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Jones to Nichols Memorandum January 23, 1957 DETAILS: A. PURPOSE: Based on a letter from Bill Davidson, 440 East 55th Street, New York 2, New York, dated January 20, 1957, you requested a summary of informoatinn in Bofilee and other esnurras ronerearning cantioned individual ALIAWL ELLA AULE LIL EMAL ELC CRNA AL IIE BPR WE tet ALLL T ANE B. BACKGROUND: me ay “Francis Albe Sinatra, aka Frank Sinatra, was born December 12, 1915 or 1916, at Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of Martin Sinatra, a former professional boxer, and Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra, both of whom were allegedly born in Italy. He left high school in 1935 to work for the "Jersey Observer," a newspaper published in Hoboken, and during that year began his singing career in night clubs and roadhouses in the northern New Jersey area. He was married on February 4, 1939, to Nancy Barbato at Jersey City, New Jersey, and is the father of three children, Nancy, age 15, Frankie, age 11, and Christina, age 7. He was granted a divorce by his wife in 1951 and married actress Ava Gardner on November 7, 1951. He was separated from her after approximately two years of marriage. (Time Magazine, August 29, 1955, pages 52-59, and 62-83219-17) C. BUREAU RELATIONS WITH SINATRA: (1) Frederick C. Othman incident, February 9, 1944. On February 9, 1944, in a syndicated article, columnist Othman quoted Sinatra as saying he had received a letter from the Bureau concerning an applicant, in which he was requested to return four autographed photographs for the girls in Mr. Nichols' office. Upon interview, Othman claimed to have received the story from Sinatra years before when he was covering the Department of Justice. When contacted in this regard, Sinatra stated that the letter had come from the Adjutant General and that he had so informed Othman. He stated that he would have Othman correct thigMmatter. (62-83219-17) (2) Gary, Indiana, High School student strike, November 1, 1945. In October, 1945, the students of Froebel High School in Gary, Indiana, refused to attend their classes because of the large number of Negro students enrolled at the school. Frank Sinatra made a personal appeal to the students at an assem*ly held at the school to end the strike. During the course of this appeal, he launched a personal attack against two prominent citizens of Gary, Indiana, whom he re FU ADR ne eb edt ied pe I Ete