Tag: Q1 1920
High Court Hands Down Ruling on Bootleg Beer: War on Booze Continues
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the nation’s brewmasters, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Volstead Prohibition Enforcement Act is constitutional, effectively putting the lid on 275 beer manufacturers across the country. The landmark decision, handed down on January 5, 1920, in Washington, D.C., declared that any beverage containing over one and…
Red Scare Raids Strike Omaha: 10 Aliens Held for Deportation
On a chilly Omaha night, January 2, 1920, a nationwide federal crackdown on radicals descended upon the city. The Omaha police department and the local United States Department of Justice, led by Sheriff Clark T. H. Daly, executed eight federal warrants to apprehend members of the Communist Party of America and the Communist Labor Party…
Communist Council Leaders Arrested for Sedition, New York NY, 1920
In a shocking crackdown on communist activity, authorities have rounded up 2635 individuals suspected of plotting a revolt directed by the Communist Council in Russia. The arrests took place in the dead of night, with police swooping in to apprehend the Reds as they scattered in panic. The move is seen as a major blow…
Radical Roundup: Hundreds Arrested in Nationwide Sweep, New York, 1920
In a bold, coordinated strike, federal authorities, backed by state and city forces, rounded up hundreds of radical suspects in a nationwide crackdown on sedition and anarchism. The New York City leg of the operation, dubbed the ‘nationwide roundup of sedition mongers and anarchists,’ yielded an astonishing 700 to 800 arrests. Related Federal Cases Joseph…
Moonshine Mayhem: Wood Alcohol Poison Claims Hundreds During Holiday Season
In the dead of winter, a sinister poison spread like wildfire across the nation, leaving a trail of death in its wake. As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1920, the grim reality of wood alcohol poisoning hit home, claiming hundreds of lives from the icy grip of the ocean to the sun-scorched…
