LIQUOR POLICY NOT TO BE A CONCERN FOR D.C. FOREIGN MISSIONS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 12, 1922, the Evening Star reports the new liquor policy* of the United States will not apply to "foreign missions in this city."
Alcoholic beverages to be consumed by ambassadors and ministers, along with their official staffs, will be brought into Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Annapolis and New York legally "on warships flying the flag of their respective countries" and then transported from docks to the embassies in motor cars displaying the national coat of arms.
*Prohibition (1920-1933) a nationwide ban on the production, importation, transport & sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
SOURCE
"Embassies Not Embarrassed By Dry Ruling," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
