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Show WANT CENSORSHIP OF PICTURE SHOWS. Salt Lake, April 30. The civic committee com-mittee of the Utah Federation of Women's clubs requested of tho city commission, in a communication presented pre-sented at last night's session, the appointment of a local board of censors cen-sors for motion picture shows Declaring De-claring this class of entertainment to havo a lasting effect on the minds of tho young, the club women ask tho appointment of a censorship commission commis-sion "from among tho most public spirited of our citizens, men and women wo-men about equally." Tho communication, which bore tho signature of Elizabeth Cook, chairman, chair-man, suggested that "one educator. Miss Williams ot the playgrounds association," as-sociation," and MrB. Graham, president presi-dent of the state federation, be named on tho censorship commission. "This Is simply a beginning," wrote Mrs. Cook. "There aro many others oapa-blo oapa-blo and sufficiently Interested " The communication was reforred to tho department de-partment of public safety. Billiard and pool halls operating In Salt Iake City will henceforth bo required re-quired to close their doors at midnight. mid-night. An ordlnanco prepared by Mayor Samuel C. Park before the Illness Ill-ness which necessitated his absence was passod by tho commission at last night's meeting The provision prohibiting pro-hibiting minors from frequenting these places Is emprasized In tie now ordinance and In addition, the midnight closing section will be enforced. en-forced. A difference of one-half Inch in tho depth of the standard apple box designated by the commission and that declared official by the stato board caused tho passage of an entirely en-tirely new ordinance on tho weight and measure problem of the city. In the ordinance passed a fortnight ago, the depth of the "standard box for apples ap-ples was placed at eleven and one-half one-half inches, but tho stato officials having decreed tho proper depth to be eleven inches, a new ordinance was enacted. |