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EURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1950
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[“HIT THE SAWDUST TRAIL,” shouted the Rev. Billy Sunday,
',mdllt cratdhuv when the Twentieth Century was in its
, And during his 35 years of preaching, more than 1,000,000
rsons ran—shouting, weeping, moaning—down the sawdust trail
be converted. Sunday, once 8 big league baseball player,
the “old-time,” hell-fire-and-brimstone religion. The
he'd shout, has horns, hoofs and a tail. Sunday spent much
on the platform shadow-boxing with Satan. His revivals had
?‘\ atmosphere of a circus. His sawdust trail was real—a wide,
sawdusted aisle through the audience to his platform. Money do
'mations toward his ‘“‘good works” ran into tremendous sums. He
died, almost broke, in 1935 at the age of 72.
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THE STORY: After John and I
eloped and found a place to Mve
which also could be wused as a
doctor's office, we began a long
walt for our first patient. So far
e nearest approach has beem a
y who wanted us te examine his
for rabies hecause the dog bit
him. But the dog wasn‘t mad and
the boy decided he could put
fodine on the :vo:n{ himself,
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Our first real live patient, when
he turned up very, very early the
next morning, didn't look con
vincingly alive. We were still
asleep when the erash came from
the nearby eorner.
“lomcthlnxi must have hap
:lemd," I told John as I awakened
m. “Maybe they'll need a doc
tor.”
He stretched his arms instead,
and sighed. “Not in view of past
precedents,” hy said.
“But maybe they will,” I per
“ All right,” he agreed finally,
swinging his legs out from under
the covers, “just to satisfy you,
let’s take a look through the
blinds.”
I was at the window before he
could get there, and after a fast
glance through a raised botttom
slat, I called: “Darling, what a
mob! Just look!"”
“Something sure has happened,”
k-, agreed, looking too.
w Jthough we both knew that a
eity crowd might mean anything
from a found dime or a pricked
finger to & bank robbery, we were
still impressed.
I breather excitedly, all full of
ofigortunity knocks but once:
“Let's hurry and dress anyhow
just in case they—"
But already it was too late: As
I spoke the doorbell rang.
1 shrieked, pulling on my robe,
*stick your white office jacket
over your pajamas. How else can
E?’ look professional? I'li let them
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Like Florence Nightingale rising
to the battle eall, I went bravely
to the door, and with me walked
Patrick Henry, Joan of Are, and
Dr. Kildare.
Thers was a crowd walting there
#s [ opened the door, a loud, tre
mendous, thrilling crowd, and up
in front: The Body. Three men,
Jooking importantly like proud, sad
Ilbearers of a king, were oarry-
E; a thin, white-haired, old man,
who lay scross their arms with
closed eyee and a white face;
while dl) four were ascorted by
Ofticer Kelly out of a passing po-
Hce car.
I, whose closest association to
ny type of human destruction or
puffering, had been a dissected
parthworm in blology, was terribly
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afraid to look. |
“Tt he dead?” I whispered fear
fully, turning as pale as the vie
tim.
“Of course not,” the policeman{
said, as if I should have known
better, “or else we’'d a called for
the mortuary bus.” |
With quick shame, I attempted{‘
to remember that I was a func
tioning unit of a first-aid group,
and tried to look professional.
“Clear the way,” Kelly now
shouted, although everybody was
behind and not before. “And all
you, move on, move on,” he turned
around and yelled, which shows,
1 suppose, that he really knew
where the people were.
As the crowd began reluctantly
to disperse, Mr. Kelly turned back
to me, and starting the procession
moving forward again, asked:
“Where'll I put him?”
It was too much like the time
the furniture company had deliv
ered the bedroom suite, and had
also wanted to know where to put
it, but with my sense of responsi
bility, I solemnly led the way into
John’s office, where he had been
impatiently waiting.
“Lay him on t2e examining ta
ble,” John took over eagerly, and
‘I gladly relinquished my l;;.ost.
“What do you think it is, Doc?”
the {first pallbearer asked, ob
viously pleased with the whole
catastrophe.
“Well, he’s out,” John answered,
not stopping his work. “Could be
concussion, fractured skull, or just
plain shock.”
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Just then, the doorbell rang
again, and with due appreciation
for this unusual popularity, I went
to admit the new caller, It was
Father Giovanni from the parish
house up the next block, |
“I heard there was an accident,”
he said as he entered, “and I
came immediately.” |
Throughout the time we lived
on Longview Road, Father Giovan=-
nl became a frequent visitor in
cases just like this.
“Of course, Father,” I said, lead=
ing the way, “it’s a poor old man.
He's right in here.”
As we came into the room, John
was administering a stimulant to
the unconscious victim, while Mr.
Kelly, and his three unofficial
deputy assistants, undertook im
mediately to bring Father Giovan
ni up to date.
“It doesn’t matter who he is.”
the Friestxfinally decided. “I will
administer the rites anyhow.”
And he began his ritual although
careful not to interfere with John’s
ministrations.
“He’s coming round, I think,”
John said excitedly.
Suddenly, as I held my breath,
the old man opened his eyes, and
gradually recognition came into
them. Slowly, and in obvious be
wilderment, he looked at each one
of us, until his eyes lighted finally
on the murmuring priest.
“Oy!” he shrieked, jumping with
unbelievable speed and vitality off
the table. “A priest, a priest!” and
like a flash of lightning ran out of
the house.
It all happened so unexpectedly,
and so quickly, that for a few sec
onds after he left, we all just stood
and stared stupidly at the plece
where he had been. Then Officer
i Kelly roared like an enraged bull
and rushed out of the house, with |
his three self-appointed deputies
immediately behind. Father Gio
vanni, after the first shock,
straightened up and smiled. |
“I must have looked like the
devil himself to that poor old
man,” he said philosophically
And verily, that day marked the
end of the beginning.
(To Be Continued)
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: For ten years the anti-trust lawyers have been attacking the business methods that
make it possible to give the public the best quality food at the lowest prices.
In our last ad we told you how Federal Judge W, H. Atwell, at Dallas,“threw the anti
trust lawyers and all their inflammatory charges against A&P right out of his court.
But the anti-trust lawyers were not satisfied with decisions against them by thre.
federal judges. | ,
’ They still wanted to destroy A&P, .
So they appealed Judge Atwell’s decision to the three-judge Circuit
Court at New Orleans,
One of the three, Judge Curtis L. Waller, agreed with Judge Atwell that
the case should be dismissed.
The other two members of the Cireuit Court, Judge 'Joaegh C. Hutcheson,
Jr., and Judge Allen Cox, although saying the case should be tried, agreed ‘
that the indictment was vague and contained many allegations which were
inflammatory. _,
They decided that Judge Atwell at Dallas should protect A&P from thesq .
inflammatory allegations and could order the anti-trust lawyers to supply,
the defendants with a bill of particulars. 3
So the case was back in Dallas again.
Judge Atwell, carrying out the decision of the Circuit Court, struck
out the inflammatory matter.
He said that without this inflammatory and prejudicial matter the Grand |
Jury might never have returned the indictment.
Judge Atwell said to the anti-trust lawyers:
~ “There are many statements in the indictment which are not at all
*in violation, and are highly prejudicial and inflammatory.”
The anti-trust lawyers objected. They advanced an amazin%uargument:
They said that the removal of their inflammatory allegations (which all four
judges had agreed did not belong in the indi-ctment§ destroyed their case.
Judge Atwell instructed the anti-trust lawyers to furnish the court
with a bill of particulars. In short, he wanted specific charges instead
of vague generalities. He set the deadline for furnishing this material
at January 15th, 1944,
When the anti-trust lawyers twice asked for more time, pleading sickness
among their staff, Judge Atwell extended the time to February 2551 because
he believed that they were honestly trying, in good faith, to prepare the
material he had requested.
Actually, it developed, they were using the time to get ready to drop the
case in Dallas and start it in another court.
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-+ They Were Wrong Three Times Before! =
Three times the anti-trust lawyers went into federal courts and made serious and damaging charges against A&P.
Three times federal judges said the anti-trust lawyers were wrong and rendered decisions against them.
In previous ads in this series we told you about these other anti-trust “cases” involving us, which the judges said were not cases at all.
We think you should know about these previous cases, because once again the anti-trust lawyers are making damaging “allegations” that
could seriously affect our business if they were believed by the public.
There was the time in Washington, D. C., when they
said we and other good American citizens conspired
to fix the price of bread in that city.
This was the time Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough
ruled that A&P and the other defendants did not even
need to put in a defense. He instructed the jury to bring
in a verdict of “not guilty”.
It was the time Judge Goldsborough said to the anti
trust lawyers:
“If you were to show this record to any experienced
trial lawyer in the world, he would tell you that
there was not any evidence at all.
“Honestly, I have never in my over forty years’ ex
perience seen tried a case that was as absolutely
devoid of evidence as this. That is the honest truth.
I have never seen one like it.,”’
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There was the time in Wilson, North Carelina, they
said we and other good American citizens conspired
to fix prices paid farmers for their potatoes.
This was the time Federal Judge C. C. Wyche directed
the jury to bring in a verdict of “not guilty’.
It was the time Judge Wyche said to the anti-trust
lawyers:
“In my opinion there is no testimony produced from
which it can reasonably be inferred that the de
. fendants entered irto a combination to depress or
lower the price of potatoes.
“I might say that I never tried a case in my life
where a grealer effort, more work, more investi
gation had been done, combing almost with a fine
tooth comb to gather evidence.
“But, as was said a long time ago, you can’'t make
brick without straw, and you can’t make a case
* without facts.”
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They Quit in Dall
On February 26th, while the judge was still waiting for his answer, and
without any previous notice to him, the anti-trust lawyers gave a story .
to the newspapers in Washington, announcing that they were dropping
the case in Dallas. |
They said that it was their intention “to file a substantially similar suit
in an appropriate jurisdiction at an early date.”
The “early date” turned out to be the same day. T
As soon as one anti-trust lawyer killed the case in Dallas, another anti
trust lawyer filed a new case in Danville, Illinois. This new case made
most of the same allegations that had been made and dropped in Dallas;
and that are being made against us today.
So now, according to the anti-trust lawyers, all four judges who had
ruled on the Dallas case were wrong. :
Despite defeats in three federal courts in widely sexarated parts of the
country, they continued their campaign to destroy A&P.
When Judge Atwell heard of their action he ordered the anti-trust lawyers
to prepare an order for his signature dismissing the Dallas case. :
In signing this order he said to the anti-trust lawyers:
“This nolle prosequi does not have the sanction or approval of this
court. That is not necessary, nor that the government ask for the
court’s approval.
“It is, however, a matter that may be presented to the other eourt and
may be of interest to the people at large.”
So after their efforts to destroy A&P had failed in Washington, D. C.
Wilson, North Carolina, and Dallas, Texas, the anti-trust lawyers moved
on to Danville, Illinois.
They were still determined to destroy this company which had brought
more and better food at lower cost to millions of American families.
PACIFIC TEA COMPANY
There was the time in Dallas, Texas, when they made
practically the same “allegations” they are making
today.
This was the time Federal Judge W. H. Atwell ruled
that the case should not even be tried. He said that the
indictment contained inflammatory statements that he
would not permit to be presented to a jury.
It was the time Judge Atwell said to the anti-trust
lawyers:
“I know of no American rule, and I wish I had the
power to underscore the word ‘American, which
permits us to iry a man because of his size. :
“If I thought I was presiding over a court and that
I might have to sentence some person because he
was a great big fellow, or because he was a Lilli
putian, I would feel like resigning, God knows we
don’t want it ever toe eccur in America that the size
is going to determine whether @ man is guilty or
innocent.”