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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
i SAFETY STUNT


A Cleveland, Ohio man has Sug-
gested that it might hep to reduce
auto accidents if every time mo-
torist kills a pedestrian a bright red
tag be substituted for the regular
one he has on his car. The num-
Der would remain the same, OF
course; only the color would be
changed, and that a bright crimson.
In this way the public would know,
he points out, the moment it spied
a car with a crimson tag that it had
been the agency through which
someone met death, and other
drivers, fearing the publicity and
comment such tag would bring,
would naturally drive far more care
fully. We have heard many sug-
gestions for safer driving offered by
motorists around Kennewick, but
never anything touching on this
line, and while such a suggestion will
probably never be adopted by any
state in the union, it shows to what
extremes those who make study
Of safety are willing to 60 to cut
down the nations annual death roll.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
THIRTY YEARS AGO-lso7

THIRTY YEARS AGO-1SO7
Nearly lbs Kennewick voters at
tended the general caucus which
was organized by naming L. E
johnson chairman and city clerk
Fay F. Dean.
H. A. Bier made q business triy
to Mabton the Wednesday previous
Mrs. H. II. Peters Of Seattle wa.
here visiting her parents.
The Kennewick Military band wa.
to give an open-air concert the next
Sunday afternoon.
The Exchange Bank Of Kenne-
wick received q telegram from
Washington, D. c. authorizing them
to merge into the First National
Bank of Kennewick. Incidentally
this was the only National bank in
Benton county. The new institu-
ton was capitalized for $4,000 and
organized with the following Off
GERS: w. r. Anon, president; b. F.
Knapp. vice president and L. E.
johnson, cashier.
G. E. Lum had completed the
Richland bridge and expected to
move to Kennewick and improve his
property.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
church were planning to give q
Christmas Fair in the Odd Fellows
hall above DirckSen's Market.
The Hamilton Supply company
distributed q carload Of apples
among the four merchants In town.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
Swiss Reject Masonic Ban

Geneva, Switzerland "A Facist
measure designed to exclude Masons
and Odd Fellows from the right Of
Tree assembly was overwhelmingly
rejected by vote Of 514,539 to 49,
48l.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
Ladies Club to
Study Sewing

eft Club will meet Wednesday, De
cember fifteenth with Mrs. Carl
Evans as hostess. Italian hemstitch-
ing, a quick method hemstitch and
Ric-Rac trimmings will be demon
strated. Please bring material to
make samples. aae
The H. Smith family moved Wed
nesday on to the Montague place
vacated by VIM. LANCE this fall.
Harry Smith left Tuesday for
Boomers Ferry, Idaho.
Don Moss from Kennewick visit
ed at the Everett Moss home Fri
day.
The Hover Pinochle club met last
Wednesday with Mrs. G. B. Ashby
as hostess. Mrs. Larry Dimick won
high score and Mrs. Carl Evans low.
Mrs. J. r. Ayers. Mrs. w. F. Ash
by and Mrs. c. Tholman were on the
public utility election board Satur-
day. ..--..'
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Inlay from
Walla Walla visited at the G. l..
Evans home Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Croft from Kenne-
wick and Mr.. Ira True from Nampa,
Idaho were dinner guests at the C.
j. Dahlin home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McFadden
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Benson of Finley motored to Walla
Walla Friday night, returning on
Saturday. While there they attended
the Whitman VS.. w. s. c. basketball
game. ....-
Mrs. B. B. Stewart and Mrs. II. S.
Hughes attended Library guild in
Kennewick Monday. ri
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Cochran were
dinner guests at the w. F. Ashby
home Sunday. -#a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Gilbert and
daughter Beverly from Pasco are
visiting at the Toothaker home.
Mrs. Lulu Hampson returned on
Saturday from Iowa, where she has
been the past three weeks.
Mrs. Charles McFadden enter
aimed the Finley Bridge club Tues
lay afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Britton from
California visited at the
Alvin Dye home last weekend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
Local Telephone
Organization Has
Annual Election

Locust Grove-The local telephone
organization met Saturday, Dec. 4
at the hall for the annual election of
officers and directors. Charles Mic
oson is this coming years president,
M. Simmelink, vice president and
Gilbert Clodfelter was elected sec
retary-treasurer. On Monday the
local ranchers worked repairing the
telephone lines, and it is hoped bet
ter telephone service will be avail
able this coming year. Heavy snow
and frost damage the lines, often
breaking them, hence they require
constant vigilance on the part of the
telephone directors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Hensen of
Western Horse Heaven were Sunday
visitors at the r. e. Larkin home.
Mrs. j. w. Root is staying at the
Mark Potter home in Walla Walla
and taking treatments from q doc
tor there.
Vera and Katherine Nicoson spent
Saturday and Sunday with their
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
ECONOMIC H1GHLIGHrs

Wnen FTeS1QenC Roosevelt called
the special session Of Congress the
country was virtually in boom
stage, as compared with today's con-
dition. Stocks were at high levels.
Unemployment was going ahead on
q comfortable scale. Though UNI
favorable signs existed, they were
few and apparently insignificant.
and almost everything pointed to q
highly prosperous winter season.
Now, in two months, the picture
has changed completely. Stocks, In
spite Of occasional flurries, are hold
ing stubbornly at levels close to the
October lows. With few exceptions,
industrial production conc1nues to
sag. Unemployment is increasing
alarmingly. And it is very likely
that this winters relief problem
will be as grave as In any year since
1929.
One result of tbs Is complete
change in the attitude of Congress
to a lesser degree, a change
in the attitude of the administra-
ton. The special session was pri-
marily called for three purposes
the wage and hours law, the farm
relief proposal and the bill to Gre
ate seven new regional electric au-
thorities similar in nature to the
iva. It was assumed that these
would absorb the undivided
attention Of the session, and that
else of moment would be
brought up on the floor or in COM
mittee.
What has happened? The wage
and hours law is in q state of chaos,
with warning factions seeking to
change 1t one way or another, and
with q strong Congressional bloc
opposed to the passage of any law
If its type. The chances are against
It going through in the special ses-
ion.
The farm bill Is in q similar pre-.
seems almost imp0S-
;ible that a law satisfactory to the
.arious opposed factions in House
md Senate can be prepared for
months.
The seven regional authorities
ill Is, according to last reports, !.
moribund.
Congress is almost wholly occu.
lied with the business recession,
nd with proposals designed to pre-
ent it from becoming another ma
Or, long-lasting depression. Tax
eform seems nearer to achievement
han at any time in the last four
ears. There is a defeinite senti-
nent in favor of a more conciliatory
eneral policy toward industry.
there is growing feeling that we :
AVE gone too far with regulation,
specially as it affects the security
and exchanges. There Is
movement on foot to encourage
usiness to spend on big scale
+ which the most significant de-
elopment is the Presidents an
ounced policy of a more friendly
ttitude toward the electric utilities,
nd his recent talks with utility exc
utives.
The principal question now is,
an Congress act fast enough and
enough to stop the de-
line? Some recent events have
cen encouraging, but they by no
1eans assure change in the down.
zard trend. Whatever happens, it
GEMS impossible for any important
hange to take place before late
fact which auglrs badly
Or the Christmas season
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09

II can't please that guy" said
the shoe clerk. "He insists on two
shoes that squeak in the same key"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-12-09
TWENTY YEARS AG0-lsl7

1SAN = u A1SA3S0 <AUO"4O40
The high school held its Thanks
giving program in the school build
ing. Those taking part in the pro-
gram were the high school orchestra
and readings were given by the fol-
lowing students, Allen Arnold, Warde
johnson, Ruth Huntington, Wilbur
Weisel, Bess Peters, Esther Smith,
Ernest Dickinson and Earl Ander-
son.
The parent teachers association
was to give its second program of
the year at which time topics re-
lating to the local school problems
would be discussed.
The total apple crop of the valley
was estimated at close to $50 car
loads, of which there were los cars
in storage in the several ware
houses.
Word has been received that G.
H. Yedica and Julius Hopp, two of
the first Richland boys to enlist in
the navy were then stationed at
Panama on their ships. They ex-
pected to see Cuba before return
ing home.
At meeting of the school board
George Byrd was chosen as janitor
to succeed H. B. Terrn at the high
school and Thomas James as JAM
tor at the Washington building.
Mrs q CYo uf0rd and chi1dron
had returned from several months
visit with relatives in Cleveland, O.
The Misses Margaret Baxter, Avis
Philson and Ruby Kinds spent q
day visiting their friend, Marian
Peter.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

effective flood control in his State,
because the power by-product of
such developments is rich stake
which they intend to withhold
from the Government or rather
from public ownership and use. I
am not informed as to the facts
of this. But find the power prob
lem will be intrusive and trouble
some in all future plans of ma.
tional scope, according to informed
persons with whom I have talked.
1t already has brought the Gov
ernment and the power companies
to an impasse in the Govern
ment's first wide outreach in that
direction-the Tennessee Valley
authority.
Personally, I believe in the
people owning and using their
natural resources" said my
friend, "but the power com.
panies have a case. Utility stocks
are the underpinning of many
thousands Of American families,
and II Government power devel-
Opment is to go ahead without
cOnfiScatiOn and injustice, .
great deal of wise StateSmanship
will be needed, and a great deal
of give and take on both sides.
Taking the whole problem
floods, power, irrigation II
don't believe we can ever talk
about a solution. But we can
make beginning through in
tenSive farming, reforestration,
abandonment of submarginal
lands and the continuous and
gradual water conservation prof.
ectS, levees and reservoirs as
they become economically feast.
BILE. We can't expect to remove
overnight a course which was
$50 years in the making"
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

ocHatOE pdTAAeS Senators AlDen
w. Barkley and Robert j. Bulkley,
and referred to the Committee on
Banking and Currency.
At 1915 p. m. the next day IL
was favorably reported from the
committee by Senator Barkley. It
was passed by the Senate as amend
ed at p. m. 1t was received by
the House of Representatives at
lao p. m. The House passed it at
4:25 p. m.
The enrolled bill was signed by
the Speaker at 7:15 and by the
Vice President at 7:35. 1t was de-
livered at the White House at 7:45
p. m. and signed by the President
at 9 p. m.
This certainly puts this bill up
near the top of list for fast legis'
lation.
There was only one seeming de-
lay. The clerk that carried the
bill from the Senate to the House
took 40 minutes and the clerk that
carried it from the Capitol to the
White House took only 10 minutes.
The first clerk must have stopped
in the rotunda to tell a tourist how
to get to the dome.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
OFFICERS WIFE
HURT IN BLAST

COLESVILLE, Nd, Feb. 16.
Mrs. Alevenia Snyder, wife Of
Sergt. D. H. Snyder, cocommand-
ing officer at the Bethesda sub
station Of the Montgomery county
police, was seriously burned at her
home last night when a gas oven
exploded.
Members of the family said that
Mrs. Snyder was preparing to bake
a turkey as a part of a birthday
dinner for her husband, and when
she first turned on the gas in the
oven it failed to ignite. A short
time later she noticed it was not
burning and struck another
match.
The explosion threw her back
ward to the floor
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
TRAINING
CLASS OPENS

GLEN ECHO, Md, Feb. 16.
The final class in the first annual
firemen's instruction course Spon-
sored by the Montgomery County
Volunteer Firemen'S Association
will be conducted at the fire
house here tonight by Sergt. A.
j. Bargagni.
Sergeant Bargagni, who has
conducted fire training courses in
Washington, Virginia and Mary
land for several years, said today
that he plans to give the final ex-
aminations to those completing
the course on February 26. Nearly
SO members of the county fire de-
partments have been receiving in
structions in fire prevention and
fighting during the last month.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Greatest Show on Earth
BH Frank Miller Smith

dent you ought to look up an old
newspaper file and see what hap
pened during another Roosevelt
regime.
Cartoons of Teddy and his big
stick banging down on the Su-
preme Court bench with the char
acteristic expletives he used makes
the gentle passing to and fro Of
the "horse and buggy" phrase
look like hugs and kisses. Teddy,
if you remember, spoke a trifle
bluntly,
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Seek Sunday Bowling

BETHESDA. Md, Feb. lS,
Legalization of bowling in Beth.
esda, Md, on Sunday is provided
in a bill being sponsored in the
Maryland Legislature by Miss
Ruth Shoemaker, Montgomery
county delegate. Bowling is now
permitted in Silver Spring, Nd,
on Sunday,
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

it has to and
then for a short
time but when
this Congress
gets going it
G oe S Slappety
bang.
Take, for in.
stance, the res
olution to pro
vide loans for
the flood vic
tins.
It was intro
duced in the
S e n a e Feb
ruary 10 by
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

but it would
involve. in c i
dentally, t h e
destruction of
tn PennSyl-
vania Railroad
line down the
valley. Talking
with a friend
the other day,
who happens to
be a Govern
ment engineer
who had stud
led nat ion a |
floo control
long and dill
~AYNf1v 7 TIro c
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
OTHER DAYS

If you are scandalized over
what President Roosevelt is try
ing to do to the Supreme Court
or if you think that is o. K. and
are scandalized over what some
people are saying about the PreSi-
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
FOR POSTERITY

Do you know where the flag Is
that tripped Booth after he shot
President Lincoln?
OF course, you are familiar with
the story that the assassin'S spur
caught in the American flag drap-
ing the Presidential box at Ford's
Theater and threw Booth to the
stage breaking his leg. Representa-
tive Ralph E. Church Of Illinois
has discovered it and he is not
at all satisfied with its present
position.
At the conclusion. of the Lincoln
Day celebration in the House of
Representatives Friday, Represent
ative Church introduced a reSolu-
ton calling for the preservation Of
this relic. He said:
1T is an undiSputed historic
fact that when J. Wilkes Booth
fired the fatal aSSaSSin'S bullet
he jumped from the Presidents
box to the stage Of FOrd's Thea
ter to make his escape, and in
so doing he caught his spur on
an American flag which decor
rated the Presidents box, there
by sustaining q fractured leg.
"There is not a member here
who will not agree that that
flag should be permanently pre-
served for pOsterity and that it
should be displayed where those
who frequent memorials to Lin.
coin may readily see it.
81 was really aStOunded when
/ saw this flag in the Treasury
Department building. I seriously
doubt if many Of you know that
it is there. Nothing has been
done for its permanent preSer-
vatiOn, and it is displayed in
quite ordinary wooden case on
the wall of the north corridor"
Representative Church and a
lot Of other members of Congress
would probably be very much sur
prised if they took an inspection
tour of some of the older Govern
ment buildings for they would
find more than one relic of his
toric value that has not been re-
moved from an old time setting
and put into a Bpang new build
ing.
Some people raise quite a kick
about that. for inStance-there is
a nice new shrine all set to house
the Declaration OF independence
in that modern monument of
steel and stone-The Archives.
The Constitution however, re-
mains in its old setting in the
Library Of Congress where it has
been for just a little longer than
l can remember,
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
The Human
Side of the
News
By EDWIN C. HILL

The protection of Pittsburgh
from floods would be a compare
tivelv simple lob Of engineering.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
FAST WORK

The House of Representatives
may bog itself down with debate
and the senate meets only when
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
DOGS

What we need now is a census
taker and a mathematician and
we can uncover one of the great
natural resources Of this country.
When Harry B. Hawes was a
member of the House of Repre-
sentativeS he made a famous
speech on dogs. The date was
February 3, 1923. This speech has
been printed in a little pamphlet
and released, I suppose, on the
anniversary.
At any rate the speech tells a
lot about dogs-how to take care
of them, where they came from,
training dos and don'ts, etc. In
conclusion 1t says that there was
at that time 100000 dogs in Mis-
souri, where Mr.. Hawes came from
and so he thought there must
have been 100000 in the United
States. He gave them a low valu-
alton Of SIS a piece, and he thought
the national investment in these
four legged friends was about $685.
100000.
The speech was made IS years
ago. How many kids have gotten
their first puppy since then?
Evening star., 1937-05-01

2710 ONTARIO RD NV. near 18th and
Columbia rd-Delightful front room. twin
6akic L.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
FINED FOR DISTRIBUTING
"COMMUNISTIC" PAPER

Two of the three persons arrested at
the navy yard entrance Thursday on a
charge of distributing handbills de-
scribed by police as communistic ma
terial were fined $40 each yesterday by
Police Judge Edward M. Curran.
Those fined were Frieda Bosner, 81,
Of 400 Kenyon street and Nick Phil,
81, of COL G street. The other person
arrested, James o. Eaton, SIG Seventh
street southwest, did not appear in
court, forfeiting $40.
The three were arrested by Pvt. E. j..
Fitzgerald, fifth precinct, at Eighth
and M streets southeast, where they
we're allegedly handing copies of a
mimeographed newspaper entitled
Navy Yard Worker to navy yard en-
ployes as they left their posts in the
afternoon. Fitzgerald said he did not
know what the literature was at the
time he placed the defendants under
arrest, being primarily interested in
the fact that many of the papers
being handed the workers were being
thrown to the street.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
ROOMS FURNISHED.


613 7th ST. NW-Neatly furnished room,
running water; modern convenlences; also
furnished apt. Apply on premises.
1921 BELMONT. RD. NW.-Desirable sin
sie sE1. room; good location; S22. Adams
WESTMORELAND HILLS : Gentlemen;
home. Phone Wisconsin 4145-R.
THE WESTMINSTER. 1907 18th St. ny
eactf room twin sfs beds runnnF 1unn nss xater
Thomas % 'e Circle. $3.50 IS 50 week: hotel service:
fresh towels daily: your mail and phone calls
attended to; shower baths. Walk to work..
Room, for one gentleman, next to bath;
cars and bus: $50. Columbia 2075.
1885 COLUMBIA RD.. $3.50 wk,: single
rms dSu5le 81 elean ogtsas na5hs
DOWNTOWN. 2029 F st. .w.-Beautiful
reasonable: gentleman Met. 4167.
5000 R ST. N.W--Nicely, furnished single
room. twin beds. reasonable.
271O ONTARIO RD, NV. near 18th and
Columbia rd.--Delightful front ROOM twin
beds. nr. bath.
2010, WYOMING AVE. N.W.-Large front
double room attractively furn.; twin beds;
with porch; near bath: unllm phone.
1717 EYE ST. NW--Beautifully furnished
twin bed room. private bath. parlor; girls
only $40 monthly.
1902 COL RD. NW-Convenient. close
downtown. Bright front room very COM
fortable reasonable; unlim. phone.
THE WYOMING, Apt, ia = Furnished
room: private bath; private family; con-
Yenlent to cars: $40.
4216 14th ST. N.W.--Lge. front room,
priv. shower bath; desirable for z: priv.
home: meals optional Adams O212.
SCOTT CIRCLE. 1908 18th ST. NV
Bright. attractive room for Two: also de-
sirable single: May l.
3I1O MT. PLEASANT ST. N.W-House-
keeping; very clean; attract, homelike.
quiet; conven. cars, busses; adults only.
2S1S 18th ST. NW.-Front room newly
decorated. Ink. 81. Columbia l03s3.
TWIN BED ROOM. with private, sitting
room: insulated. private nome, maid serV-
ice Phone Emerson 47S3. |
3453 HOLMEAD PL, ,N.W.-Comfortab able
single room, next Dath, meals optlohal
Columbia 5O69-J.
52O6 Ist ST. NV. Corner New Hampshire
ave. Master bed room private bath. twin
beds and closets; new home: use OF recrea-
tion room: young couple. Randolph 34l4
1914 10th ST. NV or 1928 18th ST NV
Newly decorated. large end, 'front.' win
dows single rooms. So 80 up.
GRALYN. JUNIOR. 1909 N st. n.w.-De-
lightful double room, private bath. twin
or studio beds: southern exposure
1871 KENYON ST. W.-;Single southern
exposure room, c.h.w" radio shower. un-
limited phone. Adult family.
1870 NJ ST. N.E.-Large front room. south
gentlemen. Lincoln 3215.
21I2 37th ST. Georeetown-Laree single
room. desk upholstered desk chair. type
writer tahle. new bed. Cleveland 1892.
Evening star., 1937-05-01

BUTCHER wanted; must be experienced.
Apply 5l7 st. ne. Monday.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
SAlESkAEk,

statesmen. fully experienced to sell ma
tionally advertised electric appliances and
radios: inside and outside work: must
have car: liberal salary and commission.
Prefer to interview men now employed in
tereSted in bettering themselves. All inter-
views strictly confidential See Mr.. Chaser.
Star Radio. 400 1lth st. NV.
SALESMEN to sell 1897 Fords. Our busi-
ness is growing so fast that We need five
men at once to take care of our increased
and furnish demonstrators to men that
work and produce. See Mr., TAYLOR, North
Wisconsin ave. Chevy Chase Nd.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
HELP MEN AID WOMEk.

COUPLE. colored wanted for country home
between KensinRton and Wheaton. Md.
Man to take care of grounds. and chickens;
wife to do general houseWork and cooking.
Call Kensington l6S.
COUPLE, colored. man and wife. to cook
and wait table. Good salary. room and
board. Must have boarding house ex-
periepce. North 2926
Evening star., 1937-05-01

CANFENI |SmaII independently carpen-
ter offers services. Fences. porcheS, steps,
partitions. screens. French doors, cup
boards. asbestos or brick faced siding,
etc. Douglas. Atlantic o3Gl
Evening star., 1937-05-01

BAKERS HELPER on cakes. bread and
buns. Apply 1924 Pa. ave. NV.
BODY AND FENDER MAN WANTED. 1St-
class. none other need apply. 514 Sth st.
z O Cnr1ina
Evening star., 1937-05-01

GARAGE FOR LARGE TRUCK. EQUIPPED
with electricity preferred. Reasonable
rental. Address Box 1S5-W. Star Office p
Evening star., 1937-05-01
MOTOR TRAVEL.

SUNDAY TRIPS. SKYLINE DRIVE; MAN
careful. experienced driver: 1887 car: rea-
sonable: accommodate 4. Col. 94O0. l.
KNOXVILLE, CHATTANOOGA. ATLANTA,
Atlantic ,6709W. 203S N. Taylor st..
Cherrydale
TO RIVERSIDE. CALF. DATE OF DE-
parture can be arranged to suit two non
smoking passengers. Shepherd 1890 or
call at Jefferson ave- Takoma Park
Md. tside door,. Mr.. Downs. 81
Evening star., 1937-05-01

WHY PAY MORE? S. o. s. WILL WASH
and shampoo your domestic rugs, 9x12,
Sx10. $3.50 up Adams 5712.
HILLTOP HOME NEARBY VA; GRAD.
nurse; convalescent. elderly or rest cases
cared for; beautiful rooms; good food.
Walnut 1910
Evening star., 1937-05-01

AGENTS operators peddlers We have
over 1000 fast-selling articles. notions.
razor blades cosmetics. moth supplies, at
lowest prices. Naiman Sales Co. Ills 1th
st. NV. g.
Evening star., 1937-05-01
HELP MEN.
(Contlnued.)
FOOD Statesmen
AGENTS.

between 80 and 40 years old Must have
car. One familiar with wholesale trade pre-
ferred. Address Box l65-T. Star office.