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May 16, 1937

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DENMARK ACCLAIMS DEMOCRATIC RULER ON SILVER JUBILEE; Thousands Cheer King During Simple Procession Through Streets of Copenhagen NO SOLDIERS LINE ROUTE Light Burns in Every Window Throughout the Country as Final Tribute of Day Makes Speech to Rulers King Replies Briefly DENMARK ACCALIMS DEMOCRATIC RULER Sing Hymns for King Five Carriages in Procession King Salutes Comrades

By Frederick T. Birchallwireless To the New York Times

Extends Danish students' homage to King Christian on silver jubilee (F T Birchall)

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YOUNG REPUBLICANS BANK ON FOES SPLIT; Convention Speakers Link the Party Future to Democratic 'Break-Up' Over Court VOTES FOR BOLTERS URGED Gannett Would Aid All Fighting Judiciary Plan--Syracuse Session Adopts Platform Demands Militant Program "Deserve Applause of Nation" REPUBLICANS BANK ON FOE'S 'BREAK-UP' Action on Murray Dropped Text of Labor Plank

By From a Staff Correspondent

Urges Repub support of Dems opposing Roosevelt's ct plan, s to Assn of N Y S Repub Clubs

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Notable Births

Yvonne Craig

1937Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (died 2015)[†]

Yvonne Joyce Craig was an American actress best known for her role as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman. Other notable roles in her career include Dorothy Johnson in the 1963 movie It Happened at the World's Fair, Azalea Tatum in the 1964 movie Kissin' Cousins, and the green-skinned Orion Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for television. Craig was a philanthropist and "an advocate for workers unions, free mammograms, and equal pay for women".