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| THROUGHOUT NATION Disease Can Be Wiped Out in One Generation, Dr. Ray Wilbur Asserts INJUNCTIVE. RELIEF ———— ee Plaintiff Have Rights to Dam- ages Caused Them by Overpass Project New York, Feb. 3—(P)—In more than 200 American cities and towns Wednesday prevention of syphilis was ——___ ‘The Nofth’ Dakota supreme court the subject of discussion at meetings fetes is Nei opeta decision Wed- nesda: granted property owners, who sought to halt construction of an overpass above the Soo line railroad tracks at Minot, “injunctive relief” until damages to Property is ascer- marking the first national social hygiene day. The backers hope they mark the start of a new social experi- ment. : The sponsors are the American So- cial Hygiene association, U. 8. Sur- Only Dry State Left Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 3.—(?)— Legal liquor was headed into Ala- bama Wednesday after 22 years, leaving Kansas the only “bone dry” state in the Union, The legislature over-rode Gov. Bibb Graves’ veto Tuesday to enact a state store liquor control system for coune ties that vote wet in @ statewide re- ferendum March 10. Counties voting dry will remain under present laws prohibiting any- thing stronger than near beer, ex- cept that residents of dry counties may possess an unlimited amount of liquor purchased in a wet county. CASH-CARRY PEACE , nection with the overpass erection. cause Feb. 15, In its decision the supreme court held the structure about to be erected in the street’ will damage the plain- tiffs by interfering with their Special rights in ‘the street of light, air, and access, and that such damage is one within contemplation of ‘section 14 of the state constitution. This section, the court ruled, “not only prohibits the taking or damaging of private property for public use, but also that the compensation be made or paid into court for the Balak. Plaintiffs, abutting property own- ers and taxpayers, were held entitled to-an injunction restraihing the de- fendants from erecting an overpass until compensation for damages to their abutting property resulting from Such construction has been paid. However, the taxpayers of the county were said in the decision to be not entitled to enjoin the expenditure of money from the county road and ‘bridge fund for the purpose of secur- ing additional right of way in con- It was also held that the-complaint “does not state facts sufficient to en- title the plaintiffs to injusctive relief” ‘upon the ground thatthe existing in- Gebtedness of the city of Minot is now in ee of pa debe limit. “No amount/of damage is alleged,” the decision read. “The damages to which the, plaintiffs may be entitled in this case are wholly contingent. The amount thereof may be great, or small. The city may have available tunds with which to pay them in cash.” ally-inclined couples inithese United DOSLAND WINS CASE States find a variety of marriage laws Minneapolis, Feb. 3—(#)—C. G.|confronting their altar-bound inten- Dosiand of Moorhead, iMnn., who|tions. Yan as a sticker candidate for judge] In Tennessee. where 9-yeartold Eu- of the seventh judicial district in the|mice Winstead married 22-year-old November general election, obtained| mountaineer, Charlie Johns, there are an alternative writ of mandamus in|N0 statutory provisions governing mar- district court here Wednesday forc-|Tiage. ing the state canvassing board either} Tennessee stands alone in this re- to certify him as elected or show Spéct, but 10 states—Colorado, Florida, |setting a minimum of 18 years for Idaho, Louisiana, South Dakota, Mary-| men and 16 for women with consent. land, New Jersey, North Carolina,| Wyoming, in addition, calls for Rhode Island and Washington—are| health certificates from male appli- close rivals in approval of common'cants, and requires a five-day wait Jaw marriage age brackets of 14 for | between issuance of the license and boys and 12 for girls. |the marriage ceremony. Fargo Bodies Oppose Military Training Act * Fargo, N. D., Feb. 3.—(?)—New op- position to H. B. 36 flared Tuesday, night as united patriotic bodies of 5 ition request- Variety of Marraige Acts Confront Lovers! New York, Feb. 3. tic-| The | Tennessee child marriage brought @ move in that state's legis- lature to set up laws to prevent such weddings and elicited a call from government officials and others for uniform state laws. Nebraska, Ohio, Wyoming and West Virginia offer the sternest age tests, requiring both parties to be 21 years of age to marry without consent, and Tuesday bard and Blade, national honorary fraternity at the North Dakota Agri- cultural college, circulated petitions which were signed by 1,000 students and faculty members. The petitions opposing the bill were sent to Bis- marc! ‘ Ornithologists have dete that 9800 distinct species, with |. 1200 sub-species, of birds exist today. The tuna, a fish that sometimes weighs more than 1000 pounds, is sold mostly in half-pound cans, Wren @ cigarette gives smokers. what they want...when it gives mil- lions of smokers the good things they enjoy —mild- : ness, pleasing taste and aroma , —that’s PERFORMANCE eo «Wi millions geon General Thomas Parran, many civic and social organizations. Announcements from the associa- tion’s headquarters emphasize these facts: One person out of every 20 in the United States has There are one million new infec- tions each year. There are 100,000 deaths annually from this disease. Ten per cent of the country’s insane Much of blindness, deafness and in- digence is due to syphilis. Many chil- dren are infected. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of the American Social Hygiene asso- ciation said in a statement that “syphilis could be wiped out in one generation if the medical profession were given the opportunity to apply the knowledge at its command.” Beltrami, . Thieves broke into the Beltrami Co- operative creamery plant Tuesday night and carted off a half ton of butter in tubs and prints, valued at $300, The senate munitions committee ‘The Library of Congress contains more than 275,000 volumes, and PROPOSAL PUSHED 31 Members of Liberal House Bloc Demanded Immediate Enactment of Plan Washington, Feb. 3.—(P)—A group of 31 house members proposed im- mediate enactment of a cash-and- carry neutrality plan with partial na- tionalization of the munitions indus- try and legislation to take the profits out of war, The 31, chiefly members of the house liberal bloc, said in a state- ment that “war or peace at this time is the most important subject before the American people.” Signers of the statement included Hildebrandt (Dem.-8.D.), Burdick (Rep.-N. D.), Withrow (Prog.-Wis.), Bernard (F. L.-Minn.), Gehrmann (Prog. - Wis.), Amlie (Prog. - Wis.), O'Connell (Dem.-Mont.), Johnson (F. L.-Minn.), Buckler (F. L.-Minn.), Sauthoff (Prog.-Wis.), Tiegen (F. 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