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December 21, 1936

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Headlines from December 21, 1936

Woman Shoots French Pilot While in the Air; Escapes in Plane After He Makes Landing

By the Associated Press

Repts Mrs M Schemeder shot him while in airplane

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REBELS HAD CLASH ON MADRID ATTACK; Revelation Is Made That Direct Drive on City Was Opposed by Foreign Legion Chief. PLANS ARE NOW SHIFTED Recruits Expected as 20,000 Men Are Called and Truce in North Is Forecast. Clash of Rebel Chieftains REBELS HAD CLASH ON MADRID ATTACK

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Clash between Rebel leaders, Col Yague and Gen Varela, on method of attack on Madrid revealed; Franco looks for reinforcements by Fascists on Asturian front, and by troops which may be released if armistice with Basque Nationalists is concluded

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RELIEF IS PROBLEM DESPITE RECOVERY; STERN STEPS LOOM; Roosevelt Faces a Paradox, as Cut in Rolls of Needy Lags Behind Business Advance. INDUSTRY, WPA DISAGREE Business Says It Can Absorb Idle in Coming Months, but This Hopkins Denies. POPULATION RISE A FACTOR Administration's Pledge to Let No One Suffer Clashes With Budget Balancing Plans. RELIEF A PROBLEM DESPITE RECOVERY

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

Improvement contrasted with unemployment situation

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Taxi Bandits Routed at Plaza; Auto Man Saves His Wife's Gems; French Manufacturer Grapples With Thug Brandishing Pistol at Them in Cab in Front of Hotel -- Gunman and His Gang Flee After Struggle -- Driver Sits Idly By. HOLD-UP OF TAXI AT PLAZA FOILED

By Unknown Author

Routs thugs who attempt to rob wife of jewels in taxi

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No American Colony There; CITY IN SALVADOR IS RAZED BY QUAKE

By Unknown Author

Statement on Salvador earthquake

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1936First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.^[†]

The Junkers Ju 88 is a twin-engined multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works. It was used extensively during the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the conflict.

Headlines from December 21, 1936

Woman Shoots French Pilot While in the Air; Escapes in Plane After He Makes Landing

REBELS HAD CLASH ON MADRID ATTACK; Revelation Is Made That Direct Drive on City Was Opposed by Foreign Legion Chief. PLANS ARE NOW SHIFTED Recruits Expected as 20,000 Men Are Called and Truce in North Is Forecast. Clash of Rebel Chieftains REBELS HAD CLASH ON MADRID ATTACK

Taxi Bandits Routed at Plaza; Auto Man Saves His Wife's Gems; French Manufacturer Grapples With Thug Brandishing Pistol at Them in Cab in Front of Hotel -- Gunman and His Gang Flee After Struggle -- Driver Sits Idly By. HOLD-UP OF TAXI AT PLAZA FOILED

No American Colony There; CITY IN SALVADOR IS RAZED BY QUAKE

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