Medical quarrel will go to court
A federal grand jury indicted the American Medical Association, three local medical societies, and 21 physicians for Sherman anti trust violations. Named were the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the Harris County Texas Medical Society along with key AMA officials and several Washington practitioners. The case centers on group health plans and hospital access with officials arguing opposition to group care and the courts upholding doctors rights to hospital treatment and private practice.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Medical Society of the
District of Columbia
Harris County
Tex
Department of Justice
Groun Health Association
E District Society
The
Germany
Europe
Group Health
United States
American Dical Association
Annals of Medicine
Justice Department
LaGuardia Attacked As He Entered City Hall
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was punched by James Hagan a former WPA supervisor at city hall today. Hagan was seized and charged with simple assault and later sent to Bellevue hospital psych ward without bail. The mayor recovered quickly and downplayed the incident calling it nothing for a day’s work.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
City Hall
James Hagan
WPA
Pulham Bay
Agan
Hagan
City Hall Park
LaGuardia
Bellevue Hospital Psycopathic
Pan American States draft defense pact readied at Lima
A 6 line agreement prepared by Af rano Mello Franco urges Pan American unity to defend any aggressor in the Western Hemisphere. The draft aligns U S aims with Argentina on condemnation of aggression while echoing the 1936 Buenos Aires accord. Final wording to be reviewed by Bogota delegates with possible adjournment next week. The sub committee also backs expediting ratification of the Pan American highway spanning Alaska to Patagonia.
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Afranio Mello Franco
United States
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Carlos Concha
Mello Franco
Hull
Bogota
Colombia
Alaska
Patagonia
League of American Nations
inter-American Court of Justice
Youth Held for Slaying Escapes An Angry Crowd
In Oakland California Rodney Greig aged 21 faced murder charges in the stabbing of Leona Wright 19 a beauty school instructor. An angry courtroom crowd shouted get the rope as Greig and his guard fled down a corridor into an elevator.
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Oakland
Calif
Rodney Greig
Leona Wright
Chris B. Fox
Greig
Miss Wright
Walter Swearing
Fire at Stavros Home Causes Small Damage
Fire department responded to John Stavros at 1512 New Hampshire Street at 9 25 AM to extinguish a small blaze caused by a short circuit in an electric light fixture. Damage was minor.
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Stavros
John Stavros
New Hampshire Street
Birthday Ball Plans in Doubt for Lawrence Campaign
The Kansas infantile paralysis drive faces a stalemate as Lawrence seeks a local chairman and control over funds. National and local groups clash over proceeds with a proposed 50 50 split and trust arrangements. Several potential local leaders have declined, risking the Birthday Ball’s fate ahead of January 30 Roosevelt birthday.
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Lawrence
Walter A. Haxman
Kansas
Keith Morgan
New York
Douglas County
National Foundation
Roosevelt
Morgan
Kiwanis Club
Madrid Shelled Again as Front Near Frontier Braces
Insurgent heavy artillery intermittently shelled Madrid defense lines while snow and swollen rivers in the north slowed the start of the insurgent Catalan offensive at Hendaye near the Spanish frontier.
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Madrid
Hendaye
France
Suspect Held in Mexico Arms Contact Case
A man naming himself Dick Mitman, 21, was held on $25,000 bail in Philadelphia on December 20. FBI tied him to an arms deals network in Mexico as the contact for Philip Musica.
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Hold Musica
Philadelphia
Dick Mitman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philip Musica
Mexico
Death by own action swindler leaves all to widow
Philip Musica who swindled investors died and left all of his property to widow Mrs. Carol Coster in a will filed in Fairfield Connecticut. The value of the estate was not disclosed.
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Coster
Fairfield
Conn
Donald Coster
Philip Musica
Carol Coster
Murray
South
McKesson and Robbins
New York
Charles F. Michaels
Coster - Musica
Price, Waterhouse
G@ompany
Noonan
Dun and Bradstreet
W. W. Smith and Company
Smith Company
Coster-Musica
Federal Grand Jury
Evelyn Musica Calafato
Westbury
L. I
Grand
Stock Averages Edge Higher Amid Mixed Trading
The average stood around 51.1 with about 60 issues tracked as trading yesterday closed near key levels. Investors weighed gains in technology shares against declines in energy stocks.
Chinese angle in Coster arms deal
Federal authorities pursue a tale that McKesson and Robbins head F Donald Coster alias Philip Musica plotted to sell 2 million rifles and 1 million rounds to a Chinese general. Promoter Bruni and Wingersky testified about links to Chiang Kai-Shek’s agents and a draft contract never executed.
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New York
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gregory F. Noonan
U. S
Thomas A. Bruni
Frederick Wingersky
Coster-Musica
New York Post
Bruni
Ben Simon
Bronx
McKesson and Robbins
Simon
Wingersky
Coster- Musica
Winter Toll Across Europe From Cold and Accidents
Winter brought many deaths across Europe as cold snaps froze rivers and paralyzed industries. A Lisbon ferry sank after striking a dredge with about 25 presumed drowned. Hungary rail derailed injuring six. ships on the Black Sea reported distress with several sailors missing. England, Belgium, Norway and Sweden recorded record low temperatures and widespread casualties.
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London
Taugus
Lisbon
England
Paris
Norway
Sweden
Hungary
Black Sea
Belgium
Farm Opinion Divides On Farm Act At Capper Meeting
About 600 to 700 farmers and farm group reps met in Topeka to debate the farm act. Speakers split between repeal and regulated farming, with Sen. Capper noting a serious Kansas farm crisis and hinting at broader farm loan reform.
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Topeka
Farm Organization
Arthur Capper
Congress
Capper
Kansas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Roosevelt
Lee Cowden
Lyon County
David Train
McPherson County Farmers Union
Charles P. Pivonka
Rush County
AAA
F. W. Staadt
Garnett
Farm Bureau
Anderson County
Alma Mahoney
Russell County
W. L Bailey
Dan C. Casement
Manhattan
Thale P. Skovgard
Washington County
Casement
Farmers Liberty League
Skovgard
New Englanders Meet For 42nd Annual Dinner Meeting
The Forty second annual meeting of the Sons and Daughters of New England is set for tomorrow at the Colonial Tea-room. A 6 pm business session precedes a 6 45 pm dinner with Dr. Phillip King of Washburn College Topeka as speaker on The Ism of New England.
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Meeting of Sons and Daughters
The
Sons and Daughters of
New England
Colonial Tea-room
Phillip King
Washburn College of
Topeka
Joseph F. King
Byron F. Cooke
Florence E. Hesse
D. Hooker Spencer
Robert McNair Davis
Arthur Tappan Walker
Guy Watson Smith
E. R. Learned
Edward Bumgardner
D. M. Swarthout
H. Lee Jones
Waldemar Geric Robert Glotzbach
Plano
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Vieux Temps
Snow blankets the Southwest from Oklahoma to Colorado
Heavy wet snow moved into the Oklahoma panhandle with seven inches at Guymon and flurries elsewhere. Snow began in Garden City and Cimarron with up to an inch, four inches around Dodge City, and Liberal seeing similar amounts. Southeastern Colorado and northern New Mexico reported three inches as a broad winter storm crosses the region.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma Parahandle
Guymon
Garden City
Kan
Cimarron
Here
Colorado
Santa Fe
Dodge City
Kansas
Liberal
Oklahoma Panhandle
Springfield
Colo
Weather Bureau
Nothern
New Mexico
Applications for Kansas postmasterships announced
The civil service commission announced 42 candidates for postmaster positions in two Kansas towns Hoisington and Galena where the previous appointees face federal indictments for embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Civil Service Commission
Hoisington
Galena
Roosevelt names Ellen Woodward to Social Security Board
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of Ellen Woodward of Mississippi to the Social Security Board. She will succeed Mary Dewson and comes from an assistant administrator role at the WPA.
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Social Security Board
Washington
Roosevelt
Ellen Woodward
Mississippi
Germany to transfer American inheritance credits in full
Washington reports that Germany will now transfer all inheritance credits due Americans on German estates to beneficiaries in full. Dr. Hans Thomsen delivered the notice to the U S State Department, resolving friction over money transfers once restricted by exchange controls. Sumner Welles discussed the issue with Ambassador Hans H. Dieckhoff before Dieckhoff’s departure.
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Washington
Germany
United States
State Department
Hans Thomsen
Sumner Welles
Hans H. Dieckhoff
Welles
Loans Offered to Farmers for 1938 Corn in Douglas County
The Agriculture Conservation office in the federal building announces loans for corn grown in 1938. Eligibility requires the crop to fit the farmer’s 1938 AAA allotment and stored in an approved crib. Loan rate is 57 cents per bushel with a minimum $3 application charge and 1 cent per bushel inspection/administration fee.
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Douglas County Agriculture Conservation Office
Federal
A.C.P
A.C.P. Office
Christmas Party at Rollerdrome for Presbyterian Sunday School
The University department of the Presbyterian Sunday school held a Christmas party at the Rollerdrome this afternoon. About 60 children and 20 class members attended. Emma Ellen Hughes read a Christmas story and candy was distributed. Margaret Harris, daughter of Fred J. Harris who runs the Rollerdrome, chairs the college department. Harris donated the rink. Mrs. Bruce Cameron teaches the class.
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University Department
The
Presbyterian Sunday School
Emma Ellen Hughes
Margaret Harris
Fred J. Harris
College
Harris
Bruce Cameron
Defense Arguments In Snyder Murder Attempt Case
The defense completed its final arguments in Los Angeles on December 20 in the case of Martin Snyder known as The Gimp. He is charged with attempting to murder Myrl Alderman, husband of Snyder's former wife Ruth Etting.
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Snyder
Los Angeles
Martin
Gimp
Kansas Texas invasion scores on Kansas Journal-World service
The Journal-World provides half time and final scores of the Kansas vs Southern Methodist game in Dallas Texas tonight. Special arrangements extend this service to all four Kansas games in Texas. Call 22 for scores tonight. New Maytag $59.50. Green Bros. Adv.
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Lawrence
Fang
Kansas-Southern Methodist
Dallas
Tex
The
Journal-World
Kansas
Texas
New Maytag
Green Bros
Christmas Shopping in Lawrence Stores Draws Crowds
Shoppers in Lawrence race through stores in a bustling Christmas Eve mood. The piece notes the rush, the ads, the lingering last minute decisions, and the sense of satisfaction after a day of buying as crowds tramp through the streets.
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Lawrence
Kaw Valley Potato Growers to Meet in Lawrence
A meeting of Kaw valley potato farmers and county agents is set in Lawrence on Thursday December 22 to gauge sentiment on a 1939 production program under the federal farm bill. Scott Kelsey Topeka grower will represent the area at a Washington D C meeting December 29 30 to draft recommendations.
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Lawrence
Kaw Valley
Scott Kelsey
Topeka
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Warns of a Revolt Over Budget Cuts in White House
Washington reports that farmer union official M W Thatcher warned that cutting the government budget by 2.5 to 3 billion dollars would spark nationwide upheaval as people struggle to eat. He told President Roosevelt that halting soil conservation and parity payments could topple the administration. David Lasser of the Workers Alliance urged renewed WPA funding to curb unemployment and hunger amid a tense fiscal debate.
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Washington
M. W. Thatcher
Farmer's Union
White House
Thatcher
Roosevelt
David Lasser
Workers Alliance of America
Congress
WPA
Lasser
FE E Unio
Chances of moisture threaten winter weather in Kansas
Topeka forecast calls for unsettled weather with rain or snow possible tonight and tomorrow as moisture moves in from the southwest. Temperatures will rise slowly with highs around 35 to 40 and lows near 20 to 28 in the northeast, west and south. Flora notes a potential early start to a "winter Christmas."
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Ban Lifted on Christmas Carols in Mount Vernon Schools
Mount Vernon New York December 20 nine year ban on singing Christmas carols in public schools lifted by board of education. Protests by religious groups including two hundred representatives prompted removal of carol references to God and Christ in school lessons and events.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Mount Vernon Public School
Bethlehem
Board of Education
God
Christ
Weather forecast notes for Kansas with mixed conditions
The Kansas forecast reports cloudy conditions with snow in central and west sections and milder readings in the northwest. Snow or rain expected Wednesday with gradually warming temperatures. Garden City shows clear morning, others cloudy, with dirt roads listed as good. Temperature readings at 7 pm yesterday and noon today are faintly noted.
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Kansas
Garden City
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Willam Creighton Woodward
Bureau of Legal Medicine and Legislation
William J. Cutter
Council On, Medical Education and Hospitals
Association
R. G. Leland
Bureau of Medical Economics
Coursen B. Conklin
James B. F. Curtis
J. Thomas Allen Groover
Robert Howe
Leon
A. Martel
Thomas FE. Mattingly
Francis X. McGovern
Thomas E. Neill
Edward H. Reed
William MM. Sprigg
William J. Stanton
John O. Warfield, Jr
Wallace MC Yater
Joseph R. Young
Fishbein
West
Cutter
Leland
Woodward
Lima
Peru
Ambrose V. McCall
Securities Bureau
George E. Dietrich-Musica
George Vernard
Arthur Musica
Robert Dietrich Musica
McCall
W. J.murray, Jr
Columbia
S. C
Coster-Muc Sacc
Albany
Conservation Department
Ford Service
Hamilton
New
DR. King
Dust Bowl
Presbyterian Group
Decker
Chamber of Commerce
Wren
S. W. Decker
Kansas State College
Farmer’s Union
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