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The Washington times., 1938-01-26

Realizing the graveness Of the
situation, Commissioner Melvin c
Hazen dispatched Auditor Daniel
j. Donovan to Federal WPA head
quarters in an effort to get an
appropriation Of WPA
funds so the lunches might be con,
tinued.
DELAY FORESEEN
At a meeting yesterday, the Dis.
trict heads requested the Budget
Bureau to approve a $4,000 emer-
gency appropriation of District
funds to carry the program
through the school year. They
realized, however, this will take
from three weeks to a month be-
fore Congressional action is taken
on the request. Because of this
delay Donovan was sent to make
the plea for WPA funds.
Before sending Donovan to
make the request, the District Of
ficials combed the accounts OF
old CWA and FERA funds still
with the District, but found bal
ances of these funds were obi
gated.
Meanwhile, the city heads were
told present supplies will be ex
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
infant FOUND
DEAD IN CRIB

Somehow during the short
space of two and half hours this
morning, while his parents slept,
the cooling, gurgling two-months
of life that was Frederick A.
SHELLS, was snuffed out.
Baby Frederick was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Smell. who re-
side at 5912 Ninth st. N. W., on
November 1S. The father is an
employe of the Federal Farm Ad-
ministration.
At S a. m. today, as was his
custom, Smell awoke and gave his
infant son an early morning bot
tie. Sleepy eyed, the father
watched as the youngster drained
the bottle, then tucked his young
son in the crib, patting blankets
close as protection against the
early morning chill. Then the
elder Smell went back to bed.
At 8 a. m. Mr.. and Mrs. Smell
awoke. They looked down at
their son. He lay very, very still,
too still. He could not be awak
ened, and the terrified parents
called the Fire Rescue Squad. The
latte: labored for an hour employ
ing artificial respiration, but it wa!
to no avail.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Writer Gives View
On Social Creeds

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 U.N.S)
new social creeds in
February Good Housekeeping
Dorothy Thompson declares that
fascism, naziism and communism
are all collectivisms.
"And collectivism," she says,
"is any form of social, economic
and political organization in
which the will, activities and
rights of the individual are
strictly subjected to the aim and
purpose of the whole society,""
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Henry Ford Visits
Edison Memorial

MENLONPARK, N. j., Jan. 26
G.N.S)-Henry Ford and his son,
Edsel, yesterday toured the re-
Gently completed Edison tower
here. They were shown through
the light tower, recently erected in
memory of the late Thomas A.
Edison. Both men were keenly
interested in the organ loft in the
top of the tower.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Powell Signs Up;
$4,000 and Bonus

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 Q.N.S).
The New York Yankees today
announced receipt Of the signed
contract of Outfielder Jake Pow
ell. The contract calls for $4,000,
the same salary he received last
season, but has a bonus clause.
Infielder "Blondy" Ryan and
Catcher Jimmy Sheehan signed up
with the Giants.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Appendix Scare
Told OsteOpaths

Americans have become so
"appendicitis-conscious" that now.
aday patients are sometimes
rushed to the operating table with
only an ordinary pain in the right
side, DR.. H. willard Sterrett, pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Osteo-
pathic Association, said last night
before the washington Osteo-
pathic Association.
DR.. Sterrett also attacked use
Of drugs before they have been
thoroughly tested. He cited recent
deaths resulting from improper
use of Sulfanilamide,
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Mrs. GlOrney Sues
For Paris Divorce

PARIS, Jan. 26 QN.SO.-Mrs.
Corlette Glorney, the former Helen
Guggenheim, filed suit for divorce
yesterday against her husband,
wealthy Irish sportsman. Glorney
announced plans to file a counter
suit.
Mrs. Glorrey, daughter of the
late Isaac Guggenheim, has lived
in Europe for many years and
is well known in fashionable rae
ing circles.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
County Crippled
Clinic Tomorrow

The seventh clinic for the Grip
pied of Prince Georges county will
be held tomorrow in the Clinic
Building at HyattsVille. Treat
ment will be given by doctors from
Johns Hopkins in cooperation with
State and. county health officials
and the Maryland League for
Crippled Children.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26

of the most beautiful women in
Europe were doing their utmost
to attract his attention"
"He never appeared even to
notice them," the prince con-
tinued. He was in love as it
is given men and women to love
only once in a lifetime"
Prince Christopher classified the
duchess along with Cleopatra and
Helen of Troy as one Of the great
est women in history.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
District Asks WPA .
To Aid Lunch Fund
grandfather.

While much-needed financial aid from the municipal
treasury bound tightly with "red tape $500 under.
privileged Washington school children today gazed at the
grim prospect weeks month without the free
lunches served al schools
The Washington times., 1938-01-26

A distinct contribution to Washing
toms society history II Lived to
Love-" by Countess Cassini' starting
Sunday in the Washington Herald
Times. Phone Republic 1894 for Home
nalivaPv
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
TO CALL EXPERTS


which was followed by an execu-
tive session, the committee di-
rected Chairman Fritz G. Lanham
of Texas to request the Bureau OF
Public Roads to suspend construc-
ton operations under a contract
awarded in December for a new
laboratory building to be erected
on adjacent ground on the Mt.
Vernon Memorial Highway, oppo-
site Gravelly Point, at a cost Of
$780, 900.
It also was decided by the COM
mittee to summon aeronautical eX-
perts of the Army, Navy and Bu-
reau of Air Commercet get their
opinion of the proposed Gravelly
Point plan.
It was admitted by H. S. Fair
bank, chief of the information di-
vision of the Bureau Of Public
Roads, who submitted the new lay
out to the committee, that none
of the Governments aeronautical
agencies had been consulted in
preparing the plan, nor had the
Bureau Of Roads obtained expert
opinion elsewhere in laying out
the new project.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26

Coming Sunday ."I Lived to
Oirs of the Golden Era Of Washington
society. Republic 1894 for Home De-
livery Of the Warrington Herald. Times.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26

tory accounting practices regard.
ing depreciation and working capi-
tai.
MCCLELLAN WARNING
Authority for the forecast this
might be the final rate cut was
DR.. William Mcclellan, president
of the company. He told the
commission:
I'VE are now reaching the
time when large rate reductions
will cease"
Regarding depreciation of the
company's property, Mcclellan
said deductions have been "ab-
surdly low for some time" adding
an adjustment was absolutely
necessary"
CLAYTON CITES BONDS
In rebuttal, William NICK. Clay.
ton, representing the Federation of
Citizens Associations cited the
negotiation Of $4,000, 900 of bonds
during the past two years as levi.
dence of the strongest kind" the
company enjoys ian extraordinary
favorable" financial status.
AS he did a year ago, Clayton
urged the commission to reduce
from 6.5 to 6 per cent the COM
pany's allowable return on its In
vestment of more than $4,000, 900
here.
Since the sliding scale OF rates
was adopted in 1924, the com.
pany's basic return rate has been
reduced from rs to Z, and then
to the 6.5 per cent rate now in
effect.
BUSINESS INCREASES
Every years reduction, he said,
has been overtaken by increased
business the succeeding year. He
added:
The company would well af-
ford to cut its basic return rate
to 6 per cent and would recoup
handsomely the next year."
Estimates o. possible savings to
local consumers if the basic return
rate is cut to 6 per cent varied. On
the basis of figures submitted by
the company, the amount would
aggregate about $760,000. Other
utilities authorities placed the
total at 81, 100000,
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
ROADS BUREAUS.
AIR FIELD PLAN.
.STIRS HEARING.
GraveIIy Point Proposal
To Be Investigated

An entirely new plan for the
development of Gravelly Point as
Washington's largest airport, spon-
sored by the Bureau of Public
Roads, was thrown. into the air
port hearigns of the House Build
ings and Grounds Committee to-
day with explosive force.
1t would provide for a series
Of eight runways from 1000 to
1000 feet long, pointed into the
river and extending the entire
runway system farther into the
Potomac than any plan hitherto
considered by Congressional COM
mittees or by the Airport Commis-
sion in reaching their several de-
cisions with respect to airport
sites.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Proposed Rate Cut
May Be Last Large
Slash, Says PEPCO
Mcclellan Warns P. U. C. in Urging Revision
On Depreciation and Capital

The Public Utilities Commission considered today predic
on the proposed reduction in District electric may
the last argescae decrease the Potomac Electric Power
Company can bear-despte testimony to the contrary
The Washington times., 1938-01-26

With hearings on the proposal
adjourned until tomorrow, the
commission weighed also the
assertion a rate reduction should
entail an adjustment of manda-
tory accounting practices regard.
ing depreciation and working CAPT
tai.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15

Mr., and Mrs. Francis Cords left
last Thursday evening for Freeport,
Minnesota. to visit Mrs. Cords ia
Their, who was recently injured in
an accident.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Gun Club Awards
Prizes For Annual Drive

Six prizes were awarded to the
winning contestants in the annual
predatory drive by the White Bluffs
Rod and Gum club Monday evening"
Howard Clark and Betty Hixon
first and second place winners, re-
specively, receiving rifles; Betty
Keal, third, a camp axe; Burton
Codding, fourth, watch, and
Tommie Griffith and Junior Rails
ton, fifth and sixth, knives.
This years drive was not only the
most successful conducted by the
gun club since 1894, when the an
nual drive was inaugurated, but
was also one of the most successful
held in southeastern Washington.
The total number Of predatory
birds and animals brought in by
the contestants was: 935 sparTowS,
1899 sparrow eggs, 936 magpies, 1876
magpie eggs, 81 ravens, 81 raven
eggs, 48 pocket gophers, SO sage
rats and 81 jackrabbits.
Following the awarding of prizes,
the club held its annual election Of
officers, Arthur Heideman being
named president for the coming
year, Alex Wade, president,
and Bud Austin, secretary treasm-
er. Jess Brown will continue as
head of the predatory drive.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Mercury Tops
ITO DegreesTo
Set New Record
Reading Is Highest Since
l13-Degree Mark Was
Reached July %, 1884.

All heat records of the past three
years were shattered today as taae
mercury climbed to reading Of
no degrees at the government
weather station at Hanford, the
highest since July %, 1884, when
it touched the 113-degree mark.
The heat wave of the past few
days has been general over all of
the Pacific northwest, with most
stations east of the Cascades re-
porting temperatures above the
century mark.
After climbing to a reading OF
1O4 degrees last Thursday, the naer'.
curry dropped briefly into the eight
les ir the wake of a short but Sc
we're rain, thunder and wind storm
which, while doing no damage here,
cut wide swath through the Wen
atchee valley, cutting off power
service for nearly a half hour and
damaging fruit. to some extent.
Following Fridays reading of 81
degrees, the temperature started
back toward the century mark,
reaching 104 degrees for the second
time on "wednesday and the record
Of 10 degrees Thursday.
Clouds which covered the south
ern portion of the sky Wednesday
,,ioJ,t 10 rYiad nron,isa nf cooler
weather, and overcast skies Thurs
day morning appeared to bear out
that forecast, but shortly after
noon the haze was broken up and
the sun was able to bear down
without opposition.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Experiment
Station Plans
For Field Day
Later Date Will Give Wis
itors Chance To See
More Projects.

Tuesday, August 2, is the date
set for the 18th annual Field Day
AT the Irrigation Branch Exper-
lnert Station near Prosser, accoro-
irlg to a recent announcement by
H p. Singleton, superintendent.
The date this year is somewhat
Latter than usual and was selected
III order to afford former Field Day
visitors an opportunity of seeing
the experimental program at dit.
terent time of year While some OF
the early crops will have been hal
vested, such crops as tree frutts,
corn, potatoes and sugar beets will
show to much better advantage.
Also, the Bureau of Chemistry anu
Soils will be able to display a mucn
greater variety of frozen and heat
processed fruits and vegetables
than was shown last year. Tne
work of this division and the COR
related work with fruits and veg
eJaIbles will be of particular interest
TO the women.
Representatives of the different
divisions of the main agricultural
experiment station of the State
College of Washington and also
those of the divisions of the U. s.
department of agriculture that are
cooperating with the station will
assist the stations staff in AIDE
uuately presenting the program.
The attendance at last years
F1eld Day was between $50 and 700
and plans are being made to ham
die larger number of visitors
this year Field trips to the various
parts of the station will start at
800 am. and will continue thru
out the day. Everyone will have an
opportunity to spend as much time
as ne desires in going over any par
1lcular piece of experimental work.
Everyone is invited to bring a
basket lunch and picnic on the
station grounds. Contrary to the
custom in the past, there will be
NO lunches available on the grounds.
The Prosser commercial club will
furnish free coffee and iced tea and
they request that each group bring
their own containers
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Library Receives Booklet
On Chinese Situation

China and Fact" one
.at a series of Far Eastern Affairs
pamphlets published in San Fran
cisco, has been received by the
W1atnans club and has been placed
in the White Bluffs library for Cir
clllation.
The article is timely discussion
OF the China problem, giving a
sketch of China's history, and re-
view of the background and events
leading up to the present clash with
Japan, as we'll as resume of COLI
s,5tions as they now are in China.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
National Apple Crop
Falls Below Average

Apple growers were cheered this
week by the federal crop reporting
boards forecast of an apple crop
of 134,394,000 bushels, about TO
$4,000 bushels short of last years
output.
The indicated production for
1888, based on the July | con-
dition was about II per cent less
than the average yield for the 1920
1886 period
Smaller crops than last year were
reported in prospect in all except
seven states. Every state east of the
Rockies, except South Dakota, Neb-
raska and Iowa, was expected to
have a smaller crop than last year.
Increased production was indicated
for Washington, Oregon, Colorado
and Nevada.
The commercially important pro-
ducing states washington, Califor-
mia, idaho, Oregon and Colorado
as a group were expected to have {.
crop about three per cent less than
1887 and about five per cent below
average The indicated output for
these states represents 81 per cent
of the total national production
compared to their 1897 yield of "a
per cent of the total crop in the
country.
The board said insect infestation
had been heavier than usual in
Washington and Oregon and the
weather had not been favorable for
an effective spray program.
The board forecast 32,400,000
bttshel crop for Washington this
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Cheat Fire Destroys
House On Soldier Tract

The house and buildings on the
soldier tract formerly owned by A..
H. Meyer, a short distance west Of
the E. w. Heard place, were de-
stroyed by grass fire which burned
all day Saturday after getting be-
yond control.
The fire started in the cheat
grass west of the railroad tracks
Saturday morning, and by after
noon had crossed the tracks. A
number of residents of that district
corlbatted the blaze, and had APP
parently gotten it under control
when it broke out again, burning
until late in the evening
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Clubs Drive To Secure
Antelope Is Successful

The White Bluffs Rod and Gun
club received with satisfaction this
week report from the state game
department. that a herd of 20 an
telope had been received at tne
Yakima game farm for liberation
in the area between the Yakima
canyon and the Columbia river at
a later date.
The local gun club several years
ago initiated the movement to Sc
cure antelope for the area west OF
Priest Rapids, believing that the
district provided ideal range for the
fleet animals which, once nearly
extinct, are now rapidly increasing
in other western states under the
careful management of spo1tsmen
and game departments.
At that time, the club was in
formed by the state department.
that while the plan was meritorioa1s
there were several obstacles which
would prevent it's immediate en-
actment.
The antelope which are now at
the Yakima farm are the first to
make their habitat in this state for
many years. They were received
from the bureau of biological sur
vey and are part of a large herd in
Nevada.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Cannery Begins Years
Operations With Cots

The Cooperative Canning Elk
change began it's. operations for the
1888 season Friday with the custom
canning of apricots. Albert Knight
of Seattle has been employed by
the concern to take charge of the
operations during the initial work.
1.-THE cannery is being operated
this season in order to give tne
grower a chance to sell fruit for
which there is no other market
and to build up payroll in the
community, and not just to make
profit for the concern" Edmund
Anderson, president of the board
of directors, says.
"Wlhenever growers have fruit
which they are unable to sell for
a reasonable price on the fresh
market, the cannery will process it
and pay the grower the net returns
from the sale of the canned goods
after the processing costs plus a
10 per cent fee have been deducted.
Sat the present time the cannery
is handling a large quantity of april
cots, on which the market has
dropped below the cost of produc-
ton, and on the above basis should
net the grower better than $40 per
tom"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
.A.uxiliary's Picnic At
Hanford Park Sunday

All world war veterans and their
immediate families are invited To
attend the American Legion Aux
nlary's annual picnic which will be
held at the Hanford park Sunday,
July II.
Each family is asked to bring ii
basket lunch and silverware, cups
and plates for its group. Coffee ana
icA cream will be furnished by the
Auxiliary. The picnic will start a.
100 am.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
White Pass White Bluffs
Group To Picnic Aug. z

A caravan trip to the west side
end of construction of the White
Pass highway and picnic at Ohana-
pecosh Park will be held Sunday,
August 7, under the auspices of the
White Pass-White Bluffs Cross
State Highway Association, Guy M.
Balfour, president of the associa-
tion, announced today.
Tentative plans are to drive to
the end of the present completed
portion of the highway east from
Packwood, which is approximately
2h miles east of Cortright Bridge,
arriving there at 1l:30 am, and
after viewing the work now under
construction, the caravan will re-
turn to Ohanapecosh Park for a
picnic dinner, after which num-
Der. of prominent persons, repre-
senting the different sections of the
state and governmental agencies,
will discuss the urgent need of early
VI VlLIS lllSuLWdy, WCAl
as the construction program now
under way.
Invitation is extended to the
public to participate in this picnic
and special invitations are being ex-
tended to many parts Of the state
to send representation to this
meeting. At the last picnic of the
association, which was held at Sun
rise Park on Mount Rainier, a
number of people from western
Washington attended, and larger
delegations from eastern Washing
ton are assured at this years picnic.
Miss Jean Anderson of Pasco is
employed at the Pacific Power and
Light company office here this
week while Mrs. Beth Beyers is on
a vacation
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15

Two-base hit - Wagner Struck
out-by Schultz z, by Meyers 5.
Bases on balls-off Schultz 5, of
Meyers 8. Hit by pitcher-Meyers 1.
Double play-Meek- Wagner Walker
Score by innings:
ProSSer .,...................O01 lOl 1916
B.-Hanford ........... 200 21O OoO-5
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Prosser Squeezes Out
6-5 Win Over Locals

In nip and tuck battle which
was one of the best seen on the
local diamond in some time, White
Bluffs-Hanford lost a league tilt To
Prosser Sunday by SIS score. The
victory virtually clinched the second
half pennant for the county seat
nine and dropped the locals into
the second division.
The Prosser nine had built up
a reputation as heavy-hitting ag-
gregation during its other games
this season, but they were held dn
check throughout the contest by
the air-tight defense of the locals
and the splendid hurting of Meyers,
former timber Lacquer, who was
pitching his first game for the To-
Gals.
White Bluffs Hanford buMt up a
comfortable lead in the first few
innings, but the Prosserites main
aged to whittle it down, scoring the
tying and winning runs in the sev-
enth when the first two men UP
walked.
The locals collected TWO runs in
the first inning, Meek reaching first
on an error and scoring when the
catcher lost the ball as Wagner
famed, and McConnachie walking
and coming home on Walkers
single. Collier brought in the first
run for Prosser in the third, reach
ing first on free pass and scoring
on NJ Evans single.
In the fourth, Walker was given
a free pass and Hall singled, both
ltallying a run later on sinfeld plays
and in the fifth McConnachle
singled, advanced on Webber's sac
rifice and scored on Wagners
double for the locals last score.
Prosser added a run in the
fourth, sixth and seventh to bring
] them within one score of the locals
and then ended the scoring with
two runs in the eighth.
| In the only other reported gamt
of the day, Finley Hover broke
into the winning column for the
second time this season with (.
narrow victory over Connell.
This coming Sunday, the locals
will travel to Richland while Moxee
tangles with Cornell and Finley
Hover meets Rich1and, Prosse1
drawing the bye.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
Austin Ships Jubilees,
Rochesters Wednesday

The first shipment of early
peaches from this valley was re-
ported today by Levi F. Austin, who
sent several boxes of both Roches-.
tiers and Golden Jubilees to Seat
tie on Wednesday
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1938-07-15
The Weather

Maximum and minimum temper
atures of the week, recorded by
Observer Paul Piper at the Han
ford WOO thar station.