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Argument Before Utah Court
Centers On Question of
Interpretation of Word
Salt Lake City, Sept. 13 (U.R)
The first current arguments on
polygamy to be heard by the
Utah supreme court today cen
tered on the question of whether
"cohabitation" means to live in
the same bed or only in the same
house.
Arguing the appeal of 15 Fun
damentalists convicted in the
state district court o "illegal co
habitation" with a total of 55
plural wives, Defense Attorney
Knox Patterson explained that
the entire trial was based on
only 100 words a stipu:ation of
of facts stating that each defend
ant did cohabit with more than
one person of the opposite sex.
Appeal Studied
The supreme court took the
appeal under advisement.
"The counsel thinks he out
smarted me," Prosecuting At
torney Brigham Roberts told the
high court "But it is obvious
that 'cohabit' means living to
gether as husband and wives."
"Outsmarted the prosecution?"
Patterson asked. "I hope he
didn't think we were dumb
enough to plunge In and plead
guilty for our clients. The whole
issue is that we agreed on a
stipulation we thought the court
would not sustain as sufficient
evidence and which the prosecu
tion, thought the court would
sustain."
Defense Attorney Claude T.
Barnes, ex-officio poet and nat
uralist, quoted Thoreau. Milton
and Defoe to prove that "co
habitation" means no more than
dwelling in the same place, such
as with friendly animals or fath
ers and mothers.
Claim No Crime Shown
"There was no testimony con
cerning sexual intercourse," he
added, explaining. "We wrote
the stipulation and as far as evi
dence of a crime is concerned,
the stipulations state absolutely
. routing.
1 "You can add vitriol to vitriol
to blast polygamy," Patterson
said, "but no man can say polyg
amy has harmed Utah or kept it
from leading all the western
states "
"But that may be different
! from opening the floodgates for
everyone who wants another
wife," Chief Justice James H.
Wolfe said
"Well, there's a great surplus
of women and what are we go
ing to do about it?" Patterson
said. "I understand there's a
man over here from tnsland
now to study the way polygamy
operates And in 1943 there
were 8000 sex cases in Salt Lake
City. Polygamy has no such rec
j rui nas polygamy Deen prac
ticed on a wide scale; one oi
the justices asked.
"I think it has," Patterson
countered convincingly.
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An Eighth AAF Fighter Sta
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Citation for "exceptional ag
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dinary heroism in action."
This was accomplished in
"conflict necessitating hazardous
journeys over water and enemy
occupied territory far beyond
the normal range of fighter air
craft." Sgt. Coffin, a son of Mrs. Zella
Vincent, same address as above,
is an armorer on one ot his
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Arrive in Turkey
By United Press
A total of 382 former allied
prisoners of war in Bulgaria, in
cluding 310 American officers
and men, have arrived in Istan
bul, the Turkish home radio said
in a broadcast recorded by FCC
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liberated when Bulgaria declar
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You don't have to go West, young
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As this Pacific Empire expands,
an enlarged gateway will he opened
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, . . the Indies and the Far F t.
Air transportation will play an im
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Jane Churchill Says She
Didn't See Knife; Mus
cles Win Until Aid Comes
Wednesday, Sept. 13. 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
as the federal government took
control of 12 other operations
shut down by strikes of foremen.
Hollywood, Sept. 13 (U.R)
Jane Churchill, by her own ac
count a third cousin of that oth
er Churchill, today described
for presentation to a grand jury
the balcony scene between Tom
my Dorscy of the trombone and
Jon Hall of the muscles.
The muscles were triumphing
over the trombone by Dorsey's
own account until something in
tervened. Dorsey said it was a potted
geranium. Hall said it was a
knife and if there was anything
potted around there it wasn't a
geranium. Dr. Marcus Crahne.
county physician who examined
Hall after the fray, said only a
knife could have made the cuts.
Purse Is Cause
Miss Churchill, whose forgot
ten purse initiated the brawl
that night of August 5, said she
saw Dorsey bending Hall over
the railing of his second story
balcany.
Actor Eddie Norris tried to
interfere, she said, and a neigh
bor one Allen Smiley stepped
in with a haymaker which drop
ped Norris to a deep sleep on
Dorsey's oriental rug.
Smiley, who yesterday paid a
$250 fine for telephone betting
on the horses, then began kick
ing Norris as he slumbered.
"He was kicking him like any
thing," she said, "and I pushed
him off balance and he stopped."
Dorscy later dragged Norris
downstairs by one leg, Norris
testified, 'my head banging on
every step."
Saw No Knife
She didn't see any knife, Miss
Churchill said.
Hall, however, did see "a
bright Instrument." Despite at
tempts to keep his testimony
quiet, reporters learned that he
had told Jurors that the "bright
instrument" flashed before his
eyes for an Instant as Miss Pat
Dane, Dorsey's beautiful actress
wife, was pulling his hair.
Dorsey was busy at the time
slugging him, he snid.
Miss Churchill's hair also had
been pulled by Miss Dane.
Exhibiting three bald spots,
she snid the tresses ordinarily
growing there had been remov
ed by Miss Dane.
It started when Hnll returned
for Miss Churchill's purse and
patted Miss Dane affectionately.
The county clerk's office re
ports more than 800 applica
tions from Jackson county serv
icemen for soldier ballots have
been received, and more are ex
pected. It is estimated between
1.000 and 1,200 applications
will be received.
Opening date for mailing the
ballots has been designated as
October 9, and the final date is
October 27. The earlier dnte
will be for ballots addressed to
the far war fronts, and the lat
est date for servicemen station
ed in this nation.
All the ballots will be deliv
ered by air mail, and will ar
rive in ample time for study
and marking. They will be re
turned by air mail also.
MINE RESUMES
Charleston. W. Va., Sept. 13
(U.R) Production was resumed
today in the Stotesbury No. 8
mine of the Koppers coal divi
sion, Eastern Gas and Fuel As
sociates, in Raleigh county,
when foremen returned to work
THE GRANGE
Roxy Ann Grange
Roxy Ann Grange will meet
In regular session Friday, Sep
tember 15, at 8:15 p. m.
Mrs. Leonard Lehman, chair
man of this month's ways and
means committee, asks members
to bring household articles or
produce for an auction. :
Serving committee for tho
evening includes Mr. and Mrs.
Don Elliott, Sr., and Mrs. Don
Elliott, Jr.
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Polish Peasants
i To Get Land of
Nazis, Traitors
Moscow, Sept. 13 U.R1 The
Polish Committee of National
Liberation ha3 Issued a decree,
effective December 20, redis
tributing to landless peasants
and those with little land the
holdings of Germans, Polish
traitors, and landowners pos
sessing more than 50 hectares,
tho Tass news agency reported
today in a dispatch from Lublin.
(A hectare is 2.47 ncres).
The government will pay
nothing to the owners of the
Innd, but each poor peasant
household or farm laborer
household will receive five hect
ares of land, and will pay for it
in cash or produce to the value
of one year s average harvest on
the land received.
Payments may also be spread
over a period of 10 to 20 years.
U. 5. National 35th
In Bank Position
According to Geo. T. Frcy,
manager of tho local bmnrh rn.
cent figures released by the
American Danker place the Unit
ed States National bank in 35th
position In size among the na
tion's top ranking banks.
The United States National
bank's deposits as of June 30,
1044. total S42R1.1Q1I3 i,
against $102,552,442 for Decem
ber 31, 1040, thus demonstrating
the rapi-l growth of this aggres
sive pioneer banking Institution.
MR. AMEICA JAILED
Los Angeles, Sept. 13 UR)
William ilillgnnlner, 28, whose
bulging muscles won him the
"Mr. America" title three limes,
today sat In a Jail cell awaiting
hearing on a six-year-old mor
als offense. Hillgardner was ar
rested yesterday on his arrival
by government transport from
Pombny India, where he had
been a physical Instructor.
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