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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
STATE OF WASHINGTON HAS
UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS

Washington will begin the new
year with about $17,785,OOO in fed
eral funds unexpended, and of that
is unobligated, according to a di-
gest of latest treasury reports made
by the National Emergency Coun-
Gil.
The $17,785 900 remains of $1Oy,-
100000 which has been allocated to
this state by the president from
the appropriation acts of 1885 and
1886, it is pointed out by James E.
Bradford, state director Of the Ma
tional Emergency Council.
The total of SOL 1865 900 in federal
funds expended in this state to the
end of 1886 was distributed through
the following agencies: Works
Progress Administration, $28,227,-
900; Emergency Conservation Work
$14,525 900; Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administration, $12,70l 900; Bu-
reau of Public Roads, $5,144,000;
Public Works Administration, 3d.
683, 900; Resettlement Administra-
ton, $4,000 900; Department of Ag-
riculture, exclusive of roads, $1,5l7-
600; Rivers and Harbors, $4,000;
and $22, 585, 900 by all other agencies.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
WORKS PROGRESS ADMIN
ISTRATION ACTIVITIES

Over at Zillah they are working
on a sewage disposal plant sufficient
to meet the needs of a community
of five thocsaId. Guess tllat'll hold
'em for a while. And they are ask
ing when the hook-up's to be made.
That would have been easier to an
swer in the gay nineties, but, any
way, it won't be long now. Floyd
Davidson bosses the job. Know him?
Neither do we!
A Fancy Name is Scout-A-Vista,
the WPA 1.ecreationol center near
Wenatchee. And twenty-five men
are working, building a. log cabin
shelter for the lutefisk eating, ski
jumping, major winter sports dew
otees. 200 acres of land there is an
ideal spot for picnickers and, such
like people with al fresco tenden-
cies That name reminds me of my
own hunting lodge Git takes a hunt
to find it, in Oregon. We call it
"Cost A Quarta." Anyhow, the
go-getters in Doc Torlessburg are
tickled pink with the layout.
We Always Knew Yakima was a
high flying hamlet. It's all right
to hitch your wagon to a star (per-'
sonally, we prefer May Robson),
but Yakima's going to hitch her
air. wagons to the ground. Yes, it's
an airport, properly drained, grad
ed, and soon to be g1.aveled. Moth
ing "all wet" about Yakina's new
airport. And Yakima's going to
be sanitary, too, with fancy sew
age disposal plant using ten car
loads of structural Steel Water is
hindering excavation. Oh, we'll!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31

The Robert MacDonell family, of
Prosser, spent the weekend at the
Buckholdt home.
X X X
The Hanford Improvement Club
is planning a Card Party for the
23rti of january. Further particu-
lars will be announced next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Fly and the
latter's father, James Miller, and
their three children, of Prosser,
were Christmas guests at the Geo.
WlMtz home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Szekfu, &C.
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Reinhardt and Fred, Jr, spent the
day, Christmas, at the j. L. Fife
home in Rich1and.
MIR. and Mrs. G. H. Young and
two children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Westmoreland spent Christmas
day at the Leo Webber home. The
Youngs returned that evening but
the Westmorelands are back in their.
own home in HanfoTd.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
Legal Advertising
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT IRRI-
CATION ASSESSMENTS AND
SALE OF LANDS THEREFOR.
Priest Rapids Irrigation District

Notice is hereby given that nri-
cation assessments for the year
1885 of the Priest Rapids Irrigation
District upon premises and lands
within said District are now delin-
quent and interest on the amount
of each assessment has accrued
thereto, and said assessments in
Guiding said accrued interest and
costs, are payable at the Office of
the undersigned Treasurer of Ben
ton County.
Inasmuch as these delinquent
assessments stand as a lien against
the real property for which they
are assessed and unless the said
assessments, together with said ac-
crued interest and costs are paid
prior to Saturday, the 23rd day of
January, 1887, I will, as command
ed by law on said date, at the hour
of ten o'clock A. M. of said day, at
front entrance of the Court House
in the City of Prosser, Washington,
sell each and all of said tracts on
which said assessments, accrued in
terest and costs shall not then have
been paid, or SO much thereof as
shall be necessary to meet the
same. Such sale shall be in the
manner by statute made and pro-
vided and the land sold shall be
subject to redemption as provided
by law in such cases.
All of said lands are situate in
Townships numbered North from
the Base Line and Ranges num-
bered East from the Willamette
Meridian, in Benton County, State
of Washington.
Three lists of all property delin-
quent in the District mentioned a.
bove are posted in each, voting pre-
cinct and in the places hereinafter
mentioned:
On a telephone pole at the South
west corner of Tract No. II of the
White Bluffs Orchard Tracts, ac-
cording to the recorded plat thereof
on file in the Office of the Auditor
of Benton County, Washington.
On a power pole on the west side
of the road at the Northeast COR
ner of Section 16, Township 10
North, Range 81 E. w. M.
On a telephone pole on the east
side of the Hanford Kennewick
road at the Northwest corner of
the Northeast Quarter (NEA) of
Section SO, Township 13 North,
Range 81 E. w. M.
One additional copy is also posted
in the office of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Priest Rapids Dis
trict; and one in the office of the
County Treasurer of Benton Coun-
ty, Washington.
Dated this Goth day of Decem-
Der, 1886, at Prosser, Washington.
BEN KNOX,
Treasurer of Benton County
and Ex- Oficio Treasurer of
Y-Hs-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
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LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR BENTON COUNTY

a =
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF ANNA r. KNAUB,
Deceased.
NO. 1881
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FIN
AL ACCOUNT AND PETITION
FOR DISTRIBUTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
w. j. Kincaid, administrator of the
above entitled estate, has filed his
final account and petition for dis
tribution in the Office of tine Clerk
of the above entitled Court and that
the Court is asked to settIe said
final account, to distribute the pro-
perty of said estate to the heirs or
persons entitled to the same and
to discharge the administrator.
Said final account and petitiol1
for distribution will be heard by
the Court at the Court House In
Prosser, Benton County, Washing
ton, on the 14th day of JANUARY,
1897, at the hour of $50 o'clock in
the forenoon.
Dated this 10Th day of December
1886.
w. j. KINCAID, Administrator
BY MOULTON & POWELL,
His ATTORNEYS.
First Publication, Dec. II, 1886 f158>
Last publication, January z, 1887.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-12-31
Hanford Happenings

ID. Needha1n, vino has been on the
sick list for a long time, is just a.
bout the same.
L.orena Slavens was taken, Sun
clay evening, to the hospital at
Rasco, so that she could be treated
for a toxic condition caused by a
1nastoid infection. Her ear is GET
ting better.
MIR. and Mrs. Tom Baker drove
down from We1latchee, December
oath, and spent Christmas and the
weekend at the home of the lat
ters sister, Mrs. j.. A. Pllrdy, and
her family.
MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis and
two children came over from Yalsi-
naa to spend Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day at the William ST.
Webber sthbn1e. : All the tcllildrenli
were home to spend Christmas UNI
der the parental roof.
\ Il ~
Prosser gets it's strets and alleys
graded and gravelled by the WPA.
Benton City gets a fsh-screen at
THE head of the Columbia bridge.
And Kennewick Irrigation District
gets it's canal banks leveled and
prettied up. WPA is busy
X * X
l.. L. Moulster and son Jack, Mrs.
Dolen Jones and son Louie, and
Robert Crimson drove to KenneWick
to meet Mrs. Robert Crimson, who
has been in Seattle, and the Misses
Margaret and Mildred Moulster,
who attend Ellensburg Normal but
who spent last Saturday in Seattle.
* X X
Vern Hoffman came home from
CCC camp at Pullman, December
oath, to visit his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. O. D. Hoffman. He was i'll
when he came home and grew
worse, so Leo Webber and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hoffman took him to the hos
pital in Yakima, Saturday morn
ing. He was suffering from pneu-
monia. His mother remained in
Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Jones, of
Walla Walla, and the latter's sis
ter, Miss Inez Bell, who has been
visiting them, came over, Deem
Der Oath. The Jones families, in
Guiding Walter Jones, of White
Bluffs, had Christmas dinner at the
Leo Bell home. Mr. and Mrs Ever
EFT Jones left, Christmas evening,
for Walla Walla, accompanied by
Eden Jones, who will visit them for
a. week.
Alex Murray drove to Yakima,
Christmas Eve, to get his brother
in-law, Herbert Crimson, who spent
Christmas at home. Mary Cox
went to Yakima with him and
James Brown and Mary Calza re-
turned to Hanford with him. All
the Crimson families spent Christ
mas day at Alex Murray's. Alex
took Herbert back that night and
returned Saturday morning.
x X x
The Sunday School program, un-
der the direction of Mrs. L. l.. Whit
wer in the adult department., and
Mrs. j. H. Evett, of the primary,
was given on Christmas eve. The
wise Men at the Well was given
with quite bit of dialogue and
good acting, with Guy Brockway,
Jim Root and Bernard Worby as
the three wise men; Louise Moul-
.41. u
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
TIMES AWARDS
CITIZEN CUP
TOMORROW

washington's "First Citizen"
who will receive The washington
Times cup for having performed
the most meritorious civic work
during the year, will be selected
at the final meeting of the Citi-
zens Service Award at the Willard
Hotel tomorrow night.
Announcement of the winner of
the first annual award will be
made in The Times New Year Day.
Scores of persons, both men and
women, have been nominated by
various civic organizations, clubs
and. individuals. The committee
has been making a study Of the
achievements of these persons
along volunteer civic and philan-
thropic lines, and the winner will
be selected by secret ballot.
Thomas Ellis Lodge, president
of the Federation of Citizens AS
soclations is chairman of the
award committee. Other members
are: Edgar Morris, president
Board of Trade; j. Nelson Ander-
son, Federation of Business Mems
Associations; Mrs. Charles P. Key
ser, District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs; Mrs. M. O.
Lorenzo, District OF Columbia
Congress Parents and Teachers
Associations; DR.. j. Franklin
Meyer, National Federation of
Federal Employees: DR.. William
Mercer Sprigg, District Of Column
bia Medical Society; James G.
Yaden. American Federation Of
Government Employees, and Ford
E. Young, president Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
CAR0LERS AID
F|REVICTIMS

AS a gift for Mrs. Edna Jar
man and her two small children
who were burned in a fire at
their home just before Christmas,
10 small boys of Northeast Wash.
ington appeared at Emergency
Hospital yesterday with $2.07 in
pennies they had collected sing
ing Christmas carols.
Ranging in age from 10 to IA
the carolers are: John and David
Stark, 253 Fourteenth Pl. N. E.;
Joe Cuneo, 1924 C st. N. E., who
made the collections; Larry
Riggs, 301 Fifteenth st. N. E.;
John and Charlie Moose, 1414 c
st. N. E.; Jimmy Luistro, 1888 C
St. N. E.; Ralph Leahy, 1923 Four.
tenth Pl.; William Galloway, $40
Fifteenth ST., and Clarence
Wheatley, 1882 G. st.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
New Type Oxygen
Is Perfected By
Nobel Winner

NEW YORK, Dec. 90 G.N.SO.
Discovery of methods for the
production on a large scale of
heavy oxygen" useful in scien-
tific research, was announced
here today by DR.. Harold c. Urey,
Of Columbia University.
Urey, Nobel Prize winner in
chemistry, said the heavy oxy-
gen" would be used in attacking
biological problems, including the
structure of compounds in living
organisms. His discovery follows
his development of heavy hydro
gen." for which he received the
Nobel Prize.
The heavy oxygen" now being
produced, Urey said, has an
atomic weight of II and 10, COM
pared with a weight of Is for
ordinary oxygen.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
IT NED WASEINGTOHI'S 800
| 3D. H9YDoSnBZU .
Number Thirteen Bore No III Omen for l. D
Donaldson; Still Active Fireman Since
Retirement From D. c. Force

The number Is may be unlucky
for some. But not for Lorenzo D.
Donaldson, retired member of the
District Fire Department.
For it was Friday, the 18th,
when he joined the department,
and he was assigned to Engine
Company No. Is. And reporting
there he found there were 10 mem.
berS of the company.
And strange as it may seem,
The Washington times., 1936-12-29

the first alarm he answered came
from Box IS. The date? May 10,
and the year was 1908, which If
added up makes another 10.
And the Eagle Hotel fire, one
Of the worst he recalls, came also
on the 18th.
After 81 years service-reverse
that and you find another 13-he
was retired because of injuries re-
ceived in line of duty, and now
The Washington times., 1936-12-29
Thieves Take Cable
Of Wire Worth $500

One thousand feet Of wire cable
valued at $500 was reported stolen
yesterday from the property yard
Of the Potomac Electric Power
Company, at Eleventh and w SITS.
N. w., by the manager, Archie
Hawkins,
The Washington times., 1936-12-29

resides in Arlington county, where
he was born.
He is still active and is county
fire marshal, and one Of the
trustees Of the Volunteer Fire De-
partment.
Mr.. Donaldson Is also active in
the Retired Firemens Association
of the District and in the affairs
of the Washington Lodge of Elks.
The Washington times., 1936-12-29

buying plans based previous Dress Sales at the price
Washington But when got to market
troubles began Fabrics higher labor costs Several times
thought we'd have call off the sale but persistence finally
achievement that brings again,
B Lansburgh sale of advance fashions.
Evening star., 1936-02-19
Mishap at Well Site May Bar
Water Supply at Glenn Dale
District May Be Forced to Lay Mai,,
From Cheuerly to tuberculosis Center
Due to Drilling Troubles.

The District may have to resort to
the laying of a water maSl connection
from the District tuberculosis Center
at Glenn Dale, Md, to Cheverly. Md.
and abandon wells as a water supply,
because of physical difficulties encoun-
tered in well digging. Engineer Com
missioner Dan I Sultan revealed today.
Early last December the contractor
reported the drill bit had broken loose
from its moorings and dropped to the
bottom OF a we'll, then more than 700
feet deep. Since then the contractor
has been frantically fishing" for the
bit. The digging of the well. engi-
neers said. could not possibly be re-
sumed until the metal equipment was
rescued"
The alternatives were to order the
starting of new well or to order lay
ing of the water main connection to
Evening star., 1936-02-19
Arm Amputation by Flashlight
mZerO Weather Frees Craneman

Just before DR.. Long arrived Rev
Edwin F. Casey administered the last
rites Of the Catholic Church.
Firemen quoted Mccoy as saying,
take 1t oil, get me out of here" when
DR.. Long told him he must lose his
arm.
Mccoy, DR.. Long added, was cou-
scious throughout the operation, al
though he had administered opiates.
McCoy's plight was discovered by
fellow workmen soon after midnight
when his screams attracted them. The
travelling crane, they said, jumped its
track and fell 20 feet to the girGers
supporting the tracks.
Mccoy. thrown partly clear Of the
cab, was caught. head down, by his
arm.
Firemen were unable to remove him
They had to use acetylene torches tc
cut through the tangled steel cab sc
that the doctor could reach Mccoy. /.
Evening star., 1936-02-19
TELEPHONE FIRM FILES
FOR ALEXANDRIA CUT

BY stan Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 19.-
Fl. O'Bannon Cooper, chairman of a
City Council Telephone Rates Com
mittee, announced this afternoon that
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. has filed with the Federal Com
munications Commission for reduc-
ton in the toll charge between Alex
andria and Washington from 10 to S
cents.
The announcement followed circu-
iation Of a petition here in which sub
scribers agreed to discontinue teie-
phone service until the charge was
reduced.
Cooper said the company's applica-
ton for the scent reduction In the
toll rate is expected to come before
the Federal Commission soon. He
said no opposition is expected.
The councilman said officials of the
telephone company here agreed to re-
lease today the announcement of their
application following conference last
night. Company officials could not be
reached to confirm the announcement
Evening star., 1936-02-19
Flood Prevented
As Cold Puts End
to Potomac ThalU

Knitting the ice-locked Potomac
tighter, the Capitals latest cold wave
kept the temperature well below the
freezing point today to forestall any
threatened flood here.
Scheduled to continue cold and
clear this afternoon and tonight, the
impending danger Of an overflow in
the river when the ice breaks now
seems set back indefinitely, according
to the Weather Bureau.
The mercury probably will drop to
9 tonight, the forecaster said. To-
morrow is expected to be fair and
slightly warmer.
The rest of the country Jared little
better than Washington although
slowly rising temperatures were pre-
dicaed for some sections.
The warmer weather was reported
in the Northern Rocky Mountain
States, the Central Plains area, Min
nesota. Missouri and Arkansas, but the
forecast for New England and most Of
the Middle Atlantic States was CON
tinued cold" or colder" today.
River Reported Receding.
Observers in the upper basin of the
Potomac said the river was receding
this morning, the falling mercury
having stopped the thaw of snow and
strengthened the softened ice.
Ten degrees was the low mark here
this morning, the temperature vary
! ing only two points between midnight
and am.
! Dropping steadily from yesterdays
| high of %. reached early in the after
/ nocn, the mercury fell to IL at mid
night 1t held this mark at o'clock
and from then on stayed at II. except
| for a short interval between 3 and 4
o'clock, when the minimum of 10 was
registered.
The forecaster said there was little
chance of the temperature going above
the freezing point today.
"a Maryland Deaths.
The weather death toll in Maryland
reached "a yesterday. when an un.
! identified colored man. suffering from
exposure, was found in a cellar In
Baltimore. He died a short time
later. Physicians said he was frozer
to death.
The sudden drop in Temperature
halted thawing and again tied ur
Chesapeake Bay shipping. Traffic ha,
been moving slowly, if at all. for the
last month or more on the bay.
Much ice was banked around the
Downing Bridge, over the Rappahan.
mock River, according to Associated
Press dispatch from Tappahannock
Va, but little danger was foreseen a:
a result of a general breaking up o1
the ice. Traffic passed over the spar
without interruption.
Storm warnings were displayed be.
tween Boston and Cape Hatteras.
Central New York State wa!
blockaded by storms with trains ma
rooned in weather to 10 degree
(See WEATHER, Page So
Evening star., 1936-02-19
Witness at Leibowitz Interview
Reports Hauptmann Admitted
''My Story Sounds Weak"
SAYS HE WOULDN'T HAVE USED
LADDER TO ABDUCT BABY
Believes ''Cetting Sweet ON Woman to
Cain Entrance to Household
Provided Better Method.
By the Associated Press.


J., the death
Richard Haupmann and Attorney Samuel
that time Il
story sounds pretty weak"
The he discussion.
the crime according
o had happened" he said
relating to the Ednap
ladder Isdor Fsch (Iaupmann oneme business
Lindbegh body"
The committed the
said
would
door would alone
Still quoting Hauptmann he continued:
a I
gotten would to
andI the ladder"
Evening star., 1936-02-19

the nearest supply point, Cheverly.
The latter. it is estimated. would cost
the District approximately $4,000
for the construction work. plus an an
nual cost for a water supply furnished
by the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
Col Sultan today had not made up
his mind what he should do. He still
insisted that the Glenn Dale area had
an ample supply of potential well
water to service the tuberculosis CEN
ter and argued that was the most
economical procedure.
II, however, the contractor found
himself unable to complete digging
of the well. Col. Sultan indicated he
would be forced to adopt some other
expedient. The District already has
made tentative arrangements with the
Suburban Sanitary Commission for a
(See WELLS, Page So
Evening star., 1936-02-19
BANK STOCK LOSS
ALLOWED ON TAX
Revenue Bureau Permits '33
Deduction for 3 D. c.
Institutions.
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.

Stockholders in the closed CONNER
cial National Bank, District National
Bank and Park Savings Bank will be
allowed to deduct as bad debts on
their 1888 income tax returns for loss
Of their stock in these institutions. ac-
cording to decision by the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, disclosed today.
A dispute still is pending in the
United States Board of Tax Appeals
over the question as to whether stock
holders of the closed Federal Amer
ican National Bank g. Trust Co. may
take their stock losses as deductions
in 1888 or 1884 income tax returns.
Ruling in Adams Case.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue
first had ruled that the Federal
American stock could be deducted as
loss only in 1884. The ruling came
to dispute in the case of Byron S.
Adams of this city, who has con-
tested the ruling in the Board of
Tax Appeals. Adams had listed as a
bad debt in his 1888 tax return a
total of $4,000 representing a loss
claimed on alleged worthless stock
Of the Federal-American National
Bank & Trust Co. stock" The bu-
reau disallowed his claim because "the
deduction of the cost of this stock is
allowable only in the year 1884"
In appealing to the Board of Tax
Appeals Adams claimed that the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
made an error in treating the cost of
common capital stock in the Federal
American as a deductible loss in 1894,
instead of loss in 1888, because, ne
pointed out, the Treasury Department
refused to allow the bank to open
after the bank holiday early in 1888.
Adams case has been docketed at
the Board of Tax Appeals, but has
(See TAX, Page A-3.)