Tag: December 1933
Daylight Robbery, California 2024
In a brazen daylight heist, a lone bandit struck the Shell Service station on Main and First streets in El Centro, California, making off with $30 in cash from the register. The daring robbery occurred at 6:47 pm on Wednesday evening, leaving the attendant shaken and authorities scrambling to track down the culprit. Eyewitnesses report…
Robert Ickes, Price Fixing, New York 1924
In a bold move to bring the oil industry under control, 24 major oil companies have signed a stabilization pact and submitted it to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes for approval. The pact, crafted in the wake of Ickes’ request for immediate prosecution of 11 alleged oil code violators, aims to regulate the…
Liquor Licenses or Government Control: DC’s Drinking Future Hangs in the Balance
In the nation’s capital, a heated debate raged on December 8, 1933, as Washington D.C. Commissioners prepared to tackle the complex issue of liquor control. The city’s saloons, once thriving, now faced an uncertain future as various control plans were unveiled in the District Building. A special committee of the Board of Trade, led by…
Repeal of the 18th Amendment: A New Era of Liquor Unfolds
As the clock strikes 73 p.m. MT (9:30 p.m. EST), the American people will bid farewell to almost 14 years of Prohibition, a tumultuous period that has left a trail of bootleggers, speakeasies, and bloodshed in its wake. Tonight, the 18th Amendment, which outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor, will officially come to…
