Governor Lausche plans attack on the Mounds Club

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Governor Lausche plans attack on the Mounds Club
After winning the election in 1948 to secure his second term as Ohio governor, Frank Lausche vowed to close the Mounds Club and other such clubs throughout Ohio which he claimed were flouting Ohio's gambling and liquor laws. In July 1949, Ohio liquor enforcement agents carrying out the Governor's orders successfully obtained a court order to close and padlock the Mounds Club.

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