PROHIBITION: Woodcock & Grapemen

"In the Hill case in Baltimore a jury decided wine was not intoxicating even though it contained 12% alcohol. . . . Winemaking will receive little consideration from the enforcement unit. . . . The job of the Prohibition Bureau ... is to enforce the law against the big, commercial violators. . . . Wine may be made in the home for use in the home." Thus last month spoke Prohibition Director Amos Walter Wright Woodcock. He added that such wine might legally be transported.

The Wet press gloated. The tabloid New York Daily...

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