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...ball park-all for $4.50. The corporation counsel for the District of Columbia said that it is legal for a minor to drink in capital bars so long as he does not order the drink, pay for it, or have it set in front of him by a tavern owner or waiter. He added: "For a child to drink with his parents is the greatest safeguard against drunkenness that I know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Aug. 25, 1947 | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

Chaser. In Battle Mountain, Nev., a patient cop warned Frank Pace the first time he did it, pinched him 20 minutes later when Pace landed his plane, taxied down Main Street, parked in front of a tavern and strolled in for a beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 21, 1947 | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

...After indignantly denying that she had fired Town Marshal James Rigas for confiscating tavern punchboards, 270-lb. Mayor Maggie Waltho of Soap Lake, Washington took the job herself, silenced carping critics with a crisp, "In a fourth-class town, what the mayor says goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jun. 9, 1947 | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...sailmakers line the narrow streets; old-country signs such as "Gourock Rope and Canvas, Ltd." dot ancient, weatherbeaten buildings. Marking the inner harbor entrance at the foot of Victoria Pier, a yellow-bricked sailors' memorial towers above the waterfront. Half a block away is the old Neptune Tavern (known from Singapore to the Cape of Good Hope for its "strong ale and pea soup"); nearby are other noted grog shops such as Joe Beef's and Liverpool House. Just around the corner there is a sailor's club where last season an average of 300 sailors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: QUEBEC: 1 ,000 Miles from the Sea | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...Schlossberg, manager of the King's Palace, a television tavern on North Clark Street, last week analyzed the new drift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Barrooms with a View | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

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