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


we are not letting any of our
trucks take the road with a load of
case beer until daylight he said.
Maybe these hijackers haven't
learned that their day is done. and
we will not take a chance on losing
both the truck and the beer.
IF the Indianapolis dealers want
to come and get it with their own
trucks, they can leave at midnight
Thursday, when it is legal"
State May Provide Guards
Al G. Feeney, head Of the state
department of public safety. said
today that. if necessary, state police
and guards will be provided for
shipments of beer into Indiana.
He said he had no requests to
supply guards for trucks but, if the
necessity arose, action will be taken
Immediately.
John w. Burke, holder of one Of
the two importer permits here.
scoffed at the danger of hijacking.
and said there will be trucks ready
to get the new brew here for Fri
day lunch hour
Trucks will come from Cincinnati.
Chicago, and Milwaukee, he said.
They will total nearly 100 and the
fleet will be made up of those pro-
vided by breweries, private firms,
such as wholesale grocers, and COM
mon carrier trucks, according to
Burke.
Ten Importer Permits Granted
William E. Clauer. Democratic
treasurer-elecct and city chairman,
IS holder of the other importer per-
nit.
Final award of such permits was
announced today by Paul FRY, state
excise director, for the Lake county
district. 1t went to the Calumet
Beverage Co. of which Michael Kier-
man, East Chicago Democratic lead
er, is president.
The entire ten monopoly importer
permits are in the hands of Demo-
Gratis, despite a prediction by Cow
ernor Paul v. McNutt that such
would not be the case.
way sell beverage
Beers permits agranted today to In
dianapoliS hotels and restaurants
were as follows
SEVERN and Claypool hotels; Phil
Delaney 100 West Maryland street:
Green Parrot, 2451 North Meridian
street; BARS, 46 West Washington
street; Saratoga bar, Is South I'LL
nols street; Joe Foppiano 3O5 East
Washington street, and Fred June
mann, 1920 West Sixteenth street.
Drug stores-Leo Shane, 1857
Roosevelt avenue. and Joseph H.
Taylor, 2O61 North Illinois street.
GrocerieS-A. w. Pedigo. 72O East
Flfty-fourth street, and City Foods.
Inc, 1920 College avenue.
Rose City Motorcycle Club-New-
castle.
Wholesale permit was granted the
City Beverage Co., Anderson. of
which Ross w. Eshelman, member
OF the house in the legislature this
year, is president.
The Beverage Sales Company of
Terre Haute, in which Richard
Werneke, Vigo county Democratic
leader, has a brother, is to get a.
wholesale permit, having failed to
get the importer permit for the
Ierre Haute district. Werneke was
hot an original McNutt supporter.
Epidemic of Questions
That the beer business is proving
profitable, for the state at least is
indicated from the fact that Frv al
ready has deposited 100000 in
license fees and has S15OOOO in
checks ready to deposit when per-
mits are approved.
An epidemic Of questions regard
ing the beer law has descended on
Frys Office. Among others we're
questions regarding curb service"
Fry ruled that this is out"
he also is predicting that there
Will be Decent bottled beer here be-
tore long, although the leading res
taurants have asserted that the for
elgn beers will be 20 cents at The
start. which is Friday.
Herbert M. Patrick. deputy attor-
ney-general in charge of beer rul-
lngs, said that total taxes on a bot
tie would be less than 2 cents. CITY
taxes could be levied, but it would
be unfair in view of the fact that
cities share in the state tax. he
said.
Mayor Reginald H Sullivan said
that no city tax levy on beer is