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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

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The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Pen o. the Public

Conversation between a "big
brother" and his primrose bound
Stenographic sister in a big agency
inspired the following verse from
a desk-mate.-Ed. Note):
Listen sister and don't forget,
your best bet is the alpha bet;
better mind your p's and q's, con-
tract is fun-until you lose, ana
a hand misplayed when the game
is done will make you wish for
your Remington! After the
dance, when the dawn is gray,
and the orchestra waits for a bit
of pay. and dancing has tired the
nimblest legs-SiSter, you had bet
ter stick to Greggs!. Sure I
know that you'd look cute in a
Well-cut one-piece bathing suit,
and taking dictation is dull, you
think, but even the strongest
swimmers sink!. There's many
a cure for heart that aches, but
no eraser for life's mistakes, so
dry those tears you're furtively
w1ping and listen Sister-You
stick to typingI"-R. 3. w. CT).
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
GOVERNMENT
HEART THROBS

Flash: Many folk in AAA and
elsewhere, are still unaware that
UFWA mogul Danny Kessler (P)
and UFWAette Della Cogan have
been matrimonied for many
months now. Saturday was a
birthday for Susan Gertrude Scott
CT) of Veterans Administration,
and if she could see what the
folks in administrative accounts,
Finance Service, wrote us about
her she'd be happily fearful over
the earful! And some more mile
stones: a birthday splashed yes
terday for Mrs. Louise Wrenn CT)
of General Accounting and flashed
today for Mrs. Edna Scott Smith
(P) of Indian Office, Interior!
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
NFFE Meetings

Today, Treasury Local, Head
quarters, 8 p. m; tomorrow, Civil
Service Commission Branch, Local
No. 2, noon, Civil Service Build
ing; Wednesday, Federation Of
Federal Employees Unions, Head
quarters, 8 p. M; Friday, Bureau
of Standards Local, Bureau of
Standards, 4:45 p. m. and ExecU-
tive Council, Local No. 2, S p. m,
Headquarters. Headquarters is
at ITO Fourteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
q f.1EF q
a. SpeakinS Of -
AYGOVERNMENTB
sNss. WORKERS TX
hsgT HVF
Bv ]. EARLE MOSER

In California it is penal Of
fenSe not to pay all wages owed
workers Here. however, WPA
Census workers ALREADY the low
est paid persons in this category
assigned to Federal bureauS) have
been informed that when mis-
take is made in their pay they
may not subsequently receive the
missing amount but must take
time off during the next pay
period! Thus the staff must
pay for someone else mistakes.
Ham on Rye?
Johnny Federal has discovered
that the first drug store in the
world was established in Bagdad
in 1000 A. D., and he adds that
he now knows where that sand
wich came from he had last
week! Disabled regulars OF
the military, and their depend
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Peel an Eye

Harold Thoreson. Association Of
Non Classified Employees leader,
predicts non-competitives for emer-
gency workers in three months,
but he'd better watch that Bank
head amendment! F e d er l
Trade Commission has succeeded
in splattering one of those fraudu-
lent Civil Service schools, dis
solved by court degree Why
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

top the P oS t
Office Division
(GAO) loop.
Charlie NJ ur-
d ock smashed
out q Seething
173 game and
416 set in the
former recently
Arthur P.
Gill, officer of
the day, is Sec
retary in charge
of the forth
coming Willard
ball. ST Pat
rick IS Da y,
being aIISnicnd
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Treat by Warner!

Passes to "the best shows
in town" are awarded here
daily, some for news tips,
others as The Times good
will 6 eSture. Thus-thOSe
with (T) after names or pen
names" may call here any
time for two stubs to a WAR
NER BROTHERS. theater,
such as:
EARLE, showing Edward
q. Robinson in "a Slight
Case Of Murder" with "ShOw-
boat JambOree" on the stage;
METROPOLITAN, showing
w. C. Fields in '"The Big
Broadcast of 1882; PENN,
showing Fredric March and
Franciska (Zuyder ZeeD GaaI
in "The Buccaneer"; UP
TOWN, showing CarOIe LOm-
bard and Fred MacMurray in
''True Confession; or CAL
VERT, also showing "The
Buccaneer." First come, first
served for ticket chOice).
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

by Irish War Veterans of America
=. Flash: Bureau of Home Eco
nom1cs' study of clothes directed
by DR.. Louise Stanley screams in
q press release: "Village Husbands
Spend Little for Clothes!" =.
Johnny Federal says he's heard
many masculine opinions on that,
both village and city!
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

ents, are the sole q. S. "em-
ployes" still suffering from 1885
so-called Economy Act-and Or
ders are now being obeyed in
military establishments forbid
ding either officers or enlisted
men from asking benefits of Con-
gress! Note to Page One
headline readers: File-fllchers
still report heavy shifts of ex-
perienced Army-Navy officers to
the West Coast!
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

Flash: National Park Service is
expected to push the majority of
its guards into the $1,320 class
July Note to the Bathtub
Battler: These men, many of them
vets, are enduring privation via
starvation wage-how about see
ing this expectation" fulfilled?
Johnny Federal says: my
Coal Commission chief is broad
minded. He admits it is possible
for a man to be okay without be-
ing ENTIRELY like him"
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Pdckaged Delight

original VelGti Candy
Stores today UiH present one
pound boTeS of their tasty
cheWy chocolates, or cara
nlelS, on request, to-:
Marie Kern, General Ac-
counting.
Edna Scott Smith, Interior.
JOHNNIE johnson, AAA.
(CGndy lDiH be presented
at either store, 620 Ninth st.
N. w., or 609 Fourteenth st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Stormy Weather!

Flash: What division chief at
Weather Bureau declared "all vet
Grams receive too many privileges,
are all crooks and should be in
iail! Why are no "petS" in that
unit veterans, and why are men
who obeyed the call given slow
'df any, advancement and low
ratings?. Are they inefficient, or
is there a reason. Note to Joe
StarneS: Here's a possible CAM
paign.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Don't Miss These!

DOH NGoo 1900"
When that (P) plOps down
after your name it means
y'Oughta drop by and pick up
two passes to one of these tip
top shows "arOund the cor
ner": JESSE, showing Joan
Crawford and Spencer Tracy
in "Mannequin"; SYLVAN,
showing "Fifty-secOnd Street."
PALM, showing you're a
Sweetheart" with Alice Faye;
or NEWTON, showing "ThOr-
Oughbreds Don't Cry" with
Mickey Rooney and Judy Gar
land. Turn to "yOur favor
ite papers, drama page and
Andy Kelly will tell you the
locations of these theaterS.)
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Stuck to 1t

A. B. Graham, quitting Aggie
Extension Service March 81 via
retirement, spent over so years in
educational work among rural
folk.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
On the GIur,a Side

Dedicated to the ex-Federalite
over 40, who probably will never
again be employed, except on re-
lief:
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

don't Aggie cafe employees, South
T.lilding'S sixth floor, spend less
time socially" and more attend
ing their jobs during the recesseS
and pitifully brief lunch periods?
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
IrOny's Height

Johnny Federal says: Harry
Ritner charges a local institution
"lost" 500 entrusted to it by a
deceased inmate. Phooie. Just give
Congress $4,000 to conduct a
probe and they'll find where
that dough went within two
yearsl"
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Hot Pin Races

By slim margins, Post Office
Is leading the General Accounting
Bowling League and NumbererS
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

We invite you to open q Hecht
Co. Chuqe Account and get the
added advantages Of the Exclu-
sive Hecht Co. Chmqd-PlGte Service
The Washington times., 1938-03-14
Guard Raises?

News Flash Award: "Aggiette" Cd
Evening star., 1938-05-15

date robbed the count Of the quality of
timeliness Admittedly these are cir
cumstances which may not be completely
eliminated in a task embracing such a
great expanse of territory and SO many
millions of people.
For a part OF the Nations workers,
however, there has been set up perma-
nent mechanism for keeping track Of the
unemployed, namely, the requirement Of
registration with the United States EN-
ployment Service in order to establish
claims for unemployment compensation.
Since such registration also calls for oc-
cupational characteristics and other
pertinent data. and can be kept up to
date on a day-by-day basis, it provides a
comprehensive picture of unemployment
in the industries covered.
While extension of the unemployment
compensation system to certain occupa-
tions is generally deemed impractical,
there are no insurmountable obstacles to
encouraging more widespread use of the
Employment Service as clearing house
for information as well as for Jobs.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Those Without Jobs.

Assuming, with regret, that there is
to be a more or less permanent unem-
ployment load, there can be no denying
that periodic analyses of the extent, the
type and the location of such joblessness
would be of value to the public author
tiles. 1t is true also, as Mr.. Roosevelt
points out, that the voluntary registra-
ton of last year brought a certain
amount of helpful and important infor-
nation to the Government.
In considering the advisability of such
surveys at regular intervals, however, due
weight should be given to the shortcom-
ings of the recent count and to posi-
bilities of closer integration with exist
ing Government functions.
1t was conceded, for instance, that the
voluntary nature of last years registra-
ton left appreciable gaps in its coverage
and that the weeks required to sum-
Marie the returns as Of q particular
Evening star., 1938-05-15

can be carried to unusual lengths. Gov
ernment even now is controlling the
money market. 1t is engaged in temper
ing competition in agriculture with
price-fixing loans and purchases of sur
plus products.
Then, to top it off, those who think
that trust-buSterS are barking up the
wrong tree point to a law that the
biggest of the trust-busters helped to
write.
With the help of Senator Borah and
other vehement exponents of old-fash-
ioned competition, Congress enacted
law known as the Miller-Tydings Act,
which opens loophole in the antitrust
laws as big as barn. This loophole
not only permits industry to fix prices
on trade-marked products, but enables
corporations to go into court to enforce
the fixed prices. The Supreme Court
has upheld this law as it is applied in the
individual States.
The fact of the matter seems to be
that almost no important groups in the
Nation really want the ruthless compe-
tition that capitalism requires if it is to
work automatically. But Congress is
going to spend 100000 to discover
whether or not this fact is true, and If
so what might be done about it.
An answer will have to be found before
any effect Of the new spending shot in
the arm wears OF, or the country, in
another year or two or three, will face
the prospect Of starting all over again.
(0opyright 1036)
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Airmail Celebration:

Twenty years ago today, The Star said:
"The ideal of mail by air route has been
held for long time as goal, ever since
the demonstration of the practicability
of the heavier -than-air machine indeed.
and now it appears to have become an
attained fact" Perhaps at the moment
too sanguine expectations were not in
dicated. The pioneer service between
Washington, Philadelphia and New York
had been announced not az an expert
ment but as real beginning of veritable
aerial mail" transportation. Yet there
were few skeptics and their doubts were
confirmed when the first north-bound
pilot. Lieutenant George L. Boyle. was
forced down at Waldorf, Nd, only
Evening star., 1938-05-15
that lay upon those who enjoy these
weighty obligations.

that lay upon those who enjoy these
weighty obligations.
third trust, and that not a mean one,
concerns our citizenship in the state.
If we are beneficiaries of the government
under which we live we have an obliga-
ton to maintain its integrity unsullied
and unimpaired. If we are the recipients
OF its privileges and advantages we are
the guardians of its finest traditions and
ideals. We need to be reminded of this
frequently, especiallySo in these troublous
times. He Is an unworthy trustee Of
the state who is Indifferent to his civic
obligations. The greater the advantage,
the larger the opportunity afforded us,
the Welghtier the responsibility.
Fundamental to these several trusts
which we commonly share is that which
is indispensable to them, namely, deep
ened moral and religious convictions. It
Is unlikely that we shall hold with in
telligent zeal and fine conservation these
several trusts unless they are sustained
by the unfailing recognition of deep re-
ngiouS ideals and convictions Wash
ington's great affirmation is pertinent,
namely, that the security of the state
resides in the recognition of moral and
religious principles. We may not forget
that this Nation has been sustained and
buttressed by an unfailing faith and
trust in God. We passively recognize
this in all our civil relations, and, indeed,
in all our legal contracts
There is urgent need for fresh recog-
milton of this in a'day of changing ideals.
Our unchallenged power, our great
wealth, our Incompatible resourceful-
ness, yes, and our advancing culture, are
insufficient in themselves to guarantee
to us the things we hold most dear A
nation without moral and religious ideals
cannot survive.
1t is universally true that there are
no alibis for the betrayal of a trust
Evening star., 1938-05-15
twenty-four miles from Potomac Park,
scene Of his take-off.

twenty-four miles from Potomac Park,
scene Of his take-off.
But the development Of airpost was
inevitable. It had been forecast for
centuries-most notably by Leonardo da
Vinci, greatest genius of the Renaissance.
The Wright brothers particularly had
visioned the possibilities, the potential
acceleration of movement for letters and
parcels. Now an intrepid group Of Army
flyers had undertaken to solve the prob
lens involved. Lieutenant James C..
Edgerton, as it happened, was to be the
special hero of the enterprise. He drove
his ''crate" from Philadelphia to Wash
ington, distance of one hundred and
forty -four miles, in one hour and thirty
six minutes: then, on Thursday, May 16,
1918, repeated the performance without
incident"
History also was repeating. Intelli-
gence and courage, determination to
triumph over obstacles, fixed purpose
Of achievement-these qualities repre-
sent universal law of cause and effect.
Bring them together to single end,
focus them on single target, and the
result inevitably must be victory. The
airmail networks which currently are
operated from coast to coast, across the
Pacific and shortly likewise across the
Atlantic signify something more precious
than rapid communication facilities.
They symbolic mans dominion over
nature. No wonder Nationwide cele-
bration has been planned for this ami
versary week. 1t will constitute an
opportunity for public recognition of a
monumental truth-the power of the
human race to struggle onward and
upward successfully.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
GUARDING A TRUST
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN d, d, D. c. L.
BISHOP OF WASHINGTON

There are no alibis for the betrayal of
a trust. This is widely recognized as
automatic.
In letter written by an old man to
his youthful follower he concludes his
epistle with these words: Guard that
which is committed to thy trust" He
had given him many admonitions con-
cerning his conduct, but concludes his
remarkable letter with solemn warming
concerning the sacredness of trust.
We are being constantly reminded to-
day in all the concerns of our life that
our very security is in the hands Of
those to whom great responsibilities have
been given and in whose keeping is re-
posed a weighty trust Now and again
we have startling examples of the vio-
lation of a trust, with the attendant
evils that follow it. The tragedy of such
a situation is not only in the impaired
confidence OF multitude of men and
women, but in losses that are often
tragic in their consequences. To all of
us are given definite commitments in
the form of trusts. Beginning with
youth we become guardians of the pre-
cious things of the home. This is trust
that has solemn and fine Implications
To every son and, daughter of house.
hold is given in trust the guardianship
Of those ideals that concern the integrity
and the fine things of home life A
betrayal of such trust affects the in
nocent and ends frequently in disaster
and bitter disappointment.
A second obligation in the nature of
a trust comes with the acquisition of
knowledge. Cultural advantages carry
their own responsibilities. 1t is normal
to expect more of those who have had
such advantages than of those who have
been denied them. The stored-up treas
ures of the mind constitute a possession
Evening star., 1938-05-15

News from China is always to the
effect that the Chinese have blocked q
drive or that the Japanese are forming
new one. A candid resume of actual
facts may be expected when the fighting
is over and contention for civil advan-
tages begins.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

ITO the victor belongs the spoils" is
an old motto. Halle Selassie might be
more patient toward the aphorism If
he did not find himself incidentally
burdened with doctors bills. There are
moments when man would like to for
get science as an addition to other
troubles.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

Commissioner Allen has decided to go
into the insurance business. He has
made many friends and will be able to
say, How do you do?" without expect
ing to open up a line of conversation
that may prove more or less bewildering.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

SO much agitation is expressed over
finance that the reduction of our cur
rency value, almost fifty per cent, seems
Tor present calculation to have repre-
sented wasted effort.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

Secretary Wallace finds himself called
upon for as much comment as if he
himself were being exploited for
Supreme Court position. One of the
advantages of the democracy is a
lingering uncertainty as to who shall be
next to step on the griddle.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

In the evolution of sage formalities
1t may be found that the chief repre-
sentative of great government shows
his superiority by refusing to wear knee
breeches. His retinue will always con-
tain enough people to observe ancient
and suitable formalities.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Secondary Consideration
He was in truth
A likely youth
But people used to say
He would not sit
And wait a bit
To let the music play.
He'd sound a horn
In tones forlorn
Or maybe he'd be gay
With "rat-tat-tat"
On this and that
To help the music play.
In ancient pride
Folks stood aside
'Mongst songs that fade away.
On many a dance
They took chance
And let the music play.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

vienna is expected to change the name
OF her streets once more. The old idea
which designated letters and numbers
as the chief means of Identification NAV
have had its sensible advantages.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
1t Always Depends.

From the Geneva IN. " Times.
There's still quite an argument about
whether high prices or low prices will
bring the more abundant life. It seems
to depend on whether you're buying or
selling. "--
Evening star., 1938-05-15
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Evening star., 1938-05-15

The world is always looking forward.
One Of the questions teachers may feel
called upon to answer is What comes
next after billion?"
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Home Sweet Home.

Don't you sometimes feel homesick?"
NO." said Senator Sorghum. Life in
the Nations Capital is glorious dream,
but home is the place you are liable
to get bad news FROM"
Evening star., 1938-05-15

1t might have been more discreet for
Justice Black to go ahead for a while
and sing along with the chorus.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

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Always Dreaded.

Always Dreaded.
For many climes we're due to think
North, South and East and West,
And what led some to pause and shrink
For others would seem best.
So We are taught with patient care
To weigh the why" or thus"
And fear the people here and there
Who just get mad and cuss.
"What you can't say. you can sing"
said Uncle Eben. But what's de use If
everybody comes cuttin' in VIII q differ.
ent tune?"
Evening star., 1938-05-15

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Main once: 11th st. ana Pennsylvania Ave-
New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago ONCE: 435 North Michigan Ave.
Evening star., 1938-05-15
Care Free.

Elucidation We'll disdain,
While moments fade away,
And never trouble to explain
What we did yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-05-15

II believe in allowing man to have
his say" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. But grow impatient when he
devotes lifetime to single speech"
Evening star., 1938-05-15
No Pet.

What do you call the piece your
daughter just played?"
II don't know" answered the proud
mother. What enjoy is the way the
piano makes good the guarantee that it
will stand up under any kind Of treat
ment."
Evening star., 1938-05-15

These advisers insist that Government
must recognize the fact of concentrated
economic power and must endeavor to
deal with that fact through regulation
and through planning, rather than
through any attempt to pulverize indus
try into smaller competing units. They
believe that NJ r. A. contained the germ
OF an important idea, If only the law had
been confined to five or six major indus
tries instead of being distorted by ad-
ministration into an effort to plan for
everything from the steel industry to
the pants-preSsing industry.
Wanted by this group is some Govern
ment machinery through which manage
ment, labor, Government and the con-
suming public can have a voice in the
determination of broad industrial poll
cies-such as wages and prices and in
vestment-which once were determined
by the free competitive market.
*k
All chance OF reviving old-fashioned
competition is believed by these advisers
to be gone. The reason for this conclu-
sion is not difficult to understand. One
glance around the country provides an
explanation.
This glance shows that farmers now
have turned to Government to build
them the type of machinery that will
provide monopoly controls like those
already enjoyed by big business. Labor,
at the same time, has induced Govern
ment to establish law to protect work.
ers while they organize monopolies of
their own, capable of dealing with the
powerful corporations. In addition, Gov
ernment is preparing at this time to 60
into the business of fixing minimum
wages and maximum hours in industry
. type Of price fixing that strikes at the
heart Of the free market and one that