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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
Teachers Reception

The annual teachers reception
which has previously been sponsor
ed by the woman's club viii be
sponsored jointly this year by the
Woman's club and the PIT. A. or
ganization. The reception viii be
held Wednesday, September 8, at
8 o'clock in the main auditorium OF
the M. e. church. An interesting
program is being planned after
which refreshments will be served
in the adjoining room. The public
is invited to attend this reception
and to welcome the teachers into
the community.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
Open
With Many New
Courses Added

The Kennewick schools opened on
Monday with a total enrolment of
TT pupils in all with possibly a
larger number coming in later on.
The senior high school has approx
imately the same enrolment as last
year Of $50 pupils; the Junior high
has total of 210 enrolled; the grade
school 358 and the kindergarten, %.
According to T. A. Brim, princi-
pal, the high school has enlarged
the courses considerably this year
with the following courses being
added: Word study or vocabulary
building; commercial geography;
advanced industrial arts; advanced
home economics; applied art; and
more time is being given to band
and orchestra under the direction of
E. Mac Dowell. The two new Home
Economic classes are Of consider
able value in that the advanced
home economies class takes up the
study of family and social relations,
child care and training, advanced
nutrition, advanced food prepare
ton and advanced clothing con-
struction; and the applied art is
something new taking up the study
Of art principles such as lettering,
portfolios, block printing, stencil
ing, carving and stitchery.
Mr.. Brim states that this Is the
first year that the local schools
have been able to meet state re-
quirements for the different courses
from the seventh to tenth grades In
elusive.
Another new feature this year is
charging Of $3.50 for the student
body tickets. This ticket entities the
student to all of the athletic games
and also outside activities at the
school. such as outside assemblies,
plays, movies, etc. Mr.. Brim states
this this arrangement Is much bet
ter than the previous charge as the
student Is allowed to attend all
school activities where otherwise he
would probably spend $500 or more
for the years social functions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
Kiwanians Go to Yakima

A couple dozen members OF the
Kennewick Kiwanis club went TO
Yakima Tuesday evening to attend
q joint meeting with the club OF
that place. The visiting club furn-
ished the program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02

Wesley Bergman, Yakima, and
Pauline Twardus Chicoine, Tacoma,
were united in marriage this eve
ming (Thursday) by Judge G. p.
Winkenwerder. The groom IS with
the Union Oil Co. in PaSc0.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
Laber Head Leaves

Washington, D. G. - Edward F.
1c0rady, Assistant Secretary Of
Labor, and the country's leading
concihator between warning work.
ers and their employers, will leave
government employment this month
to become vice-president in charge
OF labor relations Of the Radio Cor
poration Of America at q reported
salary OF $4,000 q year, nearly
three times his federal pay.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
.nd-Stream Cba,o.

..Frsu Ulla' In.-In tow of tho t,,o
ord shinms elano Roosevelt" a rec
Lines fore ' tid over the Federal Barge
barges reas ss,asTater. When the SIX tx
noted a asaaasd here her ken observers sls
Hoover" at ths tug, the Herbert
the ot fs %a INT. have the push" v vrs
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02

New York City-With q naval air
cxaftman winner Of the Old Gold
Cigarette 100000 first prize. the
manufactures announce . second
contest, this time with Q total Of
>zso,000 IN prizes and 100000 as
first prize. Out Of 1000. 900 entries
IN the first contest, $4,000 submit
ted correct answers and when elm
nations from q second series Of
pushes left S,160 still tied, they were
obliged to write an essay about Gig
arettes to quality for the prize.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Alan Hopkins OF Sc
attic are spending a weeks vaca-
ton at the r. e. Reed home on
Washington sereet. Mrs. Hopkins
win be remembered as Miss Ger
trude Gelinas, who spent portion
OF the summer here with her rela-
tives.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
veterans Bill Loses

HYDE Park, N. VA pocket veto
no the President killed bill auth
orizine the appropriation of q bal
.nce Of S294852 in the Treasury Tor
various veterans organizations to
Re- used in aiding the unemployed
~ destitute. The sum represented
the remainder Of funds accumulated
durtne the World Wars from many
aoances and reverted to the general
fund because Of the impossibiltty OF
returning It to the original donors.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
" o R L D
N E " -
Of the
w E
m The war Fronts

shanghai, China-Nlghtly ralos
!. 1ananese bombing planes are
. ~ . steadily mounting toll OF
's 20. 1combatants. Estimates place
~. ~ damage in this area at $275,OOO,-
o o..o divided among China at $685.
o ooo ~, Japan 1oo,0oo,ooo and 9TH
o - nations at $50,000,OO0. specula-
t !. IS still rife as to Japan's ans
-. ..s. to Great Britain's demand for
49, afullest measure Of redress" for
The vounding Of the British Am
, s,s to China, Sir Hugh Mont
.o,nerv Knatchbull- Hugessen, by
Japanese airmen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02
lroeoow Shoots Women

Leningrad, Russia Charged with
systematically poisoning food" at q
childrenS home, two women were
shot after conviction by q court
martial. Ten government officials
also vent on trial for trying to re-
store capitalism" by discrediting
collective farming In refusing to ro-
tate crops, reducing vegetable plant
mas On 3,750000 acres and planting
seeds 80 thickly that fields could
not be weeded.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-02

seragossa, spain-The lnsurgent
.orces continue to claim important
.;ctories over Loyalist forces thru
ant Aragon. Reports indicate the
Lee Of thirty planes and $4,000 cas-
ualties among the Madrid units OPP
rosinr the Rebel advance.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
only One E1cWse

So much emphasis has been laid
upon the unwisdom of postponing
Christmas shopping until the rush
hours of the last week that those
who do not heed the injunction
would seem to be impervious to
both argument and appeal. That
there is still some of these latter
is apparent but their ranks are
thinning out rapidly.
For years past there has been
concerted effort to avoid the con-
fusion and the congestion which
make what ought to be a season
of happiness and enjoyment one
to which a large proportion of
people look forward to with more
or less dread.
Everything favors early buying,
The earlier shopper gets the pick
of the Christmas stocks when
they are fresh and complete. The
task is performed in much less
time and still leaves more leisure
for making selections and inspect.
ing merchandise.
This strain upon salespeople,
upon those charged with delivery
of goods, the long hours they are
compelled to work and the crush.
ing labors they must perform be.
cause of a disposition on the part
of some to postpone their Christ
mas shopping to the eleventh
hour have been pointed out again
and again with much but not
complete success.
Besides making it easier for
themselves and for the stores and
their clerks to serve them, the
early shoppers confer a boon
upon the overburdened postal
service and express carriers.
There is but one valid excuse
for last minute buying and that
is financial inability to do it
sooner.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
Confederate Cabinet

While the Confederate govern
ment, under President Jefferson
Davis was in existence only lit
tie more than four years, only one
cabinet officer-Stephen r. NAL
Tory, secretary of the navy-serv-
ed throughout the whole period.
During the same time there
were three secretaries of State,
Toombs, Hunter and Benjamin;
three secretaries of the treasury,
Memminger, Trenholm and Rea-
gin; six secretaries Of war, Walk
er, BENJAMIN, Randolph, Smith,
Seldom and Breckenridge; two
postmasters-general, E1let and
Reagan, and four attdFneys-gen-
eral, Benjamin, Bragg, Watts and
Davis.
Judah P. Benjamin Of Louisiana
went into the cabinet in 1861 as
encouragement, was secretary
OF war for a short time in 1862,
and was made secretary of State
later in the same year, serving
as such to the end. John H. Rea-
gan of Texas served as postmes g.
ter-general from 1851 until 1865,
when he became the Confeder-
ate's last Secretary of the Treas
ury.
President Davis, who had been
secretary of war of the United
States from 1853 to 1857 appears
to have had difficulties with his
own secretaries of war, Of whom,
as noted above, he had six.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
Railroad Economy

1t is surprising to learn that
the water bill of American rail
roads is so million dollars a year
but it is true, according to Pres.
ident Ralph Budd of the Buring-
ton, who also declares that most
of this expense could be saved
through the use of Diesel locomo-
tives.
Although the Diesel engine was
first patented As years ago, its
adaptation to locomotives is of
very recent date. Since the Bur
lington Zephyr and similar trains
Of other roads began their epoch
al performances about three years
ago a considerable number of
Diesel locomotives have been
built and placed in service.
H. l.. Hamilton, president of
the Electric4Motive Corporation.
declares that Diesel engines may
be fueled at one-fourth the ex-
pense incurred with steam loco.
motives. It is said that the use
of 5000 Diesels would make pos.
sible another saving of more than
so million dollars.
With the greatly increased OPP
Grating expenses faced by the
railroads, including higher costs
of materials, fuel and labor, be-
sides an ever mounting tax bur-
den, their plight is most serious.
Diesel locomotives may play an
important part in solving the
pressing problem of what is going
to happen to the railroads. And
that problem is one which con-
Germs all the people Of the United
States.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
Gifts

"The gift derives its value from
the rank of the giver," someone
wrote long ago-a falsehood. I'm
giving" another old pronounce
ment goes, "a man receives more
than he gives and the more in
proportion to the value of the
thing given; and that, while true
in so far as it repeats the more
ancient saying that tits more
blessed to give than to receive, is
in its remainder, transparency
unworthy. For was there not the
widow who cast into the treasury
Of the temple at Jerusalem more
than all they that were casting
into the treasury a farthing-alI
her living? By the teaching ac-
counted Divine, the teaching COM
memorated and acclaimed on
Christmas Day, hers was the
greatest gift of all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote:
"The gift, to be true, must be the
flowing Of the giver unto me, cor
respondent to my flowing unto
him." That is said to reach the
heights of clean thinking. For
the gift without the giver is
bare"
Quite obviously, if profit there
may also be loss if minds a bit
too sharp pursue thoughts upon
gifts and giving too eagerly. The
ancient error of looking the gift
horse in the mouth is one pitfall.
Doubling giftees did that to see
how old the horses were and why
the givers were giving them
away. ALI the analyses of giving
demand, as duty, discreet re-
straint.
Away with the thought, too,
that Christmas giving is a game
of trading blind. Gifts and Civ
ing have been a stimulant of
thought among the poets and the
thinkers since the beginnings of
literature. A modern writer who
appropriates philosophy as his
particular dish declares that a
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26

these folks are all tired out when
the grand scrimmage ends.
And yet, people continue in
this ancient habit, and no doubt
we shall see this year the same
old rush. But the agitation for
early buying of gifts has accom-
plished something, and good
many people do SO as far as they
can.
The reason commonly given for
this final rush is that people
haven't the money ahead, and
they have to wait until just before
the holiday before they are able
to buy the things they want. Still
there are plenty of people for
whom that excuse does not apply.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
A Sane Christmas

Christmas is called the most
beautiful holiday of the year, one
that glows with poetic magma
ton and lovely sentiment. And
yet it has it's incongruities and
contradictions, and it needs some
remaking, If it is to be reason
able and helpful to us all.
The most undesirable feature
of it has always been the grand
rush to buy gifts and send them
off during about 10 days previous
to the holiday. People for years
have been shown how unbusiness-
like it is, how It makes the cost
of distributing Christmas gifts
higher, how it imposes a heavy
burden on store people and post
office employees, how many OF
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
MILLIONS GO OUT
In XMAS SAYINGS
Over 100000 Members
Paid by 1900 Banking
Institutions

Three hundred and twenty mil
lion dollars will be distributed to
about 100000 Christmas Club
members by approximately 1900
banking institutions and organiza-
tions. according to an estimate by
Herbert F. Rawll, founder and
president of Christmas Club. a.
corporation. The annual distri-
button for 1887 and the number
of members participating has not
Kept step with increased pay rolls
and increased employment. De-
creased revenue from investments
occasioned by the abnormally
low rates for money recently pre-
yailing with and increased oper-
ating costs in banking institutions
have made it difficult for some
commercial banks to profitably
handle Christmas Club deposits.
While several banks have met
this situation by small service
charge, others are withholding
this form Of saving until an i'm
provement is established in the
rates for money.
Because of these factors there
was a decrease in the number of
participating banks this year re-
sulting in decline of the total
number of people participating in
the Christmas Club accumulation.
The number of Christmas Club
members for each participating
bank, however, increased on the
average, eight per cent. and the
total per bank accumulation in
creased about IL per cent. These
increases were substantial in all
Mutual Savings Banks. There
was a similar increase in the es-
timated average amount for each
member from $46.50 in 1896 to
$48.55 in 1887.
These estimates are based on
substantial number, of reports
from institutions operating the
Christmas Club plan in different
sections Of the country. In using
the formula established in pre-
vious years from missionaries
to individual Christmas Club
members, the estimated fund of
$320,O00,000 will. be used by the
recipients approximately as fol.
lows:
Christmas purchases, AZ per
cent, $134,4O0,OOO; permanent
saving, 25 per cent, $4,000, 900;
taxes, IL per cent, $38,400, 900;
year end commitments, 8 per cent,
$25, 600OO0; mbFtgage interest,
s per cent, $19,200,00O; insurance
premiums, 5 per cent, $4,000, 600
and education. travel and charity,
2 per cent, $6,4OO,OOO; total, $780,.
100000.
In the distribution of Christmas
Club funds this year, New York
State leads the other states with
about $S4,000,00O, while the esti.
mates for Pennsylvania are s33,.
100000; for Massachusetts, $685.
100000; for New Jersey, $22, 0OO,-
600. New York's metropolitan
district will receive about $45,-
100000. The Bank of America
N. T. and S. A., in California,
will distribute $9,4O0,0OO to 16o,.
600 members. The Bank of Man.
haitian Company has S3.575. 600
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26

for more than $4,000 membres en-.
rolled at IS offices in greater New
York. The Seaman's Bank for
Savings in New York City has an
approximate total of $3.50, 1000
and the Dime Savings Bank Of
Brooklyn 100000.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26

death in the family is a 'provoca-
ton to philosophy. Little less
than that is a gift, whether from
a member of the family or from
someone else.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26
BIG PoTATo cRoP

T. G. Herbst, Chewsville dis
trict, raised approximately 1000
bushels of potatoes on IA acres,
for which crop he received about
so cents per bushel.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26

Yet old-timers might have had
a traffic problem if somebody had
sold horses and buggies for $40
down.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-26

Walter Shiffler. former magis-
trate Of Boonsboro, remains quite
Ill at his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19

and possessing a sense for need- ling into the conversation those little threads that go to make a good story better, Dr. Dafoe more than satisfies the curiosity of the newspaper folk.
 They swoop down on him with paper and pencil and camera and question after question when he makes his annual visit to New York and he submits gracefully and patiently to their cross-eX- animation. Some of their ques- tions must seem so foolish to him, some must displease him, some must get on his nerves. But you'd never know. Always there is that kindly smile, the soft, patient voice, the twinkling eyes.
 Pleasant: "So glad you could come-wont you sit down?"
 Witty: "No, I didn't attend Mrs Dionne when her last child was born-they probably are afraid of me. After all, the last time they had five. They must think I'm Dutt AACWo
 Frank: T am down here for a vacation. It is awfully quiet up there. don't you know"
 Patient: "Yes, they were born May 28 1884 No, Marie is the smallest .. ." Repetition of things often told that would irri- tate anyone else without pr. Dafoe's patience)
 And 1t must be tried to the limit with five little girls begin- hing to wonder and ask about this and that.
 Maybe that's why the doctor comes down to New York. The cross examination of the press once a year probably keeps him up on his toes, prepared to answer the queries of Marie. or Yvonne, or Emile, or Annette, or Cecile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
PIT ASSN. VIEWS
 EDU UCATIO OVAL FILMS

A comparison sAoS:rg the edpca- tional prospects of c:agdren of good families and those neglected was depicted in motion pictures shown before members of the Bunker Hill Parent Teachers association during q meeting held at the school gym rasium yesterday afternoon. The films were presented by Seth Jones of the Connecticut Humane socleyt. : During the meeting announce racrt was made that Mrs. Earl An- derson's room won the attendance prize and also that Charles; B. Slater was appointed delegate of the organizS ton to assist in forming 8 proposed district senior fife and drum corps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
SNOW COVERING THIRD OF NATION

New York, Nov. 1o-(UPJ-Snow already covering one-third of the United States, spread eastward to- ward the Northeastern seaboard to- day. , The first heavy fall of the season blanketed Buffalo and Western New York State. Traffic was slow and hazardous there. 1T
 A few flurries fell around New York City, but quickly melted. The forecast was for light snow or rain in the metropolis tonight and Sat- urday, with more snow upstate. Z
 From four inches to a trace of snow fell in the Rocky Mountain area and the Middle West. Tenn peratures prevailed which the weather bureau said were unusual ly low for this time of year"
 Cheyenne, Wyo, was coldest in the country with below zero and two inches of snow on the ground. It was 6 below at Sheridan, Wyo., where three inches fell. ..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
BOY ASKS $7,5OO
 GIVEN BUT $6OG
WatertOwn Youth Sued for Leg Fracture Caused By
 Truck Accident

Award of $500 was made by a jury in common pleas court yester- day to Thomas Neverdauski, H., suing the Clark Sewer Construction Company, of Bridgeport, for $7,50o for injuries suffered when he was struck by a truck of the company in Watertown last January.
 Thomas, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Neverdauski, of Porter street Watertown, and various of his play mates and borthers testified con- corning the leg fracture caused when truck driven by Walter Good, hit the boy while he was playing in Q Watertown driveway Judge Edward J. Finn, presiding,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19

Waltz in A Major ,... Brahms
 Miss Buttrey and Miss de Volt
 Introduction and Allegro. .Rave'
 Miss de Volt and Mrs. Carlson
 The artists will play a musical program at the First Baptist church Sunday at the eleven o'clock service
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19

and counsel for both sides, H. O. Ashworth and J. H. Cassidy for the plaintiff, Judge Edward Mascolo and James E. Mcknight for the defendant, were concerned with testimony of the boys about the ef- fects of the Neverdauski lads in- juries.
 Judge Mascolo quoted the doctor in the case to the effect that Thomas had been advised not ito favor the mended ankle." the judge contending that anyone who suggests to the boy that he must favor it is doing the lad grave in- jury
 MT. Cassidy appealed to the jury "to consider how you would feel if this happened to your boy,' saying
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19

that had 1t happened to member of his family he would feel like taking action other than "civil suit In court"
 Thomas and his playmates were treated to heated argument by op- posing counsel yesterday after non as both sides summed their cases before Judge Finn charged the jury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
Full Weather Report

Boston, Nov. 19-UP)-Weather forecast:
 Rhode Island and Massachusetts- Snow or rain and slightly colder on the coast and snow in the interior tonight. Saturday snow and colder
 Connecticut Snow tonight and pos Sihly Saturday, Colder Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
ARTISC DE VOLT HEA!RDL.AIST NIGHT.
Assisted in Concert By ViOlinist and Pianist at First Baptist Church


 : Arttss de Volt, harplst, assisted by Miss Elizabeth Buttrey, viohnist, and Mrs. George Carlson. organist at the First Baptist church as accom- panist. were heard in Q concert at that church last evening. A large audience attended. Both the harp ist and violinist have been heard at this church frequently. The three artists played solo groups and the final number was finely rendered harp and piano duet, artistic play ing featuring the work of both artists. s.
 The following program was fO1avad.r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
PIRATES LAST STAND

Ketchikan, Alaska. locale of Para mounts Spawn of the North" is the last frontier of piracy in America. Pirates steal several hur- dred thousands of dollars in salmon at. gunpoint from guarded traps every season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
Committee

Irish and American dancing will be featured on the annual Thanksgiving program of MOn- slgnor Slocurn Branch, Ancient Order of Hibernians, an event which takes place tomorrow night at the local chapter hall on East Main street. Officers of the club anticipate a large attendance, stressing the point that ten tur- keys will be awarded, and Alex ander's orchestra has been en- gagged to provide music.
 Martin Hayden. J0h nBresna- ham, James A. Dillon and Tim othy Duane. comprise the commit tee In charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
PRESS QUERIES FAIL TO RUFFLE QUINTS' sDOCTEUR DAPO'
By NEA Service

Nov 19 the qunuplets Wpcay curious children trouble getting their little whats 
 when Docteur Dapo is around,
 Donne girls call Dr. Allan R. Daoe the physician who brought them into the world May 28, 1884
 find the doctor the interview Pleasant witty frank patient