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...bubble burst. Shrewd Cargill wriggled out of its short position by buying Canadian rye, shipping it into the U.S. General Foods began to unload some of its rye. The corn crop turned out to be a whopper, and distillers decided that they might get some of this for whiskey. Furthermore, use of rye in industrial alcohol is no longer compulsory. During November, rye prices slipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: High Jinks in Rye | 12/4/1944 | See Source »

...cheap bars of Los Angeles' tenderloin he gulped his whiskey neat. After two days his hand was unsteady. But even after he bought the butcher knife, nobody could tell what he was thinking. When a woman smiled at him over a drink, he smiled back. She was a big, young woman, with lipstick smeared too heavily on her lips. Her name was Virgie. She was married, but her husband was away, and she liked a good time. He held her arm, gallantly, as they crossed the street in the rain and dark to the old Barclay Hotel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Secret | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...fold it neatly across a chair. When he hit her she fell across the bed. He choked her until she stopped breathing; then pulled her to the floor. After he took the butcher knife from his coat pocket he lighted a cigaret and drank from a bottle of whiskey. Then he knelt, knife in hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Secret | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...into the kitchen, get a tall glass, and put into it everything you can reach without taking more than three steps." If there is any roach powder, ant paste or canned heat within three steps, Jim is likely to mix a spot or two with the gin, brandy, whiskey and tabasco sauce. But he apparently thrives on such concoctions. At San Diego a doctor told him: "Colonel, you owe your life to a strong constitution and good, clean living." Jim smiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES: Iron Man | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...January permit for distilleries should result in at least 38,000,000 gallons during the month. It should immediately release stocks already in warehouses. As in August, most of the output will be used with aged whiskeys to produce blends. At 250,000,000 gallons (after allowing for leakage and evaporation), whiskey reserves are the lowest since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIQUOR: Holiday II | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

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