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Ratification of the repeal of prohibition in 1933 West Virginia...
Ratification of the repeal of prohibition in 1933 West Virginia...
Item # 722329
June 28, 1933
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, June 28, 1933
* End of Prohibition in West Virginia
* Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
* Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment
The front page has a banner headline: "WEST VIRGINIA VOTES REPEAL; WETS LEAD IN CALIFORNIA" with subheads. (see images) Related photo on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on the state of West Virginia ratifying the repeal of Prohibition in the United States.
Complete with 28 pages, light toning along the margins and central fold, irregular along the spine, otherwise good.
AI notes: On June 27, 1933, West Virginia held its state convention to consider ratifying the 21st Amendment, which would repeal national Prohibition. After years of declining support for the 18th Amendment and growing frustration over enforcement costs, crime, and the state’s struggling Depression-era economy, delegates voted decisively in favor of repeal, making West Virginia one of the early states in the summer wave of ratifications. The vote reflected a major shift from West Virginia’s earlier strong temperance tradition, and its approval helped build the momentum that led to national repeal just months later on December 5, 1933.
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