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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-05
The Listening Post By Carlisle Bargerm

that if he was going to do that he would be
most different indeed. Then no sooner, appar-
emily, than the rascals got the confidence Of
the proletariat by writing few articles about
what a humanitarian Mr.. Roosevelt is, they
would assume confidential air, and begin tell
ing their readers that while they certainly loved
the President he wasn't doing right No one
but a friendly columnist, one who talks with
Mr.. Roosevelt and his friends most every night,
could do more damage than this. Our under
standing is that the President is just about
ready to announce that none of the tribe rep
resent him.
Goes off on Tangent
Why, there is one in the business whom the
New Deal practically set up. 1t was back IN
the campaign when the columnist anti-New Deal
chant sounded like a lot Of bull frogs in pond.
He went along fairly regularly for the duration
of the campaign. Then Immediately it was
over and Mr.. Roosevelt went off to BuenoS Aires
he began crusading for raise for Tommy Cor
coran and Benny Cohen and to run such Admin
istration pillars as Jesse Jones out of town. We
experts around town finally concluded that he
was rejecting the views of Corcoran and Cohen
instead of the President but what was the
proletariat to think?
We've seen so much Of this that we dread
for Mr.. Roosevelt's sake to pick up the paper
every day and see what has happened in the
Roosevelt announcing some day that while she
approves of the Presidents objectives, she can't
follow his methods all the way.
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2 FUGITTVES SOUGHT

Of five boys reported by police
to have run away from the Indus
trial Home School yesterday, three
were back today and two missing.
Those for whom search Is being
made are Joseph Bielaski, Is, and
William FRYE, IA.
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Scouts to Encamp
On WaterfrOntArea

Plans are being completed for
the opening Aug. Is Of a camp for
colored Boy Scouts at aDre'S
Wharf, Md. The camp will be on
a tract owned by Albert Cassell,
Howard University architect.
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won't go all the way with him.
If it hadn't been for Mr.. Roose-
welt, it is commended, the only
chance they would have had of
coming to Washington would
be on an excursion trip to see
the cherry blossoms.
We used to expect the Sena-
tors and Representatives to do
a little thinking for themselves,
but the trend is rapidly away
from that as an unnecessary
waste of effort and time. So
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Headley Lists
Carnival Plans

Albert Headley, marshal Of the
opening parade of the forthcom
ing st. Dominic's Carnival, an
nounced that plans for the an
nual affair, to be held from Au
gust 9 to August 81, are well
under way,
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But if you do want to hear
about scenery, stupendous, mag.
nificent, incredible-and I might
say-everlasting scenery, start
right here.
\
I know now that I've never
seen mountains before. Those
odds and ends of hills that we
in the East call mountains aren't
mountains at all. They are mere
eruptions on the landscape. Com
pared with the number and in
tensity Of the Rockies they are
hazards on a miniature golf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-05
COlOred Dentists
To Hear Educator

DR.. John j. Mullowney. presi-
dent Of Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, Tenn, will be one Of the
principal speakers at the twenty
fourth annual session Of the Negro
National Dental Association from
Wednesday through Friday at the
Howard University Dental College.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-05

two new battleships and a
couple of light cruisers.
simultaneously the President
Of the United States became
first among the heads Of the
great powers to condemn gas
warfare. In a special message
to Congress, Roosevelt an
nounced:
1T am doing everything in
my power to discourage the
use of gases and other chem
icals in any war between ma
tionS.
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Marine Band Gives
Concert Tomorrow

A concert of IS selections will
be presented tomorrow by the
United States Marine Band in the
auditorium of the Marine Barracks
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ID. C. SCHOOLS
ASK INCREASE
or S6,O58,214
Authorities Brand
System Obsolete

Depicting the Capitals school
system as a quarter Of century
behind current needs, school au~
thorities today requested an in-
crease of $6,058,214 in submitting
budget estimates for the 1889 fiS'
cal year to the District Commits
sionerS.
Needs were put at $18,858, 939.
compared with total appropria"
ton of $12,sOO.725.
Pleading for increased approprt
ations, Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle
president of the board Of educaA
ton, and Frank w. Ballou, SUPERB
intendent Of schools, submitted
letters with the estimates.
DR.. Ballou stated school officials
were well aware Of the critical
financial situation in the District,
but felt the boost in estimates was
justified through the accumulated
needs of the school system,
Depression Effects
He pointed out that while i'm.
provemenS and enlargement Of the
system were at virtual standstiD
through the depression years,
overcrowding, increased attend
ance and need for expansion de.
veloped. He recalled that the
system had urged 100000 in
the current budget to start a $780,
10000 five-year building program,
but had been allotted only $1,782.-
500. He warned that too heavy
slashes in the requested estimates
would result in demand for
greater increases in the 1910
fiscal year.
Outstanding in the requests for
the coming year were $4,696, 450
for 25.item building program;
$1,562, 500 for Is land purchases;
an increase of $42s,096 in personal
service items to hire 241 add.
tional teachers, and an increase
Of $4,000 to hire IS additional
clerks.
Dr.. Ballou said the 241 teachers
were necessary in the systems ex.
panSion plans. He pointed out
that 233 were asked last year and
only 81 provided for in the cur.
rent appropriation bill. The addi-
tional clerks, he said, are needed
to replace teachers who are forced
to do clerical work because Of the
systems inadequate personnel.
DR.. Ballou urged that the Gus
todian fund be increased from
$942, 705 in the current appropria-
ton to $1,OO1 .628, a difference Of
$58,922, to provide for additional
janitorS.
Building Program
The building program involves
the following schools: Bancroft
assembly hall-gymnasi.lm, $40, 0ne:
Whittier, hall-gymnasium, SAG, 900;
eight-room school. Third Street
and Concord Avenue Northwest,
1924, 900; Noyes, addition, $780,
900; elementary school to replace
Bunker Hill School. 5000, 900; new
elementary school on Bladensburg
Road Northeast. 100000; King
man, addition, $21S,50O; Ketcham.
addition, $4,000; Dennison Voca-
tional, replacement, $208,O0O:
eight-room school, First and Pierce
Streets Northwest, 100000; Gid
dings, hall-gymnasium, $4,000;
Smothers, addition, 100000.
Lenox, replacement, 100000:
Margaret Murray Washington, ad"
dition, $185, 900; Thomas Jeffer"
IrNo-.4;.voI ~, Do~o % NnI ~
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Capital Stuff

President Roosevelt took long look at war
plagued world yesterday and ordered a substan-
tial block of burglary insurance for Uncle Sam
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the parent peak. Middle aged mountains with
stunted pines decorating their bosoms. And aged
mountains without q leaf or q twig on their bald
heads.
An hour or two beyond Colorado Springs, our
train guide announced that We are 10000 feet
above sea level. The train had climbed 1000 feet
in SO miles.
There's Castle Rock" he points out. cts 900
feet above the track level and rises sharp from
the plain. The pioneers used it as a sign post"
Castle Rock is q huge boulder dumped down
millions of years ago when this Western country
boiled up geographically.
Pixies Peak Hidden
Pixies Peak is hidden in the low Clouds The air
is cool and dry. Lean cattle hunt the brown
fields for grass We've passed ten dried up river
beds. Except for the mountains God must have
hated this country. He made it so ugly. Or maybe
God made the country beautiful and man de-
stroyed by using up its strength in greedy crops.
God relented and man in his remorSe tried to
redeem his sins at Pueblo little farther on. Here
is an. ugly town. But there are decent houses,
flower gardens and few meadows and trees.
Beyond the town the mountains are noticeably
higher.
All afternoon the train is surrounded by noun
tains. Gray mountains in mist purple mountains
in shadow, brown and pink mountains in sun
light. A forlorn house now and then.
After dinner-the Canyon Of the Colorado! Here
my dears is something majestic. Something to
take your breath away. The Colorado River cut
the canyon in its centuries of lifetime. Narrow
but very busy here. You'll meet the Colorado
later in its broadcast and fiercest moment at
Boulder DAM
We ride through the Canyon until night closes
in. Twisting, winding each bend is new vista
of sombre beauty.
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THURSDAY, AUG. :
Seeing America Last By Helen Esnr,

If you don't want to hear about scenery-don't
read this column. Skip to luscious murder or
the racy doings of Congress.
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There's an awful lot of feeling around among
the New Dealers over those Senators who rode
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-05
By John O'DonneH
and Doris FleeSon

ical Corps is, in my judgment, contrary to sound
public policy"
The building program which the Navy an
nounced has only been approached once since
the World War days when Franklin D. Roose-
welt sat in the chair of the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy. Last January in his budget message
President Roosevelt revealed that construction
would begin at once on two new battleships-
the Washington and the North Carolina-to re.
place obsolete capital craft
Yesterday to keep our Navy up to its original
treaty strength set by the now defunct Washing
ton and London 5-5-3 agreements the plan for
construction of the two new batt1eships was an
nounced by the Navy Department. Congress
will be asked to provide funds in the 1889 naval
appropriations so that building can start after
next June 80.
In addition to the two capital ships and the
two light cruisers, the Navy also announced that
bids had been opened from six private ship
yards to construct four deStroyerS. The bids
ranged from IS, OTIS 900 to $3.50 600 with the low
est bid submitted by the Bath Iron Works. Bath,
Maine.
Roosevelt Takes Hand
The President took a personal hand in the
general naval activity, slipping away from the
White House for 20-mile inspection drive Of
possible sites for the proposed $4.5O0.000 naval
hospital to be erected in the District
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SKTPPY

Do you want money? The Washington
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
LIVESTOCK MARKET
FORECAST GIVEN

Present indications as to numbers
of livestock on farms on January
1, 1888, as compared with year
earlier, point to no major change
in the aggregate. of grain consunl-
ing units, according to Alden E..
Orr, assistant professor of farm
management at Washington State
College. In view of the greatly H.
creased supplies of feed available
compared with those of last year,
or with those following the 1884
drought, grain feeding of livestock
will be much more extensive this
year, -sa. .le.l Il ,,5
Hogs will be marketed at heav-
Ter weights, dairy cattle and poul-
try will be fed more literally and
the number of grain fattened beef
cattle will be greatly increased, &C
cording to the bureau of agricul-
tural economics.
The bureau also estimates that
YOU'LL llVSSGOCk llQlllOclIo, dlUllOOSll
expected to be increased during
the next few years, will be smaller
than average until 1910 or 1941. If
feed crop production in the next
few years is about average, sup
plies of feed will be large in re-
lation to the number of livestock,
and livestock prices will be high in
relation to feed prices. Such sit
uation will be the reverse of that
which livestockmen have exper-
fenced during most of the past four
years.
Total supplies of meats in 1888
are likely to be larger than in 1887,
but will be smaller than average.
Supplies of pork are expected to
be larger than in 1887, especially
during the last part of the market
ing year; whereas beef and veal
supplies are expected to be smaller.
The lamb supply in 1888 probably
will not be much different from
that of the present year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
LICENSE PLATES
NOW AVAILABLE

Automobile license plates for 1888
have been received by the White
Bluffs Motor Company, where they
may be secured by local motorists.
The cost of the plates remains
the same this year as during the
past few years $500 for passenger
cars, but the motorist must also
pay an excise tax when he gets his
plates. This tax replaces the per-
sonal property tax assessed in for
mer years.
Under the excise tax schedule, all
cars older than 1881 will be taxed
flat $1OO Taxes on other mod
els, the list of which was published
in the Spokesman last week, will
range from $3.50 to $3.50 for 1881
to 1888 Fords, Chevrolets and Ply
mouths; from Sits to $1,000 for
1881 to 1888 Chrysler- Royal, De-
Soto, Dodge, Oldsmobile 6, Pom
tiac, Studebaker-D Dictator and Ter
raplane- Essex, and from $175 to
$11.5O for 1881 to 1888 Studebaker-
Commander, Oldsmobile 8 and
Buick 40 and so.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
Pacific Coast Is
Main Plum Region

About four ifths of the plum
trees in the United States are in
California, Oregon, Washington.
and southwestern Idaho, according
to special release, showing the
100 leading counties in number of
trees of all ages, issued this week
by the bureau of the census of the
department of commerce. Sixty four
of the 100 leading counties are in
this region and contributed 90.5 per
cent of the nations crop of plums
and prunes in 1884. A large part
of the western plums enter COM
mercial channels as dried prunes.
Santa Clara county, California,
is the outstanding county in the
United States in number of trees
of all ages, having 179 per cent of
the total Sonoma county, in the
same state, ranks second with I'll
per cent. Thirtyfou other Cali
fornia counties are in the first 100,
while Oregon has 13, Washington
9 and Idaho 6.
Other regions important in COM
mercial production of plums include
counties along the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan, on the southern
shores of Lake Erie and Lake On
tario, and in southwestern PENN,
sylvania extending into Ohio. Mia
CARA county, New York, is the lead
ing county in number of trees in
those regions
Washington counties included
among the leading 100 counties and
their rank are:
+ Clark IL, Yakima Is, Walla Wal
la so, Benton 70, Lewis 81, Douglas
|82, Pierce 98, Wtiatco1fl 90 ano
Snohomish 100.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
SPECIAL CACHET
FOR FIRST FLIGHT

Two Indian headdresses, bow
and arrow, a covered wagon and a
modern air transport plane are in
cluded in a special cachet to be
used when United Air Lines in
augurates service out of Walla
Walla on Saturday. December 4.
Postmaster George Day of that
city reports that those desiring the
cachet should send stamped, self
addressed air mail envelopes in All
outside cover addressed, to the
Walla Walla Post Office. Approx
mately 5000 first flight letters have
already been received, he reported.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
rs SATURDAY NIGHT
HOPE CHEST DANCE

That cynosure of all feminine
eyes, the American Legion Aux
iliary's hope chest, will find it's
rightful owners Saturday evening,
December d. when the annual Aux
iliary dance and awards will take
place at the community hall.
The chest is filled with hand
some household linens and other
articles, most of them hand made
and decorated. Twenty other prizes
will also be awarded during the
evening, and will include blankets,
comforters, pillow cases, water sets,
book ends and other useful and
decorative things for the homer
Music for the dancing will be
furnished by "Al and His Pals"
and lunch will be served during
the evening.
The award of the hope chest and
other prizes will be made at $3.50
o'clock.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
DISTRICT ELECTION
SET FOR DEC. ID

Notices were posted this. week OF
the election of a director to the
Priest Rapids irrigation district, to
be held Tuesday, December Ia.
The position to be filled is that
of w. S. Weber whose term ex-
pires the first of January. So far
as is known, Mr.. Webber will be
the only candidate for the post
The election will be held at the
Perry house, formerly the L, T.
Brooks house, across the road from
the old brick schoolhouse. Polls will
be open from l pm. until 8 pm.
and any person holding title, or
evidence of title, to land within the
boundaries of the district, will be
eligible to vote.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
FAMILY GATHERS
AT BRUCE HOME

The home of Mrs. Percie e. Bruce
was the scene of family reunion
Thanksgiving Day when her four
sons and two daughters and their
families paid her surprise visit.
1t was the first time in sixteen
years that the entire family had
been together at the same time.
Her guests at dinner that day
were Mr.. and Mrs. George McCol
ter and children, Betty and Orion,
of Prosser; Mr. and Mrs. H. w.
Mills and children, Ruth and
George, of Tacoma, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Naubert of Kelso, Jack Nc
Cotter of San Diego, California,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McCotter and
children, Roy and Glenna, of White
Bluffs, and MIR. and Mrs. James
McCotter and son Jack of Priest
Rapids.
Jack, who is stationed on the U.
is. s. Whitney at San Diego, ar
rived Thanksgiving Day to spend
his leave with his mother before
returning to duty early this month.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
DONATIONS NEEDED
FOR HOT LUNCHES

Patrons of the White Bluffs
schools have generously donated
vegetables and meat for the hot
lunches, which are served to the
pupils each day, says Mrs. D. S..
Wilkinson, chairman of the Wo-
mans club committee which is joint
sponsor of the project Many com!
modities must be purchased, how
ever, and patrons who are not in a
position to give vegetables are
asked to contribute staples or milk,
or to donate small amount of
cash toward purchasing these sup
lies.
IS. Supplies which must be pur-
chased include sugar, salt, butter,
seaso1lings and cocoa.
School children are being fur
nished one hot dish each day, re-
ceiving vegetable soup two days a
week, cream of tomato soup one
day, potato soup one day and cocoa
one day. Cost of the lunches is two
and one half cents per day for each
nupil.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
Eagles Play Two
Games This Week

A busy weekend faces the White
Bluffs Eagles, who will travel to
Bickleton Friday night for a prac-
tice game there, and meet the Pas
co Bulldogs in another practice tilt
on the local floor Saturday night.
The Bulldogs, who are playing
this year in the newly-formed va
kina Valley A class league, are
always formidable, and while they
are favored to take an easy VIC
tory, they will give the local quint
valuable experience and will give
the fans an exhibition of classy
floor work.
White Bluffs will play six league
games, with the first one to be held
on the local floor December II, ac-
cording to the schedule which was
released this week. The complete
league schedule is:
December 17-Richland here.
January 7-RivervieW here.
January 14-Benton City there.
january 21-Benton City here.
January -Riverview there.
February Richland there.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
l lag! District is
kHtion To Be
Held Saturday
A. L. Brockway Is Only
Candidate For Post;
4 Polls Open All Day.

Benton county voters will go to
the polls Saturday, December 4, to
elect a commissioner to the Ben
ton County Public Utility District
NO. L from commissioner district
mo. 1, which embraces White Bluffs,
Hanford and Benton City.
A. l.. Brockway of Hartford, in
crmbent commissioner, is a candi-
date for reelection. and his is the
only name which will appear on
the ballots.
The polls will be open from 8
am. until pm, and all regis
tered voters will be eligible to cast
q ballot.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
DIVIDEND PAID
ON CERTIFICATES

y A dividend of 1917 per cent of
the certificates held by depositors
in the First Bank of White Bluffs
was paid this week by the liquid
ating committee.
Checks have been mailed to all
depositors who receive $1OO or more
in the dividend, payment to be
made to those receiving less than
one dollar on application, H. F.
Paschen, trustee, states.
Payments made by checks totaled
116, Paschen says, while cash pay
ments are being held for approx
imately 100 depositors.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
WOMAN's CLUB TO
HAVE XMAS PARTY

The White Bluffs Woman's club
will hold it's annual Christmas
S,arty wednesday afternoon, De
een1ber 8, at the club rooms in the
Lutheran church, with Mrs. I. B.
Burns and Mrs. w. j. Jenkins TAX
ing charge Iof the program. Host
esses for TIE afternoon will be Mrs.
u. j. O'Larey and Mrs. Fred Gill
fouly.
Members are asked to bring an
Inexpensive gift for exchange and
to contribute a cooked. dish for the
luncheon.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-02
KHS Senior
Play To Be
Given Here
Proceeds To Be Used To
Defray Expenses Of
Hot Lunch Project.

"The Whole Towns Talking"
Kennewick high school senior class
play, will be given at the White
Bluffs high school auditorium Wed
nesday evening, December 8, it was
announced this week.
The performance is being spon-
sored jointly by the Woman's club
and the local school, and the pro-
ceeds will be used for the hot lunch
project in the schools.
The play, which is to be given
in Kennewick this Friday evening,
is said to be an hilarious comedy
from start to finish. 1t concerns
the efforts of a manufacturer, who
plans the marriage of his daughter
to his business partner to make
his partner a man of the world,
in order that his daughter will find
him more attractive.
The action takes place in the
living room of the manufacturers
home at Sandusky, Ohio, the first
act on an early summer morning,
the second act morning one week
later and the third act the evening
of that day.
The cast of the play Is composed
Of:
Henry Simmons, a manufacturer,
Robert Wheelhouse; Harriet Sim
mons, his wife, Peggy Burton;
Ethel Simmons, their daughter,
Betty Shaughnessy; Chester Bin
ney, Simmons partner, Gerald Brit
ton; Lefty Lythe, film actress,
Lorraine Smith; Donald Swift, mo-
ton picture director, Wayne Small
ley; Roger Shields, young Chicago
blood, Pat O'Neil; Lila Wilson and
Sally Otis, friends of Ethel, Coral
Jones and Jane Nagley; Annie, a
maid, Velma MECHANISM; Sadie
Bloom, Dorothy Doyle; taxi driver,
Duane Campbell
Showing of the play here was
made possible by the generosity of
the cast, who volunteered to come
up and put on the show for just
their travelling expenses, and it is
hoped that the community will
show it's appreciation by a record
turnout.