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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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U.S. drug agents arrested 765 peddlers and addicts, including 178 women, in simultaneous nationwide raids in major cities, confiscating thousands of dollars in contraband narcotics. Directed by Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger; examples from Baltimore and Chicago.
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In one of the largest narcotic raids in history, conducted simultaneously in every major city of the nation, U. S. drug agents arrested 765 peddlers and addicts, including 178 women, and confiscated thousands of dollars worth of contraband narcotics. This layout shows, left, some of the "dope" and paraphernalia seized in raids at Baltimore, right, U. S. Narcotics Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger, who directed the raids; below, some of the Chinese suspects arrested in Chicago.
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Every Major City Of The Nation
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arrested 765 peddlers and addicts, including 178 women; confiscated thousands of dollars worth of contraband narcotics
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In one of the largest narcotic raids in history, conducted simultaneously in every major city of the nation, U. S. drug agents arrested 765 peddlers and addicts, including 178 women, and confiscated thousands of dollars worth of contraband narcotics. This layout shows, left, some of the "dope" and paraphernalia seized in raids at Baltimore, right, U. S. Narcotics Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger, who directed the raids; below, some of the Chinese suspects arrested in Chicago.