Word: gins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gin--free love--late and irregular hours--overwhelming conceit; all are closely associated with the average jazz musician by the general public. However, we who have known Charley Vinal can certainly point with pride to a man who was not only a credit to his profession but also an outstanding example of clean-living American youth...
...Navy officer is hit over the head with a bottle of gin by his fiancee when she sees him kissing another girl. Sound familiar? It's not what happened to you last weekend; it's only the beginning of the revival of Mark Twain's fantasy, "A Connecticut Yankee." Attempts to streamline the new production and shake off the dust it has acquired have largely failed. Despite some moments of light humor, it oftens becomes so dull that you wish someone would hit you over the head with a bottle of gin and put you out of your misery...
...Last week, after weeks of cogitation, OPA forbade liquor dealers to use the word "gin" for the new cane-base, shellac-scented cocktail base now pouring into the U.S. from the Caribbean. The official, denatured title from now on: "Distilled spirits made from cane products and favored with aromatics...
...Carlo. New-rich Germans arrived to spend the proceeds of the loot of France. Collaborationists and refugees with more money than respectability swarmed in. Prices soared. The average price of a meal in 1942, was $24. Wine and liquors easily added another $100 to the bill. British whiskey and gin were $40 a bottle. Good brands of British cigarets were $22 for 50. Food was plentiful and good for those who had the price. The Germans ordered an end of that, too, demanded rationing for neutral Monagasoues. The Government of Prince Louis II acceded...
...German airman who parachuted from his crippled bomber, then had to hike seven miles, trying at an inn and three villages before he could get someone to capture him. There was the heartbreaking story of the big London distillery that took a hit and the stock of gin that was lost...