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CfiXEY T0 Dll INK I GI.AS3 OfMayor Insists On Strict Enforcement Of Liquor LawsBAND TO PLAYCity’s Celebration, May Be Delayed By Lack Of BrewMayor Jacob S. Cdxey will quaff the first seidel of suds:A German band will toot bn street corners.Liquor law3 ..will be strictly -enforced. ■Coxey will ask heavy fines for . violations.Skeptical bootleggers will assume ‘a poiiuy- of watchful waiting.1 lt;Tliese. were developments in Massif ; today as' preparations were being 'made ' to satisfy the demand of. a \ thirsty citizenry for beer and at the same time protect fclje legal biew from bootleg entanglements. .Thfit 'Massillon' will' have beer-is certain; That it will.celebrate the return of the stimulating beverage- is just as sure, but the hour of the - arrival bf_ the city’s -first'supply: is extreme]^; doubtful.Beer will. Be l legal after, midnight , tomorrow/ Massillon will celebrate immediately with Mayor- Jacob S. .Coxey-. dr inking a toast'to whomsoever he chooses-—!f—the local merchants can furnish him. with the7 beer.Coxey makes no bones about -his palpitating’-:appetite, for.beverages of greater alcoholic content than Adam’s ’H20 ale/- in fact,if anyone so desires, he. is ready ' to :drain. a seidel of , beer in .front, of a camera,-for long ago. he told,the world that lie .was opposed ■ to prohibition; ; In fact;'the - day- after the; Eighteenth Amendment became effective; he i journeyed1 to .-Washington to. launch1 a movemeht for repeal.; So' Coxey, considering himself the - first . repealist.believes.,ha’J^entit}gd..to.the - first . beer . and ; onfe local - restaurant owner who hopes-'to/ sell the;.shds shortly . after' midnight Thursday will pass the first.'glass to. COxey’'.while a German.' band” blares away in'- salute to the,foam.•But.-what effect is beer going' to . have on. the bootleggers? Tt is ;a question r that even the'bootlegger;is asking ;himselfj- for he is on the ferice, with/the'law on: one side 'and- the retailers of beer on the other! f Will Insist On Enforcement •Enforcement of . liquor Jaws will be more; rigid than- ever and-' court fines even’heavier, ;if-.the wishes;of Mayer Coxey are carried out. This” the bootlegger nnist face-on-one side; will on the.other he;, is. confronted with-the. licensed beer salesmen who,, will, not tolerate his meddling in their busine^ for two-reasons; In: the first , place; they'having paid either $100 .' or $50 for a license to operate.’.depending • on whether the beer will be consumed on their’; premises, or not..-do not intend' to. allow an . unlicensed home brewer:muscle In on their-trade;Secondly, the licensed; .establish: ment would of a certainty draw the blame for drunks beng turned loose bn the street by some, unlicensed speaflfusy selling -rotten liquor on the sly. Beer’would be blamed and the prohibition cannon reloaded Realizing that; the preservation of beer .and order and the hope of complete 1 repeal depends • entirely . upon | absolute enforcement. , of the /liquor laws- to prevent-- interference ' from bootleggers, Mayor Coxey-today said .-that lie, will, instruct police to' keep . a vigil for unlicensed speakeasies,- and. to apprehend anyone found selling or otherwise unlawfully, handling liquors‘ of more'Than 3,2 percent alcoholic content.'1' Furthermore. Coxey said he will: confer with Municipal j Court (Judge. George • Hoy/ells to so-j licit his cooperation in'regulating the .sale of beer here.. He’ will ask the judge to pronounce heavy fines on all bootleggers and thereby. defeat and stamp out the underworld, one of the primary objectives in the legalization of beer, .Bootleggers Wait and Watch Comments of two bootleggers re-, veal that they fear the return of beer will ’result in the very action Coxey threatens. I made-my last batch of home brew a week, ago,” one declared;. That will last me until Friday. After that I am going to wait and see What ‘ develops. A restaurant is go ing to take out a license for beer-in my.-neighborhood (a residential district) , and I know if I attempt to sell home brew he will ride me to, death and I will be arrested.”How about the liquor racket?’ he was asked?I'm going to lay off' that too until I see how the ground lies,” was his. reply. They tell me now .that beer is legal the government will demand heavy fines from anyone-(Continued on Page Two)
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Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Wed, Apr 05, 1933
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