JFK Assassination System 6/12/201 Identification Form Date: Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10207-10162 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-3182-98 Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: SAC,LA TO : DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/02/1961 PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : GAL, ACT, ASSOC, GAMBLING DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 02/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 NW 45679 Docid:32291386 340 Page i
2 Ba Ne , 7 ty . FBI Date: 2/2/61 (Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL | (Priority or Method of Mailing) ° Ts: DIREOINR, FBI (92-3182) PROM: 7] LOS ANGELES. (92-177), RE: oa ALEX, aka . } | | | 008 ‘CHICAGO Re Chicago airtels tothe pireau, vate 25 ana 32, and Bureay airtel to Chicago, 1/26 . Re Salt Lake City teletype to Los Angeles,. “aateae: 1/A6/6l,. captioned "MORRIS B, DALITZ, AR" in which. Los oN was advised. t DALITZ,..a. top: hood1tm national, had \QN away from Las Vegas, Nevadk, for :several - T™. had telephoned Wis wife from Flreside 6-6%: Calif. Salt Laka, a 2 General Manager, D@ -advised that on 1/11/61, *RLEARD ROEN/ prt Inn ze, Las Vegas, nae ‘telephoni= 7; and on the same dé Palm Springs. telegt SU-TH contacted, ROEN: On i a title ; ty also SU-TH, conta . ‘ casinos °. Intensive investigtion was conducted at Palm. Soe: in an effort to locate GUS ALEX without ae ' ()- rave (o- - "92 2 - ae rg ss 4 FEB 6 186 — BT shit fake city {94-26h) FER RU 1. - New York _ - Los Angeles wae Sent _____ «nai ptt BZ FEB 13 19 1 SS NW 45679 DociId:32291386 Page 2
°8 NW 45679 LA 92-177 On 1/30/61, records of CHARLES FARRELL's Racquet Club, Palm Springs, were checked for the month of January, 1961. No information was located to indicate GUS ALEX had been there during that period. These records indicate that SID KORSHAK occupied Units 63, 64 and 65 from 12/26/60 through 1/1/61. KORSHAK again occupied Units 63, 64 and 65 from 1/11 through 15/6l. Records indicate that MARIANNE ioe was a guest of KORSHAK, occupying Unit 63 on 1/11 through 15/ol. Ppcrt | Manager of CHARLES FARRELL's OTHER 4 Racquet Club;) was contacted on 1/31/61. He advised that he is well acquainted with SID KORSHAK and knows him to be a very successful attorney from Chicago, Illinois and of late, Los Angeles, California, and that KORSHAK has had considerable to do with union activities in Chicago. He said KORSHAK is a member of the Racquet Club and that he frequently stays at the club occupying two or three units. He specifically recalled that during the period 12/26/60 through 1/1/61, KORSHAK, his wife BERNICE and their children occupied units 63, 64 and 65, , Regarding the period 1/11 through 15/61, [] recalled that Mr. and Mrs. KORSHAK and children occupied Units 64 and 65 while MARIANNE RYAN occupied Unit 63. PCI [_] advised that he had no recollection of any guest atthe Racquet Club using the name GUS ALEX or MICHAEL RYAN and was unable to identify a photograph of ALEX. ; PCI[____]described MARIANNE RYAN as being a relative of KORSHAK's wife, possibly her sister, as he knew they had been closely associated in modeling in Chicago. Port also advised that Units 63,54 and 65 had been occupied fr 1/2 through 4/61 by JACK ENTRATTER, who is well known to the Salt Lake City and Los Angeles Offices as having an interest in Las Vegas hotels. ENTRATTER had as his guests Mr, and-Mrs. L. PALIN and Mr. and Mrs. M, ABRANSON, om DocId:32291386 Page 3
LA 92-177 por[_Jaavised that Mrs. MARIANNE ALEX of 3460 OTHER 4 Downing Avenué,Gléndale, California, and Mrs. GEORGE E.Q, JOHNSON (CAROLE JOHNSON) of 7708 Luella, Chicago, Illinois, were guests at the hdel during the period 3/22 through 29/59. He said that a member of the Racquet Club, MAL CLARKE, had actually telephoned for reservations for these two individuals and that CLARKE made the reservations at the request of SIDNEY KORSHAK, pcr[___] had no recollectio of GUS ALEX visiting at the Racquet Club at that op any other time. advised that on 1/30/61, KORSHAK had been at poolside Racquet Club spending the j ortion of the day but that he did not stay overnignt. [| had no information as to where KORSHAK might have stayed if he did remain at Palm Springs overnight, 1/20/01. Suitable oretext telephone caiis were made on 1/31 and 2/1/61 to the following major hotels in Palm Springs in an effort to locate GUS ALEX with negative results: El Mirador 1150 North Indian Avenue Ambassador Hotel 640 North Indian Avenue Biltmore Hotel 1000 East Palm Canyon Drive Crestview Hotel 950 North Indian Avenue Ocotillo Lodge 1111 East Palm Canyon Drive NW 45679 DociId:32291386 Page 4