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Prohibition ending in Illinois w/ Chicago...
Prohibition ending in Illinois w/ Chicago...
Item # 723019
April 27, 1933
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 27, 1933
* United States prohibition ending
* State of Illinois acts to allow sale of alcohol
* Beer and Liquor returns to the gangland
The front page has a one column heading: "JUNE 5 REPEAL ELECTION VOTES BY BOTH HOUSES" with subhead. (see images)
When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of the Prohibition and Great Depression eras, no city is more in the forefront of our minds than Chicago - and what better newspaper can be found than the Chicago Tribune, self-proclaimed to be "The World's Greatest Newspaper".
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
AI notes: In the spring of 1933, as national Prohibition collapsed, the Illinois General Assembly in Springfield acted on April 26, 1933 to implement state legislation allowing the sale of beer and wine with up to 3.2 % alcohol by weight (the same low-alcohol beverages newly legalized under the federal Cullen–Harrison Act that took effect on April 7) so that Illinois taverns, breweries, and retailers could legally sell such products under state law; this measure was part of a broader wave of state actions in 1933 to modify or repeal state prohibition laws and to align Illinois’ statutes with federal repeal efforts ahead of full repeal later that year, recognizing the need to generate tax revenue and restore legal commerce in malt beverages after more than a decade of prohibition.
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