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January 21, 1936

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QUICK AAA REFUND SHARPLY ORDERED BY SUPREME COURT; Mandate Is Swiftly Issued as Government Fights for 200 Millions Held in Escrow. CONTRARY RULING CITED President Calls Conference of Congress Leaders and Aides to Seek Way Out. QUICK AAA REFUND ORDERED BY COURT

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

ct issues mandates making effective rulings on refunds in Hoosac Mills and rice millers cases; Govt petition for rehearing denied; to fight for 200 millions held in escrow

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Lieut. Giovannoli Named for Cheney Award; Faced Death in Rescues From Burning Plane

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Named for Cheney Award

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DEATH IS MOURNED BY WHOLE EMPIRE; Aga Khan Honors the King's Memory in Bombay -- Salute Is Fired in Singapore. DEATH IS MOURNED BY WHOLE EMPIRE

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

last message to Empire recalled

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House Votes Bill to Bar Foreign Mail Divorces

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

House of Repr votes on bill barring mail order decrees from foreign countries

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Notable Births

1936Dick Davies, American basketball player (died 2012)^[†]

Richard Allan Davies was an American basketball player. He played for the gold medal-winning United States men's national basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is also the youngest brother of Bob Davies, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.