Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 09/30/1953
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/5/2015

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90073-10001

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

63-8-1

Released under the John

assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#: NW

45992 Date:

11-17-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: MM

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE :

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

09/30/1953

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DAVID YARAS

DAVE YARAS

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 02/10/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Office Memorandum • UNITED SIAL IS GOVERNMENI

TO

• Director, FBI

DATE: September 30, 1953

EUTRON: SAC,

Mg ana (62-3379)

SUBJECT:

DAVID YARAS, WaS •

Dave

David

Jarrows,

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David Paras;

GIIF (TOP HOODLUM COVERAGE)

60-04-11

Re SAC

Letter No. 53-58 dated August

: 25,.1953:

In the matter entitled, "FEDERAL GRAND JURIES INVES-

TIGATING LOCAL CRIME",

DANIEL P.

SULLIVAN, Director, Grime

Commission of Greater Miami, furnished

By

letter dated Aprit 17, 1952,

Miami furnished the Bureau a memo-

randum on each of these persons setting forth a summary of

information contained in the files of the Miami Office. After

changes suggested by the Bureau had been made.

JEK Law 10(a)2

YARAS is a well-known Chicago gangster who has

settled in the Miami area in recent years.

A review of Miami

files disclosed the following additional information regarding

DAVID YARAS which supplements that contained in the above-men-

tioned memorandum:

1322323 23003-9270

4225 Royal Palm

had been designated Gambling Commissioner in the

republic of cuba and had held that rosition for several

months until January, 1953, when he was discharged as a re-

sult of unfavorable newspaper publicity. FREED stated that

he had heard rumors that JOE MASSEI, leading Italian racketeer

had bought out fifty percent of the SAMMY

MANNARINO gang's

in the Miami aredinterest in the Sans Souci Gambling Casino,

one hale of issel's interest in the Sans Souci..

Freeb stated that DAVE YARAS was reputed to have

He stated that

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Director, FBI

NORMAN ROTHMAN was the front man for the MANNARINO GANG in

the operation of the Sans Souci: (Miami File 62-3398, re

"AMERIÇAN GAMBLING INTERESTS IN CUBA; GIIF")

Confidential Informant MM-334-C

advised SA MATHEWS that

On January lI DIVa LAPiS was definitely connected at

that time with the Sans Souci Gambling Casino, Havana, Cuba.

(Miami File 62-3398-20)

CHARLES A. WILLIAMS,

ished the following information:

Late in 1952 WILLIAMS was checking on the whereabouts

of PETER JULIAN

madam from Chicago, came to the

door and permitted WILLIAMS

to walk through their apartment in order to get to a boat dock

at the rear of the building where the Manager was then located.

is he passed through the apartment WILLIAMS observed PETE ARN-

STEIN to duck into the kitchen.

He noticed that there was

some sort of a meeting of ten men going on in the living room.

Subsequent thereto, WILLIAMS went to the Miami Beach PD and

examined a number of photographs.

He identified the photographs

Of PAUL LABRIOLA, FBI Number 1153214; EDWARD VOGEL, FBI Number

4329702; and, ROBERT BENNETT as definitely being present at

the above meeting.

LABRIOLA and. VOGEL are well-known Chicago

criminals and BENNETT is the chauffeur for Miami Beach City

Councilman MARCIE LIEBERMAN. WILLIAMS also is of the belief

that bave laras was present at this meeting, but could not be

absolutely positive of his identification.

It is not improb-

able that

YARAS was there as it has come

to the attention of

the Miami Office that he is an associate of ARNSTEIN.

Although

TARAS spends considerable time in Havana, Cuba

he still main-

tains his residence at 4410 Adams Avenue, Miami Beach.

that he interviewed DAVE YARAS

JOE THURIN, Investigat vender & Miami, advised

to deter-

mine if he was a citizen, and at that time YARAS advised him

that he still had a financial interest in the Tahiti Bar 10-

cated at 224 - 23rd Street, Miami Beach, which

sis licensed in

REVIEWED, BY SHUFK TASK FORCE

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ON

7/23/98

RELEASE IN FULL

RELEASE IN PART

TOTAL DENIAL

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