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...quickly became obvious that an "excursionist," unless roped, hog-tied and branded as such, could not possibly be distinguished from a "tourist." Any U. S. citizen who found himself in Ontario and considered himself to be a Canadian tourist could secure a tourist permit and quaff beer, wine, ale, whiskey, champagne, gin, in any legal "residence," including his hotel room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Envoy to Canada | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

Miss Eloysa Levine, nine-year-old daughter of New York-Paris Flight-Backer Charles Levine, patriotically christened the Wright-Bellanca monoplane Columbia, (TIME, May 2) with a tepid bottle of ginger ale. Afterwards, laughing, she climbed into the Columbia with her friend Grace Jonas, Superintendent John Carisi and Pilot Clarence D. Chamberlin for a ride. As the plane took off, a bolt was sheared in the shock absorbers, crippling the landing dolly, meaning disaster 99 out of a 100 cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Broken Dolly | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

Favors, probably in the form of ash trays, will be given out with cigarettes and pipe tobacco and while ginger ale, sandwiches and doughnuts are being served a picture of the class will be taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN SMOKER WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY | 4/5/1927 | See Source »

...evidence, that the mere smell of liquor in a restaurant is enough to cause that restaurant to be padlocked for a year. Law-abiding restaurant-keepers, must now employ detective- waiters to search customers for hip-flasks and hidden bottles before they serve them with cracked ice or ginger ale. Prohibition agents need no longer search and buy; they may sit at tables and sniff; a good smell will convict. -The court reached its decision on the intorpretation of one word of the law. Section 21 of the Volstead Act states: "Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure or place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Church v. State | 4/4/1927 | See Source »

Drinking tea, when I like ale...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 3/30/1927 | See Source »

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