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April 17, 1936

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VAST BOND RING IS RAIDED; $440,000 OF WALL ST. LOOT IS FOUND IN MONTE CARLO; $2,780,000 CACHE HUNTED Two of the International Gang Selling to Rich Abroad Are Seized. POLICE GOT MYSTERY TIP Phone Call Here Led to Trail of U.S. Securities Taken From Messenger 14 Months Ago. YACHT USED BY CROOKS Villas, Fast Autos, A Woman Informant and Murder Figure in Fiction-Like Case. MONTE CARLO RAID REVEALS BOND LOOT

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2 held in Paris for thefts of bonds from Bank of the Manhattan Co believed members of gang responsible for nearly $3,000,000 robberies

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Notable Births

Urs Wild

1936Urs Wild, Swiss chemist (died 2022)[†]

Urs Paul Rolf Wild was a Swiss chemist. He became known for his pioneering works in single molecule detection.

Notable Deaths

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

1936Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1873)[†]

Charles Joseph Marie Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was a Dutch politician of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP). He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 9 September 1918 until 4 August 1925 and from 10 August 1929 until 26 May 1933.