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...keep restless stomachs constantly occupied, Dr. Winkelstein rigs up a quart-sized can high over each patient's bed, fills it with lukewarm milk to which a level teaspoon of soda has been added. One end of a long, latex tube attached to the bottom of the can is swallowed by the patient. The tube, which is very soft, and scarcely larger than macaroni, is easy to swallow, does not keep the patient from sleeping, can even be used in the day time while he sits in a chair. The milk drips into his stomach constantly, its flow controlled...
Crusader Smith found with horror that the 132,000,000 men, women & children in the U.S. drink per person per week an average of one quart and two gills of alcoholic beverages...
...three months, Hawaii thirsted under absolute prohibition. Parched citizens concocted sickening "swipes" of yeast and fruit juice. Last week the order was relaxed. Adult topers may buy one quart of liquor a week. Bars sell all they like-until they close at 5 p.m. But drunkenness is sternly forbidden. Penalty: a fine up to $500, five years in jail; or both. Bartenders are also punished for getting their customers drunk. On Hawaii's first day of repeal, 17 men, five women were convicted of drunkenness. They were fined up to the limit, sentenced to jail for as long...
Lost. In Freeport, L.I., a thief entered a dentist's waiting room, made off with two smoking stands, left a quart of sauerkraut in exchange. In Manhattan, police arrested a clothing-store burglar wrapped up in his loot. The loot: five women's dresses, four playsuits, 137 pairs of socks, 70 pairs of stockings, 39 pairs of anklets...
...risen 2,000% since the beginning of the war. (In U.S. terms, a package of cigarets would cost $3, a man's shirt $50, a pair of medium-priced woman's shoes $160. One might, with luck, buy a bottle of Scotch for $60, but a quart of champagne would cost over...