Liquor law could jail bootleg buyers under new Jones statute
Federal official cites Section 146 to warn that any person who buys liquor from a bootlegger could face a $500 fine and up to three years in prison. Alexander Cavin notes the combination of the Jones law and prior statute could implicate buyers as knowing participants, prompting a rush to report the crime to authorities.
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Indianapolis
Alexander Cavin
United
Cavins
Federe
Pope names librarian for Vatican library
Rome May 3 Cardinal Ehrle named to preside over the Vatican’s modernized library. He succeeds Cardinal Casquet as custodian of priceless volumes and will assume duties at once.
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Rome
Cardinal Ehrle
Vatican
Cardinal Casquet
Enforcement and penalties under Section 146 and the Volstead Act
Cavins recalls a federal judge threatening a banker with Section 146 to enforce the Volstead Act. He notes the law is strong and that strict use would deter bootleggers, potentially driving liquor prices to high levels as each sale would require reporting.
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Torney
Cavins
A. B. Anderson
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Indiana
Traction Company Valuation Reduced by State Tax Board
The state tax board on Wednesday set Union Traction Company valuation at 2,187,367, down 711,643 from 1928. Other valuations include Wabash Railroad at 453,650 up from 14,939,250, and Louisville & Nashville Railroad at 2,998,460 down 19,470 from 1928.
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State Tax Board
Union Traction Company
Wabash Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railr
Arden area sewer street improvements approved at private cost
The board of public works approved a $300 000 street and sewer project in the Arden addition bounded by College avenue Pennsylvania street White River and Seventy first street. Inland Investment Company will develop and build the improvements under private contract, with asphaltic concrete streets and later city ownership. Public hearings set for May 10 and May 13.
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Board of Public Works
Arden Addition
College
U S Attorney De Groot Removed as Brooklyn D A
William A De Groot said he was removed as United States district attorney in Brooklyn The telegram from Attorney General William Mitchell confirmed the action The President had not sent the formal letter yet Howard Amell was named acting district attorney by the ruling judge
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Brooklyn
William A. de Groot
United States
de Groot
William Mitchell
Herbert Hoover
Howard Amell
United States Attorney
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