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June 20, 1937

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1937Stafford Dean, English actor and singer[†]

Stafford Dean is a British bass opera singer.

1937Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter[†]

Jerry Paul Keller is an American pop singer and songwriter, best known for his 1959 hit song "Here Comes Summer".

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Soviet Fliers Nearing U. S.; Speed Down Canadian Coast; Cross Polar Wastes in Dense Mists With Ice on Wings-Cover Four-fifths of Flight Due at Oakland This Morning

By Unknown Author

Having crossed without misha the Arctic Circle, with its hazard of unexplored areas and unpredictable weather conditions and then the wilds of Northwestern Canada, three daring Soviet airmen were speeding down the Pacific Coast early today en route to Oakland, Calif., goal of their 6,000-mile nonstop flight from Moscow.

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BILBAO CAPTURED BY REBEL FORCES; DEFENDERS FLEE; NO RESISTANCE MET Retreating Basques Blow Up Bridges and Plant Mines ALL ROADS OF ESCAPE CUT Many Heading for Santander Are Turned Back-Hungry Hordes Leave Cellars 'ITALIAN' TRIUMPH HAILED Rome Sees Prestige of Army Restored-Reported Attack on Warship Stirs Reich The Spanish Situation Bilbao Taken Without a Fight Greeted in English BILBAO CAPTURED BY REBEL FORCES Writer Rode on a Tank Basques Surrender Basques Ignorant of Result Not a Shot Fired Population Over 500,000 Heavy Fighting at Aravaca

By William P. Carneywireless To the New York Times

Bilbao taken; retreating Basques blow up bridges and plant mines (W P Carney); heavy fighting on Madrid front; govt troops advance in Huesca sector

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