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June 1, 1937

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1937Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer^[†]

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.

1937Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress^[†]

Rosaleen Philomena Linehan is an Irish stage, screen, and television actress.

1937Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist and author (died 2015)^[†]

Colleen Margaretta McCullough was an Australian author. Her The Thorn Birds became an international bestseller and one of the best-selling books in history, with sales of over 30 million copies worldwide, and 1983 inspired one of the most-watched television miniseries of all time.

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13 MEN OF THE G.A.R. MARCH WITH 20,000 TO HONOR WAR DEAD; 140,000 Cheer Aged Veterans Leading Parade Up Riverside Drive Under Blazing Sun MAYOR HEADS LEGION UNIT 500 Policemen Are on DutyPacifist Fires Shot in Crowd to Show Hatred of War HOLIDAY TRAVEL AT PEAK Thousands Flee the City Seeking Comfort at Shore and Mountair Resorts on Year's Hottest Day Crowds Cheer Aged Men G. A. R. Men Who Marched 20,000 MARCH HERE FOR MEMORIAL DAY Aides to Grand Marshal 15,000 MARCH IN BROOKLYN 10,000 Veterans, 5,000 Members of Patriotic Societies in Parade SEVERAL QUEENS PARADES Total of 40,000 Persons in Line the Various Sections BRONX LINE 2 1/2 MILES LONG 15,000 Parade for 2 Hours Before 250,000 Spectators

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Leads Amer Legion unit, Memorial Day parade

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JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS IN DISPUTE; Premier Hayashi Quits After Failure to Find Accord With Political Parties

By Hugh Byas

Premier Hayashi and Cabinet resign; Prince K Saionji consulted regarding successor; reaction in Tokyo; speculation on successor; pol parties offer cooperation to new administration; comment on Hayashi's failure; army plans no interference; reaction in China

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GERMANY FAVORS SAFETY ZONE PLAN; France Gets Assurance She Will Cooperate to Prevent Further Incidents

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Confers with Min Delbos on Deutschl??? ??? cident

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Dr. Wyckoff, Stricken in N. Y. U. Laboratory, Dies in Bellevue of an Unexplained Illness

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Borah Wants U. S. Neutrality Law Invoked Against Reich and Italy; Demands Application of Measure to All Participants in Spanish Conflict--Spain Will Ask Our Attitude in New Crisis--Hull Refuses to Make Any Comment BORAH SEES AN ACT OF WAR BY REICH Roosevelt Consults Hull On the Spanish Situation SCENES OF AIR RAIDS ON LOYALISTS, AT SEA AND ASHORE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On German bombardment of Almeria

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NO NEW REPRISALS; Reich Awaits Clarifying by Neutrality Board of Attack on Ship CRISIS NOT BEING SOUGHT But Participation in London Sessions Is Barred Pending Assurance on Bombings MORE WARSHIPS ARE SENT Commanders ReceiveOrders to Shoot at Menacing Loyalist Airplanes or Vessels Official Quarters Calmer BERLIN TO AVOID MORE REPRISALS Won't Sabotage Neutrality To Shoot If Attack Looms

By Guido Enderiswireless To the New York Times

Germany plans no new reprisals; more Reich warships ordered to Spanish waters and to shoot if attack looms

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Major Sports Yesterday; BASEBALL AUTO RACING HORSE RACING TENNIS

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Carl Hubbell of the Giants, seeking his twenty-fifth straight National League pitching triumph over a two-season stretch, was beaten by the Dodgers. A crowd of 61,756, the second largest in the history of the Polo Grounds, saw him driven from the mound in the fourth inning of the opening game of a double-header, the Brooklyn team going on to win, 10-3.

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