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January 28, 1936

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GRAZIANI'S DRIVE IN SOUTH MENACES ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL; Italians Close to Allata, Key to Mountain Range Guarding Addis Ababa. DEFENDERS LOSE 15,000 5,000 Slain in 3-Day Fight in North and 10,000 in Two Southern Battles. ETHIOPIA ADMITS CONCERN Ras Desta Demtu's Armies Are Believed Shattered -- Red Cross Unit Is Bombed. ITALIANS IN SOUTH NEAR ADDIS ABABA

By Arnaldo Cortesi.wireless To the New York Times

Ambulance Unit 3, near Makale, bombed twice by Itals on Jan 18

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FARM PLAN TO RELY ON STATES' RIGHTS; Permanent Program Starting in 1938 Will Be 'Wholly Constitutional,' It Is Said. DOUBT ON STOP-GAP LAW But C.C. Davis Says Neither He Nor Wallace Is Uneasy Over Conservation Scheme. FARM PLAN TO RELY ON STATES' RIGHTS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Davis says new plan will rely on principle of States' rights

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GUN-RUNNING LAID TO AIRCRAFT HEADS; Four Men and Three Companies Are Indicted for Conspiracy During Gran Chaco War. EXPORT LIST HELD FALSE First Case Under Neutrality Law Is Based on Packing of Arms in Plane Crates. GUN-RUNNING LAID TO AIRCRAFT HEADS

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Fed grand jury indicts Curtiss-Wright Export Corp, Curtiss Aeroplane Motor Co, Barr Shipping Co, J S Allard, R R Barr, S J Abelow and C W Webster for running machine guns to Bolivia during war under new neutrality act

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JAIL THREAT AIMED AT TOWNSENDITES; Congressmen Consider Invoking Act Requiring Reports on Campaign Funds. NONE OFFERED BY GROUP Chicagoans Receive Senate Query on Money Given to Anti-New Deal Bodies.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Invocation of Corrupt Practices Act, based on failure to file accounting of receipts and expenditures for past yr with clerk of House, being considered by Congressmen

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Front Page 3 -- No Title; JAIL THREAT AIMED AT TOWNSENDITES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Chicago business men receive Sen Lobby Com questionnaires on contributions or connections

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1936Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer^[†]

Alan Alda is an American actor. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner and a three-time Tony Award nominee, he portrayed Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983). He also wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series.

1936Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (died 2024)^[†]

Ismail Kadare was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual, focusing on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally.

Headlines from January 28, 1936

FARM PLAN TO RELY ON STATES' RIGHTS; Permanent Program Starting in 1938 Will Be 'Wholly Constitutional,' It Is Said. DOUBT ON STOP-GAP LAW But C.C. Davis Says Neither He Nor Wallace Is Uneasy Over Conservation Scheme. FARM PLAN TO RELY ON STATES' RIGHTS

GUN-RUNNING LAID TO AIRCRAFT HEADS; Four Men and Three Companies Are Indicted for Conspiracy During Gran Chaco War. EXPORT LIST HELD FALSE First Case Under Neutrality Law Is Based on Packing of Arms in Plane Crates. GUN-RUNNING LAID TO AIRCRAFT HEADS

JAIL THREAT AIMED AT TOWNSENDITES; Congressmen Consider Invoking Act Requiring Reports on Campaign Funds. NONE OFFERED BY GROUP Chicagoans Receive Senate Query on Money Given to Anti-New Deal Bodies.

Front Page 3 -- No Title; JAIL THREAT AIMED AT TOWNSENDITES

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