AMA Wins as Court Rules Medicine Not a Trade
Federal district court held that the Sherman antitrust act cannot apply to medical practice. Justice James M. Proctor dismissed the indictment charging the American Medical Association and others with restraint of trade in Group Health, Inc. The decision, likely to be appealed, centers on whether medicine is a trade or a learned profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Medical Association
James M. Proctor
Justice Department
Health, Inc
Cooperative Health Association
District of Columbia
Robert H. Jackson
JuNice Proctor
Supreme Court
Justice Proctor
Group Health Association, Inc
Group Health, Inc
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Medical Society of
District of Kio
Washington Academy Surgery
Harris County
Texas
Medical Society
Elks Barbecue Set for Next Week
The Elks barbecue is scheduled for Thursday of next week replacing this week. Proceeds will benefit the Flint Sanatorium.
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Flint
Sayre Nominated U S High Commissioner to the Philippines
President Roosevelt named Francis B. Sayre Assistant Secretary of State to be United States high commissioner to the Philippines. The nomination was announced today in Washington and marks Sayre as the lead U S official overseeing Philippine affairs.
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Sayre
Washington
Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
United States
Philippine
US Planes Equal Best Promising Faster Models In Testing
Air corps officers said American planes match the best abroad though the home grown heavy bombers lag in records. A big bomber carrying 11 023 pounds averaged 204 mph on a Langley to New York loop and 200 9 mph on the second leg. an Italian plane went just under 251 mph on both laps.
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Washington
Air Corps
Army
Langley Field
Bolling Field
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
France
Buenos Aires
Rites Held Today for Reeves Infant
Final rites were conducted for May Hough Reeves six day old son of Mr and Mrs Percy Reeves at New Center Church with Rev Marvin May and Rev J T Blankenship officiating. Burial was handled by Drinkard-Howell. The infant died at 1 45 Tuesday afternoon at home in Decatur. Surviving are the parents and three brothers Neal Donald and J Hough.
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May Hough Reeves
Percy Reeves
New Center
Marvin May
J.T. Blankenship
Drinkard-Howell
Decatur
Neal
Donald
J. Hough
Cotton Progress and Rain Delays in Cotton Belt
The weekly summary reports favorable progress in the central belt while heavy rains in the east and drought in the west slowed cultivation. The report comes from New Orleans dated July 26.
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New Orleans
Speed racer Ab Jenkins burns in Salt Flats endurance run
Utah July 26 Ab Jenkins of Salt Lake City suffered serious burns after his automobile caught fire during a projected four hour endurance run at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Ab Jenkins
Salt Lake City
Salt Flats
Auto and a Match Figure in Accident
Mrs. J F McElhannon recovers from burns after a flashlight fire caused by car trouble at their Somerville Road home. A bucket brigade and fire department saved the car from total loss as the couple prepared for a weekend visit with relatives in Nicholson Georgia.
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J. F. McElhannon
Holt Delays 3rd Term Resolution in Senate
Washington dispatch reports Senator Holt of Washington delays anti third term resolution until January 1940. He cites counsel of elder members and signals Roosevelt may seek renomination if offered. Vice President Garner and others reportedly oppose bringing up the issue this session. Roosevelt mentions Hatch bill review and Farley as postmaster. denies plots to replace Farley.
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Washington
Holt
D. Wa. Va
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Garner
Justice Department
Dem
James A. Farley
Farley
Tommy” Corcoran
White House
Trinity Plans Road Paving From Joe Wheeler Highway
John B. Sewell of Trinity announced that residents are hopeful about paving the road from the Joe Wheeler highway to Trinity Mountain. The plan involves the City of Trinity, Morgan County, and the WPA handling key details.
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John B. Sewell
Trinity
Joe Wheeler
Botton
Trinity Mountain
Morgan
WPA
Lion in park prank prompts suspensions and demerits
In St Paul three officers are suspended for 30, 15, and 5 days and another gets a demerit for taunting a lion at Como Park. Walter Grun admits handling a rubber slingshot near the cage, provoking the animal. Bowne also present earns a demerit for not stopping him.
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ST. Paul
Walter Grants
Peter Barrett
Hugo Keller
George Bowne
Como Park
Gran
Grun
Bowne
Barrett
Keller
Clinto Hackett
Sweet Cerange
King
Beloved Lady Called Home
Lucy Spotswood Mathews White widow of David Irvine White dies at 85 in Huntsville after illness. Survived by five sons Luke Mathews White of Montclair New Jersey David I White of Kansas City Missouri Addison White Shelby White and Gilbert White Funeral at 4 pm Thursday at her Huntsville residence with burial in Huntsville.
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Lucy Spotswood Mathews White
David Irvine White
North Alabama
Huntsville
Randolph Claibourn
Japan Faces Sarged Strains in Asia and Sakhalin Dispute
The report notes Japan mobilizing 1 500 naval reservists and forming a new squadron amid tensions with Soviet Russia over Sakhalin Island. Observers tie fleet buildup to the dispute while Britain pledges noninterference in China and talks on Moscow pact advance. Shanghai fears epidemics after garbage system disruption. Germany expands labor and materials mobilization amid rearmament drives.
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Associated Press
Japan
Great Britain
Asia
Soviet
Russia
Sakhaline
Yonal
Sakhalin
China
Britain
Tokyo
al Ciehetakashno
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Chamberlain
London
Soviet Russia
France
Moscow
Shanghai
International Settlement
Greater Shanghai
Mrs. Horton Claimed by Death in Alabama Funeral Arrangements
Mrs. Margaret Anner Horton died Monday evening at the home of her daughter in Bessemer. The body will be transported to Decatur for services at Dancey's Chapel with burial set for 2 p m Saturday July 29. Survived by two daughters Mrs Praytor and Mrs Lillie Thomas a son Willie Costello a stepson J W Horton and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Margaret Anner Horton
W. S
Bertha) Praytor
Bessemer
Decatur
Dancey’s Chapel
Brown
Praytor
Lillie Thomas
Willie Costello
J. W. Horton
Courtland
Lost Boy Found After Eight Days on Mount Katahdin
Donn Fendler, 12, of Rye New York, survived eight days lost on Mount Katahdin in Maine. The Boy Scout wandered 35 miles from the peak, ate berries, drank stagnant water and followed a telephone line to reach Nelson McMoarn in Sherman. He was found near a home where he received care and reunited with his worried parents.
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Sherman
Donn Fendler
Rye
N. Y
Maine
Mount Katahdin
Donn
Nelson E. McMoarn
McMoarn
Henry
McMearns
Alabama House stalls anti advertising bills in July session
In Montgomery the house temperance committee indefinitely postponed a bill to ban alcoholic beverage advertising by a 7 to 4 vote. The public health committee also postponed indefinitely a bill to prohibit optometrists from price advertising while debates continued on temperance measures and state advertising controls.
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Montgomery
Ala
House Temperance Committee
Alabama
W. M. Bock
DeKalb County
Beck
House
House Public Health Committee
Temperance Committee
R. L. Hil
Marion
Health Committee
Guy Hardwick
Houston
Hotalen
Parl Hotalen
Alabama ‘Temperance -al
ABC
W. M. Beck
DeKalb Wort
Alliance
EF. Roy Albright
ABC Board
J.H. McGornick
Mobile
Wilbur de van
Beverage Board
D. C. Mathews
Clarke
Hayge Agriculture Committee
Ers
Graham Bill Before House
Acts of local application pass ed yesterday include reworking Montgomery city and county school systems. Other bills create four Houston revenue posts and expand Birmingham firemen pension funding while dividing Lawrence county and setting local revenue rules.
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Montgomery
Ala
A. C. Davis
Montgomery City
J. A. Stallings
Pike
Pike County
Perry Calhoun
Houston
Houston County Board of Revenue
Roger W. Snyder
Jefferson
Birmingham
Earnest Graham
Lawrence
Lawrence County
W. E. Avis
Madison
Jacob Legg
Morgayi County
Young Diplomat Dies After Poisoning in Mobile
Jose Lainez Membreno the Honduran vice consul in Mobile dies by poison, a month after his wife killed herself. He left a Spanish note blaming no one, and died after failing to reach an antidote. Funeral plans await relatives in South America.
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Mobile
Ala
Jose Lainez Membreno
H. S. J. Walker
Membreno
U. 8
South America
Three Alabama Guardsmen Die in Plane Crash
Three Alabama National Guardsmen Capt. Leslie Meadows Sergeant R H Snapp and Private W C Badham were killed when their observation plane of the 106th squadron crashed near Keystone Heights Florida while on a training maneuver. The incident marked the squadron's first fatality in 20 years.
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Keystone Heights
Pla
Alabama National Guardsmen
Leslie Meadows
R. H. Snapp
W. C. Badham
Birmingham
62Nd Infantry
Jacksonville
106Th
Walter Wise
Drought Grimly Holds North Atlantic and Midwest Areas
Parched North Atlantic states and parts of the Midwest face a severe drought with no relief in sight. Showers from Michigan to the Atlantic coast bring moderate temperatures. A two day rain would help crops in North Atlantic and New England states, while New York reports rainfall deficits rivaling the worst in 60 years. Heat persists with beachgoers seeking relief.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
Middle West
Michigan
Ohio
Atlantic
New England
Weather Bureau
New York
Denver
Colo
Trinidad
Martinsburg
W. Va
Spokane
Wash
Kansas City
Boise
Idaho
Havre, Mont
Dallas
Tex
Shreveport
Columbus
Judge Rules Act Unconstitutional In Morgan County Case
Judge A A Griffith ruled the March 9 1939 act creating the Morgan county board of revenue and control is unconstitutional and void for violating sections 68 96 and 105 of the Alabama Constitution. The ruling follows a hearing on demurrers by defendants including Wallace Meadows Fred M Speake Jeff Rowe and John McCutcheon and Newt Edmonson filed May 12 seeking a declaratory judgment. Defendants have 20 days to answer.
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Circuit Court of
Morgan County
Board of Revenue and Control of
Board of Revenue
A. A. Griffith
Albania
Newt Edmonson
Wallace Meadows
Fred M. Speake
Jeff Rowe
John McCutcheon
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Norman Harris
Board of Revenue and Control
A. Lynne
T. C
Griffith Parocites Melvin
Edmunson
Harris
Alabama
Supreme Court
Hutson
Publc
Griffith
Services to Begin at Union Grove
Minister Williams leads a Sunday start at Union Church of Christ with three services on Sunday and two more during the week. Invitations extended to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Grove
Williams
Union Church of Christ
Minister Robert McGehee Dies After Operation in Troy
The Rev. Robert Bruce McGehee, pastor of the Troy First Methodist Church, died today after an operation. He had been a minister and teacher for many years in the community.
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Troy
Ala
Robert Bruce McGehee
Troy First
Weather update for Tennessee region and river gauge
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 19.8 today with a high of 87 and a low of 70. A small rainfall reading of 0.6 inches was reported, noting minor precipitation in the past 24 hours.
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Tennessee
An Linge
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U. S
Demuters
Montreal
Young Catholic Worker Organization of Quebec
Reeves
John Sewell
Lion
Graham Bill
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