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Still helping U. S. Attorney John T. Cahill catch other rich practitioners of the smuggling game at which he specialized was Albert Chapereau (Shapiro), who last week was sentenced to two years in jail for masterminding the crookery that got Radio Star Jack Benny and Comedian George Burns into the law's toils (TIME, April 17). Last week Attorney Cahill sent to Governor Lehman information tending to show that Judge Edgar Lauer knew plenty about his wife's smuggling. Four days later Judge Lauer resigned...
Promoter Albert Nathaniel Chapereau (Shapiro) kibitzed Paris, Broadway and Hollywood because: 1) he craved fine-feathered friends, and 2) the right people could help him promote his interests. He wanted Cafe Society recognition for himself and his wife, Paula. On Paula's wrist Radio and Cinema Comedian George Burns saw a nifty bracelet. Soon No. 1 Zany Gracie Allen (Mrs. Burns) had $4,885 worth of duty-free baubles like Paula's. Soon Supreme Court Justice Edgar J. Lauer's wife, Elma, had a duty-free Paris wardrobe just as pretty as Paula...
...Ocean-Traveler Al was happy to do services like these. But because Elma Lauer's German maid, Rosa Weber, didn't like what Elma and friends said about Herr Hitler, she reportedly mentioned the duty-free frocks to customs officials. Indicted as smugglers. Burns, Mrs. Lauer and Chapereau pleaded guilty, Jack Benny, another friend, did not. Last week in Manhattan, when a Federal judge said, "a year and a day in prison," George ("Nat") Burns turned paler than a radio gag. But the judge proceeded: "I shall suspend execution of sentence during good behavior." Upshot was that...
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