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March 15, 1937

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LOYALISTS KEEP UP GUADALAJARA GAIN AS REBELS RETREAT; MORE ITALIANS CAPTURED Government Spokesman Says 100,000 Have Invaded Spain and Offers Evidence AVIATORS REPORT A ROUT But Leftist Commander Warns Much Fighting Remains Before Time for Celebrations Commander Minimizes Gains Loyalists' Line Improved Artillery, Ammunition, Food, Clothing and Cigarettes Left in Insurgents' Flight LOYALISTS KEEP UP GUADALAJARA GAIN Planes Pursue Enemy Rebels Drive in Three Lines

By Herbert L. Matthewswireless To the New York Times

order annulled

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U S.BOARD ORDERS REMINGTON RAND TO RE-EMPLOY 4,000; Labor Relations Decision Assails Company for 'Medieval Ruthlessness' in Strike J. H. RAND JR. IS ATTACKED Lives of Workers and Strike Breakers Risked in 'Framed' Riots, Ruling Asserts 'Mechanics of Strike-Breaking' Reinstatement Are Ordered Elmira Plant Made an Issue Publicity Campaign Attacked Company Called "Ruthless" Union Waits on Supreme Court LABOR RULING DELAY SEEN Government Doubts High Court Will Give Wagner Decision Today

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

NLRB orders co to re-employ 4,000 dismissed during strike

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GERMANY AND ITALY AIMING TO WEAKEN PARIS-MOSCOW TIEE; Notes to Britain Suggest End to Franco-Soviet Pact as Way to New Locarno BALK ON AGGRESSION PLAN Definition of an Attacker and Tribunal to Name Guilty Are Made Obstacles Subtle Strategy Shown BERLIN AND ROME OPPOSE SOVIET TIE Franco-Soviet Pact Problem "Insufficient," Say French

By Frederick T. Birchallwireless To the New York Times

study of notes reveal obstacles to Locarno negotiations in implication that Franco-Soviet pact must be abandoned, and in definition of aggression (F T Birchall); French view

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Notable Births

Valentin Rasputin

1937Valentin Rasputin, Russian environmentalist and author (died 2015)[†]

Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin was a Soviet and Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life, addressing complex questions of ethics and spiritual revival.

Notable Deaths

H. P. Lovecraft

1937H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (born 1890)[†]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also apparent in terms like "Lovecraftian horror" and an enduring fandom.