INDEX

Abortion, [89]
Acalotti, Attilio, [113], [172], [207], [210], [225], [232]
Acheson, Dean, [10], [138], [159]
Acropolis, [127]
Actor’s Equity Association, [16]
Adonis, Joe, [175], [186], [198], [202], [203]
Alcoholic Beverage Control, [42]
Al Faquih, Sheikh Asad, [150]
Alleys, [51]
Ambassador Hotel, [13], [14]
Ambassadors’ Rows, [20]
American Federation of Labor, [167]
Americans for Democratic Action, [159]
Amvets, [128]
Anslinger, Harry J., [108], [109], [110], [183], [184], [251]
Armed Services Police, [71]
Arnold, Thurman, [158]
Arvey, Jake, [160], [165]
Astoria Hotel, [25]
Atlas Club, [126]
Autograph collecting, [132]
B Girls, [26], [34], [262], [268]
Bacon, Mrs. Robert Low, [136]
Bail, [231]
Bakar, Abdullah Ibraham, [150]
Balbo, Italo, [147]
Ballet-dancers, [9]
Baltimore, [2], [17], [22], [26], [250] ff.
Band Box, [33]
Banneker High School, [54]
Barbiturates, [116]
Barrett, Robert J., [56], [60], [174], [175], [221]
Beach, Carmen, [24]
Beard, Sam, [172], [207]
Benjamin, Herbert J., [101]
Bentley, Faye L., [120]
Berman, Mrs. Louise Branson, [103]
Bernstein, Izzie, [184]
Bettye Mills Night Club, [267]
Big Tit Flossie, [53]
Billeci, Frank, [225]
Binaggio, [191]
Black Belt, [37]
Black Hand, [180], [181]
Black Town, [109], [124], [130]
Block-buster, [43], [44]
Blue Mirror, [132], [269]
Boehman, Ambassador Erik, [151]
Bookmakers, [69]
Bookmaking, [72], [207], [210], [211]
Bottlegging, [55], [124], [130], [145]
Booze, [281]
Borden, Mrs. Jay, [136]
Border of D. C., [62]
Bosses, The, [234] ff.
Bottle-clubs, [39], [69], 124–[129]
Bowers, Florence, [85]
Bowery, [30], [32]
Boyle, William Marshall, [140], [158], [186], [196]
Bralove, Harry, [15]
Braverman, Marvin, [163]
Bridges, Senator Styles, [99]
Brisco, [40]
Bronzeville, [37], [41], [45], [119]
Brooks Brothers, [18]
Brooks, Mrs. Louis Cromwell, [143]
Brown, Al, [127]
Brown, Constantine, [99]
Brown, Lamarr (Polly), [49]
Buchalter, Lepke, [191]
Bureau of Narcotics, [108], [110], [184]
Bureau of the Census, [41]
Burlesque, [31], [65]
Burning Tree Club, [141]
C girls, see [Company Girls]
Cab drivers, [13], [49]
Cabarets, [282]
Cafritz, Gwendolyn, [138], [139]
Cafritz, Morris, [13], [138], [139], [141]
Call girls, [83]
Capital Transit Company, [192]
Capitol Police, [70]
Capone, Al, [67], [172], [175]
Carlton, [13], [14]
Carter, Diane, [28]
Carter, Johnny W., [49]
Casablanca Tavern, [26]
Casino Royal, [132]
Census, [34], [58]
Central Intelligence Agency, [100]
Century Athletic Club, [260]
Chanticleer, [269]
Chapman, Oscar L., [17]
Charnay, Dave, [164], [165]
Chevy Chase, [20]
Chevy Chase Club, [141]
Chicago Confidential, [57], [164], [177], [180], [182], [190], [194], [197], [198], [221]
China, [109]
China Clipper, [26], [56]
Chinatown, [32], [56] ff., [113]
Chinese, [112]
Chinese, smuggling, [58]
Chinese whores, [59]
Chitlin industry, [55]
Chitlin party, [55]
CIO, [167]
Clark, Charles Patrick, [157]
Clark, Tom, [187]
Clifford, Clark, [163]
Clip Joints, [282]
Club Bali, [49]
Club Charles, [269]
Club Harlem, [51]
Cocaine, [108]
Cockrill, Judge Edith H., [120]
Comi Brothers, [260]
Communists, [9], [58], [99] ff., [112]
Company Girls, [83] ff.
Conga, [65]
Connelly, Tom, [203], [204]
Conners, Harry, [127]
Cooper, Billie, [27]
Copacabana, [186], [197]
Corbi Brothers, [260]
Corbi, Joseph, [261]
Corcoran, Tommy the Cork, [11], [158]
Coronet, [269]
Corporation Council, [236], [237]
Costello, Frank, [65], [67], [164], [173], [174], [175], [182], [186], [187], [188], [189], [190], [193], [197], [199], [205], [261], [271]
Covered Wagon, [26]
Crap, [211]
Crime, [7], [213] ff.
Crossroads, [65]
Crystal Cavern, [129]
Culinary Arts, [127]
Curran, Boss Bill, [260]
Currie, Laughlin, [158]
Czechoslovakia, [109]
Daily Worker, [17]
D’Alesandro, Jr., Thomas, [264]
Dancing, [283]
Darktown, [272]
Dates, [283]
David’s Grill, [95]
Davis, [243]
Davis, Henry W., [127]
Davis, James G., [242]
Dawson, Congressman William, [45]
Dawson, Donald, [166]
De Callejon, Don Eduardo Propper, [151]
De Kauffman, Ambassador Henrick, [149]
De Luca, Joe, [191]
De Morgenstierne, Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe, [150]
Department of Justice, [121]
Desvernine, Eugene, [98]
Dialect, [6]
Diane, [26]
Dining, [284]
Diplomats, [144] ff.
Diplomats, Sexual life of, 145–[149]
District Committee, [241], [244]
Divorce, [284]
Dixie Pig, [66]
Dondero, Congressman, [104], [105]
Dope, [49], [61], [112], [122]
Dope peddlers, [51], [53], [60], [110]
Doris, [27]
Downtown Club, [127]
Dragon, [56]
Drury, Bill, [45], [203], [204]
Dunbar Hotel, [50]
Dupont Circle, [20], [93], [135], [207]
Dupont Plaza, [20]
Dupont Theatre, [102]
Eastern House, [60]
Economic Cooperation Administration, [170]
Economic planners, [9]
Edwards, William J. Foots, [50]
Eichler, David K., [97]
Emerson, Faye, [160]
Emerson Hotel, [266]
Eng Hon, [61]
Erickson, Frank, [127], [190], [207]
Erkin, Feridun Cemal, [151]
F.B.I., [28], [29], [104], [106], [169], [173], [184], [202], [203], [213], [246], [249], [250]
Fair Deal, [11]
Fairies, [10]
Fairy Brigade, [71]
Fairy Shows, [65]
Fastest Runners, [54]
Fay, George Morris, [213], [250]
Fear, [7]
Federal Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, [58]
Felonies, [46]
Ferone, Dominic, [127]
Fischbach, Hyman I., [114], [124], [125], [216], [242], [243]
Fischetti, Charlie, [165], [173], [177], [182], [191]
Flynn, Ed, [36]. [188], [189], [197], [200], [214], [256]
Fong Wah Co., [61]
Ford, Charles, [24], [67], [125], [127], [175], [176], [230], [231], [232], [233]
Ford’s Theatre, [15]
Forest Lawn Cemetery, [2], [3]
Fortas, Abe, [158]
Fortune-tellers, [277]
Forty Thieves, [54]
Fox, [26]
Frankfurter, Felix, [10], [100], [104], [105], [166], [197]
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Theatre, [17]
Franklin Park Hotel, [92], [93], [94]
Franks, Sir Oliver Shewell, [150]
Free Loaders, [280]
Freedman’s Hospital, [52]
Frye, John, [51]
Fulton, Hugh, [163]
G Girls, [75], [77]
Gabrielson, Guy George, [140]
Gamblers, [52], [66]
Gambling, [61], [69], [122], [126], [198], [201], [206] ff., [270], [271], [273]
Gamby’s, [272]
Gangs, [121]
Garfield Hospital, [52]
Garfinkel, [18]
Gayety Burlesque, [16], [31]
Georgetown, [8] ff., [207]
Georgetown University, [10]
Gianaris, Pete, [67], [173]
Gilbert, Dan, [199]
Gin-flats, [130]
Ginmill operators, [51]
Gizzo, Tony, [191]
Glen Echo, [68]
Glickfield, Albert, [127]
Goat Alley, [51]
Goebels, Tony, See [Ricci]
Gold Key, [127]
Goldberg, George, [260]
Goodwin, Mrs. Gussie (Gushie), [137], [138]
Goof balls, [117]
Grand Council, [182]
Greek Colony, [33]
Greenwich Village, [8], [9], [51]
Gross, Mrs. Laura Curtis, [141]
Guess Who, [127]
Guns, [285]
Guy’s, [33]
Hague, Boss, [245]
Halim, Tawhida, [139]
Halley, Rudolph, [163], [164], [165], [197], [198], [202], [203], [204]
Hanlon, Dan, [158]
Harding, George P., [174]
Harlem, [37], [45], [119]
Harrison Narcotics Law, [107]
Harvard, [8], [104]
Harvey’s, [18], [19]
Hastie, William, [45]
Hecht’s Hotel, [33]
Hellenic Social Club, [33]
Henderson, Leon, [159]
Heroin, [113]
Hetzel, Mrs. Curt, [141]
Hideaway Club, [11], [124], [126], [129], [174]
High Hat Cocktail Lounge, [14]
Hill, Virginia, [205]
Hilmer, Lucien, [171]
Hip Sing, [57], [60], [61], [113]
Hobo Heaven, [263]
Holiday, Billie, [132]
Holiday magazine, [38]
Homosexual Bureau, [97]
Homosexuals, [11], [19], [65], [90] ff., [272]
Hooker, [22]
Hooker, General Joe, [22]
Hoover, J. Edgar, [18], [19], [106], [169], [173], [191], [213], [246]
Hopkins, Harry, [11], [143], [257]
Hopkins Institute, [28], [29]
Hotels, assignation, [13], [285]
Hughes, Maury, [187]
Hunt, Lester, [201]
Illiteracy, [36]
Impellitteri, Mayor Vincent, [186]
Intelligence Unit, [251]
International Syndicate, [49]
Introducers, [280]
Italians, [259]
Jack’s Grill, [25]
Jarwood’s, [191]
Javits, Jacob K., [162]
Jawitz, Arthur, [192]
Jeffers, Jesse W. Jr., [111]
Jewel Box, [93], [94]
Jimmy’s Place, [176]
Johnson, Louis D., [159], [160]
Johnston, William B., [192]
Jolson, Al, [53]
Jones, Puddin’ Head, [34], [36], [49]
Joy Inn, [61]
Juvenile Court, [119]
Juvenile delinquency, [118]
Karrica, Mary, [146]
Kavakos’ Grill, [95], [132]
Kay’s, [266]
Kefauver, Estes, [64], [194], [195], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200], [202], [204], [205], [206]
Kefauver Committee, [45], [72], [164], [177], [180], [183], [192], [194] ff., [230], [243], [261]
Keith, [16]
Kelleher, Black Jack, [207]
Kelley, Major Edward, [56]
Kelly, Ed, [36]
Kenny, Wilbur, [51]
Klein, Arthur G., [244]
Kronheim, Milton, [165]
La Fontaine, Jimmy, [67], [173], [175], [176], [230], [232]
La Guardia, Mayor, [36], [103], [108], [164], [186]
Lafayette Park, [19]
Lafayette Square, [91], [92], [93], [110]
Lano, Sam, [69]
Lansky, Meyer, [175]
Latham, Henry, [161], [162]
Lattimore, Owen, [105], [159]
Lautrelle, Nathaniel, [147], [148]
Lawyers Guild, [169]
Ledroit Park, [51]
L’Enfant, Major Pierre, [12], [19]
Lesbians, [94], [95]
Lewis, John L., [14], [164], [165]
Lewis, Snags, [66], [67], [173], [175], [210], [225]
Lichtauer, Nate, [165]
Limousines, [286]
Lincoln Barbeque, [50]
Liquor, [123] ff.
Liquor, bootleg, [50]
Liquor laws, [123], [124]
Liquor, legal closing, [31], [65]
Lloyd, David Garrison, [159]
Lobbying, [155] ff.
Local government, [5]
Loew’s Capitol, [16]
Logan Hotel, [40]
Loose ladies, [14]
Los Angeles, [3]
Lotus, [132]
Lowenthal, Max, [104], [105], [171]
Lucas, Scott, [160], [196]
Luchow’s, [18]
Luciano, Charles Lucky, [24], [108], [182], [184]
Lully, Julius, [19]
Lund, Nina, [147]
Lyre’s Club, [125], [129]
MacArthur, General Douglas, [143]
MacDonald, [232]
MacLeon, Evelyn Walsh, [135]
Madden, Owney “The Killer,” [230]
Madre, Odessa, [49]
Mafia, [24], [49], [60], [67], [108], [130], [160], [164], 172–[176], [177] ff., [195], 199–[201], [205], [243], [244], [251], [255], [259], [260]
Mafia Grand Council, [205]
Magnuson, Senator Warren, [87], [143]
Mai Fong Restaurant, [26], [59]
“Mamma Liz,” [53]
Mann Act, [86]
Maragon, John, [158], [165], [166], [186]
Marcantonio, Congressman Vito, [36]
Marijuana, [113]
Marriage, [287]
Martin’s Bar, [11]
Maryland, [6], [20], [26], [62], [63], [64], [65], [207]
Masseria, The Boss, [182]
Mayflower Hotel, [13], [15], [18], [132]
“Mayor” of Chinatown, [61]
McCreedy, Dorothy A., [188]
McGrath, J. Howard, [186], [187], [196], [213]
McGurn, Machine Gun Jack, [184]
McKeldin, Theodore Roosevelt, [261]
Medical, [288]
Mencken, H. L., [22]
Messall, Victor, [164]
Meserole, Patsy, [127], [128]
Mesta, Perle, [137], [138], [139]
Metropolitan Police, [4], [173], [210], [216], [221], [226]
Meyer, Johnny, [160]
Meyerberg, Michael, [17]
Meyers, Mike, [66], [67], [173], [175]
Miami Club, [264], [265], [266]
Mickey’s, [93]
Midday manners, [288]
Midnight manners, [288]
Milligan, Maurice, [190], [191]
Miscegenation, [39]
Mission Row, [32]
Mitchell Grill, [25]
Model agencies, [81]
Models, [80], [146]
Morals violations, [51]
Morley, Elizabeth, [85]
Morgan, Sam, [68]
Movie palaces, [12]
Moy, George, [61]
Mugging, [52], [53]
Murder. Inc, [149]. [191]
Murphy, Tom, [197]
Murray, Arthur, [82]
N.A.A.C.P., [39], [41], [43]. [48], [136]
Nabuco, Ambassador Mauricio, [148]
Narcotics, [49], [51], [60], [61], [107] ff., [122], [271]
Narcotics Act, [108]
Narcotics Bureau, [251]
Narcotics, Diplomatic sources, [113]
Nathan, Robert, [159]
National Airport, [1]
National Park Police, [226]
National Syndicate, [172], [173], [177] ff.
National Theatre, [16]
Negro after-hours clubs, [42]
Negro crime, [46], [47], [48], [49]
Negro population, [4], [35]
Negroes, [9], [20], [34], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [46], [68], [102], [112], [119], [260]
Nesline, Joseph, [174]
New Colonial, [26]
New Deal, [11]
New Dealers, [8]
New Willard, [13]
Night clubs, [132]
Niles, David K., [14], [165], [166], [196], [197]
Nitti, Frank, [184]
North West, [12] ff.
Norton, Mrs. Mary, [244]
Numbers racket, [1], [49], [55], [207], [208]
Nunan, Joe, [158], [186]
O-Girls, [75]
Oasis Club, [263]
Occidental, [19]
O’Connell, Jerry J., [169]
O’Connell, Richard, [128]
O’Conor, Senator Herbert, [64], [201], [261]
Off Beat Club, [51]
Olmsted’s Restaurant. [18]
On Leong building, [61]
On Leong Tong, [57], [60], [61]
Oscar of the Waldorf, [19]
Palm Grill, [128]
Park Police, [70]
Parlor-houses, [269]
Party-Girls, [83]
Patterson, Eleanor Cissie, [20], [135]
Patterson, Mrs. Robert, [138]
Pawnbrokers, [65]
Pawnbroker’s Row, [31]
Peacock Alley, [14]
Pearson, Drew, [199]
Pecora, Ferdinand, [197]
Pendergast, Tom, [190]
Penguin, [33]
Pentagon, [71], [72], [73]
Pepper, Claude, [160]
Per capita income, [4]
Permanent Central Opium Board, [109]
Peron, Eva, [148]
Pershing, General John J., [143]
Piccadilly, [269]
Pinball machines, [212]
Pinchot, Mrs. Gifford, [136]
Podell, Julie, [186], [187]
Poland, [109]
Police, [220] ff.
Policy-sellers, [69]
Policy slips, [1], [50], [55], [207]
Political spies, [247]
Pollack, Jack, [260]
Pope, Gene, [186]
Porter, Paul A., [158]
Postal Inspectors, [250]
Potts, William, [110]
Powell, Congressman Adam Clayton, [45]
Pressler, Nancy, [24]
Prince Georges County, [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [175], [176], [210], [233]
Proctor, Peggy, [26]
Prospect House, [10]
Prostitutes, 21–[26], [34], [59], [66], [274]
Prostitution, [69], [78], [86] ff.
Protective Association, [54]
Protocol, [289]
Public relief, [43]
Public Utilities Commission, [13]
Purcell, Gerry, [181]
Purity Lunch and Grill, [25]
Purple Cross Gang, [54]
Queen of the Fences, [49]
Quinn, Gary, [127], [172], [207]
Quonsett Inn, [56], [67]
Race problem, [16]
Ramos, Ramon, [137], [138]
Rand, Ben B., [161]
Red spies, [100]
Reefers, [49], [50], [55], [121]
Rent party, [55]
Restaurants, [12]
Ricca, [175]
Ricci, Tony, [174]
Robert, Evie, [136]
Roberts, Charles M., [116]
Roberts, Jim Yellow, [49]
Robeson, Paul, [103]
Roosevelt, Eleanor, [9], [10], [16], [38], [40], [41], [43], [102], [104], [134]
Roosevelt, Elliott, [160]
Roosevelt, Franklin D., [97], [132], [188]
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., [162], [164], [254]
Rosen, Nig, [175], [176]
Rosenberg, Anna, [167]
Russian radio, [152]
Sailors, [269]
Sailors’ Row, [33], [34]
Sand Bar, [93]
Saturday Evening Post, [38]
Saunders, Kay, [26]
Scheve, Theodore Little Joe, [174]
Schools, public, [41]
Schulman, Robert Ryebread, [174]
Schultz, Dutch, [45]
Scott, Hazel, [45]
Seal, Monk, [67]
Secret Service, [251]
Senate Crime Investigating Committee [64],
See also [Kefauver Committee]
Seto, Kwon, [61]
Seventh and T Club, [51]
Sex movies, [31]
Shah of Persia, [147]
Shaw, Carolyn Hagner, [140], [141]
Shepherd, Alexander Robey, [36], [234]
Sheriff, Earl, [66]
Ship’s Cafe, [33]
Shopping, [18]
Shoreham, [13], [15]
Show Boat Bar, [94]
Sicilians, [180]
Siegel, Bugsy, [177], [182]
Silver Spring, Maryland, [63]
Simpkins, “Whitey,” [49]
Skid Row, [16], [30], [32], [33], [99], [261], [263]
Slums, [38], [51], [122]
Smiley, Alan, [187]
Smith, Paul T., [166]
Sniper, The, [56]
Society, [134] ff.
Soviet Russia, [107], [109], [151]
Stage-crafters Club, [126], [127], [128]
Stanton Park, [93]
Star Dust Club, [50]
State Department [97], [108], [146]
Statler Hotel, [13], [25]
Steelman, Dr. John [165]
Strip-joints, [64]
Suburbs, [63]
Sulgrave, [141]
Sunrise, [128]
Supreme Head of the International Mafia, [182]
Sussman brothers, [172], [207]
Swindlers, [277]
T Men, [44], [78], [191]
Tammany Hall, [243]
Taxi dancers, [82]
Taxi talk, [289]
Temperance Court, [51]
Tenderloin, [21]
Terminal Police, [70]
Theatre, [12]
Theft of government checks, [55]
Thomas Circle, [19], [113]
Thors, Minister Thor, [150]
Tipping, [290]
Top Side, [127]
Traffic tickets, [290]
Transportation, [291]
Transvestites, [92]
Treasury Agents, [250]
Treasury Intelligence, [184]
Truitt, Max, [157], [162], [163]
Truman, Bess, [135], [137], [138]
Truman, Harry, [45], [137], [142], [157], [158], [190], [194], [265]
Turf-and-Grid, [128]
[20-11] Club, [51]
UN Victory Girls, [88]
UNRRA, [103], [154]
U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, [236]
U. S. Bureau of Narcotics, [109], [183]
Underworld, [171] ff.
Unione Siciliano, [49], [182]
United Mine Workers, [164], [167]
United Nations, [107], [153]
United Nations secretariat, [103]
United Nations Social Cub, [129]
United States Department of Justice, [66]
United States Treasury Department, [112]
Vane, Mary Lou, [85]
Vaughan, General Harry, [126], [127], [140], [142], [165], [166], [186]
Velde, Harold, [100]
Venereal disease, [23]
Vice, [2], [25]
Victoria Hotel, [267]
Virginia, [6], [20], [62], [63], [65], [68], [69], [207]
Vote, [7], [62]
Wagner, Robert F. Jr., [164]
Wakefield, Alan A., [98]
Wall, Virginia, [85]
Wallgren, Mon, [160]
Walters, Al, [88]
Ward, Charles, [189]
Wardman Park, [13]
Warring, Emmitt, [10], [11], [172], [173], [207], [232]
Washington Criminal Justice Association, [214], [216]
Water Barge, [17]
Webber, Palmer, [168], [169]
Wechsler, Nathan, [161]
Weekend Burglars, [121]
Wheeler, Burton K., [158]
Wheeler, George Shaw, [171]
White House Police, [70]
Whitehead, George Francis, [28]
Whitelaw, [50]
Whore Dance, [266]
Whores, [53], [76], [262]
Willard Hotel, [13], [43]
Williams, Johnny, [174]
Willie Pye arrest, [217]
Wilson Steamship Line, [87]
Wiretapping, [245] ff.
Wolfson, Lou, [192], [193]
Wong, Sam, [56]
Wood, Roy H., [99]
WPA, [9]
Wyatt, Wilson, [163]
“Y,” [51]
Yee, [61]
Yoking, [53], [54]
Yamasee, [127]

Washington Northwest

District of Columbia and Vicinity