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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
MINE CONFERENCE
BREAKS DEADLOCK
Threat of Strike Removed
When Farley Agrees on
Wage Contract.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
For II ueeks Pennsylvania an
thracite operators and representa-
tions of los, 900 union miners haze
talked terms of neiO contract.
Union has had same base Uage for
81 years, Dent through depression
without cut. Operators demanded
reduction to combat competition.
United States mediators entered
picture mhen conference deadlocked
last reek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06

Miss Harraden was prominent for
many years IN the suffrage movement
in England and was noted as a pub
Lie speaker as well as a novelist.
Her "Ships That Pass in the
Night" published in 1893, was an in
Simultaneous success. Other works
included In Varying Moods" ''Iilda
STAFFORD" Katherine Frensham,"
Where Your Treasure Is" Thirteen
AL Told" Youth Calling" Rachel"
and Search win Find It Out" the
last named rublished In 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
ZEPPELIN POISED
FOR CRUISE TOU.S
Hindenburg's Motors Given
Final Tests for Start at
Pm. (E. S. T.).

BACKGROUND
Its uertical stdbilizer repaired and
the keel line altered slightly so a
similar incident in the future Uould
cause no harm, the Hindenburg's
commanders hare no fear OF an &C.
cident like the one March rs. ,Dhen
the ship iDas en- route from South
America to Friedrishshaten.
By the Associated Press.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, many
May 6.-Motors of the Hindenburg
were put through final tests today
and pronounced ready for the giant
airship's first North American cruise
which begins tonight with SO passen-
gers and huge cargo of mail aboard
The Zeppelin's scheduled time OF
departure was 8 pm. q pm, Eastern
standard time) and it is due to arrive
at Lakehurst, N. j., some time Satur-
day afternoon.
An extra motor was taken aboard
and technical appliances given last
tuning. More hydrogen gas was placed
in the bags and az tons of food
stuffs shipped.
Passengers Await Call.
Many of the passengers already
were waiting for the call to embark,
but a number of them remained in
Berlin to be transported here In two
special planes today.
The passenger list included Sir HUI
(See ZEPPELIN, Page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
BEATRICE HARRADEN, II,
FAMED NOVELIST, DIES
Wrote "Ships That Pass in the
Night" and youth Is
Calling"
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
LONDON, May 6.-Beatrice Harra-
den, 70, author of ships That Pass
in the Night" Youth Calling" and
other novels, died yesterday at Bar
ton-on-Sea, Dorset. She was un-
married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06

(See ETHIOPIA, Page So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
Retired Banker Dies.

(See KURTZ, Page A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06

(See TAXES, Page ~
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(See RELIEF. Page A.
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WEATHER.

" .. weather bureau Forecast)
Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow,
mostly cloudy and warmer; showers tomor-
row night and Friday; gentle winds. Tenn
peratures-Highest, II. at noon today;
lowest, So. at am. today.
Full report on Page ALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06

(See LEGATION, Page So
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(See PRIMARIES, Page a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

Few theories of government
have received the measure of sup
port that is being accorded the
Townsend Old Age Pension plan
The reason that an idea so utopian
should receive such general accept
ance is due largely to the fact that
it was presented to the country just
at the time that it was. There has
never been a time in the history
of the country when people, espec-
tally those nearing the sixty mark,
have felt less secure of their future
than they do today. Many of them
have seen the savings Of life time
swept away in a brief space of
time in spite of everything they
could do. This has occurred in many
cases where the best Judgment ap-
proved by years of successful prac-
tice was followed. That the plan
may not be feasible is not the con-
Germ Of the average individual. He
accepts the statement Of its author
for this, and lets it go at that. The
point is, that 1t offers the only thing
that seems available in the way Of
old age protection, and he grasps
it as q drowning man straw, and
trusts to luck that its details may
be soundly worked out by wiser
heads. The conviction Of most con-
sentative thinkers is that some such
plan is inevitable in the not far dis
tant future, but the most liberal of
these do not hope for incomes on
quite so generous q scale.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

WASHINGTON.-A permanent
w national program to bring
electricity to the country's 6,2SS..
GAP farms of which only about
100000 now have such service
is embodied in Senator George
W. Norris bill. recently passed by
the Senate. to make permanent
the Rural Electrification Admin.
istration
II the House acts favorably and
the president approves the meas.
dre. $420.000.000 will be avail.
able over the next 10 years for
loans to farm cooperatives. util.
ity districts. and other non.profit
or limited dividend associations
II farmers These groups will
Guild and operate systems of dis.
tribution lines IN areas not now
served with electric power
About one farm in 10 In the
United States now has such serv
Ice. In the west. where electric.
ity il widely used for irrigation.
and In the thickly populated
north Atlantic states. the proper.
ton Is greater-about one farm
In three. In the south and mid.
die west. rural Identification is
rare and In some states. almost
non.existent.
The present REA. created less
than q year ago with emergency
funds. has found widespread In.
terest In cooperative effort to
bring electricity to the farm. espe
:ially In states which have we'll.
entrenched farm organizations.
TT has either contracted to loan
I or earmarked a total of $S.000..
900 for 1900 miles of new distri.
button lines More than $1,000
new rural customers will have
central station service for the
first time as q result of these
operations.
The program usually works
this way: Farmers In q county
or township organize themselves
into q. cooperative and apply to
REA for q loan A careful tech.
nical survey Is made to determine
the soundness Of the project.
which may run IN size from Q
line Is miles long serving Is fam.
tiles to one a long as $50 miles
with 1000 customers
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26
4 ester -uedrS
Thirty Years Ago

Court Commissioner McGregor
granted the petition of r. A. OIL
yer, w. A. Moran and j. H. Rich
ards for injunction to prevent the
old school board letting the contract
for the new school house. The
plaintiffs were represented by at
torney Bert Linn of Prosser.
The Commercial club members
united to secure the right Of way
required to bring North Coast road
into town. A committee was sent to
Yakima bringing back the report
that about two miles of the necess-
airy six miles had been secured.
E. r. Carnahan opened a new
blacksmith shop, advertising: IF
you have something hard to fix,
don't throw it away. Bring it in and
I'll fix it. Old customers welcome"
Gus Henke was among the first
in Kennewick valley to secure an
electrical frost thermometer in his
strawberry patch north Of the N. p.
track.
The old freight house was to be
moved back to make room for the
new one. The old house was to be
used by the Kennewick Fruit Grow
ers Association for their office and
shipping room.
T. j. Ennis Of Ritter, Oregon pur-
chased q ten-acre tract in Section
Z and was to build on the land in
the spring, putting in fumes and
setting It to fruit trees.
Some Of the pupils on the school
honor roll were: first grade, Eliza
beth Martin: second, Laurence
larry Oliver: third, Grin Bein-
hart and Lucy Richardson: fifth:
Clarence Sonderman; sixth, Nellie
Hoadley; and in high school John
Smith and Fanny Smith.
Two baseball mines crossed bats
with the one team being selected
from Prof Harley II. Peters school
and the other from Prof. Vertree's
school. The latter was victorious by
q decisive score. Clifford Story's
pitching was big feature and
Henry Tweedt was umpire. Time of
game was four hours and 80 min
utes. with rag chewing strictly bar
red.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26
Twenty Years Ago

Knights Of Pythias held their
sixth annual convention of Dis
trict No. / which included men,
bers from Adams, Franklin, Walla
Walla and Benton counties. The
Knights also gave a st. Patrick's
dance dedicating their new hall In
the Howe building.
D. L. Taylor and j. H. Gravens-
lund were attending Miners con-
vention in Spokane as delegates
from the Montana Gold MINING Co.
Of this city.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs,
Henry Neel Of the River Road on
March 10.
The p. p. & L. company were
given special rates for wiring houses
during the month Of March IS ia
April IS. o. :
Mrs. Alice B. Ayers had tender
ed her resignation as teacher of the
intermediate room which was ia
take effect at the close of the school
year at Hover.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

For several years past the high
school pupils have sponsored spring
dances, but the affairs have been
thinly disguised as student activi-
ties. This year the school board
has removed the ban which has pre-
vailed in this matter for so many
years and is permitting the classes
to call their dancing parties the
Senior Ball. or the Junior Prom.
The board is to be commended, we
think for their stand. AS long as the
kids are bound to have their dane
ing parties anyway, why shouldn't
they be properly chaperoned with
responsible grownups and the whole
thing brought out into the light.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26
Ten Years Ago
1925

An entire church service, in
GLIDING the singing, sermon and the
prayers was to be conducted in the
sign language. Deaf people from all
over the valley were expected to be
present at this unique service which
was to be held at the Lutheran
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Winkenwerder
arrived from Blackfoot. Idaho. They
had traded their place in the Gar
den Tracts for Mrs. T. w. Payne's
5-acre tract.
The Freshman and Sophomore
debate teams held a debate in the
assembly on the question" Should
We Have State Censorship Of the
Movies?"
Prof. and Mrs. NJ. G. Clark ac-
companied the high school science
classes to Walla Walla to hear a
lecture on electricity by Prof. Brown
Of Whitman college.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26
Norris Pushes Bill to Bring
Electricity to All Farms
BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

II the loan is granted. the line
is built and power, is purchased
by contract. at wholesale rates.
from q nearby central station.
either municipality or privately
operated.
Rates are fixed to the consumer.
owners of the line at the cos, OF
power plus operating and upkeep
charges and enough to amortize
the loan In IS years at 3 per cent
interest
The Norris bill provides that
where central station service isn't
available. the organization may
also borrow to build and operate
a generating plant.
ITO encourage immediate heavy
use OF power. II is provided
that the farmer himself may Dor.
row to finance wiring OF his home
and purchase Of electrical equip.
ment. His loan must be paid on
in five years.
Norris believes his measure re-
moves the major barriers To farm
electridcation. High rates. the
high cost the farmer has had 10
pay for line construction. and the
power companies policy OF ex.
tending lines only In more popu.
lous areas have blocked any real
EFFORT toward that goal. he
charges.
Most utility managers criticize
the program as economically un
sound" They cite the low mum.
Der of prospective customers to
the mile. heavy farm Indebted.
ness. and the fact that 40 per
cent Of all farms are tenant-oper
ated. as proof that self-liquidalinR
and self.sustainine extensions are
impossible.
In their opinion. the program
Is q further extension OF govern
ment.financed competition with
private business
The bill met with little opposi
ton In the Senate. A hard tight
Is predicted In the House. where
the q. S. Chamber Of Commerce
and utility interests are expected
to try to halt t. II II gets BY
the House. presidential approval
IL believed certain.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

Water is in the ditch again! To
us it is the symbol of spring. the
time for things to make new start,
time for a renewal of hope, a
most pleasant time.
In the fall, when the last day Of
the irrigating season comes around
and the water is turned out Of the
ditch, it seems a sad omen, presag-
ing the beginning Of something that
resembles death. Perhaps 1t should
not be so; perhaps we should look
at it as ushering in period Of rest
and happiness, the time for enjoy
ing the fruits Of the labor Of the
proceeding months. Perhaps it
would be thus If we could be just a
little more certain Of life here
after. IF we could convince our
selves that the winter period resem-
bled that afterlife wherein we could
enjoy the fruits Of our productive
years, the bare trees, the blustery
winds, the cold and snow would take
on q new meaning.
But in the spring when the wa
ter Is turned hack into the canals
one cannot help but be thrilled. The
evidences Of the new beginnings, the
bursting buds, the balmy weather,
the sunshine and flowers are too
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26
WHAT IS THE CONSTITUTION?

1t has become the fashion in re-
cent weeks for certain public Off
Gals to say that the Constitution
issue is fading from the current po-
liticaI picture.
They are wrong. No attempt to
minimize it's importance can alter
the fact that the Constitution will
remain a dominant issue so long as
the American people are determin-
ed to resist all efforts to curtail
their individual rights and priv
ileges. fE ... ss-
But the Constitution is far more
than a political issue. 1t is more
than written code Of fundamental
law. 1t is the permanent expression
of the American Spirit-of the Am
erican Way of Life. ~.@s.
There are today-and there will
continue to be-men, in public Of
flee and out, who don't approve of
the American Way of Life. Charm
ed by modern European expert
ments, they would like to change
our basic system of government by
the people, to a form which places
all political power in the hands of
one or more officials.
The tragic evidences of lost lib
critics, threatened war and religious
intolerance which spring from such
relationships do not deter them.
But the Constitution does. There
fore they would like us to forget
about it, and it's safeguards for a
while.
But we shouldn't forget. So long
as the Constitution lives, our lib
critics are secure. If it falls, those
liberties and the American Way of
Life-fall with it..
Eternal vigilance is still the price
of liberty.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

Owners of household pets should
be warned that poisoner is again
up to his nefarious tricks, five or
six dogs and cats having been kill
ed from his activities recently. Along
with the malicious destroyer of pub
lie property, the dog poisoner be-
comes the lowest form of animal
life. Watch your pets!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

The efforts on the part of the
League of Nations to force Italy to
abandon her war by the application
of sanctions and economic isola-
ton have demonstrated that while
peace could probably be indefinitely
maintained in the world today thru
the influence of such policy its
strict application is not yet a pos
sibility. The entangling alliances
and secret and other treaties form
a maze of complication through
which the League has not yet been
able to chart it's course. It furnishes
ray of encouragement, however,
to- those interested in world peace in
that it is evident to the effect that
world peace is possibility and can
be enforced if all nations concerned
come into the meeting with clean
hands and high motives. The rec
ignition of this fact is wholesome
and helpful step toward world peace
in that it publishes to the citizens
of the several nations that peace
is possible If the leadership of the
world is willing to do the thing
necessary to bring it about. Once
let this fact strike deeply home and
the rank and file of the men and
women of the country will make
it's demands too definite and insist
ent to be ignored.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-26

real to be denied. These do not
have to be taken on faith-they are
actualities and life at once assumes
new vigor in every line of activity.
Water is in the ditch again!
Evening star., 1936-06-04
IndustriaIS and SpeCiaItieS
Lead Sag of Fractions
to Two Points.
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, June 4-Selling in
industrials and specialties, which
gathered momentum IN the final hour
today dragged shares down fractions
to about points.
Although the closing tone was heavy
it failed to shake off earlier gains
scored in a few sectors. Transfers
approXimated 100000 shares.
From an irregularly lower start,
traders remained inactive awaiting
news of the mounting unrest in
France. Continued uncertainty over
tax legislation was also seen as a
deterrent.
Selling was most pronounced in the
industrials- Issues most depressed
were Du Pont, Westinghouse, Ameri-
can Can, Pullman. -Roebuck,
Case, Chrysler, United States Steel
and Bethlehem
Shares which resisted the general
decline included Air Reduction, Stonn
& Webster, Cerro de Pasco, Howe
Sound and Texas Pacific Coal Oil.
Corporate Bonds were mixed, while
French government loans dropped alb
ruptly under selling on fears over the
stability Of the French franc.
Wheat finished strong at gains Of
: to ia cents bushel. Corn was
a TO % cents higher.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
CHICAGO GRAIN
Ry the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 4-Increasingly
unfavorable crop reports regarding
Spring wheat did much today to bring
about a decided hoist in prices for
wheat futures everywhere.
The tenor of the crop news was
that considerable permanent damage
to Spring wheat had uEquestionably
been done in many localities. One
tentative suggestion today was that
instead of 236 100000 bushels, the av-
erage of the latest Chicago unofficial
estimates of domestic Spring crop
production, it would be nearer COR
rect to say 15O,O0O,OOO bushels.
Wheat closed strong. 7sa1S. cents
above yesterdays finish; July. IS pa
859s; September, 86lsa86I4; corn,
l4al3s up; July. 81 4a618s; oats, lsa
q advanced, and provisions un-
changed to a rise of IL cents.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
KELLOGG TO HEAD
EDISON INSTITUTE
New York City Man Named to
Succeed McCarter at An
nual Session.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, June &C w. Kellogg.
New York City, was elected president
of the Edison Electric Institute yes
terday succeeding Thomas N. Nc
Carter, Newark, N. j.
The annual convention of the in
stitute is in sesson here. 1t will close
today.
Other officers: Vice president, Paul
M. Downing, San Francisco; ]. E.
Davidson, Omaha, Nebr.; ]. G..
Holtzclaw, Richmond, Va, and A H.
Kehoe, New York City; vice presi-
dent and managing director, Bernard
F. Weadock, New York; treasurer, F.
H Nickerson, New York City; as
sistant managing director, H. S. Ben
nion, New York City; secretary, Mae
B. Woods, New York City.
New trustees named were A. C.
Marshall, Detroit; Kellog and Edward
Reynolds, jr., New York City.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
HOLLY SUGAR DECIDES
TO RETIRE PREFERRED
Sptc cial Dispatch to The Star.

Spt clal DlSpatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 4-Stockholders
of the Holly Sugar Corp at their an
nual meeting in New York yesterday
approved the retirement of 2,728
shares of the corporations preferred
stock which had been acquired by
sinking fund on May l, leaving 29,0T2
shares outstanding, of which 4,lOO
shares are held in the treasury to meet
future sinking fund requirements.
As result of this retirement of pre-
ferred stock, the corporations stated
capital was reduced to $5,407,200.
All directors were reelected.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
RAIL ISSUE AWARDED.

NEW YORK, June 4 P.-An issue
of $3,95o, 900 211a per cent serial equip
ment trust certificates Of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. has
been awarded to the Harris Trust &
Savings Bank Of Chicago, at its bid
Of Sl02, 1888.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Liverpool Quotations.

LIVERPOOL. June lPl.-Cotton. o5-
moderate business done: prices points
lower. Quotations in pence: American
strict GOOD mlddlilE. 7.3S; good middling.
strict low middling, 6.3S: low middlins,
6l3; strict sood ordinary, 5.93; good
ordinary. 5.63. Futures closed quiet July.
6.l5; October. $50: December. 5.71; jan
uary. 51l; March. $40; May, $40.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Chicago Cash Market.


No cash wheat sales reported:
corn, No 2 mixed, 63l4 No. 3 mixed,
81; No. 4 mixed, 60I2; No, yellow,
6334a64; No. 2 yellow, 63i4a64; No.
3 yellow, 62a6224; No. yellow, 6012a
6112; No. yellow, 59a60; No. l
white, 6912; No. white. 68a6912;
No, white, 6294a67; No. 5 white.
6Oa6l; sample grade, 35a59 oats, No.
white. 2514a27A; No. white, 24a
2412; sample grade. 21a231a; heavy,
26l4; no rye; soy beans. track Chi
cago, No. yellow. "a; No. 4 yellow,
1912; barley feed, 30a48 nominal:
mailing, 48a92 nominal; timothy seed,
3.0oa3.25 hundredweight; clover seed,
13.00a19.75 hundredweight.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS. June ! tP-cotton
values were from 4 70 points lower at
the opening on the New Orleans market
today as prices reflected the losses sus-
tanned st New York Wednesday when the
local exchange was closed July opened
At J. % October al lO.!l December ct
fuctuated narrowly around these levels
durIng the initial dealings
Evening star., 1936-06-04
new YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June A forenoon
decline Of about to 10 points in cot
ton today was followed by rallies on
renewed trade buying during the after
noon when the weather news failed to
show as much rain as expected in the
Eastern belt.
The midafternoon market was quiet
and steady at about yesterdays close.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
$50 TONS OF LEAD SOLD.

NEW YORK, June 4 P).-The st.
Joseph Lead Co. reports that $50 tons
of pig lead from Southeast Missouri
mines we're sold yesterday at $4.45 per
100 pounds, st. Louis.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
McKESSON & ROBBINS
ORDERS GAIN SHARPLY
BY the Associated Press.

by IIIt hASOCIdCtU PItSS,
NEW YORK. June 4-McKesson &
Robbins, Inc, manufacturers and
distributors of drug and pharmaceu-
tical products, reported April sales of
S12,193,69l against $10,973,631 in
April, 1885.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
COttonSeed Oil.

BE chable cottonseed oil futures closed
firm. July. 9l2b: September. oil: Octo-
her. A.05. December. S.ann. Sales, 2l5
contracts. Bid. Nominal.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, June 4 lP.-Copper quiet;
9.05. Tin irresular; spot and nearby,
4275a42 S71a; future, 42.30a42.40. Iron
quiet, unchanged. Lead steady spot. New
York, 4.6Oa4 IS; East st. Louis. As.
Zirc dull: East st. Louis spot and future.
100. Aluminium, 19.OOa32 90. Anti
mony. spot. 13 so.
Evening star., 1936-06-04

Total Sales Tor the day. 71O.O00
Dividend given in the above table
cash latest
rationS
Unit of trading tAnnuaI rate-not
including dividends this year
Paid last Companies reported
reorganzed Ex-dvdend
Evening star., 1936-06-04
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK. June LP.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
Evening star., 1936-06-04

Norfolk Southern r. R.-Defcit, 4
months ended April 80, was $2l3,6Se,
VS.. deficit Of $1s3,463.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
baltimore Quotations

BALTIMORE. June 4 LP.-Wheat. No. ..
red Winter, garlicky. spot, domestic. 1854
June. LOS.
Evening star., 1936-06-04
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. June tR9.-wheat futures
clnsnd firm
Evening star., 1936-06-04

(a) Also extra or extras.
(s) Declared or paid so far this year.