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Thus President Hoover, with an engineer's contempt for diplomatic mincing around the brush, called on the Geneva Conference last week to hurry up and do something to justify its long French name: La conference pour la limitation et la reduction des armements...
After whispers between the Court and his lawyers, Fascist Hitler submitted to a fine of 800 marks ($190) for contempt of court plus 200 marks ($47) for unruly behavior, then quit the stand snarling, "Those Jewish lawyers were just trying to stage a bit of propaganda...
Vainly osteopaths pleaded that they would be barred from surgery, medicine, drugs and liquor permits. In vain was a quotation from Dr. Louis S. Reed's report to the Committee on the Costs of Medical regarded it with contempt. In recent years the progressive evolution of osteopathy, the modification of its 'theory,' and the elevation of professional and educational standards have led doctors of medicine to assume a more tolerant and less hostile attitude. There is distinct evidence to the effect that with the further elevation of osteopathic standards the osteopaths will be assimilated into the regular...
...packers' anti-trust Consent Decree; sustained Oklahoma's oil proration law; voided a Texas law designed to bar Negroes from Democratic primaries; upset reapportionment legislation in Missouri, Minnesota and New York; approved the jailing of Alphonse Capone and the fining of Harry M. Blackmer, oil runaway, for contempt of court (see p. 12); invalidated Oklahoma's law to limit ice dealers by "convenience & necessity" license; denied the Senate's right to oust George Otis Smith from the Federal Power Commission after sending his confirmed nomination back to the President...
Henry M. Blackmer, onetime head of Midwest Refining Co., was still self-exiled in France for the same reason. Last month he paid a $60,000 fine for contempt of court growing out of his refusal to return to the U. S. and testify. He also settled income tax irregularities for $3,670,000, but still pending against him were conspiracy charges for tax violations. Last week in Manhattan, George E. Holmes, one of his swarm of attorneys, flumped in the subway, was killed...