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November 22, 1937

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Notable Births

1937Zenon Jankowski, Polish pilot and military officer^[†]

Zenon Jankowski is a retired fighter pilot, colonel of the Polish People's Army and astronaut. He was a reserve crew member of the 1978 Soyuz 30 space mission.

1937Nikolai Kapustin, Soviet pianist and composer (died 2020)^[†]

Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin was a Soviet composer and pianist of Russian-Jewish descent. He played with early Soviet jazz bands such as the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra. In his compositions, mostly for piano, he often fused jazz and classical forms.

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Headlines from November 22, 1937

H. E. COFFIN FOUND DEAD FROM BULLET; Industrialist, 64, Is Killed in Georgia on Eve of HuntRifle Beside His Body

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Found shot to death; career; por

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3-HOUR SNOW TESTS EAGER STREET CREW; Men Get Chance at Last and Brooms Quickly Dust Off Bridges and Highways

By Unknown Author

On N Y C snow removal force

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Persons With 'Notorious Pasts' Barred from Night Club Roles; Warning That Licenses May Be Revoked Is Issued as Result of Advertisements for Mme. de Fontanges

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Persons with notorious pasts to be barred as N Y C entertainers

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INSURANCE TACTICS BLAMED IN FRAUDS; Opposition to Honest Claims Causes Exaggeration of All, Botein Report Says

By Unknown Author

Asst Dist Atty B Botein, in rept on accident frauds inquiry, says ins cos, opposition to honest claims encourages racket; recommends changes in ct procedure

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FRENCH PRETENDER IS OUSTED BY SWISS; Count of Paris and His Party 'Invited' to Leave Following Secret Meeting of 700

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Secret meeting with 700 followers, Geneva; asked to leave Switzerland; link to Les Cagoulards seen

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FILES PLAN TODAY; Wheat, Corn, Cotton, Rice and Tobacco Put in the Measure

By Lauren D. Lyman

On revision of undistributed profits tax

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JAPAN TO DEMAND ALL CHINA'S RIGHTS IN SHANGHAI AREA; But Tokyo Spokesman Asserts No Action in Concessions Is Planned Now

By Hallett Abend

Japanese lift Chinese censorship in Shanghai

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Anti-Education Plot Laid to Soviet Officials; Children Kept From Schools, Paper Charges

By Harold Denny

Commissariat of Educ accused of anti-educ plot

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HITLER EXPECTING NO COLONIES DEAL FOR 5 TO 6 YEARS; World Not Inclined to Listen to His Claims Now, He Tells Rally at Augsburg

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hitler refers to major projects in Augsburg s

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MURPHY THREATENS TO END G. M. STRIKE WITH STATE TROOPS; Governor and Washington Urge Auto Union to Stop Outlaw Sit-Down at Pontiac

By Louis Stark

W E Hotchkiss to arbitrate case involving discharge of 6 G M union men, Detroit

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Ickes Pushes New Department Unifying Federal Conservation; His Interior Report Stresses Enactment of Bill for 'Major Purpose' of Government, Recounts Protection of National Resources

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Enactment of that part of President Roosevelt's reorganization plan which would change the name of the Department of Interior to the Department of Conservation was urged today by Secretary Ickes in his annual report to the President.

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New Year's Eve Workers Celebrate It in Advance

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Dopolavoro Dux, soc of New Year's Eve workers, hold party

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