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March 19, 1936

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PANICKY RESIDENTS DESERT JOHNSTOWN; 10,000 Flee to Hills on Rumor of Break in Huge Dam After the Flood Recedes. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED Little Food Available and No Heat -- Six Persons Dead -- Looting Is Reported. PANICKY RESIDENTS DESERT JOHNSTOWN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., March 18. -- Homeless and without food, thousands of Johnstown's terror-stricken residents huddled in misery tonight upon the rain-soaked Conemaugh Hills above the city, battered by flood waters from the Conemaugh River and Stony Creek.

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HEARST TELEGRAM GIVEN OUT IN HOUSE; McSwain Publicly Reads Message Which Publisher Sought by Suit to Suppress. HE CHARGES SPITE, FALSITY Senate Lobby Committee Cancels Subpoena and Prevents a Battle in the Courts. HEARST TELEGRAM GIVEN OUT IN HOUSE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Repr McSwain publicly reads Hearst message to Williams; Sen com cancels subpoena directing Western Union to produce telegram, avoiding ct battle; Judiciary Com repts favorably on H W Smith bill to regulate lobbying

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Notable Births

Ursula Andress

1936Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress[†]

Ursula Andress is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale. Other credits include Fun in Acapulco (1963), 4 for Texas (1963), She (1965), The 10th Victim (1965), The Blue Max (1966), The Southern Star (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Red Sun (1971), The Sensuous Nurse (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Clash of the Titans (1981), and Peter the Great (1986).

1936Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (died 1988)[†]

Benjamin Lexcen AM was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect. He is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American challenger to win the prestigious America's Cup in the competition's 132-year history.