November 1, 1942
United States
By extending the control system to lower-proof high wines, the amendment closed the principal production category left outside the earlier 190-proof-focused restrictions and formalized the broad wartime diversion of grain-distilling capacity.
Verified against the complete amendment at 7 Fed. Reg. 8278–8279. The order retained specific-authorization exceptions and did not stop the handling or sale of preexisting beverage stocks. Keep the separate October 8 reported industry cessation event at Evidence Ready because its exact operational mechanism differs from this November 1 legal cutoff.
The amended M-69 regime took effect for high wines, expressly barring beverage use or allocation of grain spirits below 190 proof produced on or after November 1 unless the War Production Board specifically authorized it.
Editorial use
Use as the legal endpoint of the 1942 escalation sequence. It should follow the reported October 8 industry cessation event, with a note that the statutory and operational dates are not identical.
Scope boundary
The restriction applied to newly produced high wines and allowed specific War Production Board authorizations. Existing stocks remained economically and culturally important.