see also sex trade
Puente, Tito, 245
Rackets Bureau, 23
Radio Rebelde, 256, 259, 293
Radio Reloj, 202–3
Raft, George, 241–42, 303–4
Ragano, Chris, 326–27
Ragano, Frank, 105, 110, 135, 136, 137, 208, 210, 211, 217, 232–33, 270, 271, 272–73, 283–84, 312–14, 326–27
Ragano, Nancy, 273, 326, 327
Ramírez-Rosell, Reinaldo, 95
Rancho Vegas, El, 169, 172
Ranft, George. see Raft, George razzle-dazzle, 93–99, 109, 249
Reina, Ralph, 206, 286
Relatives’ Amnesty Committee for Political Prisoners, 157
Reles, Abe “Kid Twist,” 192–93
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War (Guevara), 174
Revolution, Cuban, 124–26, 140, 180–82, 186, 198, 201–3, 220–22, 223, 240, 253–61, 274–77, 284–86, 292–93, 297, 299, 301, 302–15
see also 26th of July Movement
Rey Pernas, Santiago, 129, 166, 307
Rivers, Joe, 109, 188, 205, 227, 231, 232
Riviera Hotel
construction and ownership of, 168
Deauville and, 205
description and prestige of, 247–50
gambling checks from, 286
Lansky and, 186, 224, 264
Levinson at, 188, 270, 327
operating losses at, 310, 317
pre-Castro profits at, 318–19
Ragano on, 313
the revolution and, 297, 305, 309
Rubio at, 169, 219, 266
Schwartz at, 261–62
Stassi’s home near, 187
Steve Allen Show at, 253–54
see also Havana Riviera
Riviera Hotel Company of Cuba, 168
Roaring Twenties, 12, 244
Roberts, W. Adolphe, 147–48
Rodney, 147–49, 151
see also Neyra, Roderico “Rodney”
Rodríguez, Arsenio, 243
Rodríguez, José “Pepe,” 216–17
see also Pepe
Rogers, Ginger, 248
Rogers, Joe, 228
see also Stassi, Joe
Romero, Alfred, 218
Romero, Caesar, 242
Romeu, Armando, 239
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 63, 65, 291
Roselli, Johnny, 323
Rothman, Norman, 94, 109, 148, 152, 187, 212, 251, 262, 284–85, 306, 319, 324
Rothstein, Arnold “The Brain,” 53–56, 187, 242, 292
roulette, 145, 171, 177–78
Ruark, Robert, 41–42, 43, 46
Rubio, Evaristo “Tito,” 170
Rubio, Rafael “Ralph,” 169–70, 171, 172, 219–20, 224, 249–50, 266, 297, 298, 307
rum, smuggling of, 11, 19, 106
rumba, 148, 215, 243
Runyon, Damon, 54, 61, 242
Rural Guard, 175–76, 220
Saenz Rovner, Eduardo, 209
Salas Cañizares, Rafael, 166
Salón Rojo, 240
Salvation Army, U.S., 297
Sans Souci
Anastasia at, 224
Batistaismo at, 156
Bischoff at, 188
Luciano at, 49
Mannarino brothers at, 285
Mob conference entertained at, 33
narcotics stashed at, 208
orchestra at, 213
profitability of, 319
razzle-dazzle at, 93–95, 96–97, 98
Rothman at, 148–49, 152, 284
showgirls at, 33, 211–12
Stassi Jr. at, 282, 283
Trafficante and, 109, 151, 205, 206, 270
trashing of, by rebels, 301, 302, 305
Santo Domingo Motor Corporation, 130
Santos, Joe, 110
see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.
Santos, Louis, 237
see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.
Saturday Evening Post, 98
Schultz, Dutch, 187
Schuster, Arnold, 195–96
Schwartz, Cynthia, 307
see also Duncan, Cynthia Schwartz
Schwartz, Richard, 261–62
Schwartz, Thelma “Teddy,” 58
see also Lansky, Teddy
Sevilla Biltmore Hotel, xix, 11, 101–2, 109, 129, 200, 201, 209, 213, 215, 252, 253, 305
sex trade, 214–20
see also prostitution
Shanghai Theater, 147–48, 217–20
Shell Oil, 203
Show magazine, 211, 212
Siegel, Benjamin “Bugsy,” 35, 36–38, 75, 82, 168, 184, 234, 236
Sierra Cristal, 276
Sierra Maestra, rebels in, 175–77, 198, 199, 203, 220, 222, 240, 254, 255, 259, 275, 284, 310
“Sierra Manifesto,” 222
Silesi, Joe, 109, 188
see also Rivers, Joe
Simms, Chester, 44–45, 74
SIM (Servicio de Inteligencia Militar), 98, 103, 110, 162, 166, 178, 202, 255, 293, 294
Sinatra, Francis Albert “Frank,” 39–43, 49, 84, 238–39, 290
Sindicato Gastronómico, 31, 224, 269, 310
Sloppy Joe’s, 12
slot machines, 164, 213, 302, 303, 304–5
Slots, Pat, 282
Smathers, George, 210
Smith, Ben, 248
Smith, Dana, 93–95
Smith, Earl E. T., 210, 265, 268, 275–76, 295–96
Smith, Florence, 210
Smith, Harry, 168, 248
Smith, Lou, 20
Smith, Wayne S., 307
socialism, 317, 320
Soler, William, 182, 223
Solitario, El, 151
see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.
Spanish Civil War, 102
Squillante, Vincent, 231
St. John’s Hotel, 319
Stacher, Joseph “Doc,” 16, 19, 32, 33, 37–38, 58, 59, 193, 238
Stag magazine, 215
Stassi, Joe, 12, 109, 186–87, 188–89, 197, 224, 228, 229, 234, 251, 279, 282, 298, 301, 306, 312, 319–20
Stassi, Joe Jr., 282–83, 298, 312
State Department, U.S., 46, 47, 94, 294, 295, 321
Statler Hotel, 27
Steve Allen Show (TV program), 248–49, 253–54
Story of Cuba’s Jungle Fighters, The (TV documentary), 222
Strasberg, Lee, 30
Stratton, Richard, 320
strike(s), 141, 260, 261, 274, 275
Sturgis, Frank, 310, 321–22
Suarez, Manuel “El Gallego,” 106
Suarez Arostegui, Pablito, 44
Suárez Fernández, Miguel, 283
Suarez Rivas, Eduardo, 7, 26, 44, 45, 150, 168, 209, 298, 307, 324
Suchowljansky, Maier, 51
see also Lansky, Meyer
“Suckers in Paradise” (Velie), 98
sugar, sugarcane, 12, 48, 59, 60, 103, 115, 130, 140, 176, 259, 293, 317
see also zafra
Sun Sun Babae (show), 148–49
Superman, 219–20
see also Toro, El
Sutton, Willie, 195
Syndicate, the, 6, 18–19, 27, 32, 34, 75, 76, 107, 190, 226
see also Commission, the
Szulc, Tad, 285
Tamayo, Martín Díaz, 294
Tammany Hall, 13, 55
Tampa Mafia, 134
Tampa Tribune, 134, 207, 232
Taylor, Elizabeth, 242
television, 85, 101
Templo de Marina, El, 215
Tendelera, 164
Tenuto, Freddie, 196
Texaco, 317
“thirty-three,” 181
Thomas, Hugh, 89
Three-Year Plan, The, 64
Tiempo en Cuba magazine, 102
Tiffany, Fred, 237
Tigres de Masferrer, Los, 103, 182, 223, 293, 324
Tobey, Charles, 81, 82, 84
To Have and Have Not (Hemingway), 11
Toro, E
l, 272–73
see also Superman
totalizer, 154
Tourine, Charles “The Blade,” 188, 279
see also Charley the Blade
tourism, tourists
between 1938 and 1940, 20
between 1952 and 1955, 96, 99, 111, 121, 125–26, 131, 133, 152–56, 161
between 1957 and 1958, 238–50, 270
between 1958 and 1959, 261, 277, 288, 297, 299, 306, 307, 310
Castro and, 161, 177, 200, 220
construction industry and, xiv, 133, 289–90
gambling by, 93–95, 96
during the Great Depression, 17, 20
Hotel Law 2074 and, 132
institute, 95
Lansky and, 164
music, showgirls, and celebrities to entertain, xiv, 93, 238–41, 242–43, 245–46, 248–50
sex geared toward, 12, 211–20, 238, 271–73
taxi drivers and, 150
during World War II and just after, 58, 67, 146
Tourism Commission, 103
Trafficante, Henry, 135, 136–37
Trafficante, Josephine, 313
Trafficante, Santo Jr.
Anastasia and, 226–28, 229, 231–33, 235–36, 263
at Apalachin Mafia convention, 236–37
assets of, 109, 150, 151–52, 153, 205–6, 207–8, 224
Batista and, xvi, 297, 301, 302, 306, 308, 309, 314
on Castro and his revolution, 178, 273–74, 283–84, 309–10, 323, 324, 326
Clark and, 188
Cuban empire dreams of, xv, 283, 292, 319
description of, 104
in the Dominican Republic, 278–81, 282
on father’s death, 133–34
incarceration of, 311–13, 323
on jazz, 246
Kefauver hearings and, 107, 135, 136–37
Kennedy and, 210–11
Lansky and, 104–5, 107, 109, 238, 251, 284–85
later years of, 326–27
Life magazine on, 264–65
mistress of, 110
at Mob conference, 32, 104
on Moncada attack, 113–14
on narcotics, 209
Ragano and, 105, 110, 135–36, 137, 270–74
Reina and, 286
Rothman and, 284
Rubio and, 170
Sinatra and, 238–39
Stassi and, 187
Sturgis and, 310
at the Tropicana, 151–52
Wall and, 107–9
Trafficante, Santo Sr., 105, 106, 107, 133–34, 170, 206–7, 283, 286
traganíqueles, 164
Treasury Department, U.S., 47
Triscornia Immigration Camp, 48–49, 312, 313, 323
Tropicana Hotel
Anastasia at, 224
automobile giveaway at, 203
Batistaismo at, 156
Bischoff at, 188
bombing of, 180–81
Brando and, 239
description and ownership of, 142–43
Fox at, 142–47, 149–51, 287
homosexuality at, 217
Kennedy at, 210
“King” Cole at, 155
McWillie at, 287, 313
Mob conferees entertained at, 33
Moré at, 179–80
orchestra at, 213
profitability of, 319
razzle-dazzle at, 97, 98
Rothman at, 284
Sans Souci and, 148
showgirls at, xvi, 33, 142, 180, 211–12
Stassi Jr. at, 283
Trafficante and, 150, 151–52, 205, 206
Tropicana Nights (Lowinger and Fox), 143
Truman, Harry S, 47, 89
Trust Company of Cuba, 131
Tucker, Sam, 104, 127, 270
Turkus, Burton B., 194
Turquino, 269
26th of July Clubs, 163
26th of July Movement, 163, 165, 173–77, 198–99, 203, 220–22, 223, 240, 254, 255–56, 257, 258, 259, 274, 275, 284–86, 294, 295, 306, 308, 309, 310, 317
see also Revolution, Cuban
Unione Italiana Club, L’, 134
unione siciliano, 14
United Fruit Company, 59, 60, 61, 63, 86–87, 115, 317
United Press International (UPI), 177
University of Havana, 69, 70, 87, 102, 118, 324
Valachi, Joseph, 196
Valdés, Bebo, 215
Varon, Joe, 266
Vaughan, Sarah, 155
Velie, Lester, 98
Ventura, Esteban, 297–98, 307
Villas, Las, 277, 299, 301
Vitone, Don. see Genovese, Vito
Volstead Act, 10
Waldorf-Astoria, 15, 49, 66, 70
Walker, Jimmy, 13, 55, 292
Wall, Charlie, 107–9, 170
Wall Street Journal, 327
Warwick Hotel, 197, 198, 226, 227, 231, 232
Weicha, Robert D., 285
Welles, Orson, 154
West Indies Fruit and Steamship Company, 153
When It’s Cocktail Time in Cuba (Woon), 12
Whitaker, Pat, 136
White, Charles, 188, 279, 281, 299–300, 306, 322
see also Charley the Blade
Winchell, Walter, 76, 238
World War II, 21–22, 101, 145, 146, 190–91, 323
Yaras, Dave, 98
Ybor City, 105, 107, 108, 137, 165, 170, 206, 207, 232, 283
zafra, 60, 143
see also sugar, sugarcane
Zaragozana, La, 186
Zarate, George “Saturday,” 207–8
Zwillman, Abner “Longy,” 19, 187
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