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With G Surber, wins doubles, N J women's championships
Preferred stockholders file petition in ct demanding rejection of plan to reorganize co under Fed bankruptcy laws
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's Discovery needs new worlds to conquer, for he easily flipped aside the most formidable challenger for his crown of handicap champion when he won the Brooklyn Handicap for the third time yesterday at Aqueduct.
Praises bribery verdicts in S Drukman case
1936Chuck Howley, American football player[†]
Charles Louis Howley is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He spent his first two seasons with the Chicago Bears, who selected him seventh overall in the 1958 NFL draft, and played the remainder of his career for the Cowboys. Recognized as an original member of the Doomsday Defense, Howley received six Pro Bowl and five first-team All-Pro selections, while appearing in two consecutive Super Bowls and winning Super Bowl VI. Howley was also named the MVP of Super Bowl V and is the only player on a losing team to receive the award. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
1936Alexander Berkman, American author and activist (born 1870)[†]
Alexander Berkman was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
1936The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.[†]
Mengjiang, also known as Mengkiang, officially the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government, was an autonomous zone in Inner Mongolia. It was formed in 1939 as a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, and from 1940 was placed under the nominal sovereignty of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. It consisted of the previously Chinese provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan, corresponding to the central part of modern Inner Mongolia. It has also been called Mongukuo or Mengguguo. The capital was Kalgan, from where it was under the nominal rule of Mongol nobleman Demchugdongrub. The territory returned to Chinese control after the defeat of the Japanese Empire in 1945.