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August 2, 1936

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Debate Fails to Decide If U.S. Got 'Bronx Cheer'; Some Declare Germans Whistled to Express Disapproval -- Others Say Outburst Was by Americans Hailing Their Team. OPINION IS DIVIDED ON 'BRONX CHEER'

By the Associated Press

BERLIN, Aug. 1. -- A debate over whether the American delegation received the German equivalent of the "Bronx cheer" shortly after passing Chancellor Hitler in the parade of the nations, opening the eleventh modern Olympics, shook the press section as the athletes left the Olympic Stadium today.

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FIGHT FOR SEABOARD ON; Mola Diverts Thousands to Take San Sebastian, Irun and Bilbao. WOULD SAFEGUARD REAR But Suffers Setback in Loss of Oyarzun -- Burgos Base Feels Pinch of Hunger. BIG DRIVE ON SARAGOSSA Two Government Armies Draw Nearer -- Rebel Cavalry Is Routed From 2 Towns.

By the Associated Press

HENDAYE, France, Aug. 1. -- Opposing troops in Spain's civil war fought today for control of the northern seaboard. Rebel sources said that General Emilio Mola, the insurgent commander in the north, intended to clear out the loyalist strongholds there before concentrating his strength in a march across the Guadarrama Mountains to Madrid.

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Notable Births

Anthony Payne

1936Anthony Payne, English composer and author (died 2021)[†]

Anthony Edward Payne was an English composer, music critic and musicologist. He is best known for his acclaimed completion of Edward Elgar's third symphony, which gained wide acceptance into Elgar's oeuvre. Payne is particularly noted for his chamber music, much of which was written for his wife, the soprano Jane Manning, and the couple's new music ensemble Jane's Minstrels. Initially an unrelenting proponent of modernist music, by the 1980s his compositions had embraced aspects of the late English romanticism, described by his colleague Susan Bradshaw as "modernized nostalgia".