Mabel Walker Willebrandt
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Ms. Willebrandt was the Asst. Attny Gen. in charge of Prohibition enforcement.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt was the Asst. Attorney Gen. and in charge of the Prohibition enforcement policy.
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt was the Asst. Attorney Gen. and in charge of the Prohibition enforcement policy.
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 50s | Many Americans drank more during Prohibition. (1m 50s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 3s | Neither the states nor the federal government wanted to fund Prohibition. (2m 3s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 7m 58s | George Remus, a Chicago lawyer became king of the bootleggers. (7m 58s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 8m 41s | George Remus is caught by the government then put on trial. (8m 41s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 40s | Don Ward talks about hiding illegal alcohol in Arlington Cemetery. (1m 40s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 6m 9s | Roy Olmstead, a Seattle police officer turned to bootlegging and made a fortune. (6m 9s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 7m 45s | With the Volstead Act, ordinary criminals became wealthy selling illegal alcohol. (7m 45s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 54s | Lou Alpern sold alcohol at his NYC cordial stores with the help of bribed policemen. (1m 54s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 3m 46s | Boats would wait out at sea until nightfall to bring in illegal alcohol. (3m 46s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 50s | New York was Prohibition's biggest challenge. (1m 50s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 32s | In 1924 the Boston Herald held a contest for a word that captured the nations hypocracy (32s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 7m 57s | The 1924 Democratic convention set the stage for rural vs. urban America. (7m 57s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 3m 15s | The Volstead Act was much stricter than anticipated. (3m 15s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 9m 35s | Roy Olmstead is caught in a wiretapping sting and sentenced to four years hard labor. (9m 35s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 15s | Paul Ward was a D.C. Bootlegger whose business took him into the Capital Building. (2m 15s)
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Clip: Ep2 | 3m 45s | Sylvester Mather talks about his father, Frank's tragic career as a Prohibition agent. (3m 45s)
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