AMERICA GOES “WET”

Evening Star, Issue 21381, 7 April 1933, Page 8

AMERICA GOES “WET”

SALE GF BEER LEGALISED BREWERS PREPARE FOR EVENT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, April 6. (Received April 7, at 10 a.m.) Nineteen States and tho district of Columbia go off the near beer standard at 12.1 a.m. on Friday, when the sale of beer containing 3.2 per cent, alcohol by, weight or 4 per cent, by volume becomes legal. Brewers in some States plan to deliver as soon as it becomes legal. Others, ruling out jubilee parties at midnight, say it will not be delivered before breakfast time. The nineteen States are Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,'Nevada, New. Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin.Six other States have set later specific dates ranging from April 13 to July 1.: Louisiana, Vermont, North Caroline, Wyoming, West Virginia, North Dakota, and still others have proposals pending to legalise sale. The .regulations vary as to where and how beer can be sold. The pried’ is expected to vary. One price quoted frequently in New York was one dollar sixty cents wholesale for a case of twenty-four bottles. “HERE’S FOAM 1H YOUR WHISKERS" VANCOUVER, March 30. Throughout the United States the evening of April 6 will witness a celebration completely overshadowing any New Year’s Eve. Americans are getting ready to welcome the return, of liquor. The Federal authorities rule that no legal beer shall leave the breweries before one minute after 12 midnight on April 7, but crowds in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis intend to spend the night before getting ready.Milwaukee and Chicago City Halls have declared a half-holiday, so that everyone may acquire an out-of-door thirst. Between whistles, bells, and horns the most popular invitation will be; “Brother, here’s foam in your whiskers.”

Mr John Coughlin is organising a big beer party for the Chicago aldermen. He will have a keg for each aldermanic desk, but glasses and steins will be ab-, sent on that opening night. “We will, have tin cups,” said Mr Loughlin, “ be-, cause the aldermen might start throwing, the glassware around.”