HAPPY NEW YEAR BUT BEWARE PROHIBITION AGENTS AFOOT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 30, 1925, The Evening Star reports "plans are afoot to make the coming New Year eve the dryest in the history of...the Volstead Act*."
Director of Prohibition James E. Jones predicts his forces this New Year's Eve will be "larger than ever before."
A sharp eye will be on "all principal places" where the law may be expected to be violated.
The Star says "arrests threaten rich and poor alike."
*Volstead Act (1919) defined and enforced the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture, sale and transport of intoxicating alcoholic beverages. It was sponsored by Andrew Volstead & passed by Congress on Oct 28, 1919.
SOURCE
"Dryest New Year's Eve In Prohibition History Planned," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 30, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
