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Chairman of National Lead is Iowa-born Edward Joel Cornish, 74, thin-haired but still square jawed. From 1882 to 1906 he practiced law in Omaha. One of his clients was Levi Carter, head of Carter White Lead Co. After Mr. Carter's death in 1903, Mr. Cornish became president of Carter Lead, sold the company to National Lead in 1906, ten years later became National's president. In 1933 he moved up to the chairmanship, was succeeded by Fred Mason Carter, who is old Levi Carter's nephew...
...John Levi Rice, New York City's Health Commissioner for the past two years, restlessly waited his turn to address the 2,500 social sanitarians. Exclaimed Dr. Rice: "Syphilis is today the biggest single problem facing my health department. There are 380,000 cases of syphilis in New York City and only one in ten is under medical care." Last year 57,000 new cases of syphilis were reported to Dr. Rice's office. But he believes at least 118,000 new cases were contracted in the metropolis. He asked the Board of Estimate...
...secure a suitable Commissioner of Health, Mayor LaGuardia two years ago went outside the city and State, picked Dr. John Levi Rice of New Haven, Conn...
Women. Left-handed Kay Stammers, prettiest girl in the tournament, warmed up with Perry, beat one Gertrude Dwyer 6-0, 6-2, after winning eleven games in a row. For her first opponent, Helen Jacobs drew Mrs. H. Walter Blumenthal (the onetime Baroness Levi), fifth in U. S. women's ranking, had a hard time winning, 6-3, 6-4. Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan played the best tennis of the women during the week, avalanching Helen Pederson with hard drives and volleys in two love sets...
...years ago Dr. Ralph Stewart Muckenfuss, 36, Washington University bacteriologist, achieved national reputation by managing the research which isolated the viruses which caused the epidemic of encephalitis in St. Louis (TIME, Sept.11, 1933 et ante). Last week Dr. Park, through Health Commissioner Dr. John Levi Rice, invited Dr. Muckenfuss to transfer to Manhattan and understudy until he could pass civil service examinations for Dr. Park's directorship...