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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

Miss Marguerite Turner of Fin
ley, John Mccoy and his father.
Clark Mccoy motored to Coulee
Dam Sunday.
Miss Virginia Dye is assisting
Mrs. Russell Blair through harvest
John Nun took truckload of
Watermelons to Coulee Dam Tues
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Slaybaugh of
Page are visiting his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Carl Slaybaugh.
Audrey and Adele Slaybaugh were
overnight guests of their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Meyer
on Wednesday.
Alice Ash of Finley was an over
night guest of Virginia on Sunday.
The Finley-Hover community
church will be united with worship
services being held in the Hover
church a. 8 am. during the month
of August.
Mr.. Simmons of Montgomery
Ward store at Walla Walla was call
ing in Hover Wednesday.
George Lee was visiting at the
Everett Moss home last week.
Mrs. Smith spent the week with
her grandsons, Jackie and Charles
Num-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

Lind and Ed Kron who is harvesting
at Othello spent the weekend at
home.
Elizabeth Gress is spending the
week visiting at the home of Bertha
Schuster in White Bluffs.
Roy Brasfield Of Baker, Oregon
is visiting at the home Of his aunt,
Mrs. Fred Markham.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. PurSchwitz jr.
and sons of Pendleton were visitors
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01

in Riohland Sunday and Mn
the A. Furschwitz ST. 49,
Mowery homes. u
R, R. Mcintosh and hi, ~,
ing crew were baling hay J.
Peterson farm on tho % - b
Tuesday. 20
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald H.
daughter Sylvia of wenatcSs.
visiting a; The home os A.. q
parents MIR. and Mrs. AsM
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-01
Charivari Staged by
Friends After Trip

HOVER-Mr. and Mrs. c. L.
Evans returned on Saturday from
wedding trip to the coast. On
Tuesday evening large group of
their friends met and gave them a
charivari at their home.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
White.Hooded Thug
Ravishes Girl.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30. CUP)-
A White-hooded gunman broke into
a home early today and ravished 81
year-old Lucille Hinson, police re-
ported.
The man, officers said, had brok-
en- into the girls home, where .le
lived with a sister. and attacked
Miss HinSon in her bedroom. The
girl said he wore a white hood over
his head and black gloves.
She said her assailant was be-
tween l8 and 25 years of age and
spoke fluent English. She said that
as a parting insult he told her he
would come back to see her.
Police said the white hooded
housebreaker ravished the girl, then
tore her nightdress into shreds. Be-
fore he left, by way of the front
door, he rifled the house, they said
Apparently a burglar, police be-
lieved, because he wore rubber Soled
shoes and gloves, the man gained
entry to the home by tearing off q
screen.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Interior Department. Cancels Deal
With Pipe Co., Probes Inequ|arify

WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. (UP)-
The Interior Department announc-
ed today that payments to the West
ern Pipe and Steel co., of San Fran
cisco which is manufacturing and
installing steel pipes leading to tur-
bineS in the Grand Coulee dam,
have been stopped because of al
legged irregularities.
Secretary Harold L. Ickes said
that "the bond held by the U. S.
in the amount of $4,000 will pro-
tect the taxpayers against any loss. 4"
The action was taken after gov
ernment inspector reported that two
X-ray photographs supposed to pic
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

ture separate welded joints, we're ac-s
tually identical. The inspector al
legedly found other identical pho-'
tographs which had been submitted.
as representing separate tests OF,
joints. =
"A full investigation is undeT
way" Ickes said Our information,
at present is insufficient to deternineA
the extent OF the duplicity or itsy
entire significance. The investiga-.-
ton is to determine whether some,
person or persons intended to de-
fraud the government
Approvar was withdrawn OF all
welding done to date by the COM
pany.
The pipes III question are design
ed to carry water, through the dam
to turbines to turn electric gener-'
ators. AS part of the engineer pre-
cautions, a specially designed X-ray
machine has been used to take pho
tographs of each welding. Pictures
of each individual welding "
supposed to be submitted to
government.
The contract, covering l6,OOO,OOO.
pounds of steel pinStock pipe, was
for $l,456,624.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
;,azi Plane Downed
In Raid on Coast
Of Great Britain

LONDON. Jan. 80. lUP1-Royal
J. Force fighters shot down a
German plane OIL the east coast
lust after pm. the air ministry
announced today as German planes
made intensive attacks on shipping
in British waters for the second
consecutive day.
The air ministry announced that
German planes toGay were repeat
ing the attacks on British ship
ping which they launched with
flights totalling at least eighteen
planes yesterday.
Considerable air activity was in
progress off the east coast fol-
loving a distress call from a steam
er saying that a German plane
was attacking II. II was reported
that another ship was being at
tackled and had sent out an SOS
call. Several formations of British
fighters sped TO the scenes of the
distress calls.
One of the attacked steamers
later was identified as the Jersey
Queen, 9l0 tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Firms Down II
Russian Planes

HELSISKI, Finland. Jan. 30.
tUPl-An official communique
.oday said that 81 Soviet air
planes were shot down in raids
On south Finland. that new
Russian attacks northeast of
Lake Ladoga had been repulsed
with heavy losses and that Fin
niSh planes had bombed "a GER
tain harbor" which was reported
to mean a raid by Italian volun-
teer pilots on the Red naval base
IT KronStadt.
Officials refused to explain
he communique's reference to
aerial bombardment of "a GER
tain harbor" or of enemy rail-
road stations. which aroused
,peculation on the possibility of
attacks on the important Len
ingrad- -MurmanSk railroad.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Here's How State
Lawmakers Voted
On Speaker Issue

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30. UP)-
today held the whip hand over Gov
Culbert Olson after ousting speakel
Faul Peek and electing Gordon Gar
land by 43 to 33 vote.
The lineup of votes, which will re-
main substantially the same on re-
naming issues of the special ses-
sion. was as follows:
For Garland: Democrats Allen,
Daley, Desmond, Fulcher, Cannon,
Millington. Turner. Voigt. and Wat
son: Republicans Bashore. Burson,
Call, Carlson, Clarke, Corwin. Dill
worth. Field, Green, 'Houser,' john
son, Kellems, Kepple, Knight, Ku-
chel, Leonard, Lyon, Maloney, Flea
nor Miller. Phillips, Poulson, SAILS
man. Scudder, Sheridan. Stream,
Thorp, Thurman, Walker, Waters,
Weber. Wcybret, Williamson and
Wollenberg.
For Peek: Democrats Andreas, At
kinson. Bennett. Cassidy Collins
Crowley. Del Vmutulo. Dills, Don
nelly, Doyle, Evans, Gallagher, Gill
bert, Gilmore, Hawkins, Heisinger
fitzpatrick, King, Lore, Massion
Meehan. George Miller. ODay
ODonnell. Pelletier, ReaveS, Richie
Robertson. RoSenthal. SaWalliSch
Tenney and Yorty; Republican Mi
chael Burns.
Peek and Garland did not vote
Hugh Burns and RedWine absent
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Revolution S Sons
In Revolt Over
Painting Of D.A.R.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30. CUP)
Grant Woods famous painting.
Daughters of Revolution. was in
tlgnantly protested today By the
SAN Francisco chapter of the Sons
OF the American Revolution. which
termed II "disrespectful and scam
dalouS . and destructive of Am
eriCan traditions"
The painting has been on exhibit
ton AT the California Palace Legion
OF Honor for the past month. but
the Sons of the Revolution didn't
eet around to condemning il until
the exhibit closed
The chapter took the next best
step and demanded the picture be
permanently withdrawn from pub
lie exhibition in any place 1t dis
patched copies of the resolution To
Edward G. Robinson, the film star
who owns it; the California Socitey
of the National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution and tC
the newspapers.
An extravagant and malicious
caricature . Holds up to ridicule
and derision women descended from
our revolutionary sires g. Three
Sour-visaGed. squint eyed and repul-
Sive looking females . . Disgust
ingly SNUG and Smirking because of
their ancestral heroes :" The res
olution described the painting
The chapter "deplored CEN
yured the shocking lack Of gooc
taste Public exposure OF this
narrowly conceived and slanderouS
affront to our noble American Wo-
manhood Of revolutionary lineage
ana topped its criticism of the FAM
Cd Iowa painters work by tennlnc
It "ol doubtful merit" as work OF
art.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Gambling Purge
Up UptoI.V.Cities,
Kea!d Declares
CONTINUED from Page L

II continued from rage II
has made in less than year. was
occaSioned. he said in his letter.
by tremendous pressure brought to
pear upon him by individuals
groups of citizens. labor. civic, frat
ernal and religious organizations
They all demanded. he said. that
something be done to curb illegal
gambling.
Sheriff Robert w. Ware takes the
position. Heald said, that the local
police departments Of the various
cities should enforce the gambling
laws in municipal areas. Ware ac-
cepted responsibility Of enforcing
them in rural areas.
Heald asked each member OF each
city council 10 go on record in
structlng the chiefs of police &c
give him complete cooperation III
curbing gambling law violations.
1t should not be necessary for
the district attorney to duplicate
the law enforcement setup OF the
cities in order to handle gambling,
he wrote further. Each city has
its own city council and its police
department responsible 10 the peo-
pie. I have come 10 the conclusion
that the district attorneys should
not DC called upon 10 bear all Of
the responsibility in this matter
and cope with the problem alone
The district attorney does not have
an investigator, nor a corps OF law
enforcement officers. nor an lnves-
t!gating fund TO pay the cost
He declared large numbers OF
men are spending their wages anc
earnings in gambling places, when
the money should be used TO support
their wives and children. Men fro
quenfiy write bad checks to pal
for food and clothing for their fam.
llies after they have lost in gam
ding games
Along with his letters, whlch he
asked the city clerks to read to
the councilmen at their next meet
ing. Heald sent a statement OF the
provisions of the, gambling law anc
a list of the legal and illegal games
He pointed out that banking anc
percentage games always are lllega.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
farm Funds Sliced
in Record Cuts by
House Committee

Continued From Page OneI
recommendation that $212,0OO00O be
provided. President Roosevelt haG
not asked for parity funds.
2. Made no provision for Wal
lace's certificate plan for financing
farm benefits.
3. Carried no funds for the dis
oosal of surplus commodities. A
H72,678,6I2 item for this purpose
Has eliminated on grounds the ex-
Denditure was not authorized by law
Unless offset by subsequent legisla-
uon, this action seemed certain to
cripple, If net kill, the stamp plan
OF distributing food to the poor.
4. Provided no funds for opera
ton OF the sugar act. On a motion
fy Rep. Everett NJ Dirksen, R., ILL.,,
S47,975,000 appropriation for this
purpose was stricken by a divided
ote of the subcommittee.
5. Eliminated the entire bud eel
revision of $25,000,000 for farm
cnant loans. A subcommittee had
allowed the item but the full COM
,nlttee removed it.
Seldom has congressional COM
mittee voted such a slash in funds
for the political potent farmers
specially in an election year.
The cuts were SO deep that appro-
'riations committeeman admitte,
here would be a furious fight to
Ecrease the fund In the house AMI
i that fails-in the senate.
The presidents budget had trim
med the farm bill substantially from
current Levels even before the appro-
priatio1S committee went to work
m it,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30

ern a2e-toCay shared With cancer
=. Gtte!.t.u:. u. thj AneSUCaH Co
l.. @. sur C,2> CONVENTION here.
So f.. IS the public Vas concern
: til 1907 ro;ed medical mer
we're quietly c5uteat to let the en-
,..asiS rest or cancer and the fact
~ I often s durable if treated
= tine.
y. Fax :. Ad3l~ Of New York's
mo~!al HOSPITAL LED the discus
~. H was fra-k to admit that
',eG:cal science knows little-less
= :,c.. thaH formerly was claimed
.. the causes o. cancer. He stressed
l2a fac; :ha. SURGEONS are i-Creas-
rC.y successful. N treating il.
He SAD cancer appears 10 be in
~-as!rg a. the rate of about per
~ voq~. o~ II lire With the u
~oasA u longevity which meG:ca
- Drb,lc health advances havr
r-ought about.
Cancer attacks old persons more
han yourg. he said. and if the spar
: life is to be increased. medica.
science must expect to have TO dea.
with more cases of cancer.
Other advances in medical science
described before the convention ir-
7luded.
Cesarean delivery Of a baby in a
f-ical demonstration by Dr. Eldor
= CO. who used a new. safer tech
2iQue in the surgery.
Treatment OF depressed skull frac
lures SO often resulting from auto
mobile accidents by draining fluid
from the spinal canal. relieving
pressure on the brain. Dr.. Ninor
roet o. the University OF Michigan
described the process.
Combating sterility in women by
~ X-rav stimulation of the pit
tarv Gland. described by DR.. Ed
=, =. Hamb'er of Duke Univorsit''
r 1rct.on of high blood pressure
ov shipping nerves leading 10 the
Kidneys, where the trouble CEN
.ers. Dr.. William j. Engel Of Cleye-
and outlined the research Of his
-olleague. DR.. Harry Goldblatt, in
his field.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Hitler AssaiIs
British Policies

Continued from Page One)
intend to carry the weight of the
war. 1t soon convinced others TO
take part in the battle.
"England's aims have always been
materiahstic II Chamberlain now
talks of idealistic aims. none will
pay the slightest attention to him"
EVERYTHING I have done - the
party, the labor front. the storm
troopers, the army, the air force,
the navy-are means to an end
the security and freedom of the
German people Hitler said.
I'VE have grown strong and MOTH
ng will defeat us"
The Fuehrcl emphasized that the
German nation was struggling for
'lebensraum" or living space.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Ten.Day Russian
Drive al Crisis
With Firms Steady
Continued from Page u


craft guns began firing.
The skies were clear and the sun
bright. with conditions just right
for aerial attack such as the Red
air fleet carried out yesterday in
raids along the south coast.
The United Press bureau at Co.
penhagen, TO which Miller dictated
this dispatch, reported that the
sound Of antl-aircraft guns at Vii
puri was clearly audible over the
telephone. Miller had just remarked
that he was going to "go out and
try to get something to eat be-
cause he had no luncheon yeStcr-
day due TO the fact they won't serve
meals during air raid alarms The
bombing and shooting began at that
moment and he added: Looks like
another raid coming up and an
other luncheon vanishing.D
Military dispatches from the
fighting front northeast of Lake
Ladoga saio tlai hospital resources
and trains to carry the wounded
we're desperately crowded as a re-
suit of the vain 10 day Russian
offensive. Most of the wounded
were Finnish but q large number
of Russians also were treated.
In one field hospital surgeons
operated on the wounded for 46
hours without rest and with no
food except coffee The staff OF
one hospital train had no regular
sleep for 10 days until yesterday.
when they slept for "a hours.
Whenever the Russian wounded
can be rescued before they freeze
to death, Firms say. they are given
the same treatment as the Finnish
wounded. l have seen many OF
them in field hospitals. But the
bitter nature of this warfare ana
the weather conditions leave the
Firms little opportunity to succor
the Russian wounded
Two American volunteer ambu-
lances, stated by four young Amer
leans, which came here from Paris
are now in action on the Lake La
doga front. Their crews have been
working almost without sleep for
days. Their clothing was not warm
enough for this country and until
they received better equipment they
almost froze.
Among those they rescued anc
carried back to first aid stations
was a. young doctor with his arm
blown off at the shoulder by an
aerial bomb
He refused to let physicians, who
were busy operating, care for him
Give me nurse and III tell
her what to do he said and uIG
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Laws Shield Ducks,
None Aid Farmers,
Plant at BrawIey
Continued from Page y

fContlnueC from Page y
lightning war" upon the birds
Most stories were the same-tields
stripped overnight, newly planted
tracts pu1dled and mado US e5s 30
a few hours by web-footad raiders
Stores of what had been done t.
same-lanterns flashlights, bombs
and nightlong vigils with scare fir
ing.
Most ranchers agreed. however
that the cure was not only expen-
Sive but often ineffective.
For +!.e most part ranchers had
TO ,hark 70 their own protests. be
cause A w. Elder of Los Angeles.
district chief OF the U. S. Biological
Survey. failed to appear as bile
At the last minute Elder backed out
and declined to visit the valley. H
gave press of business as an alibi.
This Was the second time Elder has
failed 10 appear, after promising
10 hear protests.
Game Warden J. A. Loundagin
was present, however, with Franz
AsAN'eSSAiiOAs y VIII ~ CclONO IaIllO4I=
ranchers present. who spoke, were
Jim Poe, George Rasor ard Charlie.
Vonderaho Poe summed up III
situation when he said:
1T look as though there are
lot Of laws 10 protect the ducks
bot none 10 protect the farmers"
Loundagln was noncommittal on
the problem, frankly admitting that
he didn't know the solution He
said he didn't believe heavy feeding
in the present teta ~ama refuge
in the slOughs OF the Alamo river
would keep the ducks from going
on nocturnal raids.
In attacks upon the state refuge
where the ducks spend their days
several farmers were vehement ir
demanding that it be abolished. Poe,
however. explained that the refuge
will be eliminated in the natura'
course pf events when the district
drainage program Is carried out
Deepening the river Will draw water
from the slou6hs, unless they are
oiked
The meeting closed with appoint
ment OF committee 10 draw up res
olutions that Will be presented later
to the game association and then
TO various county organizations.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Dr.. Kim Bannisfer
Dies in Phoenix

DIR. Kimball Bannister, well
known Phoenix physician. died
>arly Tuesday from injuries suf-
tered in an auto accident that
had already claimed two lives,
including that of his wife.
DIR. BanniSter was known in
Imperial Valley golfing circles
through his activities In the
Southwest Golf association. He
played at the Barbara Worth
,lub last year during the South
vest tournament, which was
won by his son. Kim jr.
Victims of the auto crash in
GUIDED DIR. and Mrs. Bannister
md Mrs. Clifford Castle.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
NAME COMMITTEES

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30. CUP)-
Republicans retained dominance of
proposed senate legislation today
with naming of the following key
committees TO handle all bills:
Finance, revenue and taxation
Republicans, Edward Tickle, chair
man; Mccormack, Collier, Rich,
Breed, Delap. Swing. park,aan. DE-
n,ccrate, Kenny CGnr. goIrster.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
Penalties Of Modern Speed Studied
By Surgeons in Convention al IA.

LES ANGELES. Jan. 80 Up
Hieh blood pressure. cracked skulls
stomach ulcers-all part of the price
Of high tension. fast moving mod
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
WEATHER

the official United states Weather
Bureau station at FL Centro.J
Maximum Mnnday sc
Minimum TuNsdaV ~
Reading at Noon Tuesday
Temperature II
Humidity ..................................... a.
Reading at 5 a. m. Tuesday
Temperature ....... ........-..=..... ...... 5,
humidity .........-.. .......... ............ 60
Reading at p. m. Monday
Temperature ...... "a
Humidity . .......# 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-30
MARRIAGE ANNULLED

The marriage of Rose Marie
Nothaf and Claude r. Bryan was
annulled in superior court Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

chairman of the councils camp committee: ' D. ms Development of the Idea of Year-Round Planning What Should Be Done and Hows' Mfr. Schwartz
 Supper will be served tomorrow at 6 ?. m. and c social program is scheduled at Q o'clock. Sunday morning breakfast will be served at 6 a. m., followed by the sum- mary session which will continue until 10 Q. m.
 The gathering is expected to be attended by about 25 Scout leaders from seven troops in the district. The troops are: Troop 1, St. Johns Episcopal church; Troop 2, First Methodist church; Troop T, Second Congregational church; Troop 22, First Congregational church; Troop 25, American Legion; Troop 29, Wa terbury Hebrew institute; and Troop Il, Bunker Hill Congrega- tional church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
PARADE SPECIAL. LEAVES TUESDAY
Waterburians Given Op. pOrtunity to Witness
 Convention Finale

To accommodate <the thousands planning to witness the spectacular and thrilling 1940 American Legion parade Tuesday (Sept. 2D at Bos- ton, The New Haven Railroad will operate some IA special trains that day, featuring a low round "trip fare. This area will have its Parade Special, whose convenient schedule will provide excellent opportunity to view the "big parade" which promises to be not only the largest ever staged by the Legion but also one of the largest in the nations history.
 Over 6O,OOO will be in the line of march, which will include some 400 bands, drum and bugle corps and uniformed musical units Army officials estimate that, pass ing at the rate of 5000 persons per hour from o'clock in the morn ing, the parade will continue until well past o'clock Tuesday evening There will be Legion delegations from every state and U. s. posses sion and from four foreign coun. tries represented by the 58 organized departments of the American Legion Tuesdays all-coach Parade Spec iap' will leave Waterbury 500 A. M Eastern Standard Time). Return ing, it will leave South Station Boston, 9:35 P. M., Back Bay 9:4C P. M. (E. s. ID, due Waterbury TAO A M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

Because of Che limit on ticket sales it is most important that tickets be purchased in advance. They are obtainable at station ticket ofices.
 Legion ofncials estimate that some two million spectators will be banked along the parade route, which is about three miles long. De- signed to pile up maximum specta- tor-space in the, shortest possible distance, the Legion's 1o4O climax spectacle of Americanism- Parade will top renowned Beacon Hill and plunge into confetti blizzard along a line of march that includes down. town Boston's most historic site: and highest ofdce buildings.