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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
6
Federal authorities delay actions on saloon licenses amid uncertainty over 2 3-4 percent beer and its intoxicating status. Boston’s crackdown remains strict, with saloons selling hard drinks halted until Washington clarifies allowable alcohol levels. An industry observer claims much of the 23 4 beer sold previously was fake.
Washington scene reports a slim chance for Supreme Court ruling on intoxicating drinks before constitutional prohibition. Federal officials expect Congress to act, with arrests possible for beers over 0.275 per cent alcohol. Boston liquor dealers press for licenses as demobilization nears.
Summer bathing features cleansing rules and a surging needle spray with gushing tepid water to refresh during hot days. Atry Sleeping and Private Rooms at The Hub Baths Inc located at 387 Mase Ave near Huntington Ave, offer men only facilities.
Paris July 2 The American army of occupation ceased to exist as units in the Rhineland began to move home. Soon about 5000 men will remain as a small garrison. The Fourth and Fifth Divisions depart for Brest today, followed by the Second, Third, and First in that order depending on German compliance with the treaty terms.
Washington July 2. Only 1,000,000, with a little over 400,000 still overseas, are under arms per War Department. At current homeward pace, the American army of occupation would shrink to two divisions by August 1.
The government filed an appeal to the Supreme Court today challenging a U S District Court ruling by Judge Rose that sustained the demurrer of the Standard Brewery of Baltimore to an indictment charging it with making and selling beer containing one half of one percent of alcohol.
Attorney General Palmer directed an investigation into liquor sales in Atlantic City with potential federal prosecutions if newspapers reports prove true. The move follows concerns over illegal distribution in the resort area.
A large delegation from liquor dealers pressed Mayor Peters to urge President Wilson to lift the wartime prohibition ban. They claimed to represent about one thousand liquor dealers and many customers and families. The Mayor said he would consider the issue but, with demobilization unfinished, plans to act were deemed inadvisable.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, famed suffrage advocate, declined renomination to leadership in 1915 and was elected honorary president. She spoke across the states before legislatures and Congress committees, and belonged to several international and national reform bodies. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne England, she came to America at age four.
English born Dr Anna Howard Shaw came to America as a child and rose through hardship to become president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association in 1904. A lifelong educator and preacher she lived with an immigrant family in a Michigan wilderness during girlhood.
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