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Evening star., 1938-10-17

BARUCH SUBSIDY
PLAN IS OPPOSED
Latin American Trade Idea
Fails to Stir Enthusiasm
Among Officials.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Little enthusiasm was aroused in
official Washington today by the sug-
gestion of Bernard M. Baruch that
it might be necessary for the United
States to subsidize trade with Latin
America.
Such a subsidy. the New York
financier said In an interview, should
be invoked only as last resort to
combat German advances on Latin
American markets.
Declining to be quoted by name, Of
ficials here said that export subsidies
aroused suspicion, even in the coun-
tries benefiting from such methods.
One official ascribed this suspicion to
questioning regarding the political
motives behind the subsidies.
Cites Example.
As an example of Latin American
reaction to German subsidy offers, he
pointed to Venezuela's refusal of Ger
many's proposal to purchase OIL
producing lands on a barter basis, in
cluding payment for the properties in
German goods on the Aski mark basis.
The Aski mark, a monetary unit
created by Germany purely for trade
purposes, usually has a preferential of
roughly Is to 20 per cent. compared
with the standard Reich mark.
The same official said Germany had
made similar offer to Colombia
without success and had also offered to
purchase mineral lands in Brazil, again
being refused.
He said Mexico recently had been
buying an increased amount of Ger
man goods through its arrangement to
sell petroleum to the Reich. On the
other hand, he added, it was expected
that, with settlement of the dispute
between Mexico and the United States
over compensation for agrarian lands
appropriated from United States citi-
zens, United States trade with Mexico
would improve.
Declared Creating Anita sOniSm.
The subsidy plan creates antagonism,
this official declared. and he pointed
out that the United States, without
subsidizing trade except in one recent
instance, enjoyed the leading foreign
position in the Latin American
market.
Exports of United States wheat have
been subsidized recently by the Agri-
culture Department, but the State De-
partment has opposed export subsidies
generally and Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace has come out recently for
subsidization of domestic consumption
rather than sales abroad.
Some Government officials conceded
that Germany would be a serious
competitor in trade with Latin Amer
ica, but asserted there was no real
danger of displacement Of the United
States from its leadership there.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Mouse Has Opera Complex.

LINCOLN, III. tPy.-Richard P.
Steiner owns mouse which evidently
has a grand opera complex and an
affinity for canaries.
He captured the mouse after it had
squeezed into his canarys cage and
Joined the bird in a duet Confined
now to finely screened cage, the
mouse continues its singing. disdain-
ing all food except-bird seed.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
HENRY R. R|VES, 81, DIES;
FORMER D. c. JEWELER
New Yorker Expires on Visit Here
to Sisters-Was III for
Seven Weeks.

Henry R. Rives, 81, former WASH
ington jeWeler. died yesterday in
Emergency Hospital. after an illness
of seven weeks.
Mr.. Rives. who had lived in New
York City the last 80 years, had been
visiting his sisters, Mrs. Edna R. Duke
and Mrs Mary Frank at 1922 @ street
NV. His wife, who died recently,
formerly was Miss Frances Blackstone
of this city.
Besides his sisters here, he leaves
another sister, Mrs. w. S. Watts,
Montclair, N. j., and two brothers,
the Rev. Dr. J. j. Rives, Richmond,
Va, and J. w. Rives Asheville. N. C.
Mr. Rives was born in Moore County.
N. c., and came here from Asheville
many years ago.
Funeral services are being held this
afternoon in Chambers funeral home,
l400 Chaplin street NV. Burial will
be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
The Elgin Marbles.

The famous Elgin Marbles. architec-
tural fragments and sculptures from
the Parthenon and remains of Athen-
ian buildings, now in the British Mu-
scum. we're brought over from Greece
in 1901 by the Earl of Elgin at cost
OF $3.50 900 and later sold to the Eng
Nsh government at lIalf that price.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
MRS. LARNER RITES
Services Today for Widow of
Former Washington Banker.

Former Washington Banker.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Par
ker Larner. who died Saturday at her
home, 1909 Nineteenth street NV,
were scheduled to be held at pm
today in the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. The Rev. DR.. Peter
Marshall, pastor, was to officiate, as
sisted by the Rev. DR.. Albert Evans
assistant pastor, and by the Rev. DR..
Joseph r. Sizoo, former pastor of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church and now pastor of the Colleg-
fate Church of ST. Nicholas. New York
City Burial will be in Rock Creek
Cemetery
Mrs Larner was the widow of John
B. Larner, former president of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co., who
died in November, 1881. Mrs. Larner
had long been prominent in social
circles here and was an active member
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Remarkable Dolphin.

A remarkable dolphin recently dis
covered in the Tung Ting Lake and
Middle Yangtze of China is known as
the white flag dolphin" OF a pc
culiar grayish white color. the dolphin
lives on fish which 1t digs out of the
mud at the bottom of the lake.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
WOMAN is RESCUED
IN GAS.FILLED ROOM
D. c. Resident, 80, Told Friend
She Was Despondent, Police
Declare.

Mrs Eunice T. Baker, 80, was res
cued from her gas-filled apartment at
1909 Nineteenth street NV. early to-
day after she had telephoned a friend
that she was respondent, police re-
ported.
Policemen G. w. Absher and G. T.
Culley rushed to the apartment when
the friend notified police of the call.
They broke down a locked door and
found Mrs, Baker lying on couch in
her living room almost overcome by
gas.
The Fire Rescue Squad gave her
first aid and Mrs Baker was taken to
Emergency Hospital for further treat
ment. She was not believed in seri-
Gus condition.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
800 TUGS TIED UP
|NGOTHAM STRIKE
Shipping Badly Hampered.
Fear Held Big Liners
May Be Affected.

Tuqbodt Dorkers Dent on strike
last Friday midnight. Union de-
mands closed shop, seniority rights,
time and a half for Sunday Dork,
$40 month pay increase for fire.
. men, deckhdnds, oilers and cooks
and IS monthly increase tor
captains and engineers.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Three hun
dred towboats idled at their piers to-
day, hampering shipping in the worlds
busiest port as a strike of 1000 tug
boat workers entered its third day.
The shippers, members of the In
ternational Longshoremen's Assocla-
ron CA. F. L., rejected last night a
compromise wage scale offer made by
the New York Towboat Exchange, an
organization of employers.
Joseph P. Ryan, president of the I.
L. A.. said the union would remain
firm on its minimum" demands.
Increase Proposed.
The Towboat Exchange proposed a
$3.50 a month increase for un-
licensed personnel and IS a month
for licensed men employed by major
towboat lines, and fiat IS raise for all
workmen on tugs Of smaller COM
panies: Mr.. Ryan said another con-
ference would be held during the day
with the exchanges Wage Adjust
ment Committee.
To avert an electrical power stop
page threat the strikers agreed to
operate three boats carrying coal to
citv powerhouses The union also
furnished workmen to insure normal
movement of garbage scows.
Although the strike affected harbor
shipping, it had no immediate effect
on the operation of passenger and
freight vessels. Since the walkout
went into effect Friday midnight, sew
eral large ships-aded by perfect
weather conditions-have docked or
left the port without the usual help
of tugs.
Queen Mary Arrives Tomorrow.
Arrival OF the Queen Mary tomor-
row, however. will pose a special prob
lem The 80,000-ton liner is one of
the two largest in the world, and it
was thought unlikely that Cunard
Line officials would risk trying to berth
her without tugboats. If the strike
remains unsettled, harbor officials said
the Queen Mary might be forced to
anchor in the channel and send her
passengers ashore in tenders.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
MAGRUDER FUNERAL
Services Held for Colored Civic
Leader and Contra ctor.

Funeral services for James H. Ma
gruder, colored civic leader and con-
tractor, who died Tuesday, were held
yesterday at the Ebenezer M E.
Church. He lived at 2732 P street NV.
Mr.. Magruder was treasurer of the
Young Mems Protective League and
the Columbia Aid Association and a
member of the Rock Creek Civic As
sociation.
Surviving are two sisters. Mrs Mar
earet Pettigrew and Mrs jamie Saxon;
son, Wilmer Stewart Magruder and
a nephew, William Magruder.
Evening star., 1938-10-17

Boys are being sent from Japan to
act as bus conductors in Shanghai,
China
Evening star., 1938-10-17

Toy shipments from Japan Ia
America have dropped $50 per cent
in year
Evening star., 1938-10-17

The United States Department of
War has California Debris Commits
sion
Evening star., 1938-10-17
China
Continued From First PageD

to have been landed on the Pearl River
delta to the west of the line.
Other forces crossed the East River
after the capture of Waichow and
fought their way up the WaichoW-
Canton highway to within so miles Of
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RosrIl GiLaor
The Week in Business


pororts of large expansion pro-
u-sms continue to help the indus
.-;ol upswing. The 1888 new con-
s J. schedule of the U. S. Steel
CORPORATION q calls for an expendi-
tire Of sSO,OOO,O00. The Sun on
sorn will spend Sill ,OOO. 1000 "bas-
~ On its faith in the soundness OF
~ American industry" Other corpor-
s.;ons are expected to announce
f,rther investments in new plants
and equipment -. From London
comes a report that world produc-
tion Of gold reached an all-time
n 81 Of 35,400,OOO ounces in 1887,
remesenting at the U. S. pegged
nrice Of $35 per ounce, an increase
i the worlds wealth OF a billion
and quarter dollars :. Steel pro-
auction reached 80 percent, eleven
noints above the low at the end OF
The wear At the end of II
months mn Of 1897 the nations relief
outlay was $251 ,821 600 below that
~ . wear ago -. Government
tonds notes and discount bills to
the value Of $4,070, 985. 500 will ma
ture during the current year ;.
Class 1 railroads added $4,000 new or
rebuilt freight cars last year, the
arrest addition to rolling stock In
seven years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Benton Schools Given
$1O,884 Apporti0nment

School apportionment payments
amounting to $10884.30 have been
distributed among Benton county
districts, the county superintend-
ent's office announced Tuesday.
The state supplied $9351.78, In
GLIDING $s4o3.75 from the current
school fund and $948.03 of state
equalization money. The county
contributed $685. from the levy and
$947.52 from the eualization fund.
Allotments were: Prosser, $3276.-
96; Kennewick, $321789; Richland
$1225.37; Benton City, $641.05
White Bluffs, $500. 10; Hover Finley,
$57682; Hanford, $349.18; Walnut
Grove, $333.11; and Whitstran
$218.81. Other districts received
sums ranging from $500 to $67.07
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Returns from Seal Sale
Not Yet All in

The Seal Sale Of 1887 IS over, ex-
cept for the returns from the out
standing seals upon which so much
Of the actual financial success rests
which makes possible the work Of
control and prevention during 1888
Your loyal support in the year
around battle against tuberculosis
and those who have not yet re-
spond are cordially invited to send
in their returns as their contribu-
tions are needed. Today the league
gives thanks that the fight against
tuberculosis Is winning. Christmas
seals furnish the funds for the pro-
gram this year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Townsend Club Held
Mass Meeting

The Kennewick Townsend club
met at their hall Monday evening
and greatly enjoyed a waffle feed
and program, also personal radio
talk by DR.. Townsend. The club
made plans to go in body to a
mass meeting which will be held in
the Methodist church at Pasco on
Sunday, January 80, at 2:30 pm.
DR.. Hal c. Long of Spokane and a
national representative Of the plan,
and Mr.. Lane of Zillah, will be
speakers for the afternoon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Legion Post Has
100 Guests at
Annual Banquet

Missing, maybe, their customary
venison, the local Legion post stag
ed their annual stag banquet We'd
nesday night at the I. o. o. F. hall,
where ham was the meat course.
Nothing else, however, was miss
ing. Everything necessary for a
rousing get-together meeting was
provided and nearly a hundred ex-
service men enjoyed the evenings
entertainment.
The state commander from
Cheney, district commanders from
Yakima and Toppenish were among
the guests and they were the prin-
cipal speakers of the evening. DR..
L. G. Spaulding acted as toast
master in his customary pleasing
manner.
A discussion of the bill now before
congress providing for universal
draft in the event Of war was the
topic selected by the state COM
mander. The bill provides for uni
versal enlistment of capital and la
Dor, as well as men in case of war,
and the Legion is backing the bill
in the interests of peace. The Le-
gion feels that war will be postpon-
ed to the last possible moment II all
possibility of profit Is removed from
such an event.
The affair was one Of the most
successful ever staged by the local
post, according to reports. There
was large, enthusiastic attendance,
the program was interesting, fellow
ship was enlarged and no casual
ties. Servicemen interviewed to-
day report that Commander Olson's
social function was q complete sue
cess
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Last Old Soldier
Remembered of
Seeing Lincoln

The last old soldier In the vicinity
on this side the river-is gone. w.
II. Johnston, "a, died Wednesday
evening in the home of his son near
Richland.
An account of the Civil War ex-
periences Of this veteran would read
something like "All Quiet on the
Western Front" It was just %
years ago that Mr.. Johnston receiv-
ed an honorable discharge from the
great Northern army in which he
served admirably. At the tender
age of IL, unwilling to wait for q
draft, he became member of Capt.
e. A. Guthrie's company of the 22nd
regiment of Ohio volunteers. Later
he became part of Company d..
18th regiment Of Ohio infantry, and
on Sherman's famous march, Mr..
Johnston was mounted.
Wounded twice in action, his
horse shot from under him, the
fighter, out scouting with four 9TH.
ers, was captured with one other in
skirmish in which two were kill
ed, one escaped the enemy, and two
captured. Mr.. Johnston, with leg
wounds, was taken to a Florida
Southern army hospital, where he
was under the closest guard for
three weeks. ... -..
The famed Andersonville, Florida
prison camp was next. It was q
stockade affair in which prisoners OF
war were virtually herded, many
never escaping death from starva-
ton. Rations were few for the
Southern army to say nothing OF
enemy takes" Miraculously,
spring Of water broke out inside the
stockade, mercifully relieving the
prisoners from the Jaws of death
Of which they had escaped in cap
ture. There were no toilet facilities
and the men slept on the ground.
Eleven months Of this unspeakable
existance ended 1t because the war
was over. Ironically, at the time
Mr.. johnston was captured, his
honorable discharge date had been
only three weeks away.
He took corn from a blind mulc
to stave off hunger. Another time
his detachment was on double
quick" for three days with nothing
to eat. On the 'go" one night to
burn bridges, the soldiers kerosene
container broke, the fluid terribly
blistering his horse.
Numbered among the more versa
tile lads, this one, instead of load
ing up on blankets at break of day
and break camp, would wait until
his "buddies" were asleep at night
and relieve them Of their blankets.
Rations sustained this type Of in
genuity also, only long enough to
be lifted from the person Of one
soldier to the possession of anoth-
er.
Abraham Lincoln, Mr.. Johnston
saw a number of times after the
war, in Washington, d. @.
A sister, SO, in Iowa, survives the
veteran.
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Town League Games

-
The third game played Monday
night proved very exciting when the
faculty ran over the student team
'of r. F. "A. players BY . score Of 81
to IL. The other two games played
resulted in the p. p. & L. scoring
20 to the English Lutheran's IL and
Bricks Is to the Odd Fellows "a.
Next weeks schedule is as fol-
lows: p. p. q L. VS.. Odd Fellows;
Faculty VS.. Bricks; English Luth-
eran VS.. r. F. A. The present stand
ing Of the league after playing five
games shows the Faculty still in the
lead. having won five games. Bricks
4, F. F. A. 3, p. p. q L. 2, Odd Eel
lows 1 and English Lutheran none.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Menace Of the Educated

Boston, Mass-According to his
annual report to the Overseers Of
Harvard University, President j. B.
Conant, president, believes that
there is evident danger" in the in
creasing unemployment of univers-
ity graduates. He proposes a strict
limitation in the number of admis-
Mons to American institutions Of
nlener education, with a view to-
ward financing college courses for
tne more brilliant students ordin-
any unable to afford a college edu-
cation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Honor Roll Is
Announced For
Semester Work

The senior high school student
honor roll for the third six weeks
Of the school year shows the Jun
iors In the lead. The honor roll as
submitted by principal T. A. Brim
is as follows: p. q. Frances Mesld-
men; seniors, Florence Peterson,
Lorraine Smith, Minnie Thackara,
Almadean Wysong: Juniors. Phillip
Foraker, Burke Hauschild, Earl
Johns. Grace Miller, Elizabeth
Story, lima Waggoner and Dean
Yedica; sophomores, william KRAFT
ger, Mildred Reese, Neil Simmelink,
Willis Taylor. Those receiving hon.
orable mention are: Peggy Burton,
senior; Vivian Higley, Junior; Glen
Mizer and jeanette Petitjean, soph-
ignores. The students listed on the
senior high semester honor roll are
those whose grades are based on
their semester grades. The seniors
and juniors tie with the same num-
Der, while the sophomores have
only one less on the list. Students
on the semester honor roll in
clude: p. c., Frances Meskimon;
seniors. Peggy Burton, Florence
Peterson, Lorraine Smith, Minnie
Thackara, Almadean Wysong; jun
iors, Phillip Foraker, Burke Haus-
child, Vivian Higley, Earl Johns,
Irma Waggoner; sophomores, Will
liam Kratzer, jeanette Petitjean,
Mildred Reese, Willis Taylor. Irene
Lum, junior, and Glen Mizer, soph-
omore, received honorable mention
for the semester.
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washington, D. C.-Although no
punitive sum Is demanded, Japan
Win be asked to pay actual damages
ranging from 100000 to $780,
900 for the sinking Of the U. s. gun
boat Panay by Jap bombers last De-
cember In the Yangtze river, north
Of Shanghai. This reparation in
cludes the value of all property deS-
troyed, plus reimbursement for the
personal injuries suffered by Off
cers and crew Of the craft.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Red Heads Play
Faculty Again

The famous Olson's All-American
Red Heads will make their second
visit to Kennewick next Saturday,
January %, when they will play the
town league team known as the
Faculty" In the local high school
gym. Each of the girls with the
team is over S feet, 8 inches tall
and four of them are six feet In
height. -Four Of these young ladies
were with the team last year, but
there are three new ones added this
year. Each girl has an outstand-
ing athletic record Of her own. As
an added attraction this year the
team win be accompanied by Miss
Helen Stephens, who will give some
athletic demonstration between the
halves Of the game. Miss Stephens
was named the outstanding woman
athlete IN the United States in 1896
by the Associated Press Sports Poll.
She is known as the fastest" fe-
male on earth and is also known
the world over as the Fulton, Mo.
Express. She Is six feet high,
weighs 165 pounds and is nineteen
years Of age. She holds q number
OF records having won IA q. s.
championships in two and a half
years AAU track meets; won Ma
tional indoor standing broad Jump
of 8 feet, BIZ in; worlds record of
100 meters, lis seconds. in the
World Olympics, August 4, 1896, at
Berlin, Germany, and many others.
She will give exhibitions in sprint
dashes. shot put, discus and broad
Jump.
The lineup OF the local faculty
team will probably be somewhat as
follows: Black, Parker, Brim, Nor
mile, Slater, Wrinkle, Grimes and
Ned Nelson. With the exception OF
the last three mentioned, they are
members Of the school faculty. Win
kle is a local man, but Grimes ana
Nelson are residents of Pasco. This
team has been playing in the town
league and seem to be In good shape
so fast, thrilling game is promised
for next Saturday night.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
THEATRE AUCTION

Starting tonight and every Fri
day night. as an added attraction.
the Liberty theatre will have auc-
ton night, in which Auction Dave"
will buy from the audience numer-
Gus items. In addition to the auc-
ton there will be shown the regular
screen program of two features,
Hell Divers starring Clark Gable
and Wallace Berry and "Adven-
turous Blonde" with Glenda Far
rell and Barton McLane. Note the
coupon printed in the theatre ad in
this issue.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Hawaii Feels Earthquake

, honolulu. P. I-Characterized as
sae worst earthquake in eleven
ss' tremblers shook this island
s.oup 50 violently that moving pic
e theatres were emptied and
lazy residents forsook their homes.
que nttle damage that was done
!. sss attributed to an unusual activ-
~ on the part Of Mauna Loa, the
'o.ano which provides one Of Ha-
,. - principal attractions for tour
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
Teachers Oppose
Unions and State
Text Book Printing

Members of the Benton County
School Directors association at their
annual meeting in Kennewick went
on record opposing teachers unions
and the state adopting and printing
school textbooks.
They voted against supporting any
teacher tenure law and favored re-
tention of local control in making
contracts between teachers and
school districts. The Benton county
board favored some program for
training janitors and administrators
Of schools so they could take bet
ter care of district property.
H. s. Hughes Of Finley Hover was
reelected president. Other officers
chosen were: vice president. g. H.
Korsvik of Whitstran; secretary
treasurer, Mrs. Ethel VanSycle Of
Prosser; and delegates to the con-
vention in Yakima February 81 and
"a, Mrs. A. M. Chellis of Kennewick.
representing second class districts,
and Soren Mass Of Plymouth, rep
resenting third class districts.
A talk on the teacher tenure pro-
posal was given by Corston A.
Greene of Kennewick, q talk on the
need for janitor training was given
by C.. G. Frisbie, Prosser superin-
tendent, and q talk on care Of the
eyes was given by Miss Alice Brakel,
Benton county nurse. Music includ-
ed vocal solos by Mrs. Chellis and
songs by the Kennewick high school
glee club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-27
The Weather

The minimum Of 20 degrees reg
istered last night seemed unusually
cool after nearly q week Of above
freezing night temperatures, but 9
comparison with those Of q year
ago right now makes our present
spell Of weather seem like late
spring.
Last week, a year ago, saw min
imum Of 16 below zero as compared
with 80 above on the corresponding
night this year. The weeks rec
ords, together with those Of q year
ago. are given below: