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, white slave business,

.Utahans’ contention that © nal intent” was lacking since the

) 6 GUILTY MR VIOLATION

: 3 usices Cast Dissenting

Vote; Group Argues Women were ‘Plural Wives.’ WASHINGTON, Nov: 18 (U. PD.

~The supreme court today ruled

that the “celestihl marriages” of a group of Utah fundamentalists violated the Mann act, which prohibits white slavery. Justice William O. Douglas read the court’s 6-to-3 verdict. The government charged six Utahans with transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes. They were Heber Kimball, Cleveland, David Bighai, Depges. Theral Ray Stubbs, Follis a ae and Vergel Y. Jessop. The fundamentalists argued ‘that the women were their “plural”| wives and that polygamy was the | “law of God” practiced by their cult for 100 years. They contended that the federal government was without power to regulate marriage. Sentences Upheld

The six were convicted in the fed-

eral district court for Utah. Their sentencés were upheld in the cir-

cuit court of appeals at Denver. |

Cleveland was sentenced to four years and a day and each of the | others to three years.

Justices Hugo L. Black, Robert|a result : H. Jackson and Frank Murphy dis- | Spelling Bee which earlier this year

sented. Justice Wiley Rutledge wrote | a separate opinion concurring with | the majority. Justice Douglas said that while the Mann act was aimed “pri-| marily” at the use of interstate commerce for the conduct of the| “we find no indication that a profit motive” is necessary to its application. Have Long Been Outlawed “We conclude . . . that polygamous practices are not excluded from the act,” Justice Douglas said. “They have long been outlawed in our society.” “The establishment or mainte- | nance of polygamous household is’ a notorious example of promiscuity. | “The permanent advertisement of | their existence is an example of the sharp repercussions which they have in the community. “We eould conclude that con-| gress excluded these practices from

: the act only if it were clear that

the act is confined to commercialized sexual vice. , , .

Branded Immoral “These polygamous practices have | long been branded as immoral in the law. Though they have ait- | ferent ramificationd, they are in the same genus as the other immoral practices covered by . the act.”

Justice Douglas rejected the |

“crimi-

“celestial marriages” were motivated by religious belief. “That defense claims too much,” he said. “If upheld, it would place bend the law any act done under claim of religious sanction.” In his dissent, Justice Murphy said he disagreed that polygamy was the same as “prostitution and debauchery , . .” : He said that he did not defend the practice, but pointed out that it was common in ancient times, was referred to in the Old Testament and is common in some parts of the world today. “It takes no elaboration here to ‘ point out that matriage, even when it occurs in a form of which we disapprove, is not to be compared

with prostitution or debauchery or | “other Immoralities of that ¢harac-

ter,” Justice Murpity said. PLASTIC, ALUMINUM AUTO TAGS STUDIED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. — Sheet

steel scarcity is forcing some states |

to consider plastic or aluminum automobile license plates for 1948. Others have been looking into the Connecticut and Maryland plan of permanent issues. Maryland expects’ to save $60,000 by supplying only| little yeax clips for old plates.

res on the East

{ Mitchell, sophomore;

| freshmen; sophomore; Harold Wyman, junior,

|H. H. Anderson, principal and Miss

Moteriste driving past E. 10th st. and N. Emerson

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

i Champ Leads Ripbls Spelling Teim

RADIO BEE SET FOR TOMORROW

2 High Schools to Comps! | Over Station WISH.

Broad Ripple high school will] spell against Technical high on WISH tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. in the Indianapolis Public Schools’ second 'inter-high school radio spelling bee. The Broad Ripple upperclassmen {will have a freshman champion on their side. He's Bill Frazer, current Indianapolis title holder as of winning The Times

attracted some 2000 contestants. Bil, then a student at the John | Strange school, competed in the National Spelling Bee at Washing- { ton, D. C., as the Indianapolis representative.

On the Tech Team The other five members of the Broad . Ripple team are: Jerry Patricia Hoback and Edward Newburg, juniors, ‘and John Rudy and. Rosemary’ Christ, seniors. The Tech team is composed of Janet Octavine and John Newman, Charles Van Buskirk,

and Doris Townsend and Betty Jean Buses, seniors. Master of Ceremonies Al J. Kettler, local school office consultant, again will be master of ceremonies, He will be assisted by

Margaret Burnside, head of the English department at” Tech, and! K. V. Ammerman, principal, and] Mrs. Ruth Herin, head of the Eng- | | lish department at Broad Ripple, and Miss Bernice Jones. | Shortridge defeated Manual in! {a similar match, 57-55, three weeks | ago,

DELAY INQUIRY OF BORDER INCIDENTS

ATHENS, Nov. 18 (U. P.). — Premier constantine Tsaldaris ioaay decided against asking a formal United Nations investigation of border incidents in Greece at least for the present. However, he dispatched to Greek representatives at the United Nations a voluminous file on the situation in northern Macedonia, Epirus and Thessaly including . charges that the Yugoslavs are aiding Greek

| guerrillas.

His decision not to file a formal demand for an inquiry was made at the recommendation of _American Ambassador Lincoln McVeagh | and British Ambassador Sir Clifford Norton.

SAUSAGE PRESERVED BETTER WITH NO SALT

| By Science Service | CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—Contrary to {what you might think, sugar, pepper | and sage do a better job of preserv-| ing frozen pork sausage than the! same seasonings with salt added. That is the conclusion reached by tests at the army's quartermaster food and container institute here. After nine months of tests, it was found that the frozen sausage pre-! {served with sugar, pepper and sage were more acceptable than the lot jseasoned with salt plus the other three. The salt-added preservative was less satisfactory than no seasoning at all, the tests Showed,

House i in n Street Surprises Motorists |

Workmen

e p trackless trolley wires to move the structure. It {4 lot at E St Joseph st. anh

Emerson {his week,

ave. yesterday | their eyes and took a second look at the sight

There on Emerson, one of the busiest traveled | East Side, stocd a huge two-story double house— It was moved from its former |

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The Indianapolis Times Spelling Bee champion, Bill Frazer (right) leads his Broad Ripple high school team in preparations for their battle against Tech high on WISH tomorrow night, Left to right are: Patricia Hoback, Ed Newburg, Jerry Mitchell, John Rudy, Rosemary Christ,

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MONDAY,

NOV. 18 1946 *

reme Court Rules Utah ‘Celestial Marriages’ lilegal

PETERSON DOPE CASE WITNESSES HEARD

Two witnesses in federal court today testified to the effect that'a defendant in the Bernard Peterson narcotic case received more morphine than was needed Jor treat ment, The drugs procured te James Wooden, 55, supposedly for relief of cancer, were issued by Frank Lobralco, owner of Clifton Pharmacy, 3342 Clifton st., who testified that he would not have filled prescriptions “if Peterson had not 0. k.'d them.” . Another witness, Dr. J. J. Briggs, testified that he had examined Wooden at the county jail in July of this year and his examination did not reveal any trace of cancer. ‘Both Peterson and Wooden, with Charles Kahler, 54, are charged

with conspiracy to violate the Fed-

Laborite Raps Close Link Between Britain, U.S.

LONDON, Nov, 18 (U, P.).—Laborite members today sharply criticized in the house of commons the government's close relations with the United States. They warried that too much faith should not be placed on hopes of American economic support. They charged that the United States attitude in the Pacific was similar to that of Russia in the Soviet sphere of Europe, R. H. 8. Crossman, leader of the anti-government Laborite bloc, launched the attack, demanding to know whether, in fact, Britain and the United States have an informal military alliance, He praised rebukes given by the government to Russia and Russian satellites, but asked “have we given similar rebukes for similar acts by the government of the United States?”

eral narcotics laws.

As a “similar act” he cited the|

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American “attitude on claims for Pacific bases.” “America must work out her own fate,” Mr, Crossman said. “She must go her own way. We know what the result is going to be. “Gradually America will work her way around to the way the world is going, hut in the meantime it will be wrong to place too much faith on American economic support abroad.” Mr. Crossman sald the Primary purposé of the Laborites in challenging the government's foreign policy was to put to the government three specific questions: “ONE: Will the government disavow the proposals for an AngloAmerican alliance outlined in the Fulton speech (of Winston Churfehill) ? “TWO:

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He said the Anglo-American bloc gradually was destroying the cen-

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