Word: dago
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Lawrence ("Dago") Mangano did business in Chicago for more than 20 years. Like many another poor youth he began modestly, as a pimp, burglar and small-time gambler. But Dago Mangano had brains and a pleasant, breezy personality. He soon became known as a man of executive ability. When Al Capone ran Chicago's Syndicate, Mangano was a trusted lieutenant. After Capone there was much unrest. The late Frank (The Enforcer) Nitti, Jack Guzik (TIME, May 1) and the incumbent Tony Accardo, successively became Syndicate chieftains...
...Dago Mangano never discounted the element of risk involved in business ventures; he always made it plain that he had no consuming ambition for power. Mike de Pike Heitler, Benjamin (Zookie the Bookie) Zuckerman and many others of his associates died noisily as the years passed, but Dago Mangano - "always prominent but never a big shot"-prospered in peace...
...Dago got along well with the law. He was arrested 200 times, but never served time. His explanation: "They were all bum raps, and besides I had good lawyers." He was human, of course-once he fired five shots at a cop who was ungallantly arresting a woman on a dark street-but in general he was a quiet citizen. He was a good husband and father (he lived with his wife and two adopted children) and he was generous with his girl friends and relatives...
...Cicero. One night last week Dago Mangano drove to Cicero, 111. for relaxation with Big Mike Pontelli (his bodyguard), and a girl named Rita Reyes, with whom Big Mike was enjoying a two-day binge. The trio drank innocently for several hours at the Paddock Lounge, a dim-lit bar which is tops in Syndicate society...
...DAGO RED - John Fante - Viking...