Tom Moran and Tom Sewell Fantasy by the Sea Peace Press: Culver City, CA, 1980 (1979) (Originally published by Beyond Baroque Foundation with a grant from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts), 1917
The Great War
"On September 5th, 1917, five months after America's entry into the European war, the first Venice volunteers left for an Oregon encampment led by Abbot Kinney's son Sherwood. [Of the over 80 locals who served in the First World War, only Charles Dewey, lost his life due to enemy action.]
" . . .
"It was illegal to sell liquor to members of the military forces, but Venice's cafes and nightclubs gained a reputation as regular violators of this wartime prohibition. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution asking the federal government to step in and close Venice's saloons and liquor stores."