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Booze Smuggling Exposes Gaps in Prohibition Enforcement
A Seattle Star report reveals that Order Number 68, issued April 30 1921, blocks Justice Department agents from aiding prohibition efforts in Florida. Officials cite lack of manpower and boats, with Miami smugglers exploiting gaps at night from Nassau bound vessels.
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Florida
Bahama Islands
Star
Newspaper Enterprise Association Service
Department of Justice
Florida East Coast
Department of Justice Coop
Prohibition
Treasury Department
Washington
Department
Miami
L. AE. Howe
Howe
Nassau
New Orleana
Law
Custom Office
David Tyre
Tyre
Thomas J. Whitten
Port of
Bay of Biscay
Whitten
Atlantic
M. S. Boost
Naval Intelligence
Bopst
Seattle Star