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July 19, 1937

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Notable Births

1937George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)^[†]

George Hege Hamilton IV was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early 1960s.

1937Richard Jordan, American actor (died 1993)^[†]

Robert Anson Jordan Jr., known professionally as Richard Jordan, was an American actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include Logan's Run, Les Misérables, Old Boyfriends, Raise the Titanic, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Yakuza, Interiors, The Bunker, Dune, The Secret of My Success, Timebomb, The Hunt for Red October, Posse and Gettysburg.

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Headlines from July 19, 1937

Relief Obligations Show Decline in Year In Survey of All the Nation's Sources of Aid

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

all forms, May

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Mosley, British Fascist, Guarded From Angry Mob

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

police protect Mosley when anti-Fascists break up address at Southampton

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NAVY ENDS SEARCH FOR MISS EARHART; Flier and Her Navigator Are Dead, Officials Believe-Warships Are Recalled

By Unknown Author

Navy ends search; Earhart's and Noonan's careers revd

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27 PLANES DOWNED IN BATTLE IN SPAIN; Rebels Lose Twenty-three Craft and Loyalists Four as 130 Clash Near Madrid

By Herbert L. Matthews

Air clash over Brunete; 27 planes downed; Rebel tanks in counter-attack; map; Rebels rept repulse of Catalan Aragon drive; Rebels bomb Valencia

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DR.DENNETT,IN RIFT, QUITS AT WILLIAMS; To Stop Innuendoes, President Reveals Resignation Was Accepted on July 9

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Dr T Dennett resigns, repts rift with trustees; exec com to act

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Rumbling Causes Queens Earthquake Scare; Inquiry Points to Fireworks Celebration

By Unknown Author

Queens and surrounding area rept rumblings; fireworks believed cause

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COPELAND'S RACE HINGES ON PARLEYS THIS WEEK; FOES TO COMPLETE SLATE; ACTION IN TAMMANY

By Unknown Author

Taylor to be nominated by Flynn Dem group

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EASLEY SAYS REDS RULE WPA WARITERS; Also Tells President 79% of Workers on Project Never Have Published a Line

By Unknown Author

Easley charges WPA writers and theatre projects with Communist control, and other offenses

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DR. PICCARD DOWN ON IOWA TREE-TOP; BALLOON CAR BURNS; Deflates Some of 95 Bags of Craft With Pistol to Land--Escapes Injury

By Unknown Author

lands uninjured in tree 110 mi from start; gondola burns; reached 11,000 ft; illus of take-off

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Cold at North Pole Camp Eases Fear of Ice-Break

By Unknown Author

The first signs of Arctic Winter cheered the Soviet North Pole camp today, easing the fear that the ice floe upon which it was encamped would break. The temperature dropped below freezing, to 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit, and snow fell.

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CHINA'S CHIEF IN THE NORTH MAKES TERMS WITH JAPAN; AGREES TO WITHDRAW ARMY; ISSUES STILL OPEN

By Unknown Author

Japanese announce oral agreement made between Sung Cheh-yuan and Gen Katsuki; 29th Army to be withdrawn from Peiping area; anti-Japanism and communism to be suppressed; Nanking's approval doubted; Japanese troops to remain in area until agreement completed and Nanking withdraws troops; Nanking reptd unprepared for war

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BORAH URGES VOTE TO KILL FARM VETO; BYRD IN NEW FIGHT; Idahoan Says Loan Aid Is Vital Virginian Seeks to Delay Reorganizations Steps

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Sen Byrd to demand pub hearing on govt reorganization bill

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