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Died. Edwin Scrymgeour (rhymes with primper), 80, teetotaling, Bible-quoting Scottish Prohibitionist who trounced Winston Churchill in a 1922 election upset, served nine years in Parliament, was himself soundly defeated when he tried to outlaw alcohol in Britain; in Dundee, Scotland...
Bess Truman once more gladdened the hearts of the temperance people by turning down a glass of wine, proffered by amateur waitress Congresswoman Jessie Sumner. (No prohibitionist, Mrs. T. just doesn't like the taste of the stuff.) Occasion: the monthly luncheon of her Spanish teacher's class. Mrs. Truman, who turned up in a hat to remember (see cut), was on a spot: no water was served with the meal, which was so spicily Iberian that Senator Homer Ferguson's wife Myrtle was moved to report: "Now I know where the flamethrowers come from...
Died. Colonel Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, 80, Assistant Secretary of War under Harding, Republican Congressman from New York (1923-31), cousin to Jap-imprisoned Lieut. General Jonathan ("Skinny") Wainwright; after long illness; in Rye, N.Y. A prohibitionist, he retired from Congress rather than vote wet to please his cocktailing constituents in suburban Westchester County...
Upton Sinclair, 65, vegetarian, moralist, Socialist, muckraker, politician, agnostic, Californian, abstainer, feminist, movie producer, violinist, physical culturist, antiFascist, antiCommunist; friend of Jack London, Theodore Roosevelt and Albert Einstein; one of the most prolific U.S. authors (67 books, 500 pamphlets); prohibitionist son of a bibulous father and twice-married critic of American marital habits, last week gave book-length vent to his latest enthusiasm: Franklin Roosevelt...
Misenhimer. In Fort Smith, Ark., at an auction where liquor went with purchases of war bonds. Prohibitionist R. F. Misenhimer applied his belief that an empty bottle is better than a full one, poured out a quart of Old Taylor, sold the dead man for $100. A few minutes later a full quart brought...