Word: saloon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stuck in a snowdrift on the Andes Mountains and had to turn back to Los Andes. Nor was he more than slightly startled when, as he strolled the streets of that town, bored by the oppressive company of his persona] detective, he saw a rumdum reel out of a saloon, strike a companion with a stone, receive, in return, a knife-thrust in the stomach. He caught the sagging body in his arms, directed, after a solicitous inquiry, that it be removed to a hospital...
...Wayne B. Wheeler, Anti-Saloon League leader, called at the White House "to assure the President of the support our constituency will give every step toward better enforcement of Prohibition...
...Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative representative (lobbyist) and counsel for the Anti-Saloon League has on occasion debated prohibition with Mr. Thomas on a public platform. Last week he issued a critique of Mr. Thomas' 63rd play...
...Chase plays center field; Gandal is at first; Weaver at shortstop is the best of the three. Quick on his feet as a puma, he covers a huge amount of ground; his batting average is over .500; gangling cowboys ride hundreds of miles to yell at him; gamblers, preachers, saloon keepers, dance hall girls from the honkeytonk towns across the border bet their dirty money on his team; the Chambermen of Commerce are glad he lives in Douglas...
Prohibitionists. The Anti-Saloon League and other Prohibition organizations, while overtly approving of Mr. Andrews' intents, showed not a little hostility especially because their recommendations for appointments were not accepted with alacrity. "It was said here today," declared a news dispatch written as from Mr. Andrews' office, "that before he would undertake to enforce Prohibition with an outfit com- posed of one part fanatics and one part politicians, he would give up his job." The spirit was amplified by Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General in charge of Prohibition cases (a job parallel to Mr. Andrews...