Hide Article Text (OCR)
Advocates of beer by the drink were cheered when Pleas Greenlee, secretary to Governor Paul V. McNutt, hinted that action from the state supreme court may be forthcomingThe matter of draught beer has all been passed on to the supreme court and state officers are just as concerned with the opinion it will hana down as any beer dealers,” Greenlee asserted If the decision is m fa\ot of di aught beer, you can be assured there will be no objection from the state house but until that opinion is gnen not e^en a special session of the state legislature could unsnatl the piesent tangle ”week-end and foaming steins were 8er\ed with little attempt to concealtheAfSlidimond dealer in bar fixtures, who has been selling most of this equipment to local dispenseis, reported today that he has received r last number” of inquiries for 61 aught beer fixtuies since last w eekRK\ OIiT 1GAIVST JAWThe ie\olt against tho state beer law, which legalizes only the sale o? bottle beer, broke into the open last week when Prosecutor Robert G EsUli and local police departments refused to prosecute licensed dealers who sell draught beerThey said they will file charges against only those w*ho aie operating without a licenseAs a lesult of that attitude, wholesalers announced to their customers that they will supply all the keg beer which Calumet district dispensers may wish to buy.Some of the dtaught btew, how-e\er, is being smuggled across the Eta to line bv dealeis in Illinois It(Continued on Page SH)
Newspaper Details
Hammond Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Mon, Jul 31, 1933
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Lake C.
IN, USA 17 Dec 2021
Other Publications Near Hammond, Indiana
Hammond Times
Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond Whiting Evening Times
Hammond Gary Evening Times
