Word: alson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ALSON J. SMITH...
...Indianapolis last week one Edwin Alson, a deputy Federal game warden, was hot under the collar. He made many a U. S. sportsman feel the same way by describing how advantage was taken of wild ducks on the Ohio River...
Said Warden Alson: "A barrel of corn mash, charged with alcohol, is left overnight near a sand bar or a sluice where wild ducks are known to feed. Early the next morning the hunters return. There are the ducks, either sleeping off a hangover or staggering around making silly quacking sounds. The alcohol leaves the ducks incapable of flying or swimming, and they are caught easily by hand. Some die of acute alcoholism...
Both the United States Army and Navy were represented by high officers from the Boston area. Alson present were J. C. J. Flamand. French Consul in Boston, and G. B. Beak, the British Consul. M. Flamand was accompanied by the ranking officers of the French cruiser, "d'Entrecasteaux," which is now in Boston. Captain V. J. Maitre and Executive Officer A. M. Bellof...