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tite i "in- Distr. _——— their operating business name to read "Min-Haf Sao ene wore gotified that ef- _. Racketeers on a New York City outfit, - During March, 1930, - he General, News “and Ganbling on horse racing AECL Yee. a Dee. Pn -& Als . - Deaf NY tion is not end Cannot be the controlling factor eaeness. % 10 9 DEC 1 A330 fi and its agencies are one of the greatest auxi which spurs the Racketeer and Gangster to crime and murder, The following account deals briefly with m $50,000,000 Mation-wi - jing monopoly controlled and operated by®ChicagoMacketeers CGangsters and o- called duscle-men, General News Bureau, Inc., 431 8. Dearborn St,, Chicago, Ill, lease Telegraph, Telephone and "Printers" or sutomatic-typewriting tape machine "sireg* from the Chicago office of the american Telephone and Telegraph Co, (Mr. H. EH. Canter) with a Nation-wide hook-up which enables the General Mewes Bureau, Inc., to quate fluctuating betting odds from all Race-Tracks to Bookmakers and Ganblera in every City and Town throughout the United States and Canada, The New York City office's of the General News Bureau, Inc, is located at 5042 Grand Central Depot, 2nd Street, Telephone Murray~-Hill 6335; ur, P. J. Burne ie Manager. NOTE: + Consult the Telephone directory of any City or large Town for ea listing of General News: Bureau, Inc, whose business consists of seliing Race-Track quotations to Bookmakers and Gamblers furniehed by their specialized crews of em- ployoes operating from cvery Hace Track holding a meeting. The greatest of the "Betting Commiasionere" throughout this Country and Canada are on private “Non- listed" gambling telegraph wires operated by expert telegraphere, These Ron- listed wires with their "drops" are coded in numbers as followa; 175; 374; 347; 359 and 360 at the dAucrican Telephone and Telegraph Company's offices, A "drop" is equivalent to an office, The General News Bureau, Inc. and ites agencies are striving desperately te secure a membership in either the Associated Press, United Presse or the Inter- national Newa Service, thereby gaining a recognition which would enabl<« them to Manipulate “within the law", The General News Bureau, inc. deals exclusively in “Race Track Service’. This Race Track service disacminates betting odds, reports the progress of races and annéunces the resulte and pay-off prices to Boskonakers and Gamblers, General News Bureau, Inc. desiring to gain absolute control of this huge gambling monopoly have completed arrangements to taze over control of the fol- lewing competitive companies: The Empire News Company, - National dews Company, - The gmerican Continent Wews Setvice, - Daily Running Horse and the Daily Racing Form, all of whom dealt exclusively in "Race Track Service", The following shace-down tactice were used by this Chicago-mob of Bureau, Incl op-fating from 431 Dearbors Street; varcagw; itt. - , York City offices, located at 5042 Grand Central Depot notified the then *Walnin Prees, Inc. 361 W. 36th St., New York City, that they would have to declare General Sews Bureau, Inc. in with their racket, which consisted of printing “Racing run-down-sheets", Threateaed in event of refusal to be “Broken nob after certain acts of intimidations, Walmin Press, Inc. agreed to this Ghicags- s terms, The General News Bureau, Inc. immediately set about to realize on their “ehace™ ter, Walmin *ress, Inc, had been forced to change shace*, April, 1930, a month later, Wa + ia a oeee tion and Book n biers throughout fhe Unit<d States end ee ae iacegiately all (small) Sacing ran—down-sheets would be increased in prite te frum 96.00 ot 2,00 cr a 25% increase monthly. the (larger) acing run- own-sheets jt to be increoeed proportionately. ee — bot | * ‘ . . : 7 - . . . . o _ av : ich Bookmakers ntiuls (Racing run-down-sheets) without wh recee noree rack woald be all but impossible are released Raprid see atimated output of 25,000 copica to ef an United States mails daily with an eat Bt OUT eo eiog pacts similar to the | Towns throughout the United State : ain-Haf Distributing Corporation Located at 361 . Jorn oe York City have been / . trategically extabliabed in Cities ia e 2 anada iff daily nation-wide circulation, Theee plants are located in Chicago, Cincinnati, Toronto, Hew Orleans, Miami and Los angeles, . Sande ~e . ut =