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Director, FBI August 2, 1946 Ret CAaPGA to develop information regarding individuale in this town . Feputedly to do muscle work for the Rival Syndicate, states that he will have further information concerning @ssociation today and as soon aa this is received it will be furnishea the Chicago Field Division. Also, it is COMserning nd this office will be given the benefit of that as soon as it 18 available. The attention of the Chicago Office is drawn to the magazine Digest* for the month of Auguet, on Page 21 of which appears the article “Scarface Rules Again" by VICTOR GRANT. This «ticle in some detail deals with the Capga Case. also, the attention of the Chicago Office is directed to “Life™ Magazine, the issue of way 15, 1944, entitled “Gangland stirs Again”. This artiale as the one referred to in the "Magazine Digest” and the possibility exists that both of them may have as their original informant JAMES RAGEN, sr. In letter to the Bureau dated July 26, 1946 the Chicago Office asked the Los Angeles Office, among others, to determine whether any y individuals had departed from thia area for New York, where an anticipated meeting of various big-time hoodluns was to be held. The informants of this Field Division have been unable to develop facts indicating that persons tied in with this enterprise left Los Angeles for New York at such a time. Reportedly, wa, was in tos Angeles about July 24,1946 fora dayor_an- has been attempting to find out whether was in Los Angeles, but has been unable to develop any positive information to date, As pointed out in my letter dated August 2, 1946, captioned as above, was in Los Angeles for a day or 90 and it may be that | he was here to meet with although that, of course, is pure : conjecture, 16 aole to develop furtner information concerning the activities o. It_is his idea, however, that if were in vown 1t undoubtedly was in connection with the wire service, ani since his om infurmants tell him that some of