act to permit establishment of natl mortgage assn financed with private funds and small Fed subsidy reptd; proposal favored by U S Chamber of Commerce housing com

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QUICK BONUS VOTE EXPECTED TODAY; WAR INQUIRY WAITS; Senate Chiefs Hope to Pass Veterans' Baby Bond Bill by Mid-Afternoon. NYE GROUP OUT OF FUNDS Calling for $7,000 to Go On, He Says Foes Use Wilson Row as a 'Smoke Screen.' QUICK BONUS VOTE EXPECTED TODAY

By Turner Catledge.special To the New York Times

Morgan not to appear for scheduled hearing unless money is appropriated; Nye states hearing will be abandoned unless money is voted; says smoke screen is made of Pres Wilson criticism in inquiry to cover attack on Com findings; states purpose of investigation; opposition in Sen to voting further funds

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Soviet Charges New Raid.; RUSSIA USES FORCE TO CURB JAPANESE

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MOSCOW, Jan. 19 (AP). -- The official Soviet News Agency, in a dispatch from Ulan Bator (Urga), Outer Mongolia, said tonight that Manchukuoan soldiers had made a new penetration of Monoglian territory.

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TVA POWER RULING IS EXPECTED TODAY; Supreme Court Will Decide if Government Has Right to Sell Electricity. AAA TAX FIGHT IS LIKELY Justice Department Due to Ask Rehearing to Halt Return of $200,000,000 Levies. TVA POWER RULING IS EXPECTED TODAY

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Comment on AAA decision

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Allen Tells Forces to 'Kick Roosevelt Out'; Defies Government in Louisiana Primary

By the Associated Press

Gov Allen rules Fed officers out of Dem primary

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SNOW AND SLEET BLANKET THE CITY; 9 DEAD IN STORM; 50,000 Men to Be at Work Today Clearing Streets of Heaviest Fall of Winter. TRAINS LITTLE DELAYED Long Island Road on Schedule -- Plane Flights Canceled and Buses Held Back. DRIFTS TIE UP HIGHWAYS Half-Frozen Motorists Rescued in Jersey -- Thunder Heard as Snow Flies Here. THE BEAUTY AND THE BOTHER OF THE SNOW RETURN TO NEW YORK. SNOW AND SLEET BLANKET THE CITY

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Thunder in midst of blizzard, N Y C

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RUSSIA USES FORCE TO HALT JAPANESE; Manchukuoan Force Captured and Another Driven Away With Aid of Mongolians. NEW RAID ALSO CHARGED Meanwhile, Gen. Hu Returns to Urge Stronger Chinese Stand Against Tokyo.

By Hugh Byas.wireless To the New York Times

Soviet and Outer Mongolian forces offer active resistance to border incidents; Japanese rept 100 Outer Mongolians attacked Manchukuoan frontier forces at Heilmuto; other incidents; Japanese charge raids are made to capture Manchukuoans to be exchd for Mongolians captured Dec 19; Soviet agency repts Manchukuoans entered Mongolian territory near Bulun Dersun and fired on Mongolian border guards

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President of Ecuador Banishes Three Critics

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Banished from Ecuador

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KING IS UNCHANGED; A COUNCIL OF STATE TO BE SET UP TODAY; Britain Has Another Night of Anxiety as Monarch Fails to Show Improvement. PRIVY COUNCIL IS CALLED Will Meet at Sandringham to Establish Group to Carry On Sovereign's Duties. KING IS UNCHANGED; COUNCIL ORDERED

By Charles A. Selden.wireless To the New York Times

LONDON, Monday, Jan. 20. -- Although there was still almost blank uncertainty and the gravest anxiety during last night concerning the condition of King George, the weight of opinion in the best-informed quarters was to the effect that death was not yet imminent.

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Daladier Heads Radical Party; Six in French Cabinet to Resign; Successor to Herriot Tells Executive Committee Meeting That 'Fight Must Be Against Financial Oligarchy' -- Fate of Laval Government Depends on Premier's Success at Geneva. DALADIER IS HEAD OF RADICAL PARTY

By P.j. Philip.wireless To the New York Times

Daladier elected pres of Radical Socialist party; to press fight against financial oligarchy; impending resignation of Radical Socialist ministers expected to force Laval resignation

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