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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1936
Page
6
Readable listings show multiple society and club meetings at Grace Episcopal, Sub-Deb, T. A. C., Seventh Circle, Beta Phi Sigma, Girl Scout Day Camp, Euphrosyne, Triple-A, and Royal Neighbors with hostesses, addresses, and start times ranging from 6:30 to 9:30 pm, many noting rain postponement. Includes Mrs. Hugh Stephens, Miss Jane Claybrook, and other local hosts.
Springfield hosts a tea announcing the engagement of Ida Bess Logan to E. Henderson Jr of Fulton. Henderson is a MIT graduate and state building commission engineer. The couple plans a late summer wedding as news includes social circles in Jefferson City and New York guest Mrs Tolles.
Raymond Holman, 25, a University of Missouri School of Journalism graduate, becomes owner and publisher of the Mexico Intelligencer after Gale F. Johnston sells the daily and weekly paper. The sale was announced by Johnston, with terms not disclosed. Extended social notes follow including visitors from St. Louis and local events such as a rummage sale by the American Legion auxiliary and a Central Evangelical church meeting.
In June 29 New York AP reports twenty or so women at Charles Atlas' offices form the Long Live Shorts Club. They wear shorts at work, perform office tasks, sunbathe on the roof at noon, and exercise after 4 pm under Atlas. Miss Mae Boark, 21, is the club president and hopes the idea spreads.
Paris reports widespread unrest as pro and anti-Blum factions clash in Toulouse injuring several, including editor Edward de Carel. Across France, tens of thousands join strikes across Marseille, Nice, Metz, and other towns, with naval yards at Saint Nazaire halted and Riviera hotels locked out.
Walter H. Kennedy, pioneer photographer in Poplar Bluff and southeast Missouri, died after injuries from a fall at his home. He was born in Ireland. his wife Mrs Kennedy passed away nearly a year ago. Funeral services set for Tuesday afternoon.
Unidentified youth about 25 was found this morning near a wrecked Model A Ford roadster one mile east of GOVER Missouri. Coroner G C Stark investigates to identify the body by tracing the car’s license plates. the youth was well dressed.
New York June 29 A 10 kilowatt, one million dollar radio station atop the Empire State building began the first public television broadcast in America. RCA staged the tests with over 100 observers within 35 miles as engineers probe the system’s potential for home use amid uncertain timing. Receivers across New York feature 33 tubes and 14 dials, with the picture reflected from a mirror in the cabinet.
In Callander Ontario five Dionne sisters, twins group aged, listened as a 40 piece Salvation Army band played outside the hospital. The infants, curious at the veranda fence, danced to a soft march and begged for an encore, while nurses watched from the yard.
New York June 29 UP Steel companies employing 500000 workers and 5billion capital declared war on unionization efforts through the American Iron and Steel Institute. They pledged to resist strikes and riots and to aid workers in maintaining collective bargaining free of interference, challenging the Committee for Industrial Organization led by John L. Lewis. The notice cited expected industry disturbances and potential political implications as unions from steel and other sectors join the CIO in a broad labor alliance.
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