President to Avoid Politics In Speeches Till October; He Declares Addresses on Drought Tour and Immediately Following Will Be Non-Political -- Farley Confers at Hyde Park. PRESIDENT TO AVOID POLITICS ON TOUR
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receives invitation to drought conf; will accept; would bar politics; names 2 aides
Reads 4th time of his death in notice sent to wife by War Dept
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
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)[†]
Delmar Allen "Dale" Hawkins was a pioneer American rock singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who was often called the architect of swamp rock boogie.
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.