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The American Issue
Westerville, Delaware County, Ohio
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Prohibition agents seized 2,122 cases of whisky worth $250,000 at bootleg prices from Hoover Distilling Company in Uniontown, Pa., following an illegal transport attempt; owner John T. Hoover fled to Africa.
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A quarter of a million dollars worth of whisky, bootleg prices, was recently seized in the Hoover Distilling Company's warehouse, Uniontown, Pa., by prohibition agents from Pittsburgh.
The seizure was the result of the confiscation of 330 cases of whisky by state police after, according to authorities, it had been taken from the distillery to be transported to Pittsburgh.
After a personal investigation John T. Davis, state prohibition director, declared that the permits for the removal of the liquor were illegal and ordered the liquor stored in the warehouse seized.
The amount of whisky placed under government seal was reported to be 2,122 cases. The agents said that the whisky would be removed to Pittsburgh. John T. Hoover, owner of the distillery, left for Africa for a big game hunt the day after the seizure.
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Uniontown, Pa.
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seizure of 2,122 cases of whisky worth a quarter of a million dollars at bootleg prices; liquor to be removed to pittsburgh; john t. hoover left for africa for a big game hunt the day after the seizure.
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Prohibition agents from Pittsburgh seized whisky in the Hoover Distilling Company's warehouse in Uniontown, Pa., after state police confiscated 330 cases that had been taken from the distillery for transport to Pittsburgh. John T. Davis, state prohibition director, declared the permits illegal and ordered the warehouse liquor seized.