Drinking Up Over 1306 But Short of 1817
Washington report on 1939 fiscal year alcohol and tobacco use shows 110 million gallons of hard liquor consumed, beer and ale at 41.89 million barrels, cigarettes 141.83 billion sticks, cigars 5.26 billion, and a rise in pipe and plug tobacco usage. Matches and chewing gum activity also up as post prohibition habits shift with the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
USI
Morgenthau
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Unclear ledger of taxes and receipts across consumer items
Fragmented figures show vast but incomplete totals for febroco, snuff and dippe r consumption and related taxes. Amusement admission taxes reach over seventeen thousand dollars with elita members donating about nine million. New York ad mission levies total seventy thousand with major shares from Times Square and Broadway. Chewing gum duties approach forty million, match strikers contribute around six hundred thousand.
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Elita
Times Aquare
Broadway
Guin Chewers
Match Strikers
Indicted in the killing case in Uniontown
Twelve men were indicted tonight in Uniontown for the September 12 death of Frank Monaghan a hotelkeeper. The group includes district attorney James A Keil and coroner S Boltz with seven charged as accessories before the fact and five after. The indictments allege abuses by police officials and an undertaker amid a heart attack and alcohol related death findings.
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Uves
Jean Cowall
Uniontown
Monaghan
Reiliy
Harold W. Byrne
Wilbert RB. Mirerd
J. A Hann
Charles Malik
Mignt
Stacey Gunderman
Anthony Ute
Tre Dive Atce
Errest
Tedl Iy
Aronagi
Raliz
Cataldottor- Tado
H. FE. Ralston
Stephen Haky
Andres Hakey
Farle
Erly Ares Monathan
Beltz
Anothly
Man suffers leg break in West Commerce Street crash
A man from 6133 Somerset Road was treated at Robert B. Green hospital for a broken leg after a collision in the 200 block of West Commerce Street. The notice also contains unrelated classified ad text about independence and modern furnishings.
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W. RE. Robey
Somerset Road
Robert B. Green Hospital
West Commerce Street
Landon denounces one man rule in Ohio tour
Governor Landon assails the Roosevelt administration for “sordid bartering” of gates and public funds to sway voters during a campaign swing through Columbus Cincinnati and other Ohio cities. He preaches against one man government and warns of waste regimentation and blighting effects on business and labor. He campaigns in Dayton Hamilton Springfield and Cleveland with stops in Detroit Grand Rapids and Chicago ahead.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Alt M. Landon
Roosevelt
Buckeye
Landon
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Springfield
Republican Party
Cleveland
John W. Tricker
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Topeka
Kan
Jokes at 70 jailed in New York scare prank
Henry Wilson, age 70, received a 20 day sentence after a false alarm near Bellevue Hospital. He staged the prank to watch fire engines respond, and was identified by onlookers before arrest by Patrolman Henry Reelich.
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New York
Henry Wilson
Bellevue Hospital
Wilson
Henry Reelich
Texas Southern Life Insurance Seeks Agents in Texas
Texas Southern Life Insurance Company operating under state supervision offers judicial policy at 1000 dollars for one year and 91 dollars monthly. Family group policy available at 2 dollars per month. Opening for agents in Uvalde Jourdanton Karnes City Seguin and nearby towns with attractive commissions.
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Terks
Southern Life
Foreas
Ateractive
Uvalde
LaPryes
Jourdanton
Tilden
George Preat
Karnes Cli
Gonzales
Lochart
Seguin
Texas Southern Life Insurance Company
Gunter
San Antonio
Texas
Landon Reaffirms Support for State Prohibition Policy
Governor Alf Landon told a Winton Place crowd that he accepts the national verdict on repeal and supports letting states decide alcohol policy. He criticized the administration for attacking him as a dry advocate and urged adherence to the 21st Amendment and federal shipping limits to dry states.
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Alt M. Landon
Winton Place Station
Landon
Ean
Hoover to Close Colorado Campaign With Denver Speech
Former President Herbert Hoover will close the Republican campaign in Colorado with a speech at the Denver municipal auditorium on the night of October 39. Charles R. Enos, Republican state chairman, announced today. If a desirable apartment, room or house is available you will find it in Classifications 27 to 36, Light Classified Ads.
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Moover
Denver
Herbert Hoover
Colorado
Denver Municipal
Charles R. Enos
Mr. Garden
Atry
Dial Fanninial
Broadway
EM Street
Ickes Denounces Lemke Stooge Claims in Ohio Hearing
In Columbus on October 10 Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes called William Lemke a stooge of the Union party and said there is friendly cooperation between Republicans and Father Coughlin. He cited a letter allegedly from Hard to Gardner Jackson urging articles for Coughlin’s magazine, noting the piece may influence this year’s politics and contrast Hoover era individualism with a new social order.
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Columbus
Ohio
Union Party
William Lemke
Harold Tekes
Charles E. Coughan
Detroi
Tekes
William’ Hard
Raedio
Republican National Committee
Lemke-Coughlin
Gardner Jackson
Washington
Jackson
Father Coughlin
Landon
New Equipment Installed Time Micrometer Gains Accuracy
A new Paulson time micrometer measures watch gain or loss per minute in a minute test. James H. Gordon of 212 Broadway installed one, explaining rapid regulation in about five minutes per watch. The device, made by Henry Paulson and Company of Chicago, amplifies ticking and can detect faults instantly via earphones.
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Paulson
James H. Gordon
Jewjeles
Broadway
Mr. Gordon
Henry Paulson and Company
Gnicago
Mr. Gorden
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SA Muse CO
Legion
Alf M. Landon
Harry W. Delmery
American Legion
Sands
Colmery
United States
Mayo Bros
Mays
Norning
BR. O. K
Mayo
J. E. Mayo
Alamo Plaza
ICKES
Lemke Stooge
Inna
Keelalist
Berrey
Tumber
Kalligon
Kallison
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