AMERICA’S DRY NAVY
RUM SMUGGLERS BADLY HANDLED. TEN MILLIONS’ WORTH OF LIQUOR TAKEN. I Received Oct. 18, 5.5. p.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. ! Coastguard officials announced today that the “dry” navy had captured 230 seagoing vessels, with approxiimately four hundred, prisoners, since concentration of effort against rum smugglers wall begun seven months ago. Four Government ships had been lost, with three members of their Screws, during the operations. Tho jvaljie of. the liquor taken exceeded ten 'million dollars. Congress will bo asked to increase tho appropriations for tho anti-smuggling service.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19433, 19 October 1925, Page 7
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