PRO OFFICERS GET DISMISSAL FROM ANDREWS
Chief Denies Rumors Coast Guard Men 'Sold Out' to Bootlegging Gangs
The chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents were dismissed for conduct described as unbecoming to federal officers after they held up an automobile with drawn revolvers, its occupant reported to be a prominent government official. The official in charge of enforcement denied reports that the coast guard had sold out to the liquor law violators, conceded that there had been some defections, and said he would again urge congress to pass an enforcement reorganization measure and to give the government greater control over medicinal liquor.
The deputy prohibition administrator for the District of Columbia and three of his agents, dismissed after stopping an automobile with drawn revolvers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - (AP) - Prohibition popped into the limelight again today in the nation's capitol.
While Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of enforcement, was denying that the coast guard has 'sold out" to the bootleggers and was making known his determination to seek legislation next month giving the government greater control over medicinal liquor, it was revealed that the chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents had been dismissed for conduct "distinctly unbecoming to federal officers" when they held up with drawn revolvers an automobile containing an unidentified but reported prominent government official.
Reports that the coast guard forces had decamped to the liquor law violators were laid by General Andrews to "bootleggers who need advertising for their home-made foreign liquor."
While not referring specifically to the latest instance, that in Boston where four coast guard men are held for aiding occupents of rum row, General Andrews conceded that there had been some defections, but that the organization under Rear Admiral E. C. Billard, merited praise for its activities.
General Andrews said that he would again urge congress at the next session to pass the prohibition enforcement reorganization measure, and the bill to strengthen the Volstead Act, but only new measures he will proopse would give the government greater control over the rapidly vanishing supply of medicinal liquors.
The dismissed agents here were Robert L. Livingston, deputy prohibition administrator for the district, and Agents J. Carter, James Cook and John Fitzpatrick.
"Agents may not rush about the city streets and country roads holding up automobiles without the slightest cause. using drawn revolvers and talking abusively to occupants of the automobiles they stop," said General Andrews in connection with the dismissals.
"Such conduct is not becoming to a federal officer and must be stopped."
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 6. - (AP) - Customs collectors and coast guard commandants of states bordering on the Gulf coast will meet heer today to discuss prohibition enforcement problems. O. D. Jackson of New Orleans, supervisor of the newly created gulf zone, will preside.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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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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PRO OFFICERS GET DISMISSAL FROM ANDREWS
Chief Denies Rumors Coast Guard Men 'Sold Out' to Bootlegging Gangs
The chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents were dismissed for conduct described as unbecoming to federal officers after they held up an automobile with drawn revolvers, its occupant reported to be a prominent government official. The official in charge of enforcement denied reports that the coast guard had sold out to the liquor law violators, conceded that there had been some defections, and said he would again urge congress to pass an enforcement reorganization measure and to give the government greater control over medicinal liquor.
The deputy prohibition administrator for the District of Columbia and three of his agents, dismissed after stopping an automobile with drawn revolvers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - (AP) - Prohibition popped into the limelight again today in the nation's capitol.
While Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of enforcement, was denying that the coast guard has 'sold out" to the bootleggers and was making known his determination to seek legislation next month giving the government greater control over medicinal liquor, it was revealed that the chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents had been dismissed for conduct "distinctly unbecoming to federal officers" when they held up with drawn revolvers an automobile containing an unidentified but reported prominent government official.
Reports that the coast guard forces had decamped to the liquor law violators were laid by General Andrews to "bootleggers who need advertising for their home-made foreign liquor."
While not referring specifically to the latest instance, that in Boston where four coast guard men are held for aiding occupents of rum row, General Andrews conceded that there had been some defections, but that the organization under Rear Admiral E. C. Billard, merited praise for its activities.
General Andrews said that he would again urge congress at the next session to pass the prohibition enforcement reorganization measure, and the bill to strengthen the Volstead Act, but only new measures he will proopse would give the government greater control over the rapidly vanishing supply of medicinal liquors.
The dismissed agents here were Robert L. Livingston, deputy prohibition administrator for the district, and Agents J. Carter, James Cook and John Fitzpatrick.
"Agents may not rush about the city streets and country roads holding up automobiles without the slightest cause. using drawn revolvers and talking abusively to occupants of the automobiles they stop," said General Andrews in connection with the dismissals.
"Such conduct is not becoming to a federal officer and must be stopped."
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 6. - (AP) - Customs collectors and coast guard commandants of states bordering on the Gulf coast will meet heer today to discuss prohibition enforcement problems. O. D. Jackson of New Orleans, supervisor of the newly created gulf zone, will preside.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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 Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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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November 5, 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:Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Coconino Sun, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, and The Independent.
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PRO OFFICERS GET DISMISSAL FROM ANDREWS
Chief Denies Rumors Coast Guard Men 'Sold Out' to Bootlegging Gangs
The chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents were dismissed for conduct described as unbecoming to federal officers after they held up an automobile with drawn revolvers, its occupant reported to be a prominent government official. The official in charge of enforcement denied reports that the coast guard had sold out to the liquor law violators, conceded that there had been some defections, and said he would again urge congress to pass an enforcement reorganization measure and to give the government greater control over medicinal liquor.
The deputy prohibition administrator for the District of Columbia and three of his agents, dismissed after stopping an automobile with drawn revolvers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - (AP) - Prohibition popped into the limelight again today in the nation's capitol.
While Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of enforcement, was denying that the coast guard has 'sold out" to the bootleggers and was making known his determination to seek legislation next month giving the government greater control over medicinal liquor, it was revealed that the chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents had been dismissed for conduct "distinctly unbecoming to federal officers" when they held up with drawn revolvers an automobile containing an unidentified but reported prominent government official.
Reports that the coast guard forces had decamped to the liquor law violators were laid by General Andrews to "bootleggers who need advertising for their home-made foreign liquor."
While not referring specifically to the latest instance, that in Boston where four coast guard men are held for aiding occupents of rum row, General Andrews conceded that there had been some defections, but that the organization under Rear Admiral E. C. Billard, merited praise for its activities.
General Andrews said that he would again urge congress at the next session to pass the prohibition enforcement reorganization measure, and the bill to strengthen the Volstead Act, but only new measures he will proopse would give the government greater control over the rapidly vanishing supply of medicinal liquors.
The dismissed agents here were Robert L. Livingston, deputy prohibition administrator for the district, and Agents J. Carter, James Cook and John Fitzpatrick.
"Agents may not rush about the city streets and country roads holding up automobiles without the slightest cause. using drawn revolvers and talking abusively to occupants of the automobiles they stop," said General Andrews in connection with the dismissals.
"Such conduct is not becoming to a federal officer and must be stopped."
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 6. - (AP) - Customs collectors and coast guard commandants of states bordering on the Gulf coast will meet heer today to discuss prohibition enforcement problems. O. D. Jackson of New Orleans, supervisor of the newly created gulf zone, will preside.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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 Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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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November 5, 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:Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Coconino Sun, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, and The Independent.
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PRO OFFICERS GET DISMISSAL FROM ANDREWS
Chief Denies Rumors Coast Guard Men 'Sold Out' to Bootlegging Gangs
The chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents were dismissed for conduct described as unbecoming to federal officers after they held up an automobile with drawn revolvers, its occupant reported to be a prominent government official. The official in charge of enforcement denied reports that the coast guard had sold out to the liquor law violators, conceded that there had been some defections, and said he would again urge congress to pass an enforcement reorganization measure and to give the government greater control over medicinal liquor.
The deputy prohibition administrator for the District of Columbia and three of his agents, dismissed after stopping an automobile with drawn revolvers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - (AP) - Prohibition popped into the limelight again today in the nation's capitol.
While Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of enforcement, was denying that the coast guard has 'sold out" to the bootleggers and was making known his determination to seek legislation next month giving the government greater control over medicinal liquor, it was revealed that the chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents had been dismissed for conduct "distinctly unbecoming to federal officers" when they held up with drawn revolvers an automobile containing an unidentified but reported prominent government official.
Reports that the coast guard forces had decamped to the liquor law violators were laid by General Andrews to "bootleggers who need advertising for their home-made foreign liquor."
While not referring specifically to the latest instance, that in Boston where four coast guard men are held for aiding occupents of rum row, General Andrews conceded that there had been some defections, but that the organization under Rear Admiral E. C. Billard, merited praise for its activities.
General Andrews said that he would again urge congress at the next session to pass the prohibition enforcement reorganization measure, and the bill to strengthen the Volstead Act, but only new measures he will proopse would give the government greater control over the rapidly vanishing supply of medicinal liquors.
The dismissed agents here were Robert L. Livingston, deputy prohibition administrator for the district, and Agents J. Carter, James Cook and John Fitzpatrick.
"Agents may not rush about the city streets and country roads holding up automobiles without the slightest cause. using drawn revolvers and talking abusively to occupants of the automobiles they stop," said General Andrews in connection with the dismissals.
"Such conduct is not becoming to a federal officer and must be stopped."
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 6. - (AP) - Customs collectors and coast guard commandants of states bordering on the Gulf coast will meet heer today to discuss prohibition enforcement problems. O. D. Jackson of New Orleans, supervisor of the newly created gulf zone, will preside.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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 Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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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November 5, 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:Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Coconino Sun, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, and The Independent.
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PRO OFFICERS GET DISMISSAL FROM ANDREWS
Chief Denies Rumors Coast Guard Men 'Sold Out' to Bootlegging Gangs
The chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents were dismissed for conduct described as unbecoming to federal officers after they held up an automobile with drawn revolvers, its occupant reported to be a prominent government official. The official in charge of enforcement denied reports that the coast guard had sold out to the liquor law violators, conceded that there had been some defections, and said he would again urge congress to pass an enforcement reorganization measure and to give the government greater control over medicinal liquor.
The deputy prohibition administrator for the District of Columbia and three of his agents, dismissed after stopping an automobile with drawn revolvers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - (AP) - Prohibition popped into the limelight again today in the nation's capitol.
While Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of enforcement, was denying that the coast guard has 'sold out" to the bootleggers and was making known his determination to seek legislation next month giving the government greater control over medicinal liquor, it was revealed that the chief of the prohibition machinery in and around the District of Columbia and three of his agents had been dismissed for conduct "distinctly unbecoming to federal officers" when they held up with drawn revolvers an automobile containing an unidentified but reported prominent government official.
Reports that the coast guard forces had decamped to the liquor law violators were laid by General Andrews to "bootleggers who need advertising for their home-made foreign liquor."
While not referring specifically to the latest instance, that in Boston where four coast guard men are held for aiding occupents of rum row, General Andrews conceded that there had been some defections, but that the organization under Rear Admiral E. C. Billard, merited praise for its activities.
General Andrews said that he would again urge congress at the next session to pass the prohibition enforcement reorganization measure, and the bill to strengthen the Volstead Act, but only new measures he will proopse would give the government greater control over the rapidly vanishing supply of medicinal liquors.
The dismissed agents here were Robert L. Livingston, deputy prohibition administrator for the district, and Agents J. Carter, James Cook and John Fitzpatrick.
"Agents may not rush about the city streets and country roads holding up automobiles without the slightest cause. using drawn revolvers and talking abusively to occupants of the automobiles they stop," said General Andrews in connection with the dismissals.
"Such conduct is not becoming to a federal officer and must be stopped."
GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 6. - (AP) - Customs collectors and coast guard commandants of states bordering on the Gulf coast will meet heer today to discuss prohibition enforcement problems. O. D. Jackson of New Orleans, supervisor of the newly created gulf zone, will preside.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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 Brownsville Herald, November 6, 1926, page 1.
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.
Yesterday's paper
November 5, 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:Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Coconino Sun, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, and The Independent.
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