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August 30, 1937

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PRIMARY OUTCOME STILL UNCERTAIN RACE SPEEDED UP; Campaign to Gather Headway This Week and Attain Full Force After Labor Day LA GUARDIA TO TAKE STUMP Simpson, Back, Says National Issues Should Have No Place in Municipal Fight EDGE SEEN FOR MAHONEY But Influential Tammany Men Express Confidence Senator Copeland Will Defeat Him Dewey to Speak for Mayor Simpson Stresses City Issues PRIMARY OUTCOME SEEMS UNCERTAIN Harvey Predicts Big Plurality

By James A. Hagerty

Primary outcome in doubt; situation revd; Simpson stresses city issues, derides LaGuardia's repudiation of link with any pol organization; Mahoney names more dist leaders; Bklyn Repub LaGuardia Com organizes; with Morris, cites good govt as issue, J A Visel, chmn of Queens Repub Com for LaGuardia, hits Copeland as Repub; rival Queens Dem organizations active; 33 Polish-Amer Dem clubs back Mahoney; Harvey will support Repub nominee

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Notable Births

Bruce McLaren

1937Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (died 1970)[โ€ ]

Bruce Leslie McLaren was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. McLaren was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1960 with Cooper, and won four Grands Prix across 13 seasons. In endurance racing, McLaren won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 with Ford. He founded McLaren in 1963, who have since won 10 Formula One World Constructors' Championship titles and remain the only team to have completed the Triple Crown of Motorsport.