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Died. Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, 76, homespun country doctor and surgeon, author of the autobiographical bestseller, The Horse and Buggy Doctor; of uremia; in Halstead, Kans...
...correspondent says that Kansas generally still has enough doctors. Even Wichita, which has boomed from 114,966 to 184,115, can make out-it still has 270 doctors after giving 30 to the services. A few tart Kansas comments came from famed Horse-&-Buggy Doctor Arthur Emanuel Hertzler of Halstead: "The worst part of this doctor shortage from our point of view is that people will find out how well they can get along if left alone. . . . There is hospital space for adequate care if you keep out patients who like to be milked and those who need care because...
...President Benjamin Harrison had nominated Murat Halstead, crusading editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette as Minister to Germany. The Senate dug into his past, found he had written blistering exposes of the then common practice of buying Senatorial seats (Senators were elected by State Legislatures), and turned him down...
...comedy "Spring Again" finally brings the veteran C. Aubrey Smith back to the stage; where he belongs. Long typed by Hollywood as the old-school tie and "all that sort of rot" kind of Victorian Englishman, Smith finds himself in his own element as the lovable old American gentleman, Halstead Carter. An able supporting cast, headed by Grace George and Ann Andrews, and the excellent direction of Guthric McClintic combine to fashion an enjoyable play despite the handicap of an old and unwieldy plot...
...under a cloak of humorous dialogue. The plot revolves about the long-suffering Nell Carter, played by Grace George, and her sullen rebellion against her father-in-law, General Carter of Civil War fame, who has influenced her life ever since her marriage to his devoted and admiring son, Halstead Carter. Complications set in when Nell proceeds to air what she knows of the General's private life in a radio skit entitled "The Home Life of the General", in an attempt to aid her playwright grandson-in-law, who has so far been rather unsuccessful. Here the plot becomes...