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The Washington times., 1933-08-22
BANK PROBER
ASKS HOOVER
To TESTIFY
Prosecutor in Detroit Acts on
Suggestion Of Couzens to
Get Data of Ex-President

DETROIT, Aug. % (I.N.S.).
Former President Herbert
Hoover was called as a wit
ness in the grand jury investi.
CATION of closed Detroit banks
at the request Of Senator James
Couzens, Prosecutor Harry S,
Toy announced today.
Couzens, at the end of yester-
days session in which he had
given sensational testimony blam
ing Detroit bankers for collapse
of their institutions, requested
Hoover be asked to testify. He
said: -.
"There is one director who
was told by President Hoover
1 was a very dangerous man.
Now / earnestly urged you,
|. Mr.. Attorney General, to try
to get Mr.. Hoover to testify.
That W. aid give me an OppOr-
tunity of telling why Mr..
Hoover felt / was a bad and
dangerous man."
Mellon Mentioned
The name of Andrew Mellon
Hoover Secretary of the Treasury
was early brought into the Sena'
tors testimony today.
Attorney Gen. Patrick O'Brien
asked:
"What particular thing did
you most object to in the con-
duct Of the Treasury Depart
ment under the greatest Secre-
tary Of the Treasury since Alex
ander HamiltOn?"
"It would take vOlUfmes to an
Swer that"
"YOu objected strenuously to
tax rebates to prominent in
dividuals didn't yOu?"
"That is true, but there was
no prejudice. My objection was
to the Interpretation of the law
that is one of my objections
here. There were to many fav-
OriteS."
D1SnOneSC Loan
Explaining his opposition to a
$75, 100000 loan asked by the De
troit banks to avert the crisis
CouzenS said:
"Mr. Miller Charles A. Mil
Ter, former chairman of the r.
F. c. told me he believed it was
an immoral and dishonest loan,
and on the strength of his Opin-
ion 1 opposed it,"
Witnesses have accused Couzens
of precipitating through his oppo
sition to this loan the local crisis
and, inferentially, the national
moratorium. CouzenS said:
even if the loan had been
made there would have been
collapse of the Detroit banks
within a few days. Not only
was this situation true in
Michigan at the time, but I OBJ
tanned considerable inside in
formation indicating somewhat
the same conditions prevailed
in sections of Maryland, West
Virginia, Indiana, Nevada, LOuisi-
ana, and Ohio. Records show
made a speech on the Senate
floor denOuncing such loans"
Must Be Solvent
In answer to a. question from
O'Brien, Couzens said that such
loans usually resulted in smart
money" Withdrawals, leaving the
"little fellow holding the bag"
The Senator then launched
into a dramatic defense of the
Government'1 attitude in refusing
CONTINUED ON Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
Drugged, Attacked,
Girl Is Near Death

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. %
0N.SO kidnapped, drugged by
liquor, attacked and hurled from
an automobile by two men she
said wore sailors uniforms, Miss
Mary Kelly, 81, of .Munson Ave-
nue., South Philadelphia, was in
critical condition today in a
hospital. Her clothing torn to
shreds, Miss Kelly was found un-
conscious on a street early today.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
8 FARMERS DIE.
IN COLLISION

LUMBERTON, N. c., Aug. %
Q.N.S0 Eight Lenoir county
farmers were killed and three
others critically injured today
when their truck, loaded with
tobacco bound for market,
plunged into a Seaboard Air Line
passenger train at a crossing near
here.
Bodies were strewn for 800
yards along the track as the
truck, crashing into the side of
the speeding train, was entan-
gled in the wheels and dragged
down the rails.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
ReU. A. 0. Mullen, 66,
Ex-PrisOn Aide, Dies

YORK, Pa, Aug. % G.N.SO
The Rev. DR.. Albert Oswald Null
len, 66, chaplain = the Mary
land State Penitentiary from
1905 to 1918, died today at his
home at Spring Grove. near here.
The Rev. Mullen, pastor of st.
Paul's Church at Spring Grove
since 1914, held paStorates in
Baltimore and was prominent in
western Pennsylvania Synods Of
the Lutheran Church.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
DEATH THREAT
NETS 80 DAYS

"BOy, you better get good
meal now, cause it's the last
meal you'll ever eat"
Sam Blackman, 80, colored, no
permanent address, told Eugene
Lott, also colored, 200 block of
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w., yester,
day afternoon. The men clinched
and were struggling in the rear of
a lunch room in the 900 block of
C st. N. w. when police arrived.
Sam told Judge Ralph Given in
Poice Court that while he was in
Gallinger Eugene had stolen his
clothes. Adding insult t oinjury,
he wore them, and refused to give
them back.
Judge Given gave Sam three
months for disturbing the peace.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
Senator Assails Gouging Milk Dealers


IN THE larger picture is shown all that remained of
two trucks one loaded with explosives the other with
picknickers, which collided at Holly Oak near Will
mngton Del yesterday Four persons were killed and
a score injured in the crash and fire which followed
In the smaller picture is Miss Mary CALL of Chester
Pa, one of the injured picnickers, who narrowly
escaped with her life in of the most unusual high
way accidents in years. International News Photo.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
Father of RubinOff
Attacked bu Tenant

PITTSBURGH, Aug. % GN.SO.
Herman Schmidt, termed by po-
lice a disgruntled tenant, was held
in Allegheny county Jail in lieu
of $500 bail today on charges of
attacking Rubin Rubinoff, father
of Dave Rubinoff, radio violinist.
Rubinoff told police Schmidt at
tackled him with his fists when he
called upon his tenant at
Schmidt'S apartment and the lat
ter engaged him in an argument.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
Miriam HOpkins,Fi
Star, Has Operation

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. % GN.S0 &.
Miriam Hopkins, film actress,
was recovering at her home to-
day following an operation for a
tonsilar abscess, aggravated by a
summer cold. Production of a
picture in which she was work
ing will be delayed week.
The Washington times., 1933-08-22
Tourists Can Dock;
Bermuda Gale OUeT

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. %
0.N.SD D.-Several liners carrying
American tourists, held off shore
in yesterdays gale, were expected
to dock this afternoon.
T..e storm was abating this
forenoon.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Golfers Make Plans
For Coming Season

Getting underway for the coming
season, members of the Priest Rapids
Valley Golf club met at the P. P. &
L. Co. offices Tuesday evening to dis
cuss plans for the improvement of the
course and for the conducting Of tour
tnaments during the spring and early
summer.
It was decided at the meeting to re-
duce the membership fees for this year,
and to allow members to pay part of
their dues by working on the course.
A program of improvement was
drawn up, and Sunday morning all
members of the organization are ex-
pected to meet on the course and put
in several hours of the morning
smoothing the green's and cutting away
the weeds that have sprung up on the
fairways.
Local tournaments will be held the
following two Sundays, those playing
to post their scores that ranking of
the members can be made. Tourna-
ments with other nearby clubs will
/ then be scheduled for the following
weeks.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Baseball Outlook Dark
For Local Fans

Baseball fans of White Bluffs and
Hanford are not looking forward to
the coming warm weather with as
much enthusiasm as usual. Both the
Grange and the American Legion have
been unable to sponsor a team this
year, and as a consequence, the fans
may have little excitement.
Last season a county Grange league
was organized, both Hanford and
White Bluffs furnishing fine teams,
but this year, while some of the
Oranges in the county will be repre-
sented by ball clubs, neither Hanford
nor White Bluffs have entered.
The American Legion sponsored
baseball team composed of players
from the two towns after the Grange
league finished their schedule last sea-
son, and brought some good teams in
giving the valley the best ball they
had seen for several years. This year
the Legion planned to enter one of the
Yakima valley leagues, and provide
the fans with fine baseball, as well as
building a new diamond between the
two towns.
When the Legion committee at
tempted to find place for the loca
team, however, they were unsuccessful
as the teams that make up these
leagues at present felt that this valley
would be too far away.
With plenty of talent for goot
ball club in this valley, and with al
abundance of enthusiasm among tn
fans, there is still chance that some
thing In the way of a schedule can b.
worked out.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Arthur Campbell To
Run Meat Market

A. w. Campbell and Ralph Humph-
rey, who for the last nine months
have conducted the White Bluffs Mar
ket, dissolved partnership Monday.
Mr.. Campbell has taken over the store
and will continue in business as own
err and manager.
L. E. Woods will assist Mr.. Camp
bell in the meat department OF the
store when necessary.
Mr.. Campbell has discontinued serv-
ing the star route from Kennewick,
and with Mrs. Campbell is staying at
the w. j. Jenkins home for the pres
ent. Following the close of school he
will move his family to White Bluffs
and reside here permanently
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey will con-
tinue to live here for the present, their
plans for the future being undeter-
mined.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Minstrel Show Attracts
Enthusiastic Audience

Wasn't that good show? laughed
until 1 shook honestly" wasn't Mr..
Carboneau funny-he had such fran
tic time with his gum. II liked Miss
Marshs tap dance best; she certainly
knows howl"
Such were the comments concern
ing the Minstrel Show given at the
high school Friday evening. 1t was a
mighty good performance. Singers,
dancers, jokesters-all excelled.
The show was given in strict accord
ance with the accepted minstrel show
form with Endmen Norman Janney
Max Shinn, Robert Carboneau and
Ken House, and Iinterlocutor John Nc
Fee punning and wisecracking through
out the performance. The makeup was
very effective, particularly that of the
common black trash, the vocal
chorus, whose songs were heartily ap-
plauded The fifteen tap dancers per-
forming in perfect unison were also
very effective as were the tapping solos
of Miss Julia Marsh and Roscoe Ray
The special solos of Mrs. Katherine
Strande, who accompanied herself on
the Hawaiian guitar, Miss Lois Duvall
and Walter Mykol were most enjoyable
Many of the crowd of about three
hundred who attended the show stayed
to enjoy the dancing afterwards at the
Ozark Town Shutters Ball"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Federation Will
Meet Here May 6

May is the new convention date
set by the Yakima Valley District Fed
Grafton board members who met at
Prosser Friday, March 81, for pot
luck luncheon and discussion of the
plans for the coming Federation con-
vention here at White Bluffs. Mrs. F.
A. English, Mrs Roy Gibbins and Mrs.
d. S. Wilkinson were the local repre-
sentatives
Plans for the affair, which will be
attended by over $50 women, were an
nounced by the executive board. Mrs.
Logan Roberts, Yakima, is program
chairman for the convention and an
nounced "The Press and Publicity" as
the theme.
Features will include an address by
Rev. G. K. Mahoney, Yakima, on the
value of publicity; a club Institute
which the committee expects to get
Mrs. j. R. Ayers of Hover to conduct;
an address by Miss Helen Remsberg;
display by Lois Brue, Kennewick, sec
ond place winner in the national Al
club contest; a one-act play and must
cal numbers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Benton County T. B.
League Names Officers

The annual meeting of the Benton
County tuberculosis League was held
in Prosser last Tuesday afternoon, &C
cording to the Prosser Record-Bulle-
tin. Luncheon was enjoyed by the
ladies in the Commercial Club room
and afterwards the group adjourned
to the library rooms where business
meeting was held. Mrs. j. Earle Thorn
ton of Seattle, State Field Secretary
of the league, was guest during the
meeting. The following officers were
elected for the coming year: Mrs E.
j. Brand, Kennewick, president; Mrs.
E. w. r. Taylor, Prosser, first vice.
president; Mrs. G.. II. Shanafelt, Ken
newick, second vice-president; Mrs. /
M. Hartman, Benton City, secretary
and Mrs. Morton Jarvis, Prosser, trea-
Surer.
Mrs. j. r. Ayers of Hover was ap-
pointed seal sale chairman for another
year. The Benton county seal sale for
the past year, though lower than last
was very successful.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Loan Blanks
Are Rushed to
Spokane Office
LOCAL GROWERS RECEIVE PRE-
FERENCE, DUE TO ADVANCED
SEASON HERE

In order to expedite the handling
of applications for loans from the Re
gional Agricultural Credit Corporation,
B. K. Gage, r. G. Potter, j. T. Ran
dolph and A. j. Beckwith have been
in the valley the past week, checking
over the orchards and working With
the local advisory committee. E. B.
Perkins, of Yakima, chief of the in
spection division, was in White Bluffs
Sunday, comforting with the commit
tee.
The committee, realizing that the
season is already well advanced in this
valley, is doing everything possible to
see that the grower gets his applica-
ton in on time, and that, in case the
growers application is granted, the
money is returned as soon as possible
1t is understood that, in line with
this, applications from the Priest Rap
ids valley will have the right OF way
over applications from other districts
of the state.
Thirty to thirty-fve applications
from this district have already been
sent in to the Spokane office OF the
corporation, but no word has so far
| been received as to the disposition OF
these applications In most OF the
cases the limit of fifty-five cents was
asked, although few growers asked
for higher amounts.
| The Credit corporation allows l6
cents per box for cost Of growing, II
cents for harvesting and 81 cents for
packing. A minimum selling charge OF
31A cents per box is allowed in addi-
ton to the SIS cents. If the actual cost
of production exceeds this amount, the
grower must explain what the source
of the additional income is. Such
source may be money in the bank,
quick assets, endorsement by the deal
/ err, or any other means by which he
| intends to make up the difference. The
grower may also ask for loan in ex-
cess of SIS cents, in which case addl-
| tional security must be given.
All applications for loans are to be
| filed through the local advisory COM
mittee, composed of Fred Rea, w. j.
Kincaid, and Norman Anglin. These
men are prepared to aid the grower
| in making out his application and to
see that the application is in order
before being sent on to the Office at
Spokane.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Mrs. I. T. King Dies
After Long Illness

Funeral services for Mrs. I. T. King
were held Thursday morning at the
King home in Hanford. Mrs. King
will be buried in Seattle beside a
daughter who died last year. Mr. King
accompanied the body to Seattle
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. King passed away Monday eve
ming at the hospital in Pasco after an
extended illness. She was SO years old;
and leaves seven sons and two daugh-
tiers besides her husband, and ~
grandchildren and seven greatgrand-
children. She and Mr.. King celebrated
their Golden Wedding anniversary
Nov. 9, 1882.
Rev. George Strycker preached the
funeral sermon and Rev. Moves spoke
few words of sympathy. All of the
children but one daughter, who re-
sides in Pomona, California, were pres
ent.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Apple. Prices
Continue Advance

The marked advance recently in the
price of apples has materially changed
the outlook for growers of this and
other districts. Many Of the growers
are. now looking forward to receiving
enough from their present crop to pay
the cost of production and shipping,
and expect that the coming crop will
put some money in their pockets.
According to the Pacific Coast Pack
err, several hundred growers in the
Wenatchee valley have been able to
get out of the red on the years oper-
atoms and will not need federal f1nan-
cling for the 1888 crop. Many of these
had already made applications for
loans and have since cancelled them
The virtual doubling in the fob
value of Winesaps and Delicious has
added at least a million dollars to the
returns that growers in the Wenatchee
district will receive from this crop, &C
cording to the estimates of dealers.
Never before, they add, has there been
such a decisive change in the apple
situation at this time of the year.
Several factors have entered into
this change, concludes the Packer,
First there was the reduction of 12R
cents per box in freight rates, most of
which was reflected back to the grow
err. Then the unusual foreign demand
took very large percentage of the
crop that would ordinarily have gone
to the domestic market. The general
Improvement in demand following the
bank holiday was also a factor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Forest Program May
Provide Work for Many

Preliminary plans which will pro-
vide work for thousands Of men,. were
submitted by the North Pacific forest
region to the chief forester months
ago, according to statement from the
Office of c. j. Buck, regional forester
at Portland, Oregon, just before he
left for Washington, D. c., on March
20.
Mr. Buck goes to Washington to con-
fer with Chief Forester r. Y. Stuart
regarding plans for putting into i'm
mediate effect the provisions Of the re-
forestation bill recently passed by Con-
gress.
The number of men who may be
employed, what the program will &C
cation of the work, length Of employ
ment and wages to be paid are mat
tiers which have not yet been deter
mined, it was said.
Projects in the estimate submitted
to Washington months ago included,
it is said, reforestation or planting;
construction of protection roads, trails
fire lines, telephone lines, telling Of
dead snags, fire lokouts, other struc-
lures, public campgrounds; work on in
sect control, on timber and range sur
veys and such range improvement pro-
jects as drift and division fences, stock
driveways, erosion check dams, an6
water developments.
Whatever work is done by the U. S
forest service under the new act
will have for it's ultimate purpose the
improvement, protection, and develop
1nent of the forest growing possibilities
in Oregon and Washington, though
forest officials stated, the immediate
object is to help relieve unemployment
conditions.
Portland forest officials announce
that at present they are not taking
applications for labor jobs under the
new reforestation act but will cooper.
ate with other federal agencies whit
may be authorized to handle the re.
cruiting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
TAX BLANKS DUE

ONLY one week remains in which
to file state income tax returns, men,
bers of the state tax commission point
ed out today as they prepared to meet
last minute filing rush. Approx
mately two thirds of the anticipated
number of returns have been filed to
date.
To facilitate the solution Of income
tax problems, the commission has es-
tablished sixteen field men in key
cities of the state with instructions to
appear in other cities under a sched-
ule recently announced by the COM
mission. Any taxpayer having an in
come tax return problem may con-
tact one of these men through the
count assessors office or the nearest
chamber of commerce.
IF the taxpayer, when he is uncer-
tain of the status of any item, either
income or deduction, will state all the
circumstances frankly" said Thomas
S. Hedges, member of the commission,
"the commission will give him the
benefit of any credit to which he is
entitled. He need not and should not
feel that he must tell as little as pos
sible to secure an advantage. Indeed,
the contrary is true. The return that
states fully all the needed informa-
ton is closed matter. The return
that is incomplete is the one which
attracts attention and probable inves-
| tigation"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
Signs of Spring To Be
Observed On All Sides

Young love, robins and a general
lethargy are the commonly accepted
harbingers of spring, but the residents
of this valley have been provided by
nature with even more convincing
proofs of it's arrival. The j. M. Meek
ranch at Allard boasted a nectarine
and apricot trees in bloom on April l,
and Gabriel Jadden's apricot trees had
blossoms on the 28th Of March. An
other sign is the fine showing made
by the pea crop on Joe Grell's ranch
in the In-B-Tween. They are already
several inches above the ground, and
show every sign of being a healthy
crop.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-06
District Earns
First Revenue
OF Year at Plant
POWER SALES AMOUNT TO S213.e5
FOR SIXTEEN DAY PERIOD
RIVER STILL LOW

During the period from March 16
to 81, the Priest Rapids power plant
of the local irrigation district gener-
ated and sold to the Pacific Power &
Light company 1896 XVIII. Of cleo
trical energy, bringing in a revenue OF
$19895. Switching charges on the Bev-
erly line brought in an additional SIS,
making total of $21395 that the pow
er plant earned in it's first sixteen days
of operation.
An additional 32,2l0 XVIII. were pro-
duced and were consumed by the
pumping plant at Coyote Rapids in
furnishing water to the ditch for
spraying. In previous years it has neen
necessary to purchase power during
the early period, when the river is still
at a low stage, but this season, due to
the removal OF about 1000 cubic yards
of dirt from the power canal at Priest
Rapids, the plant was able to start
operating at much lower stage OF
the river. The district was therefore
saved a sum of $128.81, which the pow
err used in pumping would have cost
had it been purchased.
The Columbia river is still remaining
at about the same level, although the
annual rise of the river is about due
once again. The power plant at Priest
Rapids is running at less than half
capacity now, only one turbine being
in use, which is generating a little
more than 600 XVIII today. The pump
at Coyote Rapids is using about 800
XVIII. of this power.