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August 22, 1936

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Headlines from August 22, 1936

BERLIN CHARGES LIBEL; Says Moscow Directs Anti-Reich Campaign on Radio in Spain. MADRID SILENT ON SEARCH Germany Will Not Make a Big Issue of Halting of Ship by Loyalists Off Cadiz. BRITAIN SENDS A WARNING Orders Warship Commanders to 'Take Aim' if Molested by Belligerent Craft. GERMANY ACCUSES MOSCOW OF LIBEL

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Germany lodges formal protest in Moscow and Madrid against alleged anti-German agitation by Soviet and Spanish broadcasting stations; German press comment; Reich not to make capital issue of Kamerun incident or of confiscation of German passenger plane near Madrid; disposition of part of German fleet in Spanish waters announced; Giral declares Kamerun carried gasoline destined for Rebel-held Cadiz; Gt Brit warns Rebels and Loyalists against molesting Brit vessels on high seas

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Notable Births

Chuck Brown

1936Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)[†]

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1936John Callaway, American journalist and producer (died 2009)[†]

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1936Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)[†]

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Werner Stengel

1936Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster[†]

Werner Stengel is a German roller coaster designer and engineer. Stengel is the founder of Stengel Engineering, also known as Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH.