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UI1C LU UC QUl U. :-Turlocker Waitsccdeh?Trial For Ozoneccillinatinocthmdlt;ccUlI52asC£IS'Littrs)IeTUPwLOCK—J. H. Effenberg,59* 1250 Colorado Avenue* Turlock, is free on $2,500 bail await ing a preliminary hearing December 14th in Oakland on a charge of disseminating false j — advertising regarding anita ozone” health medicine. . |5tArrested with him in San;DL Francisco recently were G. W.h* Kelm, 59, of Lodi, Fred H. Stephens, 60, of Balboa and R. W. Garratt, 67, of Bakersfield, ilrlj Milton T. Duffy, chief of the w-!state bureau 'of food and drug inspectors, said the four sold 5500,000 worth ■ of devices throughout California* touting them as a cure for such, diseases as cancer, diabetes,, polio, ulcers and high.blood pressure. . . Neon Tubes'Duffy said the device consisted of a small box with several neon tubes and. a transformer inside. When the current was turned on the tubes generated an odor of ozone, a faintly blue, gaseous form of oxygen which is present in minute amounts in the atmosphere.Duffy said the machines, licensed to sell fcr $1d4 each, are manufactured in Newport Beach and Brea.Printed In Lodi State agents said pamphlets advertising the device were printed at the Lodi Academy Shop.Stephens was described as president of United Ozone Company, Effenberg, 'state distributor, and Garratt and Kelm, state sales representatives.Samuel A. Dye, 65, of Stockton was convicted last August in Stockton, of falsely advertis- E ing the device. He said he sold 100 of the machines in Stockton,ec-la-pt-euoa-jyos-en-ck.lr1:2.:andurn.Ip 1 2. msr
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Modesto Bee and News Herald

Modesto, California, US

Thu, Dec 03, 1953

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