Evening star., 1933-04-06

control measure, Pennsylvania appears
certain to witness an unlicensed first
day dow Of beer.
The State enforcement act accepts the
congressional definition Of alcoholic
content and since o special regulatory
law has not been enacted, beer may be
sold anywhere by any one.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 6 R.-
The State beer law, which becomes ef-
fective June 9, calls for sos per cent
beer and fixes q tax Of 81 q barrel and
cents q case. Graduated license taxes
are provided for brewers, distributors
and dispensers. But this law may be
changed. A special session Of the Legis-
latrlre opens Monday.
LANSING, Mich, April 6 CP.-A bill
that would legalize the manufacture
and sale of 80 beer in Michigan Is
pending in the Legislature, but con-
troversy over the method Of admins
tering its requirements threatens to
delay final passage. Gov. william A.
Comstock sought to have 1t passed In
time to place beer legally on sale
April IT.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 6 R.-
for the advent Of 80 beer in Ohio
except the State Liquor Control Com
mission, the breweries and those who
hope to sell 1t.
The beverage has been legalized by the
State Legislature, but the commission set
up to regulate it had not issued q
permit to manufacture, sell or dis
tribute. Gov. White only yesterday
completed the personnel Of the regu-
latory body.
twenty Ohio breweries have received
Federal approval, but few Of them were
ready to release their products, assert
ing their beer would not be aged suf-
ficiently for several days. Consequently
probably will come from out Of the
State.
ST. LOUIS, April (P.-Celebra-
tions are planned in st. Louis tonight
for the return of beer. Some dealers
said they would send trucks with ice to
the breweries so the beer can be cool
ing while in transportation. Approx
mately $500 Federal licenses to sell
the beverage have been issued here.
NEW YORK, April 8 R.-The State
Legislature Is still deadlocked on the
problem Of beer control, but New York
will have 80 per cent beer tomorrow
just the same.
In New York City the beer will be
sold and transported under new sani-
tary regulation drafted yesterday by
Mayor O'Brien. The Board Of Health
planned to issue permits today, placing
beer on q status comparable to that Of
soft drinks.
Four hundred thousand barrels and
$50 900 cases of the 80 per cent brew
were ready for distribution. Jacob
Rupert, president of the United States
Brewers Association. announced, how
ever, that deliveries would not be
started until am. tomorrow.
In the State outside Of New York
City, beer will be sold under city and
village regulation.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April s [R.-
Gov Dave SholtZ has recommended to
the Legislature that 1t pass bill to
legaliZe 80 per cent beer for Floridians.
The State Senate already has before
it a measure which would submit re-
peal Of the States bone dry laws to be
voted on in the general election of
November, 1884.
SANTA FE. N. Mex, April (R.-|
There will be no 80 beer legally for
sale in New Mexico until September
19. On that date the State will vote
on repeal Of the eighteenth amendment
and the sale Of beer Is prohibited un-
til that time. Local option elections
on beer also will be held September 10.
HELENA, Mont, April R.-It's
ol1 v-fnI, fav fn hox kno
Friday, but there probably won't be
much beer for them to have. Brew
cries within the State aren't ready to
turn out the 32 brew and for the
present beer from other States must
suffice. Hurried shipments from Utah
are expected Friday and trainloads
from the East early next week.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 6 R.-Al-
though the recent Utah Legislature
passed law legalizing the manufacture
Of beer in this State for sale in outside
wet territory, 1t has not yet become ef-
tionality has been announced by dry
organizations.
TOPEKA, Kans., April R.-A
Kansas City, Kans., Attorney. H.
Brady-has announced his intention to
seek today in Federal Court an injunc-
ton to enable Ernest Chapman of
Wichita to sell the new legalized beer.
Roland Boynton, attorney general, con-
tends sale Of the brew violates Kansas
dry laws. There are indications of ex-
tensive legal action to determine the
status of 32 beer in this State.
DENVER, April (P.-Beer will be
legal here after midnight tonight, but
the brass rail is still an outlaw.
Gov. Edwin c. Johnston late yester-
day signed the bill making the sale of
beer legal in Colorado. Hotels dining
rooms, restaurants. clubs and railroad
diners and transport airplanes may
serve the new beer Friday, but the act
specifically states that no beer shall be
sold over bar.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., April [P.-It
will be more than a month before Wyo-
ming can quaf beer legally. The States
beer bill passed at the last Legislature
set May 18 as the date for making the
beverage legal.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark, April 6 d.
Regardless of national legalization of
80 per cent beer, Arkansas must re-
main dry until there is some change in
the State prohibition law, the attorney
general has ruled here.
JACKSON. Miss, April 8 R.-Mis-
sissippi's State laws are bone dry and
there is no immediate prospect Of a
legislative session to change them.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 6 d.
The Alabama Legislature, which only
recently legalized near-beer, has a bill
to legalize 80 per cent beer up for con-
sideration this week. Many legislators
have expressed belief chances for pas
sage Of the 80 per cent measure are
slim.
RICHMOND, Va, April 6 R.-Under
Virginia'S dry laws beverages of more
than one-half Of l per cent alcoholic