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May 15, 1936

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Headlines from May 15, 1936

BALDWIN SEEKS REFORMS IN LEAGUE TO BRING US IN, WITH GERMANY AND JAPAN; FOR SANCTIONS PRINCIPLE

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr

Baldwin s to women members of Conservative party assns

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Berlin Sees No Cause for Increased Fear

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

BERLIN, May 14. -- The Hitler regime continues to put forth every effort to present to the City of Lon don and the foreign commercial world generally a serene and prosperous countenance. The nervous truce on economic policy continues with Dr. Hjalmar Schacht still in control, at least for the time being.

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Doctors Assail 'Twilight' Birth As Perilous to Mother and Child; Woman Obstetrician, Leading Attack at Medical Session, Says End of Fear Obviates Drugs -- First User in This Country Voices His Regret.

By William L. Laurence

Drs demonstrate instrument for recording elec potentials at Amer Med Assn convention

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Kirsten Flagstad Is Hurt Attending London Opera

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hurt when glass compact falls on head at opera

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HOOVER DEMANDS FIGHTING PLATFORM; Warns Against Pussyfooting as He Attacks New Deal's 'Extravaganza.' LIBERTY'S REVIVAL URGED ' Collectivist Desert' Threatens He Tells Republican Women in Philadelphia. HOOVER DEMANDS FIGHTING PLATFORM

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

H Hoover warns of threat to U S

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1936Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer^[†]

Anna Maria Alberghetti is an Italian-American actress and soprano. Alberghetti sang in concert from the time she was a child and performed at Carnegie Hall at age 13.

1936Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (died 1977)^[†]

Mart Laga was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the EuroBasket 1955 and EuroBasket 1957 events.

1936Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator^[†]

Ralph Idris Steadman is a Welsh illustrator and collaborator with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman draws satirical political cartoons, social caricatures, and picture books.

1936Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (died 2003)^[†]

Paul Zindel Jr. was an American playwright, young adult novelist, and educator.

Headlines from May 15, 1936

BALDWIN SEEKS REFORMS IN LEAGUE TO BRING US IN, WITH GERMANY AND JAPAN; FOR SANCTIONS PRINCIPLE

Berlin Sees No Cause for Increased Fear

Doctors Assail 'Twilight' Birth As Perilous to Mother and Child; Woman Obstetrician, Leading Attack at Medical Session, Says End of Fear Obviates Drugs -- First User in This Country Voices His Regret.

Kirsten Flagstad Is Hurt Attending London Opera

HOOVER DEMANDS FIGHTING PLATFORM; Warns Against Pussyfooting as He Attacks New Deal's 'Extravaganza.' LIBERTY'S REVIVAL URGED ' Collectivist Desert' Threatens He Tells Republican Women in Philadelphia. HOOVER DEMANDS FIGHTING PLATFORM

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