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Earnest students were aghast yesterday as a large truck drew up to staid old University Hall labeled light wines and vermouth. They were even shocked as the driver proceeded to toss large bundles nonchalantly to the ground in front of one of the doors...
...sound of tinkling glass followed and no light wines and vermouth proceeded to trickle over the area in front of the good deans' offices...
...League of Nations bar in Geneva, inventive Proprietor Carlo Beltramo, an Italian, celebrated the Roosevelt election by inventing the Forty-Eight States Roosevelt Cocktail. Ingredients: 10 "states" of white Dutch curaçao; 10 "states" of English gin; 8 of grapefruit juice; 18 of French vermouth; one of angostura bitters, representing Maine; and a final "state" of absinthe, green as the forests of Vermont, dripped in on top of the finished cocktail. Urged Barman Beltramo, "Drink one and see the landslide...
...Concessions. Because the U. S. has no quota system, except for human immigration, its side of the bargain was relatively simple on paper. Reductions were made on 71 French imports, among the most important being brandy, champagne, vermouth and still wines. U. S. drinkers will, after June 15,* pay 61? less for a bottle of champagne, 14? less for vermouth, 10? less for wine, 90? less for brandy...
...carbonated waters. Canada Dry's main trouble, on the other hand, lay in the fact that with Repeal, it went into the liquor business. It bought an interest in a brewery, secured exclusive U. S. sales rights on Johnny Walker Scotch whiskey, Sandeman's wines and Cinzano vermouth. Finally it began marketing Canada Dry gin. The company now admits that these liquor ventures were not altogether successful. Net profit for 1934 of $439,500 was, according to President Parry Dorland Saylor, "not all that we hoped it would be." Like many another liquor company, Canada Dry had overestimated...