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OF Erwng S/m-.4r-0» - PART# Z OPI- l FILES CONTAINED LN THIS PART FILE # 1 PAGES AVAILABLE 62-5332/ZQR-3! Z40 52 '23 2/ Zfsuélj 5/ ___i____L.__._ _ ,7? ~~*-, ,7 T Z Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Release of FRANK SINA T RA File # 62-83219 Section 3 ,-I-45¢-. ' !" pa x1""' "*' '4>v»Q°> V 11- #- '*. 4" Q5" qivifOFF Q "Q!" 99 Federal Bureauof In vestzgation /1 ;> DECzE%5¥f.Y79¢N'T162: sum-may com Main File H0: 62-83219 See also: 9-11775 5 44.14 42, -rd giémmAUJHFORMA0N¢gNis U"!!!-Asslrlzc Tmn ED EFTWHERE SHOWN otnsnnngg Date: June s, 1es4 _ _ _ sans |A;|wqInb7 ti§§.iEXT . BY ....,"""" ...:;H..- . corn» _. /"7 if omor . .. .¢.t:5{?2". , .. bnect. Francis A1bert§inatra Date sesrenm' 11/26/63,j eA11 logicalvariations of subject'sand cane aiiases were searched and identical references were found as: 92 . 5* -$1-1+--s_ . E Inmanb. I £3 lI|n*I'1nu 92.!.l.llCl- l Q: "1 Le ~g angigéggrtghinatraIll! §._ a. I-A Elli]. I-I r F'Fra natra ,¢, - W! anFrankie o B nasia tra , Frank6$inatra A¥%{4<@4+~*4/I One Sinatrgg This is a sumary of information btained fr a eview of all "see" references to the subject in Bureau files under the names and aliases listed above. A11 references under the above names containing data identical with the subject have been included except those listed at the end92of this summary as not having been reviewed, tesur logs or those determined to contain the same F information as the main file O it This summary is designed to furnish a synopsis of the information set out in each reference. In many cases the original serial will contain the information in~nmeh.more detail, c i ms smnxm HAS BEENPREPARED _FoR_t_1§§4'1 senajgs 013? nnA,NTJ]iIeI5f KQT _St"UT_'T1iT§1-F3 .F§Q1_U'2i5I3e1§1!IB§J$Il9,IL Analyst Coordinator 57¢/_ » _1,YuJ- cnassxrxrnnsctsxcss , ";,»,>a~¢.v'- 1-P--*=-M [z,,>e%{"_92N; n .4 X_dIL§;.;._.926- _ T, H - Q 5§.'£_-£2-2&3. l us/ zsI 3; 51' Dhg - §>ytb"Jun 17+9s4 9 'gizggl 'A 1/ ==* -~ e ': sac ABBRE TIONS Add. info..... ..... ...........Additional information appearing in this reference which pertains to Francis Albert Sinatra may be found_ * in the main file or elsewhere in this summary. 1 1 J, I Y- i 92 ¢ -1 pThe §[25748issue of the "California Bruin" 00-235169! published b2;theAssociated Students of the University 0f_§§li§q§p1a, contained an editorial entitled fThe Case of Frankie" which pertained to the craze about Frankie Sinatra.' It stated that FBI Agents probably soon would be asking the question, "Do you sigh over Frankie Sinatra?" as a criterion of Americanism. One person ha.stated that the case of Frank Sinatra versus the American woman showed the best argument he could think of for not having women equality. ' 100-23 169-2 _ 7!/5 be On 1/9/50formerfurnished informationregarding mo James J. Tarantino, 92-68 a end of Frank Sinatrawhom he had known in HQJ. before going to Hollywood. In 1944 Tarantino and Barney Ross, ex-champion, started a_theatrical weekly throwaway called "Hollywood Night Life." He quickly ran into financial difficulties and sought help from Sinatra's personal representative, Hank Sanicola. Sinatra then transferred $12,000 to Sanicola who put it into the publication. S One of Sinatra's musical publishing tie-ups had an office on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. According to informant Sinatra used this office for a hideaway. Sinatra at that time had an interest in a firm called Barton Music Company, which Sanicola operated for him. Informant lnr URI said there were many stories concerning how Sinatra and Saniccla got 5'10 =1 ;_ *5"¢- I ' continued on next page SET '92 Q T " ""*""" ' > . .. continued! .AIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL . .Q_ that Tararm ose assoc1'a!e0! persons-wlegl adviseknown in entertainment, sports, the underworld and the gambling racket, including Frank Sinatra. : b , ' ezésye-2 7!? g _ ! I,» s1 94-39914-1o f H19 8!/' Add. info.! ' at an 10:14 an a_»1 1 1AA DJ.8!/ 74"4-£34-u-nu noes - "USA Congidential"UI-I91.! 0 LUV J ' =--'* s162-enclosed! - - --=- "" 0!? San Francisco general investigative intelligence report dated 1/15/52 stated that James "Jimmie" Iarantino was editor and publisher of "Hollywood Life," formerly Hollywood Nite Life." He was a known associate of Frankie Sinatra who gave him $15,000 to - invest in the magazine. Joe Adonis and his cousin, Willie Horetti, who had advanced large sums of money to further Sinatra's singing career, also invested money in the "Hollywood Kite Life" magazine. 62-7511! 47-47-132 em i. P. 9.12 L -is a Burgaumemqedted 4/27/44regar Egg, 944-69a v a s ngers such as8! Frank a friend Sinatra,of unconsc theBureag. ous con 1yr1 1 b'79 tojuvenile delinquency and she thought that through_Sinatra's tremendous influence upon young people he could be the medium for antin ood ideas inste d of bad ones in the minds of American youth. believed that a personal talk by the Directm with Sina ra could do a lot of good along these lines. 94-4-6928-2 . 3!yt bz. new . * v» 0 00-21 old AYD in 57¢Los Angeles, that s e won ry o gee the Los Angeles Committee of the Young Americans for Roosevelt 100-Z143S27 9!/ T 5? ?" " a 7 1| 1" .... .. -u ,..lQi.»492iv92l ..-..92... -W ._,,____ be. ET FIG. On 10/12/44 Hiriam Bart, N.J. State Secretary of the AYD had f "Young Americans" in NYQ to the could get Sinatra, then f United E ectrical Local 447, jnwn fer a rally duringH .. lunch hour- - .1t , wasdescribed!.$$Lw unknownhet r Sinatra_ Kwas obtained for this occasion not further B2. 9!&//O" 100-207 29-9 if gfurnished a flyer which 92announceda big Vote £54?fer Rccsevel. rail; .c be held on 11/4/44 at Eemorial Auditorium, NYC, which was co-sponsored by'Young'Americafor Roosevelt. The flyer stated that Frank Sinatra says: ~ "Roosevelt in 1944 will make Young America'sdream a reality." ioo-237027-64 s19!¬ 1 o~z27o27-57 <39>/ An ArmyService Forcesreport, GovernorsIslanh, Nylfor the period Nov.19-25, 1944,stated in connection with the racial situation in NYC and vicinity, that the Vocational Foundation not further identified! had engaged in a campaign for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquentsyregardless ofrace?-creed orcolor. Qt had listed two newnames, thoseof Sgt. Joe Louis and Frank Sinatra. * 100-7660-2361 p.e £32!? , 4 I o WWII. 1 0 .5 RE 1' " 7 so ET n :§¬§protect identity!I 1945 advised US that George OstRadatovich Office, F%iRm0nt,00-57659! had receive W.Va. literature from the IWO, Inc., Hungarian Brotherhood, NYC. Included was "Thoughts of an American" by Frank Sinatra, under the caption of the IWO. ' 100-5759-11 _ __ 6!;/6 #' bfL On 2/26/45Wf=t1dvi_sed LEIOO-114353or 'ankSinatra. anted rm H N s 1*! -ll ,7 ..4-Q. 52.- A highly confidenti ' that on Anti-Fascist1/2°/45 Refugeeletter a Comitteedirectedwas - theconcerning Joint a campaign built around the Spanish Republican refugees in France. The letter set forth whicha "Proposed containedList ofthe Permanent name of PersonsFrank Sinatra.$2;-5! For The National Campaign Comittee On 3/6/4Qadvisedthat FrankSinatra hadbeen requested by the Joint Anti- C18 efugee Comittee to speak at a dinner to be L2. acknowledgedheld on 3/22/45. Noinvitation%z information the had been received indicating he had , , , ; 1001!Q9§ 7 1-923 P .17 '37 t * SecretaryOn 3/l3/45the of American loathadvised forthat aFree rancesWorld Damon 001é9902!,to1d Executive Orest Petrovich Shevtzor, a representative of the International Student Assembly and the Youth Anti-Fascist Committee in Moscow, that he was to have s picture taken with Frank Sinatra the next day at her office,NYC. 6! 100-189902-28 9!P F, FWMSI aoo-189902-47 p.27 9!/' SE ET 52. k pianist Horovritz,9 Ch would play.He saidFrank Slnatra probablyth be thereQ . Q0 7 /dd' as §!;/564412 P. 42 234 _r The Washington Times Heraid" on 4/14/45 carried an article entitled "Rumors -4I§i11" ManyProminent Us ~ "Figures. The article per-_ tainedgto errdnogs rumors following the death of President Roosevelt, that var'i'0B!;other individuals including Frank Sinatra had died. 100-62403-A "Washington nes Herald" 4/14/45 6!;//' ' nt dated 5/20/57 at Pale Alto, Ca1., 177-9 signedby 00-427547! in which he furnished Pgf informatio reg 1ng e 11e he wasat HarvardUniversity, Cambridge Hair»,July, 1943to June,1945. He recalled sacral large 9; public afizairs of the .-urn,a couple of which were he1d_..a'l:e pera House. Frank Sinatra appeared at one of these but he vfould not sing. "|-nI||aI|"|' .nIn92'|n ilulllllilll vllv-Lvcl /7442 547-1 encl. p.15 , b-79be identity!also a vase on received correspondence from " 109-334195-6? 1!;, l I Q 0%-_ r SE T -6- SE T 09-334195!. ~ "'1 1"/W *2:;";i2:s: xsezsazazszzz In View of the fact :"::;;.: tha had, 57° 13383; J2 °<.-££§2 °° °i.J%¬.§»¬»i3§_§?.£&i25§3$1*§%-c~3¬l1§§¢§§1p, it gras secure possbile his service that 1-ras.o some affair./iucorres ending with Sinatra in order to JP" Hg-;I3}4-195-75 P-4 1 A nail cover maintained on "i'J7¢- Pacifi_e...Pa1isal!e_s, correspondencefrom Ca1., Frank during Sinatra, the -1 go 9 In.