Contemporaneous agency evidence that August 1944 was a temporary interruption of the wartime beverage-production cessation.
The report adds that OPA established special ceiling prices effective August 1 for holiday-produced grain neutral spirits and bulk whiskey.
“The whiskey ‘holiday’ for the month of August ... permitted the production of beverage alcohol for the first time since October 8, 1942.”
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Whiskey holiday
Direct quote rechecked against printed page 9 in the complete 93-page official report. The continuation on printed page 10 was reviewed for the statement about augmented stocks and black-market operations.
Capture evidence faithfully. Select one Source, record a usable locator, and preserve enough surrounding context to prevent misquotation.
Evidence
The direct quotation accurately preserves OPA's description of the August whiskey holiday as the first beverage-alcohol production since October 8, 1942.
Location and context
Locator: OPA, Eleventh Quarterly Report, printed pages 9–10 (PDF pages 15–16).
Context: OPA also reported special August 1 ceiling prices for grain neutral spirits and bulk whiskey produced during the holiday and said augmented stocks reduced black-market activity.
Annotation
Contemporaneous agency evidence that August 1944 was a temporary interruption of the wartime beverage-production cessation; attribute claimed market effects to OPA.