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State Law Against Sale Of Contraceptives Is UpheldMadison, Wia. — (UP) — Con-stitutionahty of the Wisconsin law against sale of contraceptives was upheld today by the Wisconsin supreme court.A decision by Justice John Wick-hem sustained the conviction of Ewart Aim old, Milwaukee Ailing station proprietor who was fined $100 In the lower coutfc for the sale of contraceptive devices by slot machines in the washroom of. his filling: stationThe law, passed by the 1933 legislature, provides for penalties for advertising or sale of any contraceptive to unmarried persons and allows the sale to married persons only by doctors and registered pharmacists.The supreme court, however, did not pass upon the contention that the law is unconstitutional because It discriminates between married and unmarried poisons.We find no necessity for explaining this question since the rights of this defendant are In no way affected by the decision if it exists, and since no one can plead the unconstltutioRlity of a law other than a person affected thereby,’1 Justice Wickhem stated.Conceding that the law as enacted might apply to any common preparations which may be usedas contraceptives in addition to any other purposes, the court interpreted the legislative intent of the law to forbid the sale of articles or preparations solely capable o! use as contraceptives or aborll- j fclents, or appropriate to that use j and sold with the intent or purpose that they be so used or upon the representation that they arc effective for Lliat purpose,Automatic Traffic Signal Inventor At Milwaukee DiesMilwaukee.—{/P)-—In a botcl room ill led with machines ar.cl instruments he had designed during his life time, Hugo Kleinstucbcr, 62, inventor of the automatic traffic light signal, died last night of a kidney ailment.During a combined 50 year's of service in the city alarm department, hcand bh brother, Oscar, perfected what Police Chief Jacob G. Laubcnheimcr and Fire Chief Peter Steinkellner described as the finest flie and police alarm system in the nation,Klemstuebor had been in the service for 32 years, becoming superintendent last year upon the death of Oscar. Pic had been an assistant
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Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Feb 05, 1935
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