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EUGENE TRIES 'OREGON PLAN'
Parents, to Blame for Child's
Delinquency, Will Get Fines
Eugene, Dec. 20 VP) When a child turns into a budding
burglar, whose fault Is it?
"The parents," decided Eugene's city councilmen last week.
And they backed up their decision by passing an ordinance that
the parents not the child should be punished.
It's fairly stiff punishment,!
too: Up to $200 fine or 100 days
in Jail for a parent Judged re
sponsible for conditions which
have led hii child into delin
quency. Eugene is the largest Ore
gon city to base penalties on
the growing sociological theory
that a child takes the criminal
path because his parents, un
wittingly or not, have shoved
him that way.
his son caused continual trouble.
A mother paid $25 after her
boy was found drinking on the
street. ' And some other parents
were fined the same amount
because their youngsters were
tossing beer bottles from a car.
Kids, Inc., Formed
For Benefit of Youth
Kids, Inc., of Milwaukie, Ore.,
a group formed to "co-ordinate
and operate recreational facili
ties for the character develop
ment" of Milwaukie vicinity
youth has filed articles of In
corporation here.
The group said it plans such
development of youth "regard
less of race or creed.
Signing the articles were V.
L. Gouldsmith, Clyde Basler,
Florence M. Newman, Elsie M.
Franz, E. A. Donnelly, James S.
Rayner, E. T. Howard, W. L.
Elleckson and T. W. Loder.
Go Into Hiding American Actress Ingrid Bergman and her
weetheart, Italian movie director Roberto Rossellini, are
shown together Just before they went into hiding in Rome
to escape questions about their romance and her rumored
pregnancy. They plan to wed as soon as Miss Bergman's.
V. divorce from Hollywood dental surgeon Dr. Peter Llnd-
' ' atrom comes through. (Acme Telephoto)
Ingrid Playing in Real Life
Role That Made Her Famous
By VIRGINIA MacPHEESON
Hollywood, Dec. 20 (U.RJ When Ingrid Bergman publicly an
nounced her passion for Roberto Rossellini, she was re-living the
role that brought her to America and made her a star.
"L'Affalre Stromboll," Miss Bergman's friends said today,
parallels almost kiss for kiss her part in "Intermezzo" 10 years
ago.
In the picture, she was a
pianist who fell in love with a
fellow artist, Leslie Howard.
Miss Bergman, who reigned
as one of the great movie queens
of all time, is proclaiming to the
world today her grand passion
for Rossellini, considered by
many to be one of the best di
rectors in the business.
Preacher About
To Enter Politics
Oklahoma City, Dec. 20 tu.PJ
A red-haired preacher with
senatorial ambitions is asking
Oklahomani to mix religion
with their politics perhaps by
lending him to Washington.
The Rev. William H. Alex
ander, 34-year-old former night
club entertainer, is on the verge
of entering the 1950 senate race.
The eloquent pastor of Okla
homa City's First Christian
church wants to oppose 74-year-old
Elmer Thomas, who will be
seeking his fifth term. Both are
democrats.
Alexander's huge congrega
tion has given him permission
to enter the race, providing he
will continue as pastor of the
church. The preacher says that
tt elected he would commute
from Washington in his private
plane to keep his pulpit filled,
The board of elders of the
ehurch, representing some 3500
members, eventually may be-
tome a strategy committee in
Alexander'i political career. Al
xander has discussed his po
litical ambitions frankly with
the entire congregation. Most of
the members hope he runs.
Mrs. Thomas Drops
Out of House Race
Hackensack. N. J., Dec. 20 VP)
Mrs. J. Parnell Thomas with
drew today as a candidate for
the congressional seat to be va
cated next month by her im
prisoned husband.
The withdrawal left the field
open to State Labor Commis
sioner Harry C. Harper, who
was selected over the week end
as the republican organization
candidate for the 7th congres
sional district post.
"After much deliberation I
have decided that I shall not at
this time be a candidate for con
gress," Mrs. Thomas announced
this morning.
Handy Supervising
Food Center Stores
Woodburn Ernest W. Handy,
y formerly owner and manager of
the "Handy Market" here which
is now operated at the "Wells
Market" by Lester Wells, is now
supervisor of William Luther
an's three "One Stop Food Cen
ter" stores at Forest Grove,
Portland and Oregon City. ' He
has held the position of super
visor for the past month and was
active In the grand opening of
the new Oregon City store recently.
In "Intermezzo" the romance
flourished in the leading man's
home.
Last year the same thing hap
pened in real life when Kossel-
lini moved in with Dr. and Mrs.
Peter Lindstrom in their modi
fied French farmhouse while he
negotiated with her to star in
"Stromboll."
The romance in "Intermezzo'
began with the girl's adulation
for the older man's genius. So it
was with Ingrid, who fell for
Rossellini the director before
she ever met Roberto the lover.
Bergman, so the story goes,
used to sit in a darkened the
ater enthralled by his movies.
She even wrote him if he ever
needed "a Swede, I'm avail
able," and ended her fan letter
with: "I love you."
Part of Rossellini's genius is
knowing a good thing when he
sees it. He promptly came to
Hollywood and signed Miss
Bergman to a contract.'
In "Intermezzo," the object of
her affections already had a
wife. So, in the earlier stages of
the Bergman - Rossellini ro
mance, did Roberto. He has
since become legally single.
In the picture, Howard em
barked on a concert tour and
Miss Bergman went along to ac
company him not only on the
piano.
In real life, Rossellini went
back to Italy and Ingrid follow
ed soon after. Some of the best
scenes on "Stromboll," accord
ing to reports that trickled out
from the lonely little Island
were played when the cameras
weren t even grinding.
In the picture, the enamoured
young girl dropped her 'own
small career to be with her lov
er. In real life, Miss Bergman's
making an even greater sacn
fice. She has announced she
never again will make a movie.
All she wants, she says, is to
live a life of privacy as Rober
to's wife.
There the parallel ends.
"Intermezzo" had an unhappy
ending if you were on Miss
Bergman's side. Because How
ard went back to his wife, leav
ing Ingrid with nothing but her
memories and her piano.
Her present love story isn't
finished yet, but Rossellini has
vowed his love for the pink-
cheeked beauty and his inten
tion to marry her as soon as her
In a Gallup poll taken last
spring the majority approved
the Oregon (it started in Baker.
Ore ) "parental delinquency"
plan. Social workers, increas
ingly, blame parents. And in
Chicago this week a judge bit
terly condemned the parents
of a much older criminal.
Judge Julius Miner, hearing
the trial of a 21-year-old mother
who had strangled her Infant,
called the mother's parents be
fore him.
"I have been shocked by the
testimony about your treatment
of your daughter," Judge Miner
told Mrs. Chester Lamont of
Astoria, Ore. "No one is more
responsible than you for the fact
that she Is on trial for murder."
Murder or other serious
crimes would not come un
der Eugene's new parental de
linquency control. It applies
only to the light offenses with
which a child usually starts a
delinquent career: Petty theft
disorderly conduct, other mis
demeanors.
Eugene thinks it will work.
It has in the small city of
Baker, Ore., where Police Chief
Guy V. Church dreamed up the
idea two years ago.
Church was being plagued by
a teen-age club Jcnown as the
"Panther Gang," whose purpose
was stealing, and whose entrance
requirement was theft and the
killing of a certain number of
cats.
The members used an aban
doned movie house to hide loot
from their thefts. The boy who
committed the most crimes was
rewarded by election as leader.
"After taking these boys into
custody on numerous charges of
burglary and house breaking,
and turning them over to the
juvenile courts, it seemed, to us
that little was gained by con
victions," Church said.
It occurred to him to try
punishing the boys' parents in
stead. Backed by Mayor Men-
zie McKim, an ordinance was
passed August 11, 1947, pro
viding up to $200 fine and 100
days in jail for parents whose
children commit misdemeanors.
The "Panther Gang" broke up.
Baker's delinquency rate drop
ped sharply; some estimates
were as much as 90 per cent.
It worked so well that the
ordinance has been invoked only
six times in the two years since.
No parents have ever been
jailed. Twice the maximum
fine was levied, but suspended
later and the parents put on
probation instead.
One father paid $50 because
The town of Lakeview, Ore.,
copied Baker's ordinance this
summer. Other towns are con
sidering it.
But Eugene, a city of 36,000,
will provide the first major test.
Gervais Boy Scouts
Given Advancement
Gervais Thirteen members of
Gervais Troop No. 54, Boy
Scouts attended the Court of
Honor held at Mt. Angel. Sev
eral committeemen, Jess Adams,
Scoutmaster and Dean Booster,
assistant Scoutmaster accompan
ied them.
Those advanced to second
class were Robert Riggi, Bruce
Parker, Guy Parker and Ronald
Keppinger. Star rank was given
to George Lanning, junior.
Merit badges were awarded
to Frank Adams on home repair,
hog and pork production and
camping, and to Dean Booster on
citizenship.
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CRACKERS 2 5 c
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