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Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1936

Page

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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.

Italy Supports Movement To Restore Hapsburg Throne

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.

Italy Hapsburg Britain Traly Lemke Townsend Richard D. McMillan United Press Vienna Otto Benito Mussolini Mussolini Forclos Roumania Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Kurt Schuschnigg Austria Lienz Adelaide Archduke Eugen Otto von Hapsburg

Rainfall urged to aid crops in this district

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.

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Re elected Head Of National W C T U 1936 87

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.

Tulsa Okla Wise Smith Evanston Henational Women's Christian Temperance Union

Road to Ruin: Kelley Island Lime Sees Earnings Rise

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.

Cleveland Dune Isles Kelley Island

Veterans To Receive WWII Bonuses In Pittsburgh Processing

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.

Atime Drobneck Pittsburgh

Threat of Civil War Grows in China

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.

Canton Chieng Kai-Shek Nanjing Li Tsung-Jen Kwangsi Chiang Wanking Fukien Che-dang Hunan Kwangs Pei Tsung-Chi Kwangtung Chen Chi- Tang Nanking Autonomous Southwestern

Recipients of Bonus Granted Continued Relief Policy

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.

State Emergency Relief Board Earle Senate SHRE Karl de Schwelnus de Schweinuts

Boy Killed Under Tractor Near Kearsarge

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.

Erie County Meath Kearsarge Roger Morgan Crane Howard C. Crane West 39 Eric Young Crane George B. Rice Erie Coronier W. G. Stroble State Patrolitien Today

Old Age Assistance Measure Advanced in Harrisburg

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.

Py United Rrrss Harrisburg House

Senator Fletcher of Florida dies suddenly in Washington

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.

Li United Presa Washington Duncan A. Fletcher Senate Fletcher Wm. E. Borah Ioho Melcher Roosevelt Congress Wietcher Sen Eilison D. Smith South Carolina

Hamilton Directs G O P Campaign Run from Three HQs

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.

United Press Topeka Kan John D. M. Hamilton Republican National Committee Alt M. Landon Hamilton Chicago Hamilton Sain New York City Washington Joseph Martin Massachusetts New York Natalie Couch J. Bradley Connecticut Harrison E. Spangler Iowa

Refuse Probe Into Conduct Of McNair Mayor

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.

Grand Jury McNatv

Minster and guardsmen tied to flogging of girl

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.

United Press Avi Une Sheri Howard Curtin Socia Purrell Nationadl Forrest City Sherif Carlin Little Rock Memphis Rivar Homer S. Cummings Cenant Parmners Walery

Retreat From Sanctions Pledge Opens Italy Relief Effort

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.

Frederick Kuh United Press Lonlgn Italy Baldwin Pureign Anthony Eilon Tt Heart den Malcol MacDonald Dominions Dominion Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa Eden Geneva Howise of Commons

Public debt at all time high rocks treasury balance

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

United Press Washington Treasury Jhime

New Radio System Eliminates Static Demonstrated

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.

United Press Washington Federal Communications Commission Edward H. Armstrong Columbia University Communications. Commission Armstrong C Choral Jame

Thompson to Seek Chicago Mayoralty on Progressive Ticket

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.

United Press Owen Sound Ont William Hale Big Bill) Thompson Chicago Gover Nor Ofllinois Georgian Bay Thopson George Washington Thomsom

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