Prohibition in Croton (1921–1933)

The Mikado Inn proprietor is acquitted in 'the first case to be tried in Westchester County for alleged violation of the New York State liquor law.'

A Curtis biplane carrying 250 quarts of Scotch and Irish whiskey from Montreal crashes near the Tumble Inn. A route map reveals an aerial smuggling corridor.

'McKay fiddled, Reager sang and Gallante danced' — then arrested the proprietor for serving $1.50 highballs.

Federal Judge John C. Knox padlocks Roy Kojima's Nikko Inn for two months — described as 'the first place run by Japanese to be closed in padlock proceedings.'

An aerial photograph shows two 250-foot objects in the Hudson. The Navy confirms none of its vessels are in the area. The photo is filed with Coast Guard Intelligence.

The future concert pianist and television personality sleeps in the cellar with 'twenty or thirty Japanese waiters' while performing at the speakeasy.