Recollections Of Murder Trial In 1906 Case Delayed By Objections
Witnesses describe complexities in the Rocco Esposito murder trial of Francesco Romeo from October 1906. Lawyers dispute admission of ancient evidence while court staff and stenographers confirm records and notes from the Caio case and the Richmond area docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocco Esposito
Francesco Romeo
Commonwealth
Dominick Caio
A. D. Mornes
New Castle Junction
L. W. Wilson
Shenango Valley Hospital
Clifford James
Court House
E. F. G. Harper
Mornes
Arthur Mornes
Sharon
Elizabeth Jevon
Steel Pay Raises Boost Steel Workers Nationwide
Pay raises estimated at 120 to 150 million dollars annually begin for about 500000 steel workers as Carnegie Illinois Steel recognizes SWOC. A 40 hour week and time and a half overtime set. vacations with pay continue. prices rise for steel buyers amid a seller’s market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney H. Eiges
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
U. S
Saiate Jury Debating Verdict After Delayed Start
The Saiate jury continues deliberations on the verdict after taking the case late. Court officials report the jury began deliberation in the evening and will resume once possible. The outcome remains uncertain as jurors review evidence and legal instructions.
Jury Room Seethes as Jurors Split on Verdict
Jurors in a Monday afternoon session voiced loud dissension indicating a strong split on the verdict. Deliberations stretched as members urged careful consideration of the evidence.
Weather and local notes from the PA Newc Observer
The column reports a robin sighting at Jack McCombs’s home and notes winter’s lingering chill with 20 degree readings and freezing radiators. It mentions a proposed public bathing beach on the Neshannock as a WPA project and reports a rise in the Shenango river from water releases at Pymatuning dam amid peculiar three day temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neshannock
Pymatuning
Shenango
Daily Weather Report Summary for U S Weather Period
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am recorded a maximum of 33 and a minimum of 23 with 0.2 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 6.5 feet. A year ago the same date showed a 61 maximum, 37 minimum, 0.23 inches of precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 5 S
Four Detroit Hotels Closed as Auto Strike Spreads Downtown
Four of Detroit’s top hotels housing 2,500 guests shut down as the strike spreads from Chrysler and Hudson plants into the central business district. The Bock Cadillac Detroit Land Fort Shelby closed after failed talks with union leaders. the Statler remained blocked by sit down strikers. Governor Murphy raced from Lansing to handle the crisis as Detroit police were put on 12 hour shifts. Mayor Couzens spoke with the governor by long distance amid hotel shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Kilgallen
Detroit
Chrysler and Hudson Automobile
Bock-Cadillac
Detroit-Leland
Fort Shelby
Statler
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Frank Couzens
U. S
James Couzens
Earhart Eyes Pacific Flight Start In Hawaiian Window
Amelia Earhart Putnam studying Pacific charts at Oakland Airport as storm conditions may permit takeoff for the Hawaiian Islands today or tomorrow. Technical adviser Paul Mantz to fly to Honolulu. co-navigator Harry Manning and navigator F J Noonan join in weather assessments with tentative takeoff between 4 and 5 p m Pacific time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Hawaiian Islands
Paul Mantz
Miss Earhart
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Harry Manning
Darwin
Australia
F. J. Noonan
Transpacific
Howland Island
Aviatrix
Large Rise in 1936 Income Tax Returns Reported
Treasury tax officials announced a dramatic jump in income tax returns for 1936 with more than 6.9 million filers across 63 districts and unofficially projected monthly collections exceeding 840 million dollars. Some districts reported returns nearly double the prior year as the first quarter tax yield is expected to beat Roosevelt budget projections of 2.372 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Treasury
Federal
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Roosevelt
President And Wife Will Speak On St Patrick Day Greeting
President Roosevelt will address the Boston charitable Irish society by phone and radio from his Georgia retreat. Mrs Roosevelt will speak in Durant Oklahoma the same night as part of a Southwest lecture tour benefiting her favored charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Durno
Southwest
Three Dead In Wrecked Imperial Airways Liner
The Jupiter with three aboard including Charles Wolley Dod, European manager of Imperial Airways, was found wrecked at Elstorfer Württemberg after departing Croydon en route to Cologne. The pilot and wireless operator were among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Imperial Airways
Jupiter
Elstorfer
Wurtemburg
Croydon
Cologne
Charles Wolley Dod
Drive For Amendment On Court Gains Headway
Washington reports an undercover bid to replace President Roosevelt's court reform with a constitutional amendment gaining momentum in both houses. The plan seeks a two thirds court concurrence to deem acts unconstitutional, implying a 6 to 3 court majority. Support comes from AFL President William Green and Federal Bar Association head Justin Miller at judiciary hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House
Senate
William Green
The
American
Wyoming
Rep. Thom
Ohio
Vandenbush and Associate Sentenced to Long Jail Terms
Merle Vandenbush a former public enemy No 1 and Anthony Rera were sentenced to 45 to 70 years each in Sing Sing by County Judge Gerald Nolan after pleading guilty to first degree robbery in the Northern Westchester bank holdup at Katonah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
White Plains
N. Y
Merle Vandenbush
Public Enemy No
Anthony Rera
Sing Sing Prison
Gerald Nolan
Westchester
Katonah
Question Cable and Woman in Canton Crime
Canton Ohio March 16 police and county prosecutor Bartholomew questioned Dueber S Cable and Theresa Ludwig a 45 year old divorcee after a dramatic meeting in the probe of the shotgun death of Cable s wife Rose 46 last Thursday Cable who has a heart ailment was allowed to leave the police station briefly during the meeting Police say Cable supported Ludwig s Akron apartment and a dress shop she ran prior to the meeting the two had been grilled separately for hours and the separate questioning resumed afterward as investigators followed reports of an automobile seen near the Cable home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Canton
Dueber S. Cable
Theresa Ludwig
A. C. L. Bartholomew
Cable
Rose
Elmer E. Clark
Miss Ludwig
Akron
Canton, O
D. S. Cable
Akron, O
Rose Cable
Plan Third Raid For State Relief Plan
Harrisburg reports the administration moves to raid motor license funds for the third time this year to fund relief. A $5,659,000 April appropriation is planned as the Thompson committee rushes a relief bill while Gov. Earle weighs the two century old poor board system and a $19,000,000 budget estimate for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
George H. Earle
Poor Board
Thompson Joint Legislative Committee On Relief
Earle
Kelter
WPA
Rebel Air Bombers Raid Madrid Terrorizes Capital
Rebel bombing squadrons raided Madrid shortly after midnight striking the Escala De Henares and Pacifico districts. Residents awoke to explosions as damage and casualties remained unconfirmed. Loyalist reports from Barcelona noted continued leftist gains in Pozoblanco, though hampered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Thomas A. Loayza
Guadalajara
Escala de Henares
Pacifico
Barcelona
Pozoblanco
WPA Offices To Move To Old Knitting Mill April First
District 14 WPA will relocate its office from the North and Mercer streets post office to the old knitting mill on South Mill street around April 1. J Vale Downie said requisitioning covers about 11 000 square feet as the move follows the expanded district office changes in 1935. The New Castle Free Public Library owns the old post office and plans renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 14
Works Progress Administration
South Mill Street
North
Mercer Streets
J. Vale Downie
WPA
Downie
New Castle Free Public Library
Post
Sec
Erie Woman Changes Story In Towns-end Club Murder
Elizabeth Sample, 45, formally charged with murder in the stabbing of J. E. Hogan, 45, a Townsend club organizer. She now says the shooting was an accident after returning from Cleveland to find Hogan with Lucille Irwin, 42, during a champagne dinner, and she is held without bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Erie
Elizabeth Sample
J. E Hogan
Townsend Club
Hogan
American airman estimates 300 Italians killed in raids
An American airman named Tinker reported that about 300 Italians were killed during loyalist air raids on Italian divisions on the Guadalajara front. The comment was made from Valencia Spain on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Spain
Tinker
Guadalajara
Death Notices for Several Individuals in Ohio and New Castle
James Lyle Mayne 66 of West Middlesex R D Mrs Laura Jane Hines 66 of Lowellville O George Crocker Bamberger 21 of Pulaski Road New Castle R D 3 George Zajac 65 of 1609 South Jefferson Street reported in local notices
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James Lyle Mayne
West Middlesex
R. D
Laura Jane Hines
Lowellville
George Crocker Bamberger
Pulaski Road
New Castle
George Zajac
South Jefferson Street
Jury Deliberations Continue in Monaghan Killing Case
In Somerset Pennsylvania on March 16 the nine men and three women jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of State Trooper Anthony Sainte charged with participation in the third degree killing of Frank C. Monaghan a 64 year old Uniontown hotelkeeper. The panel asked for testimony and sandwiches as they weighed whether Sainte was in the room when Monaghan died during questioning amid bitter disputes between Supreme Court Justice George W. Maxey and prosecutor Charles J. Margiotti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Pa
Anthony Sainte
Frank C. Monaghan
Uniontown
J. B. Ober
Hooversville
Sanute
Monaghan
Supreme Court
George W. Maxey
Charles J. Margiotti
Bandits Rob Bank In Ohio Secure $5,000
Two masked men robbed Citizens Savings Bank in Weston Ohio and took about 5000 dollars. They kidnapped two employees cashier Burton Deweese and assistant Wayne Ewing and forced them into a waiting car before releasing them two blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
International News Service
Bowling Green
Citizen’s Savings Bank
Weston
Burton Deweese
Wayne Ewing
Deweese
Ewing
March Weather Warns of North Winds and Icy Tricks
A weather note warns of cold north winds and winter spells in March. The pieceadvises staying near hearths and seeking sunny climes as March is described as a trickster with cool thirty two degrees.
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Hale Holden, Jr
Pullman Company
Haverford
Philadelphia
Central Press
Saiate
PA Newc
Jack McCombs
Sheridan Avenue
Robin Redorest
Daily Weather Report
Amelica
International News Services
Treas
Ury Department
Lieve
By Eric Friedheim
Okla
William K. Hutchinson
Vandenbush
Public Enemy
Sing Sing
Ohio City
Frederick N. Polangin
W.P. A
Watson
Cidental
Arthur Memeter
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