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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05
TURKEY MARKETING

s'The turkey that goes to mar
ket before it is in proper market
condition is loss to the producer
and a detriment to the entire tur-
key Market" says B. F. Patheal,
who conducted a series of turkey
dressing demonstration meetings
in cooperation wi t h the county
agent last week. The turkey that
is marketed before it is in good
flesh so that it will dress out and
make nice looking bird and thus
be demanded by the consuming
public is not ready to dress. The
turkey that may even carry con-
siderable flesh and fat and yet is
SO full Of pin feathers that it cam
not be dressed out so as to re-
move the great majority of these
pin feathers is not ready for mar
ket. Pin feathers left on the breast
are particularly Objectionable. Tur-
key growers may increase the re-
turns to be received from these
birds by carrying them for a rea-
sonable length Of time waiting
either for the feathers to develop
to the point that the bird will
look well. This usually can be done
especially with feeds at the pres
ent price, with net gain in re-
turns to the grower, the bird gain
ing enough in weight to market
them offset any slight decrease
in price and the loss in grade and
consequent loss in price due to
early marketing.
At all of these meetings conduct
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05
STRAWBERRY GROWERS
BOOST 1891 ACREAGE

Washington strawberry growers
for 1892 have increased their
paintings to $500 acres as compar-
ed to 1880 acres in 1881, reports
r. M. Turner, extension economist
of Washington State College. The
acreage for the late group of
states is estimated at 1850 acres
as compared to 1850 for 1881. The
intermediate states which compete
with the early berries from this
state indicate an acreage of 49,
40 for 1882 as compared to $500
acres this year. Marketing berries
by barreling and various frozen
packs accounts for much Of the To-
cal increase.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05
MANY FRUIT TREES ARE
DESTROYED BY MICE

Thousands of valuable Washing
ton fruit trees are injured every
year by the ravages of mice, &C
cording to the extension service,
Washington State College. AS sur
veys have shown that just lit
tie more than one tenth of one per-
cent Of trees protected through
poison bats have been injured, the
solution of the problem is not diff
ficult.
Steam crushed oats with strych-
nine and coated with paraffin oils
as a protection against dampness
seems to be the ideal bait. The
poison should be scattered in pro-
tected corners Of the runways,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05
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and and M Mrs. Easterwrd are -
ing Ct the place they vacated. ''''''
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. p
mer residents, but no. Own, 70,
dletOn, Oregon, were yisit; y p.
Sunday 81 adj and Were over nirSt 3: As
a' the u W. Engels home s0''R
Mrs. Bachman and NJ,
n neD NC a Of Seattle visited d, !, A I
o. v, w. Engels home Sunday. '' y
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb StiD. !,
moved into the Gleason I'M AaN
Gated by F. Lea. muse "a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05
EAST KENNEwIcK
East Kennewick Ladies
Make Hat Blocks

Twelve ladies met Thursday at
the home of Mrs. Lee Lampson
and made hat blocks and received
instruction on alteration of gar
ments. This work had been given
to Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Allison
some time ago by a representative
of the state college.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05
Facts for Farmers

Hinder this headline will be articles
Of timely farmers of this community selected
Durdle, extension agent for Benton
County cooperating with the u s. Dept Of Agriculture and
the Washington State College
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05

their flock from the following Of
the practices demonstrated at the
meetings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-11-05

FRESHNESS and flavor in a cigarette trace right
back to natural moisture.
II you overhead or process tobacco SO harshly as
to dry all natural moisture you drive out fresh
ness and flavor too.
Camel never parches or toasts the fine Turkish and
mild Domestic tobaccos it uses-they are naturally
smooth, COOL mellow, with natural moisture retained
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The Washington times., 1931-08-14
RAP|DAN c A N P
PLAN CHANGED

President Hoover, Mrs. Hoover
and a small party of friends will
pass another weekend at the
Rapidan camp.
In recent weeks Mr.. Hoover
has gone to camp Friday after
Moons. but this week the program
was changed, mainly because the
First. Lady will depart tonight
for Newport News, Va, where to-
morrow she will christen two
boats to be launched for the
United Fruit Company.
Mrs. Hoover will not arrive
at camp until late Saturday, and
the President will reach there
about the same hour. The Presi-
dent hopes to stay until Tuesday
morning.
Today there was another
slimly-attended meeting of Presi-
dent Hoover'S Cabinet. Present
were Attorney General Mitchell,
Secretary Doak. Vice President
Curtis and Assistant Secretary
Payne. of the War Department.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14

stopped at blind pig before
they started out on the fatal
holdup expedition.
Oliver, the second of the kill
ers, said:
II deserve anything 1 get,
even lynching."
Blackstone, the negro, a wild
looking man with rolling eyes,
Shivered as he muttered:
81 don't deserve to live"
Fathers Prepare Ambush
Just before leaving for Jackson
last night, the authorities re-
ceived a report of an ambush by
Bert Lore and Harry Wheatley,
fathers of the two boy victims.
It was said that they and their
friends were lying in wait out
side Ann Arbor to take the killers.
They had sprinkled the high
way with glass to puncture the
officers automobile tires, accord
ing to the report: The officials
took another route to Jackson
and brought the murderers to
the prison a few minutes before
midnight.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
3 Eends Bare Grues0n1e
Torch Murder Details

LOre's head. Then we drove to
the county line road. 1 put
gasoline on the floor boards,
and started to drive away in my
car. The boys lighted a match
and threw it into the young
couples car as we drove by.
Then we went home"
Girls, Were Attacked
Smith was interrupted by Prose
cutor Albert Rapp:
"Were the girls attacked"
II couldn't say for sure. But
think Blackstone attacked one
of the girls on the TuttIe Hill
Road and again after she vas
dead on the county line road"
divers story was practically
the same. He told police the loot
of the holdup was 81, and skipped
through the sordid details of the
attack. Each one charged the
other with assault, but pleaded
innocent of the desecration OF the
girls bodies.
The man rambled on at great
length:
Blackstone made one of the
girls get out of the car. He
tried to make Vivian get out
but she said that she would
rather die. So he shot her.
He attacked the Harrison girl
then.
Planned a Burial
Lore, who had been beaten
and was on the ground,
attempted to get up. Black
stone knocked him down. He
grabbed a rock and hit him
with it,"
The man told that they first
had planned to bury the bodies
and had "swiped" a shovel for
that purpose, but then decided
that it would require too much
time.
$50 we soaked the bodies in
gasoline and burned them"
Blackstone's confession coin
cided with the statements of
Smith and Oliver in the major
details. However, the negro
denied attacking the white girls.
He charged that Smith and
Oliver had assaulted them.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14

REV. J. J. CALLAHAN
A PROBLEM that has defied
efforts of mathematicians for
2,500 years has been accom-
plished by Rev. J. j. Callahan,
president Of DHqueSne Univer-
sity. He has completed the tri-
section of an angle by Euclidean
geometry believed impossible.
A contemporary of Socrates
was believed the first to at
tempt the problem.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
D. c. TAXES UP
S1,028,533

An increase of $1,02s,533.79 in
the District taxes collected dur
ing the fiscal year ending June
80, compared with the previous
IL months, is shown in the report
of c. M. Towers, tax collector,
made to the Commissioners today.
Mr.. Towers report shows $685.
892, $1,000 collected during the
year. Of this amount, the real
estate taxes totaled $20.66O, ,394.25,
an increase of $924,547.45. The
personal tax on motor vehicles
brought into the Golfers of the
District $440, 1906.
A decrease of $495.042.23 was
shown in tangible personal taxes
collected, while collections on in
Surance taxes showed a drop of
$58,064.S1. Uncollected taxes for
the year amounted to $3,495,-
1850.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
Blast Burns Truck,
But DriUers EScdDe

UN1ONTOWN, Pa. Aug. IA
QN.S).-Two Akron (Ohio) men
escaped without injury today
when flames destroyed the truck
and trailer with a load Of T0S
new tires which they were trans
porting from Akron to Harris
burg, Pa, The men, Irving and
Harry Brady, leaped from the
truck as the gasoline tank ex-
ploded apparently because of an
overheated engine.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
FATE Of CIRCUS
KNOWN TODAY

District Supreme Court Justice
Joseph w. Cox, today reserved
decision until late this afternoon
on whether he will appoint re-
ceivers for the f01 Ranch Wild
West Show or issue a restrain
ing order to prevent the 425
employees from interfering "7ith
the plan to shift the show equip
ment to Oklahoma.
Arguments on the two PROPOSE
tiOnS lasted two hours this morn
ing.
Litigation began when Harry S.
Barger, attorney for the trustees
under a mortgage on the show
equipment, asked for a restrain
ing order saying that unpaid en-
ployes threatened to destroy the
property and had intimidated
persons engaged to pack up the
equipment for shipment to Mar
land, Okla.
The employees countered with a
petition for a receivership and
denied allegations that they had
voiced any threats.
Attorney Barger insisted this
court is without authority to ap-
point a receiver. He asserted the
offer of the trustees to pay the
expenses of the troupers to Okla
homa is a fair one and if the
unpaid employees have any legal
rights against the show company
they could only be asserted in
that State.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
CLARK SAYS He.
KILLED PAIR IN
SELF-DEFENSE
Accused TestifieS He Fired
When Crawford Grabbed
Him; Asked to Frame Friend

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II
0N.SO.-The hopes for liberty
of David H. Clark. former
deputy district attorney, rested
today in his plea of self-defense
after his admission that he shot
and killed Herbert Spencer,
magazine editor, and Charles H.
Crawford, politician.
At the high point of his trial,
Clark yesterday told a dramatic
story of the shooting.
Asked to Frame Police
He said he refused to obey
Crawford's alleged order to take
Chief of Police Roy Steckel out
where he can be framed" and
that Crawford assaulted him.
Clark said he went to Craw.
ford's office May 20 because
Spencer had asked him to do so.
When Spencer gave repeated
warnings that something might
happen to him." Clark said he
bought a gun to protect himself.
Grabbed Him BY Neck
When Crawford made the re-
ference to framing" the chief
of police, Clark says he declared:
"YOu dirty, IOw-dOwn dog,
asking me to frame a friend
of mine!" I'm going to tell
the public just what's hap
pened.
Crawford grabbed me by
the neck. He reached for his
gun that was in his belt. I
reached for my own gun. Z
believed that Crawford was
going to kill me, and 1 shot
him.
Crawford shouted: Get him,
Herb' Just before 1 fired. I
whirled around. Spencer was
coming for me. He was reach.
ing toward his hip pocket.
turned my gun on him and
fired"
The Washington times., 1931-08-14

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Aug. 13
G.N.S) First person stories of
Michigan's most brutal crime, as
they came from the lips Of the
killers of two boys and two pretty
girls, were disclosed today.
They are the gruesome recitals
of Fred Smith, Frank Oliver, and
David Blackstone. the slayers.
Their confessions tel! how and
why Harry Lore. 16; Thomas
Wheatley, 16; Vivian Gold, Is,
and Anna May Harrison, II, were
slain.
Smiths confession:
81 went to a bIindpig with the
other boy, Oliver, and met
Blackstone there. We got dis
orderly on hOOch. We didn't
know what we were about. We
decided on a stickup.
Identified BY Boy
1--WE went up in the grove on
the South River Road where
these couples we're. We stuck
them up, and as one of the boys
Harry LOre) identified me and
Oliver, we took them to the
Tuttle Hill Road.
":We took them there, and in
the scuffIe, the shooting started.
Blackstone had gone and shot
each one Once-I am not sure
which he hit. / stood alongside.
We took them from there and
dragged them from the car.
"They were not quite dead.
1 threw a heavy stone on Harry
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
DICKINSON SEES
REED LOSER IN
FARM FIGHT
IoWan Plans to Lead Battle
to Save Federal BOard;I
To Seek Curb on Exchanges

Harassed by critics and appar-
emily powerless to stem the crash
in prices of farm products, the
Federal Farm Board nevertheless
will have a loyal legion fighting
for it's life when attempts are
made in Congress to abolish the
board.
Senator L. j. Dickinson (R0 Of
Iowa, leader of the house farm
bloc" before he was elected to the
Senate, today predicted flat fail
ure for the reported plan Of Sen
ator David Reed (R.) Of Penn
sylvania to end the boards expert
ment in the stabilization of farm
prices.
Officials of the American Farm
Federation also have announced
they would defend the farm board,
but will propose that the old NC
Nary-Haugen equalization fee
principle be revived. The National
Grange will again knock at the
doors of Congress with its export
debenture plan.
For Further Curb
Senator Dickinson said he
planned to push a bill for further
regulation of the grain exchanges.
The measure would also specific
ally prohibit short selling on ex.
changes in amounts which the
exchanges cannot absorb readily
and would limit purchases and
sales of grain for future delivery
to 100000 bushels daily.
The Federal Farm Boards pro-
posal that Southern cotton grow
ers destroy one-third of their crop
to raise prices today continued
to arouse opposition among many
Southern members of Congress.
Contract Plan Offered
Representative William Lank-
ford (D) of Georgia said he had
telegraphed q protest to the gov
ernOrS of the Southern cotton
States.
He suggested a contract plan,
similar to that urged by Senator
Smith CD of South Carolina,
under which the board would
take a certain amount of cotton
under contract with the grower
to reduce his acreage next year.
Representative Patman CD of
Texas also telegraphed a protest
to the board.
There are few officials here to-
day who believe the boards plan
has much chance of being put
into operation, or of being sue
ceSSful if tried.
Won't Work, Belief
None of the governors of the
IA cotton States has replied Of
ficially to the board. But their
unofficial comment, together
with that of southern Senators
and congressman, makes it clear
that the South has little faith in
the efficacy of the remedy the
board proposes.
Aside from the sheer economic
waste involved in deliberately
destroying q third Of a crop now
ready to be harvested, they don't
believe it will work.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
PhiIadelphian Lost
-Four Days in Woods

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA.
After being lost in the woods
among the Pocono Mountains
for four days, Thomas Donlan,
%, turned up at the summer
home of DR.. zeller, of Bethlehem,
in an exhausted condition.
1t was reported that when
found the youth had discarded
his clothes. He has returned to
Philadelphia in a weakened and
nervous state.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
Liquidate Cotton,
Farm Board Is Urged

BOSTON, Aug. IA G.N.S0.
Sharp criticism was leveled today
by Ward Thoren, president of the
National Cotton Manufacturers
Association. against the proposal
of the Federal Farm Board to de-
stroy one-third of the cotton
crop in the South to stabilize the
industry.
Instead, Mr.. Thoren, an
authority on cotton tariff and
taxation. suggested a liquidation
of the cotton held by the board
at the rate of $4,000 bales a
week.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
Marine Wins .NaUy
Cross for Bravery

In recognition of distinguished
service in Nicaragua when he
commanded patrol near Puerto
Cabeza which defeated an over
whelming force of bandits and
killed their leader, Sergt. Clyde
r. Darrah, of the United States
Marine Corps, was presented with
a Navy Cross by Maj. Gen. Smed-
ley D. Butler at Quantico yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
LADY CURZONTO PAy-UP'
Marchioness Reaches
Agreement With
Creditors

LONDON. Aug. IA U.S0.-The
London Daily Express today
stated that the Marchioness
Curzon of Kedleston, one of Lon
don's outstanding American-born
hostesseS. has entered into an
agreement with creditors.
Last June Lady Culrzon disposed
of her noted stables, her Carlton
House Terrace home and a num-
ber of famous old masters.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
F|ENDS SAT- f
FROM MOB'S
WRATH.
Crowd of Nearly 10000 Tries
to Get Hands on Trio Who
Confess Brutal Murders

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had seen a car Of similar maxi
being pursued by a second ma
chine driven by a negro along th'
Huron River Road.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
TAKOMA CHRISTIAN

Services at the Takoma Park
Christian Church will be held
Sunday morning at $50 o'clock
Mr.. William Bond, newly elected
president OF the Senior Christian
Endeavor Union of Washington,
will conduct the services. Holy
Communion will be observed.
The Washington times., 1931-08-14
THEE GETS GEMS

A. burglar who forced a rear
door of. the home of George Le-
dane. 2701 Fourteenth st. N. W.,
yesterday and stole jewelry valued
at $3.50 while Ledane was out.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-10
Wore Wedding Ring 81 Years

QUINCY, Mass, U.P)-Mrs. S
Belle Day has never removed her
wedding ring since her marriage
over 81 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-10
GRID COMMITTEE
TO INVESTIGATE
FATAL ACCIDENTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (U.P)-
Gridiron fatalities numbering more
than 40 this fall are being investi-
gated by the intercollegiate football
rules committee.
Chairman E. K. Hall of Dart
mouth, has sent letters TO each COM
mittee member. asking an investi-
cation OF all deaths in his district,
and to determine If possible the i'm
mediate causes.
william s. Langford of New York,
the secretary, Is making a double
check by writing TO the institutions
themselves.
The committee does not want
young players sacrificed TO sport" {"
Langford said. Committee members
admit, that pending the outcome of
the double investigation, they can
not say what is TO be done. Return
OF the "teed" kickoff and elimina-
ton OF the flying wedge on this
play have been suggested.
While the committees province
does not extend beyond college foot
ball, 1t will look into every death, 1t
was said.
1T Is possible" Landlord said,
that among the schoolboy fatilities
some were playing under collegiate
rules. II is through an investiga-
ton of such cases that we will see
whether the game itself was at
fault or whether they were acci-
dents which might have occurred In
any other sport, business or pur-
suit"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-10
,DAVID-P0NCE
WINNER WILL
BATTLE HESS

Goldie Hess, still a boxer to be
reckoned with in California, will
meet the winner of the David Ponce
bout which headlines tomorrow's S
card at the Imperial Valley Athletic
club.
Hess, since suffering a couple Of
bad setbacks, has been on Soper's
ranch getting back into condition
and is planning a vigorous come
back campaign which he hopes will
bring him again to the front rank
of California lightWeights. His fight
here will be the first one to show
just how far he can expect to 60.
Ponce and David are both anxious
TO win tomorroW's fight for shot
at Hess is certain to give them a
chance for better scraps in the
future.
David is training hard for the
coming battle and is particularly
anxious TO have his hand raised
at the end, TO wipe out his poor
showing against Santiago Gorilla
and to give him the crack at Hess
In the second fight on the triple
main event card, Ramon Montoya
will take on Kid Mack of Denver.
Ramon is back in Brawley after
campaigning for several years in
San Diego and other coast points
and Mack will have his work cut
out for him for the Brawley boy Is
fast and clever.
Mack has the reputation of be-
ing undefeated in Denver and comes
here with plenty of advance dope to
tell how good he is.
The first bout will be between
Mcintyre, the Irish-Filipino and
Sanchez, Los Angeles Mexican
who is reputed to throw gloves at
the rate of a million a minute.
Both are really unknowns as far as
valley boxing is concerned, but
Matchmaker Harry Woodbury. states
they will set the card off TO a red
hot start.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-10
JONES TAKING
NO CHANCES IN
GEORGIA GAME

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10. U.P)-
Southern California is taking no
chances with the vaunted Georgia
attack, and Coach Howard Jones is
spending much time drilling his
men on a defense against the speedy
men that Georgia will place on the
field Saturday.
After brushing up on the offense
yesterday, Jones called on the team
that represented Georgia, and it
was dark before the Trojan mentor
had finished instructing his men
on the proper way to stop tha
Mehre attack.
The Georgia team is taking the
game very seriously, as indicated
when Coach Mehre brought the
team to California five days before
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-10
SP0R i S !
HEAVYWEIGHT CROP IS NOT
ENCOURAGING TO RING FANS

Charley Retzlaff, the Duluth Dy-
namiter," or "Retzlaff, the Ripper, y
! was the most promising of the new
comers during the summer but in
recent bouts he has been distinct
disappointment. After losing to lit
tie Joe Sekyra, Retzlaff was not
brilliant against Dick Oncken. an
unknown German, and in his last
New York appearance against
Giacomo Bergomas, the western
knockout artist showed little Of his
previous fire. RetZlaff still NAV be
a good prospect-but he has much
TO learn before he will rate as a
title contender.
Hamas FlOps
Steve Hamas, New Jerseys sec
ond Jack Dempsey" tore through
third rate opposition in fine style
but was somewhat Of a flop" in
his first venture into second rate
competition, against Hans BiIfde
of Germany at the Garden last
month. Hamas swarmed over
Birkie early in the bout but was
unable to put over a finishing
punch. He tired badly and just be-
fore the final bell was knocked flat
on his back. Luckily the round had
but two seconds to go and HamaS
escaped a knockout. but the spec
tators we're convinced that the for
mer Penn State football star would
have been unable to survive another
round.
Stanley Poreda, rated by many
boxing men as the furthest ad-
vanced OF the newcomers, was none
too impressive In his recent bout
with Ralph Ficucello, who was
knocked out In jig-time by both
Hamas and Retzlaff
Mateo Osa, the Spaniard, was
knocked out of the picture by Ted
Sandwina, who in turn was fin
ished by Walter Cobb. And Cobb.
despite his size, does not rate as
a top-notcher. If he had cham
pionship ability he wouldn't be a
sparring partner of Primo Camera.
Victorio Campolo was eliminated
by Ernie Schaaf and Camera.
Sharkey washed up Jimmy Ma
loney and King Levinsky, Chicago
light-heavy, previously had proved
that Camera is not especially dan
gerous for a fast, hard-hitting op-
ponent.
Schaaf lost considerable prestige
when he was held to a close. and
unpopular decision, by Tuffy Grit
fiths, and has been beaten con-
sistently by the light hitting
Loughran.
With this kind of competition
Schmeling could become the bust
est heavyweight champion in his
tory and still not risk his title.