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Bolshevism is knocking at our gates, we can't afford to let it in...We must keep America whole and safe and unspoiled. We must keep the worker away from red literature and red ruses we must see that his mind remains healthy.

Al Capone

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Al Capone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 17
Died: 1947
Died: January 25
Brooklyn
New York
Sunday Albert
Scarface
Alphonse Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone
Whole
Workers
Must
Remains
Unspoiled
Mind
Safe
Bolshevism
Healthy
Knocking
Literature
Worker
Away
Gates
Keep
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America
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