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August 9, 1937

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LIGHTNING KILLS 3, FELLS 14 ON BEACH NEAR RIIS PARK; THROWS BATHERS IN PANIC; BOLT HITS 3 GROUPS Prongs of One Great Lightning Fork Strike Mile-Wide Area IT COMES WITH SQUALL Mows Down Fishermen and Bathers Huddled in Shack and Under Umbrellas BOY, 5, ONE OF VICTIMS Coast Guard Struck in Boat--Heat Kills Two and Five Drown in City Area Bolt Hits a Coast Guard Strange Bolt Described LIGHTNING KILLS 3, FELLS 14 ON BEACH Scene "Like a Battlefield" Knocked Down In Boat Girl. Hit by Bolt, Dies

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3 killed, 14 felled by bolt, 169th St Beach, Rockaway Pt; cornice of 55 Central Pk W struck; girl killed, Potsdam, N Y

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NOISY PICKETS JAM BROADWAY AGAIN; Din Draws Throngs in Times Square as Automat Strikers Resume Demonstrations POLICE KEEP LINES MOVING Walkout Will Be Extended to Philadelphia, Spokesman for Union Asserts Police Scatter Crowd NOISY PICKETS JAM BROADWAY AGAIN Joined by Baseball Team rickets in Quarrel

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picketing continues; arrests; strike to be extended to Phila; illus

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HOUSE CHIEFS MAP WORK TO ADJOURN CONGRESS BY AUG, 21; Way Is Clear for Court and Wage Bills, but Housing Faces Stiff Opposition SUGAR HEARING ON TODAY Senate Committee Expects Measure Will Reach the Floor by Wednesday No Serious Delay Likely Wage Bill Obstacles Few HOUSE CHIEFS MAP CLEAN-UP OF WORK Bonneville Bill in Senate House May Not Debate Court Bill

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

House not expected to debate bill

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115 Seized in Niemoeller Parade, Believed First Anti-Nazi Massing; 75 Women and 40 Men, Arrested for Demonstration Against Ban on Prayer Service for Imprisoned Pastor, Are Freed--Clergyman Goes on Trial Tomorrow 115 IN REICH SEIZED IN PROTEST PARADE Feared by Nazi "Bosses" Mueller Now Discredited

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115 arrested and freed for protest parade against ban on pub prayer meetings on imprisonment; career

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DEWEY STILL FIRM IN REFUSAL TO SEEK PROSECUTOR'S POST; Resists Strong Effort to Put Him on Fusion Ticket as Mayor's Running Mate COOPER PETITIONS READY La Guardia Group Also Set for Filing Tomorrow-Flynn of Bronx Sees Roosevelt To File Petitions for Cooper DEWEY STILL FIRM IN REFUSAL TO RUN Ingersoll Is Opposed Untermyer Backs Mahoney Democrats Gird for Fight Fight on Sullivan Pressed

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difficulty in getting complete Fusion on candidates continues; Ingersoll endorses Nagler

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