"STOOL PIGEONS" AIDING PROHIBITION AGENTS
A Chicago newspaper is reported as saying that information from a paid corps of private informers enabled the government to seize contraband liquor, described as a new phase of Volstead enforcement. Under the plan, the prohibition administrator may put informers on the payroll without individual sanction from Washington; the informers carry no credentials and are instructed never to appear at headquarters, and the seized property is said to have included two cars of pure grain alcohol taken from railroad tracks and a number of large stills.
Chicago, Oct. 20 (AP) - The Chicago Tribune says today that as a result of information obtained by prohibition Administrator Yellowley from a paid espionage corps, marking a new phase of Volstead enforcement, the government has landed $125,000 worth of contraband liquor.
Under the espionage plan, the newspaper said, the prohibition head has permission to put private informers on the payroll at $5 a day without obtaining individual sanction from Washington. The "stool pigeons" have no credentials, the account continues, and are instructed never to appear at headquarters.
Heretofore, it was stated, espionage appropriations were confined to the secret service, largely as a government weapon against counterfeiters.
The property which the paper said was seized as a result of spy information included two cars of pure grain alcohol, confiscated on railroad tracks, and a number of large stills.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
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"STOOL PIGEONS" AIDING PROHIBITION AGENTS
A Chicago newspaper is reported as saying that information from a paid corps of private informers enabled the government to seize contraband liquor, described as a new phase of Volstead enforcement. Under the plan, the prohibition administrator may put informers on the payroll without individual sanction from Washington; the informers carry no credentials and are instructed never to appear at headquarters, and the seized property is said to have included two cars of pure grain alcohol taken from railroad tracks and a number of large stills.
Chicago, Oct. 20 (AP) - The Chicago Tribune says today that as a result of information obtained by prohibition Administrator Yellowley from a paid espionage corps, marking a new phase of Volstead enforcement, the government has landed $125,000 worth of contraband liquor.
Under the espionage plan, the newspaper said, the prohibition head has permission to put private informers on the payroll at $5 a day without obtaining individual sanction from Washington. The "stool pigeons" have no credentials, the account continues, and are instructed never to appear at headquarters.
Heretofore, it was stated, espionage appropriations were confined to the secret service, largely as a government weapon against counterfeiters.
The property which the paper said was seized as a result of spy information included two cars of pure grain alcohol, confiscated on railroad tracks, and a number of large stills.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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"STOOL PIGEONS" AIDING PROHIBITION AGENTS
A Chicago newspaper is reported as saying that information from a paid corps of private informers enabled the government to seize contraband liquor, described as a new phase of Volstead enforcement. Under the plan, the prohibition administrator may put informers on the payroll without individual sanction from Washington; the informers carry no credentials and are instructed never to appear at headquarters, and the seized property is said to have included two cars of pure grain alcohol taken from railroad tracks and a number of large stills.
Chicago, Oct. 20 (AP) - The Chicago Tribune says today that as a result of information obtained by prohibition Administrator Yellowley from a paid espionage corps, marking a new phase of Volstead enforcement, the government has landed $125,000 worth of contraband liquor.
Under the espionage plan, the newspaper said, the prohibition head has permission to put private informers on the payroll at $5 a day without obtaining individual sanction from Washington. The "stool pigeons" have no credentials, the account continues, and are instructed never to appear at headquarters.
Heretofore, it was stated, espionage appropriations were confined to the secret service, largely as a government weapon against counterfeiters.
The property which the paper said was seized as a result of spy information included two cars of pure grain alcohol, confiscated on railroad tracks, and a number of large stills.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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"STOOL PIGEONS" AIDING PROHIBITION AGENTS
A Chicago newspaper is reported as saying that information from a paid corps of private informers enabled the government to seize contraband liquor, described as a new phase of Volstead enforcement. Under the plan, the prohibition administrator may put informers on the payroll without individual sanction from Washington; the informers carry no credentials and are instructed never to appear at headquarters, and the seized property is said to have included two cars of pure grain alcohol taken from railroad tracks and a number of large stills.
Chicago, Oct. 20 (AP) - The Chicago Tribune says today that as a result of information obtained by prohibition Administrator Yellowley from a paid espionage corps, marking a new phase of Volstead enforcement, the government has landed $125,000 worth of contraband liquor.
Under the espionage plan, the newspaper said, the prohibition head has permission to put private informers on the payroll at $5 a day without obtaining individual sanction from Washington. The "stool pigeons" have no credentials, the account continues, and are instructed never to appear at headquarters.
Heretofore, it was stated, espionage appropriations were confined to the secret service, largely as a government weapon against counterfeiters.
The property which the paper said was seized as a result of spy information included two cars of pure grain alcohol, confiscated on railroad tracks, and a number of large stills.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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"STOOL PIGEONS" AIDING PROHIBITION AGENTS
A Chicago newspaper is reported as saying that information from a paid corps of private informers enabled the government to seize contraband liquor, described as a new phase of Volstead enforcement. Under the plan, the prohibition administrator may put informers on the payroll without individual sanction from Washington; the informers carry no credentials and are instructed never to appear at headquarters, and the seized property is said to have included two cars of pure grain alcohol taken from railroad tracks and a number of large stills.
Chicago, Oct. 20 (AP) - The Chicago Tribune says today that as a result of information obtained by prohibition Administrator Yellowley from a paid espionage corps, marking a new phase of Volstead enforcement, the government has landed $125,000 worth of contraband liquor.
Under the espionage plan, the newspaper said, the prohibition head has permission to put private informers on the payroll at $5 a day without obtaining individual sanction from Washington. The "stool pigeons" have no credentials, the account continues, and are instructed never to appear at headquarters.
Heretofore, it was stated, espionage appropriations were confined to the secret service, largely as a government weapon against counterfeiters.
The property which the paper said was seized as a result of spy information included two cars of pure grain alcohol, confiscated on railroad tracks, and a number of large stills.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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