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pe ch ara it h ete ” sat ty -4 Sot tr g R ey ww 3 Pr par me te eh . my f 2a Ae atk ie ciate May “Mr, Hoover 9-30-38 : sean rare Detail of the Los Angeles County —aom Fo - d+ opXShaw left office, with thse Mayor's tain Contreras, in charge of the Vice Sheriff's Office, and_up until Mayop r brother, dog tha never took he favoritisa . s it eppeared as though Benjamin aya geles, but that this sat~ . of Joe Shaw a at for a few Siegel would take over the gambling in Los Ang ter was straightened out with the result that Guy McAfee still is the e big figure here. ~ ; (bY7%< ) Also e making an in the Furdress case, Spe eiel Agent d I talked toll. Louertbeimer, whom you perhaps wi asjone of the Wertheimer Brothers from Detroit, Michigan,“reputed to be members of the Purple Gang of Detroit. Low Wettheimer, for abovt the past ten years, has resided in Southern Cals ~~ -{—- ifornia, during which time he was associated in the operation of ex~ clusive gambling houses with his brother, Al. These two nen, with other associates, operated the)Clover Club in igs Angeles, undoubtedly ./ “the finest gambling establishuent in this city; and prior to that time. \ ey operated @ place known as the Colony Club, They also operated - Theypunes et Falk: Spriiee, California, which establishment is still \ opefated by Al, Wertheimer, elthongh it has been inactive during the ; past year because of the action taken by the State Authorities in shute ting down gambling in Palm Springs. Another brother, Mert Wertheimer, operates the\Royal Palms in Miami, Floridae~ LBYIYD ) ( te ” ——e Wertheizer, had tired o e gaw g pr oppor y of entering the motion picture industry it was re~ ported that he did so with mch pleasure and it is reputed that at this time he drawa a salary of fifteen ed dollars a week as a producer at Twentieth—Century Fox Stubjos. Wertheimer is very close to Mr. ! L. ¥iWeyer, the head of thepietro—Upldwyh-Mayer Studies, ashe is — with Joseph Schenck, the head of th entieth-—Century Fox Studiose Wertheimer 4s frequently in the company of Schenck particularly and he mentioned to us during the interview « cruise that he had taken that lasted over a period of several months in Schenck's yacht, which he referred to as having a crew of twenty~eight sailors on it. lou Wertheimer also mentioned making « trip to Csechosiovakia, as well as to other foreign countries, with Joejechenck and L. EB. Mayers ‘ f