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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07

There was a good attendance at
Sunday School last Sunday. A Raj
~ Day program was given, consist
ing of song numbers from each
class and a special song by Jane
Turner.
The Ladies' Aid met Thursday at
the manse to plan the work for
the winter.
Mrs Fred Justice of Prosser was
guest at the Ed Worby home on
Tuesday Other visitors were Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Bogart of Everett and
Edward came home from Walla
Walla for the weekend
X X y
Mrs. G. o. Bunnell, Miss Eliza
beth Grant, Mrs. T. del. MoHatt
and Mrs. A. L. Brockway drove to
Prosser Thursday.
Mrs. H. H. Boie accompanied
Mrs. Frank Clark to Yakima last
Friday when the latter drove over
to get her son, Raymond, who spent
the weekend at home Raymond is
working for Picatti Brothers on the
Roza project, running the pumps
that keep the water out Of the tun-
mel.
y X 4
Mrs. James Martin of Lewiston,
Idaho, is here visiting her sister,
Mrs. j. M. Clark.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
ADVERTISEMENT
Adventure Is Coming
In The American Bow

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They'll read, too, of excitement
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Readers can follow young ex-
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
EDITORIAL

Public Speaking; why are we TAX
ing this subject? Will it help us in
the future and aid us in various
enterprises? Whatever our position
in life may be, it is that much bet
ter if we can express ourselves in
the best manner. An honest posi-
ton in life is earned by hard and
tedious labor. AS for Public Speak
ing. it is an art which needs mas
tering.
That is the difficult side. But, as
the old saying goes, there are al
ways two sides to any matter. 1t
is. hard to express the really en-
joyable side Of this subject when
YOU are just beginner. There are
pantomimes, which might, in some
sense, be called fun, or they might
be termed as ridiculously funny.
A jolly teacher does help mat
tiers, though, and you find yourself
excited or thrilled in giving one OF
Webster's or Lincolns great ors>
tons. OF course, we do not possess
their force and quality of speech
but that is what we are endeavor-
ing to accomplish.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
Hartford Happenings

A. M. Rollinger of Olympia spent
Sunday and Monday here on bust
ness, and was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Webber during his stay.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert MacD onell
and doughter Patty of Prosser were
week end guests at the Gus Bur-
ford home.
The Hanford Improvement Club
will meet next Thursday afternoon,
October IA, at their club rooms.
While roller skating at school last
Monday morning, Lorraine Wooten
suffered a badly dislocated arm and
has been absent from school for
several days. Mrs Wooten is re-
covering nicely from her operation
at st. Elizabeth's hospital in va
kima and expects to leave the hos
pital next week.
X Y X
Bus Meek has returned home
from Wenatchee, where he had
been picking apples.
X X X
Both MIR. and Mrs. Ben Root have
been on the sick list the past week.
A mild epidemic of intestinal flu
seems to be spreading through the
valley. Others who have been i'll
this week with similar symptoms
are Louise Moulster, Ruby Hoover
and Annette Buckholt.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
NUMBER 4
LISTENING IN

The three musketeers (Curtis,
Hoover and KeaD resembled stewed
oysters Friday when they were
caught in the preliminaries of their
sad lady-~Jackson must be a
firm believer and fan of old Rip
Van Wrinkle Second period study
hall undergoing some cultivation
or one of those cyclones plougheo
the rows-Anglo proving his atf1n-
ity for Montgomery (not Ralph
either).
Dessert on the desert in the De-
serted The Hanford bus was more
or less deserted vehicle Friday.
Only seven boys and seven girls
kept the cushions from erupting.
Being Geneva's birthday we cele-
brated. Our guest of honor and
Ruby did not indulge with us due
to the i'll effects they were begin
ming to suffer from the picnic that
opened Pandora's box.
The refreshments, which con-
sisted of apples, peanuts, cookies
and candy, were served in the odd
est manner.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PASS PIN-BALL ORDINANCE

An ordinance placing a license
fee on pin-ban machines operated
in Benton county was passed by
the county commissioners last week,
becoming effective October 1.
The license was placed at 5000
per year for a maximum of 20 ma
chimes, all machines above that
number to be licensed at SIS per
year each.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
Riverland District

Mrs. William Shelledy and baby
daughter, Joan Gwendolyn, re-
turned to Yakima Wednesday after
weekend visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Fry.
Mr. and Mrs Gary Wills spent
the weekend in Ellensburg and
Yakima.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Wagner left
today, Thursday, for Yakima, where
they will stay for a short time.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07

The play committee has received
the books for the play that is to
be given. THE Haunted Chair" is
a royalty play and as may be
GUESSED by the title, is mystery
farce. The cast will be selected this
wednesday and rehearsals will start
the first of next week.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07

Good quality WOODEN cloth has a
i've, springy feeling. Poor quality
woolens have uneven, harsh, stubby
fibers that feel heavy as boards.
have little or no springiness and
look dull and matted.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07

At the Senior class meeting last
week, the colors decided upon were
blue and Gold. Several members OF
the class have sent for class sweat
ers instead of the traditional class
rings.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
Oil Stones

The most extensively used oil
stones in the United States come
from Indiana and Arkansas. Oil
stones are also made artificially
from powdered carboru,dum.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07

The Junior class held a meeting
to decide on the prom and class
colors. It was decided by the class
that we would give the annual Ju-
nior Prom in the spring. We also
adopted Royal Blue and Silver as
our class colors.
Last Wednesday, the girls Pc
class enjoyed hike over to the
Point. After they arrived they built
a bonfire and formed a circle, tell
ing stories and playing several
games. They then roasted weiners
and ate, their supper of salad, pick
les, crackers, weiners and cookies.
At dusk they departed for home
everyone reporting a good time.
MIR. Austin Gin Physics class) !:
"Give me an example of wasted
energy"
Jean Sigurdson: Telling a bald
headed man a hair raising story"
The Sophomores had another
meeting last Monday. The Fresh
man class hopes that they have de-
cided when the initiation is to take
place.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-10-07
THE BLACKBOARD
,LUNE NUMBER
VOLUME v
STAFF

Editor in Chief Pauline Leander
Assistant Editor Wilma Cox
Senior Reporter Jean Sigurdson
Columnist Kathryn Brown
Junior RepOrter ..... Alice Roberts
Sophomore Reporter - Betty Meek
Freshman Reporter Dean Hall
Sports Reporter Robert Anderson
Tynist Annette Buckholt
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
MERIT SYSTEM
EXTENSION
PROPOSED

In the interest of economy and
efficiency" the Brookings 1nstitu-
ton today recommended to the
Senate Government reorganiza-
tom committee that the merit
system be extended to the bulk"
TO Federal employees mot now un-
der it."
The report. submitted to Sena-
tor Byrd CD of Virginia, acting
chairman of the committee, also
recommended that the Civil Sew
ice Commission enlist the coopera-
ton of the scientific, technical
and professional bureaus in giving
and grading examinations in their
respective fields.
Other accommodations included
a "well-qualified" personnel Off,
Ger for each agency of the Gov
eminent. The report added:
Probably the greatest single
advance in the personnel admin
istration of the Government
would result from the adoption
by the Congress and the Execu-
tive of a policy that would place
the personnel unit in charge of
a trained and experienced per.
sonnet office"
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
"A PCT. THEFTS
. SOLVED HERE

The Robbery Squad of the Wash
ington police closed 44.35 per cent
of it's cases during the last fiscal
year, a small gain over the num-
Der Of cases closed last year, it was
announced yesterday by Major
Ernest w. Brown, Superintendent
of Police. Of 1903 reports Of rob-
berries, Til were marked CLOSED"
Lieut.. John Fowler, criminolo-
gist and ballistics expert, who has
general supervision over the squad,
pointed out that the squad oper-
ated this year with fewer men
than the year before.
During the year 795 persons
were arrested, of whom 294 were
convicted or held for action Of the
Grand Jury.
There were 458 cases Of armed
robbery reported, of which 262 are
still listed as "open" cases.
There were Ais cases of assault
and robbery, of which 249 were
cleared.
The squad made a good record
on finding the solution to safe
crackingS, with As safe robberies
reported, and "a cases marked
closed.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22

Smithsonian Institution scien-
lists went into a huddle today over
the report of two California ethnol-
ogists who lay claim to the discov-
cry of an ancient Indian burial
ground in Northwest Mexico, the
mummified contents of which they
are unable to identify.
AS the scientists huddled, 40
snakes wriggled in their new cages
at the National Geological Park
the gifts of the men who found the
mummies.
Welcoming ceremonies at the
Zoo were conducted yesterday by
Assistant Director DR.. Ernest P.
Walker for the two scientists, PIX
son C. Hayes and Gerald c. Barnes,
after which the guests visited the
Smithsonian to confer on the sub
iect of mummieS. The SmithSol-
ian also was presented 3 four-leg-
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
WOMEN GUILTY
IN BIRTH TEST

SALEM, Mass. July 22.-Anger
swept ranks of New England birth
control opponents today following
the decision of Judge B. Sears,
who found three women guilty in
the nationally sensational birth
Control test case," tried before
him in District Court here.
One of the defendants in the
case was Mrs. Carolyn T. Gard
ner, who was fined $100-the min
imum penalty. The statute she
and the other two women were
found guilty of violating deals
with sale or exhibition Of birth
control articles. The maximum
penalty under the birth control
statute is $1,000 fine and a Jail
sentence up to two and one half
years,
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Puerto Rican Trade
With u. ). Increases

Puerto Rico, which in 1900
ranked 26 as a purchaser Of
goods from mainland United
States, today ranks sixth, ex-
ceeding all countries in the
Western hemisphere except
Canada, the Puerto Rican Trade
Council revealed today.
The islands purchases from
the States have increased from
less than $5.00o,o00 in 1900 to
more than $86,000,000 in 1886,
a growth of approximately 100
per cent.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Swimming Classes
SET for Beginners

For the benefit Of those who
would breast the mighty ocean but
find themselves suffering in the
"paddler's class" the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross has
established at the Takoma Park
pool its first 1887 class for be-
ginners.
Gordon o. Stone, assisted by a
corps of experts, will be on hand
to direct the classes, which have
been called for successive Mon
days, beginning July 26, at 1880
p. M, and continuing through
August. Those who would be mem
bers are asked to be on hand to
register next Monday.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22

LOS ANGELES, July % G.N.S0,
The seal of a secret court filing
was removed today and it was dis
covered that Actor George Brent
Is suing his bride of two months,
Constance Worth, Australian &C
treSS, for an annulment.
Brent asks that the marriage be
declared void on the technical
ground that they did not comply
with Mexican marriage laws when
they eloped to Tia Juana last
May 10.
Her attorneys said she would re-
main here and fight the action.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Mummy Find Studied
BV Smithsonian

|ged stool and a prehistoric burial
robe, unearthed in the Mexican
burial ground.
An attempt to remove the num-
mics to this country for study was
blocked by the Mexican govern
ment, the men said, but permits
sion would be forthcoming for an
expedition by a recognized group
of Americans.
Local ethnologists believe the
mummies members Of some for
gotten Indian tribe.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Toothpicks as SpIints

zIGzAG, Ore. G.N.S0. DIR.
John Craft, of CCC Company 92s,
proved his versatility when he
used toothpicks for splints and set
a canary'S broken leg. The OPP
Grafton was performed without
anesthetic. but the bird didn't
"peep" once.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Good Farm Market

About half of all the food eaten
in Puerto Rico is bought from
farmers in continental United
States, according to the Puerto
Rican trade council.
The Washington times., 1937-07-22
Brain Waves Measured

A device to measure brain waves
will be one of the features found
in the Hall of Health and Science
at the 1889 Golden Gate Inter
national Exposition.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Child Labor Defeat
Is Laid 10 Nebraska
InternationaI Newa serrice

The Federal Children's Bureau,
through Katharine Lenroot, its
chief, today expressed the opinion
that the action of Nebraska's legis.
lature in rejecting the child labor
amendment made ratification of
the measure unlikely this year. She
said:
"T don't think eight States
needed to make the amendment
law can be induced to act this
year."
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
0SA JOHNSON
LECTURESHERE

A dark-haired woman sat in a
wheel chair on the stage of Con
stitution Hall last night and ex-
planned moving pictures depicting
the mysteries of Borneo to an en-
thusiastic audience.
She was Osa johnson, widow of
the famed Martin johnson, ex-
plorer who was killed in an air,
plane crash several months ago
Mrs. Martin was also injured in
the crash.
Fish that climb trees and oys'
ters that grow on trees were
among the many strange things
captured by the johnson camera
Joseph Tilton, the sound expert
with the johnson expedition, as,
sisted Mrs. Martin in the explana'
tion of the films.
The pictures are a complete rec
ord of the Johnson'S trip from
the coast of North Borneo up the
jungle-lined Kinabatangan River
to the country inhabited by head
hunters.
Her only mention Of her hus.
band came when she spoke OF
washington. She said:
II am glad to be here for
many reasons, one Of which is
that my husband always looked
forward with great pleasure to
his visits to Washington"
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
PAIGE PASTELS
T0C0ME HERE

The Paige paStels, made on the
second Byrd antarctic expedition,
which are now on exhibit in Los
Angeles, are soon to become the
property of the Smithsonian 1nsti-
tuition, it was learned today.
The hundred chalk drawings
were done by young David Abbey
Paige. 1t is possible they may
go to the Paris Exposition before
coming to the Capital, their per
manent home. The pictures de.
pict strange mirages, known only
to the antarctic region, and one
drawing shows two suns-one real,
the other an illusion.
Paige has a drawing of the
longest Aurora Australis ever seen
by man. The spectacle lasted 36
hours, and Paige worked con.
tinuously so that he could bring
it back to civilization.
Chalk was used, it is explained,
because water colors and oils froze
and slid from the canvas.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
ART SHOWING
FOR FIRST LADY

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
be the guest Of honor at a special
showing of the 461 oil paintings
comprising the W. A. Clark prize
contest in the Corcoran Art Gal
lery at 2:3O o'clock this afternoon.
The first lady will meet the
four prize winners who, with the
amount of the prizes, are Edward
Hopper, New York, $4,000; Guy
Pene Dubois, New York, $1,5OO;
Francis Speight, New Hope, Pa,
$1,000. and Bernard Keyes, Bos.
ton, $500.
The prizes will be presented this
evening by George E. Hamilton,
president of the gallery, in a brief
opening ceremony which will be
attended by exhibitors and Off
cials of the institution.
The exhibit will be open to the
public tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
SENATE P0LLED
ON COURT

Continued from Page II
and Senator Van Nuys CD of In.
diana, opposition leader.
O'MahOney Plan Gains
The poll, in its first stages, in.
dicated strong support for the
amendment proposed by Senator
O'Mahoney CD Of Wyoming,
which would require a two-thirds
majority of the Supreme Court to
hold any act of Congress uncon-
stitutional.
Under this amendment the pres
ent minority on the high court
would be able to block 5-to-4 de-
cisions, holding acts unconstitu-
tional. 1t would not affect the
9-to-0 decision that outlawed the
NRA, but it's advocates pointed out
that neither would the Presidential
plan.
There was widespread discussion
on Capitol Hill of other amend
ments. One was proposed by Sena-
tor Burke CD of Nebraska, foe Of
the Presidential plan. 1t would re-
tire Supreme Court justices at the
age of IS, but limit their retire
ment to one justice each calendar
year, with the senior justice retir-
ing first. This would give President
Roosevelt the opportunity to ap-
point possibly four new justices
during his present term.
Administration spokesman de-
clared they were opposed to all con-
stitutional amendments. except as
an adjunct to the Presidential
plan. Enactment of the Presidents
plan, they said, would obviate the
necessity for compelling 6-to-3 or
7-to-2 decisions while compulsory
retirement of justices at IS might
be enacted through a constitu-
tional amendment to inject new
blood" into the court in the future.
But they were united on condemn
ing any compromise on the issue
now.
OMahoney, however. predicted
Oil u4UIIIldGC IO4AlpL OI11loC. nc od1A
Il believe it is possible to
reach an accommodation on the
subject of constitutional
amendment. 1t Is not in sight
now"
WILLIAMS ACTION RESENTED
There was strong resentment in
the Senate against the action of
Federal Judge Robert Lee Viii.
liamS, of Oklahoma, now 68, who,
when appointed to the tenth cir
cult court of appeals, promised to
retire at 10. Burke threatened to
fight his confirmation on the
ground that if he apprehended
senility in two years he was unfit
to serve on the appellate bench
now.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
FR|DAY IS SET.
FOR RELIEF
HEARING
Pickets Called Off at
D. c. Building When
City Heads Agree

According to requests of Work
ers Alliance committee, the Dis
trict Commissioners today set II
a. m. Friday for a public hearing
on the entire local relief setup.
Committee members then called
off the pickets who have been
about the District Building for
more than a week.
David Dixon, chairman Of the
committee. said the alliance will
have IL to 18 witnesses at the
hearing.
Commissioner George E. Allen,
who received the committee, prom
ised the hearing, and Engineer
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan con-
Cured.
The picket line around the Dis
trict Building was formed after
several hundred workmen at Boil
ing Field we're dropped from
Works Progress Administration
rolls. They we're Immediately
reinstated ano additional relief
eligibles we're taken on, but the
picket line continued until noon.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Ohio Bank Is Looted
Of $1,000 By2 Thugs

KENTON, Ohio. March az
GN.S1.-Two armed a n d t 8
raided the Alger Savings Bank at
Alger, northwest of here, held up
two employees and a customer and
escaped with loot estimated at
approximately $1,000.
The gunner forced Cashier Fred
Ankerman into the vault, while
they scooped up all the cash in
sight, and then dashed from the
bank, forcing Alderman to accom-.
pany them at the point Of re-
Volvers.
Ankerman, forced to stand on
the running board of their auto
mobile, jumped off after the car
had Travelled about a hundred feet.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Doctors Fail 10 Save
9-0unCe N. Y. Baby

NEW YORK, March 81 G.N.S)
For 19 hours and "a minutes
physicians battled overwhelming
odds to save the life of a prema-
ture, nine-ounce baby, but finally
they lost their fight and today
the tiny son of Mrs. Saverio Vita
was dead.
The child, born at a Brooklyn
hospital was premature by more
than four months. Nourishment
was administered with an eye
dropper, oxygen was provided and
an improvised incubator was
hastily arranged to keep it alive.
When the child was first born
stimulants we're administered, and
heart movement started 20 min
utes later.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
ENGINEER DIES
AFTER RESCUE

CLAYTON, N. NJ, March ~
0N.SO Dan Horan, Colorado &
Southern Railway engineer, died
early today while being rushed to
a hospital here after workmen had
cut through the wreckage OF his
locomotive to rescue him.
BY cutting through the tangled
metal with acetylene torches. res
cuers were able to reach Horan
four hours after his northbound
passenger train collided with a
southbound freight 10 miles north
of here, overturning the locomotive.
Nine injured, including six pas
sengers, were brought to the hos
pital here.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
Mdttson Kidnapping
Suspect Is Set Free

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March N
G.N.SD.-Harry Decker, 36. held
and questioned in the Kittanning,
Pa, Jail as a possible suspect In
the kidnap-murder OF Charles
Matson, 10, of Tacoma, Wash, to-
day was absolved of any connec"
tion with the crime. Dan Dilillo,
special agent in charge of the
F. B. I. here reported. Decker was
said to resemble the general de-
scription OF the hunted kidnaper.
The Washington times., 1937-03-27
6ThriIle Train Wreck
Fails: = Boys Held

Charles Evans Parks, high school
students.
According to Sheriff C. H. Lar.
son, Allen had climbed a pole and
cut the block signal wires, just as
the City of Denver was approach
ing the DeKalb yards. Meanwhile,
however, Charles broke into a
switchman's shanty and stole sew
eral signal flares.
The train was stopped at the
flares, and special agents caught
the boys, who had stayed to see
the excitement"
The Washington times., 1937-03-27

SYCAMORE. ILL.,, March 81
G.N.SD-Seeking thrills, two 16'
year-old DeKalb, ILL.,, boys i'm
periled the lives of hundreds of pas
sengers by cutting railroad block
signal wires in attempts to wreck
de luxe streamlined trains, authori-
ties declared last night.
The youths were captured late
terday after one sought thrill by
attempting the wreck the City of
Denver, another Streamliner, and
the other sought a thrill by saw
ing it.
The two are Allen chatham and