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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1936
Page
5
Samuel Bellinger, 28, a relief worker, confessed to kicking his seven month old son Clarence to quiet him as police said. Police Chief Smurf indicated charges would be filed soon. Neighbors heard the wife cry out that the baby was dead.
Corry residents and visitors are noted in a string of personal mentions. Lynn DeJean of Cleveland left for home after a stay with relatives, as did M B Curry returning to Pittsburgh after a week with family. Mrs La Vern DeJean of Spring Creek died of diphtheria. Henry Kugel's death drew visitors including Mrs 7 A Cusidy.
Floyd Brent 29, twin of Clavious Brent from Mayfield Kentucky, is alive in a San Antonio hospital after walking away from home April 25, 1926 and being missing until now. Authorities confirmed identity via a photograph of his twin brother. Brent’s life insurance policy had been paid to a family three years prior.
Jury convicts no one. case adjourned as three men charged with criminal negligence in the Morro Castle fire that killed 184 off Asbury Park New Jersey in September 1954. Defendants named are Captain William P. Warms Chief Engineer Eben B Abbott and Henry B Cabaud vice president of the operating company.
In St. Paul on January 25, two Barker-Karpis gang members were convicted of conspiracy in the $200,000 kidnapping of Edward G. Beemer, a St. Paul banker. Harry Sawyer and William Weaver received life terms, with a third defendant given an expected sentence on February 1, by Judge Gunnar Nordive.
In Elizabethtown the State Hospital for Crippled Children saw operating costs drop for the four months ending November 30, 1943, after Dr. Edith MacBride Dexter reorganized administration. Costs per day fell from earlier periods, and annual overhead was reduced by eliminating the superintendent position and merging duties with the head nurse, saving about 3,200 dollars yearly.
The Townsend Club held a sparsely attended meeting at the Grand Theatre Building. No officers were elected for Unit No 2 as J. 51. Hogan attended for that purpose. Members discussed dues, radio talks, and planned future efforts, with Mrs. Percy Terris named membership chair and ward delegates assigned.
Fort Wayne Ind Jan 25 Phyllis McBride 5 last of a family of 12 died of injuries after a feeding passenger train crashed into their ancient automobile. She was the only family member to reach the hospital alive.
United Press reports a cautious week on Wall Street as inflation fears lingered. The Dow Jones index climbed to a new high while volume sank. Foreign markets closed for King George V’s funeral and speculation about silver, gold, and currency values dominated trading.
Public utilities shares rose in late trading on the stock exchange as higher margin requirements under Federal Reserve policy prompted speculation. Early declines were fractional and European markets viewed the margin advance as bearish, while Wall Street evaluated the long run as bullish and worried about possible radical monetary changes that could curb a meteoric bull run.
The list features prominent corporations including American Can American Locomotive American Smelting and Refining Anaconda Atlantic Refining Auburn Bethlehem Steel Bendix Aviation Curtiss Wright C&O Chrysler Columbia Gas Continental Can General Electric General Motors International Nickel Kennecott Montgomery Ward New York Central Northern Pacific Otis Steel Penn RR Pure Oil Radio Socony Vacuum Standard Oil Cel-Standard Oil NJ Studebaker Westinghouse Woolworth Youngstown 84 N Y Arkansas Gas Associated Gas and Electric Cities Service McCord Radio West Pub Serv and Lone Star Gas among others.
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