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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
BICYCLE LIGHTS

On page 81 of the 1897 edition of
Washington, Sec. 20 appears as
follows-"During the hours of dark
ness every bicycle shall be equipped
with one lamp on the front exhibit
ing white light visible for a dis
lance of at least five hundred (500)
feet to the front and with a lamp
on the rear exhibiting a red light
visible for a distance of five hun
dred (500) feet to the rear; except
ing that red reflector meeting the
requirements of this act may be used
in lieu of red light"
I have wondered for some time
why there hasn't been something
done about so many bicycles out on
the highways at night with no
lights or reflectors. From my own
observation I would estimate that
less than 10 percent of the riders
I see at night are properly lighted,
and less than so percent are equip
ped with a red reflector.
From my own experience in driv-
ing car can easily imagine con-
ditions that would make fatal ac-
cident for an unlighted bicycle rider
unavoidable. Quite often when /
dim for the oncoming car I am
blinded by a light that shoots cross
wise right into my eyes. For some
reason a few cars do this when
changed to dim as if they had two
sets of lights and the dim were out
of alignment; but presume the
real reason is that only one light
dims, thus making it appear that
the other light shoots crosswise. At
any rate this is more binding than
before they were dimmed and now
add to this rain on the windshield,
speed of 35 m.p.h., plus the natural
tendency of pulling to the right
when facing binding Highland
bicycle with no lights just ahead.
When a driver is facing binding
lights his interest is absorbed by the
dangerous light and taken from
the edge of the road just ahead
where a bicycle would be. If drivers
of cars would stop and think they
can remember many times that they
drove blind in so far as bicycles were
concerned under these binding con-
ditions; whereas if bicycles were all
equipped with at least good red
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16

Your mind heels and tits over;
time and space are elaborated diff
ferently until we think of this
world in a new sense. This is book
that deserves the best kind OF
readers a book can have. -.
Also new this week is Fashion is
Spinach" in which Elizabeth HAYES
gives revealing inside story OF the
world of fashion. She knows a great
deal about the very seamy inside OF
this industry. and tells what she
knows, factually and convinclngly.
She has been through it all. from
the houses of the grandes coutur-
ieres in Paris, thru the frantic at
tempts of American big-buslness
clothes manufacturers to steal
fashion ideas, thru the way in which
our department stores succeed IN
selling us the clothes we docilely
buy from them It is book which
will inform, horrify, and disillusion
women no matter what kind OF
clothes they wear.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
River View to Compete
In Richland JambOree

FINLEY-The first "B" League
Jamboree will take place Monday
night at Richland. The Jamboree
VIII take the form of a tournament
with eight teams entered, including
Rlchland LIST and End teams, Ben
ton City LIST and End teams River
view LIST and End teams, Hanford LIST
and White Bluffs LIST.
A total of 10 games will be play
ed, each game consisting of one
8-minute quarter. There will be a
small admission charge.
Riverview first home game of the
season will be Tuesday night, No
vember q at the Hover high school.
The championship Columbia teams
of Two Rivers will furnish the op-
position. Two close games are ex-
pected. The game will start at 7:3O.
Mrs. Ernest johnson will leave
Thursday evening for an extended
visit with her son Fred and two
sisters at Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bo Dunstan and
son, Billie, of Walla Walla were din
ner guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Witham.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Peterson of WAL
Ia Walla visited Tuesday at the
Ernest Sherry home.
Miss Olga Wepsola accompanied
Mrs. Glenna Nelson and daughter.
Shirley Ann to Kennewick over the
weekend to visit Mrs. Nelson's mo-
ther, Mrs Kinkaid.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
New Library Books

This being International Book
Week with the slogan Books
Around the World" we have a
number of outstanding books of in
ternational interest and theme on
display. These are not rentals
and are only sample of the worth
while material available.
On the rental shelf is the much
talked of Wind, Sand and Stars"
by Antoine De Saint Exupery. It is
the book of poet; the kind of a
grave poetry that can exist only in
prose. To read it is to be born into
a new element; to know and feel
the airplane in way known only
to uncomunicative pilots themselves.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
Students Celebrate
Book Week i'm Costume

Honoring Book Week the high
school library is sponsoring the an
nual costume parade Fri, Novem-
Der IL. On this day all students of
both schools are invited to portray
the part Of any literary character
whether it be poetical, historical or
flctlonal. Two book prizes will be
awarded one for the boy and one
for the girl judged as the best
costume for their part.
This years theme of Books
Around the World" is carried out in
high school library by means of
books jackets and the world map, a
ribbon connecting each book Jacket
to the country it represents.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
Newlyweds Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Altrogge were
Sunday dinner guests at the G. A.
Rupp home, also Mr.. and Mrs. Robt.
|Rupp Of Yakima.
The fourth division of the Metho-
dist aid met Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Ben Van Patten.
Guests from Coast
Mr.. and Mrs. Writ Elliott of Port
Orchard spent last week visiting
at the home of his uncle, w. T..
Elliott and other relatives here.
A. j. Shaw suffered heart at
tack Tuesday morning and was
taken to the hospital at Pasco.
Entertains Glass
Miss Tteo Lampson entertained
her Sunday school class at her home
Wednesday evening. Mrs. r. L. La
Mott is the teacher.
Mrs. G.. NJ. Christie of Mabton,
who visited this week. with her
granddaughter, Miss Maude Lamp
son called on Mrs. Lee Lampson on
Sunday as did Miss Lampson also.
Mrs. j. r. Alexander received a
message Tuesday of the death of her
brother in California.
Mrs. Cormac Thompson of Pros
ser spent the weekend at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Elliott.
Paul Wagner of Freewater, Ore
gon was an overnight guest Sunday
at the G. A. Rupp home.
Daughter at Lawrences
Born Sunday November IL to Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Lawrence jr., a daugh-
ter at the Pasco hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lum and
small son of Ellensburg are visit
ing at the G. E. Lum home. Edward
had his tonsils removed at the Pas
co hospital Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Long were
Spokane visitors last week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
Library Announces New
Books At White Bluffs

WHITE BLUFFS This being Ma
tional Book Week the White Bluffs
Public Library calls your special at
tention to the good books you will
find on its shelves. The eight now
books listed below have been re-
ceived this week and others will ar
rive soon.
Jamaica Inn," Daphne Du Maur-
Ter, story of high adventure in the
harsh Cornish Moors of England;
"The Rains Came" Louis Brom-
field, a magnificent portrayal of
India told with all the color, skill
and power for which Mr.. Bromfield
is noted. Grapes of WRATH" John
Steinbeck, new book being widely
discussed at present; "Out of the
Storm Grace Livingstone Hill.
Children's Books-"Heidi Grows
Up" Spyri; 'Under the Lilacs," AL
colt; ''Mr. Stubs Brother" Otis;
1.-The Wizard of o." Baum.
The following books have recently
been donated by local people. The
library greatly appreciates these
contributions: "Matador," Marguer-
1Ue 0CG6U, tdIS are ~ iOllS,
Josephine Lawrence; 1.-THE VAN
guard" Arnold Bennett; 1--WE or
They" Hamilton Fish Armstrong.
There was a fine turnout at the
Legion Dance on Armistice night,
and everyone reported a bang-up
time. The Legion wishes to take
this means of thanking all those who
did so much toward making it a
success. Out of townerS from
Grandview, Sunnyside, Yakima and
several other neighboring towns
were in attendance, besides a goodly
number of valley folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Keeton, their
daughter. Darleen, and son, Glenn,
and his bride, all of Raymond, were
guests Saturday and Sunday of Mrs.
Keeton's sister, Mrs. E. w. Heard, in
the In-Between district.
Earl L. Pravitz, Depot Agent and
Leland Hartman spent the ARMS
tice holiday with friends on the
coast.
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|reflectors cars behind them would
notice them before the driver was
blinded and be watching when he
got close up. I sincerely hope none
of We car drivers oyertake any more
bicycle riders out at night without
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16

at least a good red reflector TO nro-
tect them from cars behind W.
have simply been lucky so far one
bad accident and everybody u,S
feel terrible. ""a
Horace Mrau
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16

Who in Kennewick hasn't a lot
of sympathy for the youngster who
ran away from home rather thar
go to the dentist?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16

With the "de-Anglicing of golfing
expressions" golfers of Germany are
asking whether they should change
Fore" to Hell"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16
Fourth Friday Club
To Meet Next Week

KENNEWICK VALLEY - The
Fourth Friday club will meet on
Thursday, Nov. 80 at the home Of
Mrs. j. S. Kennett in town.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-16

A rail car in Germany recently
attained a speed of 135 miles an
hour.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19

Liquor Or Baseball
Few senators have control sur
vey shows. They either get knock
ed out of the box or under the
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
Place The Blame Where 1t Belongs

THERE seems to be wide difference of opinion in
Aplacng the blame for the increase in the recently
established tax rate for Arizona.
Some of the narrow minded have placed the entire
blame right at the door Of Governor Jones, but we
cannot by the widest stretch of imagination see
where the Governor is in the least responsible for
money spent by the various state institutions before
he assumed office.
It seems that common sense would tell us that in
the face Of election in which the Governor is sure
to again be candidate for next year it would be po-
this time.
In discussion relative to the criticism recently
voiced the Governor affirmed that most of the in
crease in the tax rate is due to money which had
previously been spent and gave the assurance that
will show decline Of S227, ,646.48.
In a statement by Chairman ONeil of the state
tax commission it was disclosed that governmental
expenses last year were $7,174,24347, whereas the
total for the current fiscal year will be reduced to
Sc 946, ,95699 (Phoenix Messenger)
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
&.a
Garner Is Wrong

VICE-PRES. GARNER is represented as being in
favor of reducing the income tax exemption for
married couples from $1,000 to $780, and for sin
gle persons from $1,000 to $500. He would impose
income taxes on about 100000 people in the low
brackets in order to meet the expenses Of relief
and other governmental activities.
If that is really Mr. Garners attitude, he is
preaching doctrine calculated to intensity the
woes of this troubled country rather than alleviate
them
The Brookings Institute, after prolonged investi-
CATION reports that $2750 year is the very mini
mum which small family must have to provide
basic necessities of life and keep the children in
school, That doesn't mean keeping them in Harvard
or Yale, either but only in the public schools.
Any man and wife can testify that the Brooklngs
figures is not bit too high If they tryngo ed-
cate their children if they trying to keep up the
property taxes and maybe the payments on mod
est home, pay the butcher and the grocer and the
doctor and the dentist lay by little for old age in
the form of life insurance-n Short if they are try
ing to be decent American citizens, they have to be
double barreled wizards to get by on S2,75O year.
Certainly there are hundreds of thousands of fam
lilies struggling along less. That has nothing to 40
with the case Those in the lower brackets should be
pulled up, and we are not going to pull them up by
pulling down those only notch above them.
Taking from those who have just little and CIV
ing it to those who have just little less is not go
ing to cure the ills of America lnventng new taxes
is not going to help. Support people out Of the
treasury whether it be the relief rolls or at jobs
created for the purpose OF cOrrag VOtes is only 60
ing to make matters worse.
The budget can be balanced by reducing expendi-
lures Let Mr. Garner and his colleagues work in that
direction They only stir up resentment and per-
haps revolution, by laying heavier levles on hard-
pressed midde-class Americans who already have to
give up 80 cents out of every dollar in direct and hid
den taxes. (AriZona Farmer)
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
Roosevelt And Bryan

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS communication to
the Young Democrats convention at Pittsburgh
last week advising he will not support the Democratic
presidential nominee in 1910 if conservative is
chosen at the June convention reminds us of the
days of William Jennings Bryan.
Bryan took the stand that Roosevelt is taking.
He was lukewarm toward John w. Davis, the Dem
ocratic nominee in 1904 Davis, he maintained was
corporation lawyer too closely aligned with Wall
Street s~
In 1912 Bryan at Baltimore prevented Champ
Clark from landing the nomination and held out until
Woodrow Wilson, progressive Democrat was
lected as the nominee. J.
If Roosevelt repeats Bryans tactics every four
years each Democratic convention as long as Roose
welt lives, will be battle between liberals and
servatives.
Undoubtedly Roosevelt is determined that his pol
cies shall be carried out indefinitely. ority of
the laws that he has had enacted are good others
should be repealed or amended
If Roosevelt rules at next years convention as
Bryan did in 1912 the nominee will not be John Nance
Garner for according to all Indications Roosevelt
considers Garner too conservative.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
One Pants Suits-Minus

Boston provides 1900 pairs of
pants for 1920 firemen." Looks like
someone is going short.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
Trees Stripped
By Hailstorm

Many trees were stripped by a
hailstorm Sunday afternoon which
Milford Noon of the US. Weather
Bureau pronounced the most severe
such storm here in many years.
He said that maximum size of
the hailstones was % of an inch in
diameter. The hail soon covered the
ground.
Precipitation from the storm was
.65 of an inch, followed by .35 of
an inch Sunday night. There was
SO of an inch Saturday afternoon
and LOS inches Tuesday night.
Total for the month up to
Wednesday morning was 572 inches
which is 1.48 inches more than the
total for the entire month of Au-
gust last year and 2.44 inches less
than the August 1887 total of 8.16
Nogales international., 1939-08-19

Cousin Eb Ely sez thet he amt
much interested in whether Argen-
tine or U. S. canned beef is best fer
tn Navy, ez he is too old to join
Uncle Sans naval forces, and thet
either U. S. or Argentine beef is too
expensive fer his pocketbook.
Widow Taken SEE thet monthly
payments on tn automobile, vacuum
cleaner, washin' machine and radio
kin be held responsible fer tn Slim
ness of lot of modern women.
And I. VIII Grumble,. our leadin
dry goods merchant, sez thet pys-
chology in selling has helped lot
in beatin' down sales resistance, but
thet so fer it amt peen much help
in overcomin' collection resistance.
r. u. Good sez thet with two
world fairs in this country goin'
at tn same time, it will be lot
safer and maybe less expensive
seain' tn world this way than by
goin' to Europe.
(All Rights Observation-Disclosures
ern Newspaper Syndicate)
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
table.
SEEN and HEARD
LOW -
THE MAIN DRAG

Theron Richardson ice skating i'm
Santa Monica.
Miss Wilma Fryatt of Santa Ana.
California, sister of Mrs. Lewis
Bristol, catching high pop fly
during softball game.
Nogales woman screaming as she
stepped on a snake.
Hailstones, some 7s of an inch i'm
diameter, stripping trees Sunday af-
ternoon.
A. W. Steensen displaying two
large delicious peaches grown at his
ranch on the Tucson road.
Herb Clagett was overheard to
remark that it is hard to find the
fellow who wants to get up early
to see the sun rise.
Cyrus Marsteller says the college
may dole out the sheepskins but the
well-known school of experiences
tears off the human hide.
One of Nogales' youngest softball
fans-Dickey F1eischer, six year old
son Of County Assessor Robert H.
F1eischer.
]. F. Johnson furnbling a foul
ball at Softball game.
Mrs. Herb Clagett participating
in rattlesnake hunt in the rear
of the Clagett home on Crawford
street. Two four-foot rattlers re-
ported at large up there.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
People and Spots in the Late News

TOUGH ON TANKS British marksman is
shown demonstrating new anti-tank gun which
fires high-velocity bullets that easily penetrate
steel-plated tanks In demonstration on Salisbury
Plain the Super-rfe was reported to have disabled
five war tanks within few minutes.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19

inches, the heaviest rainfall in any
one month here in Is years.
Tuesday nights storm came up
suddenly and heavy north wind
uprooted several trees.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19

FIRE HOSE VS.. DROUGHT
Scene typical Of hundreds through
out drought-parched east is this on
Long Island, where farmer is shown
using fire hose to bring much-needed
water to bean plants, scarcely one
quarter their. normal size. Drought
threatens many millions of dollars
damage to crOpS throughout east.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
NEARS DAVIS
CUP BERTH


frankie Parker,
ex-Mil W a u k e e
ball , boy who
W on clinching
m a tch w h e n
United States re-
gained Davis Cup
from England in
1887, b e c a m e
leading contend
'er for singles job
in this years de,
tense Of historic
tennis trophy
when he routed
Don McNeill of
Oklahoma to win
Seabr. ht bowl,
G-3, IS, 60.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19

PLOW AND PERISPHERE &.
Worlds Fair symbolism of shape
of things to come" was given new
agricultural twist when problem OF
blowing vegetable garden in very
shadow Of perisphere and trylon
was solved with rubber.shod Allis.
Chalmers small-farm tractor speed.
.ingsto job. from Goodrich arena and
dramatizing fast farm work Of to-
day against Fair backdrop.
Nogales international., 1939-08-19
Copyright 1889 by HI. Painter)
Hungry For War

Copyright 1889 by H. Painter)
Hungry For War
Germany stores food for war"
When she gets war rammed down
her throat, she'll forget the food.
A Hot Spot
wv. P. A. stops firing men while
officials eye senate action" They're
afraid they might be arrested for
arson.
Muddled AS Usual
Devotion of day to prattle pro-
posed by Los Angeles city council
member He should have had day
devoted to non-prattling for
change.
Hot Under The Collar
Canadian police seek cycling in
cendiarist." They'll catch him burn
ing up the roads.
Picture Murder
Mural that started war of critics
to be shown" After seeing photo
graph of it, we're surprised it didn't
start real war.
A Passing Gesture
"Briton slapped in the face with
his passport by Jap" He was slap
Jappy, in other words.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10

SCREEN VERSION
OF KIPLING POEM
DramatiZatiOn Filmed on
Vast Scale to Be Fea-
tured Here

High adventure in the British
Army campaigning on the North
west frontier of India, half a cen
fury ago, cOlorful romance, rowdy
fun, herOism and sacrifice are
compounded in the notable screen
production based on Rudyard Kip
ling's famous ballad Of "Gunga
Din" which is heralded as one of
the years finest and most spec
tacular cinematic offerings and
will be shown all next week at the
Maryland Theatre.
Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen
and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., share
the starring honOrs in this NAM
moth production which employs
as we'll as a huge and notable SUP
porting cast, and which boasts of
elaborate settings on a vast scale
and of a scenic sweep breath-tak-
ing in it's realistic grandeur.
The three stars are cast as a
trio of sergeants in the British
Army, their long years of service
together having cemented a deep
friendship which holds fast des-
pite their surface puarrels. Grant
is a restless treasure-seeker, hop
ing some day to find a rajah's
hoard that will make him wealthy.
McLaglen is the typical two-fisted
British N. c.. o., ready for a fight
or frOlic, and Fairbanks is a gen.
tleman-ranker who plans to marry
the daughter of a local tea COM
pany official as soon as his enlist
ment expires.
Sent out with a small party to
repair a telegraph line, the trio
run afoul of band of Thugs, the
famous religious strangers of In
dia. and just manage to escape
following a bitter combat across
the roofs of a native city. The
authorities awaken to the danger
and set about putting down the
uprising before it can sweep over
India.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-03-10

perfect look about it.
The blouses are plain - or ruff.
file fronted. The collars are the
same, small and neat, giving the
peeping or shy effect TO the en-
semble But the main point of
their adaptability as we'll as wear
ability is the lend of color to the
darker suit. These blouses come
in all the new subtle and deep
tones too numerous to mention.
The more severe the cut of your
jacket suit or dress, the fore is
left to your blouse, shoes, gloves,
bag and hat to keep the ensemble
from being monotonous by the
contrast in color - for color is
the word for Spring.
1t isn't only the woman that
has taken the jacket ensemble to
heart = the men are giving it a
big play, too.
Clothiers are showing new cut
designs. one displaying the two
jacket suit - just change from
the business cut coat to the sport
coat and you are still wearing the
same suit but better attired for
that drive in the country. When
the drive is over, change the coat
again and presto! - you are prac-
tically new mani!
The single breasted suit has
come in for some new revisions,
too. The high cut three button
sack and drape models are now
being shown with the square bot
ton coat. Cut very full, it gives
the appearance of wearing a dou-
BILE breasted coat though you are
still using your favorite model.
A nicely wearable design is the
dark blue unfinished worsted with
a wide overtone stripe. Worn
with a white shirt and hued tie,
it is quite a bit of alright!
Yes, it's a Jacket Spring,