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Havana Nocturne

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by T. J. English

Florida Sheriffs Association, 79

  Floridita, El, 241

  Flynn, Errol, 240

  Focsa, the, 250, 262, 307

  Fontainebleau Hotel, 323

  Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, 178–79

  see also Cabaña fortress, La

  For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 240

  Fox, Martín, 142–47, 149–50, 151, 180–81, 217, 224, 287

  Fox, Ofelia, 143, 150, 151, 155, 180–81, 217

  Frank, Bernard, 9, 10, 39, 57

  Freeport Sulphur Company, 275–76

  Fremont Hotel and Casino, 219, 270

  Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba, 317

  Gálvez Rodríguez, William, xviii, 254–55, 276, 277

  Gambino, Carlo, 235

  gangsterism, 68–69, 70–71, 102–3, 118

  Garcia, Andy, xix

  Garcia, Evaristo Jr., 205, 210, 211

  García, José Orozco, 220

  Garcia, Miguelito “Trabuco,” 45

  Gardner, Arthur, 139

  Gardner, Ava, 238, 242

  General Motors, 60, 100, 101, 317

  Genovese, Vito, 26–28, 32, 35, 190, 235, 236, 237–38

  Giancana, Sam, 235, 323

  Gillespie, Dizzy, 245

  Godfather Part II, The (movie), xix, 30–31, 104, 219, 327

  Gómez, Máximo, 199

  González, Diego, 164

  “Good Neighbor” policy, 63

  Goodyear Tire, 317

  Gophers, 242

  Graff, William, 263–64

  Grand Hotel, 4–5

  Granma (yacht), 173–75, 176, 275

  Gran Premio Formula One auto race, 256–58

  Grau San Martín, Ramón, 7, 32, 46, 49, 65, 67, 141

  Great Depression, 17, 20, 58, 192

  Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 54

  Greenacres Club, 73, 98

  Greene, Graham, 239–40

  Guajiro, El, 145, 146

  see also Fox, Martín

  Guano, El, 102

  Guantánamo military base, 276, 277

  Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 163, 165–66, 173–77, 221–22, 254, 255, 260, 276, 299, 311

  Gurfein, Murray, 23

  Guys and Dolls (show), 54

  Haffenden, Charles Radcliffe, 23, 24, 25

  Haitian embassy, in Havana, 166

  Half Moon Hotel, 193

  Hanly, John H., 73

  Havana: The Portrait of a City (Roberts), 147–48

  Havana Hilton. see Hilton Hotel

  Havana Libre, 310

  see also Hilton Hotel

  Havana Post, 11, 49, 154, 203, 238

  Havana Riviera, 269, 317

  see also Riviera Hotel

  Hayes, Crofton J., 73

  Hemingway, Ernest, 11, 240–41

  heroin, 34, 47, 73, 102, 206, 209, 319

  Herrera, Benito, 48

  Hill, B., 226

  see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.

  Hill, Virginia, 36, 37, 38

  Hilton Company, 227–28

  Hilton Hotel, 19, 133, 197, 224, 227–28, 229, 233, 268–69, 309, 310, 313, 314, 319, 324

  “Historia me absolverá, La” (Castro), 124–26

  Hoboken Joe, 228

  see also Stassi, Joe

  Hogan, Frank, 263

  homosexuality, 216–17, 219

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 76, 237

  horse racing, 107

  Hotel Law (Ley Hotelera) 2074, 132–33, 318

  Hotel Nacional

  Anastasia at, 198

  Cellini at, 170–71

  Club Parisién at, 154

  Gran Casino at, 8, 12, 16, 20, 33, 43, 44–45, 74, 82, 83, 97, 145, 270, 279

  Lansky and, xix, 19, 96, 126, 127–28, 129, 185, 224, 281, 315, 316

  Luciano at, xix, 7, 8

  McGinty at, 187

  Mob conference at, 4, 6, 26–38, 50, 58, 75, 103, 104, 126, 163, 189, 290, 326

  Nevada Gaming Commission on, 269

  Pan American airlines and, 153, 278

  profitability of, 319

  razzle-dazzle at, 97

  Salón de la Historia at, xix

  Sinatra at, 40, 41, 42–43

  Howard, Betty, 213, 220

  I Love Lucy (TV show), 243

  Immerman, Connie, 74

  Independence, War of, xviii, 105, 163, 199

  Internal Revenue Service, U.S. (IRS), 196

  International Amusements Corporation, 109, 154, 205

  International Hotels, Inc., 127, 153, 278

  Isle of Pines, 33–34, 140, 156

  Italia, SS, 73

  IT&T (International Telephone & Telegraph), 60, 70

  jazz, Latin, 244, 245

  Jewish Mafia, 188

  Jigüe, Battle of, 277

  Joe the Boss, 192, 195

  see also Masseria, Giuseppe “Joe the Boss”

  Johnson, Kenneth, 224

  Jorge, Jorge, 41

  jukeboxes, 19, 23, 55

  Justice Department, U.S., 34

  Justice of the Peace and Constables Association (Fla.), 79

  Kefauver, Estes, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 128

  Kefauver Committee and hearings, 76–87, 91, 107–8, 127, 135, 137, 189, 190, 193–94, 237

  Kennedy, John F., 210–11, 217, 317, 318, 322, 326

  Kennedy, Robert, 326

  Kid Twist. see Reles, Abe “Kid Twist”

  Kirschner, Walter, 291

  Kitt, Eartha, 154–55

  Klein, B., 235–36

  see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.

  Kleinman, Morris, 104, 127, 270

  Kodak, 317

  Kuquine, 68, 70, 266, 293–94, 295–96

  Lacey, Robert, 128, 264, 266

  Lachinia, Virginia, 213

  ladder men, 97

  Lafayette Academy, 262

  Lafayette (ship), 22

  Landau, Eli, 37

  Lansky, Anne, 20, 39

  Lansky, Buddy, 57

  Lansky, Jake, 9, 51, 56, 57, 73, 77, 78, 79, 128–29, 170, 187, 188, 264–65, 312, 313

  Lansky, Meyer, 19–21, 50–59

  Anastasia and, 189–90, 193, 195, 196, 197–98, 224–25, 233–34, 236, 263

  Bahamas and, 286–87

  banks and, 132

  Batista and, xvi, 15, 26, 60–61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 86, 91, 92, 95–96, 100, 103, 129, 164, 167, 190, 265–67, 297, 298–302, 306, 308, 309, 316

  bootlegging operations of, 11, 19, 23, 35, 55, 106

  Casielles and, 183–86, 189, 266, 315–16

  casino operations of, 19, 20, 56, 82, 83, 86, 91, 97–98, 99, 127, 169–72

  in Castellammarese War, 14

  on Castro and his revolution, xix, 178, 315, 316, 321, 322, 324

  Clark and, 188

  Costello and, 236

  Cuban empire dreams of, xv, 10, 13, 15, 46–47, 57, 87, 96, 126–27, 203–4, 248, 283, 289–90, 291–92

  on danzón, 245–46

  divorce and family of, 38–39, 57

  in the Dominican Republic, 278–80, 281–82

  early years of, 116

  Genovese and, 237–38

  on Ginger Rogers, 248

  granddaughter Cynthia and, 261, 262, 307

  Hilton and, 269

  Hotel Nacional and, xix, 6, 126, 127–28, 129

  Kennedy and, 210, 211

  last trip to Havana by, 315–17

  later years of, 327–28

  legal problems and incarceration of, 77–84, 91–92, 99–100, 263, 265

  Levinson and, 188, 219

  Life magazine on, 264–65

  Luciano and, 4, 9–10, 18, 26, 48, 49, 50, 72–76, 190, 197

  mistress of, 250–52, 315

  at Mob conference, 28–29, 30, 31, 32, 33–34, 35, 36, 37–38

  Molaska Corporation and, 104

  on Moncada attack, 113–14

  on narcotics, 209

  on one single Commission boss, 27

  Oriental Park Racetrack and, 153

  Pat Slots and, 282 />
  Peters and, 286

  Riviera Hotel owned by, 168, 205, 219, 247–50, 305, 317, 318–19

  Rubio and, 169–70, 171, 172, 219, 266

  second marriage of, 67–68

  Simms and, 44–45

  Sinatra and, 41, 238–39

  Stacher and, 26

  Stassi and, 109, 186–87, 228

  stepson of, 261–62

  Sturgis and, 310

  Trafficantes and, 104–5, 106, 107, 109, 206, 228, 236, 238, 284–85

  Trujillo and, 320

  U.S. Navy and, 23–24, 25, 323

  Varon and, 266

  Wall and, 107

  Lansky, Paul, 57

  Lansky, Sandra, 57

  Lansky, Teddy, xxx, 58, 59, 67–68, 72, 74–75, 99, 250, 261, 262, 298, 307, 327, 328

  Lanza, Joseph “Socks,” 22, 25

  Lanza, Mario, 166

  Larrea, Larry, 42

  Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, The (Luciano), 37

  Las Vegas, Havana and, 269–70

  Laura Keene, SS, 7, 26

  Law of Public Order, 110

  Lease, Joseph, 154

  León Lemus, Orlando, 141

  Lepke, Louis, 192

  lesbians, 217

  Lesnick, Max, 68, 70–71

  Levinson, Eddie, 188, 219, 248, 270, 327

  Levinson, Louis “Sleep Out,” 188

  Ley Hotelera (Hotel Law) 2074, 132–33

  Libertad, 324

  Life magazine, 264–65

  Liga contra el cáncer, La, 142, 156

  Lincoln Club, 170

  Lincoln Hotel, 257

  Little Man, the, 4, 18, 29, 58, 80, 86, 238, 253, 281, 320

  see also Lansky, Meyer

  Little Man (Lacey), 128, 266

  Lombardozzi, Carmine, 237

  Longchamps Restaurant, 23, 102

  Longo, James “Jimmy,” 109, 206

  Look magazine, 256

  López, Conchita, 218

  López, Israel “Cachao,” 243

  Lost City, The (movie), xix–xx

  lottery, national, 64, 144, 145, 256, 310

  louse ring, 97

  Lowinger, Rosa, 143, 215

  Lucania, Salvatore, 3, 6, 41

  see also Luciano, Charles “Lucky”

  lucha, la, 256

  Luciano, Charles “Lucky,” 3–29, 46–50

  Anastasia and, 190, 191–92, 197

  assassination attempt on, 44–45

  Batista and, xvi, 66

  Carreras and, 239

  Costello and, 236

  Cuban empire dreams of, xv, 10, 87, 248

  in exile, 72–75

  gifts bestowed by, 150–51

  at Hotel Nacional, xix

  incarceration of, 312

  Kefauver hearings on, 81–82, 83, 85

  Lansky and, 72–75, 190, 197

  at Mob conference, 31, 32–33, 34–35, 36, 37, 39, 290

  on narcotics, 206

  prostitution and, 17–18, 216

  Raft and, 242

  Sinatra and, 39, 40–43

  Trafficantes and, 106, 107

  U.S. Bureau of Narcotics on, 43–44

  U.S. Navy and, 323

  Zwillman and, 187

  Machado, Gerardo, 17, 62, 69, 102, 123, 283

  Machito, 245

  Macri, Benedicto, 196

  Macri, Vincent, 196

  Mad Hatter, the, 190, 194, 196, 198, 224, 234

  see also Anastasia, Albert

  Mafia, American, verification of, 237, 238

  Mafia, Jewish, 188, 237–38

  Magaddino family, 235

  Maine, USS, 183

  Malecón, xiii, 133, 168, 183, 186, 205, 248, 256, 257–58, 289, 290, 292, 308, 313, 320

  mambises, 105

  Mambo, the (bordello), 216

  mambo, the (dance), xiv, xvi, xx, 156, 161, 179, 213, 214, 218, 243

  Mangano, Philip, 194, 195

  Mangano, Vincent, 194, 195

  Mannarino, Kelly, 109, 285

  Mannarino, Sammy, 96, 97, 98, 109, 285

  Maranzano, Salvatore, 14

  Marcello, Carlos, 32, 326

  marijuana, 34, 102

  Marina, Doña, 215

  “Marlin Off the Morro: A Cuban Letter” (Hemingway), 240

  Martí, José, ix, xviii, 63, 70, 105, 110–11, 123, 124, 163, 165, 256

  Martin, Muscles, 96–97

  Martin, Tony, 291

  Martínez, Megaly, 180–81

  Martino, John, 206, 312, 324

  Martí Theater, 213, 220

  Marx, Groucho, 243

  Marx, Marxism, 256, 317

  Masferrer, Rolando, 102–3, 118–19, 182, 223, 293, 307–8, 324–25

  Masseria, Giuseppe “Joe the Boss,” 14, 36, 190, 192, 195, 233–34

  Mathis, Johnny, 155

  Matthews, Herbert L., 198–201

  Mayfield Road Gang, 19, 104, 187

  McGinty, Thomas “Blackjack,” 187, 270, 319

  McWillie, Lewis “Mack,” 287, 313, 324

  Mendoza, Robert “Chiri,” 227, 229, 324

  Menocal, Raúl, 260

  Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob (Eisenberg), 37

  Miami Crime Commission, 77

  Miami Herald, 325

  Midnight Rose’s, 192

  Miller, William, 291

  Minsky, Harold, 213

  Miramar, 7, 28, 32, 44, 46, 48, 65–66, 186, 211, 212, 224, 306

  Miranda, Carmen, 9, 10

  Miranda, Mike, 237

  missile crisis, Cuban, 323

  Moa Bay, kidnapping at, 275, 276–77

  Mob Lawyer (Ragano), 135, 271

  Molaska Corporation, 19, 32, 104

  molasses, smuggling of, 11, 19, 55, 106

  Moncada, attack at, 111–14, 121–26, 163, 275

  Monte Carlo de La Habana, 289–92

  monte de baraja, 145

  Montmartre Club, 33, 45, 49, 83, 98, 166, 167, 180, 212

  Moré, Beny, 179–80, 212–13, 243

  Moretti, Willie, 39–40, 84, 108

  morphine, 207

  Movimiento Socialista Revolucionario (MSR), 102

  Mulato Lindo, El, 61, 139, 293, 296

  see also Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio

  Mundo, El, 101

  Murder Inc., 189, 192, 193, 195, 231

  Murder Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate (Turkus), 194

  music, Afro-Cuban, 146, 148, 179–80, 213, 239, 242–44, 245

  Mussolini, Benito, 100, 101

  Mustache Petes, 14, 17, 27

  Nacional. see Hotel Nacional

  narcotics

  Barletta and, 101

  Battisti on, 101–2, 109

  Genovese on, 238

  Lansky on, 209

  Luciano and, 47

  Mob conference on, 34, 35

  Saenz Rovner on, 209

  Stassi on, 319–20

  Suarez Rivas on, 7–8

  Trafficantes on, 106–7, 109, 206–8, 209, 283, 314

  Zarate on, 207–8

  see also specific narcotics

  Narcotics Bureau, U.S., 34, 35, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 72, 73, 76, 170, 206, 207–8

  National Bank of Cuba, 260

  National Cuba Hotel Corporation, 19, 165

  National Sports Commission, 256

  Navy, Cuban, 119, 223, 323

  Navy, U.S., 5, 21–25, 323

  Nebraska Bar and Package Goods Store, 133

  Necrópolis de Colón, 208

  Neutrality Act, U.S., 141

  Nevada Gaming Commission, 269–70

  New York Daily Mirror, 5

  New York Sun, 75

  New York Times, 47, 64, 86, 98, 99, 153, 178, 198–201, 265

  New York World-Telegram, 41, 197

  Neyra, Roderico “Rodney,” 146–49, 218

  Nicaro mining plant, 275

  “Night of One Hundred Bombs, The,” 260

  Night of the Sicilian Vespers, 15

  Nixon, Richard M., 94, 318

  Normandie
, SS, 22

  Novarro Hotel, 263–64

  O’Connor, Donald, 291

  Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway), 241

  Olivera, J. Ray, 44, 45

  Operación Verano, 274–75

  Operation Mongoose, 322–23

  Operation Underworld, 21–25

  opium, 102

  Oriental Park Racetrack, 12

  Anastasia and, 197, 224

  Capone at, 11

  casinos at, 20

  Jockey Club at, 13, 45, 97, 106, 145, 168

  Lansky and, 9, 74, 82, 83–84

  louse ring at, 97

  Luciano at, 8

  razzle-dazzle at, 97

  reopening of, 153–54

  Sans Souci near, 93

  Walker at, 13

  Oriente Province

  Batista from, 59

  Castro from, 70, 115–17, 259

  Masferrer and Los Tigres in, 182

  26th of July Movement in, 111–14, 173–77, 178, 186, 201, 223, 275, 292

  United Fruit Company in, 59, 60, 61, 63, 86–87, 115, 317

  Ortodoxo Party, 68, 70, 87, 90, 120, 162

  Our Man in Havana (Greene), 239

  Pacheco, Ferdie, 206

  Padovano, Elvira, 213

  Pageant magazine, 213

  País, Frank, 173, 174, 175, 178, 223

  Palm Garden Hall, 165

  Pan American Airlines, 127, 153, 171, 278

  Park Central Hotel, 56

  parking meters, 302–3

  Park Sheraton Hotel, 228, 229–31

  Paterno, Beverly, 49

  Peace Officers Association (Fla.), 79

  Pepe, 216–17, 219

  Pequeño, Alfredo, 46

  Perez, Faustino, 258

  Pérez Prado, Dámaso, xvi, 243

  Pérez Prado orchestra, 179

  Pertierra, Indalecio “Neno,” 44, 45–46, 106, 107

  Peters, Dan “Dusty,” 286

  Phillips, R. Hart, 64, 178

  Piaf, Edith, 242

  Plantation, the, 56, 261

  Platt Amendment, 63

  Playa Estes, 307

  Plaza Hotel, 298–99, 301, 302, 304, 305, 319

  pleasure trust, 12–13

  Polakoff, Moses, 18, 21, 22–23, 24, 25, 81–82, 91–92, 263

  Police, Cuban National, 13, 45, 48, 69, 99, 103, 111, 129, 135, 141, 144, 174, 178, 181, 203, 214, 257, 259, 293, 297–98, 302

  see also Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, secret police of

  Police & Sheriff Association (Fla.), 79

  Polizzi, Chuck, 16

  Power, Tyrone, 242

  Pozo, Chano, 245

  Presidente, El. see Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio

  Presidente Hotel, 44, 207, 319

  Prío Socarrás, Carlos, 32, 46, 67, 68–69, 70, 71, 87, 88, 89, 126, 130, 141

  Prío Socarrás, Paco, 44, 45, 106, 107

  Pritchett, Florence, 210

  Profaci, Joe, 235

  Profiles in Courage (Kennedy), 210

  Prohibition, xv, 10–11, 15, 86, 106, 164, 197, 242, 244

  prostitution, 8, 17–18, 33, 89, 101, 211, 213, 214–16, 239

 

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