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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Gerard spent
four days visiting Mrs. Gerard's
mother, Mrs. Sophia Luitin in Spo-
kane. They returned home Sunday
Mrs. Glenna Nelson and daughter,
Shirley Ann, spent the holidays In
Kennewick and the Horse Heaven
hills with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Farquar Of
Quilicine, visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Witham Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Schwartzscoph
spent Wednesday and Thursday in
Walla Walla.
Bill Turner of Connell visited his
sister and family, Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Piert, Wednesday.
Jens Lande, of Umapine, who has
been visiting the past week at the
Jess Lande home, left for his home
Sunday.
Return From Yakima
Ernest Johnson and Marvin Lar
son, who have been in Yakima the
past few days, helping at the game
farm there, arrived home Monday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. McCarty and
daughter, Betty, Mrs. Clara McCarty
and son, Vern, spent the weekend
with Mrs. A. McCarty's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs in Starkey,
Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Benson were
visitors of Mrs. Benson's parents in
Sunnyside during the holidays.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Mrs. Pansy Beser and daughter
Joan, of Kennewick, were guests
Thanksgiving of Mrs. Beser's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Dunning.
Mrs Henry Piert was hostess FRI
day evening to two tables of pin
ochle. Dainty refreshments were
served at the close.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Nichols
and children, Wilda and Clifford jr.,
Of Walker Pit, and Walter Howard
Of Kennewick and William Howard
were dinner guests Thanksgiving OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Falque.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Volland were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M.
Gardner Thanksgiving day.
Portland Visitors
Roy Cochran of Portland, Mr..
Burley and daughter, Lorene, Of
Corvallis, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Cochran and two daughters and Mr..
and Mrs. w. L. Cochran were din
ner guests Thanksgiving of Mr.. and
Mrs. Merton Cochran.
Mrs. Albert Ash and two sons,
Billy Joe and Arnold Dean, spent
the holidays with Mr.. Aash in Top
penish, where he in employed in the
sugar factory. . :..~s Il
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Purdy of Pen
dleton, Ore, and Mr.. and Mrs. c..
A. Purdy and daughter, Acel Ann
of KenneWick, were Thanksgiving
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Perkins.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Thanksgiving dinner guests at the
j. E. Cochran home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Montague and fam
lily of Yakima, Mrs. Minnie Ashby
and Reverend and Mrs. Vincent and
daughters, Carol and Hernia OF
Spokane.
Mrs. Minnie Ashby was a dinner
guest of Mrs. G. B. Ashby on Sat-
urday.
Mrs. Minnie Ashby was a din
ner guest at the Bill Cochran home
in Finley Sunday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Mrs. Mary Wycoff, Mrs. ror-
ence Robertson Of Kennewick a.s.
Mrs. Chris Nelson OF Gary, so,.,i
Dakota, were guests at the Gnu
Nelson home Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Rem OF ca
attic spent Thanksgiving holidsn,
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs =
E. Toothaker. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ely and som
Dickie OF Yakima called at the !,
S. Hughes home Thanksgiving eve
ming.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Reverend and Mrs. Vincent and
daughters Carol and Hernia of
Spokane were guests of Mrs. Min
ME Ashby Thursday night and Fri
day.
Mrs. C. B. Ashby, who IS working
at Yakima, was home over the
Thanksgiving and the weekend.
James Num- is i'll in the Pasco
hospital and. expects to leave for
Soap Lake soon.
Out of Town Guests
Thanksgiving dinner guests at the
G. L. Evans home were, MIR. and
Mrs. Scott Rife of Yakima, Mrs.
Pearl INLAY and Mrs. Ivan Evans
of Walla Walla. Miss Margret I'm
lay of Reedville, Oregon and Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Powell and
daughters, Alice and Marie, came
Friday to spend several days at the
E. Z. Toothaker home.
Bridal Shower
Friends of Miss Norma Tooth
aker honored her with a bridal
shower at her home Friday after
noon. About twenty were present
and Norma received many nice
gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Montague
and children were Thanksgiving
dinner guests at the L. Messenger
home in Finley. .a.
Portland Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Neel and
family spent the holidays with her
mother in Portland, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McFadden
spent Thanksgiving vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
brennan in Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Montague
and family of Yakima spent Thanks
giving vacation at the j. E. Coch-
ran home.
Mrs. B. B. Stewart, Mrs. Emily
Laudell and daughters, Louise and
Marilyn, were i'll with colds and the
flu last week.
Entertain Kennewick Folk
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Blair of
Horse Heaven entertained at din
ner on Thanksgiving. Guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Dye and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Schubert, Eddie Schubert and Mr..
and Mrs. William Britton and fam
lily of Kennewick.
G. j. Dahlin, Misses Dorothy and
Emma Dahlin were dinner guests
at the Glenn Tholman home on
Thanksgiving.
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Schneider Families
Enjoy Thanksgiving

FINLEY-A family dinner was
held Thanksgiving at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schneider. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Schneider and three children of
Vancouver Wash. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Schneider Walla Walla Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Pasche and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Schneider
and family of Kennewick Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Walk, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Schneider, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Schneider and daughter and the
Carl Schneider family. Covers were
laid for 80.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30
Mrs. ludlow Suffers
Stroke But Improves

KENNEWICK VALLEY-Mrs. W..
I. ludlow suffered a stroke last
week, but is reported as improv-
ing. Her daughter, Mrs. Thelma
Woodward of Walla Walla is TAX
ing care of her mother.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30

Ml. dilu Mis-. OllClludlA 4AuAlSSJ
and daughter Doris were Thanks
giving day guests at the home OF
Mrs. Muncey's mother, Mrs. Blake
way in Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs L. A. Woody and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril Hart of Con-
nell visited at the Love Brothers on
Friday. III. Il.
Miss Virginia Colley returned to
Toppenish Sunday after having
spent the holidays at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Colley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harper and
family of Connell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Harper and family Of Cheney
were Thanksgiving dinner guests at
the N. P. Love home.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Mcintosh and
son Dean, accompanied by their son
Charles. --la-.s
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton, Mrs.
Amanda Breithaupt and their house
guests, Mr.. and Mrs r. B. Stevens of
Mckenzie Bridge and Mrs. l.. Kluie-
meir of Melba, Idaho spent Sunday
visiting in Sunnyside.
The Richland Women's club is
holding it's annual bazaar and din
ner at the club rooms, December 2.
Dinner will be served at 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dighton, Mrs.
A. Breightaupt, Mrs. L. Kluismeir
of Melba, Idaho and Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Stevens of Mckenzie Bridge
were dinner guests Wednesday eve
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sydney Relton with Mr.. and Mrs.
Earle Jones as assisting host and
hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brainard Murray Of
Council, Mr.. and Mrs Donald West
and daughter Sylvia Of Wenatchee
and Mrs. Arnold of Pasco were din
ner guests Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Muir
ray.
Mrs. Harry Snively and Mrs.
Thad Grosscup attended their bridge
club Wednesday at the home Of
Mrs. Charles Powell in Kennewick.
The nine months daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Miller died Tuesday
in the Pasco hospital following
short illness.
u. of w. Students Visit
Thad Grosscup jr. and classmates
Donald Kirby and Richard Clark,
all students at the University Of
washington, spent the holidays at
the home of Thad jr.,s parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Thad Grosscup.
Bertha Schuster and daughter,
Margaret of White Bluffs returned
to their home Sunday after having
spent the holidays at the home OF
Mrs. Schuster's sister, Mrs. George
Gress.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dillinger and
Cyril Relton OF Seaside, Oregon re-
turned to their homes Friday after
having spent the weekend visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sgd
ney Relton.
Harry Klatt Of Goldendale visit
ed Monday at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Dave Mann.
Mrs. Herbert Woods and children
of Yakima spent Thanksgiving at
the home of Mrs. Woods mother,
Mrs. T. A. Meredith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marston were Sum
day guests at the Robert Chalcra1r
home.
F., Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Murphy are
the parents Of a daughter born at
Yakima last week.
Miss Gussie Hess returned Mon
day from Yakima, where she had
been visiting at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. Jim Murphy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Chalcraft
were Prosser visitors Friday.
John and Charles Peterson Of
Kennewick and Eva Forrest of
Richland were Thanksgiving day
visitors at the Harry Dillon home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lum and son
returned to their home In Ellens-
burg Friday after having visited at
the home of Mrs. Lum,s parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Draper for the past ten
days.
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Water Users Annual
Meet To Be Held Tues.

RICHLAND-The annual meeting
of the water users will be held at
the grange hall Tuesday, December
5th at 8 pm.
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Utility Election to
Be Held Saturday

HOVER Public Utilities election
will be held Saturday with Mrs.
Minnie Ashby, Mrs. j. r. Ayers and
Mrs. G. Tholman serving on the
board.
f Guy Nelson's mother, Mrs. Chris
Nelson of Gary, South Dakota, came
Wednesday for an extended visit.
Mrs. A. L. Constantine was home
from Yakima over Thanksgiving
and the weekend
Mrs. Parks of Seattle visited at
the Frank Montague home over
the weekend,
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Infant Dies Following
Major Operation Tues,
HOVER

HOVER
Richard Wayne Moss infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Moss pass
ed away at the Pasco hospital on
November twenty-seventh following
a major operation on November %.
The baby was three weeks old. In
terment was made in Riverview
Heights cemetery on Wednesday,
November %.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Thug Attacks Girl, ~;
Police Hunt On

A police hunt was under way
last night for . knife-wielding COL
ored thug who attempted to drag
19-year-old girl into . vacant
house In lonely southeast section.
The attack was reported by Miss
Dora Matthews. 104 Seventeenth
street Sc, who said she was set
upon by the man as she walked
home near midnight Friday from
the Redford Bakery, 118 Fifteenth
street Sc, where she is employed
as . salesgirl.
Approaching her from behind,
Miss Matthews said the man, who
was young and hght-skinned,
grabbed her and threatened to stab
her If she screamed.
The girl said her legs we're bruised
and scratched as she was dragged
through yard Uttered with debris.
Her assailant's objective apparently
was a vacant house at the corner
Of Seventeenth and A streets Sc,
but before they reached there, Miss
Matthews said, she wrested his
hand from her mouth and screamed.
Her cries, she said, attracted the
attention Of q resident of the neigh
borhood, and when he appeared on
his front porch the girls attacker
fed.
Miss Matthews came to Washing
ton from North Carolina about two
years ago.
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the streets. This has been under
study for some time.
Mr.. Ihlder did not divulge the
purchase price of the tract, explain
ing merely that 1t was within 100
per cent of the assessed valuation.
That is the usual yardstick for
governmental purchases in the Dis
trict
The total development cost of the
Ridge road site, including the 10
per cent to be put up by the A. D. A.
is estimated at $1,571 900. For the
Alabama avenue site the estimate is
81 ,644, 900. That figure, it was be-
lieved, is for the full development
of the ract. The figures are the
ones given in the A. D. A. loan
application and at the best are mere
outside estimated. They include
also a 10 per cent safety margin"
so the final costs cannot be guaged
with any degree of accuracy until
the planning costs and building
contracts are known.
A total of $4,000, 900 was ear
marked by Administrator Straus for
housing in Washington. The re-
mainder of the loans will be nego-
tiated as plans progress. In addi-
ton, the A. D. A. is authorized to
borrow 100000 a year from the
Treasury for five years.
With this enlarged program in
L.
agency will be increased eventually
to about 126 members. Their
salaries will be paid out of operat-
ing expenses at no additional cost
to taxpayers.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
BY ]. A. FOX.

The Civil Service Commission last
night called for a full and fair trial"
for the merit system under the ex-
pansion program provided by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's two orders of June
"a.
In its annual report, which dealt
at length with the executive orders,
the commission pointed to the i'm
provements in personnel administra-
ton which now are possible, and
suggested further development. 1t
again took issue with critics by re-
iterating that the on-competitive
tests which will bring thousands Of
positions under civil service on Feb
ruary l will neither be "perfunctory"
nor result lin covering into the serv-
Ice a preponderance of appointees Of
the party in power"
THE effectiveness of the new rules
depends upon the continuing support
and leadership of the Chief Execu-
tive, and upon the provision to the
commission of an adequate staff and
funds to carry out the program au-
thorized by the President" the re-
port said. 'The merit system should
be given full and fair trial under
its new auspices, and the commits
sion believes the Congress may be
expected to utilize this opportunity
to provide finances to establish ef-
fective service of intrinsic value to
the Nation"
The budget just sent to Congress
Evening star., 1939-01-08
New Park Police School
Will Open Tomorrow

Twenty-six members of the Park
Police force will answer roll call
at the opening class of the new
Park Police school at pm. tomor-
row in the guard schoolroom in
the Tariff Commission Building.
Capt. Patrick j. Carroll, COM
manding the force, will deliver the
opening lecture in three-week term
on The Duties of Park Police
man."
Glasses will be held daily from
I to 3 pm. five days week for
three weeks. Every member of the
Park Police force will 60 through
the school during the next nine
weeks, the force having been divided
into three school groups of 26 each
for the purpose.
Tuesday 1t. Henry Helms of the
Park Police force will lecture men,
bers of the force on traffic problems
hnd Wednesday Louis c. Frick, Ma
tional Capital Parks attorney, will
lead a class in legal duties and re-
sponsibilities of the police officer.
Assistant District Attorney David A.
Hart will instruct members of the
force In courtroom procedure Thurs
day.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Housing
(Continued From First Pag

for their purchase, Mr.. Ihlder said,
should be made available any day.
Surveyors have been engaged and
contracts made with the architects
who are to plan development of the
outlying sites now secured. Survey
ing has already started. The archi-
tect for the Alabama avenue site
Is Hilyard r. Robinson. The plan
ming for the Ridge road site is being
done by Louis Justement.
Since specifications are to be
drawn up and bids advertised, there
is little possibility that construction
; will start until spring. Contracts
with the architects for the other
sites will not be signed until the
purchase money is in hand. '"The
A. D. A. believes it is not sound
practice to spend money on making
house plans until it is assured that
1t will own the land on which the
houses are to stand" Mr.. Ihlder
explained. From long experience he
realizes there is always chance
OF a last-minute slipup.
In vindication of the A. D. A..
, claim that well-planned public
housing project should encourage
private development in the same
neighborhood, attention was called
to what is taking place now near
the Alabama avenue site. Since the
a. D. A. started negotiations for this
tract, two owners of neighboring
properties have made plans for de-
ve3opment.
one owner will erect about As
houses and a group of stores to
serve the whole neighborhood. The
otnef plans to erect a number of
houses also. In both cases the
suthority's project was a necessary
Evening star., 1939-01-08

would raise the commission appro-
priation by 100000 to carry
through the program which already
has provoked attack IN Capitol Hill
because w. p. A. administrative
forces are included in those to get
civil service rating. This group1s In
a list of 81 600 who are the first being
"blanketed in" .
"Incumbents of the $1,000 posi-
tions will not attain q classified
status unless they demonstrate their
qualifications by passing civil service
tests" the commission said. 1.-THE
order provides that all who fail to
pass such tests, unless the appoint
ing oficer certifleS he wishes to re-.
tain them without civil service
status, must be separated from the
service. All vacancies occurring in
these positions hereafter must be
filled in accordance with the rules
of the competitive classified system"
Answer Criticism.
Terming as "uninformed" the con-
tention that Democratic appointees
will profit most from the orders, the
commission said:
Among the positions affected are
many to which the incumbents were
appointed prior to 1888. It is agreed
by practically all advocates of the
merit system that the important
consideration in extending the merit
system is the placing of positions
within the classified service rather
than the question of how the un-
tested incumbents were appointed.
Without such extension, untested in
cumbents would continue to occupy
the positions. Under the Presidents
orders, those who cannot meet the
real requirements of the positions
will not acquire tenure; but the posi-
tions themselves, when vacancies
occur, must be filled by the competi-
tive method"
In addition to the $1,000, there
are about 1900 other positions.
generally in specialized classes,
which the President can bring into
civil service If desired, and whose
status Is now under study. Most of
these are expected to be included
and the commission also renews its
recommendation that thousands of
other places. exempt by law, likewise
be covered In.
Ask Sections Be Set Up.
In reviewing the contemplated
personnel improvements which are
designed in the long run to make
Government employment more of
career service, the commission
urged that competent position
classification sections" be set up in
Evening star., 1939-01-08

predecessor, Mr.. Ihlder said, because
it assures a population that will
support the stores and that will JUS
tify sewer and water main extern
sions.
The Alabama avenue site is near
the Garfield School, which the
A. D. A. expects to fill up with the
children of its prospective tenants.
The school has II rooms and it was
understood only three are in use.
Both sites are in the one-fare car
zone and easily accessible to down.
town Washington.
Rents Under 81 Per Room.
In accordance with the regula-
tions imposed when the U. S. H. A.
loan was made the rents will aver
age under 81 per room per month,
minus the cost of utilities. The
houses generally will be 3 or rooms
in size, although a few will arrange
as high as 5 and 6 rooms.
With tenants restricted to fami-
lies earning less than 81, 100 per year,
provisions will be made for limited
number who are now on relief.
Annual subsidies paid by the U. S.
H. A. and also by the A. D. A. in
the form of tax exemptions, will be
applied to reducing rents for fami-
lies with the lowest incomes. In
that way, Mr.. Ihlder said, a few
relief families may be accommo-
dated in connection with each
project.
The proposed A. D. A. projects
will be built as suburban develop
ments, with population density of
about 10 families to an acre to pro-
vide plenty of yard and recreation
space. They will be designed, also,
to fit in with future private develop
ment in the areas which officials be-
lieve will surely follow. The aim is
to get away from the idea of a pub
lie housing project. 1t is the in
tention to have the children of the
tenants utilize whatever neighbor-
hood recreational facilities are pro-
vided in the future.
The Alabama avenue site, in a
predominantly colored section of
the outlying district, will necessi-
tate a rearrangements of some of
Evening star., 1939-01-08

those agencies where they. do not
already exist, to facilitate the pro-
cess of rating employees according
to their duties. It recommended
again, too, that the Classification
Act pay scale, applying to $1,000
departmental employees here, be ex-
tended to the field service.
The competitive promotion plan
which is to be effective ovdt the
service next month was praised by
the commission which has been ex-
perimenting with 1t for some time.
Considerable talent has been
disclosed which had never come to
the attention of promoting officers
IN the absence of competitive pro-
motion examinations" the report
said, adding that the morale of
the staff has been improved"
The commission expects its pro-
cedure to be facilitated by the pro-
vision allowing obviously UNITED
applicants to be weeded out Of
examinations for specialized work,
but emphasized there still will be
room for improvement until the
system is such that all major reg
listers can be renewed each year.
Wider application Of character
examinations Is another need en-
phasized.
Urge Retirement Changes.
Repeating legislative recommen-
dations Of other years, the commits
sion urged changes In the Retire
ment Act, and said veteran pref
erence in employment should be
limited to. those men and women
who served in wartime.
The retiremer. features advocated
would include survivor annuities,
voluntary retirement at age 60 or
62 after 80 or Is years service, re-
spectively, and compulsory retire.
ment at 10. ,
On veteran preference, the COM
mission said more than ~ per cent
Of appointments made under this
law 60 to those who served in peace
time, and that this ratio will in
crease.
The report praised the work of
employe unions "in improving per-
sonnel practices" and despite the
fact that 1t covers part Of a CAM
paign year, cited only 112 cases in
volving political activity, and only
five cases where employees were re-
moved for this of1ense. In 10 in
stances certain practices We're Or
dered stopped; in %, thee was
warning or reprimand; in 2, sSwpen-
sion or reduction Of salary, ar1s in
"a, the accused got clean bill Of
health.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Doiry School Planned

/ A special dairy school in Babcock
testing and herd supervision will
be held at the University of Mary
land, January % to %, it was an
nounced today.
J. A. Conover, university dairy ex-
pert, said lectures and laboratory
work will be given during the course
with examinations for testers L.
censes on January %.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Seals Bring In $3,450

Sale Of Christmas seals brought
the Arlington County tVa) Tuber.
culosis Association $3.50, 1t was
announced by Mrs. z. c. Butteffield,
president Of the association. Mrs.
Butterfleld urged all persons who
have not yet sent in their money
to do so or return the stamps.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Civil Service Defends
'blanketing In
OF Workers
Full and Fair Triol'
For Merit System
Is Requested
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt last June
issued executive orders providing
for "blahketing in" of large
number OF Government employees
under ciUA serpice. Move to giue
civil seruice rating to $4,000 W.
P. A. administrative 1Dorkers on
February 1 has dratDn opposition
IN Congress already, those oppos-
ing interpreting the mope as a
trend totDard making w. P. A.
a permanent agency.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-12-18

Farmers may earn $3.50 an acre
for planting trees under the 1910
Triple-A farm program, according
to E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive Off
Ger at State college.