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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-01

Mis-. IL. I huOuGS anu CulluICu
were dinner guests Thursday at the
Henry Hicks home in Mansfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo LAWN and daugh |
ters visited over the week end at !
Seattle.
Viola, Melvin and Leona Thomc
spent the week end at their home at
Leahy.
Mrs. L. E. LETTERS and daughter,
Juanita. spent the week end at Olym
pia.
Mrs. W. L. Joplin was week end
I caller at Wenatchee.
Rev. and Mrs. T A Davis and
daughter, Lois Ann, were Thanksgiv-
| ing dinner guests at the H E. Stoll
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Willis and Ber
kely visited in town Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Jorgensen were
dinner guests at the G. J. Eggleton
home on Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Demo of Spokane
spent the week end with their daugh
ter Mrs. II. E. Stoll.
Alice Olesen visited Monday in
Spokane.
Miss Grace Fritsch was week end
visitor with her parents at Spokane.
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Box and daugh-
ter spent the week end at Spokane
and Kellogg, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Evans and
children visited at the W. G. Willis
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Burton anG
children were dinner guests at the
Jasper Burton home Thursday
i Mr.. and Mrs. Paul CLOSING and
son, Billy, spent the week end at
White Salmon.
I Bennie Jensen visited last week
with his parents at Snoqualimie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred LETTERS and
daughter, Floy, spent the week end at
Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hershal LETTERS and
daughter were dinner guests at the
Mike Struntz home at Mold Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Chappell and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. M A Tripplet
and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Adams and daughter were dinner
guests at the Art Lewis home of Rim
Rock Thursday.
State Patrolman Francis McGinn of
Mason City visited his uncle, J. R.
Browne, yesterday afternoon.
Remainder of the stock Of the A
e. w Dime store has been placed fof
sale on specially installed counters in
the Home Market.
A tusk believed to be from some
| prehistoric animal was found by a
member of the WPA crew while ex-
cavating near Dry Falls. It has been
forwarded to Mr.. Beck at Ellensburg
for Identification.
The City Council met in special SEES
sion Wednesday night, and granted
! permit for building an addition on the
Box building to Jack Gilden.
Mrs. Vern Adams was shopping in
town Tuesday,
Weather in this vicinity has moder-
ated greatly from that of last week.
A heavy rain soaked the Big Bend
country the first of the week.
A. R. Thompson, Ray Dalrymple,
Frank CARED, George LETTERS and
Lloyd Jeffers attended the funeral Of
| Courtney Ferguson at Almira Monday.
John Browne was business visitor
to Spokane Monday.
Mrs. B. R. Lindley and daughter,
Bernice, have moved from the apart
ment in the Box building to house
owned by Evert Mathis on the east
side OF town. The Lindley family had
occupied the apartment for nearly 20
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-01
CONSTIPATED?

For 80 years I had constipation,
awful gas bloating, headaches and
BACK pains. Adlerika helped right a.
way Now, eat sausage, bananas, pie
anything L want. Never felt better. -
Mrs. Mabel Schott
At ah reading Druggist. adv
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-12-01
HILL THANKS VOTERS

The voters of Grand Coulee deserve
my especial gratitude for the splen-
did support given me in the recent
election. On the day following cleo
ii n, when all seemed rather discour-
a., ng, the returns from the Dam
ere most heartening. l shall long
remember the thrill of the news. 1t
will be my determination and great
pleasure not only to use by best ef'
forts to secure funds for the early
completion of the dam but to do my
utmost to make it possible for Grand
Coulee to become thriving and grow
ing city.
(Signed) Knute Hill
Milt Salters of Almira was Wis
itor in town Tuesday.
Mrs. George Cooley of Grand Cou
lee visited in town Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
By EValV7 Walsh Mclean

everything is prepared for you. and you never
can see what you really should see.
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
Simpler Code Needed

VNARDEN LAwEs remarkable book, Cell 2o2,"
w describes vividly the terrible tortures and
unfairness in practice at Sing Sing when it first
started, as they are today in Homesburg Prison.
He so aptly says in his book: mo one can or
should escape the consequence Of his conduct.
The criminal must answer for his offense."
Then he says: "It is difficult to undo the
things that have become ingrained in our ma
tional consciousness and in short order to make
good every deficiency. Simpler legal codes will
help Simpler habits Of thought and living. A
more even distribution Of opportunity to achieve
contentment But, above all, our educational,
social, and economic agencies must be reorganized
with a view to strengthening our moral fiber as
individuals and as a nation"
Thank God for men like warden Lawes and
Coroner Hersch men who are fearless and brave
and believe in playing the game straight no
matter If it is only with the unfortunate souls
who are behind the bars paying their just debt to
society.
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
World of Finance By Lewis Haney

is used forP Why tax this employe az allT
II this isn't fraud, what is?
Third, this astonishing brief goes on to On.
nounce that it is necessary to have the huge
reserve" merely to show the Governments true
fiscal position.
OF course we all know it is necessary for
the Government to charge us for the insurance
benefits paid each year. and to allow for such pay
ments in its annual budgets. But why collect
taxes from us to establish huge fund which is
not being spent for insurance?
In a vain attempt to avoid the issue, the
,rief asserts there is no money to steal There
was never intended to be any money in the
account ="
What Becomes of the Money?
DUT why do pay taxesP What becomes Of
~ the money" you and send in to build up
this security fund.- I submit that If there is no
money to STEAL it must have been stolen before
it reached the fund"
And what under the sun is meant by saying
that ian entry on the books Of the Treasury
of the United States is Of exactly the same value
and Of exactly the same dignity as that much
coin Of the realm?" Apparently. 1t is alleged
that when "the Government" records debt. 1t
has created money. This means that the
bigger the public debt, the more money the
Government has.
You see, when you leave the taxes out (as this
New Deal brief does) all you have is huge
liability" to pay billions Of dollars. How any.
one can regard liability as an asset is beyond
me. 1t must mean that the more the New
Dealers borrow and spend, the more money they
are going to force us to pay.
Whose realm" is this?
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

body, the House Of Representatives, for IA years.
Since 1885, John, you have rendered signal
service to the nation as chairman Of the House
Rules Committee. 1t is your committee, john
which gives the "stop" and "go" signal to legis-
lation to come before the House for vote.
And, John, wish to go on record that since
nv elevation to the Presidency. you have given
the "go" signal to most of my important New
Deal measures.
AS a good Democrat and liberal, John, you
supported the AAA, the iva, the NFSA. You
voted for the legalization Of beer.
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
HouU Many Others?

VTVEIE thing that worries me so is how many other
penitentiaries and jails in the country are
hiding about the same state of affairs.
It is so imperative to have completely disinter
Ssted people, with the power and the authority
60 into these institutions, see how things are
being run, and report directly to officials. The
Pennsylvania State department Of welfare, which
has assigned two men to look into the cause Of
this trouble, and most of the other societies sup
posed to protect children in the reform schools,
men in prisons, and other poor unfortunates, gen.
orally have special days when they go to the inst
tutions and, therefore, their work is completely
useless, so far as real knowledge goes.
It is the greatest mistake in the world to tele.
phone that you are coming Then, Of course,
The Washington times., 1938-08-26


can see what you really should see.
Must Punish Crime
URINE must be punished The innocent should
~ not suffer for the guilty, and I certainly do
not believe in pampering or petting any Of these
men in Jail. But. on the other hand, they are
human beings. They should have decent food,
decent sleeping quarters, and not be herded into
cells more crowded then cattle in the Chicago
stockyardS.
If there were only few more men Of the type
of Warden Lewis E. Lawes, the head Of Sing Sing,
at these other institutions you would find jus
tice given each prisoner, as well firm discipline,
with great intelligence. Not long ago was talk
ing to man just out Of jail and Warden Lawes
name came up. This fellow looked at me and
said: "You know, Mrs. Mclean, a man never has
come out of Sing Sing who wouldn't give up his
life in minute for Warden Lawes."
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

men in this country like Coro-
ner Charles Hersch, who is in
vestigating the tragic deaths at
that county prison.
What a laugh it is when you
read books and hear people
preach how civilized we have
become, and then suddenly one
day, right under our very
noses, the horrible and afro
cious conditions that exist in
o jail like this come to light.
The coroner had the nerve
tn carry on the Investigation,
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

I have known you for a long
time, John. Your brother, too,
has served me faithfully while
he was my law partner.
You served the State of New
York in capable and efficient
manner as an assemblyman at
Albany for three terms.
But, John, you have done
more than that. You have
served the people of the ma
tion-the people Of all the
states, John-and you have
hAen a member of that fine
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

of the huge fund" which the
Government is collecting but
Is not using for security. You
can judge the wisdom Of the
whole scheme by the quality
Of this official defense.
The first point is the asser.
ton that most Of the attacks
In newspapers are without
foundation. This point is based
solely upon a short quotation
from a report by an advisory
council on Social Security"
oicked nv the Administration
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
Not Enough

DUT, John, have reluctantly concluded that
~ that was not enough. You know I am funny
about things like that. am Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. I am liberal. John. The old idea
that q liberal is one independent in thought,
principle and opinion is. have discovered. pure
and simple ToryiSm. To promote true liberal
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

invoking 119year-old law permitting him to take
complete charge Of the investigation. This was
not only a clever move but very brave action
on his part.
AS for Warden William B. Mills if what the
coroner says is true, he should be held for trial.
Imagine man who is in responsible position al
lowing such conditions to exist.
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
My Say

7 FELT like saying "hen and damnation" when
read the appalling story about the Holmes
burg prisoners Would there were more fearless
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

last JAFFREY, N. H, Aug. 26.-The assistant
- general counsel Of the Social Security Board
recently has come forward with brief in defense
The Washington times., 1938-08-26

p1CKeQ Oy Lne AQMQ1SCrdLtOu Prof. Lewis Haney
The quotation itself means little, merely stating
that present provisions regarding the invest.
ment of the moneys in old age reserve account
do not involve any misuse"
The meaning Of this quotation is not clear.
In any case what we are concerned about is the
question, why are heavy taxes being collected
and used for spending that is not correlated
with old age pension liabilities?
Second, the defense gives away its whole case
by the strange assertion that the size Of the
pay roll taxes has nothing to do with the reserve
fund! That is an astounding admission Appar-
emily a reserve" would have to exist and would
be created, even if there were no taxes.
Why Tax EmplOye at All?
THUS, you see, the taxes we pay, and the money
l. the New Dealers take away from our pay
rolls, are not for our security. Will they tell me
what the tax my one employe pays every month
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
''But" j."

TOHN oCONNOR, you have been an able, loyal
y and conscientious representative Of the State
Af Nam Work
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
Says Boake Carter

ism, John, must have implicit obedience. On.
der no circumstances can stand opposition to
any Of my ideas.
Therefore, John, in spite of your II years in
the national House of Representatives: in spite
Of the many years you have so faithfully served
the State of New York, it is my will and pleasure
that you be publicly Inundated and politically
destroyed
You opposed me twice, John. Once you voted
against the utility holding company death SEN
tence. The other time, you opposed my reorgani
zation scheme.
The Washington times., 1938-08-26
Too Reluctant

WORSE than that John, your Rules Committee
stalemated my Wages and Hours Bill TOR too
long in your committee. That caused me great
anger and displeasure my friend. I was obliged
to make speech to the people to make you see
"the light"
Your reluctance nearly gave the game away.
Too many people began to examine my proposal
more closely. Too many were beginning to sus-
pect that the bill does not help the worker but
delivers control Of Americas productive business
into my hands, where want it. It would have
been awkward, John, If that discovery had been
made before the measure was passed.
So. John, have slated you for removal. 7
have demanded your fellow citizens humiliate
you and destroy you politically.
You may have supported me for six years on
most of my legislation, John. But you opposed
me twice. Therefore, you are no Democrat.
That is knitting me- John my old friend.
You should run as Republican, and a Tory.
Copyright Ledger syndcate)
(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those Of The Washington TtnaeSJ
Evening star., 1938-01-20
DRIVE
TO LAST Z WEEKS
A Theme Song Joins a Bas-
ket Ball Game and Boxing
Bout on PROGRAM.

With the Presidents Birthday Ball
on January 20 climaxing the drive
for funds in the campaign to combat
infantile paralysis. the celebration will
extend over a period of more than two
weeks, according to Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen, chairman Of the
celebration committee.
Latest Developments" involve q
theme song. q championship boxing
bout and basket ball game Already
on the program in addition to the balls
at seven hotels here. will be a horse
show at Fort Myer, a command per-
formance of Between the Devil" with
the New York company appearing at
the National Theater on Sunday, and
Gold Plate Dinner" at the Carlton
Hotel.
The theme song, entitled. THE
Presidents Ball." was written by
Benny Davis, song writer appearing
on the Capitol Theater stage this
week. The ditty was given its first
ofhcial rendition in Commissioner
Ha1en's once yesterday before Col.
Dan. I. Sultan, Engineer Commits
sioner; Richmond P. Keech vice presi-
dent of the Public Utilities Commits
sion. and Elwood H. Seal. corporation
Evening star., 1938-01-20
RENEWS
CIVIL SERVICE PLEA
Reiterates Stand on Merit System
Extension on Anniver.
Sary Of Act.

PreMder1t Roosevelt yesterday reit-
Grated his recommendation for ex-
tension Of civil service upward, outward
and downward" in a statement in con-
nection with the 55th anniversary Of
the signing of the Civil Service Act.
The President said:
In recognition of National Civil
Service Week and the 55th anniver-
sary of the enactment of the Federal
Civil Service Act Of 1883, I am glad to
state once more my convictions with
regard to the merit system for the
Federal Government.
Il have recommended and support
legislation for the extension of classi-
fled civil service upward, outward and
downward
Il have recommended and support
the policy for extension Of the CLASH
f1cation act to insure equal pay for
equal work in the field services.
Il have recommended and I support
legislation to perfect the merit system
in the central agency and in depart
ments. with ample safeguards to in
sure the proper use Of discretionary
powers needed by those who shall ad-
minister the system.
Il conceive the establishment Of q
sound national personnel program to
be one Of the most important con-
structive steps in the improvement Of
Government administration today"
Evening star., 1938-01-20

suspicious characters last night and
locked them up for questioning.
Eight Of them later were released.
Numerous others were stopped and
questioned on the streets by cruising
policemen.
Pointing to q gradual decrease in
crime here, Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent Of police. released rec
ords showing that hold-ups, robberies.
housebreaking and other larcencies
dropped to AT here during the period
from January through the l7th from
489 during the same period of Decem-
Der and 588 in November.
Emphasizes Need.
Maj. Brown said the police force
could not continue working extra
shifts indefinitely In emphasizing the
need for additional personnel. Com
missioner Hazen and DR.. James H.
Nolan. executive director of the
Washington Criminal Justice Associa-
ton, vigorously supported the plea
for more policemen.
DIR. Nolan said the present inade-
quate force was doing excellent work
in holding down crime, but that a
substantial increase in the number of
officers is a necessity" Maj. Brown
pointed out that the police force has
been increased by only rs men dur
ing the last five years, while the
population has grown by 10000.
A breakdown of the comparative
figures on crime in recent months, pre-
pared at Maj. Browns request by the
Police Department Statistical Bureau,
showed:
Evening star., 1938-01-20
T.V.A. HEAD WEIGHS
UTILITIES BUYING
Lilienthal Says Door Is
0pen-May Confer
With WiIIkie.
Dy the Associated pYess.

~ ssse 0n0oSAet$o 6Ae00s
David e. Lilienthal, 4 director Of
the Tennessee Valley Authority, said
last night "the door was open" for
negotiations looking toward Govern
ment purchases Of some Of the South
ern utility properties Of Common.
wealth & Southern Corp.
His statement, made . few hours
after luncheon meeting with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, strengthened the pos
sibility that Mr.. Lilienthal might
confer here this week with Wendell L.
Willkie, president Of Commonwealth
& Southern, who suggested last satur-
day. the Government buy out his
Southern operating subsidiaries.
To Stay Here Rest Of Week.
Mr.. Lilienthal said he had arranged
to remain in Washington for the re-
mainder Of the week, but declined to
say what arrangements, II any, had
been made for meeting with Mr..
Willkie.
He said he was hopeful Of working
out "a rational and sensible" arrange
ment between T. v. A. and Common
wealth & Southern.
Mr.. Lilienthal's statement Tuesday,
describing what the Government and
Tennessee Valley municipalities might
be willing to buy, prompted Mr.. Will
kie to assert in New York that these
utility systems must be bought as
systems" to save the investment In
the business
Meanwhile. Representative May,
Democrat. Of Kentucky. made public
q letter from an insurance company
executive who said T. v. A. policy was
causing depreciation of the value Of
insurance company investments rep
resenting the savings Of thousands of
policy-holders.
Chattanooga Purchase Asked.
The executive. who name Repre-
sentative May withheld, said Chat
tanooga, Tenn. was preparing to
duplicate. through P. w. A. financing,
the distribution system of the Ten
nessee Electric Power Co.. and asked
Why doesn't the Government,
through the T. v. A.. arrange for the
purchase by the city of Chattanooga
of the private company,s distribution
system at a fair value? 80
Particularly does this seem to be a
fair solution when we consider that
the huge investment required to make
T. v. A. power available to the cit
izens of Chattanooga is made pos
sible largely by taxes collected from
these same policy-holders and savings
bank depositors whose savings are in
vested in the bond of the Tennessee
Electric Power Co..
The letter said l3 insurance COM
panies held over $5,000.000 in bonds
Of the Tennessee Electric Power CO.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
MISS CARNEGIE MILLER
ENGAGED TO SCOTSMAN
granddaughter Of Steel King, 10,
to Wed Edinburgh Lawyer, 20.

Granddaughter Of Steel King, 10,
to Wed Edinburgh Lawyer, 40.
Heiress to $500, ,ooo, 900.
By the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.-Announce-
ment Of the engagement of Miss
Louise Carnegie Miller, 10, grand.
daughter Of Andrew Carnegie, the
steel king, brought into the limelight
today one OF Americas least-known
heiresses.
Miss Miller, whose parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roswell Miller, have announced
her impending marriage next August
to J. s. Gordon, 40-year-old Edin-
burgh lawyer, has been shielded from
the social fanfare attending the scions
OF the more publicized Astor aa,e
Vanderbilt clans.
Graduated from the fashionable
Spence School last June, she has
never been presented formally to New
York society. Some day she will share
in the $300,000000 fortune amassed
by her grandfather, q Scottish i'm
migrant.
Her hobbies are color photography
and writing. She Is fond Of travelling
and met her flance while visiting
skibo Castle, built by Carnegie near
Darnoch, Scotland.
After the wedding the couple will
live In Edinburgh.
Evening star., 1938-01-20
SENTENCE
DUE TOMORROW
District Court Officials Deny
Any Undue Delay in
Action.

Sentence is expected to be. imposed
in District Court tomorrow ON Reno
z. stitely, 20, former chief Of the
voucher unit Of the National Capital
Park Service, whose alleged theft Of
about $4,000 has brought senatorial
criticism Of Interior Department ad-
ministrative practices and Of the
courts.
stitely pleaded guilty January Z to
nine charges and his case was re-
ferred to the probation officer for in
vestigation.
Interpreted by st least two Senators
to indicate stitely would be placed
on probation, the courts action was
severely criticized. Court attaches ex-
planned. however, that reference of
the case to the probation oflicer was
merely perfunctory and did not mean
necessarily that Stitely would be
placed on probation.
Sentence will be imposed by Justice
Joseph w. Cox.
Chairman Ashurst OF the Senate
Judiciary Committee and Senator Nc
Carran. Democrat, Of Nevada Tuesday
expressed the belief there had been an
unreasonable delay in sentencing
Stitely.
1t was pointed out by court of1icials,
however, that only two weeks will have
elapsed between the time he became
eligible for sentence and the date of
its imposition.
Under the Federal statutes In cases
Of this kind defendant is eligible for
probation II he has no prior record.
although the granting or refusing Of
probation Is within the discretion of
the court.
In compliance with the spirit Of this
statute. it has become the practice
here to refer the cases of first Of
tenders to the probation oficer for
investigation and report before impo-
sition Of sentence. In taking that &C.
ton in the Stitely case, Justice Cox,
before whom the guilty plea was en-
tered, was following the usual pro-
cedure.
Ordinarily the probation office COM
pletes its investigation and submits
its report in time to permit IMPOSE
ton Of sentence on the Friday after
receiving the case. but the record In
this case. it was stated, was so volum-
inous that additional time was needed
to study it.
1t was also pointed out that presen-
tation Of defendants past history to
the sentencing judge does not neces-
sarily mean light sentence will be
imposed or probation granted, since
in some cases facts are unearthed by
the investigation which result in more
severe sentences