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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-07-16

w. FL. Witt and son Nat, Joe
Anderson and P. A. Combelic went
to Lake Keechelus and spent the
weekend fishing.
At*
The fourth division of the Meth
odist Ladies Aid will meet July
% at the park with Mrs. Joe Al
exander as hostess.
Miss Maude Kuest returned on
Sunday evening from Odessa,
where she is attending the we'd
ding of her brother.
Miss Helen Truman came Mon
day from Hoquiam, and will spend
her vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Truman.
Carl Cady and Herbert Misner
returned Sunday evening from q
vacation trip spent at Banff and
Lake Louise in Canada.
Miss Harper, pianist at the Four
Square Gospel services, left Mon
day for southern Idaho, where
services will be conducted.
Rev. Anna Matthias of the Four
Square Gospel will conduct the
morning services in the Metho-
dist church in Richland Sunday,
July 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Liston drove
to Dayton Saturday where they
attended the funeral of Mrs. Lis
sons sister-in-law, Mrs. Ben Dris-
coll.
Miss Susie Stone of Albert Lea,
MINI, arrived Wednesday to visit
her brother and sister-in-law, DR..
and Mrs. Paul o. Stone on First
Avenue.
Mrs. Laura Waneth of Pasco.
who has been a patient at the
Bechtol sanitarium for some time
was able to return to her home on
Thursday.
Norman Durocher will leave on
Friday morning for his home in
Seattle, after spending a weeks
vacation with DR.. and Mrs. L. G.
Spaulding.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Doan Of
Yakima spent the weekend in
Kennewick, while enroute to Spo-
kane for their vacation. They were
former residents of Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-07-16

The ladies of the Methodist
church will hold a reception Fri
day evening in the church parlors
honoring the new pastor, wife and
daughter, Rev. and Mrs. J. Flet-
cher Long and Miss Ruth Long.
The ladies will be assisted by MEM
bers and friends Of the church. A
musical program win be given
by the Sunday school orchestra,
directed by Carl Cady.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-07-16

Mrs. Glen Higley returned Fri
day from Davenport, where she
had spent the past month visiting
relatives.
Hazel Beck and Delma Ryan re-
turned Sunday evening from a
weeks vacation spent in Seattle
visiting friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin G. Smith are
enjoying a surprise visit with
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. K. G. Watson, of Berke-
ley, California.
A. F. Brown of the Telephone
company and son Thomas, went to
Walla Walla Monday, where Tom
underwent nose and throat OPP
Grafton Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland and two
children were guests Friday eve
ming of Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Dur
die. Mr.. Rowland is county agent
at Port Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. B. Olson re-
turned Wednesday from a vaca-
ton spent visiting relatives and
friends at Lindsborg, Kansas and
Denver, Colorado.
Mrs. M. M. Moulton returned or
Saturday from Yakima, where she
spent several days as guests OF
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Connell.
Mrs. Herman Huppman is a pa.
tient in st. Lukes' hospital, Spo-
kane, under the care of DR.. J. O.
Larey and is not allowed to re-
ceive any company.
$50
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Long anG
son, Harold and Ed. Zwanzig left
Wednesday evening for Pomeroy
where they will work in the har-
vest with their trucks.
tAA
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Smith anG
daughter, Virginia, and 81. G. Fyfe
and son drove to the Blue noun.
tains Sunday and took Sheridan
Fyfe to the scout camp.
Fred Rosson of the Ideal Clean,
ers was confined to his home Sat.
urday and the first of the wcel
on account of illness, but was able
to return to his duties today.
Miss Marjorie McGahey viii
leaeve Saturday morning to spent
a two weeks vacation in Seattle
with relatives and a week at Aber
deem as guest Of Miss Dorothy
Stevens.
Alfred Gerhling Of Walla Walls
a nephew of Mrs. Gus Neuman
was guest Of the Neuman fam
lily over the weekend and attend
ed the Walther League rally Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Gillies o.
Linnton, Oregon spent Thursda.
night as guests of Mr.. and Mrs
E. C. Durdle. They were clos.
friends and school mates in South
Bend.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. A. Anderson
of Connell spent the weekend will
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Oliver ant
Mrs. G.. Humes on First Avenue
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Olive
49, r:c4,~o al do,,~h%ovsc ~ Mrc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-07-16

The Misses Elsa Brogunier, Dora
Williams, Myrtle johnson, Esth-
er Moulton, Eleanor Allen, Bonnie
Brown and Lowell and Glen Rider,
Lawrence Scott, Cecil ludlow,
Andy Anderson, and Frank Maui
pin drove to the Blue Mountains
Sunday and enjoyed a picnic lunch
at the p. p. & L. Walla Walla
sub station plant, on the Walla
Walla river.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-07-16

Scott 2. Henderson and Mrs.
Henderson stopped off to visit old
friends last week on their way to
Walla Walla. Mr.. Henderson was
the founder of the Reporter, after
wards becoming a law partner of
M. M. Moulton. He is now located
in Tacoma. The Hendersons were
accompanied by their son, Joe, and
friend, Johnny Walker.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
REDISTR|CT|NG
ISSUE UP To
HIGH COURT
Right Of State Legislatures
to Revise Congressional
Districts Will Be Decided

Confronted with an unprece-
dented situation in the 1892 ma.
tional campaign, leaders of both
major political parties today are
seeking decision by the Supreme
Court on the question Of whether
q legislature may rearrange con.
gresSional districts without ap.
proval of a governor.
Two test cases are now in the
making, and it is expected they
will be presented to the high
court so q ruling may be obtained
this fall or next winter.
The cases will come from New
York and Minnesota, where the
legislatures ignored the governors
In redistricting the States in &C
cord with the reapportionment of
members of the House on the
basis of population shifts in the
1880 census.
The New York legislature
simply passed a resolution re.
diStricting the State as desired by
Republican leaders. Governor
Olson of Minnesota vetoed the
redistricting bill of the Repub,
iican legislature but. the house
directed the secretary of State to
proclaim it law,
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
BETTING
NOOK SCANNED

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. RE
ports of open gambling in Phila'
delphia Baseball Park when the
Phillies play at home brought ac-
ton from Director of Public
Safety Lemuel B. Schofield-but
no arrests.
While the director took the
viewpoint that gambling in the
bleachers and the grandstands is
something just a little too elusive
to cope with, he nevertheless as.
signed a special squad Of plain
clothesmen to duty in the field.
He also ordePed that the special
squad keep their eyes wide open
today, and Saturday while the
Phils run off a series with New
York.
But when he discussed the mat
ter of gambling in his office in
City Hall he indicated that he ex-
pected little in the way of results
and, in fact, there were none.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
.WcLeGn'S Sons Get
PhiL0deLDhin P0DeT

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7.-Un.
der the will Of William L. Nc,
Lean, publisher, the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin passes into the
control Of his sons, Robert Nc.
Lean and William L. Mclean,
jr., through their inheritance of
approximately two-thirds Of the
estate and their trusteeship of
the third share bequeathed to
their sister, Mrs. John S. viii
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
PGjGnaGs In Style
For D01lcinq NOIU

CHICAGO, Aug. 7-PajamaS
for evening wear, for dinner and
for dancing, were exhibited at the
College Inn in the Hotel Sherman
for the benefit and guidance of
>2,500 buyers who have flocked to
Chicago from all parts Of the
United States.
It was the Pajama style show,
and the garments were displayed
by pretty models.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
2 Detectives Shifted
Bv Inspector Burke
Photo by International

Two Headquarters detective
sergeants were assigned new duty
by Inspector Frank s. w. Burke,
chief of detectives today. Twelve
other members Of the bureau are
slated to be shifted.
The men assigned to new
duties are Curtis E. Trammell,
transferred from the automobile
squad to the clothing squad, and
James E. Kenney to the position
formerly occupied by Trammell.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
CrGnked in Gear,
Truck Kills Man

Dennis Livingstone, colored, 81,
of 5245 Karl Pl. N. E., was in.
Stantly killed late yesterday when
a truck which John M. Faxio,
also colored, of 523 Division Ave.
N. E.. was cranking ran into him.
The truck was left in gear. Faxio
is being held for the action of
the coroner's inquest.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
HOWGrd Professor
To SDe0k at Church

DR.. Benjamin Brawley, re-
Gently appointed professor of
English at Howard University,
will speak at the Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian Church Sunday in
the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. H. T. Taylor.
DIR. Brawley is a historian and
author of note.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
Blade of Grass Kills
Child. 3. in ChicnOO

CHICAGO, Aug. IA blade of
grass was given as the cause of
the death Of Farrin Lasky, 2,
who died in a hospital here
yesterday.
The child put the grass in his
mouth 10 days ago while he was
playing in a park. It lodged in
lung, causing an infection.
City and Suburban homes for sale
all sections, all prices, are adver-
tised for sale in today's Classified Sec
ton.
The Washington times., 1931-08-07
NeU York BGthers
Warned of Sharks

NEW YORK. Aug. Z GN.SD.-
Bathers at nearby beaches today
were warned of the approach OF
a school of sharks from southern
New Jersey waters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
Many New Products To Aid Industry

acted old age security laws providing relief 10 deserving citizens 70 years of age or over. Both systems are com pulsory and the expense is divided between the state governments and local authorities. Pension retirement laws for state employees were provid- ed or amended in Massachusetts New Jersey, Kentucky. Mississippi Porto Rico and in congress. New Jersey created another commission to study old age pension and Vir- Ginia set up similar commission to study pension plans for teachers and state employees.
 Safety and Health
 New Jersey enacted a safety code for worke CTS in the construction in- dustryfand provided q series of reg rations for home work. New York brought the demolition of buildings under the labor law and required safety devices for window cleaners on public buildings
 Regulation of Hours
 New York established an eight hour day for grade crossing elimin- ation work. gave motion picture op- orators one day of rest in seven and amended the women's hour law. Louisiana reduced hours for women to nine a day and 54 a week. Massa- chusetts provided one day of rest in eight for policemen at the option of City councils.
 Employment
 Kentucky enacted stringent law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
1 TORRINCTON Rabbit Hunter Is
 Taken On Complaint
Charged With Disturbance at lrl-Warden Trails man
 Wall Succeeds ROraback as Prosecutor

20, 1929, and started his duties July of the same year.
 Attorney Wall, the son of Attor- .riey Thomas, J. Wall, who served as prosecutor of the court here, was graduated from the Harvard law school last June and was admitted to the Connecticut bar in July.
 He was appointed assistant prose- cutting attorney iri October. suc- ceeding Attorney David Cramer, who was appointed deputy judge at that time. tvil ,J-f
 Judge Hammann stated yesterday that no assistant prosecutor Tor the court would be appointed at this time.
 Brcvitics.
 Arthur Scoville is confined to his home on 285 Main street with the chicken pox.
 There will be regular meeting of Pierpont chapter, o. F. s., on Monday evening.
 The Center Congregational Choir will meet for rehearsal on Friday evening at o'clock.
 Mrs Amelia Weber of GA North street. is a patient at the Waterbury hospital where she under went m operation on Saturday. Bertus Bolle |has resttied his work with the Tor rington building after being confined to his home, 302 Brightwood avenue, with an attack of the grip
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01

ments to recognize the seriousness of the problem of unemployment. Of the eleven states having special ses- siOns not one enacted any unemploy- ment legislation. Among the nine states whose legislatures met in reg ular session, only Massa chusetts and New Jersey succeeded in making even slight headway against the widespread feeling that business de- pression could be overcome by de- authorized the department of labor to investigate unemployment espe- Cially among workers over forty-fve and provided for the speeding up of state highway construction with q minor amendment to public works bill. while New Jersey in December increased the power of local author ities to undertake public constrtt- tion. Congress passed thefuneh ploy- ment statistics amendment but dropped the appropriation item con- corning it from the budget"
 WOrkmen's Compensation
 Five states and Porto Rico amend- ed their workmen's compensation laws. Virginia increased the propor- tion of wages payable as compensa- tion from 50 to 55 per cent raised the weekly maximum from SIP to $14, the limit for total disability from s4,50O to $5,6OO and burial ex- penses from $100 to $150 New York compensa ble occupational diseases.
 Old Age Pensions
 Massachusetts and New York en-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01

at it's most optimistic point in 1929 Then there was rush of buyers, SC anxious to get the stock that they were borrowing money at from 10 to 20 per cent.
 On December 16, 1930, the Dow Jones average had sunk below 160 and buyers were wary, although money was lending at two per cent
 Thus the stock market has de- Hated for many stocks swinging as far below intrinsic worth as they swung above 1t before.
 In the face of this terrific torrent of deflation 1t is asgreat tribute to the basic soundneSs of American finance that there have been so few failures of importance.
 The banking system of America Is sound.
 Likewise industry is in strong financial position.
 These facts are in striking and encouraging contrast with disastrous conditions which seemed to prevail in 1893, 1907 and 1921. To go no further back than 1921, many of our great corporations were suddenly caught with heavy unsale- able inventories and little cash.
  To- day inventories are not heavy for most companies while their cash re- sources are large. One of industry's strongest points this year is that it has kept pro- duction at the level of consumption or, in many cases, below it. Americas population is about l24, 100000, and of this number no large proportion have undergone any important change in their con- sumption and use of goods. This is indicated by the fact that while some lines of industry have curtaled ac. tivties greatly, business as a whole is at about 80 per cent of normal This rate of activity is required tc provide for the needs of the popula. tion. Depressed conditions abroad have cut down exports.
 Deferred Requirements Must Come Soon
 Some lines of production have fallen far below the level of con.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER AS 1931 DAWNS
Indications Are Ts J"S P % Been ksa And n c%sr wM Begin % Advance Toward
Indications Are

Psychological factors also have played a part in creating over. confidence and unreasonable op- timism at the crest of the boom, followed. by unfounded fears at lthe bottom. fin recent weeks the financial markets have been dem- Ionstrating the, latter. just as in the summer of 1929 they gave way to the former.
 l In considering the events of the past year, 1t is important to recall that since the beginning of the 18th century there have been 13 great crises in this country in the follow- ing years:
 1918, 1925. 1897, 1s47, 1857. 1873. 1884, 1893, 1903. 1914, 1921 and 1930.
 3S of Our 142 Years
 Have Seen Depression
 Of our 142 years as a nation, Approximately 35 have been years of depression.
 Curiously enough, civilization has not learned how to avoid these cycles, but the experience of the past l NoCo OhOW hiAhy ehAhbo ~ Ao profitable to recall. We know that roughly about every 10 years there are recurring economic upheavals. which are worldwide in their con. sequences. But the periods of de- cline and acute depression are much shorter than the periods of con- valescence, recovery and prosperity. I The cycles from peak to peak leverage 30 months in duration. with 16 months of decline and 23 months of recovery. The present decline has persisted for about 16 months. Living Standards Improve
 After Each Depression
 F. Another lesson of past depressions Is that times of economic stress, while they bring wide suffering and distress. also have christening ef- feet. They compel men to face real- ities. They encourage the payment of debts, recklessly accumulated in flush times. They stimulate savings. They influence the increase in in- dividual and industrial efficiency, thus laying the foundation for healthy and certain recovery. l Moreover, past depressions reveal that notwithstanding the swings of the business cycle the material we'll being of man has steadily climbed, especially in America. After each depression the level of living stand ards of the masses of people in this country has advanced to a higher plane, than that prevailing before.
 From 1890 to 1926, real wages
 of the American people-that l, is to say, the amount of goods and satisfactions they could
 command out of their earnings --had increased by 50 per cent. Buying Power in U. s.
 Is Widely Distributed
 America's greatest contribution to the modern world has been the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
POST OFFICE ROW IN ULSTER

Claims that practically all good post office appointments are going to Belfast men has caused heated feeling in Ulster. At Q recent meet. ing Of the Northern Ireland district council of the Union of Post Office Workers. held in Derry, 1t was pointed out that since the establish- ment of the northern government only one class provincial overseer had received promotion to head postmastership. The head postmas- terships of Armagh, Ballymena, Cog- leraine, Cookstown, Derry. Omagh, Portdush, Bangor. Hollywood. NeWr castle and Strabane are all held hy men from Belfast. In addition other Belfast men were promoted to be assistant postmasters. Delegates to the meeting said that all claims or local men were ignored. Resolutions of protest were sent to the executive council of Northern Ireland. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
Striking Progress Noted
 Ln Many Fields or Radio

rilots of these airplanes can talk to the ground for weather information, landing instructions and other nee essary information.
 In one year plans were developed and this equipment was built and installed on all of our major air ways, really remarkable achieve ment.
 The year also saw the develop ment of communication to the point where passengers on board liners at sea can talk by telephone to any one in the United States or Europe Ir addition. s5 per cent of all the worlds telephones can be connect ed.
 Radio-telegraphic communication with other countries has continued to expand and just recently the first direct radio circuit between the United States and China was opened
 Tn our larger cities 1880 was the first big year in the development of police radio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
FIRST YOUTH OF CLASS
 STANDS GOOD CHANGE

Austin, Tex.,-If a student fin- ishes his high school course with q grade among the first quortile, it is prety safe guess that he will get through his freshman year at college without flunking.
 Statistics gathered by the Uni versity of Texas show that among freshman class failures less than six per cent are students who were in the first fourth of their class standing at high school.
 Those who entered college from the second group of one fourth had n record of twelve per cent failures: those from the third quartiie. 2S per cent. Strangely enough those who were In last fourth of their high school class. bucked up when they entered college.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
AMERICAN SPELLING STUMPS
 ENGLISH PUZZLE WORKERS

Shanghai-(UP)-W Ameri- can newspaper readers in Shanghai run across an English crossword puzzle which calls for n word mean- ing ito work" it is apt to "stick" them because the six-letter word "labour" would be spelled Tabor by American style,
 Similarly the American ptizzles both English readers here because of variations between American ana English spellings of many words as we'll as the fact that the two vocabularies are different in numerous respects.
 The North-China Daily News. leading British morning paper with many American readers. has difficulties by starting a series of "New York" and London" cross- word puzzles on alternate days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01

Two men were arraigned before Judre George E. Hammann in the city court yesterday morning. Aired Coiontoni. 41 Laurel Hill, being arr, raigned for hunting rabbits during the closed season, and Martin far- kas, 79 French street. answering 70 4. charge of 1ntoxication. It was ai- legged that Farkos with an aX m ms hand, created q disturbance at the Torrington grill, Litchfield street lunch room Tuesday evening.
 Deputy Game Warden c. Louis Cottier, who arrested Colontoni, dis played his ability as tracker In per forming his duty in rounding up the rabbit hunter. While riding on the Goshen road Tuesday morning, Warden Cottier noticed car on the Clark Weed Hill, and fresh tracks pointed through the meadow ana woods fin the direction of John Browns birth place.
 Following the tracks, Warden Cot tier finally came to meadow where a number of young pine trees had been planted, and over the tops or the young trees he could see two men, Creeping up on them he saw they were standing over rabbit hole into which ferret had been released. The ferret emerged from the hole, but no rabbit appeared. one of the men started to put the ferret into a bag, and at this point, War den Cottier jumped from his hiding place and told the two that they were under arrest
 Both started to run, and the war den drew his revolver and hred shot into the air. Colontoni stopped in, his tracks, but his companion kept running and escaped apprehension. Colontoni was taken into custody and brought to police headquarters here. where he was booked to ap- pear in court yesterday.
 Colontoni, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, told the court that his companion, whose name he did not know, had offered him Q ride on Franklin street Tuesday morning and he had accompanied him until appre- hended. He did not know that he was going hunting, he said, and told the court that he had never been in the woods before and that he did not know the first thing about hunting.
 Judge Hammann found the ac- cused guilty and fined him $10 with costs of $40. making total or $19.40, remitting the fine.
 Farkos, who told the court that he had several drinks of wine Tuesday
  to get cup of black coffee to clear his head, stated that he had never before been arrested and promised to behave himself in the future. He had arranged to cut wood yesterday morning. and sharpened his ax the night before, and that was the req son he had taken the aX with nm, to the grill.
 Judge Hammann imposed a me or $5 with costs of $7.40, total or s12.40 and later remitted the whole amount when Farkos convinced him that he had been out of work TOT over year and that he was with out funds.
 c. F. Roraback Resigned As
 Prosecutor
 Charles P. Roraback has resigned as prosecuting attorney of thls city city court here and has been suc- ceeded by Thomas r. Wall, accord .ng to an announcement made yes- terday by Judge George E. Ham mann. Attorney Roraback's resigna- Non was necessary because Of the kBossure of his other duties.
 Attorney Roraback. who Is re- publican state central committed man from this district and an as- slstant clerk of the state senate. was appointed prosecuting attorney June