Murder slayings tied to vendetta date revived in Canada
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti announced plans to return Rocco Esposito from Kirkland Lake Ontario to face trial for a 30 year old murder in New Castle Pennsylvania. Esposito is charged as the alleged slayer of Francesco Romeo after Romeo identified his killer to police prior to dying from gunshots near a railroad between New Castle and West Pittston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Charles J. Margiotti
Pennsylvania
Kirkland Lake
Ontario
Canada
New Castle
Rocco Esposito
Frank Costa
State Department of Justice
Francesco Romeo
Margiotti
Esposito
Tomeo
Romeo
West Pittsburg
E Sposito
International Brigade Suffers Heavy Casualties in Olive Groves Fight
In the battle of the olive groves German troops allied with rebels clash with the international brigade. French, Russian, and Czechoslovak fighters die as rebels claim Porcuna captured and olive harvest access looms. Loyalist tanks captured. heavy losses reported in Teruel fighting.
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International Brigade
Thomas A. Loayza
International News
Madrid
International
Valencia
Porcuna
Cordoba
Teruel
Seville
Queipo de Llano
Ronda
de Llano
German Navy Threatens Seizure Of More Spanish Vessels
Berlin reports say German pocket battleships and cruisers will police Spanish waters as reprisals rise after the Palos cargo seizure at Bilbao. Soton shelled after ignoring halt order. Koenigsberg claims no crew taken, while Spanish sources dispute that.
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Koenigsberg
Seton
Santana
New Year's Day Weather and Traffic Report Summary
The record notes a clear pleasant start to 1937 with fine New Year's weather aiding traffic safety. Snow remains in hollows east of Pa Newe, while roads were icy yet manageable. A holiday lights display brightened the city, and a reconstruction project on Knob Hill Foundation is mentioned with ongoing works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa Newe
Yesday
Partial GM strike threat spreads amid UAW action
Detroit reports 30000 idle in 12 GM plants across five states with 20000 more out of work in suppliers. UAW President Homer Martin warns of a general GM strike if no quick agreement. GM officials say 135000 jobs are threatened, with similar losses in supplier industries. peace talks hit impasse as GM negotiators push direct plant manager dealings.
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International News Service
Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
G. M
Homer Martin
Open house at Cathedral marks New Year event for Valley Consistory
The Valley of New Castle Consistory hosted a New Year’s Day open house at the Cathedral with Beaver Valley members as hosts. Dr J Howard Swick and Fred Shoo arranged the program featuring Beaver Falls high school band under Paul Slater, Geneva college students, a turkey dinner, games for children, gifts, travel pictures courtesy of M L Nixon, and song leading by W O Red Williams. Around 700 attendees made it one of the largest crowds in years and the entertainment committee delivered a highly enjoyable evening.
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Cathedral
Valley of New Castle Consistory
Beaver Valley
J. Howard Swick
Fred Shoo
Beaver Falls
Paul Slater
Geneva College
Naval
M. L. Nixon
W. O
Red” Williams
Canonsburg
Five Missing After Beaver Island Boat Blast
Five crew members are missing and believed dead after a gasoline explosion aboard the 100-foot Merclid II while salvage work off Bravort Lake Michigan. Captain L. L. Hill aged 79 and four others including Leon A. Hill Everett Cole Ray Cole and Ronald McDonough are named among the missing. Coast guards and volunteer ships searched the area without recovery.
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International News Service
Charlevoix
Mich
Beaver Island
Mercld, II
Bravort
Lake Michigan
L. L. Hill
Kenosha
Wis
Leon A. Hill
Everett Cole
Beaver Island Transit Company
Ray Cole
Ronald McDonough
Elks Welcome 1937 At Merry Family Frolic
Nearly 150 Elks and guests gathered at the lodge home to ring in 1937 with a merry frolic. Grant Park orchestra provided the music while a floor show entertained. Clark H. Buell chaired the entertainment committee and a lunch followed at the close.
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Elks
Grant Park
Clark H. Buell
Weather Outlook For Next Week In Mid Atlantic
North and Middle Atlantic states see generally fair conditions with precipitation around midweek. Cold Monday and Monday night, warmer midweek, then colder again later in the week.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Bert Stevenson Calls On Phone From Porto Rico
Fred L. Rentz president of The News received a New Year greeting from Bert Stevenson formerly of New Castle now living fifteen miles outside San Juan Porto Rico. The underwater long distance call carried clearly to Rentz in Edison avenue New Castle. Stevenson recently returned to Porto Rico after his annual winter visit to New Castle.
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Edison Avenue
Fred L. Rentz
the News
Bert Stevenson
New Castle
San Juan
Porto Rico
Widow of Senator Couzens Receives Large Estate Allowance
Detroit reports widow Margaret Couzens will receive 25000 dollars monthly from the late U S Senator James Couzens estate. Probate Judge Thomas C Murphy signed the order granting the allowance. The Couzens estate was valued at more than 30 million dollars at his death October 22.
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International News Service
Detroit
Margaret Couzens
U. S
James Couzens
Couzens
Thomas C. Murphy
Sen. Couzens
Arrest Driver After Accident in Walnut Street Wreck
A wreck on Walnut Street at 8 50 p m January 1 led to Wilbur McConahy being arrested on suspicion and later charged with intoxicated driving. James Hartland, driving a new car, was struck by McConaghy's truck the car badly damaged. James Zramba, a passenger with McConaghy, suffered facial lacerations and was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital before being arrested for drunkenness.
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Walnut Street
Wilbur McConahy
H. E. Richards
James Hartland
McConaghy
James Zramba
Jameson Memorial Hospital
1936 License Plates Void By State Highway Patrol
The State Highway Patrol announced at noon today that 1936 license plates are void and leniency ends for owners who have not secured 1937 licenses. Driving a car now displaying 1936 plates will lead to arrest.
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State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Gable Taken To Rockview For Execution
Ebensburg Pa January 2 Jacob Gable left Cambria county jail in a joking mood for Rockview penitentiary where he will die in the electric chair for the murder of 79 year old Mrs Harriet Goltstein during a robbery that yielded a few trinkets.
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International News Service
Ebensburg
Jacob Gable
Cambria County
Rockview
Harriet Goltstein
Woman Mayor Defies Governor In Florida City
Daytona Beach Florida January 2 A tense stand between Mayor Elizabeth Armstrong and Governor Sholtz ends with demobilization of four National Guard units and a city hall fortified by police and guards. An injunction blocks new city officials from taking office leaving Armstrong temporarily triumphant and vowing to defend the old commission.
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Florida City
International News Service
Daytona Beach
Fla
National Guard
Dave Sholtz
Elizabeth Armstrong
Adjt
Vivian Collins
Sholtz
Seven Highway Patrolmen Stationed Here
Effective January 4 the local State Highway Patrol station will be a seven man unit with Lieutenant Keck in charge. Corporal Keck is his subordinate. Patrolmen Sunday Cuthbert Miller Dillman and Alexander are stationed here. Alexander will be sent to Corry and Patrolman Hoke arrives from Sharon. Increase tied to proximity of state line and working conditions.
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State Highway Patrol
Kck
Corporal Keck
Cuthbert
Miller
Dillman
Alexander
Corry
Hoke
Sharon
Penninsylvania-Ohio State Line
Student Nurses Headed to Pittsburgh for Psychiatric Training
Miss Pauline DiThomas and Miss Eleanor Gibson depart New Castle for three months of psychiatry study at St. Francis hospital in Pittsburgh. Miss Irene Candghey Victoria Skanesky and Nellie Whitlack resume studies at the Children’s hospital in Pittsburgh after affiliation with St. Francis. Miss Carolyn Landolf completes study at Children’s hospital and returns to New Castle hospital duties.
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Pauline DiThomas
Eleanor Gibson
New Castle Hospital
Pittsburgh
St. Francis Hospital
Irene Candghey
Victoria Skanesky
Nellie Whitlack
Children’s Hospital
Carolyn Landolf
Fast Long Avenue
Children's Hospital
Pope Pius XI In Worse Condition Amid Paralysis Spread
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XI grew worse with spreading paralysis and acute pain. Personal physician Dr Aman Milani made two urgent morning visits and used leeches to reduce blood pressure as Swiss guards sealed access to the papal apartments. No immediate crisis was anticipated.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Amanti Milani
Milano
Rivers Rise As Result Of Rain Over District
Pittsburgharea rivers rose slowly today after light widespread rains though forecast heavy downpours could push them toward the 25 foot flood stage. Weather Bureau official S J Brotzman noted the upper Allegheny was falling while the Monongahela downstream was rising slowly.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
S. J. Brotzman
Allegheny
Monongahela
Charleroi
Brotzman
Death notices list several local residents and ages
A death record item lists Mrs. Eva Stillings Failer age 74 of 312 Walnut Street, infant Kaiser Lotz age unknown, William Orville Thompson age 3 months of Highland Heights, Mrs. Mary A. Martin age 94 of North Beaver township, John G. Kuhn age 71 of Lowellville, Mrs. Louis Bauman age 58 of Youngstown, and J. R. Young of the New Galilee Enon Valley road.
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Eva Stillings Failer
Walnut Street
William Orville Thompson
Highland Heights
Mary A. Martin
North Beaver Township
Infant Lotz
Pearson Street
John G. Kuhn
Lowellville
R. DB
Louis Bauman
Youngstown
O. J
Auto Convoy Hits Bus In Accident Near Youngstown
Miss Clara Cummings a West View Pa. school teacher received a slight cut on her hand at 9 25 a m when a P O bus carrying twelve passengers was struck by a motor car convoy at Stevenson bend on the Youngstown New Castle road. Flying glass caused the injury and as the convoy brakes failed the front of the bus was struck. Ralph Biddle Scotia N Y led the convoy and Lloyd Elliott Youngstown drove the bus.
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Clara Cummings
West View
Stevenson Bend
Youngstown
New Castle
Cuthbert
Ohio
Ralph Biddle
Scotia
N. Y
Lloyd Elliott
Surgeon Called From Philadelphia To Repair Church Clock
The First Christian church tower clock near the diamond district has suffered erratic operation for a month. A Philadelphia clock surgeon was summoned today to diagnose contact machinery faults while the master clock remains sound. Officials expect a quick fix and renewed public confidence as pedestrians look to the timepiece.
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Philadelphia
First Christian Church
Diamond Church
Ross Shows Improvement After Wounding at New Castle
A slight improvement is reported in the condition of Sam Ross of 222 Edgewood avenue who is in New Castle hospital with three bullet wounds in the back. He has been in a serious condition for two weeks.
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Sam Ross
Edgewood Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Ross
Father Of Boy Seeks Chance To Pay For Release
Tacoma January 2 government G men swarm city in hunt for Charles Mattson 10 the kidnapped son of surgeon William W Mattson. father ready to pay 28000 ransom but abductor contact elusive as Hoover directs search with Harold Nathan and Earl Connely. suspect arrested while a magazine note mentions ransom denominations and woods near Olympia examined for clues.
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International News Service
Tacoma
Wash
Department of Justice
G Men
Charles Mattson
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
William W. Mattson
Harold Nathan
Hoover
Earl J. Connely
Olympia
Orient
Mattson
Welcome 1937 Greeting to New Official in a Damp Weather Note
A 1937 greeting to a new official expresses hopes for a productive term and better days. The message wishes luck and health, notes some unfinished business from the previous year, and mentions the weather as damp. The tone is cordial and forward looking.
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Viola Wickline
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Pope
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