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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1931
Page
5
M A McCormick president of M A McCormick Inc paying contractors died of a heart attack at 10 30 p m Sunday in his home 712 Seminole Drive He had long been in ill health and remained with his family until the fatal attack A native of the city he was prominent in business and had directed paving contracts and improvements awarded by the city His son John T was brought into the firm when it incorporated
Personal notes recount Mrs Vincent Desmond returning from Sayre and Waverly N Y with her mother Mrs B B Alexander. Mr and Mrs J A Williams traveled to Erie to see Miss Hilean Williams after her hip operation. George A Apps of Olean visited with Mr and Mrs Hayley Banks. The piece lists numerous local residents visiting relatives in Erie Oswego Buffalo Jamestown and beyond, and returning home with updates on health and travel.
Chicago, Oct. 18. Leo Lynch, 27, shot himself in the abdomen after confessing Katherine Curran is his chosen love over Caroline Spolinger, 24, following a tense reunion with both women. He was taken to Grant Hospital, where doctors said he probably would recover.
United Press report from Pittsburgh outlines prices in produce and meat lines. Butter entries show nearby tubs at 92 score and various standards. eggs receipts at 20.4 to 27 cents per dozen with fresh extra. poultry prices list hens and springers in multiple ranges. beef products show killed hens 28 to 35. Apples and cabbage steady to firm with regional varieties named, onions and potatoes quoted by class and region. Carlot supplies on hand report apples 12, cabbage 16, onions 24, potatoes 94.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 18 James Francis Burke, counsel for the Republican National Committee, urged delegates to the sixth annual convention of the Women Engineers Society to view the economy optimistically. He said the nation has not become a desolate waste and that the bottom has not dropped out of existence. He urged courage and noted we live in a practical and constructive era amid vast change.
Greensburg Pa October 18 John Henry Beckton 26 Ralphton Somerset county held by state police as alleged accomplice of brother Joseph 25 slain during an attempted robbery at the Ocean Park barbecue near West Newton Pa Police said he will be questioned in Somerset county before returning to face charges Beckton’s brother Joseph was killed by Paul Blansett 19 Latrobe who was guarding the barbecue when the brothers entered in the West Newton incident
Quotations from Log an Bryan of Oil City NJSE member Lloyd M Bracken manager list steel and coppers. Companies named include American Smelters Anaconda Butte Copper Kenmecolt International Nickel Motors Chrysler Continental Motors General Motors Packard Studebaker Willys Overland Atlantic Refining National Supply Prairie Pipe Line Sinclair Canadian Pacific Chicago & Western Great Northern Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific New York Central Southern Pacific St Paul Bethlehem Steel and American Locomotives. Also references to Penny and various rail lines and pipelines.
A fragmented column lists aviation and manufacturing firms including Curtiss-Wright General Electric Westinghouse and National Dairy, with scattered references to Columbia Gas, West Airbrage, and Commonwealth & Southern. The garbled text hints at trade names, equipment, and public utilities from an older era, lacking a coherent narrative.
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