sentences:  Around 1927, Messina and his family moved to the nearby suburb of Somerville.In a December 1930 meeting in Boston, Messina was selected to become a temporary capo di capi, by fellow mafiosi after stripping the title from Joe Masseria during Masseria's struggle with rival gangster Salvatore Maranzano, often referred to as the Castellammarese War.Maranzano acquired the title after he proved victorious in the conflict.