Vin comes to town this Thursday at four
A brief notice states Vin will visit on Thursday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Details are sparse but indicate a local appearance or event involving Vin.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
1
A brief notice states Vin will visit on Thursday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Details are sparse but indicate a local appearance or event involving Vin.
United Press wires report Vienna and Washington dispatches. Otto of Habsburg urged Austrians to call him back to the throne with apparent Italian support from Premier Mussolini. Public agitation grows despite opposition from the Little Entente. Schuschnigg focuses on restoration as Austria’s salvation.
Farmers face continued drought with hay and meadow yields lagging. Pastures, seedings, and vegetables show moisture shortage while cut worms add damage. fruit trees fare better though gardens and truck crops grow slowly. Strawberry patches irrigated as picking begins but overall crops likely below normal without rain. Corn and oats especially need rain.
Mrs Wise Smith of Evanston was re elected president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union for 1936 87 at Tulsa Illinois June 17. Other candidates received scattered votes but were recalled and the election made unanimous by convention action.
Kelley Island Lime and Transport posts 25 percent higher first five months earnings than 1935. President George T. Whelan announces after annual meeting, where all directors and officers were re elected. Isles of Cleveland company runs 35 percent ahead of corresponding period, year to date.
About 50 000 in bonuses were cashed with roughly 80 000 soldiers certified for onward processing by noon today. The post office handled a rush of applicants yesterday as processing continued past 8 pm. Two World War I veterans including nurse Miss Atime Drobneck received bonuses. more payments expected in the coming days as certified bonds are washed in Pittsburgh with expected returns by Saturday.
Under Japanese warnings Southwestern military chiefs turn from anti Japanese protests to calls to remove Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek. General Li Tsung Jen, ruler of rebel Kwangsi, demands Chiang’s ouster and accuses Nanking policies of failure. Central forces concentrate in Fukien Chedang and Hunan as factions mobilize.
The State Emergency Relief Board headed by Governor Earle unanimously adopted a temporary policy to continue direct relief for World War I bonus recipients pending senate action. The board urged a $6 million appropriation to sustain unemployment relief at current standards as long as funds last and ordered tighter administration. Executive director Karl de Schwelnus said the current month’s stopgap of $4,931,211 would exhaust next Tuesday.
Erie county authorities identified Roger Morgan Crane aged 15 as the youth crushed to death Tuesday afternoon on Route 19 near Kearsarge. Crane, an aviation enthusiast from Erie, was riding on a tractor-drawn road scraper when he fell under the rear wheel after being warned away by driver George B. Rice. Causality believed instant from skull fracture as investigators led by Chief Coroner W. G. Stroble and state highway patrol continue inquiry.
In Harrisburg on June 47, the House moved the Troy old age assistance bill toward final passage and scheduled an after midnight session to approve that bill and other social security measures before the June 20 deadline set by the federal government.
Senator Duncan A. Fletcher, 77, veteran lawmaker and chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, died today in his Washington apartment after a period of poor health. A staunch Roosevelt ally, Fletcher helped draft and push through major New Deal banking reforms since entering the Senate in 1909 alongside Ellison D. Smith.
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will direct the G O P presidential campaign with three main offices. Chicago will house the principal office and staff head Hamilton. New York City will host the eastern headquarters run by Joseph Martin, with Natalie Couch directing women’s activities. Washington will host the research and fact finding division.
Pittsburgh judge Ralph H. Smith rejects a city council request to probe Mayor Wim McNair’s general conduct. He notes the council has authority to investigate mayoral acts and cites his grand jury spillover powers. The grand jury is already investigating the city’s police courts due to an emergency.
United Press reported threats of martial law as Sheri Howard Curtin said arrests could follow in the flogging of a social worker. A Presbyterian minister Rev Claude Williams and six others allegedly forced the victim onto a train for Memphis after a beating by plantation men opposing wage cuts and union recognition. Federal intervention was sought through Attorney General Homer S. Cummings.
British cabinet signals first step toward easing Italy sanctions. Prime Minister Baldwin and foreign secretary Anthony prepare to unveil anti sanction policy in Commons. Neville Chamberlain cautions that continued sanctions may not halt Ethiopian independence aims. Eden slated for Geneva to press abolition of league measures amid Dominion support shifts.
Washington June 17 Bonus costs rocketed the nation's public debt 3.6 billion this week to a new high of 34 351 955 867 48 as of June 15 the treasury balance sheet shows The report notes a sudden rise in the 1936 deficit and a sharp jump in cash on hand driven by soldier bonus bond payments and related operations
Washington June 17 Engineers at a FCC session watched Edward H. Armstrong of Columbia Univ unveil a new radio broadcasting system that removes static noises. Using frequency modulation the apparatus produced clear sound during thunderstorms, avoiding the typical growling and whistling of conventional AM broadcasts.
William Hale Thompson, former Chicago mayor, announced from Owen Sound Ontario his bid to run on the Progressive ticket for Illinois governor. He said he would stay in Chicago to organize his campaign basing his platform on principles echoed by George Washington.
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