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Repeal is Voted for By 2,741 Or 47 Per Cent, of the TotalFinal returns released today by the Literary Digest in its national prohibition poll indicate | that the four major cities of I Lake county are decidedly opposed to the existing liquor| laws. Of 5,824 votes received from Gary, Hammond, EastChicago and Whiting, only; 863, or 14.8 per cent were inI favor of enforcement.! Repeal was voted tor by 2.7-II ot l 47 per cent of (lie total and 2.220 ot 2.S.2 per f-onf favored modification The eomhht'd vote', showed SO.2 of tin- Inti lots favoring* either modification or repeal.Jaasf Chicago apparently is wet* tost I m* tie- four • - i 1 i lt;- - and Whiting is the driest. Whereas pet* centof Cast Chicago's ballots fa vorcc eiflier nmdifieaI ion or repeal, the Whiting percentage was 7:ei.fiAKY i\ m:adCary I' d all otiier • •it’h-s in vmina j fnr modification with -1 ! per cent ; least Chicago was strongest fur re* j pea I with 51.8 per eenf of its balloU| marked ihusiy, and 'Whiting- regis-j fared the heaviest vote for enforce-| au-nt. 2,eft per cent of its votes favoring- that move.The- statistics follow:fv i itan\:sKnf. A)i»d. id-p. Tfita 1 Iasi;mend . n2 577 St:; 1.7 2;Cary ....... ;;thi 1,1 no 1.222 2,»S17. Clii'-ac-.. fn; ;;;;; 1 V yv,Whiting- ... 8 7 17“ 15 a titHammond ..j Ca rv .......; 17. Chicago.. Whiting .... County ......11.Sop;*} *12,7 1 15,-S247IM. 17 S1,7 nf.Mod.Hop.Mod.I8- R e p.17.5• •.f. n? s. y82.5 C-i . *•! 1.l10.7*, ^ ■* d 1 4»t51,Ssy.;p20.010. ft• o *»*'» , w71011 I.S• o •lt;i p.*17.8 5.2
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Hammond Whiting Evening Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 02, 1930
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Lake C.
IN, USA 08 Dec 2021
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