Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-27 | Page 3 | Dionne Quintuples' Exploitation Balked

DIONNE QUINTUPLETS' QUINTUPLETS EXP EXPLOITATION OIT A TION BALKED Four Four- Guardians Named to Prevent Snowing Showing of Infants at Chicago Fair TORONTO July 27 CAP The AP-The The protection of four guardians was given to the tiny Dionne quintuplets today to prevent their exploitation j Lion tion at the Chicago Worlds World's fair which was called certain death Arthur W. W Roebuck attorney general general gen gen- eral of the province of Ontario obtained ob ob- ob tamed an order from irom District Court Judge II H. D. D Leask appointing the guardians He charged a contract signed May 31 with Chicago promoters by Ovila Dionne father of the 60 old quintuplets quintuplets quin quin- contained many catches Dr Allan R. R Dafoe who has ha attended at at- tended the five sisters since their birth was named one guardian The others are W. W H. H Alderson of the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross emergency committee Kenneth Kenneth Ken Ken- neth Morrison Callander merchant and Oliver Dionne Dianne grandfather of th the famous children who have outlived outlived out out- lived any previously known quin quin- Exploiters from American cities said Roebuck who come to Canada to pull off f a racket of this kind need not expect the attorney generals general's of flee fice or the courts to stand idly by The lives of ot children are of greater concern in m Canada than profits o of an exploitation undertaking or in other words the profits of a vaudeville troupe who are playing with the lives of defenseless children There is no law said the attorney general which would permit us u. to adequately deal with the American gentlemen attempting the exploitation tion in in question so we must be satis- satis scheme lied fied jf with merely circumventing their II I I