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REGISTER

FEDERAL
1934

YOLUME 4

NUMBER 196

A /IT E O

Washington, Wednesday, October 11,1939
Rules, Regulations, Orders TITLE 16COMMERCIAL PRACTICES

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST

D o c k e t No. 3848

This proceeding having been heard by the Federal Trade Commission upon the complaint of the Commission, and the answer of respondent, in which answer respondent admits all the material alle gations of fact set forth in said com plaint, and states th at he waives all intervening procedure and further hear ing as to said facts, and the Commission having made its findings as to the facts and conclusion th at said respondent has violated the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act;
It is ordered, That the respondent, Irving Sofronski, an individual trading as Dr. Ron-Al Medicine Company, Dr.
Penns Products Company, and Penn Products, or trading under any other name or names, his agents, servants, rep resentatives and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from:
Disseminating or causing to be dis seminated any advertisement by means of the United States mails or in com merce, as commerce is defined in the Fed eral Trade Commission Act, by any means, for the purpose of inducing or which is likely to induce, directly or in directly, the purchase of an emmanagogue preparation now known as Dr.
Ron-Als Relief Compound, or any other medicinal preparation composed of substantially similar ingredients or pos sessing substantially similar therapeutic properties, whether sold under the same name or under any other name or names, or disseminating or causing to be dis seminated any advertisement by any means for the purpose of inducing or which is likely to induce, directly or in directly, the purchase in commerce, as commerce is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, of said medioinal prep aration which advertisements represent,
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3.6 t Advertising falsely or mis leadinglyQualities or properties of product: 3.6 x Advertising falsely or misleadinglyResults: 3.6 y Advertising falsely or misleadingly Safety. Disseminating, etc., advertise ments by means of the United States mails, or in commerce, or by any means, to induce, etc., directly or indirectly, purchase of emmenagogue preparation known as Dr. Ron-Als Relief Com pound, or other similar medicinal preparation, w h i c h advertisements represent, directly or through implica tion, that the use of said medicinal preparation constitutes a safe, com petent or scientific treatment for de layed menstruation or th at its use will have no ill effect upon the human body, and which advertisements fail to reveal that the use of said preparation may result in serious or irreparable injury to the health of the user, prohibited.
Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended by Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 112; 15 U.S.C., Supp.
IV, sec. 45b Cease and desist order, Dr. Ron-Al Medicine Company etc., Docket 3848, October 3, 19391
United States of AmericaBefore Federal Trade Commission At a regular session of the Federal Trade Commission, held at its office in the City of Washington, D. C., on the 3rd day of October, A. D. 1939.
Commissioners: Robert E. Freer, Chairman; Garland S. Ferguson, Charles H. March, Ewin L. Davis, William A.
Ayres.

CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
16C o m m e r c ia l P r a c t ic e s :
Federal Trade Commission:
Page Dr. Ron-Al Medicine Co., etc., cease and desist order__ 4209

T it l e
NOTICES
Department of Agriculture:
Agricultural Marketing Service:
Federal Seed Act, hearing on proposed rules under___ 4210
Food and Drug Administration:
Canned cherries, report, etc., relative to identity of___ 4210
Department of the Interior:
Bituminous Coal Division:
Changes in territorial bound aries or limits of certain districts and minimum price areas, supplemental notice of hearing_______ 4210
Department of Labor:
Wage and Hour Division:
Employment of learners:
Freezer, J., and Son, Inc., certificate canceled___ 4216
Hosiery industry, issuance of c e r t i f i c a t e s 3
notices_________ 4215, 4216
Securities and Exchange Commis sion:
Bickford, Inc., registration re voked __________________ 4218
Hearings:
Portland Gas & Coke Co____ 4217
Trustees Under Pension Trust Agreement, General Util ity Investors Corp., et al_ 4218
Vossler & Vossler, Inc_______ 4216
Sieloff Packing Co., listing and registration withdrawal___ 4217
Trustees Under Pension Trust Agreement Dated December 14, 1937, exemption order_4219
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