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Italian name was Giuseppe Liberati, per Declaration of Intention dated 26 Mar 1942. Declaration also gives birth date as 18 Oct 1889. Arrived on SS Venezia.
1940 census gives age as 50.
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Marriage record gives birth year as 1878.
Parent's names from his marriage certificate
"BLIND BOWLER DIES. Otto Liebrich Organized First Team For Sightless Players. Funeral services for Otto Liebrich, 53 years old, who died Thursday at his residence, 41 Lakewood Avenue, will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from Schraffenberger's chapel, 3117 Vine Street, with burial in Spring Grove.
Mr. Liebrich, who became blind 15 years ago, was a member of the Judge Bell Blind Home. Later he organized the first blind bowling team in the United States. He also was a member of Court Mohican, Independent Order of Foresters; Bethlehem Council, Junior Order, and the Salem Reformed Church.
Surviving him are his widow, his mother, Mrs. Barbara Weiss Liebrich of Hamilton, and one son, Calvin."--16 Nov 1930, The Cincinnati (OH) Inquirer
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At the time of his registration for the WWII draft, he was unemployed and living in Pittsburgh.
Arrived 17 Nov 1914 from London to NY in ship "Transylvania", hotel manager.
"NEW MANAGERS ON JOB FOR AMERICUS CLUB.--N.F. Bicking and William Liebrich, two of the best-known club and hotel men in Pittsburg, yesterday took charge of their new positions as manager and assistant manager, respectively, of the Americus Republican club, Smithfield st. Mr. Bicking has been connected with the Pittsburg Athletic association for seven years and during the past five years has been chief assistant to E.B. Danenhower, manager of the P.A.A. Mr. Liebrich resigned his position as maitre d'hotel and restaurant manager of the William Penn hotel a short time ago.
N.F. Bicking and William Liebrich are assisting in arranging the luncheon to be given at the club next Saturday at noon in honor of United States Senator Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin and ex-Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York, who will speak Saturday night at the thirty-second annual Grant day dinner of the Americus Republican club, in the Williamm Penn hotel."--24 Apr 1918, The Pittsburgh (PA) Press
"WALSH CLOSES AMERICUS CLUB AS WARRENTS GO OUT FOR HEADS--Ba and Card Rooms Shut Up By Clancey.--DAILY INSPECTION IS ORDERED---Characterizing his action as a "final warning to all clubs, large or small in the downtown and Northside districts," Police Inspector J.P. Clancey, of the Northside station, yesterday ordered the bar, card rooms, billiard rooms, poker rooms and candy booth of the Americus club, 211 Smithfield street, closed indefinitely. The action comes as the result of a raid on the club late Friday after liquor is declared to have been purchased by the agents from a member of the club. Inspector Clancey said he had been ordered by Superintendent Peter P. Walsh to close every club in his district....
Only two men connected with the club, which was raided by prohibition officers late Friday, appeared yesterday before the commissioner. They were William Liebrich, manager, and Albert Schmidt, waiter. The president, C.R. Moore, vice presidents, secretary and treasurer of the organization will be arrested later. Testimony disclosed that the raid had been made upon a search warrant issued upon the affidavit of George O. Paff of 646 Southern avenue, Mt. Washington, a member of the club.
NABBED CARRYING RUM. Paff was arrested by prohibition agents Thursday night when he carried five bottles of whiskey out of the front door of the club and sold them to prohibition agents. Paff's affidavit, made later, declared that he had purchased the liquor from Liebrich.
According to the agent who bought the whiskey from Paff, there was some delay,, and Paff told them that 'the president had just stepped in, and if he knew what was going on he would knock his (Paff's) head off.'
Paff, it was testified, told the agents the whiskey they were buying was 'the same whiskey sold and served in the Americus Club, and the agents could rely upon getting good stuff.' He was also said to have informed the agents that if they had given him a little longer notice, he could have obtained five or 10 cases from either the Americus Club or another source in the city..."--7 Feb 1926, Pittsburgh (PA) Daily Post
"NEW TAVERN OPENS--Downtown Fifth Avenue Gets Dine and Drink Retreat. The Grill Room Tavern, Pittsburgh's newest dine and drink restaurant, was opened yesterday at 339 Fifth Avenue. It is supervised by William Liebrich, formerly of the Maurice in Paris, the Monopole in Berlin, the Savoy and the Carlton in London and the Plaza and Holand House in New York.
The room is designed to resemble a century-old English inn. Music is by the Budapest Orchestra, Julius Bella, director, and the Pittsburgh Male Chorus."--14 Mar 1934, The Pittsburgh (PA) Press
"New Manager Is At Summit Hotel--William Liebrich, formerly manager of the Mountain View hotel at Greensburg and the Americus and University Clubs in Pittsburgh, has been appointed manager of the Summit hotel by Leo L. Heyn, president of the Summit Hotel Company.
Mr. Liebrich has had some 35 years of intensive hotel training, both here and abroad, and just before the war, was connected with two of London's most famous hotels, the Savoy and the Barkley, in the capacity of maitre d'hotel. Mr. Liebrich counts among his many friends in England such famous and well known personalities as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and many well known people of the English nobility. While working in France, Mr. Liebrich at one time worked under the most famous of all chefs, the internationally known Monsieur Escoffier."--1 Dec1939, The (Uniontown PA) Morning Herald