Evening star., 1947-01-30
Liquor Licenses
Show Decline as
DeadIine Nears
Board Expects
Lute Applications
To Boost TotoI

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Two hundred and sixty-seven
fewer liquor licenses than last year
had been issued by noon today, al
though the time limit for obtaining
licenses expires at midnight to-
morrow.
However, the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board believes that some of
the licensees who have not applied
will apply later, although they could
not sell alcoholic beverages after
midnight tomorrow If they are with
out licenses.
As the time limit approached only
two hotels In the city had not sought
new licenses. They were the Strait
ford and the Claridge. One of the
prominent night clubs, Treasure
Island, also was without q license
and the board said it understood the
club would not apply.
Figures Made Public.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board made public these figures to-
day and also heard protests against
the transfer of a license to sell light
wines and beer from 901 Eleventh
street Sc. to 1888 Warder street NV.
In another action the board took
under advisement the application OF
Mrs. Dora Weinstein for a license
at her store at ITO Columbia road
NV, but only after Chairman Alan
w. Payne criticized Mrs. Weinstein's
husband for being in this country
for 40 years and not being an Amer
ican citizen.
In the transfer to the license to
1888 Warder street NV, both the
Park View Citizens Association
through its president and the Board
Of Education through DR.. Hobart N.
Corning, superintendent of schools,
protested against the license because
1t was directly across the street from
the Park View School.
DR.. Corning asked the board to
hold up the application filed by VIII
liam w. Woodward until he had
time OF take the matter up with
the Board of Education and Fred s.
Walker, president of the Park View
Citizens Association, said, that while
| tie matter had not been taken up
with the association he was author
lied by the Executive Committee to
protest the granting OF the license.
Crowding Cited.
Mr.. Walker, in his written protest,
said he was convinced that the ABC
Board had no intention Of exposing
wines and beer to $50 regular ele-
mentary students and 800 war vet
Grams who are attending the school
for high school education because
Central High School was over
crowded.
At the hearing on Mrs. Weinstein's
application, it was brought out that
the husband, Morris Weinstein, had
advanced his wife a, 500 to help buy
the business, and that shealfad put
up $2,500, of her own money. When
she was asked by the board why the
business was not in the name Of
both husband and wife, shessaid her
husband was not an American cit
izen and therefore could not hold
a license.
cit does not set well with the
board" MIR. Payne said, land it looks
like a plain subterfuge to obtain q
license. 1t is a patent joint owner
ship and both viii profit from the
business"
In announcing the number Of ap-
plicatiorls for licenses, the board said
the number of class A licenses issued
to package stores is the same this
year as last, 388, but this is the only
class Of license that j unchanged.
Offsale Licenses Drop.
/ Ofsale licenses of beer and light
wine stores show a drop from $50
last year to 564. This was expected,
the board said, because many IL
censes of this class are held by small
groceries and delicatessens which
find profit only in the sale of beer
in the summer. Many are expected
to apply late this spring.
Hotels and restaurants which
have c licenses to sell all kinds Of
drinks, dropped from $40 last year
to 440 to date. Folders of class D
licenses, tayerns which sell beer
and light wines only, dropped from
234 last year to 1854 to date.
There are 40 wholesale licenses Is
sued up to today which was the
same as last year, and only one
manufacturer, as there was last
year. This license is held by the
Heurich Brewing Co.
Tomorrow afternoon at the close
of business by the board, the police
men assigned to supervise the al
coholic beverage dispensers will be
given a list of places which have
not obtained a license and will see
that they do not open after mid
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