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"New Bureau" is predicted to follow Prohibition Bureau

Lincoln C. Andrews, Emery C. Ruckner, and John Philip Hill, three-quarter length portrait, standing outside Capitol.

The term "Bootleg" came out of the common practice of hiding illegal liquor in leg of the boot to transport the contraband liquid. In this photo Miss Hattie Klawans, clerk in the office of the prohibition czar, wears her new Russian boots which were…

Woman holding poster "Abolish Prohibition!"

Dr. A. B. Adams, head of the division of technology of the Internal Revenue.

Agents cautioned on dry searches. Respect for Constitutional rights of citizens, especially in homes, stressed in orders. Instructed to tell truth.

A Consignment recently received from Phila., Pa. 749 cases of beer (18,000) bottles were today destroyed in the District of Columbia

And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in collecting the tax on the millions of barrels of beer brewed in this country every year, the National Bureau of Standards has designed a master beer meter for use of the alcohol unit…

Article headline announcing the replacement appointment for commissioner of the Narcotic Bureau

Harry J. Anslinger, former Prohibition chief, appointed to Narcotic Bureau.