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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05

At the annual meetings Of the
great corporations. many Of which
are held at this time of year. there
are always present holders of few
blocks Of shares and in many
instances, holders Of only one share
each. With various proxy holders
casting thousands Of votes, their
voice in the proceedings m a n s
nothing. Yet they turn out in num-
bers. Often, they are as fully cog
infant Of the affairs Of the company
as the officers themselves and al
ways they are given due considera-
ton by the officers and board MEM
bers. Some Of course come to make
as much trouble as possible. Others,
even though they are decidedly in
the minority, are generally inter-
ested. With stih others. it is a
diversion. Retired from actual BUSH
ness. they buy few shares here
and there and attending the meet
ings gives them something to do
a feeling, at least, that they are
still taking part in the business OF
the country. IL,
Addicts Of marijuana cigarettes
Creefers," 'smuggles." good
butts" or in Harlem, MARY Warm
ers") are having trouble in obtain
ing supplies. The cigarettes, dead
ly in their effects, formerly sold
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05
signs of some of the nations richest

signs of some of the nations richest
men," sr -
SIS, 900, 900 the Smallest.
The minimum riches Of the twen-
ty-three who form the basis of the
Fortune article is placed at $25..
100000.
ION the basis Of certain key quail
ifications and characteristics"
these twenty-three women "tend to
split up into smaller groups" They
are not zone obvious type" although
they are mot SO many unrelated
and distinctive personalities" the
article states.
Fourteen are in social registers.
nine are not. Just about fourteen
(not by any means the social reg
lister fourteen) 60 in heavily for
society. about nine avoid it. Hall
Of the women take little OK no in
terest in handling their affairs, half
take an active interest. Eight
Of the women are young. eleven are
middle-aged, four are DID,. Besides
those who manage their estates, one
woman is q sculptor, one has a book.
shop, two are proprietors Of racing
stables. None Of the women is strik-
ingly active in. politics. very few are
active in religion. but better than
half take an interest in phil
anthropy."
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at a dime each or three tor quart
er, with heavy Broadway demand.
The price now is so cents each and
many peddlers have retired not only
because Of difficulty in obtaining
stocks but because the government
has taken hand in the matter
along with the police narcotic squad.
Dealers and peddlers have been
retired for periods ranging from
year up. There are said to be
$1,000 narcotic addicts in New York
city. How many are MARY
Warner addicts is not known. But
prior to this fall, report shave it
that the use Of them was spreading.
Behind the acute shortage is
months Of activity on the part Of
the narcotic squad, aided by the
sanitary division Of the Works Prog
ress administration. Marijuana is
Mexican weed but it grows any
where. So it was extensively cul-
tivated in open spaces in Queens.
Brooklyn and the Bronx. AS the
plants grow four feet high, they are
easy to spot. Whenever encountered,
the WPA men rooted them up. It is
estimated that they destroyed in all
half million pounds with a retail
value Of about $4,000. 900. -. p
Harold Sherman told me about
an incident on Forty-fourth street
near the City club. A pedestrian
stopped at a stand and bought q
big red apple. Stepping to the curb.
he took just one bite when the apple
was yanked from his hand. Looking
behind him, he saw it being re-
duced to pulp in the mouth of the
steed Of mounted policeman. car
rest that horse!" he shouted. Hes
q thief ~. p =, -~
The officer explained that the
horse was so accustomed to apple
gifts he looked on an apple in a
mans hand as his own property.
II withdraw the CHARGE" said the
loser, regarding the horse intently.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05
WOMEN OWN BULK OF
PRIVATE FORTUNES
Total Wealth of q Esti-
mated at 21O Billions.

New York. - TIL q the great
United States financial combine Is
not group Of mighty industrialists
or Wall Street magnates, but vast
framework Of comfortably off, we'll
TODD, and really rich widows is the
conclusion drawn by Fortune Mag
azne In an intimate study of the
twenty-three richest United States
women.
Seventy per cent Of the country's
entire private wealth, or the "sky.
shooting sum Of $210. 000. 600. 000," Il
the estimate Of the golden flood
that has streamed into the hands
mot Of the oligarchy, but Of
matriarchy." Fortune declares.
That this transfer Of the keys to
the greatest private Golfers does not
indicate any supremacy Of women
over men in earning power is ex-
planned by the magazine on the
grounds that ''the overwhelming
part Of women's billions has been
left to them.''
In analysing its selection Of the
twenty-three ''weightiest members
Of this matriarchy," the Fortune
article shows that these huge for
tunes derived from two sources.
About half were made in finance
and basic industries. About half in
merchandise sold over the counter,
with motorcars remaining for trans.
portation from one to the other"
The first type (banking and basic
industries). Is older than the Sec
ond and, as would be likely, Of more
solid social background.
Only one of the twenty three
wealthy subjects of the article is
credited with occupying her posi-
ton because a woman took hand
in founding her own wealth. She is
Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks, daughter
Of Americas only great woman
fortune builder, the sensation Of an
other age: Hetty Green" The other
twenty-five constitute the richest
United States women today mot be-
cause they amassed fortunes them
selves but because they were the
wives and daughters. heirs and as
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05
Mrs. James II. r. Cromwell.
Mrs. Duke Biddle.

In the course OF the revealing
biographies Of each OF these heir
esses. the magazine outlines tn e
various sources of the immense for
tunes that have gravitated into
twenty-three pairs of hands. They
range through banking, Wall Street,
Standard OIL steel traction inter-
ests, the Dodge motor car earnings
and those OF Campbell soups; two
great chain store systems, the A
& p and the Woolworth stores;
breakfast and other food products
which contribute to the Post fortune;
and the Reynolds and Duke tobacco
industries.
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He's Stung Thrice Daily,
but Still Makes Money

Rochester. MINI. - Leslie White,
instructor Of economic geography in
the Rochester High school, has
solved the problem Of seasonal work
and income with hobby he started
twenty years ago. White keeps bees.
between $4,000 and 10000 Of them.
He expects to market 2 tons Of honey
and some wax this fall before he
returns to his schoolroom for the
winter. He gets stung an average
Of three times day, but says he
doesn't mind.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05

Quito, Ecuador-When an entin
ly innocent traveller sought to cra
the boundary between Eucador an
Columbia at a border village. h
was instantly killed by an electn
shock. It was then discovered thu
Columbian customs guards hg
lined the boundary with high ten
sion wires to discourage smusgG
but had not warned the public.
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A footnote explains that certain
women are potentially weather.
than" some of those who are con.
sidered' in the article; but they
have not yet come into their mon.
ey." It cites Josephine Ford and
Ailsa Mellon Bruce as examples.
Roster Of the Rich.
Fortunes roster of the twenty.
three richest United States wom-
en-" reads as follows:
Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks.
Mrs. Payne Whitney,
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson,
Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney.
Mrs. Moses Taylor,
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie.
Mrs. Roswell Miller,
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice.
Mrs. Hugh Dillman.
Mrs. Alfred George Wilson,
Mrs. Dodge Sloane.
Mrs. John T. Dorrance.
Mrs. Edward v. Hartford.
Mrs. Vadim Makaroff,
Mrs. w. B. Reilly,
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies,
Mrs. Charles e. F. Mccain,
Mrs. James Donahue,
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow,
Mrs. Charles H. Babcock,
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r. ID. r. MAY Fill Court

Washington, d. C.-With the al
Washington, ID. C.-with the a.
journment OF Congress immenet
the Attorney General has infoms
the President that he may legal
fill the Supreme Court post MAD
vacant by the resignation Of Jusus
Van Devanter at any time, regan
less of whether congress is In ss
sion, in recess or In adjournmel
Sentiment seems still to favor
choice from the South.
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Ends Long Service

Athol. Kan.-Mrs. Laurie Came.
ron, forty-five. one OF the FIVE reg.
ular women rural route carriers in
Kansas and Is in the United States.
recently finished 30 years service.
She made her first trip when she
was fifteen. In the last Is years
she has missed only two days from
duty. Her route is q miles long.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05

Washington, D.C.-In bill auA,
orizing the expenditure OF $50,O0,
600 for six naval auxiliary vessl
Just signed by the President, Pacih
Coast bidders will have q 6 percel
preference over Eastern shipyarcI
In order to encourage west coast m
dustry and to strengthen nation
defense along the Pacific.
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''TIe's having such a good time with
that apple, he's welcome to it."
The proprietor Of one Of those
little neighborhood shops that seem
to be open at all hours Of the day
and night was faced with problem
IA 10 per cent increase in rent.
As that would just about take the
profits out of the business. much
floor walking ensued. Finally he
rea ched the answer-he bought the
building and raised all rents except
his own.
Q Bell Syndicate. Service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-08-05

Though blind, the Chinese dol
phin is able to catch and devour fish
that have normal sight.
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Fsz yMzss LEADER OF NAzIs IN UNITED STATES
While AnNas Congress nois demanded Federal nvessa
tion Kuhn American Maxi
camp Andov N held high carnival in typical
beer and uncd frankurters
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

marriage has had effect the public reaction either
to my personality my efforts think after experience
IA pictures period of two years and ha that the
main thing necessary to film is honest toll.
regard acting business very romantic interest
ing, everchangng business. I glad to be actor.
think Of myself young who has gotten the Breaks
just salesman executive might other field
conduct myself accordingly l live quietly.
Right now, I'm building home-I dash out to look
at the foundations every time get off It's modest
place. built to live in and II be there of the time
when it's finished.
My reactions to my leading very definite.
mighty grateful to Claudette Colbert for nursing
through period of which almost wrecked my
tests for "The Gilded Lily Carole Lombard with whom
am working in Swing High Swing Low" has helped
me through three pictures Both have had many
years of experience.
They have with their advice have helped me-
Neither tries "stea" In fact, both lean
the other way throwing things me- that I've had
real chances to show what can do.
do not consider myself actor. I'll spend several
years before approach that classification Contrary pub
lie belief acting motion pictures isn't something you learn
overnight Skill slowly, in every other human
endeavor.
Very truly yours,
Sn.A WuA UuvNaJA
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Bette Picks Winners
Academy Champion in 1895 Names Paul
Muni and Luise Rainer for Best
Performances Of 1896

>up against Claudette Colbert for
1884 with her role in "Of Human
Bondage" Because she has been
off the screen most Of the past
year she naturally will not expect
any attention when the new
honors are passed out, and so she
feels she is free to make her own,
informal and unofficial selections.
Miss Davis bases her selections
on achievements in creative act
ing rather than hit roles, which
may owe their appeal not so much
to performances as to other fac
tors in which the actor is not q
contributor. It Is on this basis she
feels the Academy awards should
be made.
Remember, I haven't seen all
the pictures made during the past
year." she explains, "and my Sc
lectionS must be based only on the
pictures have seen. From those
I would choose the probable win
ners about like this:
Among actors I feel that Paul
NUM- should win easily for his
work in The Story of Louis Pas
teur.' In my opinion, that was a
magnificent piece Of acting, sell
dom If ever, equalled in any pic
ture I have seen.
''I would give Mr.. Mumi the nod
over Walter Huston, whose acting
in 'DodSworth' was, I thought, es-
pecially fine, because Mr.. Huston
had played his role for many
months on the stage, was thor
oughly stepped in it and enjoyed
the advantage Of playing a role
which had really become q part
Of him. Mum, of course, dominated
'Pasteur' completely while in
'Dodsworth' both Miss Chatterton
and Miss Astor came in for q full
share of acting honors with Mr..
Huston.
IT feel that Luise Rainer should
be chosen as the actress giving the
best performance Of the past year.
The characterization she offers in
The Great ziegfeld' Is among the
finest I have ever seen. For me,
she should win, hands down.
TN other branches I would not
attempt to say now, where the
awards should go. In general !
agree more whole heartedly than
usual with the selections Of best
pictures made by New York critics.
Naturally I have only one vote in
the Academy selections and that,
I am quite sure at this time, will
go to Mr.. Mumi as the actor Of
the year and to Miss Rainer as
the best actress"
It is just a coincidence, but
NUM- and Miss Rainer, the Davis
champions, are co-starred in
Metro-G Goldwyn-Mayer's February
release. "The Good Earth" They
both play Chinese.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

supposed 10 remain ro-
mantle, dashing bachelors.
I'd like to go on record in
Washington, at least, as one
who doesn't subscribe to
this belief, who has paid no
attention to it and who,
SO far, has gotten along
passing well.
As you know, I'm happily
married to Lillian Lamont,
whom I met on Broadway
while appearing with the
California Collegians, a
band, in Roberta" a stage
play. The course of love,
in my case, wasn't particu-
larly smooth, for my friends
in the film capital told me
that I couldn't afford to
marry her-that I'd lose my
fan following.
Frankly, I've found that
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Heap Big Indian Chief Says He No Like Mae West,
For Loretto Younq $2613 yeon Harlow. $26l

'seen a motion picture, he declared,
but examined with interest an old
fan magazine showing pictures of
Hollywood stars.
Loretta Young, reported Max,
was the only one who really in
trigued the old fellow. He was
willing to bid only $2.61 for Jean
Harlow and the same for Alice
Faye. Dixie Dunbar's picture
brought a half hearted offer for
$1.30.
Biggest laugh Of all, the chief
didn't want Mae West, Hollywood's
queen Of sex, at any price. He
said, according to Max, she didn't
look as if she'd work.
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
} BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1887, by InternatiaI News
Service)

ny nAnnASON OAnnOAA
Copyright, 1887, by InternatiaI News
Service)
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 80 I.N.S0. q.
Glamor Of Hollywood's screen beau
ties reaches rock bottom among
the Indians living at Tastioneno,
about $50 miles south Of Yuma,
Ariz., in the Mexican state Of
Sonora.
There, according to George Max,
a visitor from Nogales, Ariz., the
head man Of the tribe recently Of
fered him $26.13, American money,
at top price to pay for Loretta
Young as a Squaw. Other Cinema
beauties were valued as low as
$1.30.
Max told his story today at the
Twentieth Century Fox Studio,
where he was a guest on the
"Cafe Metropole" set.
"Wife-buying, he said, is still
practiced among four villages Of
Indians in the TaStioneo District.
The chief of the tribe had never
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
Tough on Lenses

Cameraman Karl Freund had to
clean the lenses of his camera be-
tween each shot of Clark Gable
and Myrna 10y when he photo
graphed them in the fog sequence
of John Stahl's "Parnell."
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

what actors and actresses should
be similarity honored this year.
Miss Davis was chosen for the
1885 award for her work in
Dangerous" and she was runner
The Washington times., 1937-01-30

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3O.-Bette
Davis, winner Of last years Acad-
emy award for the best perform
ance among feminine players in
pictures, has her own ideas as to
The Washington times., 1937-01-30
MacN1urray Writes
He Is Pretty Happy With Bride and a
New Hone---Doesn't Consider
Himself An Actor
Dear Mr.. Kelley.

Dear MI heIIeyI
Youv often heard that it isn't good business for motion
picture players particularly those in the leading
classification-to "settle down. in HOLLYWOOD Wa'ra
The Washington times., 1937-11-17

persuasive, and fair" ETC., etc.
The opposition usually digs out
the most sarcastic words to be
found in Webster. and these be.
come the opposition viewpoint
from year to year-"Deplorable
mistake" weak" vague" etc.,
etc.
No one pays any attention to
this tomfoolery any more, at
least, NOT the White House.
The Administration had more
of its agents around in the key
spots to pick up the converse
tional reaction this year than
ever before.
What they reported (if they
reported accurately was sub
stantially this:
ZIP TO now it has not made
much difference what the Re
publicans thought. They have
but a small minority vote in
both Houses and have not in
telligently used what they have.
Now, however, it may be diff
ferent. They seem to scent a
break. They are really full Of
fight. Friends have noticed
House Republican Leader Smell
for instance has more enthu-
siasm than they have seen in
him in six years.
This may mean more effective
cooperation with recalcitrant
Democrats this session.
TODAY'S 1910 REPUBLICAN
PROSPECT - Senator McNary
Gage $50: Has a good political
background for a national cam
paign candidate, although he
has never been one; born on a
farm; a farm legislator (Mc-
Nary-Haugen bilD: friend of the
left and right wingerS, but not
allied with either; one Of the
best political minds in the
party; has no organized back
ing, not good for radio or cam
paign grooming. but would have
business backing, some farm,
some labor.
His chance: Very, very slim.
The factional leaders do not
want him and apparently he
personally is not interested.
The Washington times., 1937-11-17
BrightlOOOd EyesOre

A street resurfacing project,
which the Engineer Commis-
sioner's office must assume
responsibility in the further
ance of it's "stretch-out" work
plan, has become an eyeSore to
the good burghers Of Bright
wood, D. c.
I refer to the rebuilding Of
one block of Peabody Street,
between Georgia Avenue and
Thirteenth Street Northwest,
which for nearly three months
has remained in an unsightly
condition.
Peabody Street at this juno
ture is an important connect
ing link between two arterial
highways, as well as the route
which serves to feed much COM
mercial traffic to the bustling
business center Of this North
Washington suburb.
Work was started on this
particular project during the
waning days Of summer and
work crews laboring at inter-
mittent periods have progressed
but very little, and have little
prospect of being finished before
the end of November.
Some citizens have expressed
themselves as believing that the
Commissioners are purposely
delaying the project until mid
winter with the hope Of convert
ing the street into an ice car
nival rink for Santa Claus.
The retardment Of the work
schedule is not helping the
frame Of mind of the citizenry
who reside in this section Of
the capital.
No doubt the Engineer Com
miSsioner's office has been be-
The Washington times., 1937-11-17
Marry-GO-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

II men continue to be so coy,
it will soon take as many ushers
to get a man into the church for
his wedding as it now takes pail
bearers to get them out after his
funeral.
A mother feels highly flattered
these days if her daughters
friends condescend to treat her
like a mental and social equal.
To be an all-around success in
these strenuous times, a girl
has to keep a stiff upper lip for
business purposes-and a soft
lower lip for kissing purposes.
There are times when a girl
feels convinced that a heartleSs
man would make a more salts
factory lover than one whose
heart is so big that one-love-at-a-
time simply won't fill it.
*kk
It usually takes six or seven
cocktails for a man to reach that
state Of complete self-confidence
where he feels cocksUre that his
wife won't suspect that he's had
a drink.
Nearly every man is a mo
woman-man"-a cynic and a
woman-hater, at some period in
his life-usually just before he
wakes up to find himself stand.
ing at the altar and promising
to love, honor and cherish one
woman for life.
Many a kiss, like many a ro-
nance, has ended in sigh of re-
lief instead Of in a sigh of
ecstacy, because it lasted just a
little too long.
\ X
It takes one woman 20 years to
model her son according to her
ideals-and another woman the
rest Of his life to remodel him
into something human.
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-11-17

The highway is a busy place,
and noisy. All day and all
night the traffic roars by.
Racing speedsters, rumbling
trucks loaded with fruit, lumber
and hay. Gypsy caravans. Box
cars with blooded horses going
down to the races. Enormous
machines, crawling by creaking
inches up to the mines. Terrible
tanks Of sudden death which all
the other cars avoid.
All day the horns and
mufflers hoot and below, snarl
and shrek. Hoboes and bindle
men plug along, head down
under the blasting sun, or stand
wearily, thumbing for a ride
the sweat spreading in dark
blotches across their sour,
faded shirts.
And at night the road houses
spill great gouts of crude
color-scarlet, yellow and green
along the wet, black asphalt
and the drunken shouts
and laughter slobber out in the
darkness.
A busy place, the highway
filled with clamor and pressure
and the reek Of hot oil, hot
bodies. A hurried, worried loop
Of screeching asphalt, hurting
itself insanely past the blur Of
woodland and meadow, vineyard
and field-and the dip in the
tangled woods where the little
trail begins.
1t Is not easy to find the trail.
Most pass without ever seeing
it. Only a vague line at first,
faltering through the grass,
fumbling across the rutted earth
Of the resting fields-rising, be-
tween scrub oak and tumbled
rock, UP and over the hill
Then, suddenly, the heat and
haste are all behind you, and
you are in a cool, quiet place,
walled around with trees. In
the spring, this place is blue
and sweet with lupine, and the
plaques Of turquoise sky lie en-
bedded in the peacock dark
ceiling of the pines. But now
it Is autumn, and the place II