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The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Second Offense Speeding

SECOND OIIenSe speeding
Richard Lewis, 1442 S st. N. W.,
SIS.
James H. Roddy, 1913 Harvard
St. N. w., $40.
John w. Banks, 1858 Sixth st.
N. W., $40.
Eugene c. Akre, Virginia, $40.
First OffenSe Speeding
Louis j. Mancuso, 1911 Tenth
st. N. W., So.
Loren B. Push, U. S. Navy Yard,
$40.
g. Michael ii "a Fl Tilah' 300 fourteenth
James L. Thomas, 913 Seventh
st. N. E., $40.
Joseph Buckley, 1437 Lawrence
st. N. E., $40.
Jessie v. Halloman, 4O3 P st. N.
W., IS.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

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upon notification.
Call District 1000 and place
your order for home delivery so
you may start to collect the
20 volumes of Worlds Greatest
Literature a book at a time.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Ken Murrav
Says:

From what I've observed, this
automobile labor war sounds so
reminiscent of the days of 81,
when you read headlines saying
Lewis Followers Secede From
the Union" that the only thing
necessary to make it complete
is for Mr.. Ford to have his Lin
coin settle it.
And 1 wouldn't be surprised
any day now to hear the shaggy.
haired c. l. o. leader paraphraSe
General Grants famous declara-
ton to I'm gOinS to sit it out
on this assembly line, if it takes
all summer"
Just to make the whole thing
work out right, so years from
now some woman should write
a story of the struggle under
the title of Gone With the
Windshield.
Copyright, 1887. by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
Pedestrian Robbed
OF So By Couple

Accosted by colored man and
woman while walking in the first
block of g st. N. e. last night,
Rufus o. Moss, IS, 500 block F st.
N. E., reported to police he was
robbed of So.
The robbers, he said approached
him from behind. The colored
man. he said, held a blunt instru-
ment against his back and forced
him to raise his hands while the
woman went through his pockets.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12

t'What the Well Dressed Man
Wore Before 1850" may be dis
covered at the loan, exhibition
at the National Society of the
Colonial Danes of America at
Dunbarton House, 2715 @ st.
N. w. A private showing Of the
exhibit viii be given Sunday,
March II. Tea will be served
for q few specially invited guests.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
U.S.. Navy Band Gives
ConCertin Loft TODAY

The Navy Band will give a con-
cert in the Sail Loft at the Navy
Yard today at 10:30 a. m. Lieut..
Charles Benter, leader, will be as
sisted by Alexander Morris.
The Washington times., 1937-03-12
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED

& Being sSSeps S @ y0VoS V0ms NO. n % 1s RP5S %
Volume Cristo No Haw-
together with order for extra
packing Address BUILDING
Street N W, Washington. D c.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Boy Injured When
Auto Turns Over

Crowded to the side of the road
by a truck heavily loaded with
wood, the light pickup truck driv-
en- by Mrs. Frank Clark turned
over near Prosser Friday afternoon
when the rear wheels skidded in
the newly applied oil on the road.
Robert Anderson, White Bluffs
high school student, received Sc
, we're cuts on the head and a broken
rib, but Mrs. Clark and the other
five occupants Of The car, Bill and
Bus Meek, Jack Curry, Jack Gill
huly and Howard Clark were, UNI
injured, beyond bruises and shak-
ing up,
The accident occurred near the
camp established by the state
highway crew several miles east of
Prosser. The shoulders of the high
way, which had been cut down to
allow the widening of the road,
were filled with newly-laid oil, and
were very slick, as it had been
raining.
Mrs. Clark was forced onto the
shoulder as the truck approached,
and as she attempted to get back
on the highway the rear wheels
skidded The car left the highway
and turned over, the four boys who
were riding in the rear being
thrown out. Mrs. CLARK, her son
Howard, and Bill Meek, who were
riding in front, were pinned in the
car but were uninjured. The car
was not badly damaged.
The party were on their way to
Prosser to attend the Pasco-Prosser
football game when the accident
occurred.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Grange Officers (
Are Reelected y

Rejecting majority of their
officers for second term, mem
bers of the White Bluffs Grange
last Thursday evening named their
officials for the. coming year. Those
elected were: s. s.'s !. Y
Master, Edward Ponsat; overseer,
F. N. Hensley; lecturer, Mrs. F. N.
Hensley; steward, Henry Young;
assistant steward, Wilbur Morford;
chaplain, Mrs. III. H. Smith; trea-
surer, H. H. Smith; secretary, Mrs.
F.. M Wheeler; gate keeper, Frank
Arnold; Ceres, Mrs. Frank Arnold;
Pomona, Mrs Ed Ponsat; Flora,
Mrs. Sam Allard; lady assistant
steward, Mrs. Kelley Matteson; pi-
anist, Mrs. I. B. Burns.
Henry Young was also reelected
to the post of trustee for a three
year term.
First and second degrees were
conferred upon Miss Ruth Miller
and Dwight Henley, and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Miller were reinstated.
Following the business meeting
and election, refreshments were
served.
Members of the Grange have
moved the old butcher shop, located
on the street in back of the hall,
to the south side of the Grange
hall, and are now busy remodeling
the interior to serve as a cloak
room and kitchen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11

try made inexpensive by the fact
that the country was covered with
fine bunchgrass that furnished free
feed for their cattle and horses.
When the blizzard of '88 wiped
out the cattle, that branch of the
industry had been abandoned, but
horses continued to be raised in
great numbers and driven to mar
ket in bands of sometimes a thou
sand or more. Since the only ferry
was a rowboat, the only way to
get the horses across the river when
necessary was by swimming them
over, and in the process accession
ally something would go wrong and
hundreds at a time were drowned.
Other losses were sustained when
whole bands would stampede in a
storm and go over the cliffs into
the river.
please turn to page 81
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
POWER PLANT
IN OPERATION

With the Columbia river rising
slowly and steadily, the Priest Rap
ids power plant of the local irri-
cation district was put into opera
ton the first of this week after
three weeks layoff.
On Wednesday, the plant was
generating $50 kilowatts, and if the
rivers rise continues, the produc.
ton will be increased. At the time
the plant was shut down, on October
ID, the production was less than
300 kilowatts.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
PLENTY OF BIRDS J,
AT TURKEY SHOOT y

Plenty of turkeys, chickens, ducks
and geese for Thanksgiving Day
dinners will be on hand at the tur
key shoot, to be held at the field
west of the John Dover lumber
shed Sunday, according to members
of the White Bluffs Rod and Gun
club, sponsors of the annual event.
The shoot will get underway at
10 o'clock in the morning and will
last until darkness routs the shoot
ers, with trap and target events
for both shotgun and rifle shooters,
and few chance games for those
who want bird but don't want
to shoot.
Everyone, shooters and nom
shooters are invited to attend the
shoot, for which there is no charge,
the cost of entering the contests
depending upon the size and variety
of the prize. KS
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Cancer Control
Outlined By :
Physician
Spread of Disease Can Be
Reduced BY 80 to SO
Per Cent, Doctor Says.

Cancer is reducible by 80 to SO
per cent if the public and physi-
clans take advantage of the known
facts concerning its control; DR.. j..
L. Greenwich of Pasco declared at
the study meeting of the White
Bluffs Woman's Club Wednesday
afternoon.
The study meeting was opened to
the public by the club and was at
tended by about rs men and Wo-
men, including members of the
flanford Improvement club, White
bluffs Junior Women's club and
Up-River Women's club, who were
special guests at the meeting.
Cancer is one of the oldest dis
eases known, said DR.. Greenwich,
and while there is constant re-
search work being done, the cause
of the disease is still unknown, al
though the fact is definitely estab-
lished that chronic irritation in any
region is a very likely factor.
Adults are most susceptible to the
disease, he said, by far the greatest
Number of patients being over
forty years of age. 1t ranks second
In the cause of deaths in the Unit
ed States, heart disease ranking
first, and affects women more of
tpeo than man
The chance for cure is a matter
OF time, DR.. Greenwich declared, a
month or two sometimes meaning
the difference between successful
treatment and failure. Above all, he
cautioned, one who contracts the
disease should not waste time in
trying pills, nostrums or adver-
tAsed cures, as there are only three
successful methods of treatment
surgery, radium or X-ray, or a
combination of these three accord
ing to the individuals condition
and there is no other legitimate
method of handling the disease
known to the medical profession.
Outlining the early indications Of
cancer, DR.. GreenWell urged early
consultation with the family ply
(Please turn to page ~
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
EAGLES SEEK TO
AVENGE DEFEAT

Out to avenge their defeat of
last Friday night, the White Bluffs
Eagles tangle with RivervieW on the
latter's floor this Friday evening in
the second preseason game between
the two teams.
Riverview upset the locals here
last week by a score of 23-18, with
the Eagles badly hampered by in.
juries and playing mediocre ball
throughout the contest.
Three of the starting players,
Bill and Bus Meek and Jack Gill
huly, had been bruised and shaken
in a wreck that afternoon, and were
not up to their usual caliber, but
Coaches Austin and Manousos de-
clared they were not at all salts
fled with the showing of the team
despite this handicap, and are
shifting the players around this
week in an effort to find the most
effective combination.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
NEW HANFORD
BOAT, is RUMOR

Rumors that new dieSel-pow-
cred boat would be brought to Han
ford to serve as the state-oWned
free ferry, in place of the recently
constructed steel barge, were heard
this week.
According to the reports, which
have not been verified but which
come from reliable sources, the
construction of towers for the pro-
posed cable ferry have proven UNI
feasible, and the barge which was
to have been used for the ferry
will be taken to Keller, with a
diesel boat being brought up from
Portland to make the crossing here.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
FERRY TO RUN
SOON MURROW

The state-operated Hartford free
ferry will be put into operation
within two months, it was predicted
this week by Lacey Murrow, state
director of highways.
The statement was made by Null
row in Yakima, where he met with
district engineers from all parts of
the state for one-day discussion
ot road building and maintenance
problems.
I'm addition to routine mainten-
ay,ce work and preparations for
winter work on Snoqualmie pass,
the department. is engaged chiefly
in bridge building at the present
time, the director said. Among the
major bridge projects were listed
the Charleston bridge across the
Snake river and the Puget Island
and FIilobus spans in Tacoma.
Projects under consideration in
this district, he said, are the re-
routing of the state highway thru
zillah to eliminate several danger
olls curves and correction of the
Piland bridge situation near Shady
lane, between Yakima and Zillah,
where several traffic fatalities have
occurred recently.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Public Urged
To Study All
Viewpoints
international Scene Is
Too Complex For Has
ty Judgments.

Declaring that we are too often
guilty of simplism in our attitude
toward international events, result
ing from our eagerness to select a
scapegoat and to lay the blame for
disturbances on a single people or
a single cause, Mrs. Bert Mitchell
of Seattle, speaking before a small
audience here Monday evening, de-
clared that the public should study
events from all viewpoints before
coming to conclusions.
Discussing the situation in the
orient today, Mrs. Mitchell stated
that while Japan should be CEN
sured for it's actions, the western
nations were equally guilty in hav-
ing allowed the situation to de-
velop.
Japan has gone too far in it's
conquest of China to be stopped
now, she declared, but if the west
ern nations had stepped in a few
years ago, todays difficulties would
not have arisen.
The Japanese people are not in
favor of war against China, she
said, offering as proof of this state
ment the fact that thousands of
Chinese are living happily and UNI
molested in Japan. The people,
fllowever, are unable to- control the
policy of their government, as the
military is unanswerable to parlia
ment and can create situations
which force the government into
actions of their seeking.
In waging war against China,
however, Japan is only following
the example set by the great pow
ers, said Mrs. Mitchell Since Com
modore Perry opened Japan to
commerce with the western world
in 1854, the great powers have
forced their civilization upon Ja-
pan, and now that Japan is taking
a like course in China, we should
not condemn Japan without also
CO1luclIlll1lS Oul OWL race, W1IlCI1
forced Japan to trade with us on
our own terms, forced China to
give us valuable concessions, and
allows the strong nations to take
possessions from weaker nations
without retribution.
Mrs. MITCHELL who is state chair
man of the department of interna-
tionaI relations of the State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, has
spoken to many gatherings on the
subject of the international scene,
and had been principal speaker at
the district federation meeting in
Prosser last Friday.
Engaged for many years in Y. M.
G. A. missionary work with her
husband, Mrs. Mitchell has lived in
the orient as we'll as in other for
iegn countries, and speaks both
Japanese and Chinese fluently.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Early History OF Valley
Is Related By Pioneers

The Junior Woman's club began
it's years work Tuesday evening,
November 2, with a local history
program at the home of Mrs. Cecil
Borden.
The first half of the program was
presented by Mrs. A. w. Borden,
with the aid of Mrs Ida Craig and
Mrs. Peter Saith, the clubs guests
of honor for the evening, who to-
gether, in reminiscent mood, pic
tured the valley as it was when
the Craig family came here in 1893
and settled on homestead on the
Columbia river about four miles
northwest of White Bluffs, now the
home of T. j. Clarke. The Craigs
had no more than got nicely estab-
lished, a garden planted, the first
hay harvest garnered, sheds built
for their livestock and a cabin for
themselves, when the great flood
of "a swept garden, hay and
buildings away, the family escap-
ing only by climbing out of a win
dow in the upper story onto raft.
When the flood waters had sub
sided, however, Mrs. Craig said
they discovered that what they
lost they had also gained, some-
one else's haystack from farther
up the river being washed almost
into their dooryard and timbers,
logs, furniture, parts of houses and
wreckage of all sorts being streW1,
along the shore. In fact, she re-
lated, the river was so full of float
ing debris, in which were chickens,
cattle and other drowned livestock
| with an occasional, living animal
amongst them, that it looked like
a solid floating floor, almost pos
sible to walk across with dry feet.
After the flood was past, the
Craig home was rebuilt on higher
ground, where it still stands to-
day. Later that year Mrs. Craig,
on her own initiative, instituted a
little school in her own home, her
pupils being her own children and
those of the William Craig family,
and the books used were the ones
she found on her own bookshelves.
The school not being sponsored by
the proper authorities, needless to
say the emoluments were nil. The
following year real school was
established in a cabin some dis
lance farther down the river and
the list of pupils included the
Wrights, Craigs, Hoffmans, Brices
and McGlothlens, and in 1897 the
log school house on the southwest
corner of the forty acres now the
property of Sam Allard, formerly
known as the Brice place, was
built.
In 1897 postoffice was estab-
lished at the Craig ranch and
named Julia for the young daugh-
ter of the family.
Beyond the cultivation of their
gardens, very little or no farming
had been attempted by the early
homesteaders, who had engaged
mostly in stock raising, an indus
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11

Governor Clarence D. Martin
paid a short visit to the Priest
Rapids valley last Friday while on
his way to Cheney.
Crossing on the White Bluffs
Ferry, Governor Martin conyersed
briefly with Matt Wiehl, and ex-
pressed the hope that the road sit
uation here would soon be improved.
Evening star., 1937-03-22

PERSONAL SHOPPING SERVICE
Let Sally Blair, our personal shopper,
aid in solving your Easter gift prob
lens. Call District 44OO.
Evening star., 1937-03-22

Featuring Russian White Violet
Reta Terrell has captured the elusive
perfume of the Russian White Violet,
rarest and most Intoxicating of
floral odorS.
Because Mother Nature has denied
color to white flowers, she has given
them an exquisite, rich odor to at
ract insects necessary for polliniza-
ton. These flowers make their ap-
pearance at night, and so it is at
night that they are gathered and
their precious perfume is captured.
Reta Terrell through this process of
her own produces some of the rarest
perfumes. Other unusually sweet
odors are:
Dosvedania Swedish white carna-
tion), Mystic Gardenia, White Rose,
White Camelia, Ochi Chorni (white
tropical tobacco plant).
In 50 and So sizes
Porfame,ie -. First Floor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
MERCANTILE COS
 GIVEN WARNING

Hartford, Conn.,, Nov. 19.-(UP)- Deputy State Labor Commissioner John c. Ready said today he would take immediate steps to "crack down" on employers of mercantile establishments in Connecticut who allegedly are violating the new state law governing employment in that industrty. The new law passed by the 1887 general assembly directed an eight-hour day, 48-hour week be established in mercantile businesses, replacing the old 52-hour week stat ute. Ready said fragrant violations of the law were occurring through out the state, especially in Fairfield county.
 q could make at least 75 arrests today in Stamford alone" the deputy commissioner said. The new law became effective July 1. He ad- vised employers who were not farni- liar with it to do so immediately as they would be arrested for viola
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
BODY OF VICTIM
 AGAIN EXAMINED

Boston, Nov. 19.-(UP)-State Chemist Joseph T. Walker today began new examination of the vital organs of Mrs. Randolph B. Shackelford, 40, former Philadelphia socialite, for traces of "all kinds of poison" -
 District Attorney William O. Crossley ordered the new examina- ton when a partial report by Walker added virtually nothing to what already was known"
 Investigators have been unable to determine the causeof death of Mrs. Shackelford, whose body was wash- ed ashore at Oak Bluffs Sunday. An autopsy disclosed she neither drowned nor was beaten to death.
 Evidence pointde to suicide, a fare- well note having been found in her pocketbook on the deck of the New York Providence, R. l., steamer Arrow, from which she disappeared Nov. 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
Unauthorized Auto
 Strikes Cause Harm
tcontinued from Page ll

hst night. The sit-down strike, ! Sranted by international officials of
 he union to be of the wild cat" if fRariety, was cayed Monday night in
 khe plant of the Fisher Body com- ynany here. It forced that plant and
 khe dependent plant of the Pontiac
 nEotor Car company to shut down,
 nOrcing 14,721 workers into idleness. : After Piper had spoken, the local
 noted early today. The vote was
 Against calling of the strike. The local voted also to finance zVheir "outlaw" strike from the
 hnion,s strike fund. D. z. Michell, skresident of the local, said this &C.,
 ion was not valid because the strike SnEas not authorized.
 \ Martin Renews Pledge : While Piper talked, Homer Mar
 Bion, president of the union, was re- shewing pledge to General Motors sAo stop unauthorized strikes in the ! Preparations plants.
 2 Martins new pledge followed s shharges by General Motors officials sEhat the Pontiac strike was a flag .eant violation" of the union-cor- sboration contract signed after the . .kOng sit-down strike in General Mo- seOrs plants last winter.
 The union president, who kept on : Communication with Detroit head sauarters from his mothers home in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
KIDNAP TRIO TO
 MEET ONCE MORE
(Continued from Page D

to Crowley's 28-year sentence.
 An investigation of their escape was ordered by Federal and State authorities.
 Geary, weak from hunger and nursing an injured leg suffered when he leaped from the second story window of the rooming house in which Oley and Crowley were caught Wednesday, surrendered meekly to Traffic Policeman Thomas Lewis, who found him hiding in a shanty only a short distance from the scene of his pals capture.
 JanitOr Laid Trap
 A janitor laid the trap in which Oley and Crowley were caught, and Casper Mira, 20-year-old packing house worker, led police to Geary's hideout.
 Mira told police he didn't know who Geary was" when he first found him huddling in a warehouse We'd nesday, about an hour after Oley and Crowley had been captured in the lodging house two blocks away.
 "He was cold, hungry and limp ing" Mira said, "so I let him stay. got him food and when the time came for me to knock off work 1 told him he could stay in the little shanty back of the warehouse"
 He realized the man in the shanty was Geary the nexe day when q friend described the escaped convict to him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
JAMES M. CURLEY
 DENIES CHARGE

Boston, Nov. 19-(UP)-Former Governor James M. Curley returned to the witness stand for 30 seconds today and flatly denied the testi- mony of the city's two surprise wit nesses tending to show that he re- ceived $30,O00 of $85,000 paid by the city to settle a damage suit.
 Defense Counsel Wendell P. Mur- ray put to Curley only one ques- tion:
 Did Frederick H. Graves ever in- troduce you to any person named Ralph M. Graves in Washington at any time?"
 Curley's whispered reply, inaud- ible to courtroom spectators, was:
 "He did not. never met him be- fore"
 Curley, then left the stand and both sides rested their rebuttals. Superior Judge Frederick w. Fos- dick was expected to take the case under advisement as soon as sum- nations had been heard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-19
FIFTY COUNTS ON
 STAMFORD MAN

Stamford, Conn, Nov. 19-(UP)- Otto A. Boesel, 35, superintendent of the Platinum Products O., elec- trical appliance manufacturers, was held today by police on 50 counts of violating the state labor laws.
 Boesel was charged with 22 counts of working women more than nine hours a day, and 28 counts of work ing them more than 48 hours Q week.
 Deputy State Labor Commissioner John c. Ready said at Hartford the factory was not registered with the department, contrary to law.