Letter hints in murder trial over Unity Street shooting
Four days after Michele Scarpone was shot and killed in Boston, seven men face first degree murder charges in Suffolk Superior Court. Antonio Mascatti allegedly wrote a ransom letter to Ferrera demanding 1000 and hinting at a similar death if unpaid. A handwriting expert testified Mascatti authored the letters and tried to disguise his handwriting.
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Michele Scarpone
Suffolk
Massatti
Mascatti
Scarpone
Simboli
Wilbur Turner
Italian General Strike Declared End
Rome officials say the interior ministry announced the general strike proclaimed three days earlier in protest of Fascisti reprisals against Communists ended at noon today.
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Rome
Associated Press
Ministry of the Interior
Italy
Children in Great Feat Swim From Shirley Gut to Deer Island
A group of 10 youths aged 12 to 17, summer residents from Point Shirley, swam from Winthrop shore through treacherous currents to Deer Island and back. Howard Dacey, 12, was the youngest finisher while others included Louis Jenks 14, Helen Felch 15, Edith Johnson 16, Whitton Dacey 15, Walter Heywood 35, Cyril McCarthy 15, Parker Colby 14, and Lawrence Munroe 17.
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Shirley Gut
Winthrop
Deer Island
Howard Dacey
Point Shirley
Louis Jenks
Helen Felch
Edith Johnson
Whitton Dacey
Walter Heywood
Cyril McCarthy
Parker Colby
Lawrence Munroe
Escapes Death by Clinging to Rails
In Millinocket Maine Richard Hall a Great Northern Paper Company mill worker escaped death after his coat was caught in a shaft turning over 300 revolutions a minute He clung to two rails as fellow workers watched in horror his clothing torn from him and he survived the incident on August 3.
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Millinocket
Richard Hall
Great Northern Paper Company
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Mien
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