Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1945 — Page 15

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pointed references to tax. evasion and liquor violations in Kansas. A few weeks later, a federal grand jury at Wichita indicted Will Zurbucken, superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol and a Republican, on’ income tax evasion charges. It alleged that Zurbucken failed to declare a $405 tax on $5950 he had been. paid for protection by Kansas liquor runners. Was Acquitted Gov. Andrew Schoepple denounced the indictment as “hokum” W%nd called it an attempt by U. 8. District Attorney Randolph Carpenter, a Democrat, to embarrass his administratign. ‘ Mr. . Zurbucken was tried, and acquitted on Thanksgiving day. Mr, Carpenter produced as witnesses more than a score of liquor deal~ ers who said they had paid 25 to 50 cents a case for protection. Jurors said they did not believe confessed law violators. ‘So far, however, Zurbucken has not been reinstated by Gov. Schoepple. Today there are 433 federal liquor permits on record in dry Kansas. Bonded whisky comes high. The market price, as in dry Oklahoma, is $15 to $16 a quart. The bulk of - Kansas’ liquor comes from Kansas

is quite oertain: City, Mo. 4 ee A Lore . Has 77 Permits ived some tame Leavenworth county, site of a nless they wers » federal prison, has 77 liquor perr side. ” mits. Shawnee county, which inition should be cludes Topeka, the state capital, is that the British second with 64. : er been written. There are no cocktail lounges, as

wlous, yet it is in dry Mississippi, but social and le, The strange fraternal organizations have their , but largely bes own bars. In clubs within two every reason to blocks of the governor's office » house of lords, ‘whisky is sold by the drink. ‘ , government, | ‘Kansas, in 1800, adopted consti- —— ; tutional prohibition. It is backed |.

up by the famed Kansas bone-dry laws. There was one. attempt at repeal—in 1932—-but it was overwhelmingly defeated. Tie Originally, Kansas limited the alcoholic content of beer to onehalf of one per cent. Drys discovered, however, that it could be “spiked.” They offered no opposition when the alcoholic content of beer was raised to 32 per cent. - Ordinarily you don’t spike that kind

Bar “of beer. - Ob. » > pn ~—Drys-are-organized here as The es Paiiveg Dry Ras of Kansas, with That v. R. ey as superintenstil} in jall tor ent Bev, Farley is content to[ a = - “hold the line.” He admits liquor he angular and BB “Comes into Kansas, but he conates. They were wi tends its high retail price limits ardon “for thsiy In the next session of the state| ay wh . legislature, liquor enforcement will|" { outside the ex« * be an explosive issue. Kansas faces ked an interview ~~ three alternatives, (1) repeal of the ord out that he bone-dry laws, (2) ‘more rigid enr to see Attorney forcement (3) submission of. a. reAE : peal amendment. ; her flock out of Mh ——

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