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September 30, 1936

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Headlines from September 30, 1936

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MADRID'S SUPPLY OF FOOD MENACED BY REBEL ADVANCE; Sole Railroad to Coast Is Goal of Franco's Men -- Another Line Also in Peril. MILITARY VIEW IS GLOOMY Failure to Capture Important Cities Ended Optimism in the Capital. TE DEUM SUNG IN ALCAZAR Survivors of the Toledo Siege Reveal Women Gave Their Food to Defenders. Rebel Threat to Vital Lines MADRID'S SUPPLY OF FOOD MENACED

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Food supply difficulties in Madrid increase, water supply threatened; Rebel advance eastward threatens 2 rrs from capital to sea and to Portugal; summary of govt's situation; insurgent columns begin advance on capital by way of Illescas and Aranjuez; govt orders mil leaders to shoot cowards; govt repts successful counter-attack at Bargas, and control in Asturias

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BLEAKLEY WINS ON FIRST; He Gets 680 to Fearon's 348 and Vote Is Then Made Unanimous. HALF-HOUR OVATION GIVEN Senator, Who Had Refused to Step Aside, Pledges Full Backing to Nominee. COUNTRY-CITY ISSUE BOOED Hancock Warning to Pick Up-State Man Is Roared Down -- Eaton Offers Resignation. Bleakley and Col. Robertson Unanimously Chosen to Head Republican Ticket

By W.a. Warnspecial To the New York Times

Nominated by N Y S Repubs for Repr at Large

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American Supplies Reach The Red Cross in Spain

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Amer Red Cross supplies reach belligerents

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11 IN BLACK LEGION GUILTY OF MURDER; Seven, Convicted in First Degree by Detroit Jury, Face Mandatory Life Terms. COLONEL' DAVIS INCLUDED Second Degree Verdict for Four in Poole Slaying -- One Defendant Is Acquitted.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

11 found guilty of murder; H Gill acquitted

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1936Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (died 2024)^[†]

James Ralph Sasser was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. From 1996 to 1999, during the Clinton Administration, he was the United States Ambassador to China.

1936Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (died 1976)^[†]

Sevgi Soysal was a Turkish writer.

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1936American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.^[†]

The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966.

Headlines from September 30, 1936

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American Supplies Reach The Red Cross in Spain

11 IN BLACK LEGION GUILTY OF MURDER; Seven, Convicted in First Degree by Detroit Jury, Face Mandatory Life Terms. COLONEL' DAVIS INCLUDED Second Degree Verdict for Four in Poole Slaying -- One Defendant Is Acquitted.

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