Word: liquorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile it is understood that the "medicinal liquor" provision will be so interpreted as to allow French, Italian and Spanish crews their legally provided daily measure of wine...
...chief development of the last week in regard to the ship-liquor question was the appearance in American waters of foreign vessels with liquor under seal?chiefly British vessels. The first two large liners to arrive with sealed liquor were the Baltic and the Berengaria. In accordance with the recent Supreme Court ruling the Treasury Department ordered the liquor seized...
...fact that both a Cunard and a White Star liner deliberately brought in sealed liquor and other British ships are known to be on their way similarly equipped, leads to the expectation that the British are planning a concerted protest against the dry-in-port ruling...
...ruling, now in effect, that foreign ships entering United States territorial waters must not carry liquors caused little actual disturbance although great pyrotechnics in the way of discussion. Foreign ships entered and cleared American ports without liquor, foreign crews grumbled, and foreign governments did nothing-as yet. A few ships stopped at Cuban or Canadian ports to drop their liquor stores, but most arriving vessels had provided in advance for the contingency-that is, by sailing with small liquor stocks. From the State Department came the suggestion that foreign ships might be allowed to bring in liquor under seal...
...England a retaliatory bill to make it compulsory for ships entering British waters to carry liquor was killed in the House of Commons. The ministry was " too busy," however, to take up active consideration of the ship-liquor problem...