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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
. DO
! YOU
KNOW?
hinsfon State Progress commissioe

Just as Vancouver, Wash, was the
cradle of the Pacific Northwest, SO
was it the "cradle' of aome of the
great military figures in history.
Ulysses S. Grant, later to become
President, was the first lieutenant at
Vancouver Barracks in 1898.
A first lieutenant's pay was moth
ing to brag about, and as potatoes
at that time were almost worth their
weight in gold, Grant conceived tho
idea of going into the production and
export business, and reducing the cost
of his officers mess Unfortunately
the Columbia River went on ram
page and washed his potato crop into
the Pacific Ocean.
A monument to Lieutenant Grant is
erected alongside the Evergreen High
way at Vancouver.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
Order 'high-line'
With PWA Funds

A huge order for transmission caule
to link Bonneville dam with Grand
Coulee was offered to wire manu-
facturers of the nation today
Administrator j. d. Ross asked for
bids on more than eight hundred miles
of metallic conductor, the largest SIN
gle purchase of the Bonneville pro-
iect since its inception. Payment will
be made from the $1O,750,000 Public
Works fund granted for the Bonnie
vile super-power network.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
August 20 Marks
Schools Opening

The Coulee City public schools will
open Monday for the 193839 term.
under the direction of new superin-
tcndent, Benjamin Fitch, formerly Of
Latah.
The lineup Of teachers will be
practically the same as last year, the
only new instructor being Miss Aura
belle Harding of Seattle, who vii
have charge of the home economics
department.
Ralph Woodhouse will again be su
Pcrvisor of athletics.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
J. O. SoRENSoN SEEKS
TOGA OF STATE SENATOR

j. o. Sorenson, candidate for state
senator of the 18th district, subject
to the democratic primaries on Sep
tcmber 10, was visitor here early
this week. His home is near Ellens-
burg.
Forty-five years of age, Sorenson
was born in the Kittitas valley and
received his education in the schools
of that county and Washington State
college.
He has farmed continuously in the
valley for rs years, and Is a member
of the Farm Bureau, Grange, dairy
association and other farm organiza-
tions.
Mr.. Sorenson is at present direc
tor Of several organizations, includ-
ing the Cascade Irrigation district;
Kittitas Reclamation district; Kitti
tas Valley National Farm Loan asso
citation; Kittitas Farmers company
and the Pacific Wool Growers.
His political philosophy, he says, is
liberal and progressive, without be
ing extreme. He believes he is es
pecially adapted to represent Grant
county during the time of the coming
irrigation development by reason o.
many years experience in actual II
rigation. as well as in the manage
ment and financing of irrigation dis
tricts.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
SEEKS AUTHORSHIP

Edwin Haryill was visitor i'll COu-
lee City this week, and is campaign
ING for the office of county auditor OF
Grant county. He is a democrat and
his home is at Ephrata.
Harvill has been longtime resi-
dent of this county, and feels that his
educational background provides al
excellent recommendation 70 properly
conduct the affairs of the office M
seeks. He is very personable an'
intelligent appearing young fellow
and is making an aggressive cam
paign. $3.50
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
EDWARD HULL rs CANDIDATE

A resident of Grant county all of
his life, Edward Hull; 81, Neppel, is
a candidate for the office of county
superintendent of schools. He is n
graduate Of the Central Washington
College of Education at Ellensburg,
and has had eight years teaching ex.
perience in the Neppel and Trinidad
public schools, where he served as
principal.
Mr.. Hull is a property owner at
Neppel and is married. He is a men,
Der of the county board of education.
He is running on the democratic
ticket.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
MOLD COMMUNITY NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Edgemon and
sons of Wenatchee, visited Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. S. s. Edgemon.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. I. Frederick land
family left Tuesday morning for the
coast where they will visit and tran
sact business. They expect to return
the end of the week.
Mrs. James Edgemon called on Mrs
Hartman Monday afternoon.
Ancil Freeman was in Coulee City
Tuesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
IN COUNTY AZ YEARS

Jesse Noble, Grand Coulee, candi-
date for sheriff on the democratic
ticket, who was in town early this
week, is an old-timer in the county
having lived here for AZ years. He
was born in Kansas and travelled most
of the way to Washington in COW
cred wagon.
He attended the first public school
in Coulee City, and homesteaded ~
miles west of this town in the Baird
district. At that time Grant and
Douglas. were both included in one
county. = ~ III ST.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
MAJOR BOWES' AMATEURS
BACK AT ROOSEVELT

Ten of the outstanding acts, feat
uring 20 of the greatest amateurs :"
Ct Major Bowes Famous Radio Hour
will headline the streamlined "Inter-
collegiate Revue'' on the stage of
the Roosevelt Theatre in Grand Coulee
Friday and Saturday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CLERK

O. T.. Niles, who is running for
county clerk on the democratic ticket,
was here yesterday in the interests
of his campaign. He is Grand Cou-
lee resident, having moved to that
place from Seattle in 1888.
Mr.. Niles feels that his many
years of experience with contracting
aud architectural companies, where
he did accounting and estimating,
would rive him a background which
would be valuable in the clerk S Of
flee.
Should he be elected, he promises
honest and efficient service to all
Grant county people.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
HONOR MRS. cHAPPELL

A shower was given at the home OF
Mrs. Harry Mitchell, the event hon
oring Mrs. Ernest Chappell, a recent
bride. Cards were played and refresh
ments served to u large group OF Ia
dies. Mrs. Chappell received many
useful gifts.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25
GRACE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
B. P. Wilson, pastor

Sunday services:
Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Morning worship, II a. m.
Street meetings will be discontinued
for this season. Young peoples meet
ings will be held in the church al
Gas p. m.
Evangelistic service, 7:45 p. m.
Tuesday:
Prayer meeting, 8 p. m.
Thursday:
Prayer meeting, 2:;30 p. m.
Mid.week service, 8 p. m.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard DIN were
in Leavenworth over the Weekend
with their small daughter who had
lher tonsiIs removed.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25

Mr., and Mrs. A. R. Thompson spent
Wednesday at Spokane.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-08-25

Evelyn Larsen was weekend WIS.,
itor ut Wilson Creek.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
WHITNEY TRIAL
STORY IS DENIED

Q.N.S.) Edward H. H. Sim
mons, former president of the New
York Stock Exchange, today re.
pudiated testimony by L. Randolph
Mason, counsel for Richard Whit
ney, which purported to show that
Simmons had been informed on
February Is that the firm of Rich.
ard Whitney & Co. was in pre-
carious financial shape.
Simmons requested the SEC
to reopen its hearings into the
Whitney affair so that he would
be able to answer fully Mason'S
testimony. The commission
acquiesced and permitted Sim.
mons to submit a formal state
ment.
Portions Of Mason'S statement
detailing a supposed conversation
with Simmons regarding Whit
ney's affairs on February 16 were
described as amazing" by Sim
mons.
In previous testimony given by
various stock exchange officials
it had been developed that Rich
ard Whitney had possession OF the
exchange maturity fund assets tor
a considerable length of time prior
to the collapse Of his firm.
81 did not imagine for one
moment that Mason's knowl-
edge was any different from
that to which I have testified"
Simmons said. IT cannot re-
call at this time all the matters
that we discussed nor the order
in which we discussed them,
except I do know that I had no
conversations with Mason such
as he testified to which I have
categorically denied. 1t is not
difficult to be able to recall
things which one could not,
under any circumstances, have
said. It is not as easy to re-
call all matters which were dis
cussed."
Whitney's firm failed March 8
Earlier in the commissions in
vestigation Simmons testified HI
had no knowledge that whitney
had engaged in dishonest, illega
or criminal practices or that thu
company was inSolvent prior Il
the time when Exchange account
ants made an inquiry at the clos
Of February and the early days O
March.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
MRS, M'NEILL
DEAF TO PLEAS

Despite the hundreds Of let.
tiers, petitions, telephone calls,
Mrs. Mary A. Mcneil, colored
member of the Board of Educa-
ton for the last IL years, has not
changed her mind about retiring
June 80, she said today.
Mrs. Mcneil, whose efforts
in behalf of the colored schools
have brought many improvements,
said that she felt IL years was
long enough for any one person
to serve as a member of the Board
Of Education.
Board members are appointed
by the United States Court Of the
District of Columbia to serve three
years. In Mrs. McNeill's case, de.
mands for her services have been
such that she has accepted reap.
pointment four consecutive times.
Board members serve without
pay. Their bi.monthly meetings
at the Franklin School are only
a part of their numerous duties.
Phone calls, day and night at
their homes, public speeches, ap-
pearances before Congress to fight
for school funds, and similar
chores are part Of their jobs.
Civic, parentteacher and other
organizations have petitioned Mrs.
Mcneil to change her decision.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Slayer of Lawrence
Lays Fatal Battle
To Stolen Embrace
Er-BOOtIegger Says SOciGLite
Stole Sweetheart

PRESCOTT, Ariz., May IL (I.NS.) .-Ernesto
Lira, accordion-playing Italian and the man
who started John Henry Lewis on the road to
fame as world light-heavyweight champion, to-
day faced murder charges in connection with
the fatal beating of Marcus Jay Lawrence, 35,
wealthy Washington Cd. CO. socialite who came
here to become cattle rancher.
County Attorney Charles Ewing said the fight
was caused by Lira's jealousy over Lawrence's
attention to Odessa Webb, with whom Lira had
been living for the past two years. 1t took place
following a birthday party for Mrs. Webb which
Lawrence attended.
FOUND EMBRACING, CLAIM
Lira told Ewing he found Lawrence and Mrs
Webb embracing and attacked Lawrence. After the
fight, he said, he and Lawrence shook hands. Mrs
Webb was severely beaten in the melee.
Lawrence later went to doctor who placed him
In the hospital, where he died early yesterday.
Lawrence's wife, the former Anne Stout, formerly
Of Germantown, Pa, believed to be residing in
Phoenix, 1870 miles south Of here. His mother Mrs
Carrie Lawrence, was believed en- route to New
been touring the world
Gambler, former bootlegger, fight promoter, fight
manager and musician. Lira was a striking figure
in Prescott.
SOCIAL FAVORITE
He came here with his accordion many years ago
and his disarming smile and engaging personality
won him scores of friends. He was invited to play
for local women's clubs, and he often made public
appearances with his accordion much to the delight
Of the town.
His social standing, however, took decided
drop when he was arrested various occasions for
bootlegging and once for beating woman.
From bootlegging he turned to gambling and the
fighting game putting on small boxing shows over
local grocery store. He liked to have his main event
fighters wear white gloves.
In 1880 he signed contract to manage John
Henry Lewis, then Phoenix high school boy
He got Lewis as far as Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco and then lost his contract to smarter man
ayers.
Iira also started Mike Stankovich former welter-
weight champion. of Arizona on his way but they
split up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
FaySues, Bah
Asks Split

HOLLYWOOD, May IL dN.S0.
Barbara Stanwyck, red-haired film
star, may be divorced from Frank
Fay, radio comedian. but if he has
money coming to him, she wants
her share of it.
In superior court she became a
third party to Fay'S action against
Attorney Charles w. Craddick,
who, Fay alleges. owes him $25. 900
Fay declared he lent the money
to Craddick several years ago
Miss Stanwyck asserted that if
that was the case, she was Fay's
wife at the time and the $4,000
was community property; there
fore, half of any money Fay might
recover from Craddick belongs to
her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
POKER KILLERS
TO FACE COURT

NEWBERRY, Mich, May IL
G.N.SD.-Two former high school
football players who confessed the
"hot poker" torture murder of an
aged Chinese laundryman to take
money to finance a two-day holi.
day in Sault Ste. Marie today were
to be arraigned in justice court.
The youths, George Ketvertis,
20, and George Duchey, 81, both
members of last falls Newberry
High Schoc! football team. admit.
ted yesterday they Strangled
Charles Hoy, Ct, to death last
December 20.
They said they killed him with
a bedsheet when their efforts to
force him to reveal the hiding
place of the bulk of his money
failed because they could not I'M
derstand what he said when they
tortured him with a hot poker
They found $64 in the laundry
mans home, rounded up a few
friends and played hosts on the
tWo-day holiday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
DAVIES BACKED FOR POST

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday recommend
ed Senate confirmation Of Joseph
e. Davies, now Ambassador to
Soviet Russia, to be Ambassador
to Belgium and Minister to Lux
embourg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Pump, Boys!
Former Organ Wind
Artists In Meet

BOSTON. Ma IL 1.N.S).
P4mp. for the wind is fleeing.
This motto and the first Friday
the thirteenth of 1888 tomorrow
brings the forty-sixth, forty-sev-
enth and forty-eighth annual fes-
tival and full vernal review of
the Guild of Former Pipe Organ
bumpers.
Today, 1egions Of industrial ty-
coons, bankers, brokers and
famous authors, all of whom in
boyhood strained their Sunday
buttons to pump wind for the
church organ, gathered here to
slap down their 1913 for a $40
banquet ticket Especial deduction
because of the business receSsion .
The members, all of whom bear
titles according to stops on the
organ (vcx humana. grand aug
mented bombarde, etc. don royal
robes for the professional. de-
scribed as the shortest parade on
record. They will wear 42-inch
duck bar aprons embroidered with
four-inch red block letters across
the bib "G.O.FP.O.P."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Battle for Life
Won by Mother

Mrs. Hugh Rudolph, daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Prentiss
Brown of Michigan, was resting
comfortably at her home, 1850
Harvard st. N. w., today. after a
successful battle against death.
For three weeks the young
mother was in a critical condition
following the birth of her daugh-
ter and blood transfusions were
necessary to save Mrs. Rudolph's
life. Today, however, Mrs. Brown
said her daughter and the baby
are both doing well.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Baron Loses
Hole Takes House Of
Er-Beer MOguL

CHICAGO, May IL G.N.S0,
The pretty little house that
spiked beer bought belonged to the
United States Government today.
It had been owned by Edward
Spike" O'Donnell, lanky beer
baron of the prohibition era in
Chicago, who since repeal started
out all over again as an cleo
trical contractor.
Business was bad and O'Donneu
lost the $4,000 bungalow yester'
day to the Home Owners Loan
Corporation. He moved out one
Jump ahead of an eviction order
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
StorIet
Olympic BrGdn0 Here,
Still Unkissed

\ A pretty screen starlet who, by
her own admission and that OF
Paramount's publicity experts, has
never been kissed except in the
course of business, arrives in
Washington today to m eet the
First Lady and tour the Capital.
At the Carlton Hotel, Miss
Olympic Bradna will be introduced
to the District Commissioners.
From the Carlton she goes to
the White House to be welcomed
by Mrs. Roosevelt. After that
comes a trip to the Capitol, with
perhaps a kiss or two, for pub.
licity purposes, from whichever
Senator feels like kissing pretty
girl.
Miss Bradna's visit will end
with a cocktail party in the Va
riety Club late today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
WHITNEY PAID
VISIT BY Wife IN
SING SING JAIL
Brother Also Sees Ex.
Head of Exchange

NEW YORK, May IL GNS0.
The Journal-American today said
in a copyrighted story that Mrs.
Gertrude Sheldon Whitney already
has made her first visit to Sing
Sing to see her convict husband,
Richard Whitney, and soon will go
again.
The meeting was not held in
Whitney's dank, cramped cell
where he is serving out his five
totem year grand larceny sentence
but elsewhere on the prison
grounds.
BROTHER PRESENT
George Whitney, brother of the
former stock echange head, &C
companied Whitney's wife on the
visit, the story said.
The Journal-American added:
Mrs. Whitney and George
Whitney, who lent his brother
all of $4,000, 900 in vain effort
to stave off disaster, for several
days discussed whether they
should take Nancy and Alice
Orchard Whitney's two daugh-
ters) to the big house to see
their father.
But finally they decided the
two girls should be spared the
memory Of their father behind
the bars.
In some ways not as yet
determined Mrs. Whitney, too,
was shielded from that sight,
for Warden Lewis E. Lawes him.
self has called Whitney'S en-
forced abode the filthieSt hole
passing for a prison cell build
ing in the world. The place is
alive with reaches and bugs
that have run riot since the
civil war;"
The scene, as related to theil
friends, was described as very
affecting
KISSES HUSBAND
And at the end Mrs. Whitney
kissed her husband and departed
smiling bravely and saying:
I'LL be up again, Dick, as
soon as they let me. And I'll
be here to see you as regularly
as I am allowed to-"
The meeting between the two
set at rest any remaining rumorS
in the circles in which the Whit
neys moved that Mrs. Whitney in
tended to be divorced or obtain g
legal separation from her husband
One Of her intimateS said feel
ingly:
"She is showing a fierce, burn
ing loyalty to him that has won
the admiration of all of u.s."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
LIBRARY GETS
SPRING DRESS

If you notice an air Of newneSs
about the Washington Public Ii
brary these days you have the
WPA to thank. For several weeks
the work of renovation has been
going on, restoring with the aid
Of hydrofluoric acid and careful
brushing, the fresh beauty of the
granite, with which the building
is constructed.
DR.. w. D. Kessler, chief Of the
stone section of the Bureau OF
Standards, has supervised the
work, in order to preserve the full
beauty Of one of the Districts
most valuable public buildings.
The interior of the library also
was thoroughly rehabilitated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12

Are you following the Nationals
with Frank Buck" O'Neill In The
Washington Times? Telephone RE.
1884 for home delivery service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
kennedy WEARS.
PANTS DESPITE.
AIDES BREECHES
DebutanteS Presented
To Royal Couple
By CHARLEs A. SMITH

LONDON, May IL Q.N.S0.-All
civilian members of the United
States embassy staff, with the ex'
ception of Ambassador Joseph c.
Kennedy himself, wore knee
breeches at last nights royal
court. at which seven American
debutantes and matrons were pre-.
Sented to King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth.
The male members of the Amer
lean embassy staff, headed by
CounSello Hershel Johnson
donned breeches on grounds that
this was usual procedure"
MAYFAIR AGOG
But today, court attendants
diplomats, society squires and
ladies and practically all Mayfair
was asking:
Wasn't it a strange contrast
for Ambassador Kennedy to
wear trousers while the rest OF
his staff wore breeches?"
The American military and
naval attaches, who appeared IN
uniform, were spared the problem
of deciding between breeches and
trousers.
The function marked the first
appearance of Ambassador anc
Mrs. Kennedy at a British roya.
court. Mrs. Kennedy presented
the American ladies, who were
among 200 women of 40 nationali
ties to make their curtseys to the
King and Queen.
TWO WASHINGTON WOMEN
The American debutantes and
matrons presented we're:
Mrs. Douglas jenkins, Charles
ton, S. c.: Mrs. Leslie A. Davis
Port jefferson, N. Y; Mrs. War
rem S. Lockwood, Washington, D
c.; Miss Rosemary Kennedy anc
Miss Kathleen Kennedy, daughters
of the ambassador: Miss Virginia
Lee Howard, Washington, D. c..
and Miss Rosamond Seidel, Provi
dence, R, 1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Sailor Arrested
In Fires on Liner

LIE HAVRE, France, May IL.
Joseph Salou, 22-year-old sailor,
was arrested here following fires
aboard the French liner Champ.
lain in Cabin 457 and the B deck
linen locker.
The fires were quickly extin'
guished by the liners fire depart.
ment and the Champlain thus
escaped the fate of her sister ship,
the Lafayette, which burned here
last Wednesday. Her hulk is still
smoldering.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Girl Wins Prize
For Circus Poster

First prize in the Community
Center children's circus poster
contest was awarded to Meta
Sparkman, of Eastern High School
it was announced yesterday by
Mrs. Mabel Clark, chairman
Florence L. Kudolla, of Eastern
was second, and Tunstall Blowe.
jr., of Western, third, among the
contestants in the first class.
Second-class winners were Eu
gene jenkins, Joseph McQueeney,
and Stanley Boyd. Third-class
winners were Virginia Hunt, Rob.
ert Nee Klinger, and Grove Ryan,
The posters are on exhibition in
show windows of downtown de-
partment stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Woman Is Hurt
In County Mishap

RIVERDALE, Md, May IL.
Mrs. Alice M. Curran, SO, of
University Park, Md, received
severe injuries when she stepped
in front of a moving automobile
this morning at the traffic light
on the Washington Baltimore
Boulevard here. She was taken
to Casualty Hospital. where her
condition was said to be unde-
termined.
William oscar Harris, IS Carroll
Ave-, Hyattsville, Md, driver of
the car that struck Mrs. Curran,
was not held by police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-12
Inferno Alumni
Plan Convention

An interesting clinical and
scientific program is being pre-.
pared for the nineteenth annual
session of the Association Of
Former Internes of Freedmen's
Hospital to be held here June
Z to 8.
The local committee in charge
of arrangements includes DR.. E..
C, Terry, DR.. George L. Johnson,
DR.. William II. Green, DR.. C..
Wendell Freeman and DR.. James
E. Walker and DrS. Ralph Young.
Douglas Shepherd and Raynor
Brown of Baltimore.