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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 07 05 1942
Description: Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Agent Arresting Three Women and One Man

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A state agent arrests three women and one man, a bartender, in Jeanne's Chateau. A sweeping raid was staged on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest ...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Man Fingerprinted by FBI Agent

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: John M. Califano, operator of the Blackhawk Bar, as he was fingerprinted on Wednesday by FBI agent (face blacked out) at the Iron County jail, following a ...
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Two Men after Vice Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: John W. Roach, Chief of the State Beverage Tax Division, (left) and Sheriff Sam Giovanoni, on right, snapped after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area esta...
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Swearing-In 48 Agents

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Scene in rural schoolyard as Sheriff Sam Giovanoni swore in 48 Beverage Tax Agents as Iron County Deputies on Tuesday night, just before a a sweeping raid ...
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Undersheriff of Marathon County

Date: 1942
Description: John Nutter, Undersheriff of Marathon County. He may have played a role in the sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were f...
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William Theodore Evjue

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Description: William Evjue seated at a desk.
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William Theodore Evjue

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Description: William Evjue with Girl Scouts.

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