Mike Vulvo sent me some newspaper links a couple weeks ago. I could not download them. So I sent the links to our friend of the Hobby. The FEZ and 744 chips were both mentioned in “Illegal Of The Day Wisconsin posted on 9/13/10 but it did not have much in the way of history in it. This post solves that little problem. Mike has a few of the FEZ and 744 available for trade.

Enough Of That:

Wisconsin:

Enter our “Friend Of The Hobby.”
FEZ and 744 hubs.

Here’s the articles. I added a couple more.

Abe Katz was born in Russia, emigrated around 1914.
Katz died at Las Vegas, NV in 1972 age 76.

Also, I thought I recognized the name L.M. Mouse on the FEZ chip card:

Looks like Fez chips also went to LM Mouse in Akron. I did an “Illegal Of The day Ohio 7” posted on 4/24/11, about him and the OAS chips in Akron, OH. Not sure what this means yet.

May be another FEZ Mason card for Mr Mouse.
Mr Mouse did not pick them up and Mason resold them to Katz. (this is my guess)
Katz and Mouse had some kind of connection.

Fourth Street Smoke Shop
735 Fourth St
Milwaukee, WI
1934

744 Club
744 N Sixth St, address change per article below.
Abe Katz
Milwaukee, WI
Chips delivered in 1936-37

Milwaukee Journal—6nov1942

We have seen the above lawsuits in other “Illegal Of The Day” posts. I have been gambling for over 50 years and never blamed anyone else for losses. Las Vegas has this type of lawsuit quite often.

Milwaukee Sentinel—24oct1948

Surely the cops would not be protecting the gambling joints!

Milwaukee Journal—28oct1948

pic from article above:

Similar raid method used by police in both instances below.

A couple of months after the FEZ chip order, the Fourth Street Smoke Shop at 735 N. Fourth is raided.
Milwaukee Journal—30dec1934

Six months prior to the 744 chip order, 744 Club at 744 N. Sixth raided. Police seized some chips, I guess the club needed more.
Milwaukee Journal—5nov1935

If I ever made 18 straight passes I would own part of the joint. I quit shooting crap in the early 1980’s but I always was a shooter that played a rush and shoved winnings back at them as fast as I could.

pic from 1948: