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= - The Voice Will La HOILYWoOD, April 10—Crooner Prank Ginatra flew to New York today t receive an award for fighting in- erance after promising to appear in, lurt here next month for fighting 9 ew York Columnist. Frankie's vi tan, Lex dfortimer, was considering civil damage suit agalnst the spindly singer. Frankie is ta be tried on a battery charge May 27. If convicted he fates a possible $1000 fine and six mont jail sentence. NO SIX-SHOOTER NOW | This isn't the singer's first to-do with the press. A few mon vive? he threatened. by telegram give The News Hollywood Columnist Erskine ’ Johnson “a belt In ‘vicious and stupid mouth” if thé two ever miet. So far y ha’ . inatra’ was arrested yester- hearsal.. Judge Bert on letting him sur- his mind when he of j the complaint. = ee "His smile fade when the judge pro- claimed $500 bail. There was an em- ‘ berrassed silence while Prankie and . his attorney, Albert Pearson, frisked “* thelr pockets. “Un T I'm a little short today,” said man with the Million-dollar-a-year IDS, NOT MORONS spectators and newsmen hat to save Frankie the ign iny of going to jail, But he was ed further when Undersheriff Arthur ae | outside the club when three Tolson E, A. Tam Clegg Glavin____ Ladd Nichol . Rosen fb. Tracy_ Carson_____ . Egan Gurnea Harbo_ - Hendon Jones Leonard___. Pennington Quinn Tams Mr. Nease Lack (é (a Gun's) ‘Authority Now a Jewell announced the singer's gun per- ,grabbed me and Sinatra hit mit had heen suspended, —= | said. “I've got scratched wrists; and Frankie explained he took out they a broken watch to prove they held e.” permit two months ago to “protect j2 personal funds.” Shortly thereafter he went to Cuba, where he met Gambier Lucky “Doriano. Their alleged Sriewd- |: ship was blistered in Mr. Mortimedr’s column and was believed to be the |‘ spark for’ Tuesday night's fracas. ‘ (Frankie's “friendship” with Lucidno was first revealed by Robert Ruark, 6- foot, 200-pound columnist for The News and other Scripps-Howard pa- Frankie earlier charged Mr. Morti- mer muttered: “There's that dago™ to his date when the singer entered Ciro’s, “I don’t take that kind of talk,” said Frankie. “EF followed him outside. I saw red. I hit him. He's needled me for two years. He's referred to my: bobby-sozer fans as morons. not morons. They're fust kids.” Mr. Mortimer, however, claimed he hadn't even seen Sinatra fn the clyb and knew nothing until he felt the crooner’s fist on the left side of ical ie “I wag standing on top of the ; o SEIS: ge eP-A ge Sosy ea MOOR DED so gc APR 14 1947 | WASHINGTON NEWS DATE_“f- /0- 4-9 —A [ an d a woe f — re