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As part of his stratagy in his crusade against organized crime, Thomas Dewey begins a prosecution against New York mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano who is eventually convicted of Prostitution ( Pandering ) and later imprisoned at the Clinton Correctional Facility . Other mobsters prosecuted by Dewey that year would include Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro who would be sentenced to life imprisonment.

John Avena , leader of the Philadelphia crime family, is gunned down by the rival Lanzetti Brothers beginning a five year gang war which would last until the death of William Lanzetti in 1939 . Underboss Joe Bruno assumes control of the organization from his headquarters in New Jersey.

Syndicate numbers runner and bookie Lester Binion is forced to flee Dallas, Texas and eventually reforms his criminal operations as a hotel owner in Las Vegas, Nevada .

January 4 - Former leader of the Morello Crime Family , Ciro Terranova is arrested by New York police officers on charges of vagrancy as he enters Manhattan.

July 15 - President Franklin Roosevelt orders the arrest of "Lupo the Wolf" Ignazio Saietta for violation of the terms of his parole to serve the remaining sentence stemming from a counterfeiting charge in 1918 .

August - While attempting to return to Manhattan, Ciro Terranova is arrested by NYPD officers on a second charge of vagrancy and held in custody.

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BIRTHS

James Basile "Duke", Chicago Outfit bookmaker and later government informant

DEATHS

John Avena , Philidelphia crime family leader