Fe nents ge mnt RR on PG 92-228; 92-236 pe T-3 is Former PG 580-C, contacted by SA JOHN S, PORTELLA PG P-4-is WILGEAM MEREDITH,.-Special .Agent, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, contacted by SA HAROLD L. STEVENS | T-5 is Pa 585-C contacted by SA ROBERT A. TOEGE . _ pa T6 is JOSEPH MEROLA, interviewed by SAS GEORGE E, DAVIS; JR., and LEMAN L. STAPFORD, at the Miami office PG T-7 is DR. LOWVIS C. PESSOLANO of Miami Springs, Florida, interviewed by SA RIGHARD GORDON DOUCE prior to his appearance before the Federal Grand Jury in Pittsburgh (oy request) po f-8 is MEL COLLIER, Investigator, Alcohol eae ‘Tobacco Tax Unit, U.S. Treasury Deparcment, Pittsburgh, Pa., contacted: by SA THOMAS @. FORSYTH TEL. ee SEK Act 6 (4) PG T~9 7 re |e PCr, ‘conbacted ‘by SA NORMAN T. Tt S PG T-10 is TOMMY HAYES, salesman for Swift and Company, contacted by SA’ DAMON W. PITCHER PG T-1l is JAMES MC DOWELL, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit, Pittsburgh, contacted by SA J, EDWARD MADVAY SF T-l is MILTON SUGG, Fraud Investigation Unit, California State Department of Employment, contacted by SA ROBERT E. OLSON SF T-2 is SF 1871-C, contacted by SA RAYMOND M,. “ ANDRESS REVIEWED By hur TASK - E - coveR PAGE ON Wis Ong iprd KI RELEASE IN FULL WI] RELEASE IN papT Ci TOTAL DENIAL MW 45852 Docld: 32303040 Page 5 FORCE Boe
Ny PE 9202828; 92-236 ee eee ‘private inves SA THOMAS Gy FORSYTS TIT MM T-3~is (4) SF db T-3 is ANDRESS Sigator, convacted by SA PG T-13 is NELSON DARLING , Manager ‘Home Telephone Co., Ridgeway, Pa., covering Byrne dale, Pa., . contacted by SA ROBERT L. OLSON | MM ToL is MM 665-PC, contacted | by | SA ROBERT F, FPETZNER MM T-2 is MM 656-C, contacted by sas PAUL A, CAJIGAS and ALBERT T, HEALY a PG T-14 is PG 573-C contactela by sa JOHN S, PORTELLA PQ T-15 is 'PCL, combacted by SA GENE H. 'PCE, contacted by SA PAUL-Ay CATIO = 7 MM T-4 4s PAUL A. CAJIGAS, who contacted the Shenandoah Branch, U.S. Post offs ice, Miami, Florida PO f-16 is contacted by SA BRONI S> MACYS CL T-1 is CI 197-8, contacted by SA ROBERT R. ROCKWELL BA T-1 is THOMAS M. SIMPSON, Postmaster, Hagerstown, Md., contacted by SA:ROBERT I. MC ENROE BA T-2 is Mrs. ADA K. GUNNELLS, Clerk, Post Office, Hancock, Md., contacted by SA Mc ENROE .BA T-3 is HERMAN BENCROFF, Postmaster, Cascade, ‘Mad., contacged by SA MC ENROE BA T-4 is WALTER MILLS, Postmaster, Clear Spring, ~Md., contacted by SA MC ENROE COVER PAGE MW 45852 Docld: 32303040 Page 6
Fa PG 92-228; 92-236 At NEW KENSINGTON PA, (WESTMORELAND. Le WLLL contact PG 545-¢ for information concerning subjects' legitimate enterprises, criminal acbivities and associates. 2. Will recontact TOMMY HAYES, salesman for Swift and Company , and obtain additional details regarding the allegation that the MANNARINO brothers may have an interest in the Tri- State Automatic Candy Company. 3. ‘Will prepare a letterhead memo concerning MIKE GEORGE HAZIDAKIS for dissemination to IRS. Will interview GEORGE NADER, proprietor of Nader's Market , 1193 = 3rd Avenue, to determine if possible the method he used in providing a check cashing service for the Triangle Billiards Gambiing Casino. De Will interview AGNES KNOX, waitress at Pecky Abraham's Bar, and reported former girlfriend of GABRIEL MANNARINO, for any information of value she can furnish concerning his activities. 6. “Will interview ANDREW DATRES, 528 Pershing Drive, night manager of Andy's Restaurant, for information he may have picked up while listening to the conversation of MANNARINO organization members who frequent the restaurant. To Will interview NIP VURDEN, alleged pimp, who is said to be running a house of prostitution at 1151 - 4th Avenue, to determine the extent of his operation and possibly pay- -offs to New Kensington FD. 8. Will interview TOM GALLIAN, operator of the Garibaldi ‘Club, to determine his connections with the MANNARINO organization and possible pay-offs to New Kensington PD. Will interview JAMES POWERS, 400 Robinson Street, 9. ‘Pitcairn, Pa., an employee of the Electric Department , Pitcairn, who, according to Chief of Police, O'Hara Twp., can furnish exact directions to the MANNARINO hunting lodge. -{[- COVER PAGE MW 45852 Docld: 32303040 Page 7
s ’ PG 92-208; LA PS T the past, on PB that SAMUEL MA in the case in 0 Guard Armory » ; implied to HA a “Ll, who me a RING wolving manton', WA that. pruary on April 16, 1945. . O- stated that at the tim j rents, VINCENT CAF : 2014 Ridge Avenue , Arnol parents, SAMUEL t 1OGL Manor Road, ras fornisned reliable informati 26, 1959, said DANIEL HA} told him ‘OLA FUSCO, Pastor, St. Peter's Roman Kensington, Pa., on March 25, 1959; the marriage of VICTOR BE. CARLUCCI an assured him he would not be prosecuted theft of weapons from the Ohio Nat 4onal Ohio, PG T-1 stated that MANNARINO be made to have the cas se"fixed"but that if for some -unforeseen reasons HANNA was convicted, he would be paid for every dav he spent in prison: The "Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph,” March 7, 1959, earried a feature story concerning a paid by the Pittsburgh Police Department Racket Squad led by Acting Lieutenant JOHN | at 2:00 AM, Ma MW 45852 Docld: 32303040 rch 75 Page & 1959. arrangements had been made or would “+ issue , JAMES on the Sparton- american Club, 715 west Diamond Street,
(PG 92-228; 92-236 ~ HIghiand 1-1615, listed to RENEE LEVITY, | 58°96 - 5th Avenue, — | Pity sb uren C25 Pa o . . Number changed to —— Co . CHurchill 2-2127 (unlisted) 1696 Monongahela - | Avenue, Pittsburgh 18, Pa. | Olympia 32-3419 (unlisted) ANNA LOHR, ; 340 Koendler Road, Apartment 7, weland Park . _ TOM TANNAS, | - FBI #3564908 | Starter . On March 24, 1959, United States District Judge _ HERBERT P, SORG, United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, directed an order of acquittal in the TANNAS case on the basis that the United States Government had failed to present sufficient evidence from which a jury could infer, beyond a reasonable doubt, that TANNAS wilfully intended to defraud the United States in connection with his application , for loan through the SBA. Judge SORG pointed out in his ‘ weitsen opinion that he had been in error in not directing a verdict of acquittal when the defense motion was made at the conclusion of the government's case in United States District Cours « oo , : AL RINALDO, aka.» "Chips" 4 “ Pa.T-5, who has furnished reliable information in the past, was contacted on January 27, 1959 and again on February 20, 1959, at her residence, at which time she advised that she was present at the MANNARINO gambling establishment at New Kensington during the late.evening hours of November ‘4, 1958. .P@ T-5 advised that on that afternoon a plane load of -pifles stolen from the Ohio National Guard Armory at Canton, Ohio, was forced down at Morgantown, W.Va., and that the MANNARINO brothers had already been mentioned as having had something to do with the transportation of these and other weapons to Cuban rebels. Pi T-5 recalled that the bar was not too busy that night, — | - 7 « MW 45852 Docld:32303040 Page >