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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...
...DAGO RED - John Fante - Viking...
Joseph Valentine (Guiseppe Valentino), who calls himself a "dago wop," has followed Deanna Durbin's cinema growth from a pup. Most great reputations in the business are built on subdued arty effects -the specialties of Toland, Gaudio and chunky Chinese James Wong Howe-but Valentine has won his colors with gaiety. The lilt he catches in the gait of Deanna Durbin swinging along, singing a song, is the difference between making a musical bright and fluffy or allowing it to settle like cold soufflé. Dark, athletic, with a Cupid's-bow mustache, Valentine is a leader...