#John Blythe Halton Henderson

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Liquor Mystery

Caption reads: "The most liquor destroyed at once in the U.S."

We just got in a batch of scrapbook pages created by John Blythe Halton Henderson (1950-1955) AKA Jack Henderson '27. While the pages are an amazing look into the life of a Rice Mechanical Engineering major in 1927, there was one unusual page that caught my eye.

The page bears the caption: "The most liquor destroyed at once in the U.S." While there is no exact location other scrapbook pages include trips to the Houston Ship Channel. I spent a bit of time trying to sleuth out what this raid could be, but have had no luck. If there were a few more clues as to how authorities destroyed the liquor, then maybe it might have made a larger mark.

So, I'm throwing it out to you all. If you can find information about this "historic" event, please leave a comment.

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