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July 27, 1936

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Headlines from July 27, 1936

HITLER MOVE AIDS PARIS-LONDON TIE; Plan to Press Czechoslovakia Makes French More Patient on British Alliance Aim. HENLEIN REVEALED GAME Baldwin Government Is Now Desirous of a Good Working Agreement With Soviet. HITLER MOVE AIDS PARIS-LONDON TIE

By Augurwireless To the New York Times

Reich conditions for peace revealed by K Henlein in visit to London; Hitler demands Czech Govt join coalition against USSR, and that Czech dists with German majorities be formed into autonomous Nazi States (Augur)

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BIG MADRID FORCE RUSHED TO NORTH; REBELS END DRIVE; Gen. Mole's Men Now Talk of Starving Out the Capital in a Month. INSURGENTS' SHIPS SUNK Leftists Advance on Seville Saragossa and Other Vital Centers -- Palma Bombed. SAN SEBASTIAN IS CLEARED Madrid and Barcelona Quiet but 161 Americans Still Stay in the Embassy. Madrid Claims Gain in North Big Madrid Force Is Rushed North; Rebels to 'Starve' City, Drop Drive

By the Associated Press

Govt inflicts heavy losses on rebels in Guadarrama Mts; reinforcements sent to loyalist positions; govt ships and planes in engagement on Moroccan coast; insurgent camps at Palma, Balearic Islands, bombed; loyalists advance on Saragossa and Seville; Madrid calmer; govt plans to isolate Mola; 2 Gens arrested in Madrid; Foreign Legion Lt killed by loyalist sgt in plane; Fascists claim victory by advance column of Mola's men in Guadarrama Mts; rebels plan to starve out capital in mo; govt forces shell Loyola barracks near San Sebastian; Oviedo rebels urged to surrender

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Notable Births

1936J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (died 2008)[โ€ ]

James Robert Hooper was an American politician who served on the Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2007.