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September 21, 1937

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Times Sq tie-up described

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parade plans

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preservation of democracy stressed at Legion convention

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Wilkins radios he will return to U S

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drum and bugle corps contest

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1937John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 2005)^[†]

John David D'Amico was a Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) linesman and later supervisor of officials.

1937Osgood Perkins, American actor (born 1892)^[†]

James Ridley Osgood Perkins was an American actor.

1937J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time. (September 22 is celebrated by some fans as Hobbit Day, however.)^[†]

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.