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Fair trade was having a tough time in four other states. In Louisiana, John Schwegmann Jr., a longtime foe of fair trade (TIME, June 4, 1951), was the first to start new trouble last fall, by selling insulin at $2.08 a vial v. the fair-traded price of $2.83. The drug firm of Eli Lilly won an injunction against Schwegmann, but the court was critical of fair-traded philosophy, holding that the Supreme Court would have to decide if the new 1952 law is constitutional. Schwegmann is selling items affected by the injunction at fair-trade prices, but everything else...
Atomic Yardstick. For Civil Defense groups, the Magnex Corp. of New York put on the market an Atometer, a 1-oz. vial for testing atomic radiation. When exposed to gamma rays, the chemical in the vial changes color, thus permits defense workers to judge accurately the amount of radiation in the air. Price...
...vial of nitroglycerine, a potent heart stimulant, was found near the doctor's body, as well as several bottles of pills...
...body was found dead in his car last Saturday. Nearby was a vial of nitroglycerine, a common heart stimulant. Bottles of pills were found in his pockets...
...York, Operator von Rekowsky (a lithographer when he is not at his set) got busy. A wholesale drug supplier furnished a single vial of Varidase; it was hustled to Idlewild airport. Within six hours of the message from Oporto, the vial was on its way to London on an Israeli airlines plane; within a few more hours, a BOAC airliner set it down in Lisbon. Father Santos was waiting, hurried home with the vial in a Portuguese military plane...