Birmingham News sleeve BN0001423
Phenix City / Dice factory / Stamping equipment - Here is equipment used to stamp monograms and numbers on dice at a Phenix City "factory" raided yesterday by guardsmen. Shown in Sergeant R. J. Lavoie of Mobile. / Checking gear - Guard Sergeant R. J. Lavoie (left) and Sergeant Wiley D. Fos...
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Photographs Birmingham News sleeve BN0001423 Cook, Harry; Dean, Norman |
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Phenix City / Dice factory / Stamping equipment - Here is equipment used to stamp monograms and numbers on dice at a Phenix City "factory" raided yesterday by guardsmen. Shown in Sergeant R. J. Lavoie of Mobile. / Checking gear - Guard Sergeant R. J. Lavoie (left) and Sergeant Wiley D. Foster, both of Mobile, are shown as they checked drills and other tools found at a Phenix City factory where crooked dice and cards were manufactured. / Drills for dice -Sergeant Wiley D. Foster of Mobile shows a box of small drills apparently used to drill out "spots" in order to load dice at a Phenix City "factory." Note large drill in foreground. / Inventory sized equipment - Shown making an inventory of gambling books and paraphernalia sized at the Phenix City headquarters of a crooked dice and cards business are National Guardsmen. Left to right are Captain Elwood Rutledge, Haleyville; Mrs. Martha Potter, Columbus, Georgia, secretary in the sheriff's office; Sergeant Wiley D. foster of Mobile and Sergeant R. J. Lavoie of Mobile. / [Notes included] |
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BN0001423Birmingham News sleeve BN000142319541950-1959Cook, Harry; Dean, NormanBirmingham News54-06363-2Phenix City / Dice factory / Stamping equipment - Here is equipment used to stamp monograms and numbers on dice at a Phenix City "factory" raided yesterday by guardsmen. Shown in Sergeant R. J. Lavoie of Mobile. / Checking gear - Guard Sergeant R. J. Lavoie (left) and Sergeant Wiley D. Foster, both of Mobile, are shown as they checked drills and other tools found at a Phenix City factory where crooked dice and cards were manufactured. / Drills for dice -Sergeant Wiley D. Foster of Mobile shows a box of small drills apparently used to drill out "spots" in order to load dice at a Phenix City "factory." Note large drill in foreground. / Inventory sized equipment - Shown making an inventory of gambling books and paraphernalia sized at the Phenix City headquarters of a crooked dice and cards business are National Guardsmen. Left to right are Captain Elwood Rutledge, Haleyville; Mrs. Martha Potter, Columbus, Georgia, secretary in the sheriff's office; Sergeant Wiley D. foster of Mobile and Sergeant R. J. Lavoie of Mobile. / [Notes included]Alabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/1406 |
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