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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
8
Margiane McDermott, an infant daughter of WV McDermott and Mrs McDermott of Hannibal, was instantly killed when she fell from a second story window in a new home. No further accident details are available. The McDermotts and three siblings reside at 14, and the family is connected with the Hannibal church. The report notes church work and the parents’ location at the time.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urges homes schools and churches to curb juvenile delinquency citing 17.6 percent of fingerprint arrests in early 1940 were under 21 and that more persons age 19 were arrested than any other single age group. Also lists several marriage licenses.
Norman Wheelock 27 of Prattsburgh was executed at Sing Sing for the Sept 25 murder of Evelyn Reed near Branchport. Abandoned by wife and friends, he entered the death chamber at 11 PM and died at 12:04 AM after a brief plea for mercy.
Camden New Jersey August 2 A spark from a repairman's wrench was blamed for a costly series of explosions and a massive fire that killed at least four people and leveled a four block area of midtown. Fire Chief John H Lennox said the spark ignited a naptha tank at the R M Hollingshead Paint Company plant. A night long search for five missing persons ended with four recovered as rescue crews cleared debris with dynamite. Camden County grand jury members visited the scene but declined to state whether an investigation would follow into the $2 000 000 blaze.
Minneapolis reports Dr. George Perret cites an increase in mental disorders in Germany tied to fear under the regime. He describes rising insanity as a result of government repression, noting his forthcoming marriage to Margaret Minge of Fergus Falls Minnesota and his Swiss citizenship pursuit.
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