Word: liquorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...French or Itallan ship was faced with the necessity of breaking his country's law or of being arrested by American prohibition officers. Fortunately Secretary Mellon has solved the dilemma in a common-sense manner by allowing the ship doctor to determine how large a supply of medicinal liquor he may need...
...federal ruling that no ship may enter United States territorial waters with any beverage liquor aboard went into effect on June...
Foreign ships already in port were not required to throw their liquor overboard-instead it was securely sealed. This happened to the Cedric and the Carmania. In the port of New York crews of vessels belonging to countries which legally require liquor rations for their seamen, continued to receive their liquor. New York Prohibition Director Canfield announced that he had received a telegram from Commissioner Haynes that the United States Public Health Service would issue medicinal liquor permits to such ships on the assumption that since the liquor was legally required it was medicinal. Contradictory reports were issued in Washington...
...Spanish Royal Steamship Line announced through its New York agent, Luis Llanso, that it will discontinue sailings from New York after mid-June. The reasons given are that the Line breaks American law if it carries liquor for its crew, and Spanish law if it does not, and that bookings have fallen off greatly since the Supreme Court ruling...
...purporting to show that on occasion The Christian Science Monitor plays favorites in its presentation of the news. One of these articles dealt with what appeared to be an attempt by The Monitor to minimize the extent of British displeasure over the recent U. S. Supreme Court ruling on liquor on the high seas...