Word: costelloism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Error Two. Five days later, the facts of Thomas Aurelio's nomination were laid on the record: he owed the nomination to a flashy, potent racketeer named Frank Costello; day after he was selected, he had called Costello's private telephone number to swear "undying loyalty...
...hearing in which the State Bar Association tried unsuccessfully to disbar Aurelio, the full story came out. Cocky Racketeer Costello conceded that he had been a bootlegger, rumrunner, slot-machine magnate, betting commissioner, had spent ten months in the workhouse for illegal possession of a gun, had paid no income taxes on his lush rakeoffs for 13 years. He knew almost every big-name gangster of recent history: Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz, "Trigger Mike" Cappola. But he added: "I had bundles of real important friends of mine...
Racketeer Costello admitted that he controlled four Tammany district leaders, had used them last year to help swing Tammany's leadership to Michael J. Kennedy, had since conferred with Boss Kennedy at least once a week. He put full pressure on Kennedy to nominate Aurelio, and succeeded, even though Kennedy was said to be under White House pressure to name another...
...buried deep in the folds of his great bull neck, listened to the results by radio, like any other citizen. Sitting in the midst of the fitful, strained conversation, he had plenty of time to reflect on the newest scandal-his alleged hand-in-glove scheming with Racketeer Frank Costello (see p. 22)-which had driven the final nail in Tammany's coffin...
Blondie, in the co-feature, "It's A Great Life" has her domestic troubles in the form of one equus caballus. If the directors are willing, why not put Abbott and Costello, the Hardy Family, and Blondie all in one picture to put an end to the long line of screwball productions which that California city has been tossing out in increasing numbers...