Mafia Code and Rise of the Brotherhood in America
The text outlines Mafia codes of loyalty and punishment, the shift after Italian unification, and how Sicilian mafiosi expanded to the United States. It notes the Black Hand signature, targets in New York and other cities, and the 1925 immigration wave linked to Mussolini’s Fascist regime targeting the brotherhood’s control.
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Mafia
Sicily
America
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Brotherhood
Long Island
Mano Nera
San Francisco
Rise of Al Capone and Chicago Mafia under Prohibition
The article traces how Diamond Jim Colosimo’s Chicago empire collapsed under Detroit rivals and Torrio, who brought in Al Capone. Capone’s ascent as don’s executive marked a powerful Mafia era, aided by Prohibition and organized crime networks across Chicago and New York.
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Torrio
al Capone
Colosimo Torrio
Chicago
Capone
Sicily
Il Duce
Mori
Mussolini
United States
Charlie “Lucky” Luciano
New York
Don Giuseppe
Diamond Jim" Colosimo
Johnny Torrie
1St Ward
Congress
Colosimo
Mafiosi
Mafia
Albert Anastasia
Underworld
Swank Park Sheraton Hotel
Insurance Bill Raises Taxes On Life Insurance Firms
President Eisenhower signed a law boosting federal taxes on life insurance companies by about 60 percent. It replaces outdated formulas, taxes investment income at 52 percent on roughly a quarter of earnings, and for the first time taxes underwriting profits, with about half of those earnings taxed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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