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July 27, 1937

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Notable Births

1937Anna Dawson, English actress and singer^[†]

Anna Dawson is an English actress and singer.

1937Don Galloway, American actor (died 2009)^[†]

Donald Poe Galloway was an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a politically active libertarian and columnist.

1937Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (died 1990)^[†]

Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of heart failure in 1990 at the age of 53.

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Headlines from July 27, 1937

DOOLING'S SUDDEN DEATH RENDS TAMMANY AGAIN; COPELAND STAYS IN RACE; ALLIANCE MAY HOLD

By Unknown Author

Dooling's death not expected to affect Copeland's candidacy

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BUYERS FAIL TO GET DEMOCRATIC BOOK; $250 Campaign Souvenir of 1936 Never Delivered, Many Corporation Officials Say

By Unknown Author

many copies reptd not delivered, many put in rubbish pile; pol racket alleged

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ANTI-LYNCHING BILL REJECTED AS RIDER; Senate by Vote of 41 to 34 Defeats It as Amendment to Freight Car Measure

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen tables Wagner-Van Nuys anti-lynching bill when offered as amendment to freight car measure; vote

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REPUBLICANS TO ACT ON MAYOR BY FRIDAY; La Guardia Still Balks at the Simpson Slate--McGoldrick Refuses to Drop Out

By Unknown Author

meeting held; candidates discussed

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LOYALISTS TRIUMPH IN AERIAL CLASHES; Shoot Down Five Rebel Craft and Lose None in Series of Duels West of Madrid

By Herbert L. Matthews

Loyalists down 5 Rebel planes, lose none in clashes west of Madrid; night combat, rare feat, described; C Cartejon, pilot, promoted; Rebels claim 106 Loyalist planes downed in 19 days; battle lines unchanged

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JAPANESE TROOPS CUT OFF IN PEIPING, MANY KILLED; TOKYO PLANS STERN ACTION; CHINESE TRAP FOES

By A. T. Steele

Fighting breaks out at Southwest Gate of Peiping as 37th Div traps Japanese guard en route to embassy after Lt Gen Katsuki had sent warning to Sung Cheh-Yuan demanding demilitarization of Peiping area; Sung Cheh-Yuan believed losing control of 29th Army; Japanese take Langfang; map of Peiping

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