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May 18, 1936

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Milwaukee's Debt Cut $19,000,000 in 5 Years

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Debt cut $19,000,000 in 5 yrs

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JERUSALEM GANGS CURBED BY CURFEW; Shots After 8 P.M. Clear City Streets -- 30,000 at Funeral of Three Slain Jews. IMMIGRATION TO GO ON Arab Proclamation for Strike Against British Rule and Jews Is Confiscated. JERUSALEM GANGS CURBED BY CURFEW

By Joseph M. Levywireless To the New York Times

Urges Brit Govt to prevent further slaying of Jews in Palestine

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FUGITIVE AIRPLANE ELUDES CHASE HERE; Policeman Pushed Off Wing and Injured as He Tries to Question Pilot on Landing. SMUGGLING IS SUSPECTED Fliers Vainly Pursue Craft, Sought by Customs Men for Canadian Border Operations. FUGITIVE AIRPLANE ELUDES CHASE HERE

By Unknown Author

Police and customs authorities sock plane suspected of illegal traffic between U S and Canada after pilot refuses to answer questions on landing at Holmes airport; Royal Mounted assist in hunt

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GERMANY EXUDES AIR OF WELL-BEING; Crops Are Promising, Villages Appear to Be Cheerful and the Idleness Is Not Visible. TAX BURDEN IS DISGUISED Tin Box Collections Make Every Day 'Tag Day' and They Are Hard to Resist. GERMANY EXUDES AIR OF WELL-BEING

By Frederick T. Birchallwireless To the New York Times

evidence of strides toward self-sufficiency seen in Southern Provinces (F T Birchall)

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Hitler Will Submit Questions to Britain In Reply to Inquiry on His Peace Proposals

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

believed Hitler will submit questions to Brit before replying to memo

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Notable Births

1936Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)^[†]

Leon Walton, better known by his stage name Leon Ashley, was an American country music singer. He is known mainly for his single "Laura ", which topped the country singles charts in 1967. This single was distributed on his own label. Ashley recorded, released, distributed and published the single on his own. Besides this song, he released several other singles throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

1936Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)^[†]

Türker İnanoğlu was a Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer.

1936Michael Sandle, English sculptor and academic^[†]

Michael Sandle is a British sculptor and artist. His works include several public sculptures, many relating to themes of war, death, or destruction.