COMMENTS : AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES - AGENCY PILE NUMBER : ‘swimmers ities isin ieee nisin inne eetvemnniandns ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: “PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA ; ee eS JFK. Assassination System Date: 4/27/201 Identification Form ‘ssn itinerant nner menses mtninnsnesenaeesoetemtaniinney Agency Information FBI 124-10302-10194 HQ 143-210-12 Document Information FBI ARWINE, JOSEPH A. DIRECTOR, FBI 08/31/1956 12 NRO, ASSOC, BUSS, SHIPPING, SLOT MACHINE PARTS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 03/12/1998 _ INDEFINITE - v9] Docld: 32310250 Page 1 bo
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. . (3-9-54) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Tae ces oamarm ar MIAMI Fe REPORT MADE AT ; : DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE | REPORT MADE BY MIAMI AUG B1 1956 18/6:759,10,26, = 21/56 JOSEPH A. ARWINE dlp TTWLE CHARACTER OF CASE NORMAN ROTHMAN INTERSTATE TRANSPORTAT ICN OF GAMBLING DEVICES SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: ae ae On 7/30/56 ,32 800 lbs. gambling equipment shipped by NORMAN 7 ¥ ROTHMAN, Chi: ago, I11., to NORMAN ROTHMAN, Miami, Fla. fo; Equipment arrived Miami 8/3/56, and was located at Tamiami ours. Ing., Transport Co. Equipment was to be shipped to ALBERL-ARCURA, Tropicanna Night Club, Havanna, Cuba. Exame inati:un of equipment failed to reflect any markings whatsoever on any of the parts of the gambling machines. No machines were found to be completely in tact, no mechanical parts of the machines were located. Shipment consisted of 470 slot machine metal cabinets with handles, 299 slot machine frames, 24, drums of slot machine parts, and 5 drums of other mis- cellaneous parts. USA GUILMARTIN, authorized seizure of equipment and equipment seized 8/6/56, turned over to USM 8) 7/56. Presently stored International Bonded Warehouse, Miami, Florida. T-l advised that approximately 20 other .- shipments have been received in Miami and forwarded to  , Havana, Cuba. ROTHMAN is reportedly to have made. arrange- ments to ship additional slot machines to Cuba from New Kensington, Pa. Equipment to be shipped from Miami to. Havana, Cuba, by Rodville Forwarding Co. USA GUILMARTIN has not rendered decision in regard to prosecutive opinion of ROTHMAN. T«3 advised that equipment should be worth $230. per completed shell, $125. per frame, or approximately 175,000.00 for all equipment. Recovery value, $175,000.00. -~ Pe IL- VS “ayy lay L “COPIES CONTINUED NERT PAGE - 2 © Miami (143-14) . } PROPERTY OF FBi--This report is loaned to you by the FBI, arid neither it nor its contents are to be ‘// _ distributed outside the agency to which loaned. v4 . 6() wa | A {go fats Docld: 32310250 Page 3 -
‘MM 143-14 ADMINISTRATIVE United States Attorney JAMES L. GUILMARTIN advised that he desires a discreet inquiry be con- ducted regarding the manufacturers set out in this report but does not believe it proper to take any action against previous shipments that have left the United States. He desires this information to be available in case any additional shipments are forwarded to Miami for eventual shipment to Cuba. ‘Information received from T-1 on August 29, 1956, was not included in the synopsis of this report, inasmuch as the report had already been typed. Ia INFORMANTS: Tol is MIDIDO MARINO, Manager, Rodville ‘Forwarding Company. 7 T=-2 is NORMAN ROTHMAN, as reported in the Legal Attachee!s Havana, Cuba letter to the Director, dated July 9, 1956 entitled, "AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN .- CUBA, GIIF*.. T-3 is MM 501C, whose identity is known to the Bureat LEADS: CHICAGO: te At’ CHICAGO, ILL. Will determine through logical sources, owners of National Coin Machine Company, 1411 W. Dieversly cs Boulevard, and the Empire Coin Machine Company, address <= unknown. It is requested that attempts be made to dee termine if.these corporations manufacture gambling _ equipment. No inquiry is to be conducted regarding ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE : -10-¢ —_ ' Docld:323102750 Page 4