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July 10, 1936

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BRITISH CUT FLEET IN MEDITERRANEAN TO WIN BACK ITALY; Ships Sail Today, but Hoare Says the Force There Will Be Bigger Than Before Crisis. NEW DEFENSE FUND ASKED 19,359,000 More Sought for 3 Services -- Navy Plans 16 Additional Vessels. PARIS ENDS PLEDGE OF AID Cancels Pact With London on Ports -- Italy Is Said to Back France Against Reich. Britain to Withdraw Warships BRITISH CUT FLEET IN MEDITERRANEAN

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr.special Cable To the New York Times

Ships to be withdrawn from Mediterranean in effort to conciliate Italy; Sir S Hoare says permanent Mediterranean Fleet will be enlarged; supplementary estimates submitted to Commons; plans for expansion; new battleships to carry 14-inch guns (F Kuhn Jr)

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Ethiopians Cut Rails Near Capital; Beaten Off in an All-Night Battle; Detachments From Three Italian Divisions Save Two Food Trains From 'Marauders' -- French Press Says Western Natives Have Renounced Negus to Carry on War. ETHIOPIANS SEVER RAILS NEAR CAPITAL

By Arnaldo Cortesiwireless To the New York Times

Rome dispatch repts Addis Ababa-Jibuto rr and telegraph and telephone lines between Acak and Moggio were cut July 3 and marauders repulsed after all-night fighting; French press repts Western natives plan to carry on war; map

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Notable Births

Herbert Boyer

1936Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech[†]

Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a method to coax bacteria into producing foreign proteins, which aided in jump-starting the field of genetic engineering. By 1969, he had performed studies on a couple of restriction enzymes of E. coli with especially useful properties.

Tunne Kelam

1936Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician[†]

Tunne-Väldo Kelam is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia. He is a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union, part of the European People's Party.