Word: hirschl
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...never appreciated Eli Shonbrun. He was a little guy with plenty of talent, he figured, but the world never gave him a decent break. That was the way he saw it. Just after he was married, his job folded up on him. He went to his greasy Uncle Murray Hirschl, who was a schlemiel with a dirty reputation in the jewelry business. Big-hearted Uncle Murray took him into "partnership." The pay: $10 a week. With all Eli's talent...
...hardly a nickel for a cup of coffee. They talked it over, a little desperate now, with a pal they had picked up, John Cullen, who was a West Side punk with a petty police record from way back. They consulted also with the greaseball, dirty Uncle Murray Hirschl...