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...went into the racket in Chicago four and a half years ago. During the last two years I've been trying to get out. ... I want peace. I'm willing to live and let live. I'm tired of murders and shootings.... I'm retired and living on my money...
...refuse to accept any testimonial advertisement that was not certified as unpaid for and voluntary? Mr. Hollister predicted that such a procedure would cause anguish among many agency men charged with formulating campaign ideas, would also grieve Park Avenue females who would be deprived of "their most profitable racket...
Eventually some of the "little fellows" broke away, started a central cleaning establishment of their own, provoked a racket war featured by the introduction of caustic soda containing sodium nitrate in the seams and lapels of garments which, when cleaned, exploded. Then the main racket organization found itself with another war?this time with a prominent dyer and cleaner whom the association had forced out of business. This cleaner, one Morris Becker, opened up again with a new partner. The partner was famed Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone, expert in bootlegging and other rackets. Partner Capone has many good friends...
...Rates. Thus racketeering in the dyeing and cleaning business; thus a sample racket. The National Association, meeting in Memphis, in addition to denouncing racketeering (another organization, the National Alliance of Wholesale Cleaners and Dyers has also been active in the fight on rackets) also worried about price-cutting. Dry cleaning prices vary; in and around Manhattan there is a "standard" price of $1.50 for a man's suit. In many an eastern city there are also "Dollar Cleaners" operating at a $1 price. In the West and Southwest, however price-cutting has reached the slashing stage. There are places where...
About writing verse, Author March knows more than he knows about the fight racket. His descriptions beat with journalistic rhythms and, if somewhat banal, his pictures are graphic and exciting...