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Eddie Cantor — Part 04
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the above Lotters. This cavelops was postmarked at Los Angeles aod dated
Jansary 8, l9sl. The anvslope coataloed a piece of white papar about. 3t x.4.
co whict zas staped a prioted mssag *Death to I.?.R:-and tb. Britiab.
Wassch advisod that siailar.envelopes with similar writing were sent to the
police chieis in Now Crleans, Kanses City, aod pomibly other caties which wer..
postaarked at Los Argeles and dated Jaouary 8, lgsl.
wassch further stated tbat bo Selt that'the printing oo the slip
of paper was done by a rubber stasp grintiog prass sncn es the kind purcsased in
a Woolsorth store for 20. ceats.: He added that ho had purcbased such s priating
press and had corpared it with the printing on tbe slips sent to ths police
dated June 20, l940, and April Zl, 194l, have beeo placed in instant rile. Kasso
frthor advieod that he had conducted an' actire investigtion to deterains the
writer of these anonymous lettars and he felt that the writer of these lstters
peyoapuos peq sq geqn pegrs og:2aaics Arqeqotd pue uerrear Srqaqeid 'oreox e sex
a dandriting contest in one of ths higb chools ia tbs sction of'Los Angeles
where most of the Italisn perscas lirad. He also stated his Lavestigation revealed
that the ouabsr on the postaark was of no aasiotanco :in locstirg tts placs aaery
the letter was sailed in that this nusber serely represented tbs ouaimr of the
machines ausbers 1 through l3 mere located in the Terminal Annex, Los Angeles,
and that sll letters in tho possession cf the Secret Sorvice attributed to tb.
uakoown subject were canceled at the Terainal Aonex.
Wsson furtber air'sod that nis imestigation cf tbo puper used
by the sobject revealed thst the paper caae froa a ruled tatlet =tich couid be
purchased in any lu-cent store and that tho envelopes were conzon eavelopes maich
couid likawisc to purchased in a ten-cent store; that noither th. cwlopes nor
tne paper contained any wateraarks..
On Septesber 1, l942, pbotostatic sopios of the two letters
re:celred frax tho Secret Servico, oae dated June 20, l940, and one dated April
27, l94l, were forcrded to tho Tacanical Laboratory of tha Bureau for camgarieoa
with ths letter adrasaed to Juuge Jniirl aod tho letter addressed ts
datsd Deceaber 13, 194l.
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Caafidantlal Xaiiwrai Dofsnss Inforaet
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sodressod to "inited arrists Studio, Sollywood, Cal.. Tho wvelope ras handuritte
and ia ink, coatuining mo roturr adcrass, and was postmrked'at Los Angles,
Nusber 3ol. Ho-date was shon. The-eaveiope-coatained s sanll slip of whit.
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