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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
|E. REINHART
PASSES AWAY

maritime people were saddened in
the loss of Edward Reinhart, who
passed away Sunday morning at 10
o clock, at his home in Maritime.
Mr.. Reinhart owned and operated
the Cross Roads Service station at
Hartllne over Is years, and will be
missed by his many friends and Gust
omers for his sterling qualities Of
honesty and matter-of-fact ways.
Funeral services were from his hon.
and tho Catholic church at Maritime.
and interment at the Riverside Mau.
soierm in Spokane.
Born In Illinois
Edward David Reinhart passed
away on Sunday morning, December
rs. he was born on October 10, 1885.
al Peru, Illinois, His age at passing
was 50 years. Mr.. Reinhar., with the
family, lived for a short time in
jackson, Minnesota. and then all came
west to the Big Bend country, with
a.. Immigrant group which settled
IN this section in the year of 1901.
On December is, 1909 he was united
in marriage to Miss Nellie Webb. Mr..
Reinhart has, since that time been en-
gagged in business in Maritime. His in.
dustry and fair dealing won for him
the respect of all groups. Frank in ex-
preston and sincere in his judgments
ell who dealt with him came to trust
his word of honor. For sever,.l months
he suffered severe complications, but
bravely held to hope for recovery un.
til the end.
Leaves Two Brothers
Survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie
Reinhart, and the son. Jackie, who is
In grade school, he also leaves two
brothers; Adam J. Of Almira, and An
ton 9. of Hartline. One brother, Leo,
was fatally injured In an accident and
passed away several years ago.
Family services were held In che
home at 9 O'Clock Tuesday morning,
followed by services at the Catholic
church. Burial was made in Spokane,
where the body will rest in the River.
side Mausoleum to await futher dis
position.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
F arm and Labor
Are Foundation
(By Knute Hill)

Well, the special session is over.
nhe farm bill passed, but the
House and Senate must get togeth-
er to iron out the differences In
their respective bills. The wage
hour bill was scuttled back to the
House committee after passing the
Senate. Best predictions are that
the wage-hour bill is dead. The
housing bill without much ado.
The discussions of the farm and
labor bills brought out an interest
ing line of reasoning Some indus
trialists took the view that legisla-
ton ito aid the farmer end laborer
was legislation against business.
Their objective was to reduce taxes
On industry and they insisted that
this be accomplished at once, They
were not much interested in farm
or tabor problems.
Jefferson, in 1909, in this connec
ton said: eve are farming people;
we have little business and few
manufacturers among us, and
pray God it will be long time be-
fore we have muh of either"
Lincoln's Views
Lincoln, on the same subject
wrote: "By some it is assumed that
labor is available only in connec-
ton with capital-that nobody la
bors unless somebody else owning
capital, somehow, by the use of it,
induces him to do 1t. But another
class of reasoners hold that
labor is prior to and Independent
of it; that, in fact, capital is the
fruit Of labor and could never have
existed If labor had not first exist
ed without capital"
Jefferson, being a farmer him
self, probably understood the in
herent simplicit and rugged homes
ty of farm life and intuitively rea-
lized the necessary compIexity Of
business life and the attendant pos
sibility for undue profits and un-
fair pressure on government. In
our present day picture, business
activities of all kinds are absolute
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
HARTLINE NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. AL Friedrich well
coined their children and grand
children to a Christmas home-com-
Ing and dinner on, Christmas day.
Among those who were present in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stope of
Spokane, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Moede
of White Bluffs, Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
ry Friedrich, Coulee City, and Miss
Nonabell Friedrich.
Mr. and Mrs. Ped Coley spent
Christmas day with Mrs. jenkins
Of Coulee CITY. Mrs. Jenkins is Mrs.
Coley's mother.
Mrs. Kate Roberts sent her usu-
al donation of fine Christmas
greens to decorate the church, and
they were used later TO furnish
decoration for the school program.
maritime schools will open jan
uary 3rd
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
DEATH REDUCTION
THEME OF ADVICE

Solution OF one of America g
most serious pro blems-traffic
deaths and injuries-may be
found in combining three "Es" into
one national program in the opinion
of Lacey v. Murrow, state high
way director.
AS president OF the Western
Staets' association OF Highway En-
gineers. Director Murrow Is deeply
interested in solution to stop
highway fatalities. He explained
the three "Es" as enforcement, en-
cheering and education.
Each blames the other for the
staggering number of automobile
deaths, injuries and property dam
age done each year." he said. Ad-
vocates Of the enforcement Of traf-
fic laws blame the engineers,
claiming wrong construction OF
roads.
Improper Education Blamed
eve engineers blame the acct
dents onto enforcement and lack az
proper education. Educational ad.
vocates blame the troupIe on TIT
two other Els.
"And the poor AUTOMOBILES driver
Is confronted with 48 different
types of state traffic laws, plus the
laws Of counties, cities and towns.
He can't help but break the laws
under this condition"
"1t Is becoming more apparent
eaoh year that the solution lies In
q consolidation Of the three Els
into one national program Of high
way safety, and handled in each
state by the highway or engineer
ing departments, who have the re-
sponsibility of road building and
naturally have clear understand
ing of construction features as APP
Piled to automobile driving. En-
forcement is simple matter, and
oan be made rigidly satisfactory to
the public through proper educa-
ton"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
NEW COUNCIL TO MEET

The first meeting to include the
newly elected members of the city
council and mayor will be held by
the council Wednesday night.
Frank MeCann ia the mayor
elect and councilmen include Leo
LAWN, Martin BLESSING and Chuck
WIlburn.
The only holdover will be r. S.
Jones. as MCCAIN, also council
man, will not be eligible to hold
a council post owing to his being
chosen mayor A fifth member of
the group will be named by other
members.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
CURTAILMBNT OF SUPPLY
NO HELP TO FARMERS

A committee Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce asserted today
that "vigorous stimulation of de.
mand at home and abroad rather than
curtailment of supply" is necessary to
make agriculture prosperous.
Government can best serve agri-
culture by the most generous encour.
agement of private initiative.'' said
report prepared by the agriculture
committee of the chamber. The chair.
man Of the committee is Harper Sib
ley, Rochester, New York.
The report said the average annual
farm income during the 1924-29 per
iod was $11,680,000,oOO. The aver
age dropped to $5,337,O00,OOO in 10.
50 and rose to about $4,000, 0Oo 900
in 1885, the committee added.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30

Ben Larsen and Evan Jensen
were visitors In town Friday.
Mrs. John Browne and daughter
is visiting this week at Reedsport,
Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. e. H. Bowers OF
Port Ludlow, WASH, visited friends
in this city on Wednesday.
Dolly Lamb Is spending this week
with her parenas Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Lamb
Mary Rhodes is spending this
week at the Chris Jorgensen home
in st. Andrews.
Lois Gardner of Wenatchee is
spending few weeks with her bro
Their Arnie Gardner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Box and
daughter spent Saturday at Spo-
kane.
Clark Weimer and Dewey Hol-
comb visited with their families ov-
er the holidays.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
New Years Eve
Dance Planned

A New Years eve dance will be
held In the Gregg hall on Friday
night. The "Merrymakers" popular
dance band will furnish music for
the affair, and a gala time is as
sured.
Noisemakers will be furnished
dancers, along with other novelties
to see that the new year is given
a royal reception.
A large crowd was ON hand for
the Christmas night dance, and
Friday nights event promises tC
be even more colorful.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30

ly necessary to our welfare and hap
piness and 1t behooves us to accept
this fact, but to do our utmost TO
control these activities in the inter-
est Of the many and not the few.
No LabOrs-No Industries
LincOln stated an undeniable
fact. Without labor, on the farm,
In the mines, In the forests, there
would be no factories, no indus
tries, no cities.
To me, both of the Presidents a.
bove quoted agree that the two
groups farmers and laborers -
form the foundation upon which
our economic structure has been
erected. We must first concerne
ourselves with the interests of the
farmers and lalborers that manufac
|turers, merchants and bankers may
have their Legitimate share. 1t Is a
selfevident fact that III by the cost
of production and reasonable pro
fit the purchasing power of the
farm group is fully restored they
will furnish the best market for la
Dor made goods In the country. 1t
is equally self-evident that if by
good wages and reasonable hours
the unemployed are put back to
work and the purchasing power 70
the labor group fully restored they
will furnish the best market for
farm products.
Neither the farm bill nor the Ia
Dor bill was entirely satisfactory
to me, but I voted for both because
they were better than not helping
those groups at all.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30

Mrs. ALIVE Higginbotham and
Miss Eleanor Higginbotham OF
Maritime we're visitors at the F. W.
Mccain home Friday.
Freddie Hayden is spending q
few days and doing some remodel
ing for his aunt in Spokane.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Shoemaker and
daughter visited at the L. e. JEFF
fers home during the Christmas
holidays.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
FIRE RAZES CABIN

Fire which broke out about 1880
Sunday evening completely destroy
ed a tourist cabin and its furnish
ings at Fred's service station at
the west entrance to Coulee City.
The blaze was believed to- have
been started when occupants of the
building attempted to build a fire
in the stove with the aid of gaso-
line.
The local fire department an
swered the call and protected other
buildings with chemicals, confin-
ing the flames to the one cabin.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Art Lewis and
hildren of Rimrock, Mr.. and Mrs.
Millard Triplett and son. and Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Adams and
daughter were dinner guests at the
G. M. Chappell home Saturday.
Mrs. w. l.. Joplin and sons Jack
and Fred, motored to the dam Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Davidson and
sons spent Christmas with relatives
in Wenatchee.
Leonard Olin and daughter visi
ted relatives at Wenatchee Satur-
day. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Logg ant
son spent Christmas at the Wally
Olin home ait Baird.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
Certify Men
For WPA Work

Local workmen were being GER
titled Tuesday and Wednesday for
WPA work which is expected to
get underway within short time.
The examining was done by Mrs.
Hanson and Mrs. Castleman from
the county seat and required part
of two days because of the large
number of applicants.
1t is believed that around 40 of
the men will qualify for work on
at Dry Falls.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
TO VETS HOSPITAL

Bert Scott was taken to the Vet
erans' hospital at Walla Walla on
Tuesday. suffering from an attack
or appendicitis. Louis Rhodes and
Q. G. Moore accompanied Mr.. Scott.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

(Thos. A. Davis, minister)
Conservation Sunday Jan. Q. 1898
Sunday School 1000 a, m.
Lesson: The News According to
Mark.
Join the Triumph Of the King
Come to Sunday school.
Evening Worship 1880
The Communion of the Lords
Supper.
We eat the feast in love until He
comes
Sermon: A dependable leader for
our times.
One procession surges upward
The other drifts along lifes flats
The New Year calls us-on!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
CLASSES RESUME MONDAY

Vacation time will he at an end
on Monday with the resumption of
studies by local students.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30

Carolyn Webb Is spending the
week visiting ait the G. M. Chappell
home.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-12-30
GRACE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
b. p. Wilsn, Pastor

Sunday School 1000 q. m.
Morning Worship IL q: m.
Young People $3.50 p. m.
Evening Service 1880 p. m.
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 1880
Thursday Prayer Meeting 1880
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
NEW MANAGER
FOR TR|PLEA

Washington I. Cleveland, Of
Kensington, Md, today took over
managerial duties of the District
of Columbia division of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association.
His appointment was made
known coincident with the trans
fer Of Charles B. Bishop to At
lanta, Ga, to assume manager
ship of the Atlanta Motor Club.
A graduate of George Washing
ton University and a member of
the District Bar Association, Mr..
Cleveland was with the General
Accounting Office prior to joining
the automobile association. Ac-
tive in civic affairs, he is also a
member of the Washington Board
of Trade. the Montgomery County
Civic Federation and the KenSing-
ton Chamber of Commerce.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01

the blast. She signed a statement
confessing her part in the Sioux
City robbery. At the hospital,
where attaches said she would re-
cover from the gunshot wounds,
she was to be requeStioned today
The explosion tore a great cash
20 feet deep and rs feet across in
the ground. It was felt at Pipe
stone, Mimi, so miles away. where
dishes and pictures in residences
clattered to the floor.
It was more than 80 minutes
after the blast rocked the city be-
fore police were able to ascertain
the cause.
Merry-makers preparing to cele-
brate the advent of the New Year
were thrown into a panic as
homes and business buildings
rocked and windows shattered.
Though Sioux Falls is far from
the earthquake belt, many feared
a quake was rocking and shaking
the city.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01

Rivalling any function Of its
kind here in recent years, more
than 600 guests gathered at a
New Year Eve dinner and ball
last night at Friendship as Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean revived,
after a lapse of years, the famous
Mclean ball.
The affair was in celebration
of the twenty-firSt birthday of
her son, John R. Mclean, d.
familiarly known as Jock" He
will reach his majority on jan
uary 81. Playing the role of hosts
with Mrs. Mclean and Jock, were
her son, John R. Mclean, I'd
jr., and daughter. Miss Evalyn
Washington Mclean.
There were 800 guests for the
dinner. More than 300 others
came in later in the night for
dancing. The party continued
until the early morning hours.
Mrs. Mclean, wearing a gown
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
ITALY OFFERS
SPANISH WAR
REGULATION
Rome Ready to Give
Priority toQuestion
of Volunteers

LONDON, Jan. 1 G.N.S)-Italy
has proposed international control
of foreign subscriptions to both
sides in the Spanish civil war as
a means of aiding non-interven-
ton, it was learned today.
Lord Plymouth, chairman of the
International Committee for Non
Intervention in Spain, was handed
an important note by the italian
embassy containing this proposal
and indicating Italy is willing to
give priority to the volunteers
question provided other aspects Of
indirect intervention" are con.
sidered by the committee.
The note proposes also that
measures be taken to prevent
Spanish governments gold de.
posted from abroad from being
used to further the conflict"
The note stresses Italy's accept
ance of priority of the "volun.
teers" issue is purely for convent
ence, and that this does not imply
either partial or arbitrary solution
of the problem of indirect inter-
vention.
According to reliable reports
from Berlin and Paris, Chancellor
Adolf Hitler will reply to the
Anglo-French appeal within two or
three days, stating Germany is
willing to play her part in main
tenance of nonintervention in
Spain, and to halt volunteers" If
other nations do likewise.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
LOVE- REASON
FOR Staying

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Jan. 1.
(I.N.SD.-"He tried to break off
with me and loved him too
much to let him do it."
That was the sobbing explana.
ton today Of beautiful 31-year old
Helen Love for the "mother-in!law
triangle" murder last night of
Harry A. Love, 46, whom she
called from a fashionable club and
shot to death, according to police.
After being taken to the city
jail where she was booked on sus-
picion of murder, Mrs. Love tried
to hang herself in a cell with a
crude moose Of strips torn from
her lingerie. She was cut down,
uninjured. by an alert matron.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
600 Greet New Year
At Mclean Ball

/of black silk crepe with a long
train, and with the famous Hope
diamond worn around her neck,
received her guests. She also wore
two diamond bracelets on one arm
and four on the other, and dia-
mond pendant earrings. H r
daughter wore a,frock of dark blue
satin, made with full skirt, and her
only ornaments were a diamond
bracelet and a sapphire necklace
At the dinner rare plates and
china from the famous Mclean
collections, were used. Included
in these were the celebrated
fauna and flora plate, which once
were a part of the White House
china during the administration
of President Hayes.
Throughout the affair, wine
and champagne flowed freely
Aside from the crowded dining
room and porch, guests collected
in the new cocktail lounge on a
glassed-in porch.
Two famous orchestras fur.
nished continuous dance music,
making superfluous the perma.
nent combination radio and
photograph set up in the cocktail
lounge, which "pipeS" music
through loud speakers to all parts
of the house. The orchestras
were conducted by Hal Kamp and
Meyer Davis.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
K|DNAP BREAK
LIKELY SOON

Continued from Page ~
on change of complexion, a sig
nificant change but the interpre-
tation Of which was in doubt.
Doctor Impatient
Tuesday and Wednesday the ad
read: "Mabel-Please give us your
address but yesterday these
lines read: "Mabel-We are ready,
everything entirely in accordance
with your desires-Ann."
There was no doubt DR.. Matt
son placed the ads following in
structions in the ransom note
which was flung to the floor of
the pretentiouS Mattson home as
the kidnaper, Swarthy and black
bearded, fled with the boy under
his arm.
An apparently reliable source of
information insisted the ads did
not indicate a contact with the
abductor, but that DR.. Mattson
was asking for attention in the
second ad.
They insisted the two ads indi'
Gated the physician was ready to
play ball" with the abductor and
the last one was an evidence Of
his impatience and a plea for
speed in the negotiations.
Another development was the
apparently authentic report the
ransom money had been pledged
but was not in the possession o1
the doctor at this time.
There were stories in the North
west newspapers that the money
had been deposited in a Seattle
bank. and other stories that the
money has been withdrawn anc
was in the hands Of an inter
mediary but the best information
was the physician had arranged
to obtain the funds, but woulC
not actually get them until
rendezvous is arranged with th'
desperate.
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
HUNT C0NV|CTS
IN BLAST

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota,
Jan. / G.N.SD.-Three eX-convicts
were sought today as the perpe-
traitors of one of the most fantastic
crimes in police history-the
blasting into oblivion with eight
tons of explosives of confederate
who knew too much"
The terrific explosion, which
occurred at $40 last evening,
threw the city into a panic,
smashed plate glass windows, and
the shock was felt as far away as
Rapid City, so miles from here.
A 25-year-old blonde, Helen
Seller, of Sioux City, solved the
mystery of the blast.
Found wounded in a roadside
ditch a half mile from the scene
of the explosion, four miles east
of here, she told police fantastic,
almost unbelievable story.
She, her sweetheart, Harold
Baker, alias Joe Hanley, and three
other members of the gang that
robbed Sioux City Iowa) jewel
ry store of $4,000 in jewelry and
81, 900 in cash about 10 days ago,
came here yesterday morning, she
said.
Last night, she told police, she
and Baker quarrelled with the
other members of the gang, whom
she named as Billy NeSbith. Slim
Reeves, and Ed Tobin, all of Sioux
City and all eX-convicts.
Accused of "Squawking"
Nesbith. Reeves and Tobin ac-
cused the girl and Baker Of
"squawking," she said, and when
they protested the three attacked
them.
The girl and Baker were taken
to the powder shed, she said,
where Baker was bound and
placed on the pile Of explosive
five tons Of dynamite and three
tons of black powder, being used
in WPA work.
The girl managed to break away
as the three lighted a long fuse.
They fired at her, wounding her
several times, but she staggered
away from the scene of the explo-
sion.
She was thrown to the ground
by the terrific force of the blast,
but managed to crawl half a mile,
where she was found by a farmer,
Ed Lacy, who was investigating the
explosion. He took her to a hos
pital where she made her state
ment to police.
COnfesseS Robbery
Suffering acutely from her
wounds, her story was incoheent
at times, but officers were certain
she was telling the truth, though
not sure Baker was murdered in
The Washington times., 1937-01-01

LONDON, Jan. / GNs0.
The British Empire thrust an
eventful year into history today
and began the new one with a
message from it's sovereign which
stressed woman's influence upon
the throne.
Britons who know full well the
power of women, having just seen
their throne vacated for one. lis
tened intently to the following
message from King George vi
read over the radio:
"On this first New Year Day
Of my reign / send to all peoples
Of the empire my warmeSt wishes
for their welfare and happiness.
In succeeding TO the throne 1
follow a father who had won
for himself an abiding place In
the hearts Of his peoples,
and a brother whose brilliant
qualities gave promise Of another
historic reign-a reign cut short
in circumstances upon which
from their very sadness none
of us would wish to dwell.
81 realize to the full the
responsibilities of my noble
heritage. 1 shoulder them with
all the more confidence in the
knowledge that the Queen and
my mother, Queen Mary, are
at my side.
Throughout my life it will
be my constant endeavOr to
strengthen that foundation Of
mutual trust and affection on
which the relations between
The Washington times., 1937-01-01
BritOnS Hear KimS
I'm Radio Address

the sovereign and the peoples Of
the British empire 50 happily
rest.
Il ask your help toward the
fulfiIment of this purpose and
know that 1 do not ask in
vain.
"TO repeat the words used by
my dear father at the time of
his silver pubilee, my wife and
1 dedicate ourselves for all time
to your service, and we pray
that God may give US guidance
and strength to follow the path
that lies before u.s."