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November 19, 1936

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Headlines from November 19, 1936

BERRY TELLS LABOR HIGH COURT MUST ALTER 'PHILOSOPHY'; Roosevelt Aide at A.F. of L. Convention Says 'Liberal Legislation' Must 'Stick.' PROPOSES JUDICIAL CURBS Session Brings Sharp Division Over Green's Move for Peace With C.I.O. MANY FOR REINSTATEMENT Secretary Perkins Praises Walsh-Healy Act and Cites Benefits Already Attained. BERRY URGES NEW HIGH COURT VIEWS

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

holds talk by Spanish Amb not desirable at AFL convention

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GUNS HAMMER INVADERS; Loyalists Start Drive at Night to Eject Foe -- Capital Raided Anew. CITY IS A SCENE OF RUIN Wreckage Litters the Streets After Fires Set by Bombs -- Dead Are Put at 300. REBELS GAIN IN NEW ZONE Push on Madrid From Region to the Northeast -- Leftists Mass 40,000 in Far North. LOYALISTS ATTACK TO EJECT REBELS

By William P. Carneywireless To the New York Times

MADRID, Nov. 18 (Censored). -- Firemen were still struggling valiantly this afternoon with the numerous blazes started in the center of the city by the incendiary bombs dropped last night from Rebel planes.

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ROOSEVELT SAILS ON PEAGE MISSION; HAILED IN CAROLINA; Cruiser Under Full Steam Sets 25-Knot Pace 200 Miles Off Florida Coast. BIG CROWD AT CHARLESTON Messages Signalize Industry Drive to Spur Employment, Cite World Trade Gains. Embarks at Charleston, S.C. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAILS FOR PEACE CONFERENCE IN SOUTH AMERICA ROOSEVELT SAILS ON PEACE MISSION

By Charles W. Hurdspecial To the New York Times

statement thanking pub for congratulatory messages

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PREDICTS 15% RISE IN CHRISTMAS SALES; Roper Says Survey Indicates a Volume of Retail Trade of $920,000,000. WOULD SET 7-YEAR RECORD Outlook for New York Reported to Be the Best of Any Time Since 1929. PREDICTS 15% RISE IN CHRISTMAS SALES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sec Roper warns business to hold expansion within legitimate lines

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1936Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host^[†]

Richard Alva Cavett is an American television personality, comedian and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s.

1936Ray Collins, American singer (died 2012)^[†]

Ray Collins was an American musician. He is best known for being an original member of the Mothers of Invention and the primary lead vocalist on their earliest albums.

1936Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

Yuan Tseh Lee is a Taiwanese chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 for his contributions to the development of reaction dynamics.

1936Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (died 2017)^[†]

Ljubiša Samardžić, nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian actor and director, best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series, and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa Petlovog brda and film of the same name.

Headlines from November 19, 1936

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PREDICTS 15% RISE IN CHRISTMAS SALES; Roper Says Survey Indicates a Volume of Retail Trade of $920,000,000. WOULD SET 7-YEAR RECORD Outlook for New York Reported to Be the Best of Any Time Since 1929. PREDICTS 15% RISE IN CHRISTMAS SALES

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