The Illinois Anti-Saloon League News, March 1944
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Title
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League News, March 1944
Subject
Prohibition
Temperance
Pressure groups
Liquor laws
Temperance
Pressure groups
Liquor laws
Description
A pamphlet, including a poem and illustration, denouncing the sale and consumption of liquor in Illinois and urging citizens to vote to abolish taverns.
Creator
Dexheimer, R. D., The Illinois Anti-Saloon League
Source
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/107/collection_organization
Publisher
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League
Date
March 1944
Contributor
Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947
Rights
No known restrictions or copyright claims
Format
Manuscript
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
1940s in Illinois
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Added by
K. Tutor
Text
Page Eight, The Illinois Anti-Saloon League News, March, 1944
"Pistol Packin' Mama"
Call me a skunk if you want to,
Booze is my other name;
Pole-cat is used by other folks,
But the smell is just the same.
I am a cosmopolitan chap
Made up of many folks --
Bankers, lawyers, business men,
Politicians and old soaks.
Count on me for mussing up
The town and countryside;
I'll spread destruction every place
Where humankind abide.
Broken homes and broken hearts,
Waste body and soul as well;
The Devil himself has sent me forth
To make this earth a Hell.
You may shout with all your might and main --
"Put that pistol down!"
While official Washington strokes my fur (pelt)
I'll wear the Devil's crown.
-- R. D. Dexheimer
FACTS NOT FANCIES
1,000,000 Illinois citizens live in territory where taverns are not permitted.
896 Illinois political units have voted DRY since repeal of the 18th amendment. They are divided as follows:
133 Precincts, and parts of precincts, in Chicago.
258 Cities, towns and villages.
507 Unincorporated townships and road-districts.
1,000,000 other Illinois citizens CAN ABOLISH taverns from their doorsteps in 1944 and 1945. Chicago Precincts may vote in November 1944, and next in November 1946. Towns and townships in every part of the State may vote in April 1945.
A unit may vote on Local Option ONLY when officers for the voting unit are being elected.
The Anti-Saloon League of Illinois
Program and Procedure
Scientific alcohol education in Grade and Public Schools.
The election of strong, clean, upright citizens, free from the liquor business.
Local Option Election leadership and advice wherever possible, wherever legal.
A national program to abolish beer from all camps of the armed forces and to drive hard liquor, beer, gambling and vice from the vicinity of all camps.
Personal representatives are available for visits and correspondence is solicited on any question related to the habit of using alcohol or the traffic in alcoholic beverages.
A SUNDAY MEETING in your church might be arranged and all the people informed by a guest speaker.
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS
Rev. R. D. Dexheimer, Supt.
53 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago 4, Illinois
"Pistol Packin' Mama"
Call me a skunk if you want to,
Booze is my other name;
Pole-cat is used by other folks,
But the smell is just the same.
I am a cosmopolitan chap
Made up of many folks --
Bankers, lawyers, business men,
Politicians and old soaks.
Count on me for mussing up
The town and countryside;
I'll spread destruction every place
Where humankind abide.
Broken homes and broken hearts,
Waste body and soul as well;
The Devil himself has sent me forth
To make this earth a Hell.
You may shout with all your might and main --
"Put that pistol down!"
While official Washington strokes my fur (pelt)
I'll wear the Devil's crown.
-- R. D. Dexheimer
FACTS NOT FANCIES
1,000,000 Illinois citizens live in territory where taverns are not permitted.
896 Illinois political units have voted DRY since repeal of the 18th amendment. They are divided as follows:
133 Precincts, and parts of precincts, in Chicago.
258 Cities, towns and villages.
507 Unincorporated townships and road-districts.
1,000,000 other Illinois citizens CAN ABOLISH taverns from their doorsteps in 1944 and 1945. Chicago Precincts may vote in November 1944, and next in November 1946. Towns and townships in every part of the State may vote in April 1945.
A unit may vote on Local Option ONLY when officers for the voting unit are being elected.
The Anti-Saloon League of Illinois
Program and Procedure
Scientific alcohol education in Grade and Public Schools.
The election of strong, clean, upright citizens, free from the liquor business.
Local Option Election leadership and advice wherever possible, wherever legal.
A national program to abolish beer from all camps of the armed forces and to drive hard liquor, beer, gambling and vice from the vicinity of all camps.
Personal representatives are available for visits and correspondence is solicited on any question related to the habit of using alcohol or the traffic in alcoholic beverages.
A SUNDAY MEETING in your church might be arranged and all the people informed by a guest speaker.
THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE OF ILLINOIS
Rev. R. D. Dexheimer, Supt.
53 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago 4, Illinois
Original Format
Paper
Collection
Citation
Dexheimer, R. D., The Illinois Anti-Saloon League, “The Illinois Anti-Saloon League News, March 1944,” LIS 652 -Omeka Sandbox, accessed September 29, 2026, https://lis652omeka.usmcdh.org/items/show/48.