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The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

Ernest johnson of the state game
farm now located near Gle Elum,
visited in Finley Saturday. Mr..
johnson was on his wey to Walla
Walla to visit Mrs. Johnson at the
st. Mary's hospital in Walla
Walla, who was injured when she
fell in a well about a month ago.
Mrs johnson is getting along sat-
isfactorily.
George Riedell Of Walla Walla
came to Finley Saturday to get his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ringuette
of the Finley store, and take them
to Walla Walla to spend the week.
end. The Ringuettes returned on
Monday.
Mary Turner, who has spent the
past few months in Athena, return
ed to Finley to visit her sister and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Piert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Masters and
daughter, Merle, of Grandview are
visiting Mrs. Masters parents. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. r. Gowing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Shelter were
Christmas dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Shelter in, Kenne-
wick.
Mrs. E. O. McAlster, who has
spent the past month visiting rela-
tives in Coulee Dam and Water
vile, returned to her home We'd
neSday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Davis and
family of Walla Walla and Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Gardner were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Volland on
Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs F. Fredricks with
Mr.. Fredercks' brother and family,
and Mr.. and Mrs. G. Duncan and
family were Christmas day guests
of Mr.. and Mrs b. Slocum.
Dorothy Kuh was q dinner guest
Christmas day at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. C. G. Walk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Gerber shop
ped in Walla Walla Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Grimshaw and
family were Christmas dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Montague in
Hover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kuh and sons
shopped in Walla Walla Tuesday.
Finley grange will meet Thursday
night, January S, at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Witham and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Sherry, Don and Nudge, left Sunday
evening for Walla Walla. Mr.. and
Mrs. Witham returned Monday. The
Sherrys will spend the week visiting
in Walla Walla.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Relatives Travel
Far to Spend the
Holidays at Home

FINLEY-Mr. and Mrs. All Horn
and Mr.. Horns brother, Frank, and
Blanche Young, all of Hoquiam,
Neute Young of Alaska, Jack Young
OF Prairie City, are spending the
holidays visiting their mother, Mrs.
Maize Young. They with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Jacobs and children,
were dinner guests at the Young
home Christmas Day. ..
Harry Hedington and son Vic OF
Tule Lake, California, are visit
ing this week with Mrs. Hedington
and daughter. They with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan Evans and Miss Mary
Turner, were Christmas dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Ander-
son. III.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Lande and
Jerry Sherry were dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Witham
Christmas eve.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Misstatements and False Conclusions
in Bruckhart's Washington Digest
E. S. Mcdonald, Owner o f Local Red and White
Store Takes Exception to Last Weeks Article
from Washington

| to the combined buying power of the
chains, they do exert very
great pressure on the market price
of all commodities, and this is felt
more particularly in the price of all
farm produce.
Through their combined control
of immense capital (buying power)
| and by their refusal to buy until
they can buy at their own price,
they bring pressure to bear on all
prices.
Again he says he has been told:
that the destruction of chain stores
will raise retail prices of the things
they sell by as much as 20 percent"
The free play Of competition will
absolutely prevent any raise in
prices. If all the chains disappear
ed at once their places would be
taken by others and competition
would keep prices just as they are,
unless and until higher price is
paid to the manufacturer, the pro-
cessor, the transport agencies, the
farmer and the wage Garner.
And it seems to me that it would
not be too bad if the farmer should
get a little more hard cash for his
efforts.
Mr.. Bruckhart says II will go to
chain store many times because I
save money"
Where does he get the idea that
he saves money? BY chain store
propaganda and tricky advertising.
Some stores, both chain and indie
pendent, will advertise from
five to twenty-five percent of
their goods at a very low price;
some of it at cost or below cost.
This is known to the trade as Gloss
leaders" or trick advertising and is
done to lure customers into the
store, just as a fisherman uses bait
to catch fish. y,. i
The store naturally loses money on
these Gloss leaders" (any item, sold
at less than first cost plus all hand
ling charges, is sold at a loss) there
fore the dealer employing this
method must of necessity price the
rest of his merchandise enough
higher to make up the loss on loss
leaders.
Therefore, while competition does
not control all prices, it does abso-
lutely govern the average price of
all goods sold.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Falque enter
tanned with a Christmas dinner Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Kincheloe and fam
lily of The Dalles, Oregon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Nichols and children
Bud volland of Spokane is spend
ing the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Volland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Benson spent
Christmas with Mrs. Benson's par
ents in Sunnyside, returning to
their home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Stillwell
are spending this week visiting Mrs.
Stillwelrs parents near Spokane.
Miss Leah Kirkpatrick and Miss
Lena Repp are spending the holi-
days at their homes near Spokane.
Miss Repp and Miss Kirkpatrick are
teachers in the local grade school.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Schaffner enter
tanned Christmas Day, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Turner of Sisters, Oregon and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Schuster Of Ken
newick.
Mary Alice Walk, who is employ
ed in Yakima, spent the weekend
visiting her parents, Mr.. an Mrs. G.
! G.. Walk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Shula and
family spent Christmas holidays
with their daughter and family in
Windust.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Preston and
sons Of the Highlands, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Turner of Sisters, Oregon,
Mr.. Harry Hedington Of Tule Lake
visited Friday at the Ernest Sherry
home.
Grin Lande of Umapine was an
overnight visitor at the Jess Lande
home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Perkins and
family were Christmas dinner
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Purdy in
Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Railway Station Carols
Make Travellers Relax

In metropolitan railroad stations
throughout the country this Holiday
season, hurried travellers will halt to
the strains Of Christmas carols echo
ing from lofty ceilings and long cor
ridors. Originally adopted several
years ago in New York, the idea
has spread each December to more
cities until railroad station music
has become a tradition
The concerts were started because
railroad officials decided everyone
was in too much Of a hurry" around
Christmas time, and that il people
could relax before starting their
homeward journey they would have
q better time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
American Turkey
Has Foreign Name

You'll eat your turkey and like II
this Christmas. but do you know
where this festive bird got its manner
The turkey is the only species OF
poultry native to this country. Its
name. is attributed by some TO Its
call notes, ''turk-turk-turk"; others
believe that its head ornaments. re-
sembling the fez worn by natives OF
Turkey, gave rise to its name.
Another explanation is seen In the
fact that the first turkeys from
America were sold in Spain, largely
by Hebrew merchants. Since the
bird was frequently confused with
the peacock, it is said that the he
brew traders called it "tukki," their
name for the peacock. With the
widespread use Of this name In
English, it easily became the pres
ent turkey"
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29
Christmas Celebration
Dates Back to 354 AID.
Roman Records Show

The earliest celebration OF tne
birth of Christ, December Is OF eacn
year, took place in the Fourth cen
tury, and the custom spread from
the western to the eastern church
Before that date the commemora'
ton of Christ's nativity and baptism
took place January 6.
First mention of Christmas
: found in a Roman document known
as the "philocalian calendar ~
the year 354, and the first English
celebration OF the festival was IN
500, when st. Augustine baptized lor
600 converts.
In SGT, the Council OF Tours,
France, declared a 12-day festvai
from Christmas to Epiphany, ano
later, from 99l 10 1016, the laws o.
Ethelred ordained that all strne
should cease at Christmas. In Ger
many, Christmas was established N
BIB by the Synod of Mainz, and III
Norway by King Hakon the Good "
$50.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

This article seems to be mostly
chain store propaganda. though he
says there is something to the ar
gument in favor of regulation of
great chain stores.
It is not my purpose to discuss
chain store legislation, or taxation,
but I wish to call attention to some
of the errors, misstatements and
false conclusions which appear in
his article.
Speaking of the chains, he says,
"that by their bigness, they can buy
in larger quantities and obtain low
er cost prices than the individual
who buys a few cases of canned
goods at time" This is not fair
comparison of the buying power of
the single chain store operating
alongside of an independent store,
as they are both the same distance
from the original source of supply.
For number of years the chain
stores have by advertising and by
insidious propaganda, been trying to
educate the consuming public into
the belief that by reason of their
big buying power that they can buy
cheaper and sell cheaper than the
Independent dealers.
While it is true that the chains
buy in big quantities, still their
combined buying power is not near
1ryc IF
buying power of the independent
wholesalers. A chain store system
consists principally Of a large num-
Der of supply or wholesale houses
and a greater number of retail
stores. It is the business of each
chain supply house to assemble
goods for the retail chain stores,
which are located in that particu-
lar trade area, and deliver them to
each individual store, a few cases at
a time. This is exactly what the
independent wholesale house does
for the independent retail store.
In the beginning (of the chain
stores) they did enjoy an advantage
over the independents; inasmuch as
it was not necessary for them to
employ statesmen to sell their own
merchandise to their own retail
stores.
I think you agree that this con-
tributed largely to the unemployed.
AS to whether this was a good thing
for the country, I leave to your own
judgment. However, the independ-
ents were quick to realize their po-
sition and they began to organize
into groups. Such as the r e. w,
the IGA, the N.R.O.G. and others,
whose combined operations now
amount to more than that of all the
chains. These groups have their
supply houses located in all Of the
important trade centers, each sup
ply house furnishing the merchan-
disc for all of the affiliated indie
pendent retailers within their trade
area. This too, is all done with
out any selling expense, so that the
independent member of a voluntary
group or cooperative organization
owns his merchandise at the same
cost as does the average single store
of big chain.
So you see, there is no such
thing as the chain store buying in
great large quantities. as against
the independent store buying only a
few cases at time. In both in
stances the buying is done by the
supply house in large quantities, and
delivered to the individual stores in
quantities as needed.
As to the pressure the chains
bring to bear on the independents,
this is being met by the independ-
dents very satisfactorily, but due
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

Mrs. H. Henderson Is visiting her
daughter in Yakima this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Piert were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
bert Piert Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Milan return
ed to their home Christmas Eve,
from two weeks stay in Milton
Freewater. @f%
Nudge Sherry was a dinner guest
Christmas of the w. M. Paulson
family in Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Gerber and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Gerber were Christmas dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Redmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Lande enter
tanned Christmas Eve, Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Masters of Grandview, Mr..
and Mrs Bob Turner of Sisters,
Oregon, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold With
am and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Piert.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Meals were
dinner guests at the Kennett home
Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Royce and son
Of Centralia, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pr
ligger and daughter of Pasco, Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin johnson of Ken
newick, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Partch
and Arlie Glassner of Finley were
Christmas Day dinner guests at the
Frank johnson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Nichols and
children, Cliffy and Wilda, of Wal
ker Pit are visiting Mrs. Nichols
father this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

To celebrate the fiftieth ami
versary Of the declaration of New
Guinea as a British possession, a
series Of stamps will be issued de-
uicting the evolution Of transpor-
tation since 1888.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

We have often observed that the
bigger a Kennewick mans bank roll
the tighter he keeps the rubber
band around it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

There are still a number of men
around Kennewick who can re-
member when along about this time
Of year they began thinking Of
getting pair Of knitted mittens in
stead of necktie.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

Any man who has reached the
top can tell you that the road 10
success is lined with toll-gates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-29

KEENE, N. H.-This community
is toyland each, Christmas season
rs workers in the toy factories rush
to put Iast-minute touches on minia-
ture locomotives, automobiles-and
even auto trailers!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
Police Capt, Lieut.. Held Ln Attempt At Assassination

Los Angeles, Jan. 20. (UP)-DiS- trict Attorney Buron Pitts placed captain and lieutenant of police un- der technical custody today after questioning the police intelligence squad all night about the attempt to assassinate Harry Raymond. prl- vate investigator, with bomb. They were acting Capt. Earl Kynette and Lieut.. D. M. Draper. Kynette heads the police intelligence squad and Draper is one of the his lieutenants. FittS said that one of Kynette'S officers had admitted, after five hours of questioning, that the squad had rented house near Raymond's and had watched the investigators activities for three months before the bombing.
 Confronted with that statement, Kynette was quoted by Fitts as say ing he had made the assignment on somebody's orders" but could not remember whose. Pitts had the po- lice homicide squad bring l3 mem- berS of the intelligence squad into his office last night. Eight were questioned until nearly a. m. (EST) today. Then all but Kynette and Draper were released. The dis trict attorney announced that he had assigned an investigator from his department to keep the captain and lieutenant in technical custody
 Raymond was wounded in more than 100 places by the explosion of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

two bombs placed under the hood of his sedan. They were set of wher. he turned the ignition key of the machine. He is still in critical con- dition. He had been employed by crusading private citizens to invest1- gate vice and gambling conditions in Los Angeles. It was reported that Raymond himself had supplied & lead that led to the question of the intelligence squad.
 Fitts paraded the police officers before eight housewives who identi.. fled eight of them, he said, as men who rented bungalow in a court only 150 yards from Raymond's home. Windows of the bungalow were reported to have given a clear view of Raymond's home.
 The women were quoted as saying that the officers stretched wires from the bungalow to nearby tele- phone poles, bored holes in the walls, and climbed on the roof in stalling various fixtures. They sup posedly represented themselves as radio men," Telephone wires from Raymond's house showed evidence of having been tapped, Pitts said The bungalow was rented late in September supposedly under a fic- titious name. Pitts said. He quoted the women As saying that all oi the men moved out, after cleaning nm most of the traces of their work. the day after the bombing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
MostBeautifulQ Queen Since
 Cleopatra Married m Cairo

Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 2O.-UP)- Farouk I, youthful monarch of G. 100000 Egyptians, signed his name to a wedding contract today in a "brideless" ceremony which gave the Nile its most beautiful queen since Cleopatra. The ancient Moham- medarI ritual excluding all women from the ceremony, even the bride -tthe lovely 17-year old Sarinaz Zulficar-was held in the drawing room of Koubbeh palace, the first wedding of a reigning king of Egypt since the Pharaohs. Young Farouk, who will be Is on Febru- ary Il, signed his name to the wed- ding parchment at II a. m. (4 a. m. EST). A moment later a white flag was unfurled atop the palace a..d the cannon of the Cairo garri- son roared a royal salute. It told the thousands of Egyptians who crowded into Cairo, others who were unable to make the trip and the wandering NomadS of the desert the news they were waiting to hear.
 Farouk's best man" handed the brides father an envelope contain ing the dowry, the amount of which was not disclosed but it was under stood to be an enormous sum. Then, after praying to Allah, the kings representative shook hands with the father and the Pope of Islam" cov- cred their clasped hands with D silk handkerchief. T bstroth to you my daughter, Farida," intoned zul- fear Pasha, flor 8 dowry of -
 shillings." Farouk, wearing the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20

full dress uniform of field marshal of the army, then clasped his fath- er-in-law's right hand in both of
 his, their right thumbs raised and pressed against each other, and recited: T take Farida under my care and bind myself to afford her my protection" Then he signed the three copies of the contract, enc of which he will keep, the other will be Farida's and the third will be kept ill the archieves at Azhar. The shieks recited the "Fatima" and the brief ceremony was con- cluded.
 Sarinaz, her mother and sisters and the princesses of the court wait ed in an adjoining room. At its conclusion the queen put on her "Yashmak" or veil, for the first time and went to her home for the triumphant drive to the palace.
 With her long, white georgette Yashmak covering her pretty face, Farida was driven to the palace in massive state coach drawn by eight spirited Arabian horses escort ed by squadron of Egyptian cav- airy, while a squadron of airplanes flew above in formation.
 She wore a wedding gown of sil- yer lace with a long white train trailing 20 feet behind her. Her re- tirement to the seclusion of the palac, was in accordance to Moslem tradition which proved stronger than Egyptian feminists had hoped. They wanted their queen to lead the way toward abolition of the ancient harem custom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
DE VALERA WILL
 ENTER ELECTION

Dublin, Jan. 20-(UP)-Prime Minister Ramon De Valera will throw the entire weight of his Fianna Fail party in the northern Ireland general elections next month on the partition issued as result of his talks with British government leaders, reliable sources reported to- day.
 It was believed that De Valera would lose no time in nominating candidates in many northern con- stituencies with a single platform, Irish uniflcation, thus strengthening the chances of the National elements in the north who previously had had little hope for victory against the strong government party.
 The labor party may prove to be the deciding factor in the election, it was said, because its members so far have taken no definite stand on the issue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
DetectiDe Hired To Detect Some
 Detectiue Is 'Play On Words :"

A small world Pape. small a morning "daphones disguised dctographs Mr. And is your detective today, MT. Pa7e? This visiting relatives in York lastw o a 70 ahed. "A from Waterbury eh? Now that's funny tnmg MY pIetneE mas sf re9 Dy the publisher of the paper" yesterday famous MT seabury" of two ago is back in on business"
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 A world Pape, 8 small world indeed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-20
COLLEGE WALLS
 WILL BE RAzED
g Bodies Recovered From Burned Building - "A
 More Are Missing

St. Hyacinthe, Que, January 20. = (UP) - Fire -blackened walls, all that remained of the Sacred Heart College, were ordered razed today to eliminate danger to police and fire men searching for the bodie sof "A missing students and teachers. The known death toll in the fire that destroyed the school Tuesday morn- ing was 23. Only four bodies had been identified. Of the score of teachers and pupils in the hospital, four were dying. The identified dead were: Rev. Brother Jean Baptiste, 68; Jean Noel Vincent, IA; Deus Richard, 15; and Luclen Le- clerc, 15.
 Westport Boy Missing
 Among the missing, and believed dead, were William OConnell, IA, Westport, Conn. Rev. Brother Paul Armand, Woonsocket, R. l.; and Rev. Brother Xavier, 25, Paw tucket. R. I. We will have to tear down the walls before we can re- sume the search Chief Adjustor Bourgeers of the St. Hyacinthe police department, announced to- day. "They tell us that "A bodies are believed to be still in the ruins, but it will probably take several days more before we can locate them" Brother Lucius, rector of the college, indicated that permis- sion of grief stricken parents would be sought so that all unidentified bodies might be buried in a com mon grave Monday after a solemn requiem mass in the St. Hyacinthe Cathedral.
 Caused By Explosion
 At an inquest yesterday, which will be resumed Monday, Brother Ilcius and Marcit Quesnel, 68, night watchman at the school, testified that the fire had followed an ex- plosion on the third floor of a dor mitory. By the time firemen arr rived, the roof of the building had collapsed. Enrolment records were lost. but it was believed that be- tween 80 and 85 boys were sleep ing in the building when the fire was discovered at a. m., Tuesday.