Word: katzenberg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American Theater Wing handed out memorial awards for Director Antoinette Perry (Harvey, Kiss the Boys Goodbye), who died last year. Among the recipients: Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer and Fredric March, for their Broadway performances this season; Mr. & Mrs. Ira Katzenberg (TIME, Jan. 30, 1939) for their durability as first-nighters; Restaurateur Vincent Sardi Sr., "for providing a . . . comfort station for theater folk. . . ." The men got gold money clips, the women Tiffany compacts with "little automatic windshield wipers on the mirrors...
...raffish crew of old pals marched up to the witness chair, testified, marched down again while Lepke sat in silence with no sign of expression on his lumpish face. Prison-pale were some of the witnesses. Ten of the 23 for the Government were felons, including: paunchy Yasha Katzenberg, described by the League of Nations as an "international menace," organizer of a $10,000,000 dope ring into which, he said Lepke muscled; Benny Schisoff, Coney Island frozen-custard man, implicated in the racket but free on a suspended sentence; John McAdams, Customs sergeant who accepted bribes to let trunkloads...