Word: fla
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Edwin Perkins ("Ned") Brown, 65, board chairman of Boston's United Shoe Machinery Corp.; of angina pectoris; in Boca Raton, Fla. He joined United Shoe soon after his father and others formed it in 1899. Intrenched behind airtight patents and a leasing system, United Shoe was more than once under fire as a monopoly, lost a battle to the U. S. Government twelve years ago. But last quarter it declared an extra dividend...
...months ago at Tampa, Fla., Federal Judge Alexander Akerman made national news when he removed a handful of feathers from the Blue Eagle's tail by refusing to enjoin a dry cleaner who had violated NRA's minimum price agreement (TIME, Dec. 11). In Judge Akerman's opinion, the cleaner was not engaged in interstate commerce and therefore Congress, through the Recovery Act, had no power to regulate his business. If Congress claimed such authority, observed Judge Akerman, the Constitution would be voided and anarchy would ensue. NRA's power and prestige saved its face when...
...Orlando, Fla...
...George M. Lott Jr. of Chicago,No. 10 ranking U. S. amateur tennist: the Miami-Biltmore championship from Bryan M. ("Bitsy") Grant Jr. of Atlanta, 9-7, 6-4, 11-9; at Coral Gables. Fla. In the semi-finals Grant eliminated Francis X. Shields, No. 1 amateur, and Lott beat Cliff Sutter who ranks...
...Petersburg, Fla...