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REPEAL!

The 21st Amendment to the U. S. Constitution repealed the 18th Amendment and

protected any state that wanted to keep prohibition. The relegalization of

―

intoxicating

liquors

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became effective April 7, 1933 and on that date liquor was legalized in 15 states

and the District of Columbia. Other states followed suit and by the end of 1933

prohibition was repealed in 41 states. Four more joined the ranks in 1934: Minnesota,

Missouri, Utah, and Washington. Late comers were Georgia (1935), Alabama (1937),

and Kansas (May 1, 1937 - the last holdout!).

Wrapping up the events of 1933, the

Hamilton Daily News

Journal

(Ohio) reported on December 28, 1933

―

Two very

crooked things have staged a decided comeback

—

the

pretzel and the

corkscrew

.

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