In Wichita, Kans. last week the Eagle screamed with delight. Its owners, the brothers Victor & Marcellus Murdock, had the supreme joy of seeing their despised rival, the Beacon, convicted of fraudulent advertising. The Beacon and its publishers Max & Louis Levand were tried for labeling certain merchants' advertisements in their Beacon with a "Seal of Quality" bearing the signature of Dr. Russell Eugene Hobbs, until lately city physician. Dr. Hobbs had told the grand jury he had not consented to the use of his signature (TIME, Nov. 6).
The Levands testified that...
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