Winchester Weakening

That children would beg on the streets for money to buy tickets; that undesirables would come from neighboring towns; that gaudy signs and lights would offend the eye; that young fry might be demoralized; that, above ail, property values might be hurt--these were the arguments with which, for 15 years, selectmen of the snobbish Boston suburb of Winchester have clowned each & every proposal to allow cinemas to be exhibited in their town.

Four years ago, Brookline, Mass., which had objected on the same grounds, permitted its first cinemansion (TIME, Nov. 17, 1930). Last week, Winchester, last town in Massachusetts where movies were still prohibited, weakened also. In a special referendum, with more voters than the last election, after school children had paraded and both sides used a fleet of cars to carry voters to the polls, 2,475 Winchester citizens voted for, 1,717 against, allowing moving pictures.

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