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not own a whorehouse (yet). Third of all the only scary thing about your block is that you live on it. And by the way, don’t get any funny ideas about our bat-boy. He is a good kid. And if he one day falls on the ground with bubbles coming out of his mouth due to arsenic or etc., your going to be in big trouble.
    They are making us play Sarasoda for 5 days in a row and the hotel they gave us only has 3 walls. There use to be 4 but one of them blew off in the Hurricane of ’38 and they keep forgetting to put it back. Me and Stuke are sharing our room with two tree snakes and a cotton rat but only until Rita Hayworth gets here.
    Charlie
    P.S. Britain got enough bundles from us already, such as bailing their ass out of France in 1918 and picking up the tab for it. We do not need to give them anything else. Maybe if they paid their bills once in a while.
    P.S.2. Your too easy to piss off. You should watch that.
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    Mrs. J. Hicks
    Alexander Hamilton Jr. High
    2236 Bedford Avenue
    Brooklyn NY
    Dear Mrs. Hicks,
    Please excuse Joseph Margolis and Craig Nakamura from school tomorrow due to watching me and the team kick the crap out of Brooklyn.
    Very truly yours,
Chas. Banks
3d Base
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    Alexander Hamilton Junior High School
    To: Charles Banks
    From: Herbert Demarest, Principal
    Re: Joseph Margolis/Craig Nakamura
    Your absence excuse has been duly received and accepted. In the future, please telephone me directly about such matters. I can’t put a note like this in the boys’ files—only a handful would understand. Mrs. Hicks is not one of them.
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    Temple Chizuk Amuno
    1243 Parkside Avenue • Brooklyn, New York
    Mr. David Margolis
    900 Fifth Avenue
    New York, New York
    Dear Mr. Margolis:
    Congratulations on your son’s upcoming thirteenth birthday. In accordance with the traditions of our faith, as well as the calendar of our synagogue, we have scheduled his Bar Mitzvah for Saturday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m.
    Joseph’s Bar Mitzvah instruction will commence in early May, and will continue once a week thereafter. As the father’s participation is of singular significance, we are able to offer evening lessons Monday through Thursday in order to accommodate your workday schedule.
    Please let me know of your availability so that we may begin preparing Joseph for his passage into manhood.
    Respectfully,
Rabbi Morris Lieberman
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    Rabbi Morris Lieberman
    Temple Chizuk Amuno
    1243 Parkside Avenue
    Brooklyn, New York
    Dear Rabbi Lieberman:
    My wife and I expect to be out of the country from Labor Day through early November. However, we will be with you in spirit.
    Our very best to you and Mrs. Lieberman.
    Very truly yours,
David Margolis
    DM:mm
    [Dictated but not read]
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    Giants Whip Brooklyn 7–1 in Home Opener at Polo Grounds

    Runs batted in—Ott, Banks 3, Danning 2, Phelps.
    Two-base hits—Medwick. Three-base hits—Witek, Demaree. Home runs—Danning, Phelps. Double plays—Lavagetto, Herman, Camilli; Whitehead, Witek, Stuker. Left on bases—Brooklyn 5, New York 5. Bases on balls—Off Casey 4, Off Hubbell 1. Struck out—By Casey 2, Hubbell 1. Hits—Off Casey 12 in 8 innings. Wild pitches—Casey. Winning pitcher—Hubbell. Losing pitcher—Casey. Umpires—Goetz, Reardon and Conlan. Time of game—2:11. Attendance—42,653.
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    I NTERVIEWER: Donald M. Weston, Ph.D.
    S UBJECT: Joseph Charles Margolis
    Q: Wow.
    A: That’s not all. Every time he came to the plate he’d turn around and ask us what he should do. Everybody saw it. Even on the radio. They thought we were really short coaches.
    Q: I heard. You even made the papers.
    A: We did ?
    Q: The Telegram . I saved it for you. So what did you tell him?
    A: I said he should look for the inside fastball since that’s what Hugh Casey likes to throw at him. Craig just told him to give the bat to Mel Ott so we could see some real hitting.
    Q: That