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Unlike other mortals, the 42,000 members of the Diners' Club need never pay he waiter when they wind up a spirited evening on the town. They simply sign the check, get billed once a month. Last month the club, run by Frank McNamara, a 35-year-old credit specialist, handled the checks for more than $500,000 worth of members' restaurant and hotel bills from 330 U.S. establishments. Last week, as the Diners' Club got ready to celebrate its first birthday, it enlarged its service. Club members, who can already charge food, drink, rented cars...
...Washington, the Internal Revenue Department released a select Who's Who of underworldlings whose income tax returns are getting a thorough going over. Among the 126 names: Joe Adonis; Ralph ("Bottles") Capone, brother of "Scarface Al"; Anthony ("Little Augie" Pisano) Carfano; Louis ("Little New York") Campagna; Paul ("The Waiter") Ricca; Charles ("Cherry Nose") Gioe; Frank Diamond; Rocco Fischetti; Vito Genovese; Irving ("Waxey Gordon") Wexler and Frank Costello...
...setup is plain to everybody--characters, readers, and author. Clearly Don Antolin cannot resume his position as head of the family. Nor will he be outsmarted by his relatives' greedy efforts to get his modest savings, which he earned as a London waiter. Crooks, brothel keepers, Falange bullies, Communist organizers, father confessors, mediums, and honest workers appear in the proper places doing predictable deeds...
...grilling, begun by the chief and continued by such weird characters as a German waiter, brought in because the chief thought he spoke English, lasted all night. At 3 a.m., U.S. Consul General Kenneth Yearns appeared. At dawn, Shea and McCombe were taken to Precinct Station 7, a shabby post on the other side of town, where three burly characters steered them into separate rooms. The consul general went off for help...
...Antolin was never a revolutionary. He had worked in a bank, aiming for a decent and simple life. Then he had fought for the Loyalists. Afterward, when he fled to England, Antolin left a wife and three children. The best he could do in London was to become a waiter, send occasional small amounts to his family and learn to be at ease in a new country. He admired English life and especially English regard for individual liberty. He became a British subject, found himself an English girl. But like many a refugee, he thought frequently of the sights & sounds...