Evening star., 1943-02-06
Virginia Investigates
Imports Of Liquor
From D. {. Stores
26 Quarts and la Pints
Seized by ABc Agent
From Two Autos

Seizure by q Virginia Liquor Board
investigator Of 2e4 quarts and IN
pints Of Washington liquor in Fair-
fax County has precipitated m In
vestigation by the State ABC Board
Of reports Of widespread importation
Of liquor from the District into Vir-
ginia as q result Of the rationing
program just inaugurated there, it
was learned today.
M. j. Bryant, State ABC investi-
gator, said he discovered the liquor
last week when he stopped two Vir-
ginia cars on the Richmond highway
near Hunting Creek.
Horace L. Mclaughlin Of Hope
well, Va. driver Of one Of the cars
which allegedly contained u quarts
and u pints OF Washington liquor,
was flned 800 Thursday in Fairfax
Police Court on . charge Of trans
porting liquor In excess Of one GAL
Ion. according to the investigator
The whisky was ordered confiscated.
Another to Be Tried Tuesday.
Raymond J. Richardson of Nor
folk, driver Of the second car, which
allegedly contained 1872 quarts and u
pints Of liquor, will be tried Tuesday
IN Fairfax Police Court on q similar
charge.
In addition, Mr.. Bryant said he
seized la quarts Of Washington
liquor yesterday in a car at Gaines
vile in Prince William County. The
occupants of the car, whom Mr..
Bryant identified as Joseph H.
Green, and Alphonso E. Nichols,
both colored. Of Newport News, will
be tried Monday in Manassas, he
said.
The Associated Press reported
from Richmond that more than 200
pints of liquor were confiscated In
raid on a bus terminal, while
police found 101 pints and SO half
pints OF whiskey, none bearing Vir-
ginia ABC stamps, In a private
residence. Police said the liquor
had been purchased in Washington
Moonshiners Have Trouble.
| Meanwhile, John H. Wichham
agent in charge of the Federal Al
cohol Tax Unit in Virginia, said
tha. liquor rationing will not cause
IAN appreciable increase" in moon
shining in the State.
Mr.. Wickham explained that sugal
rat.oning and the shortage of metals
with which to make stills keer
moonshiners from manufacturing
illicit whisky at a price to compete
with ABC Board prices. The aver
age still seizure in Virginia ha:
fallen of nearly so per cent In the
past several years, he added.
Alcohol Tax Unit investigators are
seizing between seven and nine
illicit distilleries q week, he said
but the majority Of these seizure!
have been made In the Western
section of the State.
Reports Of investigators have
shown that the price of illicit
whisky ranges from $6 to $12 &
gallon. a price too high to compett
with the ABC stores, he asserted.
Militia May Aid Registration.
Gov. Darden said an effort tt
speed registration for liquor ra.
tioning will be made in a number o1
cities throughout the State, includ.
ing Alexandria, if the new system
of using militiamen as volunteer.
works out satisfactorily in Norfolk
Newport News and Portsmouth.
The Governor said the new sys.
tenn was adopted for the three cities
in the Hampton Roads area after 9
near-riot in Newport News empha.
sized the seriousness of the situa.
ton.
Besides Alexandria, cities men.
toned by Gov Darden as the one.
which probably will use volunteer
workers from the Virginia Protec.
tive Force are Richmond, Roanoke
Danville and Lynchburg.