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August 2, 1938

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103 INDICTED HERE IN AN ALCOHOL RING; 6 POLICEMEN HELD; $1,800,000 Tax Fraud Laid to Bootleg Combine Like Those in Dry Era TREASURY AIDES ACCUSED Six Named as Bribe-takers--Brothers of Ex-Alderman Listed as Leaders Some of Alcohol Inferior Eighty-six Under Arrest Policemen Deny Guilt Federal Agents Suspended Brothers of Ex-Alderman Liquor Stored in Garages Other Defendants Listed ' HOME' OF ALCOHOL RING, AND INDICTED POLICE

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103 indicted by Fed ct as aides in bootlegging ring operated by C and F Pellegrino; 6 policemen and 6 Treas Dept agents accused of taking bribes; 86 held; pors; illus

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HINES PANEL DRAWN OVER OBJECTIONS; Stryker Again Overruled on Special List--Dewey Will Name Judges Today C. A. Arthur Jr. on List A Rockefeller Is Included HINES PANEL OF 300 DRAWN FOR TRIAL Taken Out of Old Drum Naming of Judges Today

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Harlan, Ky., Case Ends in Mistrial With Jury Deadlocked in a 'Feud'; Seven for Acquitting All or Some of 55--The Defendants Are Jubilant--Motion for a New Trial to Be Heard Sept. 17 HARLAN CASE ENDS IN JURY DEADLOCK Deliberations Begun Saturday Judge Polis the Jury Regret Expressed by Court Defendants Are Jubilant

By F. Raymond Daniellspecial To the New York Times

deadlocked; case ends in mistrial; Govt asks retrial

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GOV. EARLE BLOCKED BY A DEFIANT COURT; Judge Impounds Evidence and Silences Witnesses Sought by Legislature Order Has Wide Effect Court Defies Earle Legislative Acts; Impounds Evidence, Silences Witnesses Move Surprises Legislature High Court Backed Judges Bar Accused of Hostility

By Hugh O'Connorspecial To the New York Times

Judge Schaeffer rules enactments unconst

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NEW LOYALIST PUSH THREATENS TERUEL; Government Forces Capture a Strategic Bluff 13 Miles South of the City Activity Behind Both Lines New Loyalist Thrust Threatens Teruel; Guns Trained on City From 10 Miles Away Loyalist Losses "Heavy" Violent Fighting Continues Loyalists Squeezed Back

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Loyalists take Camarena hill, threatening Teruel; map; fighting, Ebro sector

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1938Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2007)^[†]

David Alexander Balon was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Balon played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1959 and 1973 before multiple sclerosis led to his retirement.

1938Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2019)^[†]

Pierre De Bané was a Canadian politician who served in both the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate. Elected as the Member of Parliament for Matane in 1968, he was the first Palestinian, the first person of Middle Eastern descent, and the first visible minority person not born in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada. He was a member of the Canadian Cabinet during the Trudeau Sr. Ministry.

1938Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (died 2006)^[†]

Terence John Peck was a member of the Falkland Islands Defence Force who during the 1982 Falklands War became a war hero by spying on the Argentine invaders, subsequently escaping to British lines, acting as a scout for 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, and taking part in the fighting for Mount Longdon. A fiercely patriotic Islander, he vehemently opposed Argentina's claim to the Islands. He later met and befriended an Argentine conscript who served during the war.

Headlines from August 2, 1938

HINES PANEL DRAWN OVER OBJECTIONS; Stryker Again Overruled on Special List--Dewey Will Name Judges Today C. A. Arthur Jr. on List A Rockefeller Is Included HINES PANEL OF 300 DRAWN FOR TRIAL Taken Out of Old Drum Naming of Judges Today

GOV. EARLE BLOCKED BY A DEFIANT COURT; Judge Impounds Evidence and Silences Witnesses Sought by Legislature Order Has Wide Effect Court Defies Earle Legislative Acts; Impounds Evidence, Silences Witnesses Move Surprises Legislature High Court Backed Judges Bar Accused of Hostility

NEW LOYALIST PUSH THREATENS TERUEL; Government Forces Capture a Strategic Bluff 13 Miles South of the City Activity Behind Both Lines New Loyalist Thrust Threatens Teruel; Guns Trained on City From 10 Miles Away Loyalist Losses "Heavy" Violent Fighting Continues Loyalists Squeezed Back

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