Important industrial and labor history; corroborate volumes, workforce patterns, and causation with government records and broader labor sources.
Veach draws on an industry wartime record and Schenley files to connect production conversion, labor, supply constraints, and taxation.
Under War Production Board control, beverage distilleries produced high-proof industrial alcohol for antifreeze, fuel additives, plastics, lacquer, medical supplies, ammunition, and synthetic rubber. Labor shortages opened work to African Americans and women, while allocation rules and production demands drove further consolidation.
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Under War Production Board control, beverage distilleries produced high-proof industrial alcohol for antifreeze, fuel additives, plastics, lacquer, medical supplies, ammunition, and synthetic rubber. Labor shortages opened work to African Americans and women, while allocation rules and production demands drove further consolidation.
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Source section: Chapter Seven — The End of Prohibition and the Second World War
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Veach draws on an industry wartime record and Schenley files to connect production conversion, labor, supply constraints, and taxation.
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Important industrial and labor history; corroborate volumes, workforce patterns, and causation with government records and broader labor sources.
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