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| Date: | 06 14 1942 |
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| Description: | A sign explaining the rules for an illegal dice game at the Del-Bar Tavern on Highway 12 between Delton and Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 04 04 1942 |
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| Description: | An illegal gambling machine in a dining area of a restaurant. A waiter is visible through a doorway on the left. |
| Date: | 04 11 1942 |
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| Description: | Five illegal gambling machines in Gardner's Cocktail Lounge at La Grange, on U.S. Highway 12. There are two 50¢ slot machines, one 25¢ slot machine, one 10... |
| Date: | 04 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Two illegal gambling machines in the Paris Gardens, 6 miles west of Kenosha, on Highway 43. Three man area sitting at the bar. |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Two illegal gambling machines in the front dining room of Jones Steak House, located on County Trunk N, southwest of Wausau. The building is owned by Sheri... |
| Date: | 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Three illegal gambling machines (slot) in the Lone Oak Inn, on Highway 12, north of Elkhorn. |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of men involved in a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The face of the arresting officer has been blacked out. The arrest warrants ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1942 |
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| Description: | State Agent (left, with face blacked out to prevent future identification) as he seized the operator of the roulette table at the Ritz Bar after a sweeping... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Judge R.C. Trembath, who issued the warrants for gambling and prostitution for a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Charles Norton, Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain. He may have played a role in the sweeping raids on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest wa... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View up Silver Street in Hurley. |
| Date: | 08 02 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ... |
| Date: | 10 20 1936 |
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| Description: | Photocopy of a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt to William Evjue, Editor of the Capital Times, thanking him for his support. |
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