PROHIBITION ALCOSOI
UNDRINKABLE AT LAST
(United Press Association!— Copyright)' ' (Received 17 tk March, -10 a..m.) -' ,' WASHINGTONy 16th March The/new formula for ■ denaturinff alcohol, substituting aldehol'for pyr£ dine, becomes effective on Ist April. The change eliminates deadly; poison, and inserts a liquid absolutely nndrinka v)e-- .Dr- .Doran> <*ief Prohibitioa chemist, said that, aldehol.was.ovidised or burned kerosene oil, having a smell similar to fumes from an automobile exhaust, with too rich an oil mixture. The taste is terrible and very nauseating. Persons wha attempt to drink liquor containing aldehol will be violently sick m the stomach, but will enffer no sriri ous after-effects unless they hlv^tlkea huge quantities. The officials declared th-at bootleggers have already ..engaged expert, chemists to discoverTii; alcohol can be rectified from alcohoL
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9
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124PROHIBITION ALCOSOI Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9
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