PROHIBITION LAW
AN AIRMAN’S EXPERIENCE Brens Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. : 'WASHINGTON, December 19.. : Mrs Lancaster, who arrived here today fob an _ air tour of the' United States, carried .with.- her aviation compass which was used by her husband on his Australian flight, and which ho.was planning-to use here; but the compass was filled with '4pz of pure alcohol, and the Customs officials insisted that it must be drained, otherwise It would be a violation of the Prohibition law, Captain’ Lancaster, after pointing but to mapy. officials that the draining of the compass, would completely upset the calibration estimate, was finally permitted .to carry-it away intact.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20055, 21 December 1928, Page 8
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105PROHIBITION LAW Evening Star, Issue 20055, 21 December 1928, Page 8
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