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August 8, 1936

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GERMANY DEMANDS SPANISH INDEMNITY; Reinforces Protest on Killing of Germans -- Intervention Is Urged in Newspapers. FRENCH EXPECT AN ACCORD British Receive Terms of the Non-Interference Pact and Show General Approval. GERMANY DEMANDS SPANISH INDEMNITY

By Otto D. Tolischuswireless To the New York Times

BERLIN, Aug. 7. -- A sharp protest with a most emphatic demand for indemnity for the killing of four Germans by the sentence of an alleged anarchist tribunal near Barcelona was sent direct to the Spanish Government today through the German charge d'affaires in Madrid.

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Frank Howard (baseball)

1936Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)[†]

Frank Oliver Howard, nicknamed "Hondo", "the Washington Monument" and "the Capital Punisher", was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators/Texas Rangers franchises. One of the most physically intimidating players in the sport, Howard was 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and weighed between 275 and 295 pounds, according to former Senators/Rangers trainer Bill Zeigler.

1936Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022)[†]

Jan Michał Pieńkowski was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He is best known for illustrating the Meg and Mog picture book series. He also did stage design for the theatre. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee in 1982 and again in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books.