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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prospects for an early installation of beer in University dining halls were greatly improved last night when it was learned from Governor Joseph B. Ely that he favors the sale of 3.2 beer to minors over the age of eighteen. An existing state law prohibiting the sale of any alcoholic beverages to minors prevented the University from procuring a license last spring to serve beer in the dining halls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOVERNOR ELY IN FAVOR OF SELLING BEER IN COLLEGES | 10/5/1933 | See Source »

...today: "Dolly Gann's Book," Doubleday-Doran, goes on sale today. It is the publisher's claim that Dolly Gann "tells all about the political and social life of Washington, not forgetting, the famous precedence war with Alice Long worth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 10/4/1933 | See Source »

...later conferred on him a pension which enabled him to visit and seduce elegant ladies in all parts of Europe. Until recently the Third Republic has scorned to stoop to lotteries, but two months ago Finance Minister Bonnet decided he must take the plunge. Last week he put on sale a batch of 2,000,000 lottery tickets, soon to be followed by four similar batches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Back to Casanova | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

...years, the records show that an average of about 66 cents are recovered out of every dollar tied up in closed banks. The Federal Government would not be taking much of a chance therefore in making available 50 cents now and letting the balance be realized out of whatever sale of assets or repayment of loans that the closed banks might expect over two or three or even five years. The more time the closed banks have for liquidating their old assets the more they probably will realize, though depositors naturally would rather have as much cash now as possible...

Author: By David Lawrence, | Title: Today in Washington | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

...carry in its statement the fact that it has $100,000 of government money. A pledge by the government to buy the stock would be as good as cash and later on when the transaction was consumated, the government could if it liked, offer the preferred stock for sale to the public by the treasury itself and in effect guarantee payment of the preferred stock...

Author: By David Lawrence, | Title: Today in Washington | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

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