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May 30, 1937

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Headlines from May 30, 1937

Rebel Planes Bomb Barcelona; 70 Killed and More Than 100 Hurt; Sleeping Residents Buried in Wreckage. of Apartment Houses--Raiders Dive Low to Machine-Gun Impotent Anti-Aircraft Batteries--Disappear in Direction of Majorca BARCELONA BOMBED BY REBELS, 70 DEAD Planes Declared Italian U. S. May Move Embassy

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Insurgent planes attack Barcelona, 70 killed; Catalans charge planes were Ital; govt takes precautions against possible invasion of Minorca; announces security zone in Palma for Brit warships; U S may move embassy from Valencia

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ALL CHURCHES SEE NEW NAZI ATTACKS; Catholics and Protestants Fear Moves to Force Them to Bow to Hitler Regime POPE URGES FIRM STAND Pontiff Stresses to Pilgrims 'Very Grave Events' and Need for Loyalty Supports Goebbels Threat ALL CHURCHES SEE NEW NAZI ATTACKS Pope Blesses "German Sons" Nazi Sees Church Attack Mundelein Ignores Attack

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Twelve Killed in British Plane Crashes; Nine of Them Die in Empire Air Day Fetes

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

12 killed, many hurt in Empire Air Day celebrations

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Major Sports Yesterday; TRACK AND FIELD TENNIS BASEBALL GOLF RACING ROWING

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R Sweeny wins

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A.F. OF L.MEN RAID SHIP IN C.I.O. ROW; Force Oriente to Cancel Trip After Federation Radio Staff Is Supplanted REPRISAL FOR 2 REBUFFS Munson Liner Departs Late After Sit-Down Forces It to Use Lewis Operators Sailing of Oriente Canceled A. F. OF L. MEN RAID SHIP IN C. I. O. ROW Pickets March at Pier

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Intervenes with J P Ryan in AFL-CIO radio operators' dispute on SS Munargo

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Notable Births

1937Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician^[†]

Christopher Robin Haskins, Baron Haskins is an Irish businessman, life peer, and former member of the British Labour Party.

1937Rick Mather, American-English architect (died 2013)^[†]

Rick Mather was an American-born architect working in England. Born in Portland, Oregon and awarded a B.arch. at the University of Oregon in 1961, he came to London in 1963 and worked at the architectural firm Lyons Israel Ellis for two years. He became a leading figure at the Architectural Association in the 1970s, and in 1973 founded his own practice, Rick Mather Architects.

Historical Events

1937Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.^[†]

In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the Little Steel strike in the United States.