Tuesday, July 30, 2013

TIME MACHINE


February, 1939
(The Daily Mail- Hagerstown, Md.

CLEANING UP COUNTY

SNOW HILL, Md., Feb. 19 (AP)- State's Attorney William C. Kirbin, Jr. and his "Worcester County flying squadron" have confiscated four slot machines, destroyed four stills, stopped Sunday dancing in 11 Worcester beer taverns and made nine arrests since he instituted his campaign five weeks ago against gambling, bootlegging, and Sunday dancing.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So Mr. Kirbin (sic) stopped people from playing slots, making liquor and dancing on Sunday...big deal. Were these people hurting anybody?

Your friend,
Slim