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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
THE SUNDAY STAR
Amusements :. =
Washington, D. c.
November 4, 1862

on Friday with 1.-THE Tea
house of the August Moon"
Top roles in the John Pat
rick comedy go to Joe Fer
rarese as the savvy Okinawan
interpreter, Michael O'Brien
as Capt. Fisby, Don Paul
Smith as Col. Purdy and
Stephanie Moore as Lotus
Blossom.
The supporting cast in
cludes Tracy Allen, Beth
Brewer, Steve Burke, Ryan
Dumont, Sue Gardner, John
Hill, Suzie Hill, Judy Moberg,
Richard Rinaldi, Charles Sc
wall and Ted Winfield.
John F. Duncan directs,
Walter p. O'Rourke designed
the settings and Anne Dun
can the costumes.
Play nights are Friday and
Saturday and November Is
and II; curtain time is $3.50
pm.
AND THESE CONTINUE:
Adventure Theater's current
treat for area youngsters, an
original version of 1.-THE Red
Shoes" is set for 1880 am.
and 2 pm. next Saturday,
November II ana Deem
Der at Leland Junior High
School.
Continuing at Market Play
house is that strangely titled
play by the new British dram
atist, N. F. Simpson. zone
Way Pendulum" a farce, is
performed at 9 pm. on Fri
day and Saturday nights and
at 8 pm. on Sundays at 1899
Thirty-first street NV. Mark
Nearman directs.
TRYOUTS, TOO: Two play
groups are out to stir up a
little jollity and would like to
have some assistance. The st.
Margaret's Players are plan
ming an original play, John
T. Halls Light Laughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
BY BONNIE ALTMAN
Star Staff Writer

Theater Lobby this week
brings on a guest director for
its second production of the
1923 season. Cliff Goodwin,
a producer-director at WMAL
television. viii stage a four
weekend run Of Henrik Ib-
sens 1.-THE Wild Duck"
This is the drama which
aroused CONSERVATION among
IbSen's more devout followers
who now found him holding
truth-telling up to intense
ridicule.
1t seemed that the play
wright had sacked his old
liberal ideas-but by now the
critics have generally con-
coded he was only out to
shatter the lunatic fringe Of
his own followers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01

trists don't always agree. Some
fatty disbelieve that reading
matter can provoke delinquent
behavior. Others feel that the
effects of literature have been
greatly exaggerated. Most
studies of the causes of juvenile
delinquency list a great many
deep-rooted emotional troubles
and give reading of smutty
literature a minor role"
Whatever the results smutty
literature, drawings, and photo
graphs may have, most Amer
lean men have probably seen
such amateur efforts in public
restrooms, on back fences and
alleys and other such places.
Smutty poems and jokes used
to be, and probably still are,
passed around from hand to
hand among the young people.
Under the counter and mail
peddling of smut have been the
object of police drives in recent
years in most areas of the
United States.
Citizens should report the
receipt of smut or the offer
of smut through the mails to
their local postmaster or to
the Postmaster Gener
Washington rs, ID. C. Any
local selling of smut should
be reported to the local police.
The article previously quoted
from Changing Times says of
border-line smut: "Here the
problem becomes more COM
pick. Many feel that smutty
publications displayed openly at
newsstandS are the most danger
Gus because the very fact that
they are so readily available
makes them seem innocent and
normal to a youngster. On the
other hand, an over jealous APP
proach to cleaning up" news
stands could have such dele
FERROUS effects as:
. Reducing everybody's read
ing to the level of a teen-ager's;
. Endangering constitutional
guarantees of freedom of press
and due processes of law;
. Involving the written word
in all the problems and evils of
censorship; and
. Driving a large section of
the population, including the
courts, away from the cause of
cleaner reading for young
SterS."
Another organization fighting
obscene and other Objectionable
kinds of literature is the Ma
tional Organization for Decent
Literature (NODL), which was
formed in 1888 by the Catholic
bishops of the United States.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01

fOur-inch, 200-pOund, former all
American swimming champion
and Navy fighter pilot. He is
married and the father of five
children.
Heating asserts that "CDL
stands for laW-the law which
prohibits obscenity. This law,
which is contained in the statute
books of every state in the us.
makes the sale and distribution
of obscene publications a crime.
All the CDL asks is that these
laws be enforced"
AS to whether tighter" OBJ
scenity laws are needed, Keat-
ing says, mo. We believe the
laws which are on the books
are sufficient. All we are look
ing for is the enforcement of
the laws"
Heating gives the following
reasons for not concentrating
on the prosecution of the pub
Usher or national distributor in.
stead of local sources:
". most attacks on these
people have to take place in
their own Jurisdictions where
they have generally located be-
cause of their ability to corrupt
local officials and thus provide
immunity from the arm of the
law, or they have located in va
rious communities where the
standards are SO sophisticated
and worldlywise as to tolerate
them"
%. it is practically impos-
sible for a community like Gin
cinnati to reach in the home
area of the publishers or distrib-
utor in order to prevent his
filth from communicating its
community. The question of dis
lance and expense is, of course,
paramount -"
a.. even more important are
completely unreal attitudes of
the Federal Courts in their ap-
praisal of this material. These
courts have been a very poor
place to date in which to ex-
pect and find recognition of
community standards of
decency."
Heating was then asked,
as prosecution really neces-
sary? Couldn't dealers be per-
suaded not to handle this
materiaI?" Mr.. Heating re-
piled, "SOme dealers respond
] willingly to cleanup drives.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01

But there is a hard-cOre. and
they are certainly numbered
in the thousands nationwide,
who care nothing about the
damage they do to peoples
minds. and who will sell as
long as there is anybody to
pay them a quarter for their
miserable products"
Cleanup drives are not de.
fined by Heating, but since they
take the place of prosecution,
presumably they fall in the cate.
CORY of drives like those report,
ed in an editorial in the Wash.
ington Post of Sept. p, 1860.
"An instance i'm point is
provided by a suit which four
New York publishers have
brought to prevent blacklist
ing of books by the Rhode
Island Commission to En-
courage Morality in Youth.
Through threat of prosecution
the Commission in effect bans
the sale of books which in its
judgment might lead to juVe-
nile delinquency and it ap-
plies its sanctions without any
prior judicial determination
that the books are obscene"
similarly in Georgia, an
organization without any off.
cial status styling itself the
Citizens Committee for
Decent Literature, recently
succeeded in banning 40 mag
aZines - again by threat Of
prosecution and without any
prior judicial decision - be-
cause the Committee thought
they might be injurious to
children"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01

Heating disavows any attempt
at censorship and says, 1.-THE
CDL doesn't set itself up as a
judge and tell people they cant
read this or that. The CDL
wants the courts to judge if Ger
tain publications are obscene"
When asked about censor.
ship, Heating replied, Lets
get an understanding of what
the word means. Is Ii censor
ship to bring a man into court
because he drove through a
red light? Is 1t censorship to
charge a man who peddles
dope? If 1t is, then it is clear
that there must be some cen.
sOrship in society so that men
may live together. We are not
free to destroy the integrity
of other mems minds, which
is what obscenity does and
why it is Illegal"
The World Book Encyclopedia
defines censorship as ian effort
by government or by a private
organization to keep people
from reading, hearing, or seeing
whatever they please. Most
often it is applied to speeches
printed material, plays, and
motion pictures which are con
sidered dangers to the govern
ment or harmful to public
morals"
After a three-year study by
Heating and four or five other
individuals, he reports the fol
lowing finding: "A Senate sub
committee investigating the
relationship between obscene
literature and juvenile delin
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01

I The stated purpose of this
group was Ito set In motion
the moral forces of the entire
country against the lasci-
vious type of literature which
threatens moral, social. and ma.
tional life"
To organize the work on a ma
tionwide basis, the bishops set
up the National Office for
Decent Literature in 1855. The
Catholic Church has always
been concerned with censor
ship of Objectionable publica-
tons. The Congregation of the
Holy Office, first established for
seeking out heresy, still exists
as the body which prepares the
Index Librorum Prohibitorum,
the list of forbidden books.
The NODL evaluates and con-
dennis comic books, magazines
and pocket-sized books. The
NODL code, as given in zone
Mans Freedom" by Edward Ben.
nett Williams, makes "objec-
tionable" the publications
which:
. Glorify crime or the Grim.
inal;
. Describe in detail ways to
commit criminal acts:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01
SENTINEL S GSSEHs' HD.
thursday November !, 1852 ri

. Hold lawful authority in
disrespect;
. Exploit horror, cruelty or
violence;
. Portray sex facts often
sively;
Q Feature indecent, lewd. or
suggestive photographs or Illus
trations;
. Carry advertising which is
offensive In content or adver-
tise products which may lead to
physical or moral harm;
. Use blasphemous, profane
or obscene speech indiscrimi-
nately and repeatedly;
Q Hold up to ridicule any ma
tional, religious or racial group.
Says Edward Bennett Will
liams in zone Mans Freedom
of such organizations, "They all
have at least one thing in
common. Virtually none of the
literature which offends their
moral senslbilities and against
which they are carrying their
attack, can be lawfully sup
pressed under the First Amend
ment test for obscenity laid
down by the Supreme Court of
the United States Despite
the fact that the distribution of
these publications is protected
within the constitutional guar
antees of free expression, these
groups are actively attempting
Continued on Page By
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01
Opens Law Office

Attorney H. Hughes Spragins
has opened a law office that will
specialize in corporate practice
and government procurement
and contracts. The office is To-
Gated In the Perpetual Building
In Silver Spring.
Spragins formerly was head
OF the contracts office for vi
tro's Silver Spring Laboratory
and later was named admins
trative manager.
He lives at 1901 Rosecroft
Rd., Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01

syquency,J reported in 1856 tina
Araw Photography is a 500 mil
lion-dollar-a-year racket. (Sen
ate Report No. 23SD A Congress
sional Committee in September
1859, reported on "Obscene Mat
ter Sent Through the Mail,
stating that the volume of OBJ
scenity in the mails was APP
proximately 500 million-dollars
a-year. We believe there is ar
additional 1 billion-dollars-a-yeal
business in obscenity and por
biography on the newsstands il
every nook and Granny of Amer
lea, The startling total bust
ness exceeds two billion dollars
per year." Heating said thai
this statement does not refer Il
"borderline material
The u. S. Statistical Alb
stract gives the household
size as of 1888 persons. In a
population of $50 million per-
sons, this means that the U. S.
has 53,254,43S households. II,
as Heating estimates, the bust
ness in Obscenity and pornO-
graphy exceeds two billion
dollars a year, the average
household would have to
spend more than 81 dollars a
year on such materials.
Heating states that this OBJ
scenity is found in almost every
form of communication. maya
zines, pamphlets, photographs
films, slides, photograph rec
ords and movies. He says, eve
are concentrating on magazines
on the principle of outstanding
our resources to fight one evi
at a time" because magazine;
on the stands are more acces
sible to youth than the Other
objects"
The effects of obscene litera
ture on youth is a matter o.
opinion ranging all the way
from that of FBI Director J
Edgar Hoover's reported state
ment that "sex-mad magazines
are creating criminals faster
than iails can be built" to thai
of a very few psychiatrists anC
sociologists who see indirect
benefits from obscene materials
in that they turn into fantasy
certain undesirable drives thai
might produce anti-social activi
ties.
Changing Times, The Kip
linger Magazine, reports in the
August, 1860, issue:
"Just what effect junk of this
kind has on the minds of young
children and teen-agers is {
question of some debate. Sucf
people as Postmaster Genera
Arthur Summerfield, FBI Direc
tor j. Edgar Hoover. members
of two congressional commit
tees, many parents, -churchmen
police officers, juvenile cour
judges and others believe tina
at worst over exposure to smu
can cause sex crimes and othel
anti social behavior and that a
the very least it creates an un
wholesome climate for the de
velopment of a healthy, man
woman relationship"
! Psychologists and psychia
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-01
'Decency'
Group Is
Formed Here
By Les KimbIe
Contributing Writer

A new organization called
Citizens for Decent Litera-
ture has been formed in
Montgomery County. Mrs.
Robert ]. Kirwan, barnes
town, vice-chairman of the
group, calls it a non-sectari-
an and nonpartisan group
and has announced the fol-
lowing officers:
Chairman James P. Gleason;
secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Scull;
treasurer, William Mcclure.
Announced goals of the group
are:
. To create public awareness
of the nature and scope of the
problem of obscene and porno-
graphic literature.
. To encourage all elements
of the community to accept the
responsibility to promote the
reading of decent literature by
our youth.
. To expect the enforcement
Of laws pertaining to obscene
and Topographic literature.
. To serve as spokesman for
like-minded citizens and to or
ganize joint action.
Committees responsible for
specialized activities will include
the following:
. Speakers Bureau-Will con.
tact other organizations and
through the use of trained
speakers, solicit their support
for CDL's goals and programs.
. NeighborhOOd Committee
Will contact merchants and re-
tail organizations and solicit
their cooperation.
. Research COmmittee-Will
be responsible for collection
basic materials, information
statistics on the problems Great
ed by obscene and Topographic
literature.
. Volunteer Workers Commit
tee-Will help with mailings,
telephoning, meetings, etc., and
whatever else is deemed neces-
sary.
The first Citizens for Decent
Literature Committee was or
gained in 1856 by a group of
citizens in Cincinnati, Ohio, and
many other cities now have or
gained groups. A 30-page PAM
phlet entitled, Eight Newsstand
Filth" is distributed by the Gin
cinnad group and discusses the
problems of dealing with OBJ
scene literature.
This pamphlet is In the form
Of an interview with the founder
Of CDL, Charles Heating, by an
associate editor Of SIGN, a ma
Honal monthly magazine. Keat-
Ing Is described as a six.fOOt,
Evening star., 1962-07-12

IkarplnS new DOCK, HOW 70
Play land Misplay) Slam Con-
tracts" Helen Sobel found the
right play - a weird finesse -
without a change Of expression
or a pause for breath.
Mrs. Sobel won the opening
lead with the king Of clubs,
drew trumps with the ace and
queen Of spades, cashed the
ace Of diamonds and ruffed q
diamond. She followed with q
club to dummy's ace, ruffed
another diamond and led out
the ace Of hearts.
Declarer next ruffed her last
club in dummy and returned
the four Of hearts. East played
the five Of hearts.
Mrs. Sobel calmly played the
six Of hearts, exposed her hand
and started to put down the
score for a grand slam bid and
made. BY the time she had
written down the score West
still hadn't played to that sec
ond heart trick.
Elementary
How did Mrs. Sobel know
that she was going to win the
trick with the six Of hearts?
Elementary, Karpin points out
to people like Helen Sobel.
East showed out on the Sec
ong round Of clubs, so West
had started with seven clubs.
West followed to three dia-
monds, two trumps and one
heart. That accounted for his
entire hand of 13 cards. West
couldn't have another heart
and the weird finesse Of the
six of hearts was sure to win.
East couldn't save himself by
playing the 10 of hearts in
stead of the five. Declarer
would win and return to
dummy with a trump to lead
another heart through East.
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Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-04-04
By Paul Opp Lien

eve beat Cordova four to
two = Parlez Vous-."
That was part of the victory
song heard in Nenana in July,
1922 when a young, 25-year-
old pitcher handcuffed a strong
baseball team from the clam
digging town of Cordova of
which Fairbanks attorney, War
rem Taylor, was a member.
That pitcher was George F.
Hupprich, now retired, and liv-
ing in the same old town.
Hupprich was born in Portland,
Ore. in 1897, and came to Skagway
with his father in 1911. His father
took a position as chief engineer
on the old riverboat, General ia
cobs" - and George went along as
a deckhand.
While still in his teens Hupprich
worked on the river boats and set
tied down in Nenana with his faith
er.
Meets Pro
1t was during the beginning of
the construction of the Alaska Rail-
road in 1918 that Hupprieh met
Walker Blakey, formerly catcher
with the Portland Beavers. Blakey
was in Nenana working construc-
ton during the building of the Me-
mana bridge which spans the Tan
ana river.
"Blakey taught me how to pitch
a 'spitball'-which became very eff
fective,' said Hupprich, who was a
left-hander.
During the 10 years pitched
for Nenana, I won III out of total
of 122 games.
Fairbanks was our most serious
rival = and we used to play them
over half our games every year.
"Other teams we played were
Cordova, Dawson, Anchorage and
Fl. Gibbon.
Zone of the toughest pitchers I
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-04-04
pohFFP AlAskAN cEoRE PPR RECALLS EARLY DAYsN NEANt

me in August 1920, during the time
the BLACK Wolf Squadron with four
Army DeHaviland planes landed on
old Weeks Field. l lost that game
81 in ten innings.
1.-The umpire for nearly all the
Fairbanks games was the former
saloon owner, Charlie Thompson
Gets Married
Hupprieh married the daughter
of the Nenana bakery owner, Harry
Rappolt, and stayed in Nenana.
Hupprich raised five children in
Nenana. all Of whom now reside in
Fairbanks.
George owns Georges Beverage
Store in Graehl and is associated
with his brothers, Fred and Bob, in
contracting business. Martha is
now married here to James Haight,
manager of Automotive Parts
Equipment Co., and Betty is mar
ried to Raymond Lorenzo, who is
associated with the Alaska Tele-
phone Co.
For many years Hupprieh oper-
ated a transfer service in Nenana,
He had offers from Portland in the
Coast League for tryout through
the efforts of Blakey - but turned
it down.
az was settled down with FAM
ily - and a business at the time,
and lust couldn't get away.
"Blakey told me l could have
made the grade easily = but that
I'll never know said Hupprich.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-04-04

ever played against was Charles
(Chuck) Dewitt, another spitballer.
who pitched for Fairbanks. and had
formerly been with Salt Lake City
in the Coast League.
Best Season 1922
1--WE had our best season in 1922
when we lost only one game - and
that was to Cordova. But we beat
them two out of three.
That was at the peak of the
bridge construction when we had
some pros out of Pittsburgh.
Some of the fellows I recall were
Cliff Brown, third baseman, who
later went with the Pittsburgh Pr
rates; Tom Haines, first baseman-
and long ball hitter, who broke all
the windows on the east end of the
sehoolhouse on the edge of the field;
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-04-04

Clarence Cedar, pitcher. formerly
with the Pirates; Bull Kelly, out
of the Coast League; Guy Krause,
shortstop, who was also profess
sional; and George Kennedy, second
baseman
Fairbanks players l played
against were Charlie Fowler. Cros-
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-04-04

by Keene, Clarence Burglin. Charlie
Gels, George Cook. George Parks.
Eddie Clausen. Barney Steitzel. Jim
Hutchinson, Carl Borland, Wally
Cathcart, Ed Stroecker, Jack Han
sen, Ben Eielson, Danny Burch,
Bert and Roy Mattson, and Frank
Wood.
Hansen pitched game against
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27

synonymous with sheer men,
tai laziness," Father Hunt
says
1t should be pointed out
that the Bible has not been
changed.
1T Is STILL "the inspir-
ed, formally inerrant, Word
of God, written down by
men who functioned as 'liv.
ing and reasonable instru-
ments' of God, the principal
author: and its purpose is to
acquaint US with Gods plan
of salvation. to instruct us,
to stir US up, and to lead us
along the paths of eternal
blessedness."
Father Hunts book will
lead many to a better under
standing of The Book. It will
lead many to a deeper study
of the points that he brings
up.
St. Peter said not only
that Christians should en-
throne Christ as Lord in
their hearts," but also that
they should ''be ready at all
times to give an account of
the hope which they cher
ish-" q Peter 3, 15) -
Mike Collins.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-07-27
by FIR. Edward F. HeaIey

O.. What is The value of
coins in the Bible e.s. talent !?
A. The denarius mentioned
in the parable of the workers
in the vineyard was obviously
a days wage. II would have
a value of less than a quarter
in our money. The groat for
which the housewife search
ed and the Greek drachma
we're about the same value.
The widows mite would be
less than a penny In value.
The silver piece (of the 80
pieces OF silver was worth
about sc cents.
The coin of tribute was a
little less (about 35 cents.
The talent varied. for the sill
yer talent was worth S1,214
and the gold about sig, 440.
We should place the value
for the meaning in the Cos
pels in relation to the pur-
chasing power lie, the denar-
Jus compared to our days
Wage).
Send questions to Father
Edarard F. HedIey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Bot $50, Columbus Is, Ohio