davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
University of
N.C.DaySet
August 9TH
Will Be Outstanding
Event On Dare Me-
mortal Program

Manteo, July %. - Saturday
August, the 7th., was definitely set
as University of North Carolina
Day by the Roanoke Colony Mem
orial Committee after conference
with members of the local Alum
ni-Alumnae club of the Greater
University this morning. Previous
to this setting, j. Maryon Saun-
derS, secretary Of the general
alumni association, had wired that
this date was agreeable to the as
Sociation.
Principal feature of the day viii
be a luncheon at the NagS Head
Beach Club, where all alumni OF
both the Chapel Hill and State
College branches and alumnae of
the Womans College branch at
Greensboro will meet, eat and
talk from one o'clock until about
2:30. President Frank P. Graham
will be the principal speaker at
Continued on Page TlTee)
The daily independent., 1937-07-24

What has happened to the
bridal tour or honeymoon trip
that our ancestors were so strong
for?" asked the Soda Jerker.
why, 1 thought young married
couples still went on bridal tours, y
said the Bank Clerk.
Not like they used to- said the
Soda Je-:Ser. Il can remember
when a honeymoon was supposed
to last three weeks and a pair OF
neWlyWedS on their bridal tour
would feel disgraced if they came
back home inside ten days or two
weeks. Nowadays they run up to
Norfolk or Washington for a night
and are back home before the rice
is out of their hair.
LAS a matter of fact, we have a
lot of cases now where they do
their honeymooning from three to
six months before they announce
their marriage"
Il hadn't given it any thought
before" said the Bank Clerk, but
times have changed. The honey
moon trip or bridal tour isn't as
important as it was in other years,
say before the advent of the
automobile and birth control.
In former years marriage
meant settling down, establishing
a home and raising a family. The
bride who didn't get honeymoon
trip was doomed to years of con-
finement to her own fireside rails
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
A Motorcycle Police Escort
Would Cran1p Governor
Hoey's Style
But An Executive W h o
Takes So Much Time to
Be Nice to Folks Must
Speed When He Gets
Going.

Governor Clyde R. Hoey needs
no motorcycle police escort On his
trips over the State. In fact the
motorcycle cops would impede
rather than help his progress.
For instance, the Governor left
the Hotel Nags Header at 11:l5
a. m, yesterday morning and ar
rived at the Virginia Dare Hotel
in his custom built 1887 Lincoln
limousine at 1915 p. m, making
the go odd miles dash in an hour
flat.
But we haven't heard word of
criticism of the States chief exc
cutive for violating traffic laws
which the common citizen is re-
quired to respect at the risk of
a court fine or imprisonment.
Altho compelled to be in Raj
eigh yesterday afternoon for a
number of important appoint
ments, the Governor obligingly
yielded to an urgent invitation to
stop in Elizabeth City for lunch
con at the Virginia Dare Hotel,
with the officers and members of
the Chamber of Commerce Asso-
ciation. When the Governor con-
sented, Secretary Meads got busy
on the telephone to try to round
up a crowd, only to find that most
of his crowd had run out on him.
He finally rounded up Frank
Selig, president of the Association,
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Is
By
Bombing
incendiary Shells Set
Heart of City
AblaZe

Madrid, July 23.-U.P)-FlameS
spread by incendiary shells Of
Rebel bombardnIent ate their way
through buildings in the center of
Madrid late today as rescue squads
StUmb ed through cracking debris
seeking the bodies of men, women
and children.
The Loyal-3t defense Junta eS-
timated that at least $50 persons
were ki led and wounded in the
murderouS 12-hour shelling that
left the capitals principal
thoroughfares in ruin.
The screech of fire engine sir
ems merged with the changing OF
ambulance alarms throughout the
day.
At Barcelona, LoyaliSt seaport
on the Mediterranean. the Rebel
cruiser CanariaS crept into the
harbor. her guns ejecting big
shells that took six lives and
wounded 25.
While Madrid nursed its wounds
the Loyalist forces under Gen.
Jose Mfaja struck deep into Rebel
territory around Las Rozas, nine
miles northwest of the city along
the Escorial highway.
The objective O. The drive was
Majadahonda. foothill town four
miles south of Las Rozas where
heavy concentrations of insurgents
were reported.
The Coruna road north and
south of Las Rozas was in posses
sion Of Miaja's troops while two
government columns closed in on
Majadahonda from the direction
of Villafranca del Castillo and
Zarazuela in nut-cracker op-
Grafton.
If Majadahonda falls to Miaja
the Rebels in Las Rozas will be
isolated from their comrades to
the south.
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
England Admits Fail
IRE of Attempts at
a Compromise
4 Futile Meeting
pr;,,in Will Ask Germany
and Italy TO Suggest
Il Solution

London. JULY 23.- U.H -
.r.a, Britain. admitting fail
n-. I'm her attempts to find a
..,mpr,n,i>r for the intcrna-
f,n,1 neutrality deadlock, to-
.r;,r, moved to throw full re-
.n,a>iNilv upon Germany
.,ri I,lI> for the plans col
.lu>,.
Futile Conference
4 -a-.r.ca. subcommittee Of
..s International non-interven-
..,r .rsvy mat includes q neu-
.~,, nations sworn to a hands off
sga.n policy met at the foreign
,.-,e for three hours in another
...s a,,emg. tc bridge the en-
~-v between EUropes leftiSt and
.av.s- powers.
Before the subcommittee was
3~a.ns last chance" proposal
o sa.vaze the non-intervention
m5-ec- by substituting Spanish
Dor. control for the collapsed
y.sme Of naval patrol and
-aa...g belugerent rights to the
Insurgents and loyalistS. depend
sr. upon withdrawal of all foreign
ro.un.eeys" from Spain.
Fascist Position
Italy and Germany refused to
discuss the withdrawal of Nazi-
'FaSciS. volunteers from Spain un-
il, be..geyenC rights are accord
.r--..,,.-. - I,oro Tprool
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
I. $. Navy RecruiteT
At Community
Building

4 recruiting station for the U.
! Navy Vas opened yesterday af-
",1J9N n The Community build
~ al Dver and Cedar streets by
= I. Phoenix. chief torpedoman-
,s-,o.,e.. and will be maintained
,'.-,e JI-. July 20. Arrangements
y. Inc Use Of the building were
-'"~e some Tine ago by Mayor
,s',Ne 3. Flora. which the re-
.'~.,-- service requested such
,'.,~..es in order to save appli-
.-''.' . expense of going to and
~,@ %....s for examination.
" a...a o., 50 recruits has just
'..~ @.a-.a.e for the district
',~', .. .. Norfolk. Elizabeth
~. and surounding territory,
49, -. ~-... Phoenix is anxious to
..'',. d. many from this immed-
'..-.... approximately 40
-'s.' ~, entered the service from this
49,. .-,''..4 .aa, year he says, and
.,..~ records in examination
Vs.. ...".o @asUally high qualif1ca-
., ''' .''... physical and education
=. @-..s The service an appli-
= '.. 1o between the ages of
,r. ''. 3D. rc from Is to 25 FOR
a. 3.-s must be a critizen
r,. ,.. GATED States, must have a
so>.. ~,,''..t. .uDoI education or its
rr.,. must be mentally
te,. g.. must be single with no
,r.. u.s. must be of good
r.. md without Juvenile,
''''' .-.Ol or prison record.
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
OAR To Hold
Raleigh
National and State.Of-
fcials to Be In Dare
Observance Today

Manteo, July 23.-NatlonaI ana
State officials of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution Will be
honor guests at the observance OF
D. A. R. Day at old Fort Raleigh
tomorrow, at which Thomas DIX
on novelist and United States
Court clerk, will make the feature
address.
The Betsy Dowdy chapter OF
Elizabeth City will be hostesses on
the occasion, which is part OF
the celebration of the 35Oth ami
versary of the establishment OF
the First Colony on Roanoke Is
land.
As a part of the morning exer-
cises which begin at II O'CLOCK
with Mrs. Eugene Norfleet Davis
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Panama CITY, July 23.-UP)-

Panama City, July 23.-iU.R)-
The supposed "curse" of the S3,-
100000 La Estrella gold hoard
of Spanish cOnquistadOres to-
night was credited with the
death of at least one man who
claimed to have discovered it.
Naked jungle Indians warned
other SearcherS to abandon their
efforts to find the fabulous
mine.
Johannes Won Steck, a
Frenchman who appeared at a
jungle outpost a few days ago
with story that he and two
other men had stumbled on the
lost La Estrella mine, died with
a bullet through his head.
Panama City. July %. -tU,R)-
The curse of the fabulous La ES'
trella gold hoard of Spanish con
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Popularity OF
Library Is
Growing
Housewives Pre- f er
Love Stories; 1868
Books Read So Far

When rural housewives in Pas
quotank County find an hour OF
two of leisure, their overwhelm-
ing preference in the way Of lit
erature is a light love story, ac-
cording to Lessie Mae Jennings
librarian of the county's rolling
library.
THE women hardly ever read
anything but light fiction princip-
pally love stories and the men pre-
fer Western stories" Miss Jen-
nings said. Girls lean towards
Westerns and detective myster-
les"
Strangely, altho the rolling
library was set up originally with
the prime purpose of making
boks available to the youngsters
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Work Begun On New
Storage Tank

Work has been begun on the
new concrete water tank at the
municipal we'll field, w. H. Bart
lett having been awarded the
contract at bid of $2,995. The
tank will be 80 by so feet and will
impound 100000 gallons of water.
It will be fed by a new 8-inch
drive we'll which is yet to be sunk.
About 80 days will be required to
complete the work.
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Liberalization
OF High Court
Seen enByF.D.R.
Restoration of Complete
Harmony In Party Pre-
dicted by Leaders

Washington, july 23.-(UH-
President Roosevelt was described
today as feeling that regarless of
the senate's defeat of his supreme
court reorganization program he
has achieved at least a temporary
liberalization of the bench.
A high administration source
summed up the presidents views
in these words:
I'VE are getting somewhere but
we have a long way to CO."
This attitude was expressed as
the senate judiciary committee,
under senate Instructions deliv-
Continued on page Seyen)
The daily independent., 1937-07-24
Bailey Named
As Successor
Sen. Robinson
Arkansas Governors NOmi.
nation Is Equivalent
to Election

Lille Rock Ark. July 23.-U.H
Co. Cag. E. Bailey of Arkansas
to2.ga, Was .e.ected as the demo-
cratic nominee for the senate
ga. vaca,cd by the death Of
Senate Majority Leader Joseph T.
Robinson.
The selection was made by tine
State Democratic committee
Uem0cca..c nomination in Arkan-
Sas i equivalent to election.
On" three Of 35 members of the
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-24

There is no form of nerve dis
order that may not be caused or
aggravated by eye strain. For a
thorough eye examination set
DRS. j. D: HATHAWAY. (adv0
The daily independent., 1937-07-24

Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-24

CONTINUED on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-24

Continued on page seven)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18

Jake Tussey has been helping
Ora Luddington of White Bluffs
move his household goods to Ken
newick, where the latter has pur-
chased a home.
Miss Elizabeth Grant is spending
a few days in Kennewick as the
guest of Mrs. Nellie Hetherington.
She drove down Monday with Mrs.
G. O. Bunnell.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Weiss, who
purchased the Fairbanks place last
spring, have moved to We1atchee.
G. F. Wooten drove down from
Spokane last Friday and went back
on Saturday, taking Mrs. Wooten
and Lorraine. Pete Salvini and Ed
McConnachie moved their house.
hold goods up the same day.
y 4 X
The warehouse crew at the Hort
icultural Exchange wound up the
packing season Tuesday morning.
X X X
The months son of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Neu1nann UNDER
went an abdominal operation at a
Spokane hospital this week. Mrs.
Neumann is staying there with her
child and oldest son, and Mr.. Neu-
mann has made several trips to be
with them.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18
NOTICE OF INTENTI(
SELL COUNTY PROPERTY

Whereas the following q 80
real property, to-wit: Lots !, 2, 3
and 4, Block 80, Plat of Hanford
(known as the Burton property
was heretofore acquired by Benton
County and it appearing to the
Board of County Commissioners of
said county that it is for the best
interests of said county to sell the
real property hereinbefore de-
Scribed:
Now therefore, notice is hereby
given that the Board of County
Commissioners will meet Monday
the 9Th day of December, 1887, at
200 o'clock PM. at their office in
the courthouse in Prosser, Wash
ington, to hear and determine the
advisability of selling the above de-
scribed property, at which meeting
any taxpayer may appear and be
heard for4or against the adyisability
of selling the above described pro-
perty.
H. e. CHAPMAN,
County Auditor and Clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners
Nov. 4-25
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18

NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION
OF COMMISSIONER
Public Utility District No. / of
Benton County

Notice is hereby given that the
annual election of Commissioner
for Public Utility District No. / of
Benton County, Washington, will
be held on the first Saturday in
December December 4, 1880 in all
voting precincts in Benton County,
at the regular voting place in each
precinct, for the purpose Of elect
ing one Commissioner for said dist
riot from Commissioner District
No. 1, for a term of three years.
Notice is further given that the
following named person has been
regularly nominated as a candidate
for said office:
A. L. Brockway, Hanford, Wash
ington
The polls will be open from
o'clock AM. until o'clock Pm.
and all qualified voters of said Ben
ton County Public Utility District
will be entitled to vote at said
election
H. E. CHAPMAN,
County Auditor and Clerk of
Benton County Election Board
Nov. 1925.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18
T FF
EDITORIAL
ducatiOn i'm the Early Days

Education in the Early Days
Living in our midst is Mrs. Ida
Craig, who conducted the first
school in her own home in the
year 1894 Her pupils being her
own and children of the William
Craig family.
The next year this locality was
included in the Yakima district and
a building on the banks of the
Columbia, near the Herman Heide-
mann ranch, was converted into a
school house and young lady
from the Yakima valley served as
a teacher.
In 1897 more people had settled
along the river and they began to
realize their need for a more cen-
trally located school. The men of
the community got together and
built a log school house which was
located on the southwest corner of
the Brice homestead. The logs used
in the building had come down
during the flood of '94.
Mrs. Craig told a very interest
ing story of how the lime, to be
used in the plaster for the school
house, was obtained:
"Irvy and Minnie, two of my
children, crossed the river in a row
boat to the island at Wahluke and
raked up clam shells. These, they
brought back home and Mr. Craig
burned the shells to get the lime
needed for the plaster don't know
how many boat loads they brought
back, but it was quite few
If you were to go into this little
log school house and try to visual
ize just how it must have looked
then, you could almost hear the
three RS" being taught by the
teacher to the group of pupils be-
fore her.
This building was maintained as
a place of learning until 1904 when
the influx of home seekers made
larger building necessity. This
building still rings with the sound
OF happy children in their pursuit
of an education.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18
THE BLACKBOARD
NUMBER 8
LISTENING IN

If you were crowded for room on
the bus Thursday it wasn't the
fault Of Johnny or Lizzie-Wonde
if Skee or Bob are any relation to
Patty Herring or Betty Sturgeon,
a striking rese1nblance-Pretty fair
amateur hour we had Friday but
where was the gong?-A-pun my
word what will our little girls do
next?-Ruby playing second fiddle
Thursday night, she used to play
the violin we'll in Hanford-Mr.
Henley disliking stairs very much,
or vice versa-Pop, a very bandaged
looking specimen, is back again.
Welcome Pop-Some members of
the faculty capturing some prizes
at the turkey shoot Ruth wonder
ing what kind of an excuse she
could use when she got back-Alice
of the opinion that brothers are
O.K.-Some members of that great
organization enjoying themselves
hugely, much to other peoples dis
gust-a certain Senior boy growing
backwards, or rather becoming
childish-Jack going in for mani
cures in a big way, rust color pre-
ferred.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18
NOTICE OF EQUALIZATION OF
TOLL AND ASSESSMENT ROLL
OF THE PRIEST RAPIDS IR-
RIGATION DISTRICT

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That the toll and assessment roll
for land assessments and water
tolls for district purposes against
lands within the Priest Rapids Irri-
cation District, Benton County,
Washington, payable in the year
1888, has been prepared and may
be inspected at the office of the
Secretary, White Bluffs Spokesman
Building, White Bluffs, Washing
ton; that said assessment roll will
remain in the office Of the Secre-
tary for such inspection until the
time of meeting of the Board of
Equalization hereinafter specified;
that the Board of Directors of said
District will meet as Board of
Equalization to equalize the water
tolls and land assessments con-
tanned in said toll and assessment
roll on Saturday, November q, 1897,
at the hour of 1880 o'clock PM. Of
said day and will continue and will
adjourn from time to time and day
to day, as may be necessary for a
period not exceeding ten (10) days
in all, exclusive of Sundays, at the
regular office of the District, White
Bluffs Spokesman Building, located
on Lot Is, Block 9, White Bluffs
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18

). lent .ompany's Town OF
1hite Bluffs White Bluffs, Wash,
.4gton, as per the recorded plat
thereof in the Office of the County
Auditor of Benton County, to hear
and determine such objections to
said toll and assessment roll as
may come before the Board.
B. SALVINI,
w. S. WEBER
w. H. KEAL
Board of Directors of Priest
Rapids Irrigation District
Attest:
GEORGE r. CHASE, Secretary
Nov. Alb, '37.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18

Sunday school attendance con-
tinues good and after the lesson
next Sunday there will be a wor-
ship service of Thanksgiving. Spe-
cial music, recitations and unique
dramatization of thank YOU
party in a southern mission school
by the juniors will conclude the
Sunday school hour.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Wooten and
daughter Lorraine were guests at a
dinner given by a group of friends
at the L. L. Whitwer home Friday
evening.
Twenty-Five women Of the La
dies Aid, P.-T.A. and Women's club
organizations gathered at the home
of Mrs. w. S. Weber, ST., We'd
nesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
E. r. Griner, who is leaving this
week for Okanogan After tea was
served, Mrs. Griner was presented
with a gift, an overnight bag
* X X
Leo Bell has begun work on an
addition of several rooms to his
home here.
Mrs. T. del. Moffatt was a Wis
itor in Prosser, Monday.
X \ +
Albert Szekfu left last Friday for
Idaho, where he will visit relatives.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18
Hanford Happenings

Thirteen friends surprised Mr..
and Mrs. E. r. Griner Sunday night
at their home, a pleasant evening
being spent at bridge. High score
prizes were won by Mrs Leo Web
Der and Norman Anglin, guest
prizes being given Mr.. and Mrs.
Griner.
w. S. Weber, ST., and his son
w. S. Weber, Jr., made a trip to
Seattle Saturday, returning Mon
day. Leo Webber was also on the
coast with w. R. Kirby.
X X X
Members of the Hanford Grange
who attended the Pomona Grange
meeting at Benton City Saturday
were Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. WhitWer,
Mrs. David Hartman, B. @. Root
and A. L. Brockway. Mr.. Whitwer
was elected member of the exec
utive board of the Pomona.
* X II
All Hanford women who are in
terested in taking a practical course
in home nursing are asked to get
in touch with Mrs. j. H. Evett. If
a class of at least twenty can be
signed up, Miss Brakel, county
nurse, will give it on Tuesday
mornings, weekly, at the manse.
Eight lessons complete the course
and it is to be hoped that many
will take advantage of this worth
while project.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Young and
children, Bob and Beverly of Pros
ser were guests at the Leo Weber
and James Westmoreland homes
on Sunday. Mrs. Robert MacDonell
accompanied them and called on
the Gus Burfords.
Hot lunches were started at the
grade school Wednesday under the
sponsorship of the P.-T.A. The
lunches will continue throughout
be done by Mrs. Ida Hartman and
the winter months, the cooking to
Mrs. Claude Hoover, and most of
the food to be provided by the
parents.
The P.-TA. recently purchased
the soup bowls and utensils to be
used by the school children for the
hot lunches.
X X X
The P.-T.A. met last night A
book exhibit of thirty-five of the
new books just received by the
Hartford public library for the pri-
mary grades was on display in
observance of National Book Week
and short talk on book week and
the library in relation to the COM
munity was given by Mrs. Gus
Burford
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18
Announcements OF
the I t,tlrches
Presbyterian Church
In The U.S.A.
White Bluffs and Hanford
John Pate, b. A.. Pastor
Sunday, November Fl

Sunday, November Fl
Sunday school in both churches
at 10 o'clock. Glasses for all ages,
interesting discussion in the Bible
classes.
Morning worship, White Bluffs
at II o'clock. Subject: "Bible
Character Studies"
Hanford: Young Peoples Society
at 6:45; unified service at 1880.
Short address by the pastor, "Gold
for the Seeking"
Everybody made welcome.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18

Mr.. Robert NJ. Codding has kind
ly consented to allow his newly
composed brain child to be printed
in this issue. 1t Is as follows:
I've never saw a sea horse;
But I think I've seen saw-horse.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-18

The serving of hot lunches un.
der the direction of the Woman's
Club was started Monday. The
lunches are being served cafeteria
style in the gymnasium, each STU
dent furnishing his or her own dish.
One hot dish will be served daily
to each student, free of charge,
throughout the winter.
There was no school Thursday
SO we celebrated Armistice Day by
having little program Friday af-
ternoon. Sue Anglin played the
piano and the student body sang
some patriotic songs. Several of the
public speaking class gave talks
and poems. Mr.. Austin and Mr..
Manousos also gave interesting
talks on the Armistire and what
it would mean if we were to have
another war.