The Washington times., 1934-02-07
ERRORS FORCE
APPL|CANT IS
To REAPPLY
Fees Paid in on Second Day
Bring Total to 900;
Law Changes Loom

Nearly half Of the lot liquol
license applications received b!
the District Alcohol Beverage Con
troll Board today were improperl!
filled out and will have to be re-
turned to the makers for cor
rection.
This was announced by George
w. Offutt, chairman of the ABC
board as the amount of licenSl
fees paid in by the applicants
passed the 100000 mark.
So far 440 of the applicants
have paid the license fees.
Licenses February %
From the first of the applica
tions a group of so will be selected
and advertised tomorrow, Mr.. Off
utt said. This means that if nj
objection is raised. these place!
will be able to start selling liquol
February %.
They will be eligible to receive
licenses by February %, but thai
day being a legal holiday, the
District Building will be CLOSED
and the ABC board will not meet
Under the District control law
each application must be adver
tised once a week for two weeks
and at the expiration of that time
if no objection has been raised
the license will be granted anc
legal liquor once more will flow
here.
The staffless ABC board func
toned yesterday with the aid of
number of CWA workers who as
sisted in handling the beeI
licenses several months ago.
Illness a Handicap
While more than 1000 applica
tions have been received for the
% posts on the board, no appoint
mentS will be made until the Dis
trict Commissioners can meet as
a board to pass on the applicants
The Commissioners have been
handicapped by illness. Com
missioner George E. Allen, i'll last
week, was at his office yesterday
but C. m m S o n er Melvin c.
HaZen .7as again stricken with
bad cold and confined to his
home.
Farley to Eye Changes
Corporation Counsel William w
Bride will confer late today with
Attorney General Homer S. Cum.
mings to discuss proposed amend
ments to the District liquor law,
he told members of the House
District Committee today.
The amendments will be those
suggested by President Roosevelt
when he signed the bill.
The Commissioners would have
conferred with Attorney General
Cummings before this, Mr.. Bride
said, had the Attorney General
not been called out of town by
injuries suffered by his son in
an automobile accident.
Representative Mary T. Norton
D) of New Jersey, chairman Of
the House District Committee
asked Mr.. Bride to suggest to the
District Commissioners recon-
mendations on the amendments
as soon as possible, as she UNI
derstandS Congress plans to ad-
journ within a few weeks.
Early Applicants
Among the first license appli.
cations filed yesterday were:
The following applications were
submitted to the Liquor Board yes
terday:
The National Press Club, re-
tailer'S Class C; Hubert, Inc, 2001
S st. N. w., retailers Glass A:
Maurice Milstone, 927 Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. w., retailers Class
A; S. L. Rakusin, 1921 Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. w., retailers Class
A; The Wine and Liquor Shop,
Inc, 1887 Connecticut Ave. N. W..
retailers Class A; Isadore Kellner,
1929 F st. N. w., retailers Class
A; Maurice Stearman, 1923 Ninth
st. N. w., retailers Class A; ABB
ner Drury Brewery, Inc, manu-
facturer's Glass B; Washington
Supply Market, Inc. 500 K st.
N. W., retailers Class A; Mary
Astore, 236 Four ur-and-a-Half St.
S. W., retailers Class A; Guaran-
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