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...quality. . . . The withdrawal and consumption of whiskey for medicinal purposes [last year] was 1,616,924 gallons. . . . There will be on hand Jan. 1, 1930, five years' supply. ... To meet the non-beverage needs, it is proposed to authorize the manufacture of 2,000,000 gallons for the next permit year . . . 70% Bourbon...
Like all such maneuvers, the Battle of Rancocas Creek, observers agreed, will be detailed to Congress next winter as an argument to show the need for increased appropriations for national defense...
...water throughout the English midlands that numerous water-hogging textile mills were forced to shut down for one week provisionally. In London, the Ministry of Health, after advising municipalities to ration their water with "rigid economy," concluded cryptically: "Statistics appear to show that the rainfall in England during the next few years may continue below average...
Born in Somersworth, N. H., Author Chase, specializing in economics and statistics, took a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude from Harvard in 1910. A Certified Public Accountant in 1916, he next year joined the Federal Trade Commission, was sent to Chicago to investigate Armour & Co. Working with the U. S. Food Administration in 1918, he left it for another investigation: milk. He joined the staff of the Labor Bureau, Inc. in 1921, is now President...
...airplane swooped low over the city, its roar and honk drowning out Conductor van Hoogstraten's orchestra and Edwin Franko Goldman's able, obliging band. Adding insult to injury, the plane was advertising cinema, the industry whose "talkies" have thrown some 35,000 musicians out of work. Next day Conductor Goldman protested vigorously to the city authorities. Outdoor concertgoers throughout the land were relieved to hear there is a Federal regulation requiring airmen to stay at least 3,000 feet above cities and crowds. Concert-zooming pilots will get their licenses revoked...