Jury Tells of Bootleg Union in Liquor Conspiracy Case
D Harvey Sykes testified in a Delaware County liquor conspiracy trial that State Senator John A. McClure disapproved of the bootleggers ring while allegedly taking about 69000 to 70000 dollars in levies. Seventy six defendants including McClure face federal charges for running a protection ring, a large brewery, and raided protection for lawbreakers.
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Philadelphia
D. Harvey Sykes
Deleware County
John A. McClure
McClure
Sykes
Hoarding of Gold Brings His Arrest in Boston
Gerald T. Driscoll, 32, a Boston city employee, was arrested on a secret federal indictment for hoarding $10,000 in gold. The charges allege withdrawals of $6,000 on March 2 and $5,000 on March 3 from the Federal Reserve Bank and a failure to file returns with federal authorities.
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Boston
Gerald T. Driscoll
Driscoll
Federal Reserve Bank
Bootleggers Union Aimed to Keep Polite Profits Quiet
Government records describe the Es Sington lighthouse as a cover for a still with Sykes testifying he led the bootleggers union to “keep polite bootleggers from comin in.”
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Essington
Sykes
Open Forum Letters Question NRA Support And Street Plan
A veteran critic argues the New Deal National Recovery Administration fails workers and that relief resembles English dole. Peter Rats Ihman urges street repairs to channel fund toward local streets. A San Antonio resident endorses a walkathon as a wholesome town act supporting local business and residents.
Aviator Cukurs Launches Made in Riga Plane to Africa
Paris reports Yugoslavian aviator Herbert Cukurs departed Le Bourget in a self built craft powered by a 30 horsepower motor salvaged from a 1916 French plane. He claims the craft, labeled YO-AAB, can cover 500 mile hops as officials and mechanics watch in awe.
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Paris
INS
Herbert Cukura
le Bourget
Africa
Army Will Use No More Foreign Food for Army
Seventh Corps officials announced receipt from the War Department in Washington that no foreign federaits will be purchased for use by the regular army or the civilian conservation corps. The ban extends to distribution of meat foods already bought and local quartermasters are checking inventories. The restrictions do not apply to tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, or spices.
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Army
Omaha
Seventh Corps
Ares
War Department
Washington
Regular Army
Ivilian Conservation Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Standard Oil Adds 1250 Employees Under Oil Code
The Standard Oil company of New Jersey reported that since adopting the oil code its domestic subsidiaries had added 1250 employees, with an additional wage and salary cost of 1,923,000 dollars annually. The notice appears in New York.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard O0 Company
New Jersey
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