Walter Winchell Notes on Siegel and Capitol Rumors
Walter Winchell reports on FBI efforts to trace tips about Bugsy Siegel and a claimed mob plot. The column notes celebrity sightings, political chatter, and socialites, including Barbara Hutton and Dorothy di Frasso, with references to film, press, and New York nightlife figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trace New Siegel
Roosevelt
New York City
FEDS
Bugsy Siegel
Uncle Sam
Sonja Henie
Lombardos
Champ J
Louis
F. Sinatra
Thrush
Amos
N' Andy
Curley
Danbury
Truman
Aes One
Fall C
Barbara Hutton
Dorothy Dil Frasso
Erro
Flynn
di Frasso
la Frasso
Barbara
Bugsy
Souvenir Proves Royal Wedding Pact Found in GA Shop
An unidentified GI found a velvet bound volume in Henry Prontaut's antique shop in Augusta. The manuscript records the 19th century marriage arrangements between William III of Orange and Princess Adelaide Emma Wilhelmina, linking a wartime Europe tour to a Dutch state paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
A. GI
Henry Prontaut
Europe
Prontaut
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
William
Iiit
House of Orange
Adelaide Emma Wilhelmina
Therese of Waldeck and Pyrmont Document Found in Transit
Prontaut tried to return the document via a friend in Germany on December 7, 1878, but the intermediary was killed in an accident. He then informed the Netherlands Embassy of the discovery while en route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Langer
Vandenberg
Wallace
John B. Glenn
Pan- American Trust Co
Mexico
Walter Thurston
Connally
Wright Morrow
Texas
Glenn
Nagy
Hungary
Tris Coffin
ABC
Therese of
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Prontaut
Germany
Netherlands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Winchell
Douglas Chandlet
Ezra Pound
Congress
J. Lunceford
Nawdee
Ethel Barrymore
Tel Thompson
England
Wac
Wallander
Sherman Billingsley
Enid
Okla
Harber
Seminole
Stork Club
Lenore Lemmon
Midtown
Jeannie Gibson
Barbizon Models
52Nd Street
George
White
Macmillan Book Firm
Dixie Inn
Dobbs Ferry
Gus Metro
St. Moritz
Bootblack
Lewis
Ed” Lewis
Sts
Err
Nes
Heavy Duty Service Camp
Carpente
Walt
Es Arden
Yale
Gic “ Sc
Bo Fh
Motorola
Philco Auto
LES
CRILL
Lae An
Ewe
Na ‘Ss i
Salenes
Reg Iy
Pat
Jug
North
Salina ST
Bote
Brunswick Tires
Isa Tao
Spek
Eastwood and Vocational
Thone
Nidgewood Dr
City-Levey
City-Levey Day. Cleaning CO
Burnet Avenue
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island
City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Syracuse Bottlers, Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!