Evening star., 1934-03-30
BEER SALE PERMIT
CRANTEDBYB BOARD
T0K|LL SPEAKEASY
Benefit to Neighborhood
Near Soldiers Home Fore.
cast by A. B. c.
APPLICANT is DENIED
RIGHT TO SELL WINE
Disorders in Vicinity Laid to Sale
of Hard Liquor in Colored
Settlement.

Acting on the theory that sale of
beer at the place probably would
destroy operations of a speakeaSy in
the section, the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board today approved issuance
of a license for the sale of beer and
wine to Paul E. Hansen, whose retail
establishment at los Upshur street. is
located near the grounds of the United
States Soldiers Home.
This was one of the hardest fought
cases brought before the board to
date, although the application was for
the sale of beer and wine ''on sale, "
rather than dealing in hard" liquor.
Evidence was presented to the board
that occupants of the Soldiers Home
and others had been purchasing boot
leg whisky from an establishment in
a nearby colored settlement. While
complainants claimed numbers OF
drunken men and crowds of loafers
frequently were found near the Han
sen establishment, none charged that
Hansen had been guilty of selling
Illicit beverages. The board noted
there was no complaint as to the
character of the applicant.
Wine Sale Banned.
The decision was a compromise in
that the board. in its formal opinion,
stated the applicant should file a
stipulation that he would not sell
wine although the license. class D,
is for sale of both wine and beer.
The board stated:
In view of all the evidence we
have received, We can not but feel
most strongly that the issuance of
this license will react rather to the
benefit of the neighborhood than to
its detriment. We hope that it will
discourage the use of hard" liquor;
that the instances of drunkenness
complained of will not recur when the
lighter beverage is more easily and
readily obtainable Following the
prophecy of one of the witnesses, we
have no doubt but that the so-called
'speakeasy' in the neighborhood will be
destroyed"
A long list of residents of the Sec
ton had protested issuance of the Ii
cense, while another group of resi-
dents favored it.
While some witnesses protested
there had been disorder in the neigh
borhood. a number of police officers
assigned to the section said they
never had noticed any disorder at the
Hansen place or another store which
Is seeking similar license.
The action of the board was based
in part, by survey made by one of
its inspectors, who reported that 123
adults favored the granting of the
license provided wine would not be
sold. 20 adults were opposed to the
granting of any class of license and
that seven were neither for nor
against the granting of the license.
10 Licenses Issued.
Nineteen additional retail beverage
licenses were issued yesterday by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Two wholesale licenses also were ap-
proved.
The retail permits went to the
White Cross Pharmacy, 1919 H street
northeast: Lewisson'S Drug Store,
1888 North Capitol street: David L..
Maxwell and Irving A. Tennyson, 1885
street; Herzog's Seafood Restaurant,
Municipal Fish Wharf, Market street
southwest; HoWe's Oyster House. 1919
New York avenue; Adolph Dianda,
1901 Rhode Island avenue northeast;
George Aed, 9O1 S street; Arthur Ber-
man, 1928 Georgia avenue.
Morris S. Basin, 1921 H street;
National Drug Co., Inc, 1000 Con-
necticut avenue; David L. Maxwell
and Irving A. Tennyson, for sale of
spirits on prescription, 1885 I street;
Stolars Grocery Store, 301 Tenth
street southwest; Samuel Fainman,
1893 Florida avenue northeast; George
D. Dugan, 243 K street northeast;
Macomb Food Shoppe, 3238 Wiscon-
sin avenue; Paul ]. Flaherty, 2004
Eighteenth street; Samuel Steffel, 324
Fourth street northeast; Quality
Pharmacy, 1911 Georgia avenue. and
Leo COLONY, 2l62 California street.
Wholesale licenses for dealing in
bottled wines and beers were issued
to the Terminal Preceding Co., Four
and-a-half and D streets southwest,
and Edward zupnick & Sons, Inc,
1907 Fourth street northeast.