Word: beers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Passed (43-to-30) a 3.05% beer bill; later accepted the House's 3.2% limit...
...took no Presidential prodding to get the beer bill passed by House and Senate. Fifteen days after the President's signature, legal sale begins...
...Passed (316-to-97) a 3.2%, beer bill by New York's Cullen; sent it to the Senate...
When approached on the legal questions involved in the sale of beer in the University dining halls, E. L. Toomey, solicitor of Cambridge, said that no definite statement could be made until the Massachusetts Legislature acts next week. "If the legislature passes a law legalizing the sale of 3.2 per cent beer throughout the State," he said, "and if it includes no clause permitting a local option, the Cambridge prohibition ordinance will be automatically nullified and there won't have to be any city voting on the matter." The solicitor stated further that if Cambridge were given the opportunity...
Another legal obstacle to the sale of beer was brought to light by merchants on the Square who recalled that a local law prevailed forbidding the sale of all intoxicating beverages within a certain distance of religious and educational establishments. At a late hour last night, city officials were unable to state definitely whether Harvard would be affected by such a restriction...