"Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball" by J.G. Spinks
Vocabulary:
prohibition
moonshiners
probe
Interesting Fact:
One month before the drive against moonshiners, K.M. Landis was asked by the major league baseball owners to become the first commissioner of baseball. He held that post until his death in 1944.
Study Questions:
Were moonshiners a big problem in Wisconsin during Prohibition?
When was the state Prohibition Department organized? What was its purpose?
What was the reputation of Landis as a judge and as the baseball commissioner?
Search these newspaper databases for additional stories about Prohibition:
December 23,1920: The state Prohibition Department launched a drive that was to net several arrests of Madison moonshiners. The raids were a result of a federal grand jury probe headed by Judge K.M. Landis in La Crosse earlier in the month.