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H A life ‘term. turned.-ou im month, as: Jacob. meee : pial at 4 page of 50, ough his name was always slinked with that of his keteer widekick, Louis “Lepke Buch- galter, Shapiro” was a me aettover of the “racket” days in WNew York when he entered Sing Bing May 9, 1944, to serve a sen- ce of 15 years to life. “Lepke” been executed two months earlier for a killing in Brooklyn. 2 Bhapiro pleaded guilty to one nt of an indictment accusing TY or, ‘7 ive, of extorting . $500,000 from ; 0 be three years “and one t employers and unions in the gar- ment trucking industry. Earlier, with Buchalter,-he had served a. Federal term for a $1,000,000-a-° year racket in the fur industry. Though he was referred to_hy the Department of Justice atone ; time—as—the-most_viciauy killer ” Shapiro had never | been_cenvicted on a_ murder arge, He , however, been Ce:sinued on Page 8 oat JUN1 0 1947 | VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE* ’ i e = New York Daily Mirror Page Jacoh (Gurrah!) Shapiro Ends lite term in three yeofs. 340 / Lug At .f Mr. Mr. Mr. Miss 42 JUN 25 1947 f BOTs t# Coffey Glavin__ Ladd Tracy Carson Egan Hendon Pennington Quinn Tamr Nease 60 - (So (-4p wee -