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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-02-02

The. general power service rate
will be modified to benefit small
users Of power. Rural customers In
this area win receive q reduction
along with the towns.
The reduction to 60 into effect
with all meter readings on and after
March will be the fifth to have
been made here since 1929 and will
be one more in the series of reduc-
tons that date back to the entry OF
Pacific Power & Light Company in
this field in 1910.
Cost of 100 XVIII a month for res
idential use has been slashed two
thirds since the company began OPP
erations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-02-02

The new commercial rate Will
start with Is XVIII per month for
100 next 1877 XVII at cents; next
600 XVIII ct 4 cents: next TOO XVIII at
3 cents: and exeess 1t 2 cents. After
the minimum, the present schedule
Gives 137 XVIII q 5lS cents: next $50
kWh ct AZ cents; next 500 XVIII at
= cents; next 800 XVII ct eeats: and
excess at 4 cents. p.
Effect Of the new commercial rate
on typcal bills - shown by the fol-
1n~3vH~ ac~~~~~ Seon.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Baltic Area
Fears Grab
From Hitler
Germany Unlikely to
Let Soviets Issue All
Invitations in North
ern Europe; Rumors
In Stockholm Excite
Scandinavians.

Stockholm, Oct. 20.-(AP)-Ru-
m0rs Of German demands led dip
lomatic observers to express belief
TODAY that the northern countries
would be dangerously optimistic if
they assumed that Adolf Hitlf~ would
let Soviet Russia issue all the invi-
tations in the Baltic
A sour Witticism in Stockholm Just
now, in the wake Of the conference
of rulers of Sweden, Norway, Den
mark and Finland, was:
eve shall soon know whether we
SWodes are Germans or Russians"
The conference ended yesterday
with a joint statement Of the unity
of the four nations, but no specific
mention was made on the Russian
demands on Finland, which prompt
ed Sweden's King Gustav to call the
meeting.
Indications were that the struggle
to preserve northern neutrality and
national integrity had just begun.
The rumOrs Of possible German
demands on Norway, Denmark and
Sweden were not confirmed, but
aloofness of official Berlin to the fate
of Finland led to speculation.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Refugee Ship
Crew Almost
Had Mutiny

New York, Oct 20.-(AP)-Stories
Of insolence and INSTRUMENTATION "a
mong the crew came today from pas
sengers aboard the liner Acadia,
which locked last night after wealth.
ering a hurricane described by the
captain as the worst he had seen in
80 years.
The Eastern Steamship liner, I'M
der charter by the United States
Lines. brought $40 passengers, in
GLIDING 482 Americans, from Europe.
Sixteen crew members and six pas
sengers received bruises and other
injuries during the storm.
Ships officers confirmed passen-
gers statements of trouble with the
crew. but said it arose from union
disputes. They said members OF the
two rival maritime labor organlza-
tions-the National Maritime Union
(CIO) and the International Sea-
mems Union (AFL)-engaged in a
dozen fights during the crossing.
The hurricane that struck the
Acadia Tuesday 300 miles southeast
of Nova Scotia also swept one man
overheard from the liner President
Harding, expected to dock here to-
morrow with 72 injured among its
passengers and crew.
CAPTAIN Robert H. Allen, Of the
Acadia. estimated the wind velocity
reached $50 miles an hour, and that
he saved further injuries by order
ing passengers to remain IN then
cabins during the four-hour blow.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Urges
South Fight
Rates Alone

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 20.-(AP)-
Caution against merging all regional
efforts for freight rate revision into
a single case was voiced today by
Governor Clyde R. Hoey of North
Carolina Hoey was a delegate to
the Southern Governors Conference.
One Of the questions for discussion
was whether the southeast should
ask the southwest and other regions
to join it in the $2O,O00,0OO rate case
it launched before the Interstate
Commerce Commission IN 1887.
"Of course, we all should cooper
ate," said the North Carolina COVER
nor. eve want freight rate justice
for all. But l do not think we should
merge all of our efforts into one
single case"
The conference was called by Gov
ernor E. D. Rivers of Georgia, who
is chairman. He asserted manufac-
turers and shippers in the south
east alone were penalized Gin excess
of S2O,OO0,0OO year" by rate dis
ordinations in favor of the rich
northern industrial region, known as
the "officiaP' rate territory.
The assembled governors were
challenged with a statement that
even Canada has lower rates into the
northern United States than the
South and other sections.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Sen. Barbour
Is Specific
In Argument
Interprets Obligation
Under Monroe Doc
trine; Ellender Asks
w h O Cares About
Offending Hill e r;
Lindbergh Attacked.

Washington, Oct 2O.-(AP)-An
argument that repeal of the arms
embargo would lead the United
States into war was answered in the
Senate today with the assertion
that this country must defend Can
ada under terms of the Monroe
Doctrine.
Senator Barbour, Republican,
New Jersey, said that the United
States cannot help its northern
neighbor under the existing neu-
trality law, and contended that "an
attack on Canada not only would
violate the Monroe Doctrine, but
would force us into war;
Barbour spoke after Senator
Johnson, Republican,, California;
73-year-old veteran of the League
Of Nations fight 20 years ago had
labelled as an 'idiotic assumption"
that arguments for repeal of the
arms embargo that Hitler could
conquer Europe, and eve will be
next"
Repeal, Johnson said, would be
the ''first false step" and would
''place us in the shadow, walking
down the bloody path of war"
What Do We Owe Hitler?
Senator Ellender, D m r a t,
Louisiana, advocate of repeal, an
sWered those who contend that the
action would offend Germany by
saying:
"What do we owe this mad die
tator, this Unsuitable despoiler Of
men and nations, this violator of
treaties, that we must tread on
tiptoe to spare him dispeasure?"
The arguments of administration
supporters favoring repeal, reduced
to its simplest terms, johnson told
his colleagues, was "that if we
don't stop Hitler now, he will con-
quer Europe, and we will be next"
"What an idiotic assumption, ne
declared "And yet earnest and
honest men repeat it. If we were
not afflicted with a war psychology,
we would not listen to this appeal
for repeal of the arms embargo for
one quarter of a second. Hitler will
never conquer Europe. It has never
been done by any one yet. Count
less efforts have been made to es-
tablish hegemony by force, and
none have succeeded. The closest
approach to any way by Napoleon,
Continued on Page FOur)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Nazii World
Is Stunned
By Treaty
Repercussions in Bal
kan Countries A n
ticipated, With New
Situation in M e d.
iterranean Also AT
fecting Italian | n
tereStS.

Berlin, Oct 20-(AP)-Authorized
Germans pointed today to the pro-
tocOl to the French English-Turkish
mutual air treaty, which provides
that Turkey cannot be forced to fight
Russia as ''joker', which will pre-
vent Turkey from giving the Allies
the help they expect
1t was evident, these sources as
sumed, that Russia and Germany
would continue to work in close col
!abOration in international affairs.
Authoritative quarters said Germany
viewed the agreement with "critical
eyes in the fear it might hold the
spark for a general war.
However, they were quick to point
out Turkish-Russian conversations
for similar pact were still consid-
cred open.
On whole, the Nazi political
world appeared stunned by the treaty
which made Turkey Germany's
World War ally a partner of Britain
and France. Some officials looked
for repercussions of the Anglo-Tur-
kish pact in the Balkan countries.
But how far Balkan neutrality would
be affected was not yet clear, they
said
The new situation in the Mediter-
ranean was viewed with greatest APP
prehensiOn in informed circles, in
asmuch as italian and Soviet Russian
interests were regarded as directly
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Britain Not
Stepping On
Soviet Toes
Care Taken Not to
Bind Turkey to Fight
Russia; Pact w t h
Poland Had No Ref
erence to Aggression
From East.

London, Oct. 2O.-(AP)-Diplo-
matte circles noted with keen inter-
est today the fresh indications that
Britain was carefully avoiding step
ping on the toes of Soviet Russia, de-
spite the latter's close ties with Ger
many. They pointed to the protocol
to the British-French-T mu-
tual aid pact, signed yesterday, which
frees Turkey from any obligation to
fight Russia, and to the statement of
Foreign Under Secretary R. A. But
Ter that Britains military pact with
Poland did not apply to any Rus
sian aggression.
Butler told the House Of Com
mons yesterday in reply to a ques-
ton as to whether the pact was in
tended to cover the case Of agrees
sion by powers other than Germany.
mo, sir. During the negotiations
which led up to the signature Of the
agreement, it was understood be-
tween the Polish government and His
Majesty's government that the agree
ment should only cover the case Of
aggression by Germany, and the
Polish government confirm that this
is So"
Diplomatic circles emphasized in
discussions Of the newly-signcd Bri-
mutual assist
ance pact that it avoided any attempt
to "stir up trouble between Russia
and Turkey"
Diplomatic quarters said that the
treaty with Turkey might tend to
bring the Balkan States more closely
together and lessen tension between
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20

SOlOn was quite as OutSpOken as the
Texan, but the Minnesota statesman
got no support from any quarter.
Nevertheless, his opinion isn't al
together new one. Long before the
present situation in Europe develop
ed it was mentioned in legislative
debate that it would be nice for Bri-
tain to cede Bermuda, the Bahamas
and Trinidad to the United States
in cancellation Of the English 1914-18
war obligations owed to us. The term
''seizure" wasn't employed in con-
nection with these hints, though. The
British didn't take 'em seriously:
they wouldn't.
The fact remains that Britain's
(and France's) holdings in our hem
isphere are an internal nuisance lust
now. The Pan-Americas have drawn
a zone around themselves, within
which they insist that overseas fight
ers mustn't intrude their belligerencv
But" say the British and French.
eve have possessions inside that
zone which we're entitled to access
to-" So they have, historically. Paren-
thetically Holland has also, but the
Dutch don't matter. They're not bel
ligerents yet, and they don't owe us
any money, either. The British and
French are belligeref3ts and do owe
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Says j. :. Must Defend Canada
Beal Testimony Raises
Issue On Soviet Russia


Berlin. Oct. 2O.-(AP)-Adolf
Hitler heard report on the Bri-
ti,b- French Turkish pact tonight
from the lips OF his ace diplomatic
troublr-Sho0tcr Franz Won Papen,
while leading NaziS insisted Tur-
KEY no longer could be consider
ed neutral.
Won Papen, German ambas-
>ador sent to Turkey last spring
to further Nazi relations with
Germany's World War ally, ar
rived today from Ankara, where
the treaty was signed yesterday.
Meanwhile, Nazi officials pro-
fcSsed to see a l0Ophole in the
pact Turkeys reservation against
being drawn into war with Rus
>ia-but asserted the Turks had
chosen a dangerous route.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Dies Says State De-
partrnent Ought to
Look Into Future Re-
lations With Krenlin
AS Result of Tar
II e G | c onvi is
Revelations.

Washington, Oct 20. - (AP) -
Chairman Dies. Democrat, Texas, Of
the House un-American committee,
suggested today that the State De-
partment should look into future re-
iatiOns with Russia because of tes-
timony that communist labor or
ganizer, fleeing a North Carolina pri-
son sentence, found refuge in the
Soviet Union
The testimony was given by Fred
Erwin Beal, at present a North Car
Dina convict brought here to tell
which he said he participated a de-
cade ago.
Resuming today the testimony he
started Wednesday, Beal said that
the communist party had financed a
trip he made TO Russia while he was
a fugitive from justice, and that he
entered Russia on a false passport
with the knowledge of Soviet Of
ficials.
ut seems to me that this ought to
cause considerable concern down at
the State Department about our flu
ture relations with Russia" Dies
commented.
When he returned from his trip to
Russia, Beal said, 'the communist
party ganged up to get him to go
back He mentioned William Z. Fos-
ter, present party chairman; Leon
JOsephson, whom Beal identified as
"a communist party OGPU man in
this country" and George Maurer, of
international Labor Defense, as per-
sons who argued he should return.
''Josephson was Of the opinion that
they should have shot me before
left" Beal said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
''Quiet Night" Reported
In Western Battle Area

Paris, Oct 2O.-(AP)-French ar
tillery today shelled the German
road from Perl to Sehndorf, just
across the frontier near Luxembourg,
in an effort to break up troop con-
centrations at the point where the
Germans spilled over onto French
soil earlier in the week.
The latest military information
said troop action was slow because
of heavy rains and German reorgani-
zation Of the lines, which they seized
when the French went on the de-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Air Alarms
Sounded On
Scotch Coast

Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct 90
(AP)-TWo air raid warnings were
sounded and precautionary meas
ures" were taken against the threat
of Nazi bombing planes over the i'm
portant Firth Of Forth today, but the
air ministry said no bombs were re-
ported dropped.
An air raid warning also was given
in the south of England later in the
day, but within eight minutes the
all-clear signal was sounded when
no aircraft was Sighted =.
The communique for the second
bombing menace in the Edinburgh
area in five days, and the fourth
menace to Scotland, including two
at Scapa Flow, said:
"Precautlonary measures we're
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Business In
State Held
Up For Sept.
Daily DlSpltcn Bureau,
In the Sir EIalf.ar Hotel.

N--0-gH. Oct 20.-NOrth Carolina s
business continued good in Septem-
5er despite the forced closing Of the
tobacco markets, if tax revenue so
r collected this month is any in
dcatim Commissioner Of Revenue
AZ j Maxwell commented today.
The revenue department head said
aat The early September scarcity
scIe. caused by the outbreak of the
war ID Europe and which sent retail
prices soaring on some commodities,
probably had something to do with
il. but he insisted that on the whole
taoe was without q doubt a steady
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20

fensive and withdrew from territory
in front of the Siegfried line.
The general staff reported last
night had been quiet, as rain con-
tinued on the western front and only
patrols were active.
In announcing a pre-arranged with
drawal along a 22-mile northern sec
ton of the front, for distances up
to six miles, the French high COM
mand said its losses were light, and
that the line still was "far in ad-
vance" of the permanent Maginot
Notifications.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
u. S. Ponders
Mail Protest
To Britain

Washington, Oct 2O.-(AP)-Sec-
rotary Hull said today the State De-
partment was considering whether to
make representations to Great Bri-
tain over the seizure Of American
mail enroute to Germany.
Hull said the department had just
received reports that in some in
stances ships carrying American mail
addressed to Germany had been stop
ped by the British, the mail censor
ed and return to this country.
Earlier post office officials said
they were routing all mail to Ger
many by way of Italy, in the hope
Of escaping the British blockade. Re-
turned mail also will be sent to Italy
for re-shipment. The de- artment said
it hoped that the change would per-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Territorial
u. s. Waters
Are Flexible
President Reiterates
Stand in Efforts to
Protect United States
F 70 m Belligerent
Operations uring
War.

Hyde Park, N. Y, Oct. 2O.-(AP)
President Roosevelt took the posi-
ton today what the limits Of United
States territorial waters are flexible,
varying from three to hundreds Of
miles, depending on the circum-
stances under which the limits are
created.
In the case of belligerent sub
marines, which have been barred
from American ports, or territorial
waters, the President said at press
conference that the limits of such
waters was three miles.
In the case of the neutrality patrol,
LC,o,at;a,1od Dnoro L,n.,nA
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20


of John Bulls last
World War debt to
Unc | e S a m u e |
made no hit in
Congress, w h g II
the Minnesota Far
mer-Laborite pro-
posed it a few days
ago. Senator Tom
Connally Of Texas
went so far as to
call it a "coward-
ly" idea, which
Verges on being
u n p parliamentary
language. No other
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
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Stocks Slow
After Rise

Nov York. oct. 20.-(AP)-Most
Te took to bombproof shelters in
'aday stock market, and leading is
3cs drfted over d narroWly-irre-
iar range Prices were we'll jun
e4 at the start, and dealings slack
eaed further after an apathetic open
Near the fourth hour a few
Utility preierrcds were in demand,
and most Plus signs appeared, but
Hctional declines were plentiful.
Inc lively aircraft climbers Of yes
le-daY remained on the ground
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Europeans
Holdings Are
Problem Here
By CHARLES r. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

washington, Oct 2O.-Senat0r Err
nest Lundeens scheme for the Amer
lean seizure of the British West In
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20
Cotton Price
Holds Steady

New York, Oct. 20.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures opened two points lower
to four higher. Around midday, scat
tered practising by trade accounts
held prices steady at net advances
of three to six points.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-20

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
AGENCIES WILL
ELECT JAN. Is
Annual Meeting Will
Be Held at s p. Nj.
At Y. w. c. A.

Having been appointed the pro
gram committee By the Federation
board the executive committee Of
the General council has set Jan.
> as the date of the annual meet
ing Of The Federation Of Social
agencies. The meeting viii be
held At 5 p. N. AZ the Y. " {. a.
Election Of officers. business
session and a program. followed by
a social hour viii occupy the IN
terest Of board mem bers. workers
and friends Of the federation. 70
" HON the annual meeting viii be
open. Mrs r r Tltcomb and the
Rev. Harold p Long are N charge
Of the program.
The program being worked out
vii follow the style 81 the popular
radio skit. Information Please. '
Rev. Long declares the evening Will
be one of laughter and learning
cross between a minstrel show
and a Ioose-leaf encyclopedia
Members of the general council :
executive committee are; Rev.
Long. chairman Mrs. B. I TRIGGER.
vice chairman George 5 Chessum.
secretary. Howard r Goold, Grace
Coffman. assisting member eXecu-
tive committee. Mrs. A. b Com
fort. child welfare. Emery Asbury,
group and recreation. Dr. Rowland
! Hill. health Mrs Clifford r Nc
Donald home problems; Mrs. G s.
Cortelyou. conference, and Dr.
Marvin r. Sehafer. survey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
LOWER PRICES
QUOTED HERE

Imperial valley lettuce was
plentiful and a little lower priced
to start the week in the Tacoma
market. Local produce houses also
had new shipments Monday Of
California celery and Texas spin
ach, both at lower prices, and Of
carrots. artichokes and sprouts.
More Emperor grapes and oranges
also arrived.
Bananas were due to be a little
short until Wednesday
Yakima onions are getting near
the end of their keeping period
and some are spelling pretty badly,
it was reported. Plenty Of we'll
dried Oregon onions are available,
however. at a little higher price.
While egg prices held up over
the week end. the weakened mar
ket was reflected in a cent-a- pound
drop in both leghorn and colored
fowls and colorcd roosters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
Unemployment Insurance
Program in Third Week

and A SITS. office Of the State En-
ployment Service here were ap-
proximately an even 5000 for the
first two weeks. Rathbone reported.
Monday his office still was taking
claims al a steady rate. There
never has been the rush expected
when it was estimated that around
1900 iobless in the county were
eligible to apply the first day.
Nav Be Re-ENamined
Supervisor Jack F. Bates of the
state unemployment compensation
division IN Olympia pointed out
that claimants declared ineligible
who believe the determination I'M
fair can request re-eXaminatlon.
He noted that many will not be
eligible until next quarter since
only work done in covered en-
ployment during the first nine
months of 1888 is considered on all
claims filed during January. Feb
ruRry and March.
The unemployment insurance
calculations all are based on a
calendar week ending Saturday
night. Claims filed up to Wednes-
day of any week are counted as
filed during that week. those filed
after Wednesday 60 with the next
week
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17
CITY PROTESTS
CUTTING BAND

Acting upon an appeal TO the
city council by Joseph f. Rausch.
Mayor Siegle Monday sent tele-
grams to Sen. Bone and Congress-
man Coffee protesting the wreck
ing of the Federal Music Project
band in Tacoma.
Rausch. who was director of the
band for two years, showed that
the state quota had been As mu-
sicians. divided into two bands
one containing "a men at Seattle
and one of 81 men at Tacoma.
Recently the quota for the state
was cut to So men and, by an order
of the state administrator, these
were all concentrated in band at
Seattle. To fill the quota, II Ia
coma men. Rausch said, were or
dered TO join the Seattle band and
all others in the Tacoma band were
dropped The Tacoma men have
to travel back and forth between
Tacoma and Seattle five days
week for rehearsals at their own
expense. They are required to at
tend rehearsals four hours each
work day.
Rausch said the Tacoma band
had gotten by" for a time at the
start with only II men, but that
In view or the new order Tacoma
would be without a band that had
given free concerts in city parks
the last two years at no cost 10 the
city other than the SIS a month
for rehearsal halls provided by the
park board.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-17

Washington ew unemploy-
ment insurance program Monday
had passed the legal waiting
period for those iobless persons
who applied the first two days of
operation, Monday and Tuesday,
Jan. 3 and 4.
Eligibles among those first Ia
coma applicants probably about
700 of the 1.067-will receive com
pensation for this week if they still
are out of work. First checks viii
not be due until near the end Of
next week. about Jan. q. since
they must be based upon reports
of unemployment through the third
week.
Rate of - Per Cent
A statewide validity rate Of
about rs per cent of the claims
filed appears 10 be the approximate
rate IN Pierce county Manager
Tom G. Rathbone said Monday on
looking over first patches of deter
mination cards sent back to Taco
ma from the state unemployment
compensation division in Olympia.
Jobless claims filed at the 18th