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The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-22
P.U.D. Official to
Meet at PrOssel

Public utility district officials OF
Benton, Klickitat, Franklin and
Skamania counties will meet in
Prosser Tuesday for a conference
with j. D. Ross, Bonneville admins
traitor, j. B. Whitehead, manager
of the public utility district Of Ben
ton county, said today.
Leaders Of the four counties will
discuss organization plans and 9TH
er problems, Whitehead said. The
meeting will be in the Prosser COM
munity club rooms, Whitehead add
ed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-22
BUSINESS GIRLS DONATE

4uc 6uSUlcSS girls AcAN IAACA IC6
ular meeting and annual Christmas
party at the George Byrd home on
Monday evening. The home was
very attractively decorated in keep
ing with the Christmas motif. An
exchange Of gifts was the big feature
of the evening. They were distribute
ed by ..Mahatmi Sandi" in the per-
son of Lena Mains. lone Lee won
the prize for tree decorations and
Therese Thole for the guessing
game. There were twenty members
present. A buffet luncheon was
served by the hostesses, Katherine
Ponti, Kathryn Brown and Evelyl,
Hoem. A business meeting followed
the social at which time money
making methods were discussed. A
donation of SIS was voted to be given
to the milk fund.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-12-22
Camp Fire Girls Go
Xmas CarOling

The girls Of the Nissak group ac-
companied by their guardians, the
Misses Anna Marie and 'Verdella
Mueller, sang Christmas carols at
several houses for the benefit of
some shutins and convalescants. The
girls enjoyed a potluck dinner and
Christmas party at the hall before
they went caroling Tuesday eve
ming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

Iity, and one of the intentions of the Guild is to undertake self-dis- clpllne. .. y
 3. The caliber of associate pro- ducers is generally higher than it used to be, in days when producers relatives, stooges, and yes-men took over the jobs. q can hear some directors muttering, "In days WHEN?')
 3. This one hurts: It's the direc- tors who account for 30 per cent of the waste" on the sets-inability to make up their minds, resulting in too many takes" delayed sched- lules, overtime pay for crew and extras. Instance cited. one director made 42 takes of one scene, used the second (See the Guild analysis remarks on self discipline.
 4. There were just as many su- pervisors 10 years ago, but they didn't get screen credit. (The an- alysis in it's 10-year comparison noted credit directors, didn't spec fly credited supervisors)
 So where are we? In the middle? Not me! I just ducked.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
Engagement Of Miss Perry Is
 Revealed Today
Will Become Bride of John Whitely at Ceremony
 Next Spring

Announcement was made today of the engagement of Miss Yvone Perry, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ludwig Thoren of this city, to John Whitely, son of MT. and Mrs. George Whitely, of Seattle, Wash.
 Miss Perry, a popular member of Juneau's younger set, came to this city from Seattle year and a half ago. She attended the Juneau High School, and for the past several months has been an employee at the Capitol Theatre.
 MT. Whitely was graduated from the Garfield High School in Se- attle, and is at present employed at the Gastineau Grocery.
 Both Miss Perry and MT. Whitely are wellknown in Juneau, and plan to make their home here, following the wedding, which is tentatively set for next June.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
CRIES MARVELLOUS IN
 NEW ORLEANS
They Are in Crude Rhythm But Tell Story, Usual
 ly Melancholy
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-One of the most fascinating chores man might impose on himself would be to compile an anthology of the street cries of New Orleans.
 You do not know what street cries really are until you have lis tened to them in the thoroughfares of this delta metropolis. You may think you do, having kicked around Greenwich Village and the Ghetto in New York, but you don't, not really.
 For here they are different. No one knows their original source, unless it be Voodoo queens and witch doctors. They stop you in your tracks. They fascinate and astound you, for usually they are in crude rhyme. They tell a story. They are melancholy. They are, I suppose, part of the public do- main, if the public wants them. for no one owns them. They just hap pened. But only the criers, those sad Scarecrows of vendors, really know and understand them.
 A classic example is the song of the blackberry woman who is as native to Louisiana as Creole cook ing and just as much a part of Americana as mountain music and the cigar store Indian. Almost any day you will see her plodding through the streets, a basket of berries on her head which she has picked in the swamps miles away, calling in melancholy tones:
 Black -ber- ries-fresh and fine, I got black berries, lady,
 Fresh from de vine,
 I got black-berries, lady,
 Three glass fo a dime,
 I got black-berries, black berries. .
 She has been immortalized now, the blackberry woman, in bronze
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
Convention Delegates On Aleutian

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 12.- The delegates to the American Le- zion and American Legion Aux Hilary Alaska Convention held here last week, will leave aboard the steamer Aleutian this afternoon. The Anchorage American Legion Band is also aboard the steamer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

SEATTLE, Sept. ts. T1a1ibuters arriving and selling here today are as follows:
 From the westward banks - FL dorado 10000 pounds, Akutan 40,OO0 pounds. Blanco 21,000 pounds, sell ing for an average of 13 and 1O1s cents a pound.
 From the local banks-Forward 1000 pounds; Pierce 2,000 pounds, Lane 1000 pounds, F. c. Hergert l. 900 pounds, Curlew 1000 pounds, selling for an average of 16 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
Water Polo Will t
 Be Tops in 1940

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Frank Mc- Dermott of Chicago, the new chair man of the National Water Polo committee, is so enthusiastic about the certain growth of the sport that he confidently predicts that not eleven teams but one hundred and eleven will compete in the final Olympic tryouts for the 194o games.
 He points out that Chicago now has sixteen teams and the Pacific Coast seventy-five.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 AM TODAY

Seattle airport, 53 Blaine foggy 46 Vic 54; Alert cloudy 54 Bull liar 53 cloudy 54 Prince Rupert cloudy 5O ket ckan cloudy 50 cloudy Wange cloudy 58 Petersburg Sitka, raining Inlet ing 52 Hood Bay cloudy 48 Tenake cloudy 52 Radovie mist 49 cloudy 5l; Haines raining; Tusequah raining Yakuat raining 8 St. Elias raining Hnctnbrook raining, 50; Chtina cloudy, Anchorage, cloudy 46 Portage Fairbanks partly cloudy 5 Hot Springs partly cloudy
 cloudy 54; Ruby cloudy 45 Nuato partly cloudy 4G partly cloudy 40 Flat foggy 36 Crook Bethel 43 Platinum cloudy Goovn Council raining 45 Nome cloudy fl
 Sept. 13.-Sunrise 5:24 sunset, 627
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
INTERNAL FEUD ! IN HOMELAND IS JUST AWFUL
Now All Together, Let s Get Right to Rehearsal
 Comment Starts
By ROBBIN CoONs

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 12.--Let's get in the middle today of the oldest internal feud in the movie produc- tion family. It's a feud to make the more publicized hats of the stars seem like polite disagree ments about the weather. So let's be ready to duck.
 In this corner we have the di- rector. In this, the associate pro- ducer-or call him supervisor, or any of the names some directors call some, associate producers. La- dies had best stick to the term "as- sociate producer" or supervisor. "
 The director is the guy who gets out on the set and tells people actors, camermen, props, electric ians, offstage noises, everybody what to do for each scene of the picture.
 The associate producer is the guy in the office He is the middleman, the go-between, and often the patsy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
MAKING CIRCLE TOUR

Miss Adelia Bender, of the Olym- pic Hotel Where -to-Go offices in Seattle, passed through Juneau on the Alaska. She disembarked at Skagway and make the Yukon Cir cle Tour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

covered the Gulf or AL southeast portion and northern 2910 inches southwest of Kodiak Island lowest reported Smith barometer only moderately southwestern Canada wlh
 central portion of the north Pa
 the Prince William Sound region falling the rest of west northern coastal British Coum- Temperatures of Alaska yesterday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
GREYHOUND MEN TOUR

Frank Tibbits, of the Greyhound Bus Lines, and Frank Maxwell, of the same company. Los Angeles of fices, are passengers on the Alaska, roundtripping.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

lege during the coming winter months.
 Previous to her departure, Miss Lynch was the incentive for many social affairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
Vote Tomorrow! Polls are open from 8 am. to ! pm. Make Your Vote Count!
 BACK FROM PETERSBURG

Mrs. R. L. Bernard has returned to Juneau from Petersburg where she was the house guest of MT. and Mrs. Byron White.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

Vote Tomorrow. Polls are open from 8 am. to : pm. Make Your Vote Count!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

Tune to Tony Tonight! Hear DimOnd speak over KINY from 1915 to 1O:45. Vote Tomorrow!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

Vote Tomorrow! Polls are open from am. to : pm. Make Your Vote Count!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
MISS LYNCH GOES SOUTH

Miss Lucille Lynch, graduate of the Juneau High School, left for Seattle on the steamer Alaska, where she will enter business col-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

Vote Tomorrow. Polls are open from 8 am. to pm. Make Your Vote Count!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

Sometimes you hear this cry waited through the breezc of a semi-tropical afternoon: Nah mule is white, nah face is
 black,
 An sells nah coal two bits
 sack"
 This is the coal peddler, ambling through the streets beside a pa tient mule, carrying gunnysacks of coal. He too is indigenous to these parts, but, like the chimney sweep, he is fast disappearing, because natural gas has claimed most of New Orleans and the coal-peddler is on the way out.
 Around the French market is an excellent place to hear old chants and cries, especially on Holy Thurs day. Gombo Zhebes (gumbo of herbs) is a famous item in Creole cuisine, and there is a legend that this dish should be prepared on Holy T h UT d ay Tor good LUCK. This is why you hear cryers chant, Buy your seven greens for good luck"
 The shrimp man, too, standing by the roadside like a character in a musical comedy, holds up a giant shrimp by its whiskers and yellS:
 Lake shrimp, river shrimp mighty
 cheap,
 Mighty fine and good to eat"
 New Orleans has whole culture of these cries, and if they disappear America will have lost something that all the poets and fiction writ CTS can never hope to bring back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12
U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau

vicinity beginning at 3:30 Sept 2 southeast winds. Weather tonight and fresh
  and fresh to strong southerly Canal Forecast of Alaska: Fresh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

The executive producer d e., Zanuck, Jack Warner, Louis B. Mayer, etc) has delegated to him authority and responsibility for one or more features. He's supposed to have ideas for pictures and to carry them out through hiring writers, talent dncluding director) and the necessary staff. He's supposed to see that it all jells into a wow WOW of a movie. The contestants introduced, we are ready for the gong. Gong!
 | Not all directors nate all asso- ciate producers. The Screen Direc- tors Guild-in it's recent analysis Lof movie ills had naught but praise and recognition" for the works of many.
 But the "army of the inept {. unqualified, inexperienced ut- terly lacking in creative ability (the analysis charges) is costing the industry pretty penny while movie quality goes down. There were 22O last year producers, associates, supervisors-compared to a mere 34 ten years before. Hollywood turned , out only ASA features in 1936-37 compared to TAB ten years before. f The overhead mounts and waste goes on.
 | That's the substance of the charge. The associate producers as a body-haven't answered. But I've been in on some informal dis f cussions, and here's the picture:
 1. Like the directors, the asso- ciate producers admit that in their midst are some who ought not to be in their midst (''There is no desire on our part" said the Di- rectors, Guild, Ito .absolve the di- rector of some of the responsibil-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

by the sculptor Richmond Barthe, who fashioned her just as you see her in the street, basket on head and arm, calling her wares to housewives. market-men and loi- terers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-12

My experience in the 1897 Session should render me more effec- tive in 1939."
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Jury Debates Verdict
In Kruger Shooting
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. "a jury
deliberated today for the second
day whether Charles E. Mcdonald,
unemployed electrician, was guilty
Of attempting to murder Mrs. Karl
Kruger, wife Of the Kansas City
Symphony Orchestra conductor.
Superior Judge Frank M. Smith
instructed the jurors they could
convict Mcdonald of attempted
murder, assault with a deadly
weapon or find him innocent.
If Mcdonald were convicted he
still would have to be tried on his
plea Of innocent by reason of in
sanity.
During the trial he admitted he
had a pistol when he was talking
to Mrs. Kruger on Hollywood bou-
levard August 10 but declared his
mind went blank" and he did not
recall shooting her. She was struck
by three bullets, one paralyzing her
from the waist down.
mcdonald charged Mrs. Kruger
had won his wife away from him
through an unnatural friendship"
Evening star., 1938-11-29

Amherst (Va) Democrat-"just q
country lawer," as Mr.. Evans put 1t.
Two weeks trial has heightened to
II years and increased recognition.
He has risen steadily in legal
stature, this slight man with his
persuasive Southern voice. He has
a philosophy that success Is rep
resented by rs per cent hard work.
In effect, he says, 1t has taken him
30 years to find out that man Of
mediocre intellect can progress If
he spends most Of his time learning
more about his job than any one
else"
A new definition, approved by the
Supreme Court, is one Of the results
Of Mr.. Evans labors.
"Agricultures Federal reserve sys-
tenn" is the way Mr.. Evans describes
the Farm Credit Administration. He
gives these arresting figures: Since
1915 it has gone from nothing In
resource to in excess Of flve billions:
there are 5000 groups Of incorpo-
rated borrowers; money is loaned or
practically every processed COM
modify; during 1887 there were 6,929
litigation cases, representing every
type Of law except international and
aviation: total collections from suits
paid into the Treasury have been
over a million in the last two years.
Looking at Mr.. Evans biographical
record, his legal and engineering
heritage cannot be denied. He Is q
descendant Of that famous pair,
John Randolph and John Marshall,
who made legal history in the
United States. He pointed for engi-
neering because OF q famous grand
father, for whom he was named.
He is graduate Of Virginia's Poly
technic Institute, studied law at the
University of Virginia. He has oeen
counsel for railroads, industrial con-
Germs, insurance companies and
banks. He won commendation in
the World War for service at the
front, coached football for four years
at Lynchburg College to supplement
a meager income from a war-inter-
rupted law practice. He has an in
terest In big farm near his native
Amherst and organized one Of the
first apple co-operatives In that dis
trtct. Recommendations for new
honors are current. His many
friends would like to see him ap-
pointed the new Attorney General,
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Anti-Horse Race Wire
LEGISLATION Killed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSS.
HARRISBURG. Pa, Nov. 29-
The Earle administrations anti
horse race wires program reposed
today in the legislative pickle bar
rel as the 1888 special session of the
Pennsylvania Legislature prepared
to adjourn finally by nightfall.'
The House chopped of two parts
of the three-point plan last night,
ignoring plea by a legislative in
vestigating commission for enact
ment of laws to make illegal the
dissemination of race information
for gambling purposes.
The two bills came up for second
reading and were accorded that in
a routine fashion. Then they were
sent to the Judiciary General Com
mittee. There all the members said,
without giving permission to be
quoted, the key" act was killed.
One Of the leading Democrats on
the committee said the act was "too
drastic"
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Methodist Bishops
To Discuss Merqer
BY the Associated Press.


NASHILLE, Tenn, Nov. 29.-The
Council of Bishops, composed of
church leaders in the three branches
Of Methodism scheduled to unite
next spring, convened here today
for a two-day session.
Members of the council gathered
to discuss preliminary details Of the
final uniflcation move which is to be
taken at a unifying conference at
Kansas City in the spring.
Bishop A. Frank Smith Of Hous-
ton, Tex, said the harmony mark
ing Methodism's union has shown
the wisdom of the movement and
has been a great incentive to the
cause of Christian union generally.
"It has done much to strengthen
the opinion that it is feasible fol
other churches to merge. There is
at present a general feeling that
Protestant union is imperative"
Bishop Smith explained that by
Protestant union we meant the es-
tablishment Of a common aim to
enable Professionalism to speak with
a common front.
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Earle Probe Fight Nears
State Supreme Court
By the Associated Press.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 29.-A
prolonged legal fight over a pending
grand jury investigation of cam
paign charges against Gov. George
H. Earle and 13 other high Pennsyl-
vania Democrats headed toward the
State Supreme Court again today.
Attorney General Guy K. Bard
said he would file before nightfall
an appeal from a ruling by Judge
Paul N. Schaef1er that District At
torney Carl B. Shelley Of Dauphin
County had the right to conduct the
Inquiry In Dauphin Court before the
September grand jury.
In view the the appeal, Judge
Schaeffer, In charge Of the 1nvesti-
cation, Cancelled a call for the jury
to convene next Monday and did not
set new date.
If the high court, after argument,
reverses Judge Schaef1er, he will be
required to appoint q successor to
Mr.. Shelley from an adjacent
county.
Mr.. Shelley, a Republican. has
been attacked by Mr.. Bard as
politically inspired" In preferring
the charges of political graft. Many
of the accusations came first from
Charles j. Margiotti, dismissed at
torney general.
Evening star., 1938-11-29
New Rhythms Kill
Broadway Club
By the Associated Press,


NEW YORK, Nov. 2o.-Broadway
wrote as epitaph today over La
Conga, night club temple of the
rhumba, Victim of a new rhythm. >
The West Fifty-seventh street
cabaret, one Of the most successful
hot spots last season, has filed a
voluntary petition of bankruptcy in
Federal Court, listing liabilities OF
$23,134 and assets of $1,513.
The club-named after an ancient
Cuban dance-was started by Bobby
Martyr of Wall Street and two
Cubans, Miguel Roldan and Oscar
Roche, with 81, 900 capital.
1t mushroomed into popularity
with the wee hour" elite on the
heels Of the rhumba craze-and ap-
parently died in the wake of the
Lambeth walk and Jitterburg swing
Evening star., 1938-11-29
$9,410, 178 Paid
To Maryland JobIess
By the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 20. statis-
tics compiled by the Unemployment
Compensation Board showed today
unemployed persons in Maryland
have received $9,410,17S since Janu-
ary.
The board said the total pay
ments would reach approximately
$10,500, 900 by the end of January
the end of full year of operation
by the commission.
Collections of taxes totaled $19,-
067, 1874 since operations started and
the board said would reach more
than $21 ,500,00 by the close of the
first full year.
Average payments Of unemploy-
ment benefits were 1910, and checks
were distributed to 49, 9,731 persons.
Evening star., 1938-11-29
The Political Mill
Cabinet Purge May Depend on Authority
Of Voice Suggesting designations

last three Cabinet officers named
are ardent New Dealers, and the
first, Mr.. Hull, occupies at the mo-
ment an unassailable position, so
highly is he regarded the country
over.
It is no secret that Postmaster
General Farley has wished for a
considerable time to leave the Cab
met and go into, private business
He has made no secret Of 1t himself.
He is not a rich man, he has
family to provide for. He has taken
pride In the conduct of his depart
ment Of the Government. If he has
not seen eye to eye with the New
Deal firing squad. which wished to
eliminate from Office every member
of Congress who voted against any
of President Roosevelt's recommen-
dations, that is a matter he has kept
to himself, and If his attitude has
made him less welcome at the White
House, that, too, has yet to be dis
closed. Considering all that Mr..
Farley did for the President in
1932-and since then-it would not
add to the presidential luster II
Mr.. Farley were given the gate.
Might Hold Party Place.
If and when Mr.. Farley leaves the
Cabinet he may not give up his
craftsmanship Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. But that, too, is
matter which rests in the hands
Of the President. The President, as
head Of the Democratic party, is In
a position to dictate who shall or
shall not be national chairman.
The more ardent New Dealers have
been cunning for Secretary Roper
for a long time. They believe now
that they have him. But Mr.. Roper
may be one of those who wish to be
shown; he may not be willing to ac-
cept a newspaper report that he is
to go" he may wait until President
Roosevelt himself breaches the SUBJ
ject to him. 1t is not unnatural Mr..
Roper should take such a position.
He has been reported on the way
out so often in the past-and no
official word from the President has
ever come to him in regard to his
retirement. Perhaps the President
has already spoken to the Secretary
of Commerce-but If so, there has
been no disclosure of that fact.
The President, it is believed, is en-
tirely unlikely to say anything to
Miss Perkinsso to Secretary Swan
son about retiring from Office. And
it is equally unlikely that the
burgers" will have any effect on
these members Of the Cabinet by
means of their published "rumors."
The report that Secretary Woodring
was on the way out has been heard
at various times in the past. But
Mr.. Woodring still remains.
1t was incorrectly stated in this
column Saturday that Senator La
Toilette Of Wisconsin is a member
of the Senate Campaign Investigat-
ing Committee. The full member
ship Of that committee is Senator
Sheppard, Texas, chairman; Sena-
tors Walsh of Massachusetts,, Harri-
son of Mississippi, OMahoney Of
Wyoming and White of Maine.