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March 8, 1936

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FAIRBANKS IS WED TO LADY ASHLEY; Legal Bars Finally Overcome for Paris Marriage of Actor to British Divorcee.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

PARIS, March 7. -- After many vicissitudes, which included a collision between his automobile and a taxicab as he was on his way to the wedding this morning, Douglas Fairbanks, 53-year-old film actor, was married by Mayor Gaston Drucker of the Eighth Ward of Paris to Sylvia Hawkes, formerly the wife of Lord Ashley of Britain.

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VERSAILLES CURB BROKEN; Hitler Smashes Locarno Citing Franco-Soviet Treaty as Reason. READY TO REJOIN LEAGUE Battle for Equality Ended, He Tells Joyous Reichstag -Sets Vote for March 29. URGES AIR PACT IN WEST Bilateral Neutralization of Rhine Proposed -- Hand Is Extended to Lithuania. CENTERS IN RHINELAND DISTRICT OCCUPIED YESTERDAY BY GERMAN SOLDIERS. HITLER DISPATCHES TROOPS TO RHINE

By Guido Enderis.wireless To the New York Times

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COLUMBIA QUINTET STOPS PENN, 27-26; Champions Rally Near Close to Register Tenth Straight League Triumph. COLOMBIA QUINTET STOPS PENN, 27-25

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

PHILADELPHIA, March 7. -- Driving hard in the closing minutes, Columbia erased Penn's five-point lead to defeat the Red and Blue, 27 to 25, at the Palestra tonight for its tenth victory in as many starts in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League.

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Insurance Profits Up 18% in Year

By Unknown Author

Hare's Ltd rept of profits of 16 cos, 1935

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Squash Racquets Title Is Retained by Glidden

By Unknown Author

title retained by G Glidden

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Notable Births

1936Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (died 1986)^[†]

Jagdish "Panditrao" Chandrashekhar Agashe was an Indian industrialist, best remembered for serving as the joint managing director alongside his brother of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. from 1970 to 1978. The Panditrao Agashe School in Pune is named in his honour.

1936Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer^[†]

Sue Ane Langdon is an American actress. She has appeared in dozens of television series and had featured roles in films such as A Guide for the Married Man and The Cheyenne Social Club, both directed by Gene Kelly, as well as The Rounders opposite Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford and two films starring Elvis Presley, Roustabout and Frankie and Johnny.

Historical Events

1936Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.^[†]

The Daytona Beach and Road Course was a motorsport race track that was instrumental in the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). It originally became famous as the location where 15 world land speed records were set.