Prisoner who fled 13 years ago pleads guilty
Auburn January 49 Thomas Cefalo, who escaped from a road camp in 193? and lived under a hidden past, pleaded guilty in Cayuga County Court to the escape charge and received a suspended sentence. Warden Brophy said Cefalo hid in Pennsylvania and later rose to foreman at a mine, marrying with four children. His employers will hold his job while he serves the remainder of his sentence, now under review for early release or return to his family.
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Auburn
Thomas Defalo
Auduen
Yusterda
Acam
Cfr
Cayuga County
Kennard Underwood
Cefato
Venice
State Parole Board
Hewanant Tucsin
Zour Cin Dion
Vf Pannsylvan
Ang
Winek
Cefalo
Joseph H. Brophy
Auburn Prison
Pennsyvania
Relater
Brophy
H Cafalo
Somerse
Lonergan May Get Pest in Senate as Sergeant-at-Arms
Washington reports that Chesley W. Jurney could be replaced as Senate sergeant-at-arms, with Democratic and Republican conferences set to reorganize party machinery. Former Senator Chester Lonergan of Connecticut is named as a possible successor. Democratic plans include Hason of Mississippi for Senate president pro tempore and Hill of Alabama as Democratic whip, while Republicans expected to nominate McNary of Oregon to lead and appoint assistants.
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Lonergan
Senate
Washington
Chesley W. Jurney
Turney
Augustine Lonergan
Connecticut
Yeas
Hason
Senator Hill
Red Army Orders Fuel Use Cut To Preserve Reserves
Moscow reports Marshal Semeon Timoshenko ordered strict Red Army fuel use limits to build reserves. Red Star editorial says reserves cover needs in peace and war and that fighters must save fuel. It suggests a 20 to 35 percent reduction via engine efficiency and selective use.
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Red Army
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Star
Russia
Neighbors Save Farm House After Attic Fire
Neighbors of Lloyd Clark at Baldwinsville Iona Corners formed a bucket brigades to save his farm house from a attic fire last night. Trooper Richard Camp helped remove shingles and supervised water flow. Warmers Fire Department arrived to find the blaze under control. A defective chimney was listed as the apparent cause.
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Lloyd Clark
Baldwinsville
Iona Corners
Richard Camp
Can Camp
Aviator Shifts Pontoons to Use Wheels for Flight
A chaotic Onondaga Lake scene recounts an aviator switching from pontoons to wheels to take off, with Windhausen preparing the craft on the lake shore near Ingh. The report notes a leap toward Niagara Falls and mentions a separate fraud suit against a Syracuse insurance firm accusing the company of issuing blank policies via agents. The case, described as a test of major transactions, centers on an agent's conduct and the insurer's exposure to fraudulent policies.
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Onondaga Lake
Washington, L
Matthew Windensuteq
Windhausen
Onoridega Lake Parkway
Jughway
iFalls
Company of
Syracuse
Pratt Reiner
Gloiersville
Widdiesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Concord
Mass
Kener
Abrams Senor
Keiner
Luspone
Cas
James Ty Crose
Village Jail Fugitive Caught After Escape
Special Dispatch reports Laverne Klein Aas cap was recaptured after a 12 hour free period following his jail escape in the village. Police Chief William Scheerensi and Capt. William Archip led the manhunt with six village officers and three state police, tracing him from Murray Street to the alley and over a high fence before retreating to custody.
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Laverne Klein
William Scheerensi
William Archip
Klein
Murray Street
Onondaga County
T. Purchase
Bloomer Brothers
Jamemille
William Scheerens
James Severson
Vincent Lyke
Luke
Scheerens
Waterloo
William Dendecker
Emil Charlebois
Bert Mesier
Irving Clark
Lyke
Incal
Sergt
Forrest Lyman
Richard Voight
F.J. Myron
Waterloo Post
Severson
Moravia youths fined for auto destruction and theft
Twenty one Moravia youths aged 16 to 25 faced charges of disorderly conduct after an auto was taken from F Lee Moravia and towed to the Letchworth estate. Each was fined $2 and ordered to restitute $150 for the car. justice reserved decision on fair value. Trooper Campbell led the investigation with 21 arraigned. others under 16 were not charged. Attorneys Hewitt and Wien represented the defendants.
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F. Lee
Mervicus
Moravia
Scipio
Letchworth
Morava
Justice of the Peace
John C. Bailey
Herviews
Hervieux
Auburn
B. W. Campbell
Campbell
Gerald S. Hewitt
Irving ‘Wien
State Could Effect School Construction Saving
Albany January 4 Up New York could effect a great saving in school construction costs through Education Department employment of specialists to check on expenditures says the director of the division of school buildings and grounds testifying yesterday at a public hearing before the joint legislative committee on education costs Gilbert L Van Auken recommended a high grade building cost specialist a mechanical engineer and another man with educational training to accomplish economies Van Auken said his recommendations for the three positions were summarized from the 1940 41 State budget He estimated 12000 to 315000 would easily take care of them and mean an opportunity for a great saving
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Albany
New York
Education Department
Uie
Joint Legislative Committee On
Gilbert L. van Auken
van Auken
State Department opposes Western Hemisphere territory shifts
Washington reports the State Department seeks a Congressional resolution opposing transfers of territory between non American countries in the Western Hemisphere. A compromise draft failed last session and died at adjournment after no action. Senator George J. D. Ga. heads Foreign Relations plans to reintroduce next week.
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State Department
New World
Washington
Senate
House
George Jd.ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Light Quake Felt At Ossipee With Gull Bite
Fernandina Florida reported two quakes last month with minor damage. Fisherman J H Harden cast a live minnow line at 6 A M and a seagull entangled in the line was recorded by seismologist Rev James J Devlin. Instruments at Weston College logged a slight tremor at 6 10 P M. The gull swooped down and became entangled as the bait hit the water. The tremor was felt only locally.
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Ossipee
Weston College
de Harden
Private Albro Hall Home on Ten Day Furlough
Private Albro E. Hall, Marine Corps, who enlisted August 5, is visiting his parents at 2¢ Mattydale Drive during a 10 day furlough. He plays first clarinet in the Marine Band at Parris Island South Carolina and will report back Wednesday to the Parris Island barracks.
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Albro Hall
Albro E. Hall
Marine Corps
Mattydale
Hall
Marine Band
Parris Island
S.C
No Flu Epidemic In Syracuse Says Commissioner Doust
Health Commissioner H Burton Doust stated there is no influenza epidemic in Syracuse or vicinity and noted no unusual school or business absenteeism. He added pneumonia is less than usual for this time of year and described common influenza symptoms.
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Syracuse
Doust
Eight Men Sentenced in Public Intoxication Case
Nine men in Pos faced guilty pleas on public intoxication charges. Sentences included 20 days in Onondaga Penitentiary for several defendants, with others given jail terms. Names include Francis Gi, Charles Homer Haynes, Thomas Hayes, Edward J. Lowman, and John G Wallace, all tied to arrests near West Genesee Street, Shannard Street, and Clinton Avenue. The court warned tougher action after the first arrest in a related incident.
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Mer Kanally
Cleveland
John G Wallace
Mass
Thomas Hayes
Onondaga Penitentiary
West Genesee Street
Charles Homer H. Haynes
Miller
South Clinton Wa Se
Edward J
Thal
Shannard Street
Haynes
Francis Gi
Ononomni Athe
Rence Haynes
Lowman
Prth
Vital
Army Air Corps shows spur for high school grads in Syracuse
An open invitation goes to male graduates and those with two years of college to attend free Army Air Corps moving pictures at Vocational High School in Syracuse. Lieut. Dixon notes prep candidates may attend with talks on Air Corps activities. reminiscences of horsecars and trolley history color the event as 42 new buses join the fleet, marking transit modernization since 1888.
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Army Air Corps
Robert J. Dixon
Northwesern
New York
Dixon
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Air Corps
William A. Barry
Parks
Salina Street
Onondaga Hil
Barry
Fansit
Syracuse
New York Central Announces Major Equipment Purchase
The New York Central System plans a 12.5 million dollar upgrade including 95 passenger coaches with air conditioning modern lighting and restrooms, 36 diesel-electric switching locomotives and 2000 box cars. Coaches will feature pastel decor reclining chairs and enhanced washrooms.
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New York Central System
F. E. Willamson
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company
American, Car and Foundary Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Electro- Motive Corporation
American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotie Works
Despatch Shops, Inc
Rochester
Frontier Board backs high speed road to Buffalo
The Niagara Frontier Planning Board urged Governor Lehman to approve a nonstop, intersecting-free highway from Hamelsburg on the shore to downtown Buffalo, with 22 separate avenues separated by a wide island and eliminated drawbridges, potentially extending to Niagara Falls.
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Agara Frontier Board
Buffalo
Agara Frontier Planning Board
T Lehman
Hamsburg
Lake Erie
Niagara
Fireman Reports Theft of Shotguns From Home
Ervie Schryer a city fireman living at 1112 Wadsworth Street told police a burglar broke a cellar window at his home last night and stole two shotguns. Detective Edward Dolphin investigated.
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Ervie Schryer
Wadsworth Street
Edward Dolphin
Deer Swims Otisco at Widest Lake Stretch
A large buck andlers swam across Otisco Lake at its widest point from Hallas Point to Fly's Point yesterday afternoon, about one mile. Deer are said to winter on the lake shore. The Louis Marshall Lodge of Syracuse B'nai Birith with the Red Cross home service will assist families of men called into armed service through A. S. Menter's leadership.
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Otisco
Otisco Lake
Hallas’ Point
Fly's Point
RED Cross
Louis Marshall Lodge
Syracuse
B'nai’ Birith
Home Service Department
The
A. S. Menter
Thousands In London Volunteer as Watchers
Thousands packed the city center in London as weekend volunteers lined up to watch through Sunday. The mass effort aims to guard against a repeat of the prior German fire raid and its still-visible devastation. Authorities continued demolitions of fire-ravaged shells while many cellars remained waterlogged and uninhabitable after the weekend strike.
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London
Mite
Snellbcy Returns to Pulaski Fourth Time as Trooper
Oswego January report notes Charles Spelkey arrives to lead Pulaski substation as Trooper Nathan Lavine aids. Spellicy, a veteran with 15 years service, is reassigned after New Years Day. Details reference Oswego County crime and local law enforcement changes amid a 1936 timeline.
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Snellbcy
Pulaski
Nathan Lavine
Aid
Specis
Intercal
Oswego
Charles
AL Salisbury
Lacona
Elf
Charles Spelhey
Naterbury
Henry Stevens
Howard
3Pelicy
Beageant Spett
Mothan Ravine
Syranski
Tate Polick
Phoenix
Oswego County
Spelkey
Syracuse University
Robert Moore
E. T. Williams
Spellicy
Lavine
Syracuse
Ym.c
Moore
Rome Free Academy
Solvay
Central New York Power bond plans face SEC hearing
The Central New York Power Corporation seeks to issue 5 million dollars in 3 percent mortgage bonds due 1963 to Equitable Life at a price of 101 and sell up to 9,000 shares of 5 percent preferred stock to Niagara Hudson Power at par for working capital. The SEC may hold a public hearing if objections are filed detailing interest and reasons. Proceeds fund construction, improvements, and partly reimburse debt. Treasury stock sales to Niagara Hudson total up to 7,415 shares to cover re acquisition costs and relate to bank notes payable.
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Central New York Power Corporation
Syracuse
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washingston
New York State Public Service Commission
SEC
Washington
Pew
The
Herald-Journal
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Niagara Hudson Power Corporation
Treasury
Niaggara Hudson Power Corporation
Central Corporation
Japan Drafts U S Citizens Concerning Aid Gillette Says
Senator Gillette urged the State Department to verify reports that Japan is conscripting American citizens of Japanese ancestry on the Pacific Coast and in Hawaii. He cited letters from Sino-Korean groups claiming a census of 89,500 Japanese in Hawaii and ongoing conscription of 21 to 36 year olds both there and on the West Coast.
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Washington
Gillette (Dela
State Department
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
the Howan
Senate Foreign Relations ‘Committee
Japan
Gillette
Sino-Korean Peoples League
Los Angeles
League
Nen
West
Hasvali
Pacific Con. States
Continental
United States
Beast of Labrador Pond Springs Trap But Escapes
Cortland Jan 4 A huge male dog believed to be the wild beast of Labrador Pond escaped a trap set by hunters on a Solon Cheanging farm. A brood of puppies found in a deserted barn tied the dogs to a trap as bait was used. the hunters plan another attempt to snare the big dog with Game Protectors Ludwig and Henry Ludwig among the group.
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Lee Ee
Ivo
D Ludwig
Henry Ludwig
Wilfred Hobart
Alfred] Snyder
Henry Berlew
Jon Snyder
William Carpenter
Destitute Americans to Leave France Soon
About 10 destitute Americans who had been living in France will be sent home next week with help from the U S State Department and Red Cross. Many lost jobs when France collapsed and could not pay passage home, leaving them stranded abroad amid the crisis.
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France
Lisbon
Portugal
Vane
Jermed Orta
United States State Department
Red Cross
Mexico's New Envoy to France Arrives in Paris
Mexico City reports that Gen. Praneisen J. Aguilar, newly named minister to France, is en route in a move seen as strengthening diplomatic ties. The announcement notes Aguilar's appointment and expected early dispatch from Mexico.
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Mexico
France
Mexico City
Woman Slain While Aiding Husband's Liberty Return
Fort Lee New Jersey January 4 police say Concetta de Mercurio 40 tried to shield her husband Rocco from being sent back to a mental hospital. He shot her twice, one bullet entering her face and causing death. He a WWI veteran escaped a hospital in 1925 and officials say she refused doctors’ advice to commit him. He was captured and taken to Bergen Pines Hospital for observation as a murder charge was filed.
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Liberty
Fort Lee
N. J
Concetta de Mercurio
Rocco
de Mercurio
Hackensack
Andrew J. McDermott
Tde
Japanese Destroy China Power Station Hit in Burma Road
Japanese military officials claim the hydraulic power station at Kunming, China, terminus of the Burma Road, was destroyed by aircraft. The attack targeted strategic energy infrastructure aiding Chinese resistance and supply routes in the region.
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China
Hong Kong
Chine
Iday
Kumming
Burma Road
Dombera
Rand
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Rieaeaness, Maiohcant
Ervin
Syractee Transit Company of Signals
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Mamy
Parks Department Store
North Stace
Ster
John J. Schaefer
Econd
Parks Commisoner
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John A. Schaefer
Parks Department
N. Y. Central
Corp. E. T. Williams
ISEC
Power Corporation
U.S
Labrador
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