Word: portlands
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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...
Blubber & Blabber. Langley was duly elected, and soon confided to Elkins-testified Elkins-that he was going to split the gambling payoff with Gambler Maloney. But Maloney turned out to be a first-class bungler and, said Elkins, the Teamsters sent in another man to help with the Portland racketeering. He was Seattle Gambler Joseph Patrick McLaughlin, alias Joe McKinley. The difference between Gamblers Tom Maloney and Joe McLaughlin was explained to Elkins by none other than the Teamsters' Frank Brewster. Testified Elkins: Brewster once said that " 'Tom Maloney is a blubberheaded, blabbermouthed...
...combination had some ambitious ideas, among them a scheme to take over the operation of Portland punch-boards for a profit of at least $100,000 a year. Part of the plan, said Elkins, called for Clyde Crosby, the Teamsters' Oregon representative, to persuade the Portland city council to legalize the possession of punchboards. Also, the Teamsters' label of approval would be placed on all the punchboards owned by an Elkins henchman-and places using other punchboards would be picketed by the Teamsters so as to cut off their "beer and bread" deliveries...
...buyers she entertained for a General Electric wholesaler responded by ordering "carloads" of appliances (TIME, March 4). In Washington, Seattle Madam Ann Thompson told senators (see below) that even with support from the Teamsters' Union (membership: 1,400,000), a bawdyhouse chain would not pay in Portland...
...Portland, so-called Spinster City of the West, the Oregon Journal last week handled the year's hottest story with spinsterish restraint. While witness after witness testified, before a U.S. Senate committee that Teamsters' Union bosses had plotted with city officials to monopolize Portland's rackets, the Journal (circ. 181,489) primly avoided editorial comment. Though the Journal gave wire-service reports of the hearings heavy play in its news columns, it-made no attempt to report local evidence of Teamster-racketeer relations. Reason: since its opposition daily, S.I. Newhouse's Oregonian (circ. 230,850), first...