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September 15, 1936

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Headlines from September 15, 1936

NAZI FLIERS DROP DISGUISE; Appear Openly at Huge Secret Base Swiftly Built at Caceres. CLEAR SKY OF LOYALISTS But Nervousness Behind the Insurgent Lines Compels Franco to Put On Speed. FOREIGN AID IN MADRID, TOO Rebels Fight Way Nearer to the Capital in Battle on the Road to Maqueda. GERMAN AVIATORS TURN TIDE IN SPAIN

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Rebels advance again from Talavera de la Reina with aid of German air fleet; correspondent reveals Caceres has been made into air base for German aviators who pilot German craft; nervousness evidenced behind Franco's lines; govt fliers bring down Ital plane on Talavera front, Ital pilot arrested; German hand grenades, hurled by Fascists, collected; 30 foreign aviators quartered in Madrid to serve govt; group of Russian pilots arrive in capital

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REICH ARMY SHOWS STRENGTH TO NAZIS; Presents Impressive Form as Hitler Closes the Congress With Anti-Red Speech. HE ALSO HITS DEMOCRACY Display of German Armed Forces, Including Planes, Held to Mark Great Gain. REICH ARMY SHOWS STRENGTH TO NAZIS

By Frederick T. Birchallwireless To the New York Times

Polish view of Hitler's ss

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CITY AND STATE SET FOR PRIMARY TODAY; Democrats Faced by Contests Here -- Townsendites Fight Republicans Up-State. POLLS OPEN FROM 3 TO 10 Goldstein and Streit Join in Plea in Support of Judges Koenig and Collins. STATE AND CITY SET FOR VOTING TODAY

By Unknown Author

Urges renomination of Judges Koenig and Collins for Gen Sessions Ct

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RICHMAN GROUNDED BY SLEET AND ICE IN NEWFOUNDLAND; Merrill Lands Plane in Bog, Bends Propeller, With Fuel Tanks Nearly Empty. FISHERMEN RESCUE CRAFT Rickenbacker, With Supplies, Leaves for Scene, 100 Miles North of Harbor Grace. RICHMAN GROUNDED IN NEWFOUNDLAND

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

land in Newfoundland bog; map; Capt E V Rickenbacker leads rescue expedition

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FATE OF GEOGHAN IN LEHMAN'S HANDS; Governor Hears Final Argument by Both Sides and Promises an Early Decision. STRYKER CHARGES A 'PLOT' Shouts Accusations at Todd, Who Declares Prosecutor Is Menace to Public. GEOGHAN HEARING CLOSES IN ALBANY

By Robert S. Bird.special To the New York Times

Polish view of ss

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1936Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (died 2020)^[†]

Ashley John Cooper AO was an Australian tennis player who played between 1953 and 1968. He was ranked as the world's No. 1 amateur player during the years of 1957 and 1958. Cooper won four singles and four doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments. He won three of the four Grand Slam events in 1958. He turned professional in 1959. Cooper won the Slazenger Professional Championships tournament in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe professional tour of Europe in 1960. Cooper won the European Cup professional tour of Europe in 1962. He retired from tennis play at the end of 1962 due to injury.

1936Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (died 2005)^[†]

Sara Jane Henderson was an Australian pastoralist and author who became an Australia household name after the publication of her autobiography From Strength to Strength in 1993 about rebuilding Bullo River cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Headlines from September 15, 1936

REICH ARMY SHOWS STRENGTH TO NAZIS; Presents Impressive Form as Hitler Closes the Congress With Anti-Red Speech. HE ALSO HITS DEMOCRACY Display of German Armed Forces, Including Planes, Held to Mark Great Gain. REICH ARMY SHOWS STRENGTH TO NAZIS

CITY AND STATE SET FOR PRIMARY TODAY; Democrats Faced by Contests Here -- Townsendites Fight Republicans Up-State. POLLS OPEN FROM 3 TO 10 Goldstein and Streit Join in Plea in Support of Judges Koenig and Collins. STATE AND CITY SET FOR VOTING TODAY

RICHMAN GROUNDED BY SLEET AND ICE IN NEWFOUNDLAND; Merrill Lands Plane in Bog, Bends Propeller, With Fuel Tanks Nearly Empty. FISHERMEN RESCUE CRAFT Rickenbacker, With Supplies, Leaves for Scene, 100 Miles North of Harbor Grace. RICHMAN GROUNDED IN NEWFOUNDLAND

FATE OF GEOGHAN IN LEHMAN'S HANDS; Governor Hears Final Argument by Both Sides and Promises an Early Decision. STRYKER CHARGES A 'PLOT' Shouts Accusations at Todd, Who Declares Prosecutor Is Menace to Public. GEOGHAN HEARING CLOSES IN ALBANY

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