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| Title | Machine Defends "Night Life" |
| Abstract | Article about an investigative report by Westbrook Pegler of the Kansas City Journal-Post on the support and justification of the Pendergast machine's organized crime in the city "'on the ground of public demand.'" Mention of gambling, night clubs, and prostitution, etc. going on until 4 a. m. under the approval and acknowledgment of Mayor Bryce Smith, City Manager Henry McElroy, and Police Chief Otto Higgins. |
| Author | Nat Spencer
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| Date | February 26, 1938 |
| Source | Citizens' League Bulletin |
| Location | 094.7 C58 |
| Number | 789 |
| Page | 154 |
| Subject | Nightclubs
Journalists
Municipal officials
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| Local Subject | Pendergast, Tom
City Officials
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 116732 |
| CONTENTdm number | 17260 |
