Evening star., 1934-03-16
OUTSIDE LIQUOR
MAIL SALE GIVEN
CONDITIONAL OK.
Payment With Orders, but
Not C. O. D., Approved in
Opinion by Bride.
SALE WITHIN DISTRICT
REQUIRES D. c. LICENSE
No Sales Tax Levy on Postal De-
liveries in Capital by 0ut-of-
Town Distillers.

Distilleries located outside of Wash
ington may sell alcoholic beverages
direct to Washington consumers in
mail order plan If local customers
send payments with their orders, ac-
cording to an opinion adopted today
by the District Commissioners
The opinion was drawn by w. W.
Bride, as one of his last official acts
as corporation counsel of the District,
before his resignation became effec-
tive yesterday. He ruled that it would
be an illegal operation under the Dis
trict liquor law If out-of-town dis
tilleries engaged in a mail order
business here on C. o. d. basis.
Bride ruled that If payments were
collected on delivery. such business
would constitute a sale consummated
in the District and therefore would be
illegal if the distillery did not hold a
Distritc liquor license.
Sales Tax Question.
He said there would be no sales
tax on mail order deliveries by out
of-town distilleries in the other in
stance.
Meanwhile the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board scheduled hearings for
tomorrow On three additional appli-
cations for licenses for places which
may be opposed because of their re-
ported relation to school children.
These are the applications by
Nathan L. Kaminsky for a place at
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Emory School, and C. E. Rector. 5l05
Conduit road. and E. B. Rector, SAL
Conduit road. both said to have a
relation to children of the Francis
Scott Key School.
Dispute Report Probed.
Investigation of a report that an
out of-town distillery had refused to
sell its product to a local retailer be-
cause he had cut the retail price of
the beverage was being investigated
today by the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board.
George w. Offutt. chairman of the
A. B. c. Board, said If he found the
report to be true he would submit a
statement of the facts to the District
Commissioners, with suggestion that
the information be forwarded TO the
Federal Alcohol Control Board for
whatever action the Federal officers |
might wish to take.
Offutt said if the report was true it |
was development entirely at odds |
with the effort of the Federal admin |
istration to bring down the prices of ,
liquor in a move to stamp out boot |
Logging of illicit products. 1T vio- !
lates the very spirit of the District
liquor act" Offutt said.
The board started its investigation |
after reading printed statement by /
a local retailer that it had no more !
of certain brand of liquor declaring
"it seems the distillers are not salts i
fier, with our prices-so we don't get |
any more"
The A. B. c. Board yesterday had
scheduled for hearings tomorrow ap-
plications of the Market Pharmacy, !
1430 Seventh street, near the Polk
School, and Harry S. Gildanhorn,
4400 Georgia avenue. in the vicinity
of MacFarland Junior High School.
Beer Tax Collection.
Charles Russell, deputy assessor of |
taxes, announced today that the Dis
trict had collected taxes on the sale |
of 80 beer during the last year
amounting to $147,85$73. In addi-
ton, 81 588 so was found to be due in
taxes after an auditing of accounts. |
Russell said all but $82.88 of beer tax !
assessments had been collected. He |
figured that some SGT was uncollect-
able.
The s1-a-barrel tax on the sale of |
3.2 beer was effective from last April |
to January "a. There were 17,237 |
accounts. Last August the record !
was set for the sale of 80 beer. Dur |
ing that month, 1876 barrels were |
sold. November showed the smallest |
consumption, 1887 barrels. except for |
January when only the first "a days !
were included in the report. For that |
period the total was 1888 barrels.
100 Solicitors Licensed.
A total of 750 liquor licenses of all |
classes had been issued by the Alcoholic !
Beverage Control Board when the J
Office was closed last night. Most of !:
the licenses have been issued to retail |
concerns, but more than 100 have |
been granted to solicitors.
The German Theater Club was the !
first applicant to receive a class F
license, permitting the sale Of beer |
and wine on special occasions such as |
picnics and banquets. The club OBJ |
tanned permit for dance to be held
Sunday evening at the Knights of Co
lumbus Hall, 900 Tenth street.
Retail licenses issued by the A. B. c. !
Board include the following:
Concord Delicatessen and Restau-.
rant, 304 Kennedy street: Barry's !
Beverage Liquor Store, 2016 Four
teenth street; John Henry Pfieger,
3299 M street; Samuel Cafritz, 2608
Connecticut avenue; Max Cohen, 4811
Georgia avenue: Stephen w. Jones.
1929 Ninth street; Conard Restaurant,
829 Thirteenth street; Isidore Cohen,
321 T street northeast; George Walsh,
827 Upshur street; Minnesota Meat
Market, 2237 Minnesota avenue south
east; Hotel Store, Inc, 1850 Woodley |
road.
Busy Bee Restaurant, 618 Ninth /
street; Manuel Pena Anidos. 1886 !
Seventeenth street; Samuel Winner,
821 Pennsylvania avenue southeast;
Isadore Stamler, 5100 Conduit road; |
George Chacos, 1114 Eighth street |
southeast; Old Mill Cafe, Is H street
northeast; Royal Coffee Pot. 3409 M
street; Louis Schooler, 624 Four-and-
a-half street southwest; William Britt,
1911 Wisconsin avenue; Reuben Hal
per, 20 Seventh street southeast; |
George p. and Thomas P. ChakereS, !
1886 II street; Herman Eisenberg, 805
Eleventh street.
Morris Berger. 3102 Eleventh street; !
Sho-C Case Steak House, 4449 Connecti-
cut avenue; White Front Market, 200
G street; Lorenzo Costa, 1888 Four
teenth street; Edgewood Market, 23O4
Fourth street northeast; Central Drug |
Co., Inc, 429 Twelfth street; Joseph |
Catzva, 1101 Seventh street south
east; Thurms Buffet and Restaurant