PROHIBITION IN STATES
| METHODS OF COASTGUARDS, j INVESTIGATION BY PRESIDENT. ALLEGED .ATTACK ON SHIP. (United Pres* Association—By Electric Tt-legruph Copyright.) (AustraUai- Press Association, i WASHINGTON, April 7. President Hoover is expected to investigate the coastguards’ activities and methods of prohibition enforcement this week, as the Norwegian Legation awaits an official report regarding shots alleged to have been fired by coastguard agents upon the Norwegian fruit vessel Juan in Chesapeake Bay on Friday before boarding the ship to discover nothing but a cargo of bananas. „ ... The Norwegian Consulate at Baltimore'(Maryland) lias forwarded a note to Washington charging the coastguard with an unnecessary attack on a peaceful vessel. The charge follows a statement by the ship s pilot that the cutter fired six shots, barely missing the Juan. The cutter made no attempt to use wireless, witli w T hicii botn ships were equipped-
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 April 1929, Page 5
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