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Douglas Daily Dispatch
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
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District Attorney Leo A. Rover filed eight padlock injunction suits in Washington to enforce prohibition, targeting properties assessed over $150,000 after warnings to over 600 owners, most of whom cooperated by ejecting bootleggers.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. (AP)— District Attorney Leo A. Rover took the most drastic action to dry up this city today that has yet come in the effort to make prohibition enforcement here a model for the rest of the country.
Eight padlock injunction suits were filed, affecting properties said to be assessed for taxation at more than $150,000. This year more than 600 property owners have been warned of Volstead violations taking place on their premises.
John B. Williams, assistant to Rover, said the action was not to be viewed as a crusade but merely as evidence the federal prosecutor's office would not tolerate violations of the law after the property owners had been given notice.
"The great majority of the 600 owners warned went to the limit in cooperating with us," Williams said. "and most of the bootleggers were ejected without it becoming necessary for this office to proceed against the properties in court."
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Washington
Event Date
Sept. 30
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eight padlock injunction suits filed affecting properties assessed for taxation at more than $150,000. more than 600 property owners warned this year of volstead violations; most cooperated by ejecting bootleggers without court action.
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District Attorney Leo A. Rover filed eight padlock injunction suits to enforce prohibition in Washington, aiming to make the city a model of dryness. The suits target properties where Volstead Act violations occurred after owners were warned.