Word: liquor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Clincher. In Washington, a notice" was posted on the Boiling Field bulletin board : "i. Effective this date, no liquor or other intoxicating beverages will be introduced into barracks. Infractions will result in disciplinary action. 2. All unnecessary drunkenness will not be tolerated also...
...Production Board agreed last week that the U.S. needs a good, stiff drink* To previous suggestions of a liquor-making "holiday," convivial WPB Chairman Donald Nelson has returned a firm no. This time he told Senate investigators that beverage alcohol has been listed next among essential civilian needs; limited production may be allowed as soon as sufficient industrial alcohol has been stockpiled. But that time, said Mr. Nelson. is still at least three or four months away...
...cleaned up and restored, was taking on some of the tawdry shimmer of Cairo. Though only 50 miles from the war, life had grown easy. The sea was warm, spring flowers were out, well-dressed girls appeared on the crowded sidewalks, restaurateurs and private citizens unearthed hidden stocks of liquor; hurdy-gurdies were playing. Taking a hint from the tactical situation, staff officers began to stabilize working hours, began to grouse at war's overtime...
...They had more exciting news. Headlines blazoned accounts of kidnapping and murder. Accompanying stories hinted at the rise of a new gangland mob: the "wise boys" said that the "Syndicate," or the "Outfit"-presumably the remnants of the old Capone gang-was being muscled out. Black-market traffic in liquor* and even in cheese was involved; so was the overlordship of gambling, bawdyhouses and numerous other rackets. Then, to top it off, to give the stories the real burnt-powder smell of the turbulent '20s, the name of another Capone flashed into the news...
...superintendent of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League urged Eddie Rickenbacker "to consider the far-reaching implications of your press endorsement of whiskey for American flyers." Douglas MacArthur said he did not consider "liquor or spirituous wines as appropriate recognition for Bong's deeds...