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1941

“Cop Kills Holdup Man”

November 24, 2024
1941, PM


PM, November 24, 1941, p.13

Cop Kills Holdup Man:

A few minutes after he had held up an Essex Street lunchroom on the Lower East Side and shot a patron, Vincent Mannuzza, 31, was lying dead at the feet of the cop who shot him. Patrolman Laurence Cramer, right, shot and killed Mannuzza, after a two-block chase and is shown handing the gunman’s revolver to Sgt. Eugene Morland. The $20 loot taken from the restaurant lies in Mannuzza’s hat at his side. An ambulance surgeon crouches over the dead man who was shot in he head and back. Mannuzza shot a customer, Adam Zayko, 50, when he refused to go into the back room with two other customers and the manager of the lunchroom.
PM Photo by Weegee
PM, November 24, 1941, p.13


“Dreamsville, Ohio”; Charlie Spivak and his Orch.; Jean Hutton; Lee; Rinker; Freeland; Okeh (6518); Publication date: November 24, 1941


The Niagara Falls Gazette, Monday, November 24, 1941, p. 22


Brooklyn Eagle, November 24, 1941, p.3


Long Island Daily Press, November, 24, 1941, p.1


Richmond Record, November 24, 1941,

“…Pup Almost Dies…”

November 17, 2024
1941, PM


“Coming Out Party”; Count Basie and his Orchestra; Ebbins; Okeh (6564); Publication date: November 17, 1941


PM, November 17, 1941, p.18

Mongrel Pup Almost Dies Saving 16 Families in Fire
Jerry, mongrel collie, was overcome by smoke in a fish store at 210 E. 10th St., but not before he attracted the attention of a passerby.

When the ambulance arrived an intern gave the unconscious pup an injection and continued treatments until he regained his senses. Sixteen families made their escape from apartments above the store, due to Jerry’s warning.

John Lamanna, Jerry’s owner, tenderly carries him off wrapped in a blanket. The intern said the dog would recover.
PM Photos by Weegee”
PM, November 17, 1941


“More Than You Know”; Count Basie and his Orchestra; Lynne Sherman; Eliscu; W. Rose; Youmans; Winter; Okeh (6584); Publication date: November 17, 1941

“Brooklyn School Children See Gambler Murdered in Street”

October 9, 2024
1941, PM


PM, October 9, 1941 p.15

Brooklyn School Children See Gambler Murdered in Street

Pupils were just leaving P.S. 143, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, at 3:15 yesterday when Peter Mancuso, 22, described by police as a small-time gambler, pulled up in a 1931 Ford at a traffic light a block from the school. Up to the car stepped a gunman, who fired twice and escaped through the throng of children. Mancuso, shot through the head and the heart, struggled to the running board and collapsed dead on the pavement. Above are some of the spectators…


Brooklyn Eagle, October 9, 1941, p.3

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New York Daily News, October 9, 1941

LONE GUNMAN KILLS GAMBLER IN AUTOMOBILE

A small-time Brooklyn gambler, Peter Mancuso, 23, was slain at 3:20 P.M. yesterday when he stopped his car at the crowded intersection of Roebling St. and N. Sixth St., Brooklyn.

A lone assailant darted up to the car and liquidated Mancuso with two bullets fired at close range through the open front window…

One bullet hit Mancuso in the head, another in the heart. With a dying effort he got the door of the car open and toppled into the street…

Meanwhile, P.S. 143, a block away, on Havermeyer St., was just letting out. The slayer dashed down N. Seventh St. heading for the school and zig-zagged among the crowds of children… the fugitive darted into Havermeyer St. and disappeared.


Buffalo Courier Express, October 9, 1941, p.1


Washington Post, October 9, 1941


The Knickerbocker News, October 9, 1941, p.9


“I Know Why (And So Do You)”; Carl Hoff and his Orchestra; Tony Russell; Gordon; Warren; Okeh (6478); Publication date: October 9, 1941