Probe Indicates Liquor Black Market on Upgrade
Washington AP reports Senate questions a rising liquor shortage linked to a widening black market. Witness Stewart Berkshire cites hoarding by distillers wholesalers and retailers to lift prices, with 117 million gallons aged four to eight years held in bonded warehouses awaiting policy change. Berkshire notes 233712 licensed retailers and 12 registered distillers as part of the system.
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British Fleet Likely Sinks Merchant Ship Off Dutch Coast
British small craft conducting an offensive sweep off Holland likely sank one merchant ship in a convoy escorted by German motor torpedo boats and fast gunboats.
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Northeastern State Horizontal and Vertical Word Puzzle
A word puzzle list with clues for horizontal and vertical fills. Solvers map numbers to letters to complete a crossword grid, identifying state cities, abbreviations, plant names, musical terms, and other common crossword categories.
Christmas Wish by Edgar A. Guest
The poet laments war and calls for peace while reflecting on the true cost of conflict. He contrasts grim statistics with the sacrifice of soldiers and the loss of brave minds in battle.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
To Probe Charges Leveled at Willkie
A five member Senate sub committee was named to investigate charges that backers of Wendell Willkie bought his 1940 Republican nomination at the Philadelphia convention.
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Washington
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Wendell Willkie
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