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DURING THE REEFER MADNESS ERA
HISTORICAL NEW YORK NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
The following is a listing of newspaper articles that (for the most part) this museum has been able to obtain. Some of them might be of interest to historians – NOTE that it should be thought of ONLY as a starting point and is far from complete. In addition many of us would question whether or not some of these articles should have been included – (note that “NWR” means NOW WORTH READING)
WARNING: --- ERRORS (dates, newspaper, article titles etc.), are very possible. Again, think of this index solely as a starting point.
ONEONTA DAILY STAR - Oneonta, New York
[ ]- July 13, 1934...See Soda Springs Sun
[e-July 26, 1934 pg.6] [ ]— July 23, 1934...in East India as bhang, in Mexico as MARIJUANA, and in Arabia and the United..
MIDDLETOWN TIMES HERALD - Middletown, New York
[S]- July 10, 1945 pg. 2] “16 Arrested for Narcotics charge”
[S]- July 23, 1945 pg. 1] “Police Discover Marihuana Plant in Garden here”
[S]- May 21, 1946 pp 4] “Fair Enough” [NWR] about driving
THE POST STANDARD – Syracuse New York
[S]- June 21, 1938 pp8] “Girl Serving Life Guilty in robbery” (Ethel Sohl)
[S]- Nov 27, 1948 pp2] “$30,000 Marijuana Shipment Seized”
[S]- Feb 19, 1950 pp2] “Illicit Narcotics Traffic on Upsurge”[NWR]
[S]- Feb 3, 1967 pg.1] “Find Physician and Wife Slain” [Gore File] Dr. Archie clayton Case.
SYRACUSE HERALD – Syracuse New York
[S]- Feb 13, 1910 ] short about corn remedy - Med
[S]- July 25, 1913 p10] Med – corn remedy
[S]- Nov (or Dec) 14, 1913 pp1] Med – Corn remedy
[S]- April 12, 1914] “Med – Corn Remedy
[S]- April 17, 1915 p11] “Weeds Cause Insanity”
[S]- Aug 3, 1919] “What Happened After the Gay victory Ball”
[S]- Dec 7, 1919 p8] “Huge Increase of Dope Alarms U.S. Drug Traffic Now $10,000,000 a Day!” Cool Read
[S]- Feb 6, 1920] “Hashish Smoking Grows in Alarming Proportions Among Youth in Chicago” By Owen L. Scott
[S]- Jan 10, 1932 p1] “Dope Cigaret Sales Again Stir Police”
[S]- Nov 20, 1932 p1] “Negro is Held in Marihuana cigarette Raid”
[S]- Nov 21, 1932 pp8] “Denies Guilt In Inquiry of Dope Cigaret”
[S]- Dec 5, 1932 pp3] “Two Jailed as Marihuana Ring Leaders”
[S]- Dec 6, 1932 pp6] “Marihuana Grown on Farm In Geddes Owner Held in ‘Muggles’ Cigaret’ Inquiry”
[S]- Jan 31, 1933 ] “Marihuana Case Jury is Selected”
[S]- May 6, 1935 pp24] “In New York” [N.W.R.]
[S]- July 26, 1935] “Buffalo War on Marihuana Drug Opened”
[S]- Feb 9, 1936 p47] “Police Wage Ceaseless Fight to Perils of Smoking Marihuana”
[S]- May 14, 1936 p11] “Balanced Meals with Less Amount of Food is Held Only Safe Way to Reduce” (Dr. Lee Rice)
[S]- Aug 17, 1936 p ] “Police Burn $300,000 In Marihuana” (Picture)
[S]- Mar 21, 1937 p1] “Sale at Cornell of Marijuana Cigs Charged”
[S]- Mar 22, 1937 pp 7] “Cornell quick to Deny Sale of Marijuana”
[S]- Mar 23, 1937 pp.5] “McNaboe and Cornell Men In Verbal Tilt”
[S]- Apr 11, 1937 pp 4D] “Mrs. O.J. Mowry is District Leader for Federation”
[S]- Apr 15, 1937 pp2] “State Narcotic Control bill Sent to Lehman Sets Up New Bureau” [NWR]
[S]-June 2, 1937 pg. 21] “Permanent Aeronautic Commission bill Bead” [NWR]
[S]- June 6, 1937 pp8A ] “Lehman Signs Bill Creating Drug Bureau”
[S]- Aug 12, 1937 pp6] “US to Prosecute Marihuana Violations”
[S]- Sep 16, 1937 pp32] “Legion Due for Peaceful Convention” [American Legion]
[S]- Sep 19, 1937 pp 3C] “Marihuana Traffic Under Ban on Oct 1.”
[S]- Nov 11, 1937 pp26] “Marihuana War is On” [NWR}
[S]- Nov 14, 1937 pp5] “Japan Gains Laid to China Narcotic Use” (Dr. La Roe)
[S]- Feb 11, 1938 pp 5] “Girl Blames Crime Career on Reefers”
[S]- Feb 12, 1938 pp 12] “Court Speeds Trial of 2 Girls Charged with Bus Murder”t
[S]- Feb 22, 1938 pp 5] “Western N.Y. Drive Against Marihuana Centers on Buffalo”
[S]- Feb 26, 1938 pp 12] “US to Open New Drive on Drug Addicts”
[S]- Mar 24, 1938 pp 9] “Geraniums Found in Marihuana Hunt” [NWR]
[S]- Mar 28, 1938 pp 10 ] “Current Viewpoints”
[S]- Apr 28, 1938 pp 20] “Florida Revokes Marijuana Permit” [NWR]
[S]- July 9, 1938 pp 24] “Schenectady Police Destroy Marijuana” [NWR]
[S]- Jun 11, 1938 pp 21] “Marihuana Madness” (Full Page) By Dr. Arthur La Roe
[S]- Sep 28, 1938 pp4] “Marijuana Suspect Held In Gun Chase”
[S]- Sep 30, 1938 pp 3] “Weed, Police Seized is not Marihuana” [NWR]
[S]- Oct 2, 1938 pp 4C] “Man Police Stopped with Shot Denies he was Disorderly”
[S]- Oct 8, 1938 pg 2] “Chlorine Ave. Man Sentenced 60 Days by Judge Walsh”
[S]- Oct. 22, 1938 pg. 18] “Marijuana Weed, Found by Highway, Burned by Police”
[S]- Dec 22, 1938 pg. 10] “Ton of Marihuana Seed Seized Here, Burned at Dump”
[S]- Feb 6, 1939 pg. 5] “Federals nab 30 in N.Y. City Narcotic Raids” – 50 Treasury Agents Seize $2,500 Marijuana and Heroin
[S]- Aug 6, 1939 ] “State College Investigates Horse Death” [NWR]
[S]- Aug 13, 1939 pg. 3] “Marijuana Found Growing Wild in Heart of Toronto”
[extremely poor copy, can not read]
[very poor copy]- Aug 13, 1939 - “WaterTown Burns More Marihuana”
[S]- Sep 1, 1939 pg. 2] “Carry marijuana Seeds” [NWR]
[S]- Sep 20, 1939 pg. 6] “Raiders Seize Huge Supply Of Marijuana”
[S]- Sept 21, 1939 pg. 1 “ Seized Marijuana and Scene of Raid”
[S]- Sep 28, 1939 pp 24] “Fred Betts Says:”
[S]- Oct 2, 1939 pg. 8] “Disarmament Advocated as Way to Peace” W.C.T.U. Convention Is Told That Is Only Remedy of World Disease” [NWR]
[S]- Feb 24, 1940 pg. 3] “Marihuana’s Crime Link Is Described”
[S]- Mar 27, 1940 pg. 15] “Walter Winchell – The Man on Broadway” (about a Radio program)
[S]- Mar 27, 1940 pg. 21] “Drug Office To Open Here” – Center narcotics Drive on Use of Marihuana
[S]- April 3, 1940 pg. 6] “Pleads Guilty On Marihuana Plant Charge”
[S]- June 17, 1940 pg. 2] “3 Women Convicts Hunted in Escape From Jersey Prison” [HOT Bonny Sohl Story]
[S]- July 5, 1940 pg. 8] “Tea Cigarets sold As Marihuanas Bring Arrest for Larceny”
[S]- July 10, 1940 pg. 8] “Wild Marihuana Destroyed in State”
[S]- July 20, 1940 pg. 12] “Crime Prevention From High Chair on Is Urged by Judge” [NWR]
[S]- July 25, 1940 pg. 13] “How High School Students are decoyed into becoming marihuana Addicts” By Dr. Arthur La roe
[S]- July 30, 1940 pg. 1] “9 Seized on Coast for Narcotics Sale”
[S]- Aug 2, 1940 pg. 15] “Curbon Drugs Drives Used To Thievery”
[S]- Aug 4, 1940 pg. 10] “Marihuana Found”
[S]- Oct 29, 1940 pg. 13] “$5,000 Marijuana Hoard Holds Trio”
[S]- Dec 22, 1940 pg. 8] “Utah Wars on Marijuana” [NWR]
[S]- Mar 2, 1941 pg. 19] (something about a Dr. Killdare Book by Max Brand)
[S]- May 26, 1941 pg. 6] “Marihuana Suspected in Cigaret Sales”
[S]- May 27, 1941 pg. 6] “Police Inquiry On Marihuana Is Halted here”
[S]- June 30, 1941 pg. 6] “Six Months Marihuana Term Given”
[S]- Aug 1, 1941 pg. 29] “Sheriff Plants Marijuana To Show Its Appearance” (pix’s)
[S]- Aug 11, 1941 pg. 11] “Wars on Marijuana” (Indianapolis, Ind., Stamp out Marijuana)
[S]- May 26, 1942 pg. 10] “Marijuana Den On Coast Raided”
[S]- Feb 4, 1943 pg. 17] “Destruction of 9,000 Acres of Marihuana Includes 370 in N.Y.”
[S]- Feb 25, 1943 pg. 2] “Mrs. Parrott On Trial for Aiding Escape”
[S]- Feb 26, 1943 pg. 5] “Soldier Excused From Testifying in Mrs. Parrott’s Trial”
[S]- Feb 28, 1943 pg. 3] “Quick Acquittal of Ursula Parrott Like Ending of One of Her Own Fiction Stories”
[ ]- Mar 6, 1943 --
[S]- May 18, 1943 pg. 22] “Arrest 5 Suspected of Marijuana Sales”
[S]- Oct 5, 1943 pg. 11] “Buffalo Police Hold Pair on Charges of Selling Marihuana”
[S]- Nov 1, 1946 pp1] “U.S. Nabs Seven In Marijuana ring”
[S]- March 28, 1951 ] “Most Vicious Racket”
[S]- June 14, 1951 pg.2] “Dope” --
EVENING GAZETTE – Port Jervis, New York
[--June 30, 1870 ] “The Origin of Various Modern appliances” Cannabis mentioned
[S]- Jan. 03, 1880] Ad for Craddock & Co.]
OLEAN DEMOCRAT – Olean, New York
[ ]- Jan. 06, 1887... Ad for Dr. H. James Cannabis India. [--Jan. 13, 1887] Ad for Dr. H. James Cannabis Indica Jan. 20, 1887... Ad for Dr. H. James Cannabis India
[S]- Dec 27, 1888 ] “Walking Egypt” [N.W.R.]
NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS –
[Wanted] - October 11, 1958; p. 2 “Find marijuana tree in apartment; marijuana found in 3 places”
KINGSTON DAILY FREEMAN – Kingston N.Y.
[S]- June 10, 1938 pg 1 “Huge Marihuana Supply in New York”
NEW YORK (Journal) AMERICAN: –
[ ]- Oct. 18, 1934 - pg.23 -Brooklyn's Narcotic Farm - Marijuana Field"
[ ]- June 7, 1935 - "Peddler's Dope Grows in Back Yard" - may be wrong.
[ ]- April 6, 1937 - Editorial Page - "Crusade Against Marihuana - may be wrong.
[ ]- June 6, 1937 - (sunday) Marijuana Spray Spoils Dope Ring's $5,000,000 dream.
[ ]- Feb 21 19(between 1930-1937) - U.S. Ban Sought on Marihuana.
[S]- Feb 24, 1965 “College Marijuana: Can Graduate to Dope Addiction” [Harry Truman Library]
SARATOGIAN – (Saratoga, N.Y.)
[ ]- Sept. 9, 1936 - exhibit at a local flower show: “Marihuana Plant exhibit at Flower Show of Katrina Trask Garden Club”
NEW YORK DAILY WORKER: –
[Wanted]- (1940, in Solomon, 1968: 288). - Smoking of the weed is habit-forming. It destroys willpower, releases restraints, and promotes insane reactions ... Robberies, thrill murders, sex crimes and other offenses result
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: –
[e]- Dec 28-1940]- Health Advice (section) – “A Drug and Insanity”
N.Y. MIRROR: –
[Wanted]- “Loco Weed, Breeder of Madness and crime” - Sunday Supplement - Dec 11, 1933 pg.1 - IN DEC. 1933 the New York Mirror, a tabloid, ran a story headlined "Loco Weed, Breeder of Madness and Crime."
SUNDAY MIRROR (New York) – [**]- “Smash Huge Marijuana Ring” Sunday, Feb 15,1945 - not worth reading
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE –
[e]- Jan. 26, 1937] "Back-Yard Hashish" By Scrdmasax (see American Legion yr. 1962)
NEW YORK POST HERALDED – [NEED]- Professor Flies High and Crashes, all on wings of Marihuana (After 200 years at the bottom of ink bottle - April 7, 1938
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE –
[ ]- Hemp How grown - Oct 1 (II) 1899 pg.7 C.3
[ ]- PEACE EFFORTS EDITORIALS Hemp and rebellion (E) - Nov 16 1899 pg.8 C.2
[ ]- Tariff Hemp duties hurt trade - Sept 7 1898 pg.9 C.4
[ ]- Tariff bill Congress committee hearings Flax, hemp and jute interests - Jan 3 1897 Pg.3 C.1
[ ]- Tariff Wilson bill Flax, hemp and jute workmen protest - Dec 15 1893 pg.2 C.5
[ ]- Ford. Isaac Nelson, correspondence Bahama hemp - Jan 19 1891 pg.3 C.1
[ ]- Flax and hemp growers in council - May 9 1889 pg.3 C.5
[ ]- Flax and hemp manufacture, new processes - May 15 1889 pg.2 C.4
[ ]- Flax and hemp culture--letter - March 25 1876 pg.4 Col. 5
[ ]- Hashish, drug - Sept 24 1882 pg.10 Col. 2
[ ]- Hashish Mental effect - Jan 17 1898 pg.9 Col. 3
[ ]- Drug, hashish party - Sept 24 1882 pg.10 Col. 2
[ ]- Hemp trade notes - Aug 12 1900 pg.5 Col. 5
[ ]- Hemp, Statistics - Jan 8 1900 pg.4 Col. 1
[ ]- Hemp corner Break - Oct 3 1900 pg.2
[ ]- Cannabis Co Charges 1901 - Sept 21 1901 pg.1 Col. 5
[ ]- Taft, William H. Hemp anecdote - May 4 (S) 1902 pg.8 Col. 4
NEW YORK TIMES: –
[ ]- Monkey Labor in Kentucky Hemp Fields; R.O. - Willis's Letter to The Times New York Times Jan. 13, 1887 Page:2 Column:6
[ ]- Monkeys Trained to Pick Hemp - New York Times Feb. 17, 1887 Page:1 Column:6
[ ]- Monkeys Used in Hemp Fields; Knights of Labor Advised to Boycott-Editorial New York Times Feb. 17, 1887 Page:4 Column:5
[S-Jan 7, 1854 pp2] Short on Indian Hemp [NWR]
[S-Jun 25, 1876 pp8] “Fifty Six Years an Invalid” [NWR] cannabis mentioned
[S-Feb 3, 1894 pg 220] “Smoking hasheesh”
[S-Sep 15, 1895 pg 26] “After Eating Hasheesh”
[S-Jan 6, 1901 pp18] “Doctors of Ancient Mexico”
[ ]- Marine Vessels-Rockland-Rockport Lime Co.; Fire in hold of boat; 10 firemen overcome by burning hemp New York Times March 19, 1905 Page:1 Column:2
[S-Jun 23, 1906 pp3] “House Votes to Expose Secrets of Drug Trade” (about the pure food and drug act of 1906)
[S-Aug 9, 1907 pp6] “Calls Consumption Cures Murderous” (Cannabis mentioned once)
[S-Dec 7, 1908 pg 4] “Suicide Used Hasheesh”
[S-May 1, 1910 pp3] “Warning Against Drugs” (Cannabis mentioned once) [Wanted May 10, 1914] article by Dr. Silvey
[S-May 13, 1914 pp10] “Poisoned cigarettes” [non-reefer madness Must reading]
[S-July 29, 1914 pp6] “Muzzles the Dogs All the Year Round”
[S-July 27, 1921 pp5] “New Drug Law Raid Yields 60 Arrests”
[S-Aug 31, 1919 pp25] “Tells of Plunder under Carranza” (negative on the Mexican government)
[S-July 27, 1921 pp3] “New Drug Law Raid Yields 60 Arrests”
[e Jan. 22, 1922 pg.9] “3 Held in Hashish Raid”
[e Jan. 11, 1923] “Marihuana is newest Drug”
[S-Feb 21, 1925 pp2] “Kill Six in A Hospital”
[S-May 10, 1922 pg 1] “Egypt Forbids Drug Traffic to Prevent Growing Evil”
[S-May 10, 1925 ppE2] “Mexico to join US in Fight on Drugs”
[e Nov. 7, 1925 pg. 9] Jailed On Drug Charge”
[e Nov. 8, 1925 pg.26] Find No Hasheesh Farm
[S/e Nov. 13, 1925 pg.4] “Finds Hashish Field in Long Island City”
[e Nov. 15, 1925 pg.22] “Hashish Field in City is being Destroyed”
[e Dec. 29, 1925 pg.10] “Mexico Bans Marihuana”
[S-Nov 3, 1926 pp39] “Narcotic Survey’s Results in Louisiana”
[S-Nov 21, 1926 ppE3] “Marijuana Smoking is Reported Safe” (Panama Canal Zone study) [ Articles “Plight of Kansas” ] Get
[e July 6, 1927 pg.10] “Mexican Family go insane” Five said to have been stricken by eating marihuana.
[S-Oct 7, 1928 ppN4] “Boy, 16, Says Man sold Narcotic cigarettes”
[S-Oct 16, 1928 pp33] “Sold Drugged Cigarettes”
[S-Dec 26, 1928pp 16] “Held for Possessing Marihuana”
[S-Sep 9, 1929 pp10] “Smoking Marihuana Upheld in Panama”
[S-Mar 25, 1930 pg 20] “Soldier Held in Drug Case”
[S-Mar 5, 1931 pp 20] “Blames Smuggling for Narcotics Grip” (Wickersham committee) (Pearson Hobson)
[S/e Sep. 16, 1931 pp37] "Government Will Ask States to Ban Growing of Marijuana - AP
[e]- Dec 23, 1931 - "SAYS OUR DRY LAW AIDS NARCOTIC EVIL" [Not Reefer Madness]
[S/e-Dec 4, 1932 ppE6]- Cuba Growing Marihuana –
[S-Dec 13, 1932 pp9] “Tombs Doctor Holds Narcotic Laws Cruel”
[S-Jan 11, 1933 pp15] “Adolph Spreckels Held” [NWR]
[S-July 23, 1933 ppBR7] Book Review “Gunmen and Ranchers” (get page 16)
[S- Aug 15, 1933 pp17] “Mourned in Chicago” [NWR]
[S/e-Dec. 3, 1933 -pgE6] “Dope Ring Specialized in Mexican Marijuana”
[S-Mar 18, 1934 ppE7] “His Appetite Betrayed Kansas Second Messiah” [NWR]
[S-Apr 11, 1934 pp23] “Painless Dentistry Existed 1,000 Years Ago; Mexican Indians Had Mushroom Anesthetic” [NWR]
[S-July 15, 1934 pp3] “Mexico Bars Action on Johnson Speech” [NWR]
[e Sept 16, 1934 pg.6E] Editorial “Use of Marijuana Spreading in West” - “Poisonous weed sold freely in pool halls and beer gardens”
[e Oct. 6, 1934 pg.4] “West Indians Riot after Colon Killing”– 1 star
[e Oct. 8, 1934 pg.36] “Narcotic Cigarettes seized as 3 are held”
[e Oct. 18, 1934 pg. 4] “Narcotic Garden Found in Brooklyn” – 1 star
[e Oct. 19, 1934 pg. 5] “Narcotic Bonfire routs Officials”
[e Oct. 20, 1934] Brooklyn and Baghdad - New York Times
[e Oct. 30, 1934 pg.3] “Orders for narcotic traced to CCC camp”
[S-Dec 9, 1934 pp5] “15 Are Taken in City”
[S-Dec 11, 1934 pp2] “Narcotic Arrests Are Raised to 793” [NWR]
[S/e Jan. 20, 1935 pp28] “Rhode Island to end weed as drug source”
[S/e Jan. 23, 1935 pp38] Seized For Selling Opiate To Troops
[S/e April 14, 1935 ppE6] “New Mexico Moves to Ban Marijuana”
[S/e July 17, 1935 pg.8] "Marijuana Patch at jail”
[S-July 28, 1935 pp7] “No common Cause in soldiers Suicides” (Panama Canal)
[S-Aug 3, 1935 pp11] “Army Accuses Editor in Panama of Libel”
[S-Sep 15 or 11, 1935 ppE9] “Letter to the editor (sick, sick, sick) CM Goethe”
[S-Sep 26, 1935 pp26] “Ft. Clayton Insane Called Numerous”
[S-Sep 28, 1935 pp17] “Rounsevell on Stand in canal Zone Trial”
[S-Oct 16, 1935 pp9] “Canal Zone Inquiry Urged”
[S-Oct 27, 1935 pp1] “Stein Found Dead as Police Hunt Him in Schultz Murder”
[S-May 3, 1936 ppN6] “Cruise Ship Sails with Club Group” [NWR]
[S/e July 24, 1936 pp6] “Police Study Marijuana To Kill Growing Crops”
[S/e July 28, 1936 pg.16] SEIZE MARIHUANA CROPS -
[S/e Aug. 14,1936 pg.12] POLICE BURN TEN TONS OF MARIJUANA
[S/e Aug 19, 1936 pg.16] SPECIES OF THE MARIJUANA WEED
[S-Aug 29, 1936 pp28] “Seized narcotics Burned by Police”
[S-Sep 29, 1936 pp11] “Texas Leads in Arrests”
[S/e Oct. 4, 1936 pg.3] “Marihuana farm found in Maryland”
[S/e Oct. 28, 1936 pg.27] POLICE RUSE TRAPS 10 IN MARIJUANA RAID
[S-Dec 6, 1936 pp55] “Narcotic Addicts Reduced in Nation”
[S-Jan 1, 1937 pp19] “News of the Stage” (the play Marihuana)
[S/e Jan. 3, 1937 Sec. 3, pg.6D] “Campaign Battles Marihuana Weed”
[S-Jan 10, 1937 pp88] “Program Outlined for Board Session”
[S-Jan 22, 1937 pp24] “News of the Stage”
[S/e Feb. 5, 1937 pg.18] "State Clubwomen meet"
[S/e Feb. 21, 1937 pg. 25] “World Group to push fight on Marijuana”
[S/e March 22, 1937 pp24] "Two Colleges Deny Marijuana Invasion"
[S-Mar 28, 1937 pp80] “Arts and Industry Theme of Exhibit”
[S-Apr 2, 1937 pp12] “Asks Texas Narcotic Ban”
[S May 4, 1937 pp26] “War on Marihuana urged on parents”
[S/e May 13, 1937 pp28] “Pennsylvania Women Hear Civic Appeals”
[S-Jun 9, 1937 pp28] “WCTU Asks Ban on Engineers Liquor” [MWR]
[S/e Aug. 3, 1937 pg.4 C.5] Signs Bill to Curb Marihuana - [N.W.R.].
[S-Aug 22, 1937 pp22] “Nurse Attacked, slain in Hospital” [NWR]
[S-Dec 26, 1937 pp67] Mrs. Bass Is a Valiant Leader In a Notable Fight on Narcotics”
[S-Jan 13, 1938 pp8] “Says Boys Use Hypnotic Drug” [NWR]
[S-Jan 15, 1938 pp18] “Clubs to Restrict Legislative Fights” [NWR]
[S-Jan 31, 1938 pp12] “Drive on Narcotics Sped by Treasury” [need]- Feb. 6, 1938 pg.3 C.1] - "30 Persons Seized in Narcotic Raids"
[S-Feb 10, 1938 pp42] “Use of Narcotics Laid to Mrs. Sohl”
[S/e Feb. 11,1938 pg.46] “Mrs. Sohl Admits Hold-up Shooting”
[S/e Feb 12, 1938 pg.7] “Parents Feared Mrs. Sohl Insane” – (She describes girl’s strange behavior – expert explains effects of marijuana) (James Munch testimony- must read)
[S/e Feb 13, 1938 pp.26] “Insanity Stressed in Mrs. Sohl’s Case”
[S-Feb 15, 1938 pp3] “Mrs. Sohl Blamed by Girl in Murder”
[S-Feb 16, 1938 pp1] “Two Girls Guilty in Hold-up Slaying”
[S-Feb 24, 1938 pp3] “Narcotic Seller Gets 10 Years” [NWR]
[S-Mar 23, 1938 pp25] “Puts Liquor Toll High”
[S-Mar 26, 1938 pp5] “Marijuana Film Barred” [NWR]
[S-Apr 19, 1938 pp22] “Clubwomen Urge Firearms Control”
[S-Apr 19, 1938 pp17] “Narcotic Sale Described”
[S/e Apr. 30, 1938 pp.1] “16 indicted here in marijuana ring”
[S-May 1, 1938 pp15] “Staff of G-Men Will be Reduced” [NWR]
[S-May 3, 1938 pp12] “Seize Narcotic on transport” [NWR]
[S-May 8, 1938 pp89] “Triennial Beckons Federated Women”
[S/e May 23, 1938 pg.20] “Sale of Marijuana Fought by Arrests”
[S/e May 24, 1938 pg.21] “Westchester Hunts Marijuana Sources”
[S/e May 25, 1938 pg.11 C.3] “Bail Set for Captives in Marijuana Raid”
[e June 14, 1938 pg.17 C.4] “MARIJUANA FILM BARRED”
[e June 16,1938] “Girl Slayer convicted”
[S/e June 17, 1938 pg.8] “WPA Uproots Marijuana”
[S-Jun 26, 1938 pp37] “Regents Ban Films on Narcotics”
[S-July 1, 1938 pp9] “Cleared of marijuana Charges”
[S-July 7, 1938 pp7] “Police Get Marijuana Samples”
[S/e July 29, 1938 pg.9 C.7] "$125,000 in Marijuana Will be Burned Today.
[S/e Aug. 11, 1938 pg.19 C.7] "Burn Ton of Marihuana" - [N.W.R.] from Canada.
[S/e Aug. 14,1938 pg.28 C.6] “Marijuana Ring Broken” - [N.W.R.]
[S-Aug 14, 1938] “Higher Soars the Swing Fever” Radio/Music
[S-Aug 18, 1938 pp22] “marihuana crop Found”
[S-Sep 09, 1938 pp10] “Wild Marijuana Burned”
[S-Sep 16, 1938 pp16] “Big Marijuana Patch Destroyed”
[S-Sep 25, 1938 pp46 ] “Civic League of new Rochelle” [-- Oct. 11, 1938 pg.7] Forum on the News to Hear Roosevelt- [N.W.R.]
[S-Oct 26, 1938 pg.10 ] Third Term Debate is Held at Forum - (The menace of marijuana was discussed by H.J. Anslinger)
[S-Nov 6, 1938 pp45] “”Westchester Sees 30,000 Dewey Lead” [NWR]
[S-Nov 18, 1938 pp4] “Rumrich Admits He used narcotic”
[S-Nov 20, 1938 pp48] “This Week’s Events of Interest to Club Women”
[S-Dec 1, 1938 pp1] “Third Spy guilty; Jury Urges Mercy”
[S-Dec 11, 1938 pp134] “The Marihuana Problem” (book Review)
[S- Jan 21, 1939 pg.17] "Women's Clubs Ask Curb on Road Signs"
[S- Feb. 6, 1939 pg.3] "30 Persons Seized in Narcotic Raids"
[S-Mar. 5, 1939 pg.4 Sec. 4] “Federation Names Committee Heads” – (Mrs. Sporborg is Appointed as chairman of marihuana campaign workers)
[S-Mar 12, 1939 pp96] “Fiesta in Manhattan” (book Review) [NWR]
[S-Mar 17, 1939 pp25] “Books of the Times” (book Review Fiesta in Manhattan)
[S-Apr 23, 1939 pp90] “The Growth and Meaning of American Jazz” [MWR]
[S-Apr 23, 1939 pp66] “US Prison Plant is Being Expanded”
[S-Apr 23, 1939 pp52] “Law Held Archaic for School Health”
[S-May 20, 1939 pp26] “Tax collections Declined in April” [NWR]
[S-Aug 13, 1939 pp32] “2 Held on Narcotic Charge”
[S-Aug 13, 1939 pp15] “Prison Welcomed by Puerto Ricans”
[S-Aug 22, 1939 pp29] “US Revenues off $50,335,020 in July”
[S-Sep 17, 1939 pp99] “The Drug Traffic Loosely Indicted”
[S-Sept 28, 1939 pg.26] Says Prohibition is on way back
[S-Oct 4, 1939 pp30] “WCTU Demands Peace Above All” [NWR]
[S-Nov 11, 1939 pp16] “Crazed Man Puts Subway in Uproar”
[S-Nov 26, 1939 pp40] “Two Held on Narcotics Charge” [NWR]
[S-Dec 31, 1939 pp29] “New York’s Busy Department of Health” [NWR]
[S-Feb 8, 1940 pp26] “About New York” [NWR]
[S-Apr 21, 1940 pp52] “City Clubs Chart Legislative Study”
[S-Jun 9, 1940 pp41] “Dr. Millikan Reveals New Study on Cancer” MED
[S-June 30, 1940 pp 76] “Marijuana Mystery by Mary Stimson” (Book Review)
[S-July 28, 1940 pp52] (cartoon – Mexican nazi marihuana user)
[S-Oct 8, 1940 pp23 ] “Not from The Marijuana Department” Ad
[S-Oct 20, 1940 pp98] “Not from The Marijuana Department” Ad
[S-Nov 17, 1940 pp57] “Reported From the Field of Science” (The Marihuanas)
[S-Jan 4, 1941 pp30] “Friend of Girl Suicide Cleared”
[S-May 15, 1941 pp15] “Held in Narcotic Sales to Army”
[S-Aug 21, 1941 pp19] “Catnip cigrettes Are Sold in Harlem”
[S-Aug 26, 1941 pp39] “Seaman Arraigned for Murder at Sea”
[S-Sep 21, 1941 ppBR27] “The Current Scene” (book Review) [NWR]
[S-Nov 28, 1941 pp10] “Harlem Problems Occupy the Mayor” (Marihuana Conference)
[S-June 11, 1942 pp21] (Display Ad) for book [NWR]
[S-Nov 6, 1942 pp23] “Thomas M. Farrell”
[S-Dec 29, 1942 pp26] “The Play” [NWR]
[S-Jan 1, 1943 pp25] “Deserter Linked to Reefer Ring”
[S-Jan 9m 1943 pp11] “Miss Parrott Named in Soldier’s Escape”
[S-Jan 21, 1943 pp23] “Gene Krupa is Arrested”
[S-Jan 23, 1943 pp28] “Soldier Indicted Here”
[S-Feb 23, 1943 pp24] “Defense Move Made by Ursula Parrott”
[S-Feb 28, 1943 pp43] “Ursula Parrott Acquitted by Jury”
[S-Mar 31, 1943 pp21] “Admit Marihuana Guilt”
[S-Apr 28, 1943 pp25] “Soldiers Escape Penalty”
[S-May 19, 1943 pp20] “Krupa Sentenced in Drug Case”
[S-July 1, 1943 pp13] “Gene Krupa Is Found Guilty”
[S-July 3, 1943 pp15] “Krupa Gets 1 to 6 Years”
[S-Aug 10, 1943 pp15] “Krupa Is Released on Bail”
[S-Oct 14, 1943 pp23] “35 Pounds of Marihuana Seized”
[S-Nov 21, 1943 ppBR32] (book Review) The Dark Stain
[S-Dec 29, 1943 pp19] “To Burn Seized Drugs”
[S-Feb 5, 1944 pp19] “Marijuana Camp Sales Fought”
[S-Apr 5, 1944 pp12] “Three Held in Thefts of Dependency Funds” [NWR]
[S-July 16, 1944 pp SM18] “Inquiry Into Boogie Woogie”
[S-July 20, 1944 pp21] “7 Seized in Drive on Harlem Gangs” [NWR]
[S-Sep 25, 1944 pp19] “Jive Jumps From Dumps”
[S-Oct 15, 1944 pp12] “Cuba Tops Narcotic Rate”
[S-Dec 16, 1944 pp30] “Marijuana Valued at $238,400 Is Seized”
[S-Jan 1, 1945 pp21] “Shot Carrying Marijuana”
[S-Jan 12, 1945 pp22] “Experts Discount Marijuana as Big Factor In Crime but Drive only will Be Pressed”
[S-Jan 31, 1945 pp22] “Marijuana Traffic is on the increase”
[S-Feb 2, 1945 pp32] “Six are Indicted in Marijuana Case”
[S-Mar 22, 1945 pp13] “Police Seize Three, $10,000 in Narcotics”
[S-Mar 31, 1945 pp17] “News of the Screen” [NWR]
[S-May 24, 1945 pp20] “4 in Family Sentenced”
[S-Apr 26, 1945 pp25] Guilty in Marijuana Case”
[S-Apr 27, 1945 pp21] “Assails Medical Journal”
[S-July 10, 1945 pp13] “Night Club Dope Ring Believed Smashed; Jazz Band Players Among 24 Arrested”
[S-Nov 23, 1945 pp1] “82 Seized in Night on Felony Charges in Fight on Crime”
[S-May 12, 1946 pp138] “Book Ad” (Narcotics and Drug Addiction)
[S-Aug 11, 1946 pp35] “Boy Scouts to Aid Ragweed Campaign”
[S-Aug 11, 1946 pp 128] “Deadly Weapon by Wade Miller” Book Review
[S-Aug 28, 1946 pp37] “Book Review” (Really the blues”
[S-Nov 3, 1946 pp171] “Book Review – Men Against Crime by John J. Floherty
[S-Dec 21, 1946 pp34] “Sentenced in Narcotic Cases”
[S-Jun 9, 1947 pp2] “Opium Traffic Rises; border Seizures up”
[S-July 24, 1947 pp24] “Jersey Marihuana Destroyed”
[Wanted]- Sep 5, 1977 - "Files Show Tests For Truth Drugs Began in O.S.S."
THE TIMES / TROY RECORD – Troy N.Y.
[S]- April 21, 1943 pg. 3 ] “5th Columnists in Garden” [NWR]
[S]- June 9, 1943 ] Marijuana is used in a crossword puzzle [NWR]
[S]- June 11, 1943 pg. 23 ] “Zoot suit Situation Near Anarchy”
[S]- June 22, 1943 pg. 10] “Hoodlums” Letter to the Editor about the Zoot suit’s
[S]- July 1, 1943 pg. 9] “Krupa Convicted” [NWR]
[S]- July 1, 1943 pg. 1] “Krupa Convicted” [NWR]
[S]- July 3, 1943 pg. 1] “Krupa Gets Prison Term” [NWR]
[S]- July 9, 1943 pg. 19] “Gene Krupa’s Valet Arrested by F.B.I.
[S]- July 9, 1943 pg. 19] “Gene Krupa’s Valet Arrested by F.B.I.
[S]- Sept 3 pg. 7] “Officials War on Sales of Hashish In Middle East”
[S]- Oct 20, 1943 pg. 20] “Mission Society Meets”
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TICONDEROGA SENTINEL – Published weekly in Ticonderoga NY
[S]- Nov 10, 1927 pp 5 - “Weed Drives Widow, Four Children Insane”
[S]- Dec 3, 1936 pp 15 - “Lights of New York”
[S]- July 22, 1937 pp 6 - South Ticonderoga”
[S]- July 29, 1937 pp 8 - Vicinity Correspondence - South Ticonderoga”
[S]- Oct 7, 1937 pp 3 - “South Ticonderoga”
[S]- Dec 2, 1937 pp 7 - “South Ticonderoga”
[S]- Feb 10, 1938 pp 6 - “South Ticonderoga”
[S]- Oct 13, 1938 pp 1 - Deadly Marijuana Weed Is Found In Keeseville Area”
[S]- Oct 20, 1938 pp 1 - “Troopers Destroy Crop of Marijuana Weed At Keeseville”
[S]- Oct 27, 1938 pp1 - “Troopers, CCC Vets Destroy 2,500 Lbs. Marijuana Weed”
[S]- Sept 28, 1939 pp 7 - “Knockout to Jaw Saves Patrolman in fire Trap” [NWR]
[S]- July 11, 1940 pp 8 - “Destroy Marijuana” [NWR]
[S]- June 28, 1945 pp 2 - “? The Question Mark”
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PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL – Plattsburgh, NY
[S]- Dec 6, 1889 pg 2 - “The Action of Popular Sedatives” Med
[S]- Jan 8, 1892 pp 6 - “Good Health - Popular Corn Cures” Med
[S]- June 19, 1914 - “Weed That Cause Insanity”
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POTSDAM HERALD RECORDER – Published weekly in Potsdam NY
[S]- July 28, 1937 pp1 “Narcotic Evil Discussed”
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LAKE PLACID NEWS – Published weekly in Lake Placid, NY
[S]- Dec 16, 1932 pp 10 - “Public Must Use Care in selection of Drugs” [Cannabis NWR]
[S]- Sept 16 [or 18], 1938 pp7 - “Field Marijuana”
[S]- Sept 30. 1938 pp4 - “Find Marijuana Growing Near Here”
[S]- Nov 18, 1938 pp1 - “Fine Farmer For Storing Marihuana”
[S]- Aug 18, 1939 pp5 - “Mrs. Frenya’s Brother dies In Newark, N.J.”
[S]- July 19, 1946 pp 6 - “Destroy $25,000 Worth of marijuana” [NWR]
[S]- April 28, 1950 pp - “Here and There by E.S. Dyer”
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THE ADIRONDACK NEWS – Published weekly in St. Regis Falls, NY
[S]- AdironackNews1892-Feb-26pp3 – “A New opiate” [Mariguana]
[S]- July 31, 1926 pp 2 - “Where Hemp Grows”
[S]- AdironackNews1930-March-26pp2 – “Cincinnati has Opened Campaign on Loco Weed “
[S]- AdironackNews1931-Dec-12-26pp4 – “Cincinnati has Opened Campaign on Loco Weed”
[Same story as March 26, 1930]
[S]- AdironackNews1932-Jan-16pp2 – “Cincinnati Has Opened Campaign on Loco Weed”
[Same story as march 26, 1930]
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ADIRONDACK RECORD – Elizabethtown Post Published weekly in Ausable Forks, NY http://news.nnyln.org/index.html
[S]- Jan 20, 1938 pp 7 - “Cigarette Sellers Arrested” [NWR]
[S]- Oct 6, 1938 pp 1- “Marihuana found by state Police”
[S]- July 27, 1939 - Short {NWR]
[S]- July 12, 1951 pp1 - “Sheriffs to Assist in Drive to Get Rid Marijuana Menace” AdirondackRecord1951-07-12
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CANTON COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER – Published weekly in Canton, NY
[S]- Aug 6, 1907 - “Queer Smokes:
[S]- Dec 2, 1919 - “A Strong Narcotic”
[S]- July 10, 1934 pp2 - Film Ad
[S]- Oct 8, 1935 pp 7 - “W.C.T.U. Column -- Drink or Dope--Stop the source!” [Greensboro, N.C. Newspaper reports ]
[ ]- Feb 9, 1937 pp3 -- [NWR]
[S]- July 6, 1937 pp 7 - “Origin of Hemp”
[S]- Nov 16, 1937 pp6 - “Urges War Against Marijuana Traffic”
[S]- Oct 26, 1937 pp 7 - “W.C.T.U. column - Marihuana Magnifies Person’s Ego”
[S]- Aug 16, 1938 pp 7 - “W.C.T.U. column - High School Marihuana Raids find 300 Guilty” [article Chicago Herald-Examiner]
[S]- Jan 11, 1938 pp 8 - “Church and Society”
[S]- June 7, 1938 pp 3 - “W.C.T.U. column - Puts Liquor Toll High; Marihuana Is Terrible Problem”
[S]- Oct 11, 1938 pp 3 - “W.C.T.U. column - Marihuana Makes Youth Problem”
[S]- Aug 1, 1939 pp 1 - “F.J. McLaughlin, Foe of narcotics, Passes”
[S]- Aug 1, 1939 pp 4 “Marihuana!”
[S]- Oct 1, 1940 pp 7 - “Foot Bath of Marijuana Places Owner in Prison”
[S] - Feb 11, 1947 pp 6 - “Young Heroes Battled Death---AND WON” [American Weekly, comic books and marihuana Weird Menace of marijuana”
[S]- Jan 15, 1952 pp5 - “Dr. James M. Hepburn Addresses Rotary on Narcotics”
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FORT COVINGTON SUN – Published weekly in Fort Covington, Franklin County, NY
[S]- May 5, 1938 - “Medal Awarded at Speaking contest Here Friday Night”
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FULTON PATRIOT – Published weekly in Fulton, NY
[S]- FultonPatriot1940-April-11pp “Don’t Take my Word for it”
[S]- FultonPatriot1941-Jan-30pp “Baptist”
[S]- FultonPatriot1942-March-12pp “Hannibal”
[Short] [North Hannibal Grange held a regular meeting Saturday evening. Mrs. Seth Kampel was appointed assistant lecturer. The Grange drafted a resolution in regard to the elimination of the marijuana weed to be presented to Pomona Grange;
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LOWVILLE JOURNAL AND REPUBLICAN – Published weekly Lowville NY
[S]- June 20, 1901 pp 6 - “A Daring Lawyer” [Cannabis] Cannabis Court Defense
[S]- LowvilleJournalRepub1915-07-15pp7 “Mexico today a land of unspeakable terror”
[S]- LowvilleJournalRepub1926-04-15 “Hasheesh Wave Sweeping South, Says Dr. Simon”
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MALONE FARMER – Published weekly in Malone, NY
[S]- June 20, 1906 - “Hasheesh”
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