The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-06

At breWeries in Milwaukee,
st. Louis, Pittsburgh and
New York thousands of cases
and kegs were piled high
ready for instant delivery.
Fleets of speedy trucks we're
readied in Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Louis to start out at one minutes
after II.
Refrigerator cars were pulled I'D
on sidingS to be loaded with beer
and rushed to all parts of the coun-
try.
Old timers sat back and coniured
names that brought back memories
OF good old days"-Schlitz. An
heuser- Busch, Pilsener. BIatz, Berg
hof, Prima Special, Millers. Pabst
and Atlas.
Bartenders Wait Zero Hour
Bartenders, natty in white aprons.
stiff shirts and short cut-a-vav
coats, polished stems that have been
gathering dust for thirteen years.
Huge bar mirrors, fancy trays, foam
clippers and mugs made their ap-
pearance in the busting activity.
Preparations to welcome beer
differed throughout the nation. but
IN most cities the edge had been
taken Off plans for riotous celebra-
lions by cautious advice of groups
fearing that too-spirited affairs
would provide food for dry propa-
ganda, and ultimately endanger re-
peal of the eighteen amendment.
IN New York, Colonel Jacob Rup-
pert, president of the United States
Brewing Association, ruled that de-
1verles will not be made there until
Z a. M Restaurants and other estab-
llshmentS expected TO have beer on
draught at o'clock.
Milwaukee to Celebrate
Chicago hotels and cabarets
planned to sell beer Immediately
after midnight, but preparations for
city-wide celebration were with
drawn. With seven breWeries here.
more than in any other city, de-
llverieS to homes we're expected to
be under way few hours after
midnight
Hundreds of thousands of cases
and kegs will be shipped from here
starting at midnight by train, motor
transport and wagon.
Milwaukee was set for an I'M
restricted celebration. Many bar
tenders said they would offer the
initial kegs free-on a first come
first served basis. In addition to
Its licensed soft drink parlors,
there were scores of hotels. cafes,
drug stores and soda fountains
ready to dispense beer.
A unique situation prevails in
Colorado. Beer will be sold there
for SO minutes after midnight, and
then banned until a. m. as a re-
suit of an emergency bill signed
Wednesday barring beer sale from
l until o'clock.
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Whatever celebration starts in
Pittsburgh probably will be halted
by officers, who said they would
enforce an old law requiring night
clubs to close at 12:45.
Mayor Miller of Cleveland fore
stalled celebration plans by holding
up issuance Of licenses until Fri
day morning.
A midnight celebration is sched-
ulcd in st. Louis.
No special observance is planned
in Columbis, Buffalo, Salt Lake
City, Los Angeles or Portland, Ore.
In st. Paul and Minneapolis cele-
brations will begin at midnight
BreWeries in Minnesota said they
had sufficient beer to supply each
person in the state with three and
one-haIf gallons. Watch parties,
with pretzels ready on the table,
were scheduled for the Twin Cities.
Fresno, Cal, will celebrate on
Saturday, designated as Presidents
Day." with German bands and spe-
cial sales. Seattle expects beer in
time for breakfast. There will be
no beer in Texas and Oklahoma.
Pages of Beer Advertising
Chicago beer prices were quoted
at $40 a case for two dozen pint
bottles, plus a sales tax, making it
s248 for home delivery. For re-
tailers, the price is S2.10, plux tax.
l. - fN,Sv rfU
one gallons, is quoted at $3.50, plus
tax, and half-barrel at S8-25.
Pages of advertising in Chicago
newspapers today were devoted to
beer and necessities" including
pretzels, bologna and cheese. There
were colored advertisements with
slogans of Happy days are here
again. "but it while it lasts, or
der now" and ION with the nation
te prosperity"