Dewey's Racket Drive Crushes NYC Extortion Rings
In a sweeping 1937 campaign, special rackets prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey targets restaurant trucking and other extortion networks in New York. He wins 64 convictions and exposes a $160 million underworld slush fund feeding crime across industries.
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Lucky” Luciano
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Roger D. Greene
Guy
Max Walschin
James Plumeri
Jimmy Doyle
Walschin
Dewey
Woolworth
Nate Brown
Brown
Broadway
Hero
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Owosso
Mich
Samuel Tilden
Boss Tweed
Charles Parkhurst
Tammany
Richard Croker
Theodore Roosevelt
William Travers Jerome
Charles S. Whitman
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Sing Sing
Whitman
Albany
Samuel Seabury
Eoe
Harlem
Alexander Pomez
Mexico
Dutch Scultz
Jules Martin
Sam Krantz
Lindy’s
Jack Dempsey
Hollywood
the Green
Central Park
Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
William Lowenstein
Samuel Klein
Union Square
Irving Epstein
Schultz
Dewey Calls For Clean City As Whip Falls Again
Citizens hear Dewey promise ongoing crackdown as authorities pursue reform. The statement, likely tied to crime and corruption cleanup, vows continued actions until the city is clean.
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Dewey
Learn Character From the Hands Palmistry Booklet Ad
Palmistry notes claim studying hand shapes nails mounts reveals character and temperament. The Winchester Evening Star offers a ten cent booklet Fortune Telling with diagrams through its Information Bureau in Washington. Fresno coeds reportedly dislike rattlesnake soup after eating a skinned snake prepared by scientists and a biology professor.
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Fresno
Calif
Fresno State College
Earl H. Coleman
Leo F. Hasdall
George W. Graves
Local Residents Have Weekend Visits And Health Updates
News from Middletown Virginia notes Herbert Larrick of Washington DC and Lee Hottel with family spent the weekend here with relatives. Several residents are in ill health or improving after recent trips and hospital visits. A picnic at Elizabeth Furnace and a new garage for Walter McCauley are among weekend happenings.
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Middletown
Herbert Larrick
Washington
D. C
Howard Owings
Lee Hottel
Larrick
Betty Lee Perry
E. R. Sperry
Sadie Harris
Masters Jack
Charles Sperry
Carson Dettra
Winchester
McKey
Washington, D. C
Davis Manuel
Manuel
Pittsburgh
Cumberland
Will Owings
Tom Sperry
Maude Wright
Julia Margaret Colfelt
Ruth Keith
Baltimore
Wron Cornwell
Cornwell
Keith
Walter McCauley
Church Street
Mary Sibert
L. L. Sibert
Page Md
Rife
Elizabeth Purnace
Refuge Brevities from Refuge Virginia
Local notes from Refuge Virginia on July 29 detail social visits among residents including Luther Grim White Post and Frank Pitcock households. The Refuge cemetery fence is being rebuilt as a needed improvement. Several visitors from Washington DC and Middletown visited area families over the weekend, and relatives shared time with grandparents Willis Ruggies and James Orndoff.
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Refuge
Luther Grim
White Post
Frank Pitcock
John White
Marvin White
Glen
Austin Conner
Morris Mitchell
Walter Leith
Washington, D. C
Howard Leith
Arthur Ruggies
Harry Pitcock
Funeral Attendees Remember Mrs. Charlotte Heironimus
Residents of Brush Creek Va joined the funeral for Mrs. Charlotte Heironimus wife of Raymond L. Heironimus of 1350 E St Washington DC. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs Edward R Dailey and daughter Myrtle Mr Fervin O Heironimus and Mrs Ruth plus others from the area.
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Brush Creek
Charlotte Heironimus
Raymond L. Heironimus
E. St
Washington, D. C
Edward R. Dailey
Myrtle
Fervin O. Heironimus
Ruth
Local Families Share News From Opequon Lake Area
M Kerns and family near Opequon Lake host relatives and visitors. Annie Collins improving. Ernest Gray's grandchildren visited. Laura DeHaven and Earl Whitacre noted in area social updates. Ruth Kerns and Fervin Heirohimus with sister Ruth spent time with Kerns. Don McDonald, A P Whitacre visits listed among local exchanges.
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M. Kerns
Harry O. Kerns
Opequon Lake
Arose ¥. Dailey
Martinsburg
Annie Collins
Ernest Gray
Laura DeHaven
Earl Whitacre
Winchester
Fervin Heirohimus
Ruth Kerns
Don McDonald
A. P. Whitacre
E. R. Dailey
E. L. Gray
Arnold Dailey
Sunnyside News Social Roundup Sees Local Visits
Sunnyside Virginia notes a family visit as Mr and Mrs E D Shirley host relatives at Sunnyside and their son Harry Shirley hosts guests. Cedar Creek Grade residents John Whiting and family visit. Bertha Stine and daughter Janice spend time with Sue Barr in Winchester. Purcell Dick and friends fish Capon River. Edward Foreman ill with lumbago. Bryan Stotler and family travel to Washington DC. Annie Foreman and Purcell Dick host weekend visitors. Janice Stine welcomes cousin Virginia Ann Johnson from St Louis.
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Sunnyside
E. D. Shirley
Harry Shirley
John Whiting
Cedar Creek Grade
Bertha Stine
Janice
Sue Barr
Fairmont Avenue
Winchester
Purcell Dick
Virginia Ann Johnson
St. Louis
Mt. Pleasant Items at quarterly conference notes
Mt. Pleasant Virginia on July 29 reports Mrs. John Perry and son Woodrow Mrs. Pearl Cochran and son Clarence and Mr Cline Barr attended the quarterly conference at the church gathers local items and names attendees.
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MT. Pleasant
John Perry
Woodrow
Pearl Cochran
Clarence
Cline Barr
Community Notes From Pleasant Grove and Nearby
Social visits unfold around Pleasant Grove including Mrs Herman Adams and Richard, Mr Oliver Hamilton, Miss Newcome of Winchester, Mr Edward Perry and Mr Julian Elliott from Silver Springs, Md. Religious revival postponed to August 1 with weeklong sessions. Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. Louise Perry stays with James Russell at Red Bud. Perry Marple travels to Florida for his mother’s illness.
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Pleasant Grove
Herman Adams
Richard
Oliver Hamilton
Harry Lamp
Newcome
Winchester
Will Lamp
Edward Perry
Julian Elliott
Silver Springs
Bessie Smith
Lester
Sale Newlin
Opequon
Bessie Rosenberger
Edna Allamong
Berryville Pike
Albert Hamilton
John Perry
Christian Endeavor
Louise Perry
James Russell
Red Bud
Perry Marple
Florida
Hables Palace presents The Affairs of Cappy Ricks and Racing Lady
Hable's Palace shows Walter Brennen Mary Brian and Lyle Talbot in The Affairs of Cappy Ricks today only. Supplementing features include a Fox News reel and a comedy. Racing Lady with Harry Carey and Ann Dvorak plays Friday only. Also on program Secret Agent cartoon and vaudeville acts on screen.
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Walter Brennen
Mary Brian
Lyle Talbot
Peter B. Kyne
Cappy Ricks
Hable’s Palace
Cappy
Fox News
Harey Carey
Ann Dvorak
Palace Theatre
Damon Runyon
Will Rogers Humorous Story Sparks Editor Letter Exchange
A dramatic note from an editor praising a manuscript as exalted is contrasted with a sharp joke about editors returning work. The piece mocks excessive flattery and suggests American editors rarely reject submissions while joking about Japanese customs of returning unprintable material.
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American News Features
Spanking Ordered After Drunkenness Conviction
Judge Clarence Terry orders Ruby Miller's husband to spank her as punishment after a drunkenness conviction. Miller was found swimming fully clothed in San Diego Bay while the case notes previous similar actions.
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San Diego
Calif
Ruby Miller
Clarence Terry
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Earl Shade
Gore
W. J. Stuart
Pine Motor Co
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Boyce Garage
Middletown Garage
Sunnyside News
Will Rogers
Papa Spank
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