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...Sherman Act, or the . . . Clayton Act, shall be construed to apply to the business of insurance." The Senate Judiciary Committee is getting ready to report out an identical bill, introduced by Indiana's bespectacled, hard-shelled Frederick Van Nuys and North Carolina's implacable Old Democrat Josiah Bailey. At first blush, the two bills look like a bold-faced -and well-lobbied-attempt to anticipate a pending decision of the highest court in the land. But the Congressmen had an issue far loftier than lobbies. They were in full cry over States' rights...
...Died. Josiah Clement ("Josh") Wedgwood, 71, Baron Wedgwood of Barlaston, great-great grandson of the famed pottery's founder, Member of Parliament (a Liberal and later a Laborite) for 36 years; in London. Never active in his family's business, he was briefly a naval architect, a magistrate in the Transvaal, a soldier in the Boer War and in World War I (D.S.O.). Outspoken and downright, he backed Edward VIII's plan to marry Wallis Warfield, plugged an Anglo-American union for the preservation of democracy, once told Senator Burton K. Wheeler to "go soak his head...
Walt Parsons, in the 145 pound class, was defeated by Josiah Henson of Navy in the second round, his first defeat in 27 matches in high school and College, but in his consolation match threw Eric Miller of Cornell in three minutes and 35 seconds with a body press, and in his second match decisioned Allen Crabtree of Penn State...
Married. Gwladys Hopkins ("Gee") Whitney, 37, ex-wife of Multimillionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney; and Corporal Josiah Marvel Jr., 37, ex-politico; in Wilmington. A Democrat, he missed the Governorship of Delaware by 700 votes...
...best who laugh last," Biographer Rukeyser quotes from William James. "Wait till we're dead twenty years. Look at the way they're now treating poor Willard Gibbs, who during his lifetime car hardly have been considered any great shakes at New Haven." Readers unable to place (Josiah) Willard Gibbs need not fret about it. Paradoxically, Gibbs is perhaps best known for his obscurity, a personal blackout which has become legendary. Professors, publicists, prominent Yale men for years have publicly confessed ignorance of Yale's most distinguished son. But by those in the know he has been...