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...into good U.S. prewar-style potables. This was supposed 1) to add at least 10% to the nation's liquor supplies, 2) to give the Government a smart profit and, 3) to increase the U.S. alcohol supply without drawing on scarce U.S. grain. Besides, as one enthusiastic liquorman put it, it might "head off hoarding, strike at the heart of the black market, curb . . . gorillas and gangsters on the fringes of the industry...
Suitable Suitor. For the plump hand of the House of Bacardi there have been many suitors in the past six months. At one time or another nearly every U. S. liquorman has pleaded for the exclusive right to market Cuba's rum after Repeal (TIME, Oct. 9). The better to hear the suits, aging Henri Schueg, son-in-law of the founding Facundo Bacardi and present head of the House, journeyed to Manhattan last month. Last week shrewd old Henri Schueg announced that he had at last found a suitable suitor-the importing subsidiary of Schenley Distillers Corp. Most...
...probably more widely known in the U. S. today (through faked labels) than they were before Prohibition. Two D.C.L. representatives came to Manhattan early last spring, spent several months and thousands of dollars on surveys of potential business. Wined & dined by nearly every U. S. liquorman, they have kept politely...
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