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Booze Nooze and Moonshine in North Carolina
A blend of ribald liquor antics and prohibition cases fills the page. Reports of 74 percent alcohol substitutes at a party, a muttered mixup with a 68 percent hair tonic, and a federal case against Silas Devenny, Herman Lipke, and Dawd P. Mikesell for alleged prohibition violations. UNC theater faces a moonshine prop dilemma as officials weigh filming a play featuring a still. Federal Judge Neterer imposes penalties on nine violators with fines totaling and outfits, including an automobile, seized in the case.
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Washington
Ter
Grand
Silas Devenny
Herman Lipke
Dawd P. Mikesell
United States District Court
Chapel Hill
N. C
Prohibition
Trtis
Carolina
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Hubert C. Heffner
Uncle Sam
Richer
Neterer
A. Heintae
Vincent
Mauro
Anna Davey
Mawin Tonkin
Fbdgar
Otto Johnson
Vincent Mercy
Bam Grecco
O. Passio
Heintze
Hauer