Word: madams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...late 1953 or early 1954, Elkins was seeking to expand his illegal operations (he was game for anything except that he "never took a nickel" from a madam) around Portland. He was referred to Seattle Gambler Tom Maloney as a man who could help him by reason of being "a very close friend of [Teamster Boss] Frank Brewster." Gambler Maloney, said Witness Elkins, looked upon the Teamsters as "God or something" and was fond of boasting that "we could eventually take over the whole state of Oregon if we had their backing." Elkins, Maloney and-although they had previously been...
During a three-day convention of G.E. dealers in Newark last July, said Rinker, he telephoned red-haired Nella Bogart, 32, who is on trial as the madam of a Manhattan vice ring. "I was requested by the sales manager," testified Rinker, "to ask Miss Bogart if she would come and bring a young lady with her for purposes of prostitution.'' When Nella and another girl, Pat D'Amico, 19, arrived, they registered at the hotel as mother and daughter, and got right to work. G.E.-Man Rinker picked up the tab for their suite-the customers...
...Sullivan Show (Sun. 8 p.m., CBS). Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald ; Madam Butterfly, with Kirsten and Del Monaco...
Like most males then and since, George Washington did his best to squirm out of having his picture done. It took all the prodding and blandishments of his wife Martha to make him agree to have "his likeness limned" for the first time. Giving in. Washington said: "Very well, Madam, but only if you and your children have your likenesses taken at the same time." As a result, Painter Charles Willson Peale was summoned from Annapolis in May 1772 to paint the hero of the French and Indian War, his wife and stepchildren. Peale's portrait...
...comedy, though sometimes there is room for doubt, particularly when it comes to the episode about Edward's early service with an "infamous Major Kinryce." One day the unthinkable happens: Mrs. Kinryce tries to fire him. Edward "thought pityingly that she might be going mad. 'Excuse me, Madam, but you can't dismiss me. I only take notice from Major Kinryce.' Her cold eyes in her haggard face fixed him fearfully. 'I shot him just now with his old service pistol . . . You must go and fetch me a policeman...