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Evening star., 1938-12-25

a HEAVENLY choir song "Peoce Eorth" 1913 yeors oeo
~ The Christ Child born.
About 300 yeors oter, St. Nicholas beloved Legendary
figure modern Christmas celebrations lived bishop at
Myro in whot is port Of Turkey Old stories hove it
tho he bestowed dowe three poor girls ond thus
originated the custom of mokn9 presents secret the
Of St. NichoIos
The cult Of St Nicholas speod Eory Dutch coIon;sts
America honored him December otter the old foshon and
coIed him "Son NcoIoos" Thot corrupted "Sonto
Cous ond the celebration combined with Christmas Todoy
St kchoos the speco potron Of children schoIo
chonts ond soors
But oside from oil this there is O Of oco
custom ond lore connected with Christmas obseronces
we'll os voried ond solemn tuoI Some Of it is depicted
Evening star., 1938-03-20
COAL CRUSADERS
AID MINING CITY
Stores Served Notice Buyers
Won't Use Gasoline
Hauled Products.

WHITWELL, Tenn, March 10
N.A.NA).-"We don't dig no gaso-
line-we dig coal'
That expression has united Whit
we'll almost to q man in a unique 60
day test of community cooperation
that all hope will put the skids under
the depression here.
Whitwell. nesetled in Sequatchie
Valley between Waldens Ridge and
Cumberland Mountain. depends al
most entirely upon coal mining for its
livelihood.
1t is town of 1868 inhabitants in
the middle of a mining community
which also includes the toyns of
Tracy City, Coalmont and Palmer.
Community Suffers.
For some months now the commu-
nifty has suffered bitterly. with the big
mine operating but two shifts a week;
with the Nashville, Chattanooga a. st.
Louis Railway buying meagerly from
the mines, and the merchants reflect
ing the condition of both miners and
the railway with idle clerks and piled
up stocks.
Finally. the miners, in a meeting at
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea Hall, decided it was time to do
something about the situation-or else
see their jobs and the town go to pot.
The idea they developed is CEN
tered around the phrase: I'VE don't
dig no gasoline; We dig coal"
Committees of the miners union
called upon the leading merchants
late in February and told them that
as consumers the miners would de-
cline to purchase from retailers who
had their goods hauled over the high
ways in trucks using gasoline while
freight cars, pulled by coal-burning
locomotives. stood by idle in yards on
rails threatened with rust
The merchants caught the idea
quickly and formed committee head
ed by l.. L. Farmer.
Deliveries Made by Rail.
The committee called upon Chatta-
nooga jobbers and wholesalers and
instructed them to see that their de-
liveries to Whitwell, save in a few
exempted classes of goods, be made
by rail- The jobbers and wholesalers
agreed to the plan, granting q 2 per
cent discount to make allowance for
the difference between delivery by
truck. prepaid, and the freight. collect.
plan that was adopted. In addition.
the railway made an allowance of Il
few cents hundred on all such
shipments. The plan began officially
March l.
tCopyrieht 1898. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-03-20
FOUND.

GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG wearing D c
tag Owner can claim by Tag number. Box
1s-R Star.
PUPPY Irish and wire-haired terrier: tan
with white markings: short tail; male;
found near Georgia ave. and Taylor st.
NV. Adams 1850.
WRIST WATCH. mans found on r. I.
ave. ne. Phone North 3911-W.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
LOST

LOST.
cation papers, lost Tuesday between 4th
and Sss: and Juyenile CT. Phone after
eiTeed f xi.s ASD PIE % eeersia Geo saszse. 4es5 e.
EYEGLASSES oxford. March Is. 14th St:
Market: Reward: Geo 1893.
EYEGLASSES, tortoise frame with SILVER
morning in. smithsonian Institution Build
tn1n Ing or sss nssrby Eropnds Reward Call Lin
FOX. TERRIER. white with black ears,
cutie Vicinity l1th ara Water, sts
3ss An ana fa Heehts. 0eISssa Please 'e"l ca
North 3s7s. Reward
LADYs BLACK LEATHER PocXETBooN
SATURDAY morning on Chevy Chase %oe or st.
MANS COLD GRUEN WRIST WATCH
initials c. L. S. Reward. Call National
OLD MAP JAPAN. Revsrd;, Lett IN Ds, ,:
onlv. Adams "t6o-J.
ovERCoAT--Will gentleman who unin.-
ttentionslly took wrong oyercoat , and d,hat hat
msr. e' Of hote! or G Georgia o4a.
PACKAGE. seven pounds containing care
full check monthly bills. statements. Re-
ward If returned to Railway Express
AGENCY. Second and l SITS. ne.
PERSIAN CAT red tabby. vicinity 31st
and Tennyson SITS. NV. Phone Emerson
1904.
POLICE AND COLLIE DOG. mixed breed,
large, tan back. white underneath. An
swers to "Bineo.' Reward. 1887 18th
a.. NV. Mrs. Brown.
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL RING 1887.
lost Friday between Emerson and Hsmil-
ton sts.. Georgia ave. Reward. Geo. 4o65.
WHITE-HAIRED TERRIER, black and
white. Answers TO- name Rags" Re-
ward. Georgia 1854.
WRIST WATCH ladys white gold. Swiss
movement, chromium bracelet. Tues, Mar.
l5. on F st. NV. vicinity Murphy and
Woolworth stores and Capitol Theater.
Reward. Phone Decatur 6141
POCKET BOOK, lady's; Fri
day evening, Calvert Theater
on Wisconsin ave. or vicinity;
containing engagement ring,
wedding ring, money and
name Mrs. Scott, jr. 1901
Porter st. NV, Clev. 4749.
Liberal reward.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
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B1OA20A30S
TEN YEARS AGO-1s2s
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TEN YEARS AGO-1szS
The Yakima Fruit Growers asso-
iation had sent out notices to its
members advising them Of the dis
tribution Of the surplus for the sea-
son Of 1926.
Mrs. NJ. A. Maupin had returned
from q year spent In Chicago visit
ing relatives.
G. G. Williams was building a
modern home among the poplars
in the Garden Tracts.
The super varsity" eleven COM
posed mostly Of high school boys
had been practicing for q game
with Pasco under the coaching Of
Warde johnson.
Ed Layton was hack from Q sew
eral weeks stay In Canada.
The Business and Professional
women's club were to initiate seven
teen new members ct their next
meeting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

A Thirty Dollars Every Thurs
day" Initiative to the Legislature
has been filed at Olympia. Don't be
lulled into inactivity by the Stiffness
of the proposal. # the promoters
secure sufficient signatures and the
legislature fails to pass the measure
it automatically goes before the peo-
pie in 1910. We will then have q
fight on our hands similar to the
one now disturbing the people OF
California. This measure viii have
many sponsors among the self
styled progressive" leaders who are
always looking for something to
lead. They viii be out trying to
get signatures and collecting money
from the old people Of the state no
matter how ridiculous their pro-
gram may appear to the ones who
pay the bill.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

It must be clear to the average
voter that an income tax can't help
him personally nor can it help the
business which produces his en-
ployment. The constr utional
amendment to permit an income tax
would be Immediately followed by a
new tax and would not eliminate
any present tax. We would con-
tinue to have the sales, property, oc-
cupational and other taxes to which
this burden would be added. What
the people of Washington want is
less tax. Permission to have an in
come tax should not be given until
we are sure that such a tax would
replace some present imposition.
Don't give up your Constitutional
guarantee against this type of tax
exaction.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

ing investigations for a new sewer
system. @s.M.
Work was progressing rapidly and
1t was expected that lights and pow
er would be generated from the new
plant by the North West Light and
Power company within 60 days.
Miss Ruby Slaugenhaupt enter
tanned some girl friends in honor
of Louise Gravenslund, who was
leaving for the state normal at FL
lensburg.
The Misses Audrey Fullerton and
Nina Hoadley Of the class of '08 of
the K. H. S. had secured positions.
the former in Kings department
store and the latter in Lynch's.
The North Coast railroad had
purchased the two tracts belonging
to DUNCAN Brothers and L. j. Prior
tract east of town on Washington
street. The party Of Kennewick
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
FIELD DAY FOR LAWMAKERS

If the graduated income tax
amendment should carry next
month. all the lawmaking groups
members of the legislature and
those who like to play with initia-
tive machinery-will hale it as a
mandate to levy new taxes irres-
pective and even in definance of
Gov. Martins declaration that they
are neither wanted nor needed. Both
legislative schemes have been tried
heretofore, the legislature never
succeeding in doing much more than
drafting plans for a cumbersome
new political machine and the in
itiative drafters begging down un-
der load of special exemptions
and offsets. The courts were even
tually compelled to point out that
neither plan was constitutional, but
not before experts had an oppor-
tunity to appraise the results from
a practicable viewpoint and find
that the states profit would not
have been worth the cost of collec-
ton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
NEED A ROAR LIKE THUNDER

NEED A ROAR LIKE THUNDER
It Is argued in favor Of the pro-
posed graduated income tax that
the plan ought to be tried out, even
if its only result IS to make those
in the lower income brackets tax
conscious" Somebody must think
the taxpayers chorus needs a heavy
bass reinforcement.
Out Of the talk about the income
tax amendment to be voted upon
next month these facts seem to
stand out undisputed: No recogniz-
ed tax authority in this state has
ever claimed greater income from
an income tax than one-third Of
the amount now produced by the
sales tax; the amendment makes no
ALLEGATION whatever to any pension,
welfare, educational or other fund,
leaving legislative bodies to spend
the dream dollars wherever, when
ever they choose; any considerable
revenue will not result from squeez-
ing more out of the malefactors of
great wealth-a species now almost
extinct-but can only come from
spreading the base to include wage
earners and producers of the small
est incomes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

cops and robbers" Last year four
children were injured trying to
drive a bullet with a hammer. This
is only one of great many acct
dents which occur in homes dur
ing this season. This is only one
instance where a father was careless
there are many Others Weapons
are all right in their place, but they
should be kept in their place. A
youngster who delights in playing
Indian and cowboy would find keen
pleasure in real gun and ammu-
milton. Guard against a tragedy in
your home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

That problem is Germany's usur-
patton of trade areas that England
used to regard as almost her exclu-
sive province. The Reich is as ag-
gressive in its commercial policy as
in it's bold diplomatic and military
policies.
AS one commentator puts it, Ger
many has made no bones about her
intentions of dominating the Bal
kans /. The Germans say they in
tend to dominate from the Baltic
sea to the Black sea. Worse than
that, from the British standpoint.
they are making serious inroads into
British markets in India, South At
RIGA and Australia" 49,. .a.
That has already resulted in a loss
of untold thousands of pounds in
foreign trade to the Empire. It
seems inevitable that it will result
in much more serious losses in the
future. Such countries as Turkey,
Greece, Rumania and Jugoslovia
used to buy the great majority of
their foreign purchases from Brit
ain Today they are buying more
and more, from Germany. One rea-
son is that in some cases Hitler
offers extremely favorable terms.
And even more potent reason, some
say, is that he also gives them to
understand that if they don't pa
tronize him they are Iavle to vio-
lent invasion
Anglo German trade rivalry, in
the view of most experts, was one
of the main causes of the last world
war. Both nations attempted to
camouflage that fact, and attribut-
ed the war to various opposed causes
but the statistics tell the story.
And it is not impossible that Anglo
German trade rivalry could start
the next world war.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

The governors oft repeated state
ment that Washington needs no
more taxes" is one thing to which
all the states taxpayers respond
with a feverent amen" They be-
Ieve the governor is sincere and
they know that being sincere he
can prevent more taxes by the SIM
pie method of veto" Admitting
that there will be number of ir-
responsible appropriations in the
next legislature, they will not be
able to muster the two-thirds ma
jority of the House and Senate
necessary to override the governors
veto of tax or an appropriation
measure. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
MODERN HEATING

Due to advertising in a new fall
campaign to make the nation more
conscious of air-conditioning, we
are, as readers, going to read more
about this system Of modern heat
ing. Modern living asks for mod
ern heating and this seems to be
the newest contribution in this field.
The principle OF air-conditioning
gives the consumer purer air and
more even temperature. With your
automatic furnaces, your stokers.
your Intermediates, heating Is made
much simpler and less Of a task for
any fireman. There are many who
think life is being made too easy for
our own good and that we are be-
coming to dependent on mechanic
cal devices. They may be right,
but how naturally we seek the au-
tomato way out. It would be q hit
difficult to give up the things we
own that make our lives more COM
Portable. To return to the more
primitive manner would not get
many votes in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

We're anything but favorable to
the idea Of q human getting in line
with load Of buckshot, whether in
a watermelon patch or out in the
field with lot Of thoughtless, care
less hunters within range. In the
editorial printed in this paper last
week we implied that fact. The
hard" attitude on the part Of the
farmers against the hunters Is
largely brought on by the hunters
themselves. In cases like that
quoted by 8. q. Foraker on the
Highlands, telling Of three persons
who were peppered with shot by
careless, hunters the phrase $50
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

Mrs. VIM. Morain was slightly in
jured when she stepped out Of an
automobile while it was moving and
was thrown to the pavement.
The central Grocery company
had received delivery of $l62 500 in
food stuffs and merchandise dur
ing the year in carload lots.
Kennewick's quota of sl70 for
national Red Cross contributions
relief fund for the Florida-Porto
Rico disaster victims had been
reached. .-5
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

boys working for the North =
near Spokane were returnine Soast
to begin work on a bridge h hume
town. eeioW
The Anon brothers had lost toD,
head Of horses within one weo, .ouf
the possibility Of four more d,s snd
due to some disease. lying,
Glen Puderbaugh was trans,o,. ,
from the second to the third er.s GU
Rose Bernath had enrolled IN ne
sixth grade. we
Duffy g. White had just com,,,,
ed the Dreamland dance nay,,u
which had been rebuilt into ssu
with large stage in one end Ts u
big hall had been leased TO . shaO e
company for two weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
TWENTY YEARS AGO-lsls

Not only artesian water, but gas,
had been struck in the Columbia
River Puget Sound Natural Gas
company's Cold Greek well. The
well was located ID miles from
White Bluffs.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Ross had re-
ceived news of the marriage of
Richards only Red Cross nurse,
Miss BERTHE Ross. to VIM. F. Willets
of Oakland, California.
There had been such a rush in
the apple industry at Richland
that the school buses transported
them to Kennewick for packing.
Postmaster VIM. Relton was in
Vancouver transacting business.
The Wenatchee Fruit Exchange
had purchased the apple crop of
T. A. Warnock, F. H. Lincoln and
H. w. Withers. -. - Il
City health officer Morrison was
clamping down more than ever on
on the flu quarantine, due to the
development of several new cases.
The Y.M.C.A.; Y.W.C.A., K. of c.,
Weir Camp Community Service,
Jewish Welfare Board, American
Library association and the Saliva
ton Army were the seven organi-
cations doing welfare work for the
soldiers and sailors. These organi-
cations were to start a United War
Work campaign soon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
QUICK RECOVERY

Who in Kennewick hasn't had a
miserable toothache that has been
cured by walking into a dentists
office and merely looking around?
In talking to a friend who felt tests
and serum shots might help to re-
lieve q hay fever condition, when
she found out the cost her sneezing
stopped! Which reminds us Of the
man who was suffering from UNI
comfortable hic-coughs for five
days. He went to a hospital where
the doctor lead him to an emergency
room with its operating table, scis-
sors, clamps and so on. One glance
was enough. The sufferer stopped
hiccoughing. And any person in our
town who ever looked over like
situation will believe this very
plausible reason.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

called sportsmen" doesn't come
amiss-and, as he says, q farmer
whose COWS, chickens and other
stock come in line with the care
less shooters guns feel as though
the local printer should put on ex-
ira shifts if necessary to put out
more No Hunting signs. AS we said,
more tolerance should be exhibited
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27
PREVENT THIS

While Kennewick folks are in
the throes Of the hunting season 1t
is necessary and timely to caution
the fathers who shoot the guns to
take care In leaving weapons lying
around where a playful child might
reach them. Remove shells and
ammunition from the reach Of q
child wanting to stage an act Of
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

Britain's new Understanding"
with na1 Germany Is in danger Of
being disrupted by q problem that
hasn't been much pubncized as yet
but will be heard Of to q much
larger extent In the future.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

The sight Of cat strand
Cd high up . tree or
pole, arouses universal
sympathy, but there d
usually little that . par
son can do safely for
the distressed animal
Sooner or later, how
ever, some kindly psr-
son thinks to call Paei-
fic Power q Light Com
pany and ask our assis-
lance. Rescuing cats or
other pets Is . humane
service our linemen are
glad to do, and they
have learned to avoid
scratching by carrying
. sack to throw over the
merooned animal.
But In Goldendale ~
Gently, q cat stranded on
. ross-arm for nearly
30 hours was 30 anxious
to be rescued that; when
our linenan was aboutS
feet from her, she leapsd
on his shoulder and
chung there claw-desp
- he hurriedly descend
Cd the pole. The cat, the
onlookers and particu-
larly our lineman were
relieved when the rescue
was complete.
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

THIRTY YEARS AGO-l9O8
Mayor johnson and councilmen
of the different districts were max
The Kennewick courier-reporter and the White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1938-1939, 1938-10-27

Big market for little tninss-.r
q want ad.
Evening star., 1938-10-27

he is a member of League for non.
school attendance"
Trying to cure a school attend
ance problem by giving him more
school attendance" he said, lis like
doctor telling a man with pneu-
monia to stand out in the cold and
rain to be cured"
The real problem is the attitude
of the child, he said, and these cannot
be controlled by rule or ritual.
Told Of "Airtight" System.
Yesterday afternoon the conference
took up the problem of the school
census and heard a description of
an alright" census procedure used
in Denver, Colo, by Mrs. Evelyn Lail,
general director of attendance there.
The system involves a complete re-
port on every child in city kept con-
tinuous through weekly reports from
the agencies with which the child
comes in contact.
Il don't see how any child can
Evening star., 1938-10-27
EDUCATORS TOLD
Of PERSONALITIES
Dr.. G. c. Wilkinson Stresses
School Features of
Tomorrow at Session.

Subject matter will definitely take a
second place to development of per-
sonalities in the public schools of to-
morrow, DR.. Garnet c. Wilkinson, as
sistant superintendent of District
schools in charge of colored schools,
said today at the closing session of
the 2sth annual conference of the Ma
tional League to Promote School At
tendance.
DR.. Wilkinson also predicted extern
sion of compulsory school laws because
of unemployment which will make
necessary public education at the
junior college level
In forecasting these changes he en-
phasized that the school program will
concentrate on developing the correct
attitudes Of conduct and citizenship
which should contribute to reduce
juvenile delinquency.
Standards Are Discussed.
The members present participated
In a discussion of standards of eff
cheney for attendance workers and
heard an address on the articulation
of vocational and occupat tional educa-
ton with the placement service of
public schools.
Before breaking up the group
Evening star., 1938-10-27

escape that system" declared DR..
Henry Gideon Of Philadelphia, who
led discussion.
The conference seemed unanimous
that the census should not be taken
during the summer months because
the number Of people out Of town
seriously impaired its accuracy.
Considerable applause followed the
announcement that in some cities
they close the schools for an after
noon in the spring and the teachers
60 out and make the census.
1t was pointed out in this connec-
ton. however, that often opposition
exists to teachers doing clerical work,