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The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Here and There

A. j. Williams. executive as
sistant in the bureau of law of
the U. S. Shipping Board, will
fly to Trenton. N. j.. Monday
for a short business trip.
Sylvia Stair, attached to the
comptroller's division of the
Shipping Board, is on extended
leave, which she is spending in
Lafayette, Ind.
Margaret McEvoy, Shipping
Board employee, is on an ex.
tended trip to California.
H. C. McCammon, an attache
of the bureau of law of the U.
S. Shipping Board, Is in Califor
mia for an extended visit. He is
expected to return here about
July !. Mr. McCammon is the
Oldest employe of the Shipping
Board.
John w. ShultZ, an employee
Of the comptroller'S branch of
the Shipping Board, has been
appointed ap ensign in the U.
S. Naval Reserve here, it was
learned today.
Mrs. Eleanor v. v. Lynham,
of the Shipping Board, has re
turned from a visit to Ohio.
Edward S. Hawkins, travelling
auditor ats ached to the
Baltimore office of the Ship.
ping Board, has been ordered
to report to the home office
here for duty.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
GROUP |NSUR|NG
ALSO WILL Be
D|SC|Ic!e!FO
Federal Employees Federation
Convention Issues Occupy
Attention of Unions Here

Formation of plans for the
coming biennial convention of
the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees, to be held in mid.
September in Seattle. is occupy
ing the attention of union Off
cials here.
Delegates are being named by
the various locals and various
issues which will be raised at the
parley are being discussed.
Two Major Issues
Two major issues will be
brought before the conclave. it
appears at this time. They are:
The question of alleged dis
elimination in departments
with regard to the Saturday
half.hOliday law. It Is claimed
that the field forces in many
departments cannot have their
half-hOlidays at this time due
to lack Of appropriations and a
recent order of the bureau of
the budget refusing the permit
deficiency in order to carry out
the law.
The curtaiIment of salary
increases in all Government
departments. This action,
brought about by executive
order. will be continued If pos
Sible through the fiscal year. it
Is intimated.
Another matter which will be
placed before the gathering of the
delegates in the West Coast city
will be that of insurance.
INSURANCE, APPROVAL SEEN
A general group insurance plan
covering all members of the Fed
Grafton. has already been submit
ted through their publications and
will be voted on at the conven.
ton. This issue is expected, to
meet with approval as many locals
are already under group insurance
plans for members
A fight for establishment of uni
form leave privileges in all depart.
mentS is expected to be launched
at the convention. Leaders will
endeavor to enlist the aid of the
legislative side of the Government
in this issue.
More than 5000 persons are ex.
pected to attend the convention
A delegation Of more than so per
sons, headed by Luther Steward.
president Of the organization, and
Gertrude McNally. Secretary-treas
urer, will leave Washington to at,
tend.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Dollar Trial Cruise
Invitations Made

Invitations for the trial cruise
Of the Dollar Line steamship
President Hoover have been re.
ceived by Shipping Board Off
cialS.
The cruise will begin en- June
Is, from Newport News, the ship
sailing up along the Atlantic
Coast until it reaches Maine. re-
turning to it's base on June 10.
Among those who have received
invitations are T. V. O'Conror,
chairman Of the board. all other
members of the board and Off
GERS of the Merchant Fleet Cor
pOration.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
CtUic Leaders VieUU
Bad Road Condition

. Accompanied by County Com.
missioner Robert D. Hagner and
several civic leaders of the Be-
thesda area, County Engineer
Harry B. Shaw. of Montgomery
county. yesterday made an exau1i-
nation Of the condition of street
car tracks and paving on Wiscon
sin Avenue from the District line
to the Bank of Bethesda.
The purpose Of the examination
was to learn what can be done to
facilitate traffic and eliminate
hazards, especially those at sew
eral highway intersections, Mr..
Shaw said.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Old Customs Reign
In Supreme Court

Old-time customs still persist
in the United States Supreme
Court where goose-quill pens
are placed on the desks Of law
years engaged in cases before
that body. The pens are no
longer manufactured in the
United States and are procured
from England.
Custom has decreed that the
pens shall be crossed on top of
a pad on the desk. according to
Frank Key Green. marshal of
the court. Mr.. Green said the
pens were sometimes carried
away as souvenirs by lawyers
who were in the court for the
first time.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
WO-Yedr-OLd Girl
Crushed to Death

CUMBERLAND, Md. June 6.
Dorothy Leese, 2. was crushed to
death under a truck at the home
of her father. Elmer LeeSe, at
Fairview Terrace late yesterday
James M. Somerville. driver of The
truck, told police he did not see
the child when she ran behind
the machine as he was backing
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Youth Is Discussed
At Church Session

The 100 delegates who are at
tending the conference of young
people from Congregational
churches of Washington and Bal
timore, which opened last night
at Camp Kahlert. on the CheSa.
peake Bay, today will discuss the
general theme, Youth Faces Re.
ligion."
Among speakers today are the
Rev. r. w. Brooks. of the Peo-
pies Church; the Rev DR.. A. A.
Stockdalea of the First Church;
the Rev. Russell j. Clinchy. of Mt.
Pleasant Church, all of Washing
ton, and the Rev. C. w. Collins,
Associate Church, Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
WORKERS FEAR
PROPOSITIONS
AFTER JULY |
Administrations Policy About
Temporary Jobs Remains to
Be Announced by Hoover

Speculation is rife among Gov.
ernment workers regarding the
fate of numerous holders of tenn
porary posts with the beginning
Of the new fiscal year on July /.
Clerks are wondering what
policy will be adopted by the
Administration, which hereto
fore has cOntended that sal
aries should be maintained and
personnel kept intact.
Places in Doubt
In several departments there
are many hundreds of temporary
workers-fIired for three to six
month period. They must be re-
placed by those with a civil ser
vice status. if precedent followed
in the past is to be regarded at a
rule.
Many clerks hope the President
will keep his stand regarding per
sonnel matters. If that is car
ried out, all will be retained un-
til other positions may be made
aVa1laDle.
The work of various temporary
commissions will be finished be-
fore the end of the year, officials
say, and it will then be neceS-
sary to provide other work for
the clerks.
CALL EXPENSE SMALL
Personnel chiefs in many de-
partmentS claim the cost incur.
red by the salaried personnel
is so small, as compared to
other expenditures, that it would
be foolish to cut down on the
number of workers employed.
They pointed out that in larger
departments the personnel cost
was less than per cent of the
total expenditures made.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Smithsonian Men
On TlUO Expeditions

Two new expeditions by Gov.
ernment scientists are announced
today by DR.. J. w. Gidley, Of
the Smithsonian Institution. The
research will be conducted In
Idaho and Montana by DR..
Charles w. Gilmore and DR.. Nor
man Boss. both members Of DR..
Gidley's staff.
DR.. Gilmore will search through
southwestern Montana for fossils
of the ancestors of the horse
and remains of the so called dog
bear"
DR.. Boss will continue work
started by DR.. Gidley in Idaho
last year.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Jesuit Priest Takes
LeOnGrdtOLUn Post

LEONARDTOWN, Nd, June s.
A former Washington lawyer, the
Rev. Joseph Knight, now a priest
of the Jesuit Society. will become
pastor Of st. Aloysius Church here
Sunday.
Father Knight was ordained in
1921 and for the past seven years
has been serving in Kingston,
Jamaica. He is a member of a
family that has given twenty or
more members to the Catholic
priesthood and sisterhoods.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
ADOPTION ASKED

Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Volez,
Of Brandywine. yesterday filed
in Circuit Court at
Upper Marlboro to adopt Mary
Crutchfield, who has
been living with them during the
past few years. According to the
petition, the child's mother. who
lives in Colmar Manor, has con-
sented to the adoption.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
ENGINEERS WAIT MISS COLUMBIA
HYDRAULIC AID BALL TONIGHT

Installation of a new division
of hydraulics at the Bureau of
Standards is being rushed, accord
ing to DR.. George K. Burkess, di,
rector of the bureau.
The work of the hydraulics
branch is expected to be of great
service to engineers, construction
firms and to the Government It,
self, in providing means of study
ing problems affecting the flow
of rivers. erection of dams and
the stress put on bridge founda,
tionS.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
AID.
.FURTHERED BY
COMMIT
Survey Planned to Let En-
pIoyees >Transfer to Other
Section in Interest of Service

Establ shment of means for the
transfer of clerks, Ter its. and
officials from one Government de-
partment to another, is provided
in plans by thu special committee
formed to study personnel prob
Inns in the Federal service.
Helpful to Workers
In the past, so the committee
has found. persons reaching GER
tain grades in the departments
have found that they have
reached the peak of their ca
reers as far as the Government
service is concerned. Many val
liable employees have been lost to
the service due to this, it is said.
The committee plans to ask
that something ae done to facili-
tate the transfer of employees de-
string changes.
Report to Hoover
The committee has spent more
than a month studying office
practice in the various depart
ments and has surveyed the
methods used compared to those
used in private corporations. A
report of their survey will be
transmitted to President Hoover.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
GARDEN SHOW OPENS

There will be 70 classes in the
spring exhibition and rose show
of the Montgomery Suburban
Garden Club, which opens to,
night at z o'clock at the Somer,
set School The show will also be
open Sunday from 10 a. m. to
5 p. m. Special interest attaches
to the rose displays. rules Of the
American Rose Society governing
the judging.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
IT, S. Employees Must Stay
In Their Hot Boxes

Government employees housed
in temporary wooden structures
in various sections of Washing
ton will have to remain in them
for another summer. New Gov
ernment structures will not be
available until the late fall.
The probability that additional
employees may be housed in the
wooden structures became known
when it was learned that those
planning the reconstruction of
the State, War and Navy Build
ing are going to erect a tenn
porary structure to house the
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
CiUiL Service Tests
For 3 Announced

" Examinations for three pcsi
tionS in the Government service
have been announced by the Civil
Service Commission as follows:
Fire protection engineer, $1,000
a year, Bureau of Standards;
junior marketing specialist (to
bacco), $4,000 to $4,000, Bureau of
Agricultural Economics; assistant
superintendent of machinery,
So, 900, Fire Department, District
Of TolIInhia
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Times staff Photo

War Department. employees until
the work is completed.
Officials of the Office of Public
Buildings and Public Parks said
today the policy adhered to last
year in diSmissing employees
early during the hottest weather
will be followed this year.
The Department of Commerce
structure at Fourteenth md E
SITS. N. w., will be the first
placed in operation. Employees
housed in more than 20 tenn
porary structures will be placed
in the one office structure and
the "tempos" turned over to
other departments,
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
TENNIS RESUMED

Warmer weather in the past
few days has brought about re-
sump ion of the inter-departmen-
tai tennis matches il the Federal
servic'.. A l umber of game which
were "raineG out" ! during the
past few weeks will be played
next week aid arrangements for
other matches will be completed,
it was learned from officials of
the departmental Tennis League
today. e
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
NeU Beam Is Tested
Ru Standards Heads

A new type Of beam. composed
Of ordinary building brick is
being developed at the U. S Bill
reau of Standards under the ST.
pervision of scientists there The
new beam. If tests prove It's value.
will substitute for steel beams,
scientists say.
The beam is being subjected to
breakdown tests on huge pressure
machines.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Don't miss the "Talkies!"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
WAS|LLA BUSINESS
 MAN LOCAL VISITOR

o. G. Herning, father of the first white boy born in Seward, was among those leaving today for WaSilla, where he has been making his home since about 1910.>
 MT. Herning is engaged in the mercantile business. the Knik Trading Co.,, in that booming re- zion of Wasilla, and has been Seward visitor since Thursday, getting some dental work done and attending to other business.
 MT. Herning and family used to live in Seward in the early days, and built and formerly owned the building now occupied by Cur tls Morford. When the Hernings moved from Seward they sold this building to Evans, at one time marshal of Seward. They left Seward in 1903 or 1904.
 MT. Herning's son Stanley, the first white boy to be born in Seward, is also living at Wasilla- groWnup and married He works With his father in the store in the winter and in the summer he drives a "cat."
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
NAMES SUGGESTED
 ARE TONGUE WHISPERS

Klahangamut, Tzaharogamut, Unalakleet, Saklilik, Kanakanak! This is not code message or an Indian war cry, but names sug- gested for the new $4O0,0OO Alaska school supply ship to be built for the United States Bureau of h. dian Affairs, says The Alaska Weekly. "
 Then names more easily pro nounced were suggested for the new vessel, including Point Bar row, Seward, Point Hope and AL aska Teacher. The word Indian was rejected because the hardy warriors of the Arctic detest the name. Kanakanak seemed con- venient for it spelled the same forward and backward.
 The keel for the new vessel, which is to replace the power schooner Boxer, was laid this week at the plant of the Berg Shipbuild- ing Company She will have ac- commodatiOns for 30 passengers and will ply from Seattle to the Villages and reindeer stations on the Alaska coast as far as Point Barrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

fence with the General Petroleum Oil Co.,, who went in there in 1925, worked two summers. drilled about 500 feet with star rig, got gas and oil indications between 200 and 300 feet and then sud- denly quit. The General Petroleum soon consolidated with the Stand ard Oil Co.,, who had been drill ing at Cold Bay.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

U. G. Crocker has just received a letter from the firm of Tiffany'S, we'll known jewellers of New York City, regarding valuable stones they want for jewelry, samples of which MT. Crocker is now sending to them from Alaska by their re- quest
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Bear running, bear fishing and catching salmon, bear charging and bear running through the brush and in all kinds of poses were secured in moving pictures and still pictures by representa- tiveS of Natures magazine in Southeastern Alaska, says the Ket- chikan Chronicle.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
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Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

FOR SALE-The Mountain Home. Inuuire E. l.. SWeek.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

FOR SALE-Old newspapers; 25c per bundle. Order by phone Main no or letter to Gateway office, Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
DOLLING UP CAPITOL

Work of painting the walls of the halls and offices in the federal and Territorial building at Juneau was begun recently, according to the Juneau Empire. The Guiry Brothers of Denver, Colo, were given the task of doing the paint ing on a bid of about $8,5OO.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Twelve canneries in the Ketchi- kan district up to August 3 this year put up 255,162 cases of one pound tails. For the same period last year the total pack of the 12 canneries was 198,632 cases, re- ports the Chronicle.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Oscar Thomas, a resident of Ketchikan for the past 30 years, died at Ketchikan recently. He was partly paralyzed and had been ailing for some time, reports the Chronicle.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Surfacing of the two miles of road from Hot Springs landing on the Tanana River, to Fairbanks was recently completed by Al Cope land and crew, reports the Fair banks News Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
ANCHORAGE ITEMS
(By Special Correspondent

(By Special Correspondent
 Attorney Arthur G. Thompson has lately received letter from Mike Sullivan, Alaskan gold miner and oil man, who wrote from the Hotel Frye, Seattle, that again he has secured oil people to drill on his ground at Yakataga. Many will remember his former eXper-
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

HAMPERS! Two Foxes in day, with only two sets cut, is n,y record. Methods guaranteed, S1.00. Floyd Blacl1man, RID 3, New Berlin, N. Y.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

The much discussed b00k-"The We'll of LOnliness" now available at the Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

"Ehe MajeStlc." last wurd in mo- dern refrigeration, at Brown & Hawkins.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-23
STREET LIGHTS
COUNCIL TOPIC
City Moves to Proceed
with Improvement;
Costs Are Low

The city council voted unani-
mously Tuesday night to proceed
with the street lighting plans. No
definite system or cost or arrange
ments were named. however, these
details to be arranged in subse-
quent sessions.
1t is expected that the plan Of
single light standards down main
street from the Kennewick hotel
to the city hall, and Benton street
to the state highway will be the
area covered. By wider spacing of
standards on Benton street, it is
estimated a satisfactory plan can
be carried out with the erection Of
"A poles.
This will put four lights in each
block on Kennewick avenue. plac-
ed opposite each other, with a
greater distance between, and pos
sibly, a staggered placing on Ben
ton street.
Each pole will contain suitable
reflectors and a 4000-lumen light,
equal to about 250-watt globe.
The complete installation is in con-
formity with modern street light
ing practices.
Financing the improvement will
be by a combination of two meth
DDS. Half the cost will be assessed
to the abutting property, while the
remainder will be absorbed by a
general city obligation. Prelim-
mary estimates indicate that the
aoc4 ,,,;1I La r,o,.,, roo enp okla ohnx,f
SO front foot on the main street,
with somewhat less on Benton
street. Property owners in that
area will be assessed but half this
amount.
Special meetings Of the council
will be held shortly to get the le-
gal preliminaries under way and
to decide definitely which of the
various installations available are
to be put in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-23
RehabiIitationHere
Farm All DoIIed Up

The rehabilitation of the High
lands" is a phrase which has been
banded about considerably in this
district the past year. An actual in
stance of it came to the notice of
the writer this week. 1t all shows
the Transformation that district is
destined to undergo shortly.
A ten-acre tract known to many
of the old-timers as "the McClev-
erty place., once famous for its
strawberries, had been planted to
trees. For the past few years the
place has been neglected, trees I'M
pruned, house and other buildings
unpainted and rapidly falling in
to decay, with the land growing UP
to Jungle. Last fall the place was
the picture of forlorn hopes.
Now. after weeks of labor and
the application of some white
wash, complete transformation
has occurred. The jungle has been
once again driven back, the ground
cleared and planted to strawber-
ries, which once made the place
noted. The trees have been pruned,
the trunks whitewashed and the
land disced up. The buildings have
been repaired, fences put up and
flowers planted.
Once again the place assumes
the prosperous, well kept appear
ance for which places on the High
lands were noted. We predict this
is the first of a long series of such
transit which the High
lands, as well as the valley, will
soon undergo.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-23
ALL INVITED
TO FIELD DAY
Program Completed; Pic
mic to Feature; Pen
nants to Winners

The Benton County Annual Field
Day will be held at Kennewick
in the high school building, begin
ming at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
May 2, 1881, according to County
Superintendent Olaf Strandwold,
who submits the following pro-
gram.
The Spelling Contest
Each school in the county will
be allowed not more than two en-
trants for each grade represented
in the school, grades 2 to 8: the
contest will be for each grade sep
arately, and the words will be
written. The first word list used
in the contest will consist of words
selected from the word lists used
in the three spelling tests held
during the year. In case of tie, a
supplemental list will be used.
Missing three words eliminates a
pupil. Each word will be pronounc-
ed, used in a sentence, and pro-
nounced again. Each large school
will furnish at least one pronounc-
er. Teachers should be on hand to
grade papers while the contest is
going on.
The Penmanship Contest
The writing contest will be by
each grade separately, grades one
to eight. Each school system will
be allowed maximum of two en-
trants for each grade represented
in the school. The writing will be
graded according to the American
Handwriting Scale, and both speed
and quality will be considered.
The penmanship and spelling
contestants should be on hand
promptly at ten o'clock.
Field Events
Kitty-ball games will begin at
ten o'clock in the forenoon and
the races will begin at 1870 in the
afternoon.
Awards
Brilliant remnants will be award
ed for first places in spelling in
each of grades two to eight, and
in penmanship in grades one to
eight. First, second and third place
pennants will be awarded for field
events.
Individual ribbons will be award
ed as follows:
First, second and third places in
spelling in each grade, 2 to 8.
First, second and third places in
penmanship in each of grades, to
8.
First, second and third places in
the following races: little boys 80
yard dash; little girls 50-yard
dash; older boys 75-yard dash;
older girls 75-yard dash; large
boys 75-yard dash; large girls
75-yard dash.
All people in the county are in
vited to attend and help to enjoy
the day. Bring your lunch to the
city park, where free coffee will be
served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-04-23
MITCHELL BUYS
LAPE'S MARKET
New Owner Takes Over
Business This Week;
Lape to Stay

Mitchell & Stout, who purchas-
ed the Kennewick Market couple
Of weeks ago, took possession Of
the place Wednesday morning, and
Mr.. and Mrs. z. G. Lape are again
footloose and fancy free.
Mr.. Mitchell. former resident
Of the Highlands. who has bcna
n the coast for the past four years
conducting similar establishment,
recently sold his holdings there.
With his son-in-law. Francis Stout,
they returned to Kennewick and
purchased The Market. Since that
time they have been on the coast
packing their household goods and
arranging for their transfer.
Mr.. Stout, junior member OF the
firm. is also well known mere, hav-
ing been employed in the Ameri-
can Security bank up to the time
of his leaving the district, about
seven years ago.
The new firm will continue as
members Of the P.S.Q. organi2a-
tion and viii continue 60 handle
the srme lires Of merchandise and
viii also continue the meat bust
nesa as befors.
The Lapes are undecided as to
their future activities, but they
rlan 20 remain as Kennewick resi-
dents.