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Mafia Motifs in Andrea Camilleri's Detective
MAFIA MOTIFS IN ANDREA CAMILLERI’S DETECTIVE MONTALBANO NOVELS: FROM THE CULTURE AND BREAKDOWN OF OMERTÀ TO MAFIA AS A SCAPEGOAT FOR THE FAILURE OF STATE Adriana Nicole Cerami A dissertation submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian). Chapel Hill 2015 Approved by: Dino S. Cervigni Amy Chambless Roberto Dainotto Federico Luisetti Ennio I. Rao © 2015 Adriana Nicole Cerami ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Adriana Nicole Cerami: Mafia Motifs in Andrea Camilleri’s Detective Montalbano Novels: From the Culture and Breakdown of Omertà to Mafia as a Scapegoat for the Failure of State (Under the direction of Ennio I. Rao) Twenty out of twenty-six of Andrea Camilleri’s detective Montalbano novels feature three motifs related to the mafia. First, although the mafia is not necessarily the main subject of the narratives, mafioso behavior and communication are present in all novels through both mafia and non-mafia-affiliated characters and dialogue. Second, within the narratives there is a distinction between the old and the new generations of the mafia, and a preference for the old mafia ways. Last, the mafia is illustrated as the usual suspect in everyday crime, consequentially diverting attention and accountability away from government authorities. Few critics have focused on Camilleri’s representations of the mafia and their literary significance in mafia and detective fiction. The purpose of the present study is to cast light on these three motifs through a close reading and analysis of the detective Montalbano novels, lending a new twist to the genre of detective fiction. -
Naval Intelligence and the Mafia in World War Ii
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE MAFIA IN WORLD WAR II By Rear Admiral Tom Brooks, USN (ret) (Author's note: Organized crime along the New York City waterfront during the 1940s and 1950s was usually referred to as "the mob", or "the underworld". The term "Mafia" did not come into general use until a decade or more later. Because "Mafia" is the commonly-used term today, it is used throughout this article. During World War II, many people would not even have known what the term meant). Before launching into the fascinating story of Naval Intelligence and the Mafia, it is necessary to understand a little of how Naval Intelligence was organized and operated prior to and during World War Two (WWII). The attack on Pearl Harbor and Germany's declaration of war found Naval Intelligence scrambling to put in place the infrastructure required to support the war effort. Within the continental United States, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) was charged with security of ports and naval installations against sabotage, intelligence collection and counterintelligence, security and background investigations, as well as censorship (later moved to a separate organization). These responsibilities were assigned to the District Intelligence Offices (DIOs) of the Naval Districts, where they were executed by the District Intelligence Officers, who reported to the District Commandants as well as to ONI. Fortuitously, ONI had seen that war was coming and, in the mid thirties, began in earnest to build up a corps of reserve officers known as the Naval Intelligence Volunteer Service. Designated Intelligence Volunteer (Specialist), these officers were recruited from the ranks of lawyers, newspapermen, investigators, shipping industry executives, linguists, and other fields which might prove necessary to the Navy in time of war. -
INVESTIGATIONS OFFICER, Claimant, V. GEORGE LOMBARDOZZI
INVESTIGATIONS OFFICER, Claimant, v. DECISION OF THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR GEORGE LOMBARDOZZI, Respondent. This matter involves two charges filed by the Investigations Officer against George Lombardozzi ("Lombardozzi"). Lombardozzi is the Secretary-Treasurer of IBT Local 918 in Brooklyn, New York. The charges are set forth below: You are charged with: Charge 1 Violating Article II, § 2(a) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Constitution by conducting yourself in a manner to bring reproach upon the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, TO WIT, while being a paid business agent and officer of Local 918, from 1975 to the present, you have knowingly associated with members and associates of La Cosa Nostra, including John Gotti, Gene Gotti, Carmine Lombardozzi, Daniel Marino and Anthony Vinciullo. While a union officer, you have frequented locations you knew to be notorious as places where the business of La Cosa Nostra is conducted, including the Ravenite Social Club on Mulberry Street, New York, New York. Charge 2 Violating Article II, § 2(a) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Constitution by conducting yourself in a manner to bring reproach upon the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: TO WIT, on or about September 29, 1975, you gave false testimony while under oath before a grand jury in Kings County, New York. This conduct was the basis of your conviction for three counts of First Degree Perjury, after a jury trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County, on or about March 16, 1977. As a result of your conviction, you were sentenced to a one- year term of imprisonment. -
Old Tiler Talks
Old Tiler Talks Carl H. Claudy 1925 Originally published in 1925 By The Masonic Service Association Of the United States of America Converted to text by Bro. Carl Johnson Converted to PDF & eBook by Bro. Ron Blaisdell, PM January 28, 2001 AL 6001 FOREWORD (1949) "The Old Tiler first appeared in print in August, 1921 when the first of four hundred and fourteen "Old Tiler Talks" were printed in the Fellowship Forum, a fraternal newspaper published in Washington, D.C. In 1925 the publisher asked the author to select a few of the best of the talks and thirty-one were accordingly made into a little volume, copyrighted that year. The book, which sold for a dollar, ran into two editions of five thousand copies each. By the time they were all sold the Fellowship Forum ran head on into the depression and disappeared and with it the Old Tiler. His homely philosophy, sharp tongue and common sense, however, had made a place for him in the hearts of readers; demand for the book has never ceased, although it has lessened in the twenty-four years since the Old Tiler first spoke from between the covers. At long last the Old Tiler sits again before the door of his lodge, there to repeat the tales which made him liked so long ago, and, from the wealth of material of his hundreds of homilies, make thirty-nine new talks to the book, a total of seventy in all. These have been roughly classified under seven headings. To offer in defense of his fanciful classification the author has no other alibi than the weak statement that the Old Tiler is himself fancy! The portrait of the Old Tiler on the jacket is the loving work of Brother Frank A. -
How a Failed Assassination Attempt on Franklin Delano Roosevelt Ended in the Death of Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago
Review Article Clinics in Surgery Published: 07 Jan, 2019 How A Failed Assassination Attempt on Franklin Delano Roosevelt Ended in the Death of Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago Theodore N Pappas* Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham NC, North Carolina, USA Abstract On February 15 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was returning from a Florida fishing trip and passed through the Biscayne Park area of Miami to give a brief speech. The mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, was in Florida on vacation and planned to meet the president-elect just after the speech. Moments after Cermak and Roosevelt shook hands, several shots were fired. A 32-year-old bricklayer, Giuseppe Zangara, was attempting to assassinate Roosevelt but missed and hit Cermak and four other bystanders. Cermak was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he died 19 days later. This manuscript reviews the health care provided to the mayor during those 19 days. Although the cause of death has been contested, Anton Cermak probably recovered from his gunshot wounds but died of complicated ulcerative colitis. Introduction On February 15 1933, president-elect, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), was returning from a fishing trip off Miami. He and his security detail were passing through the Biscayne Park area of Miami for an announced stop where he was to give a brief speech. At the same time the Mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, was on vacation in Florida and wanted to meet with the president-elect. He contacted Roosevelt’s team and was instructed to wait at the grandstand area of the Bay front Park where the president-elect would be able to meet with the mayor. -
Charles “Lucky” Luciano , Nascut Sub Numele De Salvatore Lucania (24 Noiembrie 1897 – 26 Ianuarie 1962) , a Fost Un Renumit Gangster Americano-Sicilian
Charles “Lucky” Luciano , nascut sub numele de Salvatore Lucania (24 Noiembrie 1897 – 26 Ianuarie 1962) , a fost un renumit gangster americano-sicilian . Luciano este considerat parintele crimei organizate moderne si creierul din spatele expansiunii postbelice a traficului de heroina . Revista americana Times l-a adaugat in top 20 al celor mai influenti constructori si titani ai secolului 20 . Salvatore Lucania s-a nascut la 24 Noiembrie 1897 in localitatea siciliana Lercara Friddi , din parintii Antonio si Rosalia Lucania . Promisiunea unei vieti mai bune a determinat familia sa se mute in America , la inceputul anului 1907 . Odata ajunsi in Insula Ellis , Lucania se imbolnaveste de varicela , boala ce ii va afecta aspectul fetei tot restul vietii . Stabiliti la New York intr-un cartier de evrei , Salvatore isi incepe cariera de infractor jefuind tinerii evrei in drum spre scoala . Dupa mai multe “vizite” in centrele pentru infractorii juvelini , se hotaraste sa isi schimbe numele in Charles datorita rusinii cauzate familiei . In 1919 guvernul american a interzis productia si comercializarea alcoolului pe teritoriul Statelor Unite ale Americii , fapt ce a dus la expansiunea industriei ilegale de alcool . Intre 1920-1925 Luciano isi dezvolta , cu ajutorul altor gangsteri ai vremii , o uriasa afacere cu alcool , afacere ce ii aducea un profit anual de cateva sute de mii de dolari . Importa scotch direct din Scotia , rom din Caraibe si whiskey din Canada . Pe langa afacerile cu alcoolul , mai era implicat in jocurile de noroc , dar in acest moment Luciano deja facea parte din bossii mafiei din New York . In curand Luciano isi va uni fortele cu Joe “the Boss” Messeria . -
San Francisco Public Library Historic Photograph Collection Subject Guide
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection San Francisco History Center Subject Collection Guide S.F.P.L. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION SUBJECT GUIDE A Adult Guidance Center AERIAL VIEWS. 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s-1980’s; 1994-1955 Agricultural Department Building A.I.D.S. Vigil. United Nations Plaza (See: Parks. United Nations Plaza) AIRCRAFT. Air Ferries Airmail Atlas Sky Merchant Coast Guard Commercial (Over S.F.) Dirigibles Early Endurance Flight. 1930 Flying Clippers Flying Clippers. Diagrams and Drawings Flying Clippers. Pan American Helicopters Light Military Military (Over S.F.) National Air Tour Over S.F. Western Air Express Airlines Building Airlines Terminal AIRLINES. Air West American British Overseas Airways California Central Canadian Pacific Century Flying A. Flying Tiger Japan Air Lines AIRLINES. Northwest Orient Pan American Qantas 1 San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection San Francisco History Center Subject Collection Guide Slick Southwest Trans World United Western AIRPORT. Administration Building. First Second. Exteriors Second. Interiors Aerial Views. Pre-1937 (See: Airport. Mills Field) Aerial Views. N.D. & 1937-1970 Air Shows Baggage Cargo Ceremonies, Dedications Coast Guard Construction Commission Control Tower Drawings, Models, Plans Fill Project Fire Fighting Equipment Fires Heliport Hovercraft International Room Lights Maintenance Millionth Passenger Mills Field Misc. Moving Sidewalk Parking Garage Passengers Peace Statue Porters Post Office Proposed Proposition No. 1 Radar Ramps Shuttlebus 2 San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection San Francisco History Center Subject Collection Guide Steamers Strikes Taxis Telephones Television Filming AIRPORT. Terminal Building (For First & Second See: Airport. Administration Building) Terminal Building. Central. Construction Dedications, Groundbreaking Drawings, Models, Plans Exteriors Interiors Terminal Building. North Terminal Building. -
How the Mob and the Movie Studios Sold out the Hollywood Labor Movement and Set the Stage for the Blacklist
TRUE-LIFE NOIR How the Mob and the movie studios sold out the Hollywood labor movement and set the THE CHICAGO WAY stage for the Blacklist Alan K. Rode n the early 1930s, Hollywood created an indelible image crooked law enforcement, infected numerous American shook down businesses to maintain labor peace. Resistance The hard-drinking Browne was vice president of the Local of the urban gangster. It is a pungent irony that, less than metropolises—but Chicago was singularly venal. Everything by union officials was futile and sometimes fatal. At least 13 2 Stagehands Union, operated under the umbrella of IATSE a decade later, the film industry would struggle to escape and everybody in the Windy City was seemingly for sale. Al prominent Chicago labor leaders were killed; and not a single (The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the vise-like grip of actual gangsters who threatened to Capone’s 1931 federal tax case conviction may have ended his conviction for any criminals involved.Willie Bioff and George Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts, here- bring the movie studios under its sinister control. reign as “Mr. Big,” but his Outfit continued to grow, exerting Browne were ambitious wannabes who vied for a place at after referred to as the IA). He had run unsuccessfully for the Criminal fiefdoms, created by an unholy trinity its dominion over various trade unions. Mobsters siphoned the union trough. Russian-born Bioff was a thug who served IA presidency in 1932. Bioff and Browne recognized in each Iof Prohibition-era gangsters, ward-heeling politicians, and off workers’ dues, set up their cohorts with no-show jobs, and the mob as a union slugger, pimp, and whorehouse operator. -
Pocket Product Guide 2006
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Nixon's Caribbean Milieu, 1950–1968
Dark Quadrant: Organized Crime, Big Business, and the Corruption of American Democracy Online Appendix: Nixon’s Caribbean Milieu, 1950–1968 By Jonathan Marshall “Though his working life has been passed chiefly on the far shores of the continent, close by the Pacific and the Atlantic, some emotion always brings Richard Nixon back to the Caribbean waters off Key Biscayne and Florida.”—T. H. White, The Making of the President, 19681 Richard Nixon, like millions of other Americans, enjoyed Florida and the nearby islands of Cuba and the Bahamas as refuges where he could leave behind his many cares and inhibitions. But he also returned again and again to the region as an important ongoing source of political and financial support. In the process, the lax ethics of its shadier operators left its mark on his career. This Sunbelt frontier had long attracted more than its share of sleazy businessmen, promoters, and politicians who shared a get-rich-quick spirit. In Florida, hustlers made quick fortunes selling worthless land to gullible northerners and fleecing vacationers at illegal but wide-open gambling joints. Sheriffs and governors protected bookmakers and casino operators in return for campaign contributions and bribes. In nearby island nations, as described in chapter 4, dictators forged alliances with US mobsters to create havens for offshore gambling and to wield political influence in Washington. Nixon’s Caribbean milieu had roots in the mobster-infested Florida of the 1940s. He was introduced to that circle through banker and real estate investor Bebe Rebozo, lawyer Richard Danner, and Rep. George Smathers. Later this chapter will explore some of the diverse connections of this group by following the activities of Danner during the 1968 presidential campaign, as they touched on Nixon’s financial and political ties to Howard Hughes, the South Florida crime organization of Santo Trafficante, and mobbed-up hotels and casinos in Las Vegas and Miami. -
The Principals
10 FEATURES ORGANISED CRIME 11 February 7th was a long day for police in New prison he shared a cell with Nicholas Corozzo, a Journal, he was in Oregon working on an office York City. It began with the cracking open of a senior Gambino figure once marked out for building project for Haskell when the FBI 175-page indictment charging 62 people leadership of the organisation. They became telephoned him. The newspaper reports that he associated with the Gambino organised crime close and when released from prison, Vollaro then turned himself into authorities. In June, family and others with racketeering, extortion, started making payments to Corozzo. Vollaro’s Kilgannon pleaded guilty to one count of murder and other federal offences. company, Andrews Trucking, became one of the extortion conspiracy. In August Todd Polakoff Starting in the early morning, 400 federal, state city’s leading construction haulage firms. Vollaro followed suit. Both were due to be sentenced as and local police fanned out through the city and and the Gambinos soon came to dominate the iCON was going to press in October. THE END began banging on doors in what has been called construction business in Staten Island, one of A project manager and director of tunnel the biggest Mafia crackdown in New York in 30 New York’s boroughs. operations for the Schiavone Construction years. According to the New York Times, he became Company, which is involved in major civil By the time the day-long harvest of criminals a ‘mole’ after he was arrested again in 2004 for engineering contracts for the city, was also OF MOB RULE? had finished, the grip of ‘La Cosa Nostra’ on the possessing a large quantity of cocaine, and after charged but the charges were dropped in August A massive crackdown on gangsters in New York has revealed the extent of the construction industry in the New York City region that began recording conversations with Gambino for lack of evidence. -
UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title A Soldier at Heart: The Life of Smedley Butler, 1881-1940 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6gn7b51j Author Myers, Eric Dennis Publication Date 2012 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles A Soldier at Heart: The Life of Smedley Butler, 1881 - 1940 A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History by Eric Dennis Myers 2013 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION A Soldier at Heart: The Life of Smedley Butler, 1881 - 1940 by Eric Dennis Myers Doctor of Philosophy in History University of California, Los Angeles, 2013 Professor Joan Waugh, Chair The dissertation is a historical biography of Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940), a decorated soldier and critic of war profiteering during the 1930s. A two-time Congressional Medal of Honor winner and son of a powerful congressman, Butler was one of the most prominent military figures of his era. He witnessed firsthand the American expansionism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, participating in all of the major conflicts and most of the minor ones. Following his retirement in 1931, Butler became an outspoken critic of American intervention, arguing in speeches and writings against war profiteering and the injustices of expansionism. His critiques represented a wide swath of public opinion at the time – the majority of Americans supported anti-interventionist policies through 1939. Yet unlike other members of the movement, Butler based his theories not on abstract principles, but on experiences culled from decades of soldiering: the terrors and wasted resources of the battlefield, ! ""! ! the use of the American military to bolster corrupt foreign governments, and the influence of powerful, domestic moneyed interests.