Verify particular wartime quantities and medical claims before using them as exact figures.
The account links the distillery to national mobilization and penicillin-related production.
During World War II, Schenley plants operated continuously for war-related alcohol production, including industrial and medical uses, while building institutional capacity and employment.
PDF sheet 122
PDF sheet 121
Chapter 11 — Wartime production
Fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29. PDF121–122: wartime production is source testimony with unspecified alcohol proof/time basis. Claim of first Black employment inWWII conflicts with Johnson family1912/1936 employment inPDF192.
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