Millard County Chronicle | 1949-03-10 | Page 8 | Governor Warren Runs 'Bookies' Ragged

SPECJ 'I GETTING HOT IN FLORIDA d Cor Ro" Governor Warren Runs 'Bookies1 Ragged ' ! ! All was not sunshine and soft ' ! ! . breezes in Florida. It was hot p0g ! ; enough but at this writing there had 0 gUj.i ; ; been nothing to call off the heat )il & ( ..; '' Imposed by Gov. Fuller Warren's ' n.ip.: : I edict against bookies. "Bookies" to i J the initiate are those who take race fty ,'j horse bets off the tracks, usually in J- : rear rooms of public establishments j :i in more sumptuous instances in I J heir own establishments. J ' It appeared the governor's crack- down was going to stick. The bookies book-ies "went underground" and it was reported that a telegraphic news service supplying results of horse races had suspended. Most reports emanating from the state were to the effect, that bookies were out of work except for a few trying to do a small business by runners and telephones. The outlook out-look didn't appear too rosy.