Evening star., 1950-11-30
D. {. Liquor Stores
Cut 10 1886 as Board
Revokes 7 Licenses

ne AlcOIlOLC beverage COn-
troll Board today revoked the
licenses of two liquor stores for
violating the ABC Act.
The revocations were the first
in many years. Both are to be-
come effective on December II.
Unless the boards decisions are
reversed by the Commissioners or
the courts. the number of liquor
stores here will be reduced by
two. There are now 388 package
stores in the District and this
number may not be increased.
The Commissioners ruled in 1896
that no new licenses might be is
sued for package stores and that,
If any store gave up its license
or it was revoked, another could
not be issued. The object of the
regulation was to reduce the num-
ber of package stores to 800.
The regulation, however. did
permit licenses to be transferred,
and this has had the effect of
making the ownership of pack
age license thing of value.
One of the licenses revoked is
held by Henry Ridge, for Quality
Drugs and Liquors, 81 Florida
avenue NV. The other license is
held by the Wayne Corp, proprie-
tors of Dunbar Liquors, 1884
First street NV.
Moran DiSSentS.
The charges against Mr.. Ridge
were that he sold liquor to the
Dunbar Liquors, for resale. which
is a violation of the ABC regu-
lations, and that he also sold
liquor to a West Virginia boot
logger.
James O'D. Moran, member
of the ABC Board. dissented from
the majority opinion of the board.
He said he believed Mr.. Ridge
guilty Of the charge of selling to
Dunbar liquors, but not guilty of
selling to the bootlegger.
He said no penalty should be
imposed because Mr.. Ridge dis
continued business about March
10 and is now a bankrupt. The
license has been in possession of
the board since March. Trustees
under a chattel deed of trust have
endeavored to sell the license, Mr..
Moran said, and any attempt to
penalize Mr.. Ridge would be a
penalty on the holder of the trust.
Credit Sale Charged.
The Dunbar store was charged
with selling liquor to Mr.. Ridge
for resale and also selling whisky
to a North Carolina man on credit.
Police testified at the Dunbar
hearing that they arrested a man
who was driving a Dunbar truck
as he was unloading 80 cases of
whisky into the automobile of the
North Carolina man in Reeves
alley NV. The driver had bill
of sale for the whisky to a man
on Georgia avenue. The Georgia
avenue address was fictitious,
police said.
Mr.. Moran agreed with the ma
Jority of the board in finding Dun
bar Liquors guilty. but he said
the penalty was too severe. He
suggested a suspension of the
license for 81 days.
Meanwhile, the ABC board
suspended. for three days, the
license of Jacobson's Market g. |
Liquor Store at 924 Tenth street |
NV, because the store sold a
bottle of wine to an intoxicated
man. The suspension will begin
Tuesday. Ii
Two Transfers Denied.
The board also refused to grant
two requests for license transfers.
One request rejected was that
of Harry Vincent Palmateer, who
sought to move his package store
from 1871 Eighth street Sc. to
5317 East Capitol street. - It was
the fourth time the board has
refused to allow a liquor store in
that block, in the light of protests
from civic groups.
The other petition denied was
that of Harry and Bessie Freed
man, who sought to- transfer the
package store license now held by
Harry Bretler from 2341 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. to 1347 Savan-
nah. street Sc. The change was
opposed by DR.. Winfred Over
holser. superintendent of st.
Elizabeths Hospital, on the ground
that the new store would have
been too close to the hospital. The
Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
I'D; oh