Word: hanna
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...commencement program of Kentucky Military Institute at Lyndon, Ky., near Louisville, carried the name of Mark A. Hanna III. His high marks, averaging 93%, had won him the highest honors of the 1927 class; he was to make the valedictory address. When, later, he rose to speak, an 18-year-old oval-cheeked boy, he reminded auditors of an able man whom he had never seen-the late U. S. Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna, his great grandfather, who died...
Liquor. Last fortnight Chairman D. H. Hanna of the Ontario Liquor Commission saddened thirsty U. S. citizens by stating that tourists permits to buy liquor would not be granted to "excursionists," that "American visitors" expecting "big blowouts" in Ontario would be "disappointed" (TIME, June...
Scotch whiskey appeared in greatest demand. Though no figures on sales were given out, it was estimated that in Windsor alone about $6,500 worth of spirituous liquors were purchased, with hundreds in line when the government stores closed. Chairman Hanna admitted that there had been a "congestion," but denied that there had been a "rush...
Then last week Chairman D. H. Hanna of the Ontario Liquor Com-mission made ominous pronouncement. Said he: "American visitors will be disappointed if they expect any big blowouts in Ontario. Liquor cannot be bought without a permit and one-day tourists will not be able to get either permits or liquor." He warned U. S. railroads, reported as hav-ing advertised special trains to Ontario that "excursionists" would not be given permits, would return dry, disappointed...
Saddened, U. S. citizens again scanned the provisions of the Ontario liquor law. They found that although "regular" permits to purchase liquor required 30 days' Ontario residence, there were also "tourist" permits which specified no residence requirement. It appeared that Mr. Hanna was making a distinction, hitherto unthought of, between "tourists" and "excursion-ists." Just how long an excursion into Canada would have to last to constitute a tour, just when an excursionist, barred from purchasing liquor became a tourist, to whom alcoholic beverages would be freely dispensed, remained for the future to decide...