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June 11, 1930

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POISON LIQUOR SEIZED BY FIFTY DRY AGENTS IN BOWERY CLEAN-UP; Federal Men Swoop Down on 20 "Smoke" Shops and Make 36 Arrests. FIND HUNDREDS DRUNK Stupefied Patrons Are Taken From Resorts Selling Wood and Denatured Alcohol. WALKER AND TUTTLE AID Prosecutor to Ask Long Terms for All Convicted--Mayor Would Try Dispensers for Murder. Agents Drink Poison Liquor. FIND POISON LIQUOR IN BOWERY CLEAN-UP Get "Smoke" in Lunch Room. Campbell Orders Wide Clean-Up. Walker Scores Sales as Murder.

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Charles Rangel

1930Charles Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)[†]

Charles Bernard Rangel was an American politician who served as U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement in 2017, having served continuously since 1971, and the ninth-longest serving in history. As its most senior member, he was also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation. Rangel was the first African American chair of the influential House Ways and Means Committee. He was also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and is also acknowledged to have proposed the group's current name.