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January 25, 1941,
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By J. Edward Murray
United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 24 (UP).—The Women's Christian Temperance Union totalled its score-sheet on the nation's drinking bill since repeal of prohibition seven years ago and announced with concern that imbibers have consumed some 40,000,000,- 000 "shots" of various liquors at a cost of $21,503,048,000.
This, said the W.C.T.U., was at the expense of food, clothing, housing, and at- tendance at movies. The Union issued its warning on the eve of repeal's seventh an- niversary.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A total of $1,550,504.00 WAS reached
A breakdown of the seven-year score sheet revealed that drinkers did away with some 9,565,920 barrels of 100-proof. yesterday by the War Fund sugursted. nicohol, 270,000,000 barrels of beer and 450,000,000 gallons of by the S. L. Post, Ltd, with the wine.
Other facts listed in the. WC.T.U. tally of "what repeal actually has meant" to the nation:
Arrests
have
drunkenness for
the nearly doubled. Specifically, W.C.T.U. said, the ratio of such ar- rests per 100,000 population increased 82.1 per cent. in 1030 over 1032;
Deaths attributed to alcoholism are 41 per cent, higher than during the Arst seven years of prohibition;
The ratio per 100,000 population of arrests for driving while intoxicated increased 81.3 per cent. In 1930 over 1032, while the annual average of tragic deaths increased 80 per cent. during the repeal period over the first seven years of prohibition;
The number of the nation's liquor) retailers had grown to 420,000 by July 1, 1040;
The liquor trade has spent neatly $300,000,000 in advertising, propa- Kanda
and sales appeal, aimed prin- cipally at making customers out of millions of former non-drinking youths and women;"
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Alakers of distilled spirits have sold $5,100,200,342 worth of mer chandise, the
threo beer dealers
nes that amount or $14,802,048,342, and the producers of wine of 14 to 21 per cent, alcoholic content. $1,- 605,000,000.
Report Analysed
Analysing its report, the W.C.T.U. sald the liquor manufacturers had collected a gross total of $21,503,-. 048,000 from customers "while thou- sands of industries serving the people, with food, clothing and necessary products have lost a large part of this trade total." ለፍ national unmatched watch in the repeal period, the pointed to à 212-pound per capita increase in milk consumption: and a new billion' dollar industry,: resulting from increased sales of fruit and vegetable Julees and other Ingredients of non-alcoholic bever- nges, during prohibition.
gains, subsequently:
Startling Contrasts
The store-sheet listed as "startling contrasts" in the national economics between the first seven years of pro- hibition and the first seven years of repeal:
During prohibition, home-building was at its peak, assets of building _od_loun_associations increased near- ly 150 per cent, and savings deposits, ile Insurance Investments and auto- mobile sales soared. During repeal, this trend, especially in home build- ing was reversed.
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1. Iraq, 2. Emigrant refers to the country from which, hamig- ront to the country to which, Immigration is made. 3. Two Asquith and Lloyd George, 4, Flower. 5. Clara Bow. 0. The late Dr
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simo Chiang Kai-shek; Dr H. H. Kting. 7. Viscount. 5. Native Leeds. 9. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1862. 10. Em- peror of Japan.
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Average attendance in movie theatres exceeded 100,000,000 weekly admissions during prohibition, but in the decado covering repent admis- sions have dropped 45 per cent, to 35,000,000.
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