Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, LA
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 2/2/61
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/12/201

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:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

02/02/1961

7

GAL, ACT, ASSOC, GAMBLING

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

02/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

v9.1

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AIRTEL

FBI

Date:

2/2/61

(Type in plain text or code)

AIR MAFI.

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TOs

FROM!

RE:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3182)

SAG, LOS ANGELES (92-177)

GUS

ALEX, aka

00: CHICAGO

weet

Re Salt Lake alty teletype to Los Angeles,

dated

-/16/01 captioned "MORRIS B. DALITZ, AR" In which Los Angeles

nas advised that daLITz, a top hoodlum national, had h

egas, Nevada, for several days and on 1/14/611D

had telephoned his wife from FIreside 6-6144 Palm Springa

Salt Laka CIty advised that on 1/11/61, ALLARD ROFI

General Manager,

Dogert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, had telephont.

cally contacted SID

NORSHAK et the Ranquer club, Pair sorinzefal.

and on the same dadd, JOHN DREW, SU-TH, contacted F9kNsom

Palm Springs telepnone 3241141.

on 1/14/61, WIBI: SOTARKE

a1so SU-TH,

contaoted RAY RYAN at this sane telephoto. RAY

RYAN 18 sole owner of the El Mirador Hotel, Palm Springs.

Salt Lake City teletype continued to the effect that

Intensive Investigtion was conduoted at Palm Springs

in an effort to locate GUS ALEX without

5) - Bureau

(2-92-3068)

REG: 79

403 3182-98

2 - Chicago (92-373)

RISE

& FEB 6 1961

- Salt Lake City (94-284)

- New York

- Los Angeles

f 92-143)

Sent

CR

5 7 FEB 1 3 1961

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LA 92-177

on 1/30/61, records of CHARLES FARRELL'S Racquet

were checked for the month of January,

2902. No informative cocated to indicate cus ALEX naa

been there during that period.

These records indicate that

SID KORSHAK occupied Units 63, 64 and 65 from

through 1/1/01.

KORSHAK again occupied Units 63, 64 and

65 from 1/11 through 15/61.

Records indicate that MARIANNE

RYAN was a guest of KORSHAK, occupying Unit 63 on 1/11 through

15/61.

PCI SHERMAN HULL, Manager of CHARLES FARRELL'S

Racquet club, was contacted on 1/31/01. He advised that ne

is well acquainted with SID KORSHAK and knows him to be a

very successful attorney from Chicago, Illinois and of late,

Los Angeles, Calliornia,

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 auring the period 12/26/60 through 1/1/01,

KORSHAK, his wife BERNICE and their children occupied units

63, 64 and 65.

Regarding the period 1/11 through 15/61, HULI

recalled that Mr. and Mrs. KORSHAK and children occupied

Units 64 and 65 while MARIANNE RYAN occupied Unit 63.

PCI HULL advised that he had no recollection of

any guest at the Racquet Club using the name GUS ALEX or

MICHAEL RYAN and was unable to identify a photograph of

ALEX.

PCI HULL 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. PCI HULL

also advised that Units 63,64 and 55 had been occupied from

1/2 through 4/01 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.

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LA 92-177

PCI HULL advised that Mrs. MARIANNE ALEX of 3460

Downing Avenue, Glendale, California, and Mrs. GEORGE E.Q.

JOHNSON (CAROLE JOHNSON)

of 7708 Luella, Chicago, Illinois

were guests at the hoel 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.

PCI HULI had no recollection of GUS ALEX visiting

at the Racquet Club at that or any other time.

HULL advised that on 1/30/61, KORSHAK had been at

did remain at Palm Springs overnight, 1/50/51.

Suitable pretext telephone caris were made on

1/31 ana 2/1/01 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

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