ANN LANDERS
Fine Imposed On Either
Or Both In' Divorce Cases
(This it tht sixth of ser
it of 12 articles by the au
thor of America's most pop
ular human rotations column.)
MOSCOW In the 1920s if a
Russian wanted a divorce, he had
only lo drop around to the court
house during lunch hour, fill out
a form, pay two rubles (20 cents)
and the divorce was granted.
Frequently the discarded mate
received the first inkling that he
or she had been discarded when
a postcard arrived in the mail. If
the postcard arrived during work
ing hours, the neighbors knew
first.
Two decades of postcard divor
ces show the foundations of Rus
sian family life. By 1940 it was
apparent that the free-love pro
gram was mighty expensive. But
it took a global war to bring
the crisis to a head.
MILITARY LOSSES
The Russians lost 7.500,000 sol
diers in World War II. Today
there are five women to two men
Thanksgiving Eve
Services Planned
Special Thanksgiving eve ser
f.ces will be conducted at Faith
Lutheran Church in La Grande,
according to Rev. W. F. Biel,
pastor.
The worship service is scheduled
for 7:30 p.m. at 6th and N.
Former La Grander
Sets Wedding Date
Marie Brackett, Pendleton, and
Norman C. Brackett, Prosser,
Wash., are announcing the engage
ment of their daughter, Carolyn
Fay, to Richard D. Hasbrouck.
son of Mrs. Frank Brandt, and
Ralph Hasbrouck, Nampa, Idaho.
Miss Brarjcett attended high
school in La Grande and grad
uated from Boise High School. She
has been employed in Portland and
Boise in secretarial work. Has
brouck graduated from Nampa
High School and attended Idaho
State College. Pocatello, Idaho. He
was recently discharged from the
Navy and is now employed at Boe
ing Aircraft in Seattle.
The couple will be married Nov.
27 in the First Methodist Church,
Pendleton, by the Rev. James Wil
son. They will then make their
home at Seattle.
The Bracketts are former La
Gra.ule residents.
Christian Science
To Hold Meet On
Thanksgiving
A special Thanksgiving service
will be held on Thursday at 11
o'clock by the Christian Science
Church, Corner of First and Wash
ington. A period devoted to voluntary
expressions of gratitude for God's
goodness is included in the Thanks
giving Day service in all Christian
Science churches.
No collection is taken at this
sen-ice. and local members have
invited the public to attend.
The Thanksgiving Day Procla
mation of the President of the
United States will be read at the
service. Readings from the King
James Version of the Bible and
from "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy will comprise the
Lesson-Sermon for the day entitled,
"Thanksgiving."
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in the 18 50 brackets. The men
who survived were in Hman,t
and too many of them behaved
accordingly, a man could move
out of the aDartment nf ....
man who had borne him a child
without so much as a goodbye.
Ii was not uncommon for an un
principaled heel to have three
families in production at one
time.
A year beTore the war ended,
the situation became n rnii.i
that the government lowered the
Doom, wnen me statutes govern
ing divorce were rewritten in
1944; no official grounds were
stated. Instead, the COUTtc U'iri
given discretion to grant or deny
a aworce aepenaing on the case.
The courts were invtni,ij
grant divorces only when family
we naa Decome impossible or
"ceased to exist." eh
holism, insanity, and incurable
illness or desertion are mniHr.
ed valid for divorce. !
The surest way to get a divorce,
however, is to Drove that ih i.
ily unit has ceased to exist by
simply moving out and starting
a lamuy eisewnere. A man who
appears in court and pleads that
he is nut livine with hie u,r
has ,a pew set of children has a
very guuu case.
I,, RUSSIAN DIVORCE
Russian divorce works this
way;
Thp plaintiff must first place
thej announcement in a newspap
er;! that costs 300 rubles $30)
and-the waiting list is a long one.
It often takes nine months to
a year to eet a notice nrintoH it
ii whispered that Russian news
paper editors are frequently of
fcred bribes bv afflui nt imnati
ent people.
The next step is lo hire an at
Special Service
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X Thanksgiving service will be
held at the Gospel Tabernacle, to
night at 7:30. Young persons of
the'ehurch will be in charge of
the preliminary service.
His. Billie Crampton will be in
charge of the service, in the ab
sence of Pastor B. B. Robeson.
The Robesons are in Blue Earth,
Minn., where they were guests at
the anniversary service of the
church which Rev. Robeson started
25 years ago.
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torney if you do not wish to state
your own case. This is done by
contacting the College of Advo
cates (similar to our Bar Asso
ciation). You may request a spe
cific lawyer if you have prefer
ence and you'l probably get him.
Otherwise the court assigns a
lawyer. The client pays the Col
lege of Advocates the required
tee for the attorney's services.
The attorney gets 70 per cent and
the College of Advocates gets 30
per cent.
APPEAR IN COURT
When the announcement is
printed you must appear at the
People's Court with the clipping.
The case is then scheduled to be
hiard "in a few days." This
means another month of delay.
The People's Court cannot
grant a divorce. It is merely a
preliminary hearing of the for
mal complaint. A perfunctory at
tempt is made by the judge to
reconcile the couple but no one
seems disappointed when the at
tempt fails.
This is just a stalling to dis
courage people," I was told by a
Russian musician, who was an au
thority on the subject since he
hid been through three divorces
After the complaint has been
heard the case is sent to a high
er court. In Moscow it is the City
Court. Ordinarily there is a wait
ing period there of from nine
months to a year.
The court is required to impose
a fine on either or both parties
involved in a divorce suit. If the
court decides one party is clear
ly in the wrong, he must pay the
total fine. In the majority of di
vorce suits, the fine is split. The
One for the first divorce is $50,
the second $100, and the third
$150.
A Russian does not pay ali
mony if his wife is able-bodied
and can work. If she is past 50,
crippled or not well he may be
compelled to give her enough
money for rent or food.
RARE CASE
The case of a Russian who was
forced to pay heavy ' alimony
was such a rarity it received wide
publicity. Here are the details
A Russian army officer of high
rank took up with a platinum
blonde actress. (There's plenty
of peroxide action in Russia.) The
actress was 10 years younger
than the officer's own daughter.
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Woman's World
MAXINE NURMI, Woman's Editor
Dr. Spear Speaks To AAUW
'On Congress Crossroads'
The American Association of I'ni
versity Women met Nov. 14, at
the Sacajawea Inn with the Legis
lation committees in charge of
the program.
Dr. Douglas Spear, associate
professor of political science at
EOC, was the guest speaker. His
topic was "Congress at the Cross
roads" and he discussed the 86th
congress at its midterm, after one
year of work. He pointed out that
with the largest Democratic ma
jority since the New Deal, about
two-thirds in both houses, it might
have checkmated a Ropublican
president, but since its program
was based on a recession which
did not develop, and since Presi
dent Eisenhower's policy tended
to be more aggressive, the leader
ship of congress was less appar
ent and more legislation passed
than had been expected.
In forecasting the next session
of this congress. Dr. Spear called
attention to the fact that it would
be a short one because it must be
over in July before the president
ial nominations; that it would be
interrupted by state primaries
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are nut very great.
The A.UW members voted to
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munities in I nion and Wallowa
County in the spring.
Members are reminded to renew
their A.-U'W memberships by
Dec. 1.
The next meeting will be on
Dee 5 in the Ackerman audi
torium with Copal Bonrdar, na
tive of India but now of Washing
ton, D. C. as the guest speaker.
The International Relations com
mitte will have charge of this
meeting.
VISITS WITH WACS
SKOIT., Korea ITH Lt.
Col. Anne Kloise Sweeney, dep
uty director of the Women's Army
Corps iWACi. will arrive here
Thursday to sond Thanksgiving
nay uith the handful of Amen
ican WACS in Korea.
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LOCAL
DAV Auiillerv and Cheater Will
hold their Th.inksuivini? Dot'uck
dinner in the Armory, Tuesday at
b 30 p ill.
Pop Club members Mill be sell
ing Christmas ribbon, cards and
wrapping, Tuesday evening be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock. They will
be going from house to house.
Zion Lutheran Church v. ill ob
serve Thanksgiving Day with ser
vices at 9 a.m. The Rev. E. W.
Kasten will speak and the choir
will sing special numbers.
Roger L. Roth, whose wife,
Beverly, lives at 703 E. Eleventh.
The Dalles, recently was promot
ed to specials! four in Germany,
w here he is a member of the 24th
Infantry Division.
Myron L. Strong, nuclear wea
ponsman third class, USSN, son of
Mrs. Mildred Strong of 2110
Third street.. La Grande, was
serving aboard the attack aircraft
carrier L'SS Lexington when the
Honorable Charles C. Finucane.
Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Manpower, 1'ersonnel and
Reserve, boarded the ship Oct.
20, off Taipei. Formosa, for a
first-hand look at the attack car
rier force.
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Mr- nd Mri. Robert D. Corn
men, iui-j West Street, have a
n bom in the Grande Hondo
II t-pit.il this morning. Nov. 24.
They have named him Darl Aaron-
and he wcichs seven pounds, 15
mi a fourth ounces.
Army Sot. James F. Merkhem,
whose wile. Sh.ircn. and parents,
Mr. and M,s. I.arence C. Mark
ham, Ine on Itoiile 1, Enterprise,
recently arrived in Germany and
is now a member of the 5:13rd
Onliuu-e company.
Markliam, a recovery section
chiif in the company in Manne
heim. entered the Army in June
15H and completed basic train
ing at Fort Ord. Calif.
The 2S year-old sergeant is a
!!).r3 graduate of I.a Grande High
School and attended Washington
State ( ollege in Pullman.
Soroptimist Club will meet Fri
day at 12 noon at the Sacajawea,
in p'ace ol Thursday.
Mrs. Jessie Arthurs returned
from The Dalles Friday, after
helping with a new granddaughter
born lo Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ilrown
i Josephine Fisher of Cove', Nov.
3. The hahy is named Kathy Jo
and weighs seven pounds, one
ounce.
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Celebrating birthdays May win
b fred HoiiM. Laura f'randill
and Mr- Archer Amies. La
Grande, and Bertha Ilohstadt,
Imbler.
Monta McKennon, who now live
in Pendleton, suffered a stroke
recently, necessitating the use of
a wheel chair. Mrs. McKennon has
many friends in this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Reyburn,
2005 Second Street, have a daugh
ter born Nov. 20, in the St. Joseph
Hospital. They have named her
Lisa Kristine and she weighs seven
pounds, six ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Bowman,
1408 Cherry Street, have a daugh
ter born Nov. 19, in the Grand
Ronde Hospital. They have named
h.-r Thpresa Lvnn and shA weighs
six pounds, 12 and a holf ounces.
Hooe Chapter 13. OES. will
meet Wednesday at 8 pm. in the
Masonic ball.
Evening Circle
Plans Holiday Tea
UNION fSpeciali The Evening
Circle of the Methodist WSCS met
Monday at the home of Mrs.
Dwight Williams. The devotions
were given by Mrs. C. C. Votaw.
Mrs. Alfred Crouter and Mrs.
Ivan Parks had charge of the pro
gram, ine innstmas Tea was
planned.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Roy Todd.
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