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May 14, 1936

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LEGISLATURE KILLS STATE SOCIAL AID; ALL-NIGHT SESSION; Assembly Republicans Refuse to Yield to Pressure and Bury Lehman Program.

By W.a. Warn

Sen defeats bill against shutting off service

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Washington Not Notified; BRITAIN PREPARING TO ADD DESTROYERS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, May 13. -- Reports that Great Britain was negotiating with the United States for an increase of her destroyer tonnage under the London Naval treaty of 1930 were denied at the State Department today.

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Taft Captures 47 Seats, Borah 5; 15 Coughlin Candidates Win in Ohio; Senator Loses All Eight Delegates at Large in the Primary Race, Taft Interpreting the Result as a Slap at Roosevelt -- President Has 419,662, Breckinridge 27,137 OHIO RETURNS GIVE TAFT 47, BORAH 5

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FRAZIER-LEMKE BILL BEATEN IN THE HOUSE BY 235 TO 142 AFTER WARNING ON INFLATION; A.F. OF L. HELPS SAVE DAY Letter by Green Is Read, Saying Labor Would 'Suffer Greatly.' BYRNS TAKES THE FLOOR Declares He Will Not Stand for 'Discriminatory' Plan Aiding Only One Class. LEMKE SEES REPRISALS He Holds Vote Was a Victory, Meaning 'Eliminations' of Some Members at Polls. LEMKE BILL LOSES IN HOUSE, 235-142

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Lr to House members against Frazier-Lemke bill

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1936Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1973)^[†]

Walden Robert Cassotto, known by the stage name Bobby Darin, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed pop, swing, folk, rock and roll, and country music.

1936Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1987)^[†]

Richard Dalton Howser was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager who was best known as the manager of the Kansas City Royals during the 1980s and for guiding them to the franchise's first World Series title in 1985.

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1936Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (born 1861)^[†]

Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, was a senior British Army officer and imperial governor. He fought in the Second Boer War and in the First World War, in which he led the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the conquest of Palestine.

Headlines from May 14, 1936

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LEGISLATURE KILLS STATE SOCIAL AID; ALL-NIGHT SESSION; Assembly Republicans Refuse to Yield to Pressure and Bury Lehman Program.

Washington Not Notified; BRITAIN PREPARING TO ADD DESTROYERS

Taft Captures 47 Seats, Borah 5; 15 Coughlin Candidates Win in Ohio; Senator Loses All Eight Delegates at Large in the Primary Race, Taft Interpreting the Result as a Slap at Roosevelt -- President Has 419,662, Breckinridge 27,137 OHIO RETURNS GIVE TAFT 47, BORAH 5

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