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mat i iiiminvmu 1U The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday' Morning, December 2, 1938 PAGE THREE Cupid Balked By new Laws Blanks not . Provided, so no Marriage Licenses Can Be Issued PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 1. Dan'l Cupid, the boy with bow and arrows, went out of business in Oregon , today. Romance went right on, but Dan'l was all balled up- in a new law. He could get his couples to gether but couldn't get them married to save his arrows. ' ' Love's predicament goes back to November 8, when O r e g o n voters passed a new law, provid ing that would-be brides - an.1 bridegrooms had to prove they were in their right minds before they could get married. Dan'l Cu pid .couldn't help much there They also had to show a certifi cate of good health and good mentality as well as Dan'l's usual weapon, the marriage license. Today the law went Into effect because Secretary of State Earl Snell said It was okay. He' J checked the ballots. All Had Trouble For the inside dope on the fuss. Just ask Margaret Klees, head of the Multnomah county marriage license bureau or the county -clerk of any county in the state. They all had trouble. Mrs'. Klees couldn't Issue a marriage license. The reason? The law says the : state board of eugenics most supply county clerks with application blanks. e e r 1 1 f 1 cates and standardized i questionnaires for mental and physical examinations for pros pective couples. The man, the woman and the physician must all swear to the desirability of marriage. No Blanks Out The hitch is that the ' state board has issued no application blanks, certificates or question naires. So Mrs. Klees, and clerks In other counties, are telling smitted couples to "see the' state board." ' The "state board, if you - can find it, has blanks all printed, but has to have a meeting to ap prove the forms before they' can be issued. So Dan'l . proceeded cautiously in Oregon, but he worked up a faint smile anyway.' Ypa see, right across the Co lumbia river at Vancouver, Wash., marriages still are being handled in the old-fashioned way and Dan'l says things look right smart over there. Gate Tender Dies In Bridge Mishap PORTLAND. Dec. l-P)-Wil Ham Hart. 86-year-old Steel bridge gate tender, was fatally injured by an automobile early today as he closed the draw to traffic. Hart apparently stepped in front of the last car permitted to cross. The drvier, Florian Churich took Hart to a hospital. Another tender, William Schoeder, said Churich was traveling at a moder ate pace. Hart was Portland's 51st traf fic victim of the year. Sailors' Defense Goses Testimony PORTLAND, Dec l-;p)-The defense finished its testimony to day in the trial of Albert B. Roth trock vand Rosa Edwards, mem bers of the crew of the U: S. Tus caloosa, charged with second de gree murder, as a result of the death of James Vierra, 52, last t July 31. Arguments will be madeto the Jury Friday morning. Rothtrock testified today that Edwards, was being. menaced by two civilians and that lie went to his aid. He asserted Vierra threat ened him and he struck the man. Vierra, a cook aboard the freighter Coloradan, died from in juries suffered in a beating. Clyde was told by the city council to see that only deserving persons were allowed to pick scraps from the dumps to earn a respectable living. Mrs. Charles H. Randolph told the council there wefe about 60 families which, were supported by the collection of odds and ends from the city dumps and that their livelihood was threatened by com petition from reliefers. - , Chunkers Win out In Row With WPA PORTLAND, Dec. 1 JP)- The chunkers won out in their quar rel with WPA folks over the right to hunt a living on the garbage dumps.; . . Recently the chunkers piti able persons who live by scaven ging off the dumps complained to city officials that WPA work ers were running them unfair competition. 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