Influence THE BIG BANKROLL rothsstein life and times profile
Leo Katcher profiles Arnold Rothstein born 1882 on East 47th Street. From dice to bookmaking and rackets he built wealth and influence shaping crime and politics. The book notes police failures to convict and cites Rothstein’s connections with Costello Siegel Luciano and others.
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Times
Arnold Rothstein
Leo Katcher
Harper
East 47Th Street
Times Square
Victoria Theater
42Nd and
Seventh Ave
Lindy
Park Central
Katcher
George McManus
Rothstein
Ratcher
Henry Lustig
George White
Anne Nichols
Abie
Damon Runyon
Villian
Fitzgerald
Becker
Rosenthal
Frank Costello
Buggsy Siegel
Lucky Luciano
Willie Moretti
Albert Anastasia
Ain Hod: An Artist Colony Rising Above Old Haifa Hills
Marcel Yanku, once a Dada pioneer in Europe, leads Ain Hod, an artists colony south of Haifa. The settlement grew from ruin to a thriving community with workshops in ceramics, weaving, jewelry making, and lithography. Local support from Haifa, labor ministries, and the Israel Artists Association helped restore water, roads, and a gallery on the village piazza.
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Haifa
Israel
Marcel Yanku
Switzerland
Germany
Yanko
Avi Hod
Mount Carmel
Mediterranean
Ain Hod
Let's
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
Ascona
Hii
Atlit
Caesarea
Haifa Bay
Israel Security
Israel Ministry of Interior
Ghiadh
Ministry of Labor
Portrait of Thomas Merton in Secular Journal Era
The secular journal of Thomas Merton covers his mid twenties from 1939 to 1941, detailing his conversion to Catholicism, teaching, and early novels. It notes his later entry as a Trappist and his 1948 memoir The Seven Storey Mountain, while praising his pursuit of literary purity accessible to all readers.
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Merton
Annaeaiienaaeton Iit
Cuba
Thomas Mann
Voigtlander Bessamatic 35mm Debuts With All In One
At a New York preview Voigtlander unveiled the 35mm Bessamatic featuring through the lens viewing, parallax free framing, a built in exposure meter, interchangeable lenses and automatic diaphragm. The camera offers ASA 1600 film speed, shutter speeds from 1/1500 to 250 seconds, and coupled controls for exposure. It includes a rapid advance lever, hinged back, pull up rewind, and optimized viewfinder optics for glasses wearers.
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New York
Voigtlander
Austria issues permanent stamp and new Kitzbuhel issue
Austria re issues a Mariazell shrine stamp as a permanent issue and unveils a new Kitzbuhel Tyrol stamp issued December 29 with a 2.40 schilling price plus 60 groschen blue, celebrating local postal history. Guatemala marks Rafael Alvarez Ovalle centenary with overprinted stamps. Ecuador pays tribute to Paul Rivet with a new airmail stamp. India issues a violet gate stamp for the 1958 Exhibition. Israel plans a 250 pruta stamp for Sholom Aleichem’s 100th birthday.
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Austria
Mariazell Shrine
Kitzbuehel
Tyrol
St. Johann
Ecuador
Paul Rivet
Rivet
India
Israel Philatelic Agency
Israel
Sholom Aleichem
Soloman Rabinowitz
Gilbert Colts Sentenced for Fraud Attempt in Detroit
Gilbert Colts, 32, went to a Detroit hospital and claimed to be harmed, telling an attendant to check with the company if unsure. The attendant verified the claim and Colts was sentenced to 30 days for attempting to obtain property under false pretenses.
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Detroit
Gilbert Colts
Colts
Pat Suzuki Shines on Broadway in Flower Drum Song
Pat Suzuki talks about Broadway debut with Flower Drum Song and the audiences she loves. She recalls a night club past, her aim to make listeners focus, and the difficult but rewarding crowds, including the Wednesday matinees. Her Rise to fame includes hit albums and RCA Victor plans.
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Pat Suzuki
Rogers and Hammerstein
Pat
Broadway
St. James Theater
California
Bing Crosby
Seattle
Richard Rodgers
Linda Low
San Francisco
Chinatown
Columbia
Vic
Boston
New York
RCA Victor
Judy Garland
Keely Smith
Helen Morgan
Dinah Shore
Theresa Brewer
Current Best Sellers List Includes Classics and Nonfiction
The lineup features fiction titles such as Doctor Zhivago Lolita Exodus From the Terrace The Ugly American and nonfiction titles including Only In America Aku Aku The Wedemeyer Reports and The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein.
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Zhivago
Pasternak
Lolita
Nabokov
Exodus
Uris
O'Hara
Lederer & Burdick
America
Golden
Heyerdahl
Wedemeyer Reports
Boone
the Viscount Montgomery OF
Alamein
Hunters' Hideout thrills two boys on summer vacation
In Mebane Holoman Burgwyn's story set near Occonnechee Neck farm, two adventurous boys skip four weeks of school to fish and loaf and get drawn into a dangerous plot involving a desperate lunatic and a robbery. The tale unfolds on the Burgwyn homestead with Mrs Burgwyn, her husband, and four children nearby.
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Mebane Holoman Burgwyn
North Carolina
J. B
T. Mars
Occonnechee Neck
Police Cars Sabotaged In Baltimore District
Two squad cars in Baltimore's southwestern district were found with windows open and heaters off. Tear gas pellets blamed for burning eyes and throats as police fought a sabotage case. experts suspect the act occurred while cars were parked near a fire scene.
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Baltimore
Southwestern District
Milton A. Hipsley
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