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Prohibition
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02/15/03 07:41 PM
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Capo de La Cosa Nostra
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during the prohibition years in the USA, was ALL alcohol banned, such as wine, beer, whiskey etc? if so, what did people drink instead when out enjoying themselves as they would today? did clubs run by the mafia serve such drink to their customers? if so, how often did the police or feds come round looking for it? thanks in advance! mick
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Re: Prohibition
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02/15/03 07:57 PM
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Michael Corleone 14
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I think all alchohol was forbidden. It was supposed to "stop" crime, but it had exactly the opposite effect. It gave the mafia an extra boost. I'm not sure what people drank when there was no alchol avaible. A lot of bars served alchohol, I don't know whn the cops came to check it, every few months, maybe. During the prohibition there were some really advanced systems developed, for instance: when the cops would come in with a search-warrant, they could let the bar with all the alchoholic drinks be "turned", that all alchohol would fall into a big pipe and the alchohol shells would be turned around again, so they would be empty.
If you want more info I would recommend you a documentary by discovery channel: Rise And Fall Of The Mob
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Re: Prohibition
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02/15/03 08:27 PM
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Michael Corleone 14
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Originally posted by Capo de La Cosa Nostra: There was drink still available in bars at this time? Yes, there was. And ofcourse, practicly all of them had more than 0.5% alchohol. "Want a Scotch? Pre-war." Bruno Tattaglia
"I won't be a man like you." - Michael to Vito, orginal Part II ending
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Re: Prohibition
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02/16/03 02:08 AM
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Note what SC said: the Volstead Act prohibited the manufacture, transport and sale of alcoholic beverages, not the consumption of same. Thus, if a bar or "speakeasy" was raided, the patrons were simply rousted, not arrested; only the bartender and/or owners would be prosecuted (assuming there was any prosecution). There were some exemptions: "sacremental wine" for use in religious observances was legal (in limited quantities), and individuals could get whiskey from drugstores if they had a doctor's prescription. Few Americans took Prohibition seriously, and not many law enforcement agencies did, either. The US Federal Government had fewer than 100 agents enforcing Prohibition. Many state and local police chiefs refused to order their forces to enforce Prohibition because they saw it as another source of corruption--which it was, in unprecedented amounts. Prohibition put organized crime on the map in America. Before Prohibition, organized crime was small-time and local. Prohibition was inherently big-time, and regional, national, even international. The money generated by Prohibition enabled gangsters to bribe everyone up and down the political chain--even the Attorney General of the US in the Harding Administration.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Prohibition
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03/07/03 08:11 PM
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Dutch Schultz I think didtributed only beer. He also ran a bunch of speakeasies all over new york city.
"Fools are they, who die." -Mario Puzo-
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Re: Prohibition
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03/12/03 07:40 AM
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Originally posted by Turnbull: Yes, Dutch Schultz and Owney Madden were NYC's beer barons. After the Volstead Act was repealed, Schultz tried to muscle in on the numbers rackets in Harlem. Charlie Luciano had him killed later because Schultz was planning to assassinate special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey--even though Dewey also was investigating Luciano and soon after put him away for a 35-year term. As depicted in the recent film HOODLUM, with Tim Roth and Andy Garcia.
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Re: Prohibition
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03/15/03 03:14 PM
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I liked that movie. I guess cause its one of two movies that had Dutch Schultz in them, and the other one, cotton club, wasnt all that great.
"Fools are they, who die." -Mario Puzo-
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