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September 5, 1936

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Campaign Fund Inquiry Is On in Michigan;

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On campaign fund inquiry in Mich

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GEOGHAN DENIES BYK'S CASH PAID FOR HIS TRIP ABROAD; CORBETT TELLS BRIBE STORY; TODD QUERY STIRS ROW

By Robert S. Bird

lr on decision

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$3,000,000 War Chests Reported to Senators

By the Associated Press

DETROIT, Sept. 4. -- Louis R. Glavis, chief investigator of the Senate Committee on Campaign Expenditures, began an investigation here today of statements that a fund of $3,000,000 had been accumulated for use in the election campaign in Michigan.

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WOMAN ON FLIGHT OF ATLANTIC ALONE; Mrs. Markham, English Mother, Starts Dangerous East-West Crossing.

By Unknown Author

Mrs B Markham enroute from Eng to N Y

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Chief Negligence Lawyer in U.S. Arrested as Ambulance Chaser; Joseph Speiser, Whose Firm Has Filed 3,000 Accident Cases in Recent Years, Is Seized With Aide, an Alleged High-Salaried 'Runner' -- Secrecy Veils Detailed Charges.

By Unknown Author

J Speiser and F White arrested

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Notable Births

1936Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)^[†]

Robert Burns was a politician, attorney and union activist from Quebec, Canada.

1936John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations^[†]

John Claggett Danforth is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the Republican Party, he later served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1999 to 2000 and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2005.

1936Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator^[†]

Jonathan Kozol is an American writer, progressive activist, and educator, best known for his books on public education in the United States.

1936Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach^[†]

William Stanley Mazeroski, nicknamed "Maz" and "the Glove", is an American former second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956 to 1972. A seven-time All-Star known during his career primarily for his spectacular defensive play, he has come to be better known for perhaps the most memorable home run in baseball history, a dramatic ninth-inning drive in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series that beat the favored New York Yankees. It was the first time that the major league season ended with a home run, and remains the only walk-off home run to clinch a World Series championship in Game 7. ESPN ranked the World Series winner at the top of its list of the 100 Greatest Home Runs of All Time, while Sports Illustrated had it eighth in its compilation of the 100 Greatest Moments in Sports History. Mazeroski received the Babe Ruth Award for his play in the Series, during which he batted .320.

1936Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (died 2022)^[†]

Knuts Skujenieks was a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.

Notable Deaths

1936Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (born 1859)^[†]

Gustave Kahn was a French Symbolist poet and art critic. He was also active, via publishing and essay-writing, in defining Symbolism and distinguishing it from the Decadent Movement.