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Frank Sinatra Part 06 of 29 . ,_" ff:-0-o~q M. A. Jones memo to Mr. Nichols January 23, 1957 4. That Sinatrafs uncles, Champ and Lawrence Garaventi, were arrested and perhaps convicted 0 I bootlegging in Hoboken in the 1920&#39;s earlyand 1930&#39;s. There are no references in Bufiles er the records of the Ident irieetfevbivisien identicalwith ChampGaraventi. There b7C I- In. h V |.&#39;92¥li.li .", wl 92Iis uovr. nrxl *F&#39;"&#39;@&#39;__&#39; W- . .. ;92. - ..;jj 1&#39;:/[emomndum or -r .-3 TU a 92&#39; 1;? it ,- nix; I Dn.r§>.".:e . :1; 1. 1. Vi . L l !I;L gt;-¢ D.- IE1 .&#39;:Z.L}f§". 1* 5*-&#39; 71} &#39;"""I -iiiaf*S.i@:ts"- FROM : . I * - Teie.Hocn-.__ f_r, CQ Z &#39; r: 1 P_£Yr J K .. I:[p_I.:_I4I ni?l suspect: . &#39;5 ?&#39;. I-92; r&#39;92 l<_92,.&#39;i 7 92 reis 9292 _ _92__ a.<.a~1=>. ¥?£.=.iEi .ii&#39;"s:;*~* ~a@~ii§ $1.56 K:92&#39;Q§&#39;7" F12.-.3~.&#39;}-2&#39; .- SlI.&#39;_i&#39;l"11.-1 in ;-o§c;&#39;fu and st {gs&#39; The following memorandum is submitted pursuant to Mr. Tolson&#39; 29-60 for a summary of information contained in Bureau files &#39;concernina request3- Fran? iinatra. F Théiattached nenorandun, captioned as above, from Mr, H, A, n. oneshtoQ "n- 1&#39;1 . .»Wichols dated l-23-5i, reveals information contained in Bureau files concerniny Sinatra and is summarized as follows 92 , , 1 r p .1 i .&#39; v I q an _ . j#§jnatra was oorn 1-_l2-15 or 12-12-16 at Hobokcn, newJersey, divorted and - bevan L u his Sli career in 1930. he has been married and" 1 approximately twice, the second two narriaoe years,to actress Ava Gardner in 1901 ended i;///ii,/in "_ / - . 1/ In February, 1 ~, the FBI made<Qjnited inquiries concerning Sinatrais Selective Service status as a resnlt of an anonymous comtlain which alleged he had paid $40,000 to obtain a deferment. Inquiries revealed Sinatra&#39;s reiection was in conformance with Selective §3FV1C9 regulations. In 1955 Sinatra was investigated by the FBI relative t 92l&#39;Y eossible 1 false statements in a passport application with rebar&#39; d to nembersh evidencein in subversive orcanizations. lnvestiation develoged n iother than 1946of Communist membershinarty in ?! the or Independent front organization Citizens membershipCommittee of the Arts, Sciences and Jrofzssions, which organization was cited oy +1-92uue California Committee on Un=Aneriean Activities as a communist front Q, r . H .- . r .1.F . Information was receive} dnring the lv4U&#39;3 and l&eO&#39;s which linked S inatra&#39;s name as an associate of well-known hoodlums, including Yosenh aQ§_§o;cq"Fis3hetti members of the Zaone jeny; Hi11iQ_¥Q£§Tti former und:rwo?1dEoss or Harden County, §:w Jersey; and--$.11-;a-.lI@iE¬§ifIi§ &#39;" " i"1&#39; 1" v P"":l Identification Division l .5 in, Hon - K "rev - . va» "M3- ~.e~"_1_.;~ H, ,"_*Q__;.il?1.t..-- and 5&#39;1 .__-_ii11:&#39; I -*.5.."-1 to ;- 17 no. .7-fit > .- LLIT Tlosnr 31139592.! as-._@ff -t?;Lt§..&#39;:&#39;....~---$<~.1e.&#39;..."-&#39;.7 - - - records reveaféginatra was arrestaQ_§oyemh;r,}9§§, and ah sine ;l...i/i.t.11_. ]5"L. ; this Chi " P lat-r " j i &#39;e DTY _.-.-_...._._..---....._ dismissed ...----n I f 1 no to r, J 1 J... 0 ._ | Y.r &#39;l .,92 E92-4| l .~..&#39;92. - A.-I!.92&#39;-C. l .92;<92J&#39;:f.~1 , ..~_ i.92.¢.&#39;92.~.?&#39;I-",&#39; J1- -" was amonpj master of a notion p movi? maki maqazin: w h 1-2.1.Q . in Snat!__-...... ¢ Etzsin In 5?pt:nb¢r, 1900,wwuanwaywavmh blcf QTi;h_ raigttadFBI and the D1r%ctor notcd airecmcnt with Hr. atwe Bi"want nothing to do with hlm." 3*333l5- In addition to thz progotiomemorandum, Bureau files rev indexsub C1In §glv*#1259, it was reported Qiggtrg Q contcflcw_to.911 Hiam;¢_E1oriqg; rd from the west coast toast; tHEmG5§H§r_of-CicagpBS5 _ hoodlnn, Samuel Q, Qiancan 1959fninfornant advised Giancana"LitdRcn over 0f;l§i§§tbookinc an t &#39; " f " Ca -. <4 __ r92_ }92_, 1n eithernatr -I! considcra th mana: 92 svith12.; 2 cli J C i C TTI&#39;»t O 1&#39;!W S -"f 5 co -&#39;92r.- campan i"f:fT&#39;10i"1 TI!{I&#39;D D On . 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