Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1932, Page 13

—~—” EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, ' THE come had dropped from more than! $100,000 to approximately $13,000. A | STOKES’ ALIMONY CUT d of i $13,000, Court Is Told. (s maingain Mrs, Sioney, be RENO, Nev., February 26 (#)—Re- | ,Three Killed, Two Dying in Cleveland’s “Bloody Cor- um and to pay $15,000 annually duction of $10,200 in his annual ali- 9”9 ner” Battle. \ Can of Spinach i Wrecks Furnace During War Talk By the Associated Press ESTHERVILLE, Iowa, February 26.—There's power in spinach. They were talking absut bombs and destructicn at Shanghai dur- ing the dinner hour at Ben Burns’ home when there was an explo- sion that shook the house. Smoke poured from the hot air registers, and Mr. Burns wondered what all the shooting was about until he remembered that he had tossed a can of spinach into the purpose, glua $1,200 to Mrs. other, Who was n; mony and maintenance payments Wwas m,dm,‘“‘ amed her allowed W. E. D. Stokes. jr, of New BU&f | York in a decision by Judge Benjamin F. Curler yesterday. . The decision was given following & showing by Stokes that his yearly in- EISEMAN’S SEVENTH & F STREETS North Carolina is second only to| Massachusetts in the production of cot- on_goods. By the Assoclated Press CLEVELAND. February 26—Two furnace that morning. more deaths were expected to be added | ‘The furnace pipes were blown up. today to the toll of three lives taken yesterday by a gangland slaughter squad at_Clevelant's “Bloody Corner." Doctors predicted the fourth and W. H. HOOVER DIES Sounda seceived sy soe pamantt 2. AFTER LONG ILLNESS and Frank Brancato, 34. | 5 Th: g‘(r;‘ull!fil\ S}\Q}.\lfld's rain of steel- e - ackete ullets killed Raymond and | Rosario Porello, brothers, and Dominic | Founder of Vacuum Cleaner Com- Gueli, alias Mangino, almost instantly. | . Police said the killings were a part pany Was Noted for His of Cleveland's notorious Porello-Lonardo | Sale of Men’s $35 to $45 Men—We Have Thousands of Pairs of Special corn sugar feud, which previously had seven lives, and which has threat- ened to wipe out the rival Porello and Lonardo families. Playing Cards When Shot. Raymond and Rosario Porello and Guell were playing cards late yesterday in a soft drink parlor at the “Bloody Corner,” Woodland avenue and East One Hundred and Tenth street, when three unidentified men stepped in the doorway and started firing. Raymond fell to the foor with & bul- let in his head. Rosario stood up to face the attackers with three bullets in his head. Guell staggered to the middle of the room with & bullet ugh his brain, before he also fell, yet did not di> until two hours later. Damanti had no connection with the corn sugar business, police said, but was ghol apparently on the theory that “dead men tell no tales.” Brancato, who, police said, was a friend of the rival Lonardos, staggered into & hospital several hours later with & bullet wound in his stomach. Sur- geons said it was several hours old and ‘hl.rt he had attempted to dress it him- self. Refuses to Tell of Shooting. Police sald they were satisfled Bran- cato either was present at the killing of the three or later was a victim of & reprisal attack. He refused to say who shot him or where. Police obtained a good description of the three killers and last night arrested eight men for questioning. In addition, they hunted Angelo Lonardo and Domi- nic Suspirato, a henchman, both of whom were tried and acquitted in one of the other murders of the feud. Police said rivalry between the Po- rello and Lonardo families for the con- trol and big profit in the corn sugar trade was responsible for the first of the killings. Later. however. the dominant factor became the Sicillan code of re- venge. Series of Killings. “Big Joe” Lonardo and his brother John were the first to die. They were shot to death October 13, 1927, in a card room operated by.one of the Po- Tellos. Neither this nor any of the other murders of the feud have been solved. “Black Sam” Todaro, a Porello henchman, was the next to go. He was shot June 11, 1929, while talking to the widow of “Big Joe” Lonardo, her son, Angelo and Dominic Suspirato. Mrs. Lonardo was acquitted on a murder charge. Angelo and Dominic were convicted of second-degree mur- der, but won new trials and were ac- quitted. Another Lonardo brother, Frank, was slain in & drug store October 20, 1929. The next to die were Joe Porello and his lieutenant, Sam Tilocca. They were shot while dining in a restaurant in _July, 1930. Three weeks later a volley of bullets from a curtained automobile killed James Porello. Home Wrecked by Explosion. An explosion wrecked the expensive home of Raymond Porello on August | 15, 1930, but he already had fled. The deaths of Raymond and Rosario Porello yesterday were the third and fourth in their family and Gueli was the third of their henchmen to lose his life in the struggle. Three other Porello brothers, Ottavio, Angelo and John, are | still living, but constantly fearful that violent deaths will overtake them. Of the four Lonardo brothers, only one has survived the combat. Although he fled, supposedly to-Los Angeles, other relatives and henchmen have remained in Cleveland, still determined to “carry on.” HALF ARE ELIMINATED IN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP Julian Goldman Finals Will Be Played in New York City Tonight. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 26.—At least | half of the top flight bridge players will be out of the running tonight when the finals for the Julian Goldman pair championship are played at the Hotel Roosevel They e sliced from the field in last night's semi-finals by the inex-| orable mathematics of contract. Here are a few who failed to sur- vive: Theodore A. Lightner, Willard S. Karn, Baron Waldemar von Zedt- witz, Walter Malowan, S. Stearn, George Keith and George Unger, Among the victors are P. captain of the “Horseme.,” ning mate. “Ossie” Jacoby: Mrs. Cul bertson and her partner, W. J. Huske; David Burnstine, Howard Schenken, Sidney Lenz and Comdr. Winfield Lig- gett, jr. February 29 Cuts Birthdays. DOVER, Ohio, February 26 (#)— They've been married many years and have five children, but their birthdays total only 19. Chauncey Sharp, 40 and his wife Olive, 36, of Dover were born on February 29. Anciently in all countries man needed much less protection, both of clothing ar shelte! 'BUY or RENT Office Furniture H. Baum & Son 616 E St. N. Nat. 9136 Back to Pre-War Prices 31.50 to Baltimore and Return 7-day Nmit Saturdays and Sundays 31.25 Good returning until Sunday night 72 then also crumpled | i World Charities. 3y the Associated Press CANTON, Ohio, February 26—W. H. | Hoover, 82, philanthropist and founder of the vacuum sweeper company which bears his name, died at his home in North Canton yesterday after a year's 1llness. | Intimates who knew him as “Boss"” | Hoover recalled today that in 1908 he became interested in a sweeper in- furrzy Spangler, whose m an aveision to cust fier seven years research evolved the Hoover electric suction { sweeper Hoover was widely known in the Near East, where as president of the American Friends of Turkey, he played a part in that country's recent progri He gave to Nanking University, Nan- king, China, the World Sunday School Association, the Federal. Council of Churches, Tuskegee Institute and nu- | merous schools and colleges. | A year ago he retired, giving the | business to his sons—Herbert, Frank and Daniel. Besides them he is sur- vived by his widow and a daughter, Mrs. H. C. Price. He was a native Ohioan, born on & farm. 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