Show MANY LIQUOR FRAUDS FOUND Prescriptions Turned to o Use in Great Numbers NEW TORK YORK March BY IL-By 11 ByTh The Associated ted Press pre Pr s Action by federal authorities to dim darn the flow tIow Into Illegal megal channels ot of liquor obtained through false fIs med med- medIcal med Ical prescriptions today resulted In the th Issuance of o warrants warrant char g chart ln log Ing violation of o the tho th prohibition law against alost 7 27 physicians six she druggists and four our distillery agents United States District Attorney Buckner who had bad conducted th the Investigation during recent weeks all as part of ot his campaign agaInst the hl hr u ups up s In the th bootleg bootleg- bootlegging ging trade said warrants would be issued later agaInst other drug drug- druggists Elsts giata He said ald his hi Investigation tl atlon showed that more than gallons of whisky had been released illegal illegal- illegally Illegally ly ly through fa false fals e prescriptions dur dur- durIng dur- dur during Ing the th put past year ea r One phase of o the operations operation ln- ln un uncovered covered ered by b agents Involved al al at- at dishonest physicians who sold their permit books signed In blank for to to tISO Mr B Buckner kner- kner knerll alleged ll that t i SL a comparatively comparatively small number of ot the th physicIans of this city turned their blanks over to distillery agentS who sold old them to dishonest t drug drug- druggists elsts drut-elsts for use us when I a customer did not net have hav a legal local permit Each physician Is allowed prescriptions for tor whisky for or ci sat purposes every very 90 fO days This permItted a maximum legal dis- dis dis of gallons of whisky each quarter Mr Buckner said he be learned however that there ther were 2400 druggists with permits to sell gallons each quarter He alleged that the th entire supply was used Many other blanks were found to have been used over 11 the th names of doctors doctor rs who were Innocent victims The Th blanks blank In some som cases calles were Issued legallY lee once once and then after prescriptions were tIlled filled the blanks were stolen from the tb d diug ug stores tores tore Chemicals were used to obliterate the th original so the th blanks blank could be used again 00 |