Federal, Local Officers Put Legal Pincers on Gamblers
Federal and local authorities launched a two pronged drive to trap gamblers under new laws. The Internal Revenue Bureau began a vigorous crackdown on those evading a 10 percent tax by registering for a $50 annual stamp while local agencies target unregistered bettors. Officials pledged full data sharing on thousands of registered gamblers and urged cooperation with state and local enforcement.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
John B. Dunlap
Bureau
Senate
Five Deputies Reinstated After Fire Extinguisher Probe
Los Angeles reports the county civil service commission reversed firings of five deputy sheriffs for alleged inhuman treatment of prisoners. Houtz was kept on trial for a felony assault, Staebler Foster and Meenks were found guilty of neglect of duty, and Harper was cleared. The case involved spraying Henry Scott and Reuben Smith with a carbon dioxide extinguisher, causing burns on October 26.
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Los Angeles
County Civil Service Commission
Eugene Biscailuz
Edward H. Houtz
Fred L. Staebler
Walter H. Foster
William B. Meenks
Robert E. Harper
Houtz
Staebler
Foster
Meenks
Negelet
Harper
Henry Scott
Reuben Smith
Safety Medal Winner In Disaster At Chatham Bus Tragedy
A double decker bus in Chatham England killed 23 boy cadets and injured nineteen others as it struck marching children on a road near the naval barracks. The driver, John George Samson, 57, a veteran of forty years with Chatham and District Traction Co., was hospitalized after the crash.
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Chatham
Eng
John George Samson
Samson
Royal Marine Corps
Naval Bar
Chatham and District Traction Co
Col Amis
Marine Corps
Navy
Thames River
London
Britain
Henry VIII
Suspect Slain in Chicago Auto Theft Try
In Chicago on December 5 192? detective Raymond Harmening shot Dom in Liberto 21 an apprentice printer as he tried to enter a car police said the vehicle was Liberto's own. Harmening said Liberto grabbed the pistol prompting the fatal shot after a half hour stakeout.
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Chicago
Dominic di Liberto
di Liberto
Raymond Harmening
Harmening
Charles Walsh
80Th and
Halsted Sts
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Eerie
Long Beach
Simmons
American Ave
Asad
Tony Blik
Tomer Par' An
Purrey
iThick
Isey
Durham
Handsome Boston Socko
Wan
COSCO
Bacey
McMahon
E. Anaheim
Dr. Walker
M. H. Walker
Ginnamon Sugarloaf
van de Kamp
van de Kamps
Wilshire
Wilshire Blvd
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