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Rumor that Card Pacelli will investigate situation brought about by attacks on Roosevelt
FTC rept charges manipulation of supply sources enabled distributors to pay prices below those fixed by Control Bd; Natl Dairy Products Corp and Borden Co and subsidiary cited
Makes pub tentative realty tax assessment rolls for 1937; comments
Franco advances on Madrid on 3 highways in move to block avenues of retreat for govt forces; Rebels in south capture Alcala la Real and San Pedro; govt forces launch counter attack on Bargas; Madrid orders series of counter-attacks; militia massed for defense of Aranjuez and Castillejos; govt plan of strategy; Rebels predict fall of capital within 3 wks
Plans for dedication by Pres Roosevelt
1936Dick Barnett, American basketball player (died 2025)[†]
Richard Barnett was an American professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Syracuse Nationals, Los Angeles Lakers, and New York Knicks. He won two NBA championships with the Knicks. Barnett was also a member of the Cleveland Pipers in the American Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Tennessee A&I State Tigers. Barnett was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024.
1936Connie Dierking, American basketball player (died 2013)[†]
Conrad William Dierking was an American professional basketball player from 1958 to 1971.
1936Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (died 2019)[†]
Gwendolyn Joy Marston was an American quilter, quilt teacher, lecturer, and author who championed a style of quilting she called "liberated quiltmaking". She encouraged modern quilt makers to break away from using commercial patterns and to learn to design their own unique pieces of quilt art.