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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE.
Wednesday, July 25, 19.) t
SEIF-CENSORSHIP
PLAN IS TRIED BY
MOVIE PRODUCERS
! , By Ruhblu Conns
' Hpf-LYWOOD Of, ) The ideal so
lution of Ihe vexing problems of
'morjiJltyM In the movie?, as many
Xllm men have seen It from early in
the i?atstle?. a rigid "Relf-censor-
nnip ' in xne iirausuy pewre jjiuuut;
tion.
In & form this came into being in
J 000 with creation of the organixa
;tion that became In 1016 the Na
tional Board of Review. Apart from
the Industry, yet supported largely
by Uie producing companies, its pre
viewing of films and recommenda
tions constituted "self-censorship" in
a seme because it was voluntary sub
mission of product to a reviewing
Ixwrd.
. Its recommendations, however, were
not mandatory, nnd while It could
Withhold Its ajjprovuJ. It could n
prevent distribution of a film it re
fused to approve.
7 II11.VH Offifw Is fluffrr
Tlie Industry's attempts at self
reKulntlon came to liave centrnllwd
authority with organization In 1922
of the Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America, Inc., Will H.
'Hnys, president; Prom that time on
the 'Uay office" has been the "buf
fer" between the Industry and Its
; critics.
immediately prior to Hays' acccpt
' a nee of his post, picture men in li10
had voted to .''reform themselves''
In the language of a reformer of the
time "by censoring their own
films." The same reformer later de
clared this promise broken.
4 In 1921, united film men adopted
a "code of morals" embodying 13
principles. In 1922, one of Mr Hays'
first acts of office was to form a
''committee on public relations," In
cluding representatives of numerous
national welfare organizations.
; Iffonn Tries I'ersLst
The cries for reform persisted, and
have persisted since, regardless of
promises made by the producers' or
ganization. Reformers have charged
promises were broken, while the pro
ducers' association continued to rei
terate ita desire to make wholesome
pictures.
During prohibition years, prohibl-'
tlonlsU charged the films were falling
to support the eighteenth amend
ment, und In 1025 the producers
agreed to refrain from scenes which
might be objectionable to these par
tisans. In the reform point of view,
the agreement was not upheld.
'In 1030 the Producers' association
drafted a new nod revised "code of
ethics" which still exists. Whether
or not tlie studios have lived up to
this code, the agitation that prom
pted it continued and this disap
proval has reached its liclght In tlie
current campaign of the Catholic
church, with Its "legion of decency"
engaged In a warfare on "unclean"
films, aided by other churches and
numerous women 'a orga nlzut ions.
Hrecn J)lm4 Work
Enforcement of the code lias rested
in the Hollywood office of the Hays
organization, where recently Joseph
r, Breen has been In charge of tho
work. It discouraged tlie filming of
objectionable novels or plays, and
was always a source of Information
for director and producer as to what
could and what could nqti bo filmed.
' If any offending producer disagreed
with the "Hap office" ruling, a Jury
composed of fellow producers, serv
ing in rotation, passed on tlie pic
ture ,! '
Breen, known as a:t aggressive and
Alert Monitor, took over 'the work
m Docember of 1933, nnd coinciden
tal' with the now rlso of antl-movlo
agitation, bejran a campaign of
stricter "self -censorship" fof the In
dustry, ! -'
New Plan Proposed
Out of tlie conference of Catholic
fbiuliops la Cincinnati recently, at
tended by Industry representatives,
came a new plan, under which ap
peals from Breen's dtclslons would
be made directly to the beads of the
film companies In New York, serv
ing as a Jury, rather than to a Jury
of Hollywood producers.
The virtue of this change, it has
been argued lies In the fact that it
pula resonsiblltty for the films up
on the shoulders of the actual heads
of tlie companies.
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'rie Growers of
State Sign Code
SAl.EM, July 25 (II The proposed
prune yrowcrs' OKrecment will be
filed with Max Oehlhar, director ol
agriculture,1 today, the committee In
charge announced.
1 Tho committee reported that a
substantial majority of growers, rep
resenting also a majority of acreage,
had signed tho code.
Summer attendance at the Univer
sity of Michigan this year was esti
mated to tie 11 per cent alove lOaa.
inrtipv Don
to the all 'Oregon epic.
OREGON
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TRAIL
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PIONEER PARADE,
l-PA(lAIE,PR06REr
w MANY OTHER....
HMRIllINO EVENT.
l!t Write Ore Trail Hdqts.-fe
' J for Re. '8cti at K
I $1.65
"lieore" mid "jiflrr" linprovcinenlf fo Ihp Agricultural ill! J let
fnj; ill (Tie Ore.frnjt Hfiitu litirKrouinls, Kiilcin. Similar repairs wrro
iniiilo to the interior and exterior of 41 Klule-owncil ItuiliiiiiKfl.
Most of (hi) Inliur i in fuiiilshcd hy C.W.A. 'J he i''nlr spi nt
SI.".,7I7.;1II of lis last ycur'i u(fl( feir inateriuls. 'Jliu entlru
llniirovement lit paid Jn full will) no outstanding Mils,
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From Kpokuiu
Jack Permaine Hennlger Is visiting
hero v;tth his uncle, John Permaine..
He wns accompanied to La Grande
by oger Phillips and both boys re
side In Spokane. They expect to re
main hero for several weeks.
Hen From MIlMtoni
Miss Lenore Putnam arrived In La
Grande Sunday from her home at
Hlllsboro and Is n gueut this week
at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Iturry
French. Miss Putnam Is a daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. It. L. Putnam, who
formerly mado their home In La
Grande while lie was pustor of the
Christian church.
Miss Gavin Here
Miss June D. Gavin, of Portland,
executive secretary of the1 Oregon
state board for the examination and
registration of nurses, was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Charles Gump,
during the U. P. celebration. Mon
day she went to Baker, where she
was the guest of, and addressed the
district nurses' association there at
St. Elizabeth's hospital. Prom Baker
she went to Ontario on a similar er
rand nnd will return here the latter
part of this week to make a short
stay before returning to Portland.
Visit Mrs. Shaw
Mr. nnd Mis. C, E. Gump drove to
Baker Sunday where they visited Mrs.
John Shaw, who has been seriouHly
111 in St. Vincent's hospital but who
is now improving and Is anticipating
the return to the Gump home. Mrs.
Gump also viHltd her daughter. Sis-
MOCKING HOUSE
RYNOl'XIX; Sergeant Harper
has proved to hi$ own atttlraction
that the policeman nnd the stronger
found trad in I'icrre Uufrvane'e
houae mere murdered, and did not
kill each other. He br.Ucvca one of i
the puns used is in the house, but '
when he faita to find it. Dufreane
rtdiculea htm. JVow he and Dcteo
tive Laffcrty are acarchlnp the
room in which the Dufrenne house
hold toaa locked up white the re
vininder of the big houte xca
searched.
.BY WALTER C. BROWN.
Chapter 28
WET STRING
"NJO MJCK, Stove," Lafferty re-
ported, finished with Ills part
of the search.
"Wlmt'vo you yo' tlioro?"
"Just a length ot twine," Lnfferty
answered. "I plclicd it off the door,
near the window-seat."
"The window-scat? That's where
Dufresne and Mackiln were sitting.
Let's have a look at It."
Lafferty handed It over, with a
chuckle. "Dig cjtio?" ho chaffed.
Uut Harper was paying little at
tention to his assistant's Joking. He
roughly astlmnted tho length of the
twlno at about twelvo feet. "Du
fresne has been wearing that loung
ing robo nil morning," lio mused. "It
could havo fallen from li Is pocket."
Mo ran tho tough cord through his
Augers. 'It feels wet hero In (lie
center, Jack."
Lafferty wns still smiling. "You
don't even know that any ono
dropped It. It might havo boon there
before wo enmo to this room at all."
"Then It would havo been noticed
nnd picked up before this," Harper
argued. "Look at It this way. Assume
that Dufreano took tho gun nnd hid
It- Wo know It's still In tho house,
for no ono has gone out ovon as far
as the garage. Whoover took It had
to plant It, anil quickly, In a place
whero It would bo bidden, not only
from us, but from t.vcry one clso In
tho houso.
"Whero could It be hidden so
quickly and so safoly? There was no
tlmo to prepare, a special placo nor
to go out and bury It in the
grounds." 1
"Well, ono could open a window!
and heavo It out as far as possible.
Or, thero may bo a little sliding panel
somewhere In good old melodrama
slyle."
TTAHPER nodded. "Laugh it you
will but there's always tho pos
sibility ot a secret cupboard sonic-j
where. Four yards of twine how
was it used?"
"Well, I've heard of things being
hung behind shutters nud ou(slde
window sills and lnsldo chimneys,
but In that caso wo wouldn't have
tho string."
"Yes, nnd It's t.ot In the middle.
That suggests contact with valor
or suow!"
"We've looked around outside and
we've been up in the little cupola.
There's not a single mark In tho
snow on tho roof."
Harper was deep In thought. "I'm
suro the gun Is hidden, not Just
thrown away to get rid ot it. Sup
pose yon call at tho neighboring
houses nnd rind out It anything un
usual was heard or seen last night.
In the meantime I'll try to equeeio
a little luform.uloi. from tho ser
vants. "
The deteotlvo folded the piece of
twine and put It away in his vest
pocket. Lafferty set out on his
quest. Harper polni; as fur as the
frout door with Mm. Then, lie he
returned along the hall, he glanced
Into tho draw ing-rnntn In passing
and was surprised to see Dufresne
till wearing Ills lounging robe, pac-
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lug up and down, head bom, eyes on
tho floor, hands thrust deep Into his
pockets.
Harper moved on quietly, smiling
to himself as be unlocked tho door
to tho breakfast-room, lie bad no
doubt but that tho master of the
bouse had missed the piece ot twine
and was searching for It.
It was getting on toward noon
and Harper shut tbo door of the
breakfast-room behind hltn and sat
down at bis work-table to re-arraugo
bis plans In accordance with the
vital changes tlie last fow hourB bad
mado In the caso.
Tbo case bad now boen in Har
per's bands for something like four
teen hours and be bad no need to
apologize for tho progress made.
There was not the slightest doubt
Id his mind that some ono still pres
ent In this houso had planned and
executed this whole scheme. The
dlfllculty would arlso In Unking ono
of them to the facts eo Ion? as tho
Identity of the niasqucrader re
mained unrovealed. It was Impos
sible to assign u motive out of their
slender knowledge
At least four of tho eight persons
In tho Dnfrcsno household wero un
der direct suspicion hi Harper's
mind. Ho was mulling over these
various personalities, as they had
roveated themselves to bis observa
tion under different Dhases. when
be was interrupted by a sharp knock
ou tho door.
nillSK young man wearing a
gray overcoat and hat entered,
and, behind him, a short, dark
skiuncd man bundled up In a heavy
fur eoaL "I'm Harris, of the Cen
tral Bureau," said tho young man,
saluting. "Detective Lafferty sent
me out to traco that dUguiso.- This
is Mr. Pagllottt, who has a Lhcat
rlca supply house on Twelfth Street.
Ho cun identify tho beard nud the
man who bought it."
Harris handed over a tlssuo
wrappod package, lnsldo of which
wero tho beard and goatee as well
ns Jackson's photographs of the
dead man.
Harper turned to tbo plump Hal
lan, "Can you identify these as bav
lug come from your stock?"
"Yes, sir. Wo mako overythlng
In our own workrooms and I'd know
our goods anywhere. The lineet
workmanship, sir." Pagllotti spoke
with very llttlo accent, his bearing
confident, bis black eyes agleaiu
with Intelligent curiosity.
Harper held up ono of the pic
tures. "Is this tho man who mado
tho purchaso?"
"Yes, sir. I remember blm dis
tinctly," "When was Uie purchase mado?"
"Your man asked me that. I ro
plled, early in October."
"October?" oxclalmed Harper,
half rising In hie chair.
"October," Pagllotti repeated. "I
recalled that It bad boon some time
before our Hallowe'en rush. V
keep a record of all cash sales, as
this ono was, so 1 looked up the
original slip. Hero It is."
The Italian proudly produced a
cash sales voucher. Tho dato was
October tenth, Just three months to
tho day before the masquerndor met
hie death while wearing this pur
chase. Here was a vital fact that
wns nt variance with all other
known features of tho case.
"Aro you quito sure about all
this?"
"I am positive, replied Pagllotti,
promptly. "There is more to be
told, on lueWieut that fixed Itself In
my memory.'
i Coiniloht. l?3i. v Walter C. Brown f
Mr. P.iQhoUi Q'vea Harper niort
tmpdrUtit inforiiidtien, Monday.
ter Francena, an instructor at St.
Vincent's academy, who has been in
Portland recently studying piano un
der David Campbell and violin un
der frank Elchenlaub.
To Ituker
Mrs. Tom Standley, of Prultdale,
was taken to Buker Tuesday for medi
cal treatment.
See IVH'brutlon
Among the visitors from Portland
to the U. P. celebration here who
have now returned to their homes
were Mrs. Edith Gardner and son.
Dan, Mrs. Louie Given, Mrs. Eagan
and, Mrs. Blblehauscn.
Oiicsts Keturn Hunw
Mrs. p. A. Elliott, who has been
the house gueot of her sister, Mrs.
A. T. Hill for the past four weeks,
returned Tuesday to her home In
Salem.' Other guests over the week
end at tho Hill home and who re
turned to Western Oregon earlier In
the week were Dr. J. C. Price and son,
Jlmmle, of Newberg, Mrs. D. P. Price
and daughter, Margaret, and Mrs.
O.' Ij. Price, of Portland. On Sunday
Mr, and Mrs. HUI and all their (ruests
enjoyed a picnic on the creek, which
runs through the Hlil ranch In Wal
lowa county.
From Oklahoma
Mrs. Henry Young has as her guest
this summer, her daughter, Mrs.
Freeman, who is here from her home
at Wewoka, Okla. Mrs. Freeman will
be remembered by her many friends
here as Miss Harriett Young.
Here From Berkeley
Mrs. Laura Zuber Chllds, of Berke
ley, Cal., who bag been visiting her
relatives and friends here will leave
within a day or two for Lewleton,
Ida., to visit before returning to her
home In the south.
Here FYtl.ii Ixigun
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Randall, Mrs.
J. 1K. Petzger and Mrs. W. li. Good
rich, all of Logan, Utah, were vis
itors in La Grande yesterday.
Tontilleetoniy
Captain Rody, who Is In charge of
the Salvation Army work here, under
went an operation Monday for the
removal of his tonsils and is reported
to be recovering aatisXactorlly.
From Flora
Mrs. M. O. Courtney, accompanied
by her nephew, Is spending a few
days In " La Grande from her home
at Flora and is receiving eye treat
ment while here.
Former Resident Visits
W. D. Vaughn, who formerly 'made
hU home In La Grande, during which
time he -was manager of the Sommer
hotel and for a short time managed
the Sacajawea also, was an overnight
visitor here. Vaughn now makes his
home at Boulder City, Nevada, where
he Is in business. He was accom
panied by 'W. E. Goodrich, C. W.
Newlands and' Earl Honroth, alt. of
whom are residents of Boulder City.
Here For Treatment
Mrs. C. C. Roop haB been spending
several days In La Grande from her
horn. at Wallowa and has been re
ceiving treatment for an eye ailment
during her Btay here.
Ifi Here
R. V. Jones was registered at a local
hotel yesterday from his home at
Irrlgon, Ore.
SJops Here
Miss' Lillian Dale stopped In a
Grande Monday en route from her
home in Wallowa to The Dalles where
she expects to spend oj few days vis
iting friends.
Baker Attorneys Here
Frank McCulloch ' and Howard
Bergman, attorneys of Baker, Were
transacting business In La Grande
yesterday.
From (Joodlng
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown and small
daughter, Marjorie, came here the
first of the week for eye treatment.
Marjorie underwent a discission on
Monday and Mr. Brown had a minor
eye operation on the same day. Both
are recovering satisfactorily, but will
remain here for several days longer
before returning to their home -a$
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