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immorality trials may continue indefinitely with liquidation of monasteries as possible result; 5 more sentenced; confessions regarded as genuine; Berlin and Vatican deny rift
Marshal von Blomberg in Rome on official visit to Ital armed forces; audience with King; confs with Mussolini and Count Ciano; series of mil agreements reptd planned
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plane crashes and bullets end air food service, Co demands guards for food trucks, back-to-work movement by 2 independent unions attacked by SWOC; Gov Davey confers with Co officials
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1937Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French racing driver (died 2021)[†]
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud was a French racing driver, noted for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.
1937The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.[†]
Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.