Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: ARWINE, JOSEPH A.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/31/1956
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/27/201

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-10302-10194

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

143-210-12

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

FBI

ARWINE, JOSEPH A.

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

08/31/1956

"PAGES:

12

SUBJECTS :

DOCUMENT TYPE :

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

03/12/1998

NRO, ASSOC, BUSS, SHIPPING, SLOT MACHINE PARTS

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

2

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/27/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10302-10194

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

143-210-12

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

ARWINE, JOSEPH A.

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

08/31/1956

12

NRO, ASSOC, BUSS, SHIPPING, SLOT MACHINE PARTS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 03/12/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

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FD-72

(3-9-54)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

PORCAN NO 1

THIS CASE ORIGINATIO AT MIAMI

HORT MADE AT

MIAMI

DATE WHI

MADE

AUG 3: 1956

PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE

8/0.7,9,10,10,

21/56

REPORT MADE BY

nous

NORMAN ROTHMAN

JOSEPH A. ARWINE

dip

CHARACTER OF CASE

INTERSTATE TRANSPORTAT ION

OF GAMBLING DEVICES

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS:

On 7/30/56 32 300 1bs gambling equipment shipped oF NORMAN

to NORMAN ROTHMAN, Miami,

Transport Co.

Equipment was to be shipped to

Tropicanna

Night Club, Havanna, Cuba.

Exam-

ination of equipment failed to reflect any markings whatsoever

on any of the parts of the gambling machines.

No machines

were round to be completely in tact, no mechanical parts

of the machines were located. Shipment consisted of 470 slot

machine metal cabinets with handles's drums of other mise

299 slot machine frames,

24 drums of slot machine parts

cellaneous parts.

USA GUILMART IN

authorized seizure of

g4ipnet resenquipment seized 8/6/56, turned seerare uSm

Presently stored International Bonded Warehouse,

Miami,

Florida.

lol advised that approximately zu other

shipments have

been received in Miami and forwarded to

Havana, Cuba. ROTHMAN is reportedly to have made arranges

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

$250, per completed shell, $125, per frame, or approximately

$175,000.00 for all equiument. Recovery value, $175, 000.00=

•P.

PROVED Al

RWARDI

arpo

/2/o Bureau

COPIES OF THIS RIPORT

COPIES CONTINUED NEFT PAGE

16. 1.56, 09911,1

DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES

143 + 2/0 + 1 RECORDED-85.

DEXED-85

1 F

¿ o Miami (143-14)

PROPERTY OF FBI-This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be

distributed outside the agency to which loaned.

60

100

4

1956

STLAN

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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 Tel on August 29,

1956, was not included in the synopsis of this report,

inasmuch as the report had already been typed.

INFORMANTS:

Tol Is MIDIDO MARINO, Manager, Rodville

Forwarding Company

T=2 Is NORMAN ROTHMAN, as reported in the Legal

T-3 18 MN 5010, whose identity is known to the

Bureat

LEADS:

CHICAGO:

ÂT CHICAGO, ILL®

Will determine through logical sources, owners

of National Coin Machine Company, 1411 W. Dieversly

and the Empire Coin Machine Company, address

unknown.

Boulevard'It is requested that attempts be made to de

. .

equipment.

ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE

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