AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: - TITLE: DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 NW 45792 DociId:32292608 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10209-10384 HQ JUNE MAIL 92-3171-74 Document Information FBI SAC, CG DIRECTOR, FBI 10/04/1960 12 SGI, SUR, ASSOC PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT, PHOTO Unclassified 4 Redact 05/20/1998 INDEFINITE INC A/T, ENV 147 Page i
FD-36,(Rev. 12-13-86) " FBI Date: 10/4/60 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) Vi AIRTEL 1 “ (Priority or Method of Mailing) | ce oy oe a ee ee ee eee ee bevel R, FBI (92-3171) SAC, CHICAGO (92-349)  Gaancana. aka CKETEERING Re Bureau airtel to Chicago 9/30/60.(U) RE: Feasibility of Special Coverage at Armory Lounge, 7429) West Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, Illinois. (Y Enclosed herewith are three photographs of the Armory Lounge taken in September, 1960. (U Location : The Armory Lounge is a one story brick building™ located in a western suburb of Chicago adjacent to Oak Park, Illinois. The immediate neighborhood is one of mixed commercial and residential establishments, the residences being considered middle class homes and apartment buildings. West Roosevelt Road is one of the areas busier thoroughfares, and is heavily v trafficked by trucks and vehicles utilizing U.S. 30 and the . i: Illinois toll road system. Immediately across the street from 7 the Armory is the Naval Ordnance Plant and Naval Reserve Center, a series of buildings extending approximately two blocks long employing several hund ns.(V) /_. @ Oo BAS I / 7 - Bureau (Encls. 3) (AM 1 - Chicago , 13 ~ RRH : cme 7 8 OCT K 1960 ad ee “WW Ca RY Approved: WC Sent LT MSOCsé~RPleerr € Special Agent in Charge NW 45792 Docid:32292608 Page 2
CG 92-349 History and Relative Importance to Hoodlum Activities The Armory Lounge is owned and operated by one CARMEN FANELLI of 328 Wesley, Oak Park, Illinois, a white male, approximately 60 years of age. He is considered a long time acquaintance of SAM GIANCANA, JOSEPH AIUPPA, ANTHONY J. ACCARDO and other hoodlums residing in the western suburbs of Chicago. FANELLI at one time was a bookmaker and small time hoodlum, and has been associated with the Armory Lounge for approximately ten years. Chicago informants have been reporting for some time on of the fact that frequent meetings of Syndicate hoodlums take place at the Armory Lounge, which they refer to as the place out west". These meetings are presided over by GIANCANA when he is in town, and in his absence by such lesser luminaries as WILLIAM DADDANO, one of GIANCANA's lieutenants. CG 6343-C* has reported conversations between MURRAY HUMPHREYS, FRANK FERRARO and others wherein they have referred to meeting "ou " tters of importance. One neighborhood source, PCI owner = 4 of an apartment building overlooking the Armory reports large gatherings of "hoodlum type" individuals congregating on occasion at this establishment. One she positively has identified as GIANCANA .(U)) Bureau Agents, as recently as September, 1960, entered the Armory on pretext, noted a large dinner party in progress, attended by, among others, ANTHONY ACCARDO and JOSEPH P. GLIMCo. (U) = of Building ee | Physical Description I The exterior of the Armory is of face brick, | approximately twenty-four feet in width and sixty feet in length (deep). It is located on the intersection of a one way street and the nearest building is a three story apartment po building located approximately sixty feet west of the Armory. | 7 -2- \; { 45792 DociId:32292608 Page 3
——— a ~-<4 457392 CG 92-349 The space between the Armory and the apartment building is taken up with an asphalt parking area suitable for about forty vehicles. An alley runs east and west immediately to the rear of the Armory, and is occupied by residential, one family homes. { The interior of the Armory is divided into three sections; bar, dining area, and private dining room, the latter being located to the rear of theestablishment. The dining area is relatively small, having accommodations for no more than thirty persons. It contains six tables. The private dining area is a room approximately fourteen by eighteen feet, v) containing two tables, and is separated from the main dining room by an accordian type door {U, Entrance to the building is gained either through the front (facing Roosevelt Road), or into the main dining room via an entrance way through the parking area. This entrance is protected by a canopy,and requires gaining access through two doors. There is a small (4 X 6') enclosed area between the first and second doors. An additional exit is located to the rear of the building off the main dining room. This exit is not used, and is barred.) On 10/3/60, a physical surveillance of the Armory Lounge was conducted between the hours of 12:01 A.M. and 7:00 A.M, in order to ascertain the degree of traffic and possibilities _Of being observed in the event special coverage was attempted. This surveillance revealed that there is considerable truck traffic on West Roosevelt Road (U. S. 30) in the early morning hours and it was also noted that a Forest Park, Illinois squad car passes the lounge at a very slow speed approximately every fifteen minutes. The Forest Park Police Force is commanded by JOHN CORTINO, who has cooperated with the Bureau in the past, however, he has been observed by: PCI[____]Jin the Armory Lounge on numerous occasions. and a remote possibility exists that there may be some association between the owner of the Armory Lounge and Chief CORTINO, so that any contact with the Chief with relation to the Armory Lounge is not going to be attempted (Vv) DocId:32292608 Page 4
; — aan \ A ™ 2" r . ae ; -_ i . . pa . ° \ ys CG 92-349 | ee Investigation to date has revealed that the only ees possessor of a key to this building is the owner CARMEN FANELLI. Meee Investigation has further reve d that an elderly Italian OTHER 4 caretaker, described by PCI as a relative of FANELLI, opens ~ i the Armory Lounge at approximately 9:00 A.M. and proceeds to re the Armory by foot, which indicates that he resides within a few blocks of the establishment. (J : In view of the location of this establishment close ‘to heavy traffic and due to the fact that. there is-no cover or concealment to individuals attempting to penetrate it, it is not felt that it would be feasible at this time to attempt any such penetration even though a coverage at this place would render available assista 3 to the investigation of top hoodlum activities in this area..(U Attempts will be made to explore the possibilities of obtaining a key which would permit immediate access to this building and if such is met with success the Bureau will be immediately advised as to the feasibility then of attempted coverage. v) : os LOPEZ 4 ? | a é | | | | ; Nw 45792 DociId:32292608 Page 5