davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Albrechts Buy Grocery
Store in Redmond, Ore.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Albrecht,
of Kennewick have purchased the
Whitaker Groceteria in Redmond,
Oregon and are now operating the
store under the name OF Albrecht,s
Grocery.
Mrs. Albrecht. niece Of F. @. At
kinson of Redmond, took over the
business last Monday morning and
has restocked the shelves with new,
fresh merchandise. Mrs. Albrecht
has been with the j. G. Penney COM
pany in Kennewick for number Of
years and is familiar with the gro
Gerry business. q
As soon as residence can be
located in Redmond the Albrecllts
will settle here. Albrecht has spent
most OF this week on the road NOV
ing home furnishings from the
Washington town.-Redmond Dis
patch.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Miss Steiner Returns
From European Trip

Miss Helen Steiner, assistant
county extension agent, returned on
Sunday from a three months trip
spent in Europe. She spent three
weeks in England and five weeks in
Norway and Sweden, visiting rela-
tives in the latter country.
While in London Miss Steiner at
tended a conference ef the country
women of the world and was the
only representative from the State
of Washington,
i. She drove a new Chevrolet coupe
back from Flint, Michigan.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
The Business Week

Despite all predictions to the con-
aasy, following the Congressional
us'eat OF last minute Administra-
:. uoa measures, industry continues
Ie upward swing which began with
ue adjournment of congress. In the
assVy industries, steady gains are
Aosn against seasonal trends,
~ .4ie IN the aviation and automo-
We nelds the 1899 gain over 1888
~ -. the first half-year has reached
percent in the reports of 48
upanles >. Steel production in
ueased Is percent without further
- looked for until fall Re-
-. ~ store sales in July reached a
~of $ls5, 753,533, a gain of 81
nt over July, 1898.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
FAMILY REUNION

The B. Kempe home was the
scene OF family reunion Sunday
at which time a chicken dinner was
served. The occasion was also In
honor of Mr.. Kempe's birthday an
niyersary. The guests present in
Guided Mr.. and Mrs. KAUFMAN and
two sons OF Havillah, Wash, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Kempe and two
daughters. Priest River, Idaho; Mr..
and Mrs. w. Kempe, Chewelah. Mr.
and Mrs. o. w. Kempe and daugh-
ter, Spokane; Miss Birdie Kempe.
Spokane; Mr.. and Mrs. S. z. Meyer
and SON and daughter OF Grand
Ooulee; Henry Fahye, Spokane and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Howton of
Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Rupp OF Ed
monds and Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Rupp of Seattle spent the weekend
at the @. A. Rupp home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Moar and
children visited at the James john
ston home Sunday on their way
home from San Francisco. Mrs.
johnson is Mr.. Moar's aunt.
Misses Thee Lampson and WON
ne Davis demonstrated with a
breakfast Monday morning before
Miss Helen Steiner who has recent
ly returned from her European trip.
Quite a number from this COM
munity are working at the cannery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Gas Hauling on
River Is Now a
Big Blu sine IS
~ Million Gallons Per
Week Brought to At
Italia by Barges

The water is too thin over HON.
LILY rapids" is the answer Robert
Stewart gave when asked why the
Tidewater Transportation company
did not make its headquarters at
Kennewick. Mr.. Stewart is general
manager for the company and he
reported that some rs families were
employed in one capacity or anoth-
er through the company's opera
tons on the river.
Indeed" he said, speaking TO
members OF the Kiwanis club Tues
day noon, ''Kennewick as q loca-
ton for our plant, was given very
serious consideration. We would
have preferred to have come here
from the first and conditions may
yet make il possible TO move here"
The company now has big tank
farm" at Alfalfa. with storage ca
pactiy in its fourteen tanks for two
and half million gallons OF gaso-
line. His company is hauling gas
oline for four major companies from
the ocean tankers to Alfalfa. The
company is operating seven barges
with three tugs and the equipment
Is steadily being increased.
Conditions on the upper river, he
said, were such that experienced
river men stated that operations
could not be profitably conducted.
His company had to learn "the hard
way" by trial and error, but were
confident that the business would
continue. regardless OF reduced rail-
way tariffs.
With the new oil barge recently
launched, the company is now de-
livering a million and a half gall
Ions OF gas a week. For this pur-
pose two high powered tugs operate
between The Dalles and Alfalfa,
each pushing a single barge. while
ON the lower reaches OF the river
another tug brings up two or more
barges at trip.
A new barge was recently launch
ed. built especially and solely for
the transportation of bulk wheat.
This boat has proven successful and
the company has plans for other
general merchandise barges as soon
as they can be built. The wheat
barge has capacity of 100000 bu.
OF wheat, and the largest oil barge
handles 100000 gallons OF oil at a
trip. ~ So ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
WARNING

Parents should be warned con-
corning their children drinking
out of the sprinklers which are
used to water the new golf course
grounds. The caretaker states
that he has noticed . number Of
children drinking water from
these sprinklers and that this wa
ter is the same as the irrigation
ditch water coming from the Yak
ina river and no doubt contains
typhoid germs. Parents are asked
to keep their children away from
the golf grounds for this reason.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24

Mrs. Wallace Preston attended the
Finley Pinochle club at the home OF
Mrs. Alvin Erickson in Finley Tues
day. e.. n
Mrs. Glen Doering's brother,
Dickie Cooper and sister, left this
week for their home in Washtucna.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Speer and
family spent Sunday with Mr..
Speer's mother, Mrs. Mary Speer,
at the Floyd Thomas home in Dixie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ray and son,
Jack, were Sunday guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Nels Burkhart in Horse
Heaven. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Gragg, Men
del and Robert, attended the circus
in Yakima Wednesday. They were
guests at the home of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bill Birdsoll and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Walker
and daughter, Bonnie Ray, and j.
C. Walker, who arrived last Tues
day from California, spent Monday
and Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. II. Meyer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24

Mrs. F. N. Morton and Mrs. A. v.
McReynolds left Saturday morning
on an eastern trip. Mrs. Morton will
make an extended visit with rela-
tives in central and eastern, Ohio.
Mrs. McReynolds is visiting rela-
tives in Michigan for the next two
weeks. Miss Ethel McReynolds, who
has been attending summer school
at the University of Washington, ar
rived Friday and is staying here
during her mothers absence. She
has secured new teaching position
in Olympia for the coming year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Rose CrOix Installation

Installation of officers in the Rose
Croix branch of the local Masonic
organization will take place next
Tuesday evening when w. S. Green
win be installed as Wise Master.
other officers will be as follows: l..
e. johnson, senior warden; J. r.
Ayers, junior warden: Milton Libby,
secretary; H. A. Linn, treasurer; j.
K. Bockius, expert; Tom Perry, as
sistant expert; G. S. Knowles,
guardian Of temple; Gus Pearson,
tiler. Light refreshments will be
served following the ceremony.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
wild Plans Rumored

London, England-All traces Of
the indecision accompanying the
;eimre Of: Czechosloyakia have dis
appeared from public and private
LIE, but strange rumors keep the
danger Of war uppermost in all
minds. One rumor with more than
usual substantiation described the
hight Of four submarines from Ger
man ports with orders to seize the
ftench island Of Martinique in the
West Indies as a base Of operations
against the U. s. in case of war.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
War Games Ending

Washington, D. C.-Europe's war
sares lent added zest to the fort
nights training of $4,000 q. s..
nops conferred at Manassas, Va,
and Plattsburg, N. Y, in which the
Flfst Army Corps met a theoretical
attack on the Atlantic Seaboard
Mln the Capital as an objective.
ulllcias expressed themselves as
aSnly impressed with the war
anes, which cost So 600, 900 or about
~ per man for food, transporta-
uon, land rent and iTfcilsentals. S
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
DIR. Capell Marries
Former Welfare Worker

Friends here have received word
of the recent marriage OF Dr. II. j.
Capell to Mrs. Fern Massey. DR..
capell has been studying In special
surgical work in New York and has
visited a number Of large clinics in
the east since leaving here last
year. Mrs. Capen is the former Mrs.
Fern Massey. who was head OF the
welfare department here for short
time two years ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
sim Discusses "That Party"

Lansing, Mich. Governor D1ck1n-
son Of Michigan who described his
recent visit to a governors confer
enee called by Governor Lehman of
New York as bachannalian riot of
lust and inebriety, returned to the
charge in addressing his Sunday
School class. ut was the nearest
thing I know to BelShazzars feast,
be exclaimed. A score of other gov
snors who attended voted the din
ner tame affair.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Townsend Mass Meeting

The Townsend Club OF Kennewick
will hold a mass meeting in the
park, September 3 in unison with
the National mass meetings of the
Townsend organization, celebrating
the commemoration Of granting the
first charter to a Townsend club in
the United States five years ago.
The speaker will be announced
later.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
louisiana Official Suicide

Orleans, La.-On the point
A., Sslying in the State and Fed
~, graft inquiries into the cor
nv; ion OF the notorious Huey
! ssiish) Long regime, DR.. James
aaw, director of the Minerals
T.. S!on Of the Louisiana Conserva-
o.. department., blew his brains
=. " his home here. He recently
81 testimony in the governments
-, charging that former Governor
s. and Seymour Weiss, Long
~ aman, had split $148,00O IN
~ TO allow State oil to be pip
Illegally into Texas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Annual Picnic Enjoyed
By Richland Pioneers

RICHLAND-The second pioneer
picnic held in Anon park at Rich
land Sunday drew an attendance
of about $50 old timers, the main
attraction of day was the picnic
dinner served at 1890 at which the
guests were seated at three long
tables in the park. Following the
dinner speeches were given by Mary
Rosencrance of Pasco who came to
Richland in the year 1880; Mr.. Lewis
of Kennewick Doc Gordon. w. L.
Muncey and George futile Of Rich
land. a.. 49, ~. ~. -. -
. Among some of the out-of-town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. I. N.
Mueller, Anon Mueller, Mr.. and
Mrs. C.. B. CULLEN and Robert
Tweet of Kennewick, e. r. Hender-
son of Pasco, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Stockman of Helix, Ore, N. A. Steen
of Sioux City, Iawo. &3....~.
Jack Roberts was the pioneer
who had lived in Richland for the
longest number of years. Roberts
came to Richland in 1883 and all
but one of those years he has re-
sided in Richland. G. p. Couch
came next, he came to Richland In
1887. Mrs. A. D. Fraker Of Spo-
kane was also a guest for the occa-
sion. Mrs. Fraker has been resi-
dent of Richland for the past 80
years with the exception of the last
year which she has spent in Spo-
kane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Michigan-Minnesota Picnic

The annual Michigan-Minnesota
picnic will be held in Volunteer
park at Pasco on Sunday, Septem-
Der IL. A basket lunch will be serv-
ed at ! O'Clock. AL natives OF these
two states are invited TO attend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Water Shut-On

Frank Mason, manager Of the Col
umbia Irrigation district today an
nounced that there will be a water
turnout of the canal for weed con-
troll on Wednesday and Thursday,
August 80 and 81. Water will be
available within 48 hours time after
the turnout.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Pr0sser Couple Flies.
Here In New Airplane

KENNEWICK vALLEY-Mr. and
Mrs. Cormac Thompson Of Prosser
flew down here Sunday in their
new plane which they recently pur-
chased.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24

Mrs. Marvin Skeen and son &C
companied A. S. Murray to Spokane
Sunday to visit at the home Of her
mother.
Earl McClendon returned home
Sunday after having spent the past
three weeks harvesting at Cakes
dale. ....-.. .---z-ss--z.a
Gilbert Schoelser underwent an
appendicitis operation in the Pasco
hospital Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Benton City Peaches
Undergo Freezing Here

BENTON CITY - Mr.. Randall of
the Cascade Frozen Foods plant
of Burlington called at the N. p.
Peterson ranch Thursday and made
arrangements for the picking of the
peaches his company has contract
ed from Peterson to be frozen at
the Big Y plant in Kennewick. The
first Of the peaches were frozen
Thursday afternoon.
H. w. Hague left Sunday for
Long Beach, Calf, to report for
duty on the q. s. s Mississippi after
a. six weeks visit here with his wife
and daughter, Judy, at the home Of
Mrs. Hague,s parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Culp. He was taken o. far
as Portland by the Culps, Mrs.
Hague and Judy. Mrs. Hague and
daughter plan to leave in a couple
of weeks for Long Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blakley and
family of Kiona, Mrs. Joe DeField,
daughter, Marcena, employed in the
fruit at Teton, spent the weekend
at their homes here. The Blakleys
returned to Teton Sunday evening.
Mrs. DeField and Marcena remain
ed here. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kendall re-
turned Friday from a weeks trip
to walla Walla, LaCenter and Port
Margaret Knudsen of Walla Walla
and her sisters from LaCenter and
Portland returned home with the
Kendalls for visit here.
Miss Anna Wolford of East Horse
Heaven was a Sunday guest of her
sister, Miss Mary Wolford at XII
ona.
E. j. Sanders was a2Seattle busi-
ness visitor Saturday.
Harold Copeland was a business
visitor in Yakima Monday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-24
Explosion Causes Fire
at Appenzellar Home

HIGFLANDS-A fire, caused by
an exploding coal oil stove, did con-
siderable damage to the kitchen at
the A. Appenzellar home Saturday
morning before it was gotten UNI
der control by Mr.. Appenzellar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28

and Mrs. George Harlow poured
during the afternoon and Mrs. u.
G.. Gray and Mrs. T. Fl. Scheffer
during the evening. Mrs. John
Lambertus was in charge of the
guest book in the afternoon and
Mrs. Frank Clements in the eve
ming
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28
Baby Chokes to
Death at Home

An autopsy was being held at
Pierce county hospital Monday to
determine the cause of the death
of Sylvia Janice Martin. two weeks
old. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Orraine Martin of 1725 So. 35th ST.
The baby died at her home Mon
day while police officers were on
their way to the house with
pulmotor after receiving word the
child was choking. 1t was be-
lieved her death was due TO
natural causes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28

Fire Inspector Robbie Larsen
was continuing an investigation
Monday in an effort to learn the
cause of fire which destroyed the
/ Plywood Sales & Box Co, 29l9
Alaska St. late Saturday after
noon with a loss which is expected
to reach nearly $4,000
Larsen said his preliminary in
vestigation led him to believe the
fire was not of incendiary origin,
as had first been suspected, but
said he would check several more
points before deciding definitely.
He declared a defective stove or
electrical switch was perhaps re-
sponsible.
In response to two alarms, the
fire department sent six engine
companies and two hook and lad
der trucks to the blazing plant,
housed in a frame building in the
crowded Center st. industrial dis
trict.
Carried Insurance
Fire-fighters were successful in
hating the blaze before the build
ing was demolished, although most
of the machinery and equipment
were destroyed. Paul Lemcke, the
owner. said the loss would be be-
tween $500 and $1,000. Most of
it was covered by insurance.
A puzzling factor, which led
Lemcke and police to suspect in
cendiarism, was the fact that
Lemcke's office had been burglar
lied three times within a few days
before the fire.
Nothing was stolen on the first
occasion. The second time, prowl-
ers stole a bank containing a small
sum of money, and on the third
occasion Lemcke's citizenship pa
pers and a deed to the plant were
taken.
II don't know what to think
about it all" Lemcke said Monday.
Most of the damage was not near
the stove or any electrical equip
ment.
To Resume Operations
Lemcke had planned moving ms
equipment to another building
adjacent to the old plant. He said
he is already making arrange
ments to buy new machinery and
reopen operations in the newer
building shortly. The factory en-
ploys about five men in the manu-
facture of plywood boxes.
One point 10 be investigated by
Fire Inspector Larsen was fur
nished by II. c. Christia" 7on, pro-
prietor of the Empire Furniture
Co, across the street from the
burned factory.
Christianson said pronounced
electrical disturbance was noted in
his factory about 20 minutes be-
fore the fire broke out. A switch
box smoked and ratified, leading
him to believe an unduly heavy
voltage was passing through wires
which feed both buildings.
Closed at Noon
Lemcke's plant closed at noon
Saturday, nearly three hours be-
fore the blaze started.
Several hundred spectators
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28
GRACE BERKELEY,
TEACHER, DIES

Miss Grace f. Berkeley, who
taught at the old and new Central
schools in Tacoma continuously
from 1904 to 1884, died Monday in
a hospital at Portland.
Widely known here as an in
structor, she took leave Of absence
in 1897 because of illness.
Miss Berkeley was born at Win
chester, Va, and received her early
education at Woodbine, Ia. Later
she attended the Iowa state normal
school at Cedar Falls. and taught
in that state for time before COM
ing to Tacoma.
Her work in Tacoma, confined
entirely to the primary grades,
was under superintendent A. B.
Warner, A. Fl. Yoder, J. G. Coli
colt, William F. Geiger, Elmer L.
Breckner and Howard r. Goold.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs c. l.. Roberts of Tacoma and
Mrs. Merritt Pelton of Woodbine,
Ia. The body will be brought to
Buckley-king's for funeral serv-
ices
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28

Mrs. Hood was the wife of
Charles Hood, who has been active
IN business affairs of the city for
the past so years, having been as
sociatcd with Ezra Meekcr as a
young man before entering the
hardware business in 1890.
Last June Mrs. Hood suffered
an injury in a fall at her home
and, while she had not fully recov-
cred from the accident. her death
came as a distinct shock to her
family and friends.
Besides her widowcr. she is sur
vivcd by two daughters. Mrs. Helen
r. Flynn of Dash Point and Mrs.
Francelia Coates of Chicago: one
son. Charles r. of Puyallup. and
two sisters. Mrs. Mae Brooks and
Mrs. Phebc Green. both of Tacoma.
Mrs. Hood came to Puyallup In
1890 from Lamont. Ia, and taught
the first and second grades In the
old Central school until her mar
riage to Mr.. Hood on May 81. 1897.
She was past noble grand OF
Schuyler Colfax lodge of Rcbekahs.
and had assisted In organization
of the Puyallup Womcn's club,
Arts and Krafts. Chapter AN,
p. E. O., and the Ladies Social
circle. She was secretary of the
Pierce County Tuberculosis league
for Is years and was member of
the state board. Mrs. Hood was
\ member of the first city library
board and helped organize the first
County Parent Teacher association.
She was also active in the work
of the First Presbyterian church.
HOSPITABLE COUPLE
Mr.. and Mrs. Hood have always
been known for their hospitality.
opening their spacious home to
club and church gatherings when
ever the occasion demanded.
Funeral arrangements will be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28
II + X E'S MORE BOUT
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

civilians who demanded the
city's immediate surrender.
A half-hearted burst of fire
came from Loyalist anti-aircraft
guns in the southern zone of the
city, but the low flying planes
dropped no bombs as they swept
over and disappeared to the north.
The people of Madrid. who
once were willing to fight the
Nationalist with clubs and
paving stones against bayonets
and hand grenades II neces-
sary, awaited the end of
the war, cold, hungry and
dispirted.
All day yesterday they gathered
in groups, eagerly discussing the
prospect of peace. They asked
whether 1.-THE man on the white
horse Nationalist Generalissimo
Francisco Franco-would ride
through the city. and they were
ready to celebrate a Nationalist
occupation as a fete.
Hungry and Cold
The city was hungry. The people
were shivering after a big snowfall.
heaviest of the entire season.
Hearses were passing through
streets all over the city all day
long with the bodies OF the men.
women and children who had died
of disease induced by malnutrition.
II was becoming CHASTITY
business. the waiting for peace.
Hotels were without service,
cafes and bars without drinks,
but remained open and gave
once gay city the appearance
of town that was making a
sham of life.
For hours yesterday everybody
believed that peace was near. that
the Nationalists might enter the
city without resistance befor,.
night.
Snow Falls Heavily
There came a burst of firing
from the northwest suburbs and an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-28
Must Stop When
Sirens Sound

Tacoma people must learn to
respect the fire and police sirens, .
Public Safety Com m ISIS on +
Holmes Eastwood declared Mon
day.
Eastwood, who rode in a proWl
car to the Plywood Sales & Box
Co. fire Saturday afternoon, said
not more than one automobile in
ten pulled to the curb when the
prowl cars siren sounded.
The only vehicles equipped with
sirens are those which are used on
urgent matters" the commissioner
pointed out. IF the public does
not heed their signals and clear
the streets, serious results may
follow"