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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01
Maryland, Virginia
Get Red Cross Funds

Funds collected from Maryland
and Virginia residents who work
here in the recent Red Cross men,
berShip drive were turned over to
chapters in those States yesterday
by the Washington unit. Minus
small percentage for collection
expenses, 8,432 memberships were
distributed among suburban chap
tiers, including: Montgomery coun-
toy, 1929; Princes Georges county,
1,847; Arlington county, 2,155:
Alexandria, 913, and Fairfax
county, 483.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Dec.
1.-Suggestions for legislative &C
ton for the improvement Of the
various governmental agencies in
FRINGE Georges county will be
made by the heads Of those agen-
cies at the annual meeting of the
County Community Council in the
Auditorium of the Upper Marl-
boro High School, Tuesday, De
cember 8.
Principal questions to be dis
cuSsed will be The Prince Georges
County Social Service Leagues
Plan for Cooperation With the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01
DRUG
STORES PAY
BONUS

A merry Christmas was as
sured hundreds of employees OF
the Peoples Drug Stores today
when the directors announced a
special bonus distribution for all
of those below the rank Of assist
ant store manager who have been
continuously in the company'S
employ for at least six months.
An established bonus plan already
is in operation for executives,
store managers and assistant
store managers.
In addition, it was decided to
reorganize the store staffs in such
q way that no employe will work
more than six days in any one
week. AS the stores are open
seven days a week, this will entail
considerable additions to payrolls
and personnel.
It was stated that the Christ
mas salary dividend" will be paid
as follows:
To all of those employed moro
than six months and less than
one year: Is per cent Of one
months basic salary.
To all employed more than
one year but less than two
years: IS per cent of one
months basic salary.
To all employed more than
two years: so per cent of one
months basic salary.
Bonus checks are to be diStrib-
uted December 10. The plan for
a shorter working week is to be-
come effective January l, 1887,
or as soon thereafter as it is posi-
bic to work it out.
Employees Of Erlebacher, Inc,
will also share a Christmas bonus,
it was announced yesterday by
Mrs. B. Erlebacher Frank, presi-
dent of the firm, shortly before
she left here to sail for trip to
the Orient. In appreciation of
their services during the year.
Mrs. Frank declared, her en-
ployes will be given bonus on
December IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01
Ex-RaiI Officials
Kin Dies in Leap
PHuADELPHIA, December

PHILADELPHIA, December /
UN.S0.-Recent nervous break.
downs and worry over financial
reverses were blamed today for
the suicide Of Harry B. Lee, IS,
New York resident and brother of
the late Elisha Lee, vice president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Police said he jumped from the
third-floor landing of the West
Philadelphia branch of the Y. M.
C. A. Once wealthy, he filled ex,
ecutive positions in many parts
of the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01

washington Community Chest"
by Bird H. Dolby, chairman of the
League; plans for the Extending
of Electric Lines in Prince Georges
County," by Prof. A. v. Krewatch,
rural identification expert of the
University of Maryland Extension
Service; and THE Legislative Pro
gram of the League of Women
Voters" by Mrs. Mary G.. Cary,
director of the League.
Short reports will be made on
trash and garbage disposal, Prof.
C. P. Close; public utilities, Walter
L. Green; fire and accident pro-
lection and rescue work, w. r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01
Legion Units Meet

Three American Legion Posts,
Columbia, Costello and Second
Division, will meet tonight as fol
lows: Columbia, 1015 L St., N. w.,
at 8; Costello, Pythian Temple,
1912 Ninth st. N. W., at BIS, and
Second Division, New Colonial
Hotel, at 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-01
AGENCY HEADS TO MEET DECEMBER 8

%Beattie; and home economics, by
Mrs. w. w. GilbertSon.
Joseph H. Blandford, member Of
the board of county commission
ers, and Nicholas Orem, superin-
tendent of county schools, will also
report.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
HILL SLUGGERS
TRIM VALLEY
Locust Grove Players Circle
Bases Al Times in One
Game

"Humph!" exclaimed Dad Gum
NIT, Down in Texarkana, where I
cum from each side used to get q
hundred or more scores apiece" as
he started traipsing back to town
after watching the Locust Grove
Changers trim the Valley aggre-
cation to a tune Of A to 9.
The game was medley Of fun
bles and errors, but replete with
thrilling moments, such as all the
bases full on the third out, and the
painful attempts to put Reymore
out while stealing bases. Valley
scored one in the first inning and
Locust Grove ran in eight scores In
the last Of the first. Valley took two
in the second and the boys from the
Grove retaliated with ten. The third
inning was a well-played inning, in
which almost air-tight baseball was
displayed.
The sixth inning was considered
good baseball. In the last Of the
seventh Roy Stafford succeeded In
scoring a home run, driving in two
other men ahead of him, and the
game was called because it was
milking time again.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
COUNTY TAX is
OVERDUE MON.
County to Foreclose on Delin.
quencies Due in 1880
and Earlier

The first half of the current year
real estate tax, irrigation assess
ments, drainage assessments and
all of the personal property tax, un-
less one half is paid, will become de-
linquent on June /, 1886, and bear
interest at the rate of 10 percent per
annum from date. The last half
becomes delinquent on November
80, 1886.
Foreclosure proceedings will be
started against all property on
which the taxes are delinquent for
the year 1880, and prior years, on
June 1, 1896.
Foreclosure proceedings will also
be started against all property on
which the Drainage assessments
for maintenance are delinquent
for the year 1888, and prior years,
and 1881 and prior years for the
construction charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
COUNTY GETS
S83,314PAYING
ONLY S57,115
School Money from State is
Forty Percent More Than
Collected from Benton Tax
Payers sa

How schools of our country have
Jared under the 40-mill Tax Limit
Law and the Revenue Act Of 1885,
which provided business, occupa-
tional, sales and other taxes to make
up the lost revenue, is shown in a
report from the state tax commits
sion at Olympia, covering the per-
iod from May !, 1895 to April 30,
1896.
During that year Benton county
schools received more money from
the state than the entire amount
residents of the county paid in taxes
under the Revenue Act.
Under provisions of the Act, fiji
ty eight and one half percent of
the total receipts go into the cur
rent school fund. Benton county
paid a total of $57,115.85, of which
$50, 4l8.48 went into the school fund.
But over the same period, this coun-
ty received back $88,314.53. This was
$3l, 1883 more than it paid in taxes
all together and $54B96 more than
its contribution towards the support
of schools.
Payments to counties for schools
are based on the total attendance
days, and not on the amount Of
money collected from any district
The state makes additional contri-
buttons to schools from revenue
from sources other than the Rev.
enue Act Of 1885.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
Thomas Given Is Years
on Grand Larceny Count

Clarence Thomas, %, a resident
of the Hover district, was convicted
of grand larceny in Benton County
Superior court and given sentence
of fifteen years at Monroe. He was
taken to the coast today.
He was proven guilty Of stealing
$3.50 from Barney's place, the lit
tie eating house next to the Com
mercial Hotel. Sixty dollars Of the
amount was recovered from girl in
Pasco who claimed Thomas had told
her to keep it for him, it being his
wheat allotment money.
The theft occurred Monday night,
the arrest made Tuesday by the To-
cal officers, conviction and incarcere
alton on Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
OREGON MAN
LAUDS BERRIES
IN KENNEWICK
Dealer in Enterprise, Oregon,
Says Product Is Up to Old
Time Standard; Was For
mer Resident of Valley

Kennewick strawberries this year
have been Of exceptionally fine
quality and many are the compli-
ments which have been received for
the local stuff. Down in Enterprise,
Oregon, for instance, the Kennewick
berries have made a hit as is evil
denced by the following letter which
is self explanatory.
I'm shipment of produce we re-
ceived this morning I couldn't help
but notice that the berries were
grown by C.. Hoadley of Kennewick,
and as I used to live in your town
a long time ago. we had some neigh
bors by the name Of Hoadley and
was wondering II you are the same
people.
81 lived in Section Seven with my
aunt and Uncle, Hal II. Cole, and
not stopping to consider the length
Of time 1t has been since was
there, or that your people would
remember me, I just had to write
and tell you that the berries arriv-
ed in fine shape and are still up to
the old Kennewick Standard" The
letter was signed by Reed F. Smith
Of the Reeds Grocery.
Hal Cole, as the old timers will
remember, was q resident Of this
section many years ago, later NOV
ing to Toppenish, where he follow
ed his profession as lawyer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
DISARMAMENT
NOT ANSWER
TO WAR SCARE
Army Captain Says Guns
Could be Strapped and Ma
tions Still would Want to
Fight

IF every nation on the face OF
the earth would scrap every piece
of warlike material, they would get
into a fight the next day with sticks
and stones" said Capt. @. N. Dancey
to Kiwanians Tuesday noon. Dis
armament is not the answer to war"
he said. "The building Of Christ
ian character, a studied, effective
tolerance on the part Of all the peo-
pie. is the only thing which will ey-
er have any effect upon war" .H
Capt. Dancey said that our nation
was on the verge, right now, OF q
revolution and that there are twelve
separate things which could start
the thing within "a hours. He said
that il was of the utmost import
ance that level headed people get
at the facts which threaten this
country and understand the prob
lem, expressing no fear but that CIV
en- understanding the American peo-
pie could be depended upon. Only
ignorance will permit national
catastrophe. f
The speaker, who has travelled in
every country in the world, has had
a varied experience gathering first
hand information. He told OF the
many experiences he has had as q
platform speaker in all parts Of the
United States and illustrated his
talk with amusing anecdotes.
Capt. Dancey had five years ex-
perience in the World War, later
being drafted into the intelligence
department for the government. He
is member of the Associated Press
having been in the newspaper busi-
ness in California and In Seattle.
Much of the information he divulg-
ed is from the latter sources.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
USED
TOENDLIFEOF
SICK ROOMER
d. M. Blair Shoots Self in
Fit of Dependency Over
Ill. Health; Leaves Notes
Telling of Act

d. E. Blair, 70, committed suicide
some time during Wednesday night
by shooting himself with shotgun.
His body was found this morning
by the housekeeper, Mrs. Ketchum,
who operates the Cottman House.
Coroner G. l.. Holcomb took charge
this afternoon and the body was re-
moved.
Mr.. Blair left a note to the land
lady and another to his wife who
lives in Seattle Both indicated that
the dead man had planned to take
his life. The notes indicated that he
had suffered intolerably and saw
no hope for recovery. One note stat
ed that he might recover from this
attack but it would only be to re-
peat.
The suicide had placed the muz-
zle of the gun at his left breast and
apparently had pulled the trigger
with his toe. His body was horribly
mutilated by the discharge. Other
roomers in the house said they had
heard the shot during the night, but
norfe had investigated its cause.
Mr.. Blair had come to this side
of the mountains three or four
years ago from Seattle in the hopes
of benefiting his health. He was a
cabinet maker by trade and had
contracted several buildings in Spo-
kane where he had piled his trade
in the early days. He had been con-
fined in a hospital several months
this winter and his health was but
little better in late weeks.
He is survived by his wife in Sc
attic and a brother in Spokane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
Konnewick is the Logical, Friendly Tradir
GET THRILLS

The sudden windstorm Tuesday
evening nearly caused a lot Of dam
age locally. The new high school
building, still windowlesS and open
to the vagrant breezes came within
too narrow a margin of losing its
roof. Every man of the job was
rushed to the roof and sacks of ce-
ment, sand, roofing paper and
everything of weight was piled on
the top layer which fluttered up and
down, bouncing the men and the
weights in scandalous manner.
One corner of the roof rose four
feet above the top of the building
and the men riding~it had real
thrill.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
NEW TEACHER

T. A. Brim today signed a con-
tract with the local school board TO
come here to teach next year. Mr..
Brim will coach basketball as well
as have charge Of a school room. He
is the coach who brought the bas-
ket ball team from the little town
of Menlow to Seattle to win the
state title last year, and local en-
thusiasts are tickled over having Sc
cured him for the Kennewick play
ers next year. A coach to take the
place Of L. j. Johannes has not yet
been secured.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
165 IN COUNTY
NOW GETTING
OLD AGE HELP
419 Applications for State
Pensions Filed in Benton
County at Present Time
Average $40

Seventy-five percent of the peo-
pie living in Benton county over the
age of IS years have made applica-
ton for the state old age pension,
according to information this pa
per received this week. OF that num-
Der 101 were receiving allotments
averaging $40 per month from the
states funds, up to the first of this
year. Since that time IS have been
added, while one has died.
In Benton county there are 419
applicants on file and those who
have not already been aided, are
now being investigated. The small
est payment being made under the
provisions of the state law is SIS,
with a maximum of $50. The pay
ments average $40 per month.
Provisions of the law require the
applicant to De IS years of age, not
an inmate Of an institution, and
must have lived five of the past ten
years in the state.
Until congress convened the state
was limited in its payments be-
cause of the failure Of that body
to match the payments being made
by the state through the filibuster
staged in the closing days Of con-
gress by the late Huey Long. Since
the federal money was made avail
able the state was enabled to ex-
tend its payments, using the feder-
al money. Under the state law the
finanaces allowed payments to be
made to but $4,000 residents, which
is but a small portion Of the total
of eligible citizens in the state.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
AT PUGET SOUND COLLEGE

Wilton Vincent, graduating SEN
Tor at the College Of Puget Sound in
Tacoma, washington, and student
at the college conservatory OF music.
was presented in a voice recital on
Tuesday evening, May 26, at the
college. Vincent will graduate with
highest honors Of Summa Cum
Laude at Commencement exercises,
June 8, Monday. He is the son OF
Rev. and Mrs. III. g. Vincent OF
Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28

A. A. Anderson OF the local Chew
rolet agency attended banquet
last night at Portland rendered by
the district General Motors agents
and employees to Alfred p. Sloan,
jr., vice president of the General
Motors Corporation. Present also
were Mr.. Knudsen, executive vice
president; Mr.. Grant, vice president
In charge Of sales. Mr.. Mooney, in
charge Of foreign sales and Mr..
Schuman, president of General Mo-
tors Acceptance Corporation. There
were three hundred at the dinner
which was held at the Multnomah
Hotel.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
Model Revolutions in BOLIVIA

Model Revolutions in BOLIVIA
La Paz, Boliva-Po politicians who
have come to connect South Amer1-
can revolutions with gun-fire and
assassination, marvel at Bolivians'
restraint. After turning out of Of
flee President Jose Luis Tejada Sow
EMO and his liberal government
without shot, Col. David Toro, 81
year-old Provisional President, then
threw out a junta that seized the
reins during his temporary absence
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
STILL ANOTHER PRIZE in THE
CONTEMPORARIES DRIVE
FOR ADDITIONAL READERS

dates need assistance and encour-
agement to increase their chances
to win one of the prize bicycles, as
well as providing excellent business
training for their own SON or daugh-
ter. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
W o R L D
n E. w. S
of the j.
w E E. X
Condition of the Treasury
fEnr Last Fiscal Weekly
Comet on its Way

Delphos, Ohio-Us1ng a snall
homemade telescope, Leslie c.. Pei
tier. local craftsman and amateur
astronomer, has discovered five
comets in eleven years. His latest
find subject of congratulations
from Harvard University Observa-
torv is 12O,OOO,OO0 miles away and
heading for the earth. Harvard as
tronomers calculate is will come
within twenty million miles in July,
then swerve away, but will be bright
or than any comet since Halley's IN
1910. -..-.LL J - -. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
valuable Wall Paper

Chicago, nl.-When stocks nose
Owed in the depression, the Union
League Club of Chicago invited
members to contribute worthless"
stock certificates to paper a prt-
yate dining room. It took $1,000
600 worth to cover the walls. So
many stocks have now come back"
that the club is soaking the certifi-
Gates off the walls, returning them
to pleased owners.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
Big Velocity Tester

Langley Field, Va. Scientists
studied the new concrete and steel
tunnel for testing airplane resist
ence. An 5000 horsepower motor
drives an air-stream at more than
500 miles per hour, proves that an
airliner's skin friction is reduced
Is percent by eliminating rivet
heads; also that above SIS miles per
hour present wing designs lose most
Of their lifting power.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
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DOUBLE HOLIDAY

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
Marries on High Sea

New York City-A wireless an
nounces the marriage Of William B.
Leeds, heir of "tin-plate King, to
Miss Olive Hamilton, switchboard
operator of Atlantic City hotel,
whom he rescued from drowning
six years ago. Cruising on his
yacht, Leeds captain performed the
ceremony according to the laws Of
the high seas"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
Second Special Award Is An
nounced in COurier's Big
Campaign

Still announcer money making OPP
portunity is offered to the candi-
dates in The Kennewick Courier
Reporter subscription campaign.
The Courier-Reporter announces
q second new subscription campaign
in which it will give a prize of $40
in cash. This Is entirely different
from the first new SO cash prize
campaign which ended this We'd
nesday, and the second SO cash
prize is given on different terms
than the first one. Read the de-
tails in the full page announcement
in this issue.
This second $40 prize is in addi-
ton to the first $40 prize and the
five regular bicycle prizes and the
eleven cash commissions. Only those
is candidates who are active for the
original prizes and commissions will
be allowed to compete in this Sec
ond SO prize campaign. One of the
Is will receive this SO cash prize in
addition to whatever other prize or
commission he or she wins. All prize
winners will be formally announced
by the judges on Saturday, June 6.
The drive took on the nature of
a favorite son and daughter war
this week as the citizens of the
various districts began concerted
efforts to see that their favorite
candidate should win one of the dis
trict capital prizes and highest
honors.
Subscribers Profit
Subscribers all over the territory
served by The Courier-Reporter
are taking advantage of the special
offer being made by The Courier
Reporter during this campaign.
Subscribers, either paid up or in ar
rears, can take advantage Of the
special offer of three years for $500.
Candidates and subscribers alike
will find added inspiration in the
windows of the Washington Hard
ware and Furniture Company and
The Courier-Reporter, where the
five beautiful bicycle prizes to be
awarded the candidates are on dis
play.
Candidates, their relatives and
friends are urged to see the lovely
prizes. They have already attract
ed widespread attention and those
who have seen them agree that
words alone cannot do them justice.
Interest Becomes Intense
Interest in this short campaign
has reached its height this week
as the deadline for the drive-Sat-
urday, June 6-draws near.
Daily standings In The Courier
Reporters window and in today's
,aper will add even more excitement
and this is expected to increase UNI
til the climax comes in just nine
days. Anticipation Of these vote
standings has already drawn In
tense interest, not only among the
candidates themselves but among
the interested subscribers Of the
paper and the hackers of the var
ious candidates.
Parents, and other older men,
bers Of the candidates families, are
beginning to interest themselves in
the campaign Of their own candi-
date. They realize that the candi-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28

Two cars Of young girls, chaperon-
ed by Mrs. Vernon Bird and Mrs.
Jennie B. Chellis, went to Wapato to
attend a Rainbow ceremony Monday
evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-28
The Weather

Tuesday of this week, marked the
first Of the real summer weather in
Kennewick, when Albert Morgan.
who keeps the government weather
station, reports that the maximum
was an even hundred. There was q
WIDE variation that day, too, the
minimum being 81, range OF 43
degrees for the day.
The high and low for the past
week is as follows: