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Show Drys Gain in Local Option Voting The yetir 1944 was marked by continued con-tinued growth of sentiment for prohibition pro-hibition though local option, the Women's Christian Temperance Union asserts, with a survey showing show-ing that there were 4.073 "bone dry" areas on January 1, 1945. compared com-pared with 3.333 for the same date 12 months before. In addition, it was said, many areas banned the sale of whiskey and other hard liquors. With no strong support for national nation-al prohibition, local option loomed as the. most effective instrument for drys in controlling areas. Since repeal, re-peal, it was pointed out, some 15,000 local option elections have been held, with 9,000 resulting in victories victor-ies for the Prohibitionists of all local option states, only Dplaw.ire remains all wet. |