Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1934 — Page 11

MARCH 8, 1934_

COPELAND BILL HIT BY PATENT MEDICINE MAN Proprietary Remedy Makers Steal Thunder at Butler Fon.m. p„ ten' medicine men descended rn -he Butler forum or purp food snd drugs last night arid stole the thunder from those scheduled as speakers. The new Copeland bill, now pending in congie&s, which would r.trens'hen the fond and drug law and curb the advertising of proprietary medicines, was the topic of discussion. Its provisions were upheld by Dr. Frank Fiske of the Pittman-Moore Pharmaceutical Company and I. L. Miller, consulting chemist and onetime head of the state food and drug department. Dr. Fiske pointed out that th<* bill greatly will curb sales of patent medicine s and thus discourage selfmedication. Farmers Need Services When time came for rebuttal from the audience. F. C. Whitehouse, Columbus. proprietary medicine manufacturer. and Perry Thomas, representing the Crazy Water Crystals Company, took the rostrum. ‘ Mam persons, particularly in the rural districts, can not afford to call a doctor charging $1 a mile when there is some slight illness in the family.'* Mr Whitehouse said. ‘ What we need is more instruction in self-medication and selfadministered preventatives. The American Medical Association is trying to curb patent medicine sales! because they hurt the doctor business. "I understand the doctors them-! selves are prescribing about 50 per cent patent medicines. Surely the consumer should be protected and I admit that there are crooks and quarks in the proprietary business, but there are just as many in any other business or profession.” Doctors Are Scored Mr Thomas said that the Copeland bill is a reversal of the traditional rule of jurisprudence in that It considers evpry one guilty until proven innocent All that is wrong with the patent. medicinp business is that *.ve are selling too ranch and the doctor don't like it." he charged. We never have contended that patent medicine heals disease, it merely paves the way for the body i.to do its own healing." Copeland Called Insincere He criticised Dr. Royal S. Copeland. author of the bill, as being insincere in that he himself is engaged in radio broadcasts for patent medicine fairs. Rex ford Guy Tug-well, assistant secretary of agriculture and one of the leading proponents of the measure has condemned all sales effort and a vertismg as ‘ economic waste," Mr Thomas said. A curb on radio claims for patent medicines would be one of the thing covered by the proposed Copeland law. A less drastic measure has hern introduced in the house by Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, ! congresswoman from Terre Haute. FREIGHT WRECKED ON CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE None Injured; AH North and South Traffic Tied I p. PH I nitrd Prr * COLDWATER. Ont.. March 8 Tangled wreckage of seventeen freight cars was strewn along the jrain line of the Canadian Pacific today, while wrecking crews worked to clear debris holding up all north and south-bound traffic. The wreck occurred when an arch bar on one of the cars broke. Freight and coal cars were crumpled and smashed and their contents strewn on the right-of-way. A quarter of a m>!e of track was torn from the roadbed. None was injured. Six transients vho were riding the rods escaped without injuries. PRINCE OF ASTURIAS ILL IN PARIS HOTEL Ex-King of Spain's Kldest Son Is Reported Critical. F>i Prrtt PARIS. March B.—The Spanish prince of the Asturias, eldest son of former King Alfonso of Spain, was seriously ill of grippe today at a hot >v and reported in critical condition. The prince’s Cuban wife, to wed whom lie relinquished his royal sinus and right of succession last June, was nursing him. STOP THAT COLD Distressing mid in chest or throat, that so often leads to something serious, generally eases lip in live mjnutes when soothing, warming Musterole is applied. Rubbed in once every hour, relief usually follows in five hours. Better than a mustard plaster, Musterole gets action because it’s N.NOT just a salve. It's a “counterirritant"—stimulating, penetrating, and helpful iu drawing out pain and infection. > Used by millions for 25 years. Recommended by many doctors and nurses. All druggists. In three strengths: Regular Strength, Children's (mild > . and Extra Strong. Radio: Tune in the ‘‘Voice of Experience,” Columbia Network. See newspaper for time.

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TUCSON OFFICER WILL TESTIFY^ AT LIMA, 0. Jay Smith to Be State Witness at Pierpont Trial. j Hu t’nitrrl Vrrtts TUCSON. Ariz.. March B—Jay Smith, local traffic officer, today : was en route to Lima. 0.. to testify

as a state witness at the current murder trial of Harry Pierpont. alleged "trigger man” of the John Diilinger outlaw band. Smith left by train yesterday, bearing a revolver which was taken from Pierpont when he. Diilinger and two other gang members were captured here recently.

POLO INJURIES FATAL TO ARMY COMMANDER Colonel Gordon Johnston Dead at San Antonio. B\ y Vnitrd Prrs SAN ANTONIO. Texas, March 8. — Colonel Gordon Johnston. 39, chief of staff of the Second division, died

here today from injuries received when he fell from a horse during a polo game yesterday. A lighting expert recently experimented, to see how much candle light would be needed to replace his electric reading light, and found that it would cost 167 times more to get the illumination by ordinary wax candles.

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Convention Booked By Timrt Sprrtnl BLOOMINGTON. March 8. Latest addition to Bloomington's 1934 conventon list is the annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Insurance Agents, which will be held Oct 11 and 12. Attendance is expected to be about 500.