Show PROGRAM FOR DROUTH RELIEF MAPPED a r r 1 v r T Huge Rum Ring in U. U S. S Capital Capita Bared Eared S SEEK S SOURCE RC OF f PERFUMES U USED TO 10 MA MAKE lI LIQUOR U H Gallons of Legal Alcohol Diverted SOLD IN TWO MONTHS Legitimate Users Face Loss of Permits I WASHINGTON Aug 20 Associated Asso- Asso dated Press Press Press- The Press The source of gallons of perfumes and other le legitimate le- le alcoholic products be believed be be- converted into bootleg liquor for consumption i in the capital w was wat the object t of of search today by a special squadron of f pr prohibition ion agents Believing Believing- the arrests of or seven two of or them women w within fth the past i v days had ha uncovered uncovered a large larg c n g ring 1 g agents turned to th P Pennsylvania nil yiva and Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land l nd to u uncover cover the production ce cen center ter for Washington's toos supply The quantity converted was believed to have been disposed of oC in tho the p past st two months W. W v. v A A. A Heddens In charge of ot the agents specializing in lii major conspiracy conspiracy con eon cases said ho hoped to ob obtain obtain ob- ob tam tain sufficient evidence to permit James M. M Doran Dorni chief of tho bureau ot of industrial alc alcohOl h J to cancel any industrial alcohol perm permits its that might have been abused in supplyIng supplyIng supply- supply Ing Washington's thirst The Washingtonians lans arrested were said to have brought the alcohol Into the city in legitimate form redistilling rc- rc distilling it t here for sale salo to retail bootleggers The public health service lenice mean- mean reported Itself still sun puzzled b by bythe bytho the tho thenus cause nus of f paralysis cases which h spread ad like an cI epidemic over many sections this year yer after an adulterated adulterated adulterated ginger in el extract t. t had been u used ed extensively as a beverage ge Months of or stud study has led Jed them to the belief that the alcohol contained in tn a particular lot Jot of or extract might have carried some onie pol poison on as s the vice service found Cound many nany of or the perso persons stricken had drunk sImilar preparations for tor years without Qt appreciable e effect The poison polson batch the Investigation lion tion revealed Cr from m its chemical behavior appeals appears to resemble a of ot which in itself does docs hot appear to tobe tobe be bc a a. well wen defined d chemical entity |