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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1939

Page

2

AMA Wins Case: Sherman Act Not Applied to Medical Practice

Washington July 26 The federal district court ruled the Sherman anti trust act does not apply to medical practice in dismissing an indictment against the American Medical Association and others charged with restraining trade against Group Health Association Inc The decision by Justice James M Proctor followed arguments that medicine is a learned profession not a trade and may be appealed by the Justice Department The case involved 21 physicians and four medical bodies linked to a cooperative care plan for government workers

Washington American Medical Association James M. Proctor Justice Department A.M.A Group Health, Inc Cooperative Health Association District of Columbia Robert H. Jackson Proctor Supreme Court Group Health Group Health Association, Inc Grand Jury Group Health Inc Home Owners Loan Corporation Medical Society of the Washington Academy of Surgery Harris County Texas Medical Society

Medical association backs expanded service program

Officials of the American Medical Association said their principles do not oppose a well considered expanded medical service program when needed. The statement by Dr Olin West and Morris Fishbein followed a federal court dismissal of indictments alleging antitrust violations.

Chicago The American Medical Association Olin West Association Morris Fishbein Washington

Wife Sues for Divorce in District Court

A divorce petition was filed in district court by Bess Cooke against Duane Cooke this morning. The couple married in 1926 and the plaintiff seeks custody of their two minor children.

Bess Cooke Duane Cooke

Marriage License for Tanner and Ballard in Missouri

A marriage license was issued today to Lowell H. Tanner of Richmond Mo and Opal L. Ballard of Hardin Mo, recording the union in the state registry.

Lowell H. Tanner Richmond Opal L. Ballard Hardin, Mo

Cranium Crackers Baseball Quiz Challenge

A playful quiz game asks five baseball questions about the 1935 World Series winner manager at the time, classic ballparks for Forbes Field Griffith Park Comiskey Park, 1939 All Star first basemen, last year Little World Series winner and its league, and the American Association pennant winner.

Forbes Field Griffith Park Comiskey Park

Ratner Defends Insurance Probe Settlement Veto

Governor Ratner says he had no involvement with the Saint Louis Missouri case and rejects charges of fraud. He states the settlement ending 149 federal suits was approved by courts years ago and argues substantial evidence is needed before action can be taken.

McDonald Street T. J. Pendergast R. E. O’malley Missouri Insurance Commissioner Pendergast O'Malley Street Street Kansas Ratner

Missouri National Guard Unit Bivouacs in Lawrence

Battery C of the 128th Field Artillery, Missouri National Guard, will bivouac in Lawrence on Saturday and Sunday nights while en route from Fort Sill Oklahoma encampment to Jefferson City. Arrangements for supper and breakfast for 100 men are being coordinated with the chamber of commerce. A second detachment of 33 men will arrive to spend Sunday night. Temporary camp set at Haskell stadium.

128Th Field Artillery Missouri National Guard Lawrence Ext Sill Okla Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce Haskell Stadium

Drilling Delayed on Lou Griffith Farm Well

Drilling paused as 600 feet of 10 inch casing was set in the test well on the Lou Griffith farm near Lone Star. Red shale at 605 feet caused cave-ins. work halted at 625 feet. Casing began at 11 this morning with restart expected about 2 this afternoon.

Lou Griffith Lone Star

Water bloc loses on water carrier regulation in bill

Washington July 26 The house defeated a waterways bloc effort to remove water carrier regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission from the omnibus transportation bill. An amendment to strike the entire water carrier section failed by 144 to 167 in a teller vote.

Washington House Interstate Commerce Commission Representative South Dtex Teller

Fire damages garage on R. D. Krum property

Firefighters responded at 7 30 P M to the R D Krum property at 740 Rhode Island street and extinguished a blaze that started in the garage at the far end of the lot. The garage interior was badly damaged and the exact cause is unknown though trash can near the rear is suspected.

R. D. Krum Rhode Island Street

New British Instructions on Moscow Talks Reported

London today reported that the British government issued fresh instructions to its diplomats in Moscow. Prime Minister Chamberlain said a statement on the Moscow negotiations for a British French Russian mutual assistance pact would come early next week.

London Moscow Chamberlain House of Commons

National Guard Joins Search for Missing Boy in Minnesota

The National Guard dispatched a company and an airplane to help locate six year old Russell Jensen of Albert Lea Minnesota. About 600 possemen joined a final effort in the mosquito infested wilderness of the Paul Bunyan forest in northern Minnesota where he has been missing since Monday.

National Guard Minneapolis PHA National Guard Russell Jensen Albert Lea Minn Paul Bunyan Forest Minnesota

Kansas City Potato Market Report

Kansas City July 26 AP potato market shows arrivals 17 cars diverted 3 on track 20. Carlot sales for Idaho Triumphs 0.5 to 1.55 per 100- lb sacks. Truck arrivals from Kansas and Missouri Cobbler and Warbas 0.50 to 0.65 per 100- lb sacks.

Kansas City Idaho Kansas Missouri

Kansas teachers seek diagnostic aid for reading problems

Kansas educators approved a University of Kansas program to diagnose reading difficulties in students. Professors Nash and Turney will supervise field tests using instruments like audiometer telebinocular and ophthalmograph. Graduate students will test about twenty students daily and return analyzed results with handling suggestions to the requesting schools.

Johnny and Mary Kansas University of Kansas School of Education Extension Division Bert A. Nash A. H. Turney Education Department Nash

Nude Woman Found Clinging to Building Roof in New York

A nude woman perched on a West Forty-Ninth Street five story building was spotted by a passerby before dawn. Patrolman Michael Higgins escorted her back to safety as a small crowd gathered and Dorothy Louis, 28, claimed she wandered out during a birthday party.

New York West Forty-Ninth Street Michael Higgins John Louis Dorothy Louis

WPA Worker Confesses In Fatal Kansas City Crash

Police say Russell Thompson, 29, a WPA worker, confessed to driving the speeding car that killed Mrs Joseph K Larson and her 10 year old daughter on December 3 as they walked to church. Thompson identified Herbert Genereaux, 25, as a companion. both men signed confessions.

Kansas City Russell Thompson WPA Joseph K. Larson Thompson John Harrington E. B. Cooley Herbert Genereaux Genereaux

British plan air service for transatlantic flight

The British air ministry plans a transatlantic substratosphere air service for next year. Construction has begun on three 32 ton machines built for speeds over 275 miles per hour at 25 000 feet. The first two were ordered last year and a third is under way at Rochester Kent.

London British Air Ministry Rochester Kent

Game Law Charges Filed in District Court

Charges filed yesterday in district court accuse Ernest Higgins E A Stevens and Otto Gulley of violating state fish and game laws. They appeared and posted bond of 100 each. The case proceeds in the November term.

Ernest Higgins E. A. Stevens Otto Gulley

Farley deflects third term talk aboard ship

Postmaster General James A. Farley refused to discuss a possible third term for the President. He predicted the 1940 Democratic nominee would win, saying only the President can state his position. Farley sailed with New York officials and a GOP delegation bound for Oslo for a conference.

New York James A. Farley Democratic National Committee U. S Manhatn F.D.R Farley John D. M. Hamilton Republican National Committee Hamilton Fish Oslo Norway Hamilton Bruce Barton Washington Harold W. Mason Manhattan John Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelts London Paris James Roosevelt Elizabeth Anne

Aerial Photo Catches Truck Collision Near Highway 24

Lawrence Bud Bergman and pilot Bill Ashcraft photographed a highway 24 truck crash from about 500 feet in an Aeronca cabin plane shortly after the impact. The sound was heard at the airport and the pair departed immediately.

Bud Bergman Lawrence Aeronca Bill Ashcraft Highway 24 Ashcraft Bergman

Leave of absence for assistant postmaster D M Horkmans

D M Horkmans, assistant post master, is on a several weeks leave of absence. Don F Caros will temporarily take over his duties. A gas office thermometer showed a maximum reading of 95 degrees at 3 15 this afternoon. American Legion members will hold their annual election Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the American Legion hall.

D. M. Horkmans Don F. Caros American Legion American Legion Hall

Douglas County Wheat Growers Meet At Farm Bureau Office

A meeting of the Douglas County Certified Wheat Growers is set for Monday night at 8 o'clock at the local Farm Bureau office.

Douglas County

Holmes Receives Color Photo From Haskell Guard Visit

J. R. Holmes received a color photograph from James Lansing commander of the Haskell Indian guard of honor at the New York fair. The image shows the Holmes family with Fair Commissioner John L. Sullivan in the foreground while the Haskell guard stands in the background. Sullivan visited Lawrence last spring to arrange recruiting the troop.

J. R. Holmes James Lansing Haskell Indian Guard of Honor New York Fair Charles B. Holmes Holmes John L. Sullivan Lawrence Haskell Guard

Penny dated 1848 found near Blue Mound in Ogden era area

Ed Harvey donated a Civil War era penny found near a Blue Mound cabin. The artifact links to Stephen Ogden who lived there and who served as sheriff during the Quantrill raid on Lawrence in August 1863.

Harvey Journal-World Office Blue Mound Stephen Ogden Ogden Quanae Lawrence

Large Indictment Won After Coal Mine Picket Clash

A special grand jury in Harlan Kentucky indicted 104 persons on charges stemming from a June 14 clash between 104 national guardsmen and United Mine Workers coal mine pickets. The panel recommended bonds totaling 535000 dollars.

Kentucky Harlan National Guardsmen United Mine Workers (Cio

Man Killed by Train Near Oswego

An unidentified pedestrian ignoring whistle warnings was killed by a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train near Olive ten miles north of Oswego Kansas. The engineer reported seeing the man on the tracks and blowing his whistle, but he did not heed the signal.

Oswego Kan Olive

Lightning hits H. B. Sawyer home near Ottawa

A severe electrical storm near Ottawa, Kansas, injures no one in the H. B. Sawyer farm house trio of occupants. The bolt wrecks the chimney and damages interiors while striking other farm buildings. Franklin county records three inches of rain, helping pastures and late corn but not reviving early corn. two registered Percheron horses were lost.

Ottawa Kan H. B.sawyer Franklin County Ted Swank

Baptist Tells of Russian Suppression of Church

Atlanta July 26 A Philadelphia minister told the Baptist World alliance that church work persists in Russia despite reports of Baptist workers being killed or imprisoned. He cited mail censorship, arrests of men and women with influence, confiscation of church buildings, forbidden services, and punishments, yet he said the Lord's work goes on.

Atlanta Philadelphia Baptist World Alliance Russia I. V. Neprash Neprash All-Russia Union of the

Miss Lindquist Delivers Noted Violin Recital at Hoch Auditorium

Helen Lindquist presented a three-part program at Hoch auditorium for the Mid Western music camp season. Her performance included works by Gluck Bach Hochstein and Brahms Sarasate with a Spanish Symphony segment. Mrs. G E E Lindquist accompanied at the piano as ushers from the camp assisted and the audience praised the recital.

Helen Lindquist Gluck Bach Hochstein Brahms Sarasate

British poultry chief questions U.S. economy in visit

Percy A. Francis the British poultry commissioner said Americans enjoy a land of plenty but warned some luxuries are hard to obtain in Britain. Speaking at a Rotary club in Willimantic before attending the world poultry congress in Cleveland, he suggested perhaps someone was spoofing him about U.S. conditions.

Willimantic Conn Percy A. Francis Great Britain America Rotary Club World Poultry Congress Cleveland

Pirates Beat Phillies In First NL Doubleheader Game

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3 to 1 in the first game of today’s National League doubleheader. Bill Swift left with two on base and Mace Brown completed a double play to end the threat.

American Association Toledo Kansas City McLaughlin Parsons Breuer McCullough Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pirates Phillies Pirate Bill Swift Mace Brown Philadelphia Higbee Davis Millies Swift Brown Berres Beck Bowman Mueller Brooklyn Chicago N.d Fitzsimmons, Hutchinson and Phelps Dean and Hartnett Garbark St. Louis Gumbert and O'Dea Sunkel Padgett Met Cleveland Athletics al Milnar Nels ‘Potter New York Yankees Bill Dickey St. Louis Browns Dickey Lou Gehrig Yankees New York Gill Whitehead Lawson Glenn Ruffing Boston Peacock Lee Schlueter Ostermueller Dickman Desautels Detroit Washington Newsom Tebbetts Krakauskas Giuliani

Deaths and Funerals Notice for Mrs. J. W. Baker

Ward reports the death of Mrs. J. W. Baker aged 79 in Santa Ana California on July 24. She was born in Douglas county and lived near Pleasant Grove most of her life. Funeral services were held today at the Church of the Brethren in Santa Ana. She leaves a sister Mrs. Ira Rothrock Baldwin and a brother Jake R. Ulrick Lawrence.

Ward J. W. Baker Santa Ana Calif Baker Douglas County Pleasant Grove Church of the Brethren In

Death of Indian War Veteran George Carroll at 84

George Carroll aged 84 died Monday at his Route 1 home. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 30 pm from St. Luke A M E church with Rev J N Goddard officiating. He is survived by wife Mary Carroll and two daughters Mrs G N Jackson and Mrs A B Johnson of Lawrence.

George Carroll Route 1 St. Luke A.M.E J. N. Goddard Carroll Mary Carroll G. N. Jackson A. B. Johnson Lawrence

Funeral Services for George Carroll in Lawrence

Funeral services for George Carroll age 83 who died Monday afternoon at his rural Lawrence home will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM from St Luke A M E church with Rev. J N Goddard officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.

George Carroll Lawrence St. Luke A.M.E J. N. Goddard Oak Hill Cemetery

Funeral services for Chester A Bass

Chester Alfred Bass 20 died Monday afternoon in a passing train incident. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM from Ninth Street Baptist Church with Rev. G N Jackson officiating. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Body at Schubert funeral home until noon then at the church. Survived by father Jessie Leo Bass Chanute mother Estella Hunter Gary Ind an aunt Bessie Carr Ogden Utah and four uncles Jesse Carson Lawrence William Carson Gary John Carson Kansas City Kan Fred Carson Topeka. He lived with his uncle Jesse Carson at 839 New Jersey street.

Chester Alfred Bass Ninth Street Baptist Church G. N. Jackson Oak Hill Cemetery Schubert Funeral Home Bass Jessie Leo Bass Chanute Estella Hunter Gary Ind Bessie Carr Ogden Utah Jesse Carson Lawrence William Carson John Carson Kansas City Kan Fred Carson Topeka New Jersey Street

Funeral services for Donald E. Michael in Perry

Funeral services for Donald E. Michael 21 of Perry will be held at 2 tomorrow afternoon at the Perry Methodist church. The Rev. Clarence Harder will officiate. Burial is in Oak Ridge cemetery. He was killed in a highway accident north of Lawrence yesterday. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Michael.

Donald E. Michael Perry Methodist Clarence Harder Oak Ridge Michael Lawrence Marshall Michael

Oil firms oppose 2500 barrel cap in Kansas proposal

Topeka July 26 representatives of major oil companies operating in Kansas objected to a proposed regulation by the state corporation commission setting a maximum potential production for a single well at 2,500 barrels daily. The hearing on rules under the new waste prevention law was opened with committee recommendations used as discussion.

Topeka Kansas State Corporation Commission Andrew F. Schoeppel Commission Robert Foulston Wichita Attor

Oil interests challenge commission authority on maximum potential

Representing Republic Natural Gas and other companies, a lawyer argued the commission cannot fix a maximum potential for any Oklahoma well. Shell, Deep Rock, Continental Oil and others echoed the objection. The commission says a new law requires considering acreage and potential in pro rating. Senate Foreign Relations delayed action on a proposal to abrogate the 1911 Japan commerce treaty.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate Japan

Fire damages Sellards service station in Abilene

Fire gutted the Sellards service station in Abilene Kansas during a July storm that included electricity and rain. The blaze damaged a school bus and six motor cars.

Abilene Abilene Kan Sellards

Rural 4 H project tour samples livestock and crops

Mrs Ruth Schoville led the Lone Tree 4 H club on a tour visiting members homes to inspect livestock and crops. Stops included sows and pigs at Joe Metzger and George Kern s, chickens at Doland Potterf Lucille Meredith and Harold Edmonds, calves and beef at Ernest Cashatt, corn and honey at Elmer Boyd, and a picnic wrap up on the May lawn. Edward Carter of Phillips University Enid Okla summers with his parents. Mrs Lou Bayless has gone to

Ruth Schoville Lone Tree Joe Metzgers Doland Potterf David Perry George Kerns Lucille Meredith Aaron and Lyle Bliss Dorothy Norman James Norman Ernest Cashatt Elmer Boyd Harold Edmonds Farr Boys Ralph Kathryn May May Lawn Edward Carter Phillips University Enid Okla J. E. Carter Lou Bayless

Families Gather for Weekend Visits Across Cities

A flurry of social visits and family dinners fills the weekend as residents travel between Topeka Ashland Omaha and Kansas City. Notable gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Atzenweiler from Atchison and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Metzger with family visiting relatives.

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Federal District Court Rules For K. U British Plan Air Service Atlantic Clinton Park Michigan Loren D. Dickinson Ottawa Farm House Miss Lindquist Oskaloosa Denver Edna England Tena Clark Ashland Neb Sam Gutchinitter Fred Atzenweiler Atchison Charles Metzger J. H. Brown Bessie Etta Earl Garner Jeanette Jacquemin C. E. Brock Asa Judy Richard Glenn Rogers Glenn Brock Herbert Fairchild Birdena Burnett Lawrence Gabel John Voorhees Pearl Everett Young Winchester Lela Hough Fred Smith Toneka Laura Hough North Dakota George Raines Jimmie Gibson Sabetha A. D. Robinson James Lester Ft. Riley Elia Larner Quebec Montreal Canada Mike Brown Donna Lee Omaha Robert Crouch Ansel Crouch Kansas University Hospital American Express National City Bank of New York Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Peoples State Bank 9Th and Massachusetts Lawrence National Bank Member
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