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George R. Dale
American mayor and newspaper editor
George Reynolds Dale (February 5, 1867 – March 27, 1936) was an American newspaper editor and politician. He was best known as the editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat from 1920 to 1936, and as mayor of Muncie from 1930 to 1935. His life's works include the starting of several newspapers and battling bootleggers and the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1932, Dale was convicted of violating Prohibition laws. His conviction was upheld on appeal, but he was pardoned after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.