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August 11, 1951
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
At the WCTU annual convention in Boston on Aug. 11, secretary Mrs. B. Blanche Butts accused the liquor industry of promoting home drinking to women and youth through ads and media. President Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin criticized drinking's impact on U.S. diplomacy and security in Washington and Alaska.
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Temperance Union
Blasts Promotion
Of Home Drinking
BOSTON, Aug. 11-(AP)-Distillers and brewers were blasted today by an officer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for "almost entirely abandoning barroom drink promotion to go all out to recruit living room and kitchen drinkers among women and young people."
Mrs. B. Blanche Butts of Evansville, Ill., corresponding secretary of the 400,000-member organization, told delegates to the group's annual convention:
"Nearly all liquor and beer advertising is increasingly promoting or soliciting home drinking. The solicitation to drink that we hear over the radio and television is high-pressure solicitation, voiced by announcers who would obviously be fired if they drank as much as they ask their listeners to drink."
In an address last night, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the WCTU, blasted "American diplomacy with whiskey on its breath" and charged that heavy drinking in Washington "invites diplomatic disaster at one end of the country" while drinking in Alaska "asks for a Pearl Harbor at another."
Blasts Promotion
Of Home Drinking
BOSTON, Aug. 11-(AP)-Distillers and brewers were blasted today by an officer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for "almost entirely abandoning barroom drink promotion to go all out to recruit living room and kitchen drinkers among women and young people."
Mrs. B. Blanche Butts of Evansville, Ill., corresponding secretary of the 400,000-member organization, told delegates to the group's annual convention:
"Nearly all liquor and beer advertising is increasingly promoting or soliciting home drinking. The solicitation to drink that we hear over the radio and television is high-pressure solicitation, voiced by announcers who would obviously be fired if they drank as much as they ask their listeners to drink."
In an address last night, Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the WCTU, blasted "American diplomacy with whiskey on its breath" and charged that heavy drinking in Washington "invites diplomatic disaster at one end of the country" while drinking in Alaska "asks for a Pearl Harbor at another."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Temperance Union
Home Drinking
Liquor Promotion
Wctu Convention
Diplomatic Drinking
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. B. Blanche Butts
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin
Where did it happen?
Boston
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. B. Blanche Butts
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin
Location
Boston
Event Date
Aug. 11
Story Details
Officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union criticize distillers and brewers for shifting promotion to home drinking among women and young people via advertising and media. The president also condemns heavy drinking in Washington and Alaska as risks to diplomacy and security.