PROHIBITION OFFICIALS VIEW THAT BEER HAS NO MEDICAL VALUE UPHELD BY HIGH COURT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On December 21, 1923, The Evening Star reports "the rights of physicians to prescribe beer for their patients was denied in a brief filed by the government with the Supreme Court in a test case."
In an appeal filed by the James Everard Breweries*, the decision by prohibition officials that "beer has no medical value" is wrong and the brewers contend the Wills-Campbell anti-beer law is unconstitutional.
*James Everard Brewery (1904-1912) was open for 8 years, one of 220 pre-prohibition breweries in New York City, according to 'Old Breweries.'
**Wills-Campbell Act (1921) was intended to clarify and tighten regulations of the medical use of alcohol during prohibition.
SOURCE
"U.S. Denies Beer Has Healing Value," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 21, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
