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SEC charges W E Hutton & Co, J C Duncan, C V Geran and W E Hutton 2d as individuals, and H H Michels with manipulative activities in stock; hearing set; J M Hutton Sr and Michels deny charges; figures on price range of stock, 1932-36
Comment on West Side rezoning plan adopted by Bd of Estimate
Unconfirmed rept of shake-up in high governmental posts and Fascist party
Sec Perkins rules on authority to sign steel wage pact
Maharajah of Travancore opens temples to all, ending ban on "untouchables,"
1936Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (died 2007)[†]
Carey Bell Harrington was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s before embarking on a solo career. Besides his own albums, he recorded as an accompanist or duo artist with Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red and Jimmy Dawkins and was a frequent partner with his son, the guitarist Lurrie Bell. Blues Revue called Bell "one of Chicago's finest harpists." The Chicago Tribune said Bell was "a terrific talent in the tradition of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter." In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame.
1936Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (died 2006)[†]
Frederick Garrity was an English singer and actor. He was best known as the frontman of Freddie and the Dreamers from 1959 until his retirement in 2001.
1936Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (died 1990)[†]
Cornell Gunter was an American rhythm and blues singer, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot in his automobile. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 as a member of The Coasters.