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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
KenneWick Now
Has Population
More Than 1900
Final drive boosts Benton
county into fifth class,
and city has 1902 on
census rolls

kennewick's population topped
the 1900 mark and the county now
has reached the fifth class.
Word from Census, Director Jaw
Perry last week was to the effect
that the county lacked but a score
OF registrations to increase its
classification, granting additional
state facilities. Also that the pop
ulation of Kennewick still lacked a
few of reaching the 1900 figure.
The last of the week Sheriff Bud
Richter and Police Chief Milton
Libby started on the last final, in
tensiVe drive to acquire the neces-
sary names. Thirty-seven names
were added to the list in the county,
bringing that figure up safely and
enough of that number were listed
inside the kennewick city limits to
boost the final figures to 1902.
Last official figure for the City
Of KenneWick was released by Mr..
Perry's office was 1882. Population
IS shown by the census for the City
# Kennewick in 1880, 1919. The new
figure indicates gain of 1921 per-
'ent, one of the largest shown by
my town in Eastern Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
MarshaPs Mystery Death

nome, 1taly--when the immense
popuiar Air Marshal Italo Balbo,
:, ''etaor of Llbya, fell to his death
- o iazing plane with nine high
sg FasclstS in Northern At
f. II was attributed to British
a S. A check up revealed no R.
Il Squaorons in the section, and
o,,,. 'peniy suggested that Balbo,
n s; Alah In Italy who had the nerve
ts,a asagree with Il Duce, had suf-
nss ~ Tie same fate at General Wer-
en-, ou Ffitsch, HItler's only opon-
IN ~ - the Nazi army, who was shot
ths VIC back By Hitlec,s Gestapo in
"s Polish Campaign.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Hershey Co. To Install
Quick Freeze Lockers

WHITE BLUFFS-The Hershey
Packing company, which was the
successful bidder on the Priest
Rapids Ice & Cold Storage plant,
has begun work on extensive i'm
provements for the plant. There
will be quick freeze room INSTALL
ed, cold storage lockers and many
other improvements made. A repre-
sentative of the company met with
local farmers on Saturday and dis
tributed several hundred pounds of
baby lima beans for growers to
plant Immediately to raise seed
enough for many acres next sea-
son. The company will contract for
all acreage of baby lirnas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Miss Horse Heaven
to Rule Over ROdeO

Miss Ruth (Tomny) Simmelink
was tonight elected Queen of the
Rodeo. However, she does not don
the royal robes until the fifth, as
Queen Jean Lum will WELD the
scepter on the opening day.
Miss Simmelink won the coveted
honor by virtue of having sold the
largest number of rodeo buttons.
Runnersup in the race were the
Misses Janice Dietrich as Miss
Kennewick" and Alta Carpenter as
miss Pasco." The newly elected
queen was dubbed miss Horse
Heaven" having had the loyal
and enthusiastic support of the
wheat growers in that section as well
as a host of town friends.
Long live the Queen!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Everything Ready for Another
Big Fourth Of July Celebration
What Do You Think?

Again the question of removing
the four-way stop sign on Cas-
cade and First Avenue came to
plague the city council Tuesday
night. Argument was advanced
that under present conditions
large number Of cars fail to stop
at either sign, thus creating a
much mere dangerous condition
than as if there were a stop
when occupied" school crossing.
Purely . matter Of personal OPP
inion in the interests of safety,
the council is asking for express
ions of opinion from citizens.
This paper will be glad to print
opinions on this question.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Wheat Parity Payments
Now Total $6759.17 Here

Total parity payments of $6759. II
have been received to date by Ben
ton County wheat farmers, Fred
Wilson, chairman Benton County
Agricultural Conservation Commit
tee announced today. This payment
represents 10 cents per bushel on
the wheat allotment of farmers
complying with the 1910 program
and includes payment on both ir-
rigated and dry land wheat. Parity
payments are intended to provide
an income to producers on farms
more nearly equal to income<of in
dividuals not on farms for the base
period of August 1909 to July, 1914.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Highlands Object to
Water Turn Out

Waterusers under the Columbia
district were notified last week of
the three-day turnout for weed kill
ing. The Kennewick district i'm
mediately got restraining order
against the action, claiming need
for the water. Date for hearing has
been set for Thursday of next week,
when the Kennewick district will
ask that the injunction be made
permanent.
Attorneys Beardsley and Chaffee
will represent the Columbia Dis
trict at the hearing, while F. A.
Kern of Ellensburg will represent
the Kennewick district.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
''WE WANT WILKIE"

Some of the local politicians
are jubilant over the nomination
OF Wendell Willkie as republican
candidate on the Republican
ticket. In spite of the adverse
actions of the Washington delega-
ton to the convention, the local
people-more than forty of them
signed a telegram on the eve of
the nomination, stating: 1--WE
want Willkie." This was one of
hundreds of similar messages
sent from all parts of the nation
to the state delegations at Phila-
deIphia. The demand for WiIlkie
was spontaneous, apparently, as
he had caught the popular fancy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
p. r. Power Plant To
Have New Generator

WHITE BLUFFS-The bond cleo
ton which was held June % carried
about 3 to 1 and arrangements are
now being completed for the in
stallation of a a new generator at
Priest Rapids Power plant. This
generator should bring in suffici-
ent income to pay off the $189, 900
bonds voted. The balance of the
$4,000 after refunding $4,000 for
bonds now held by the State of
Washington will be used to put more
land under the ditch and to repair
and rehalibiltate present facilities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
KenneWick Bank
Becomes 18th i'm
Seattle Chain
National Bank of Com
merce acquires local in
stitution, one of oldest
i'm district

The National Bank of Commerce
of Seattle has acquired the First
National Bank of Kennewick, and
starting July began to operate it
as a branch, according to A. F..
Brown, who, as principal stockhold-
er in the local concern, completed
the deal with this large statewide
banking organization.
The Kernewick bank was organ
lied IN 1908, under the name of the
Exchange bank, later taking a ma
tional bank charter and changing
the name to the First National. The
capital of the original bank was
$25, 900. Now it has become one of
the oldes0 institutions in Central
Washington and has deposits in
excess of half a million dollars.
For the past six years A. F.
Brown has been president and prin-
cipal stakeholder, acquiring a ma
jority interest in the concern the
year previously. He has been a
stakeholder in the bank for more
than 20 years.
eve are glad of the opportunity
to share the business life and flu
ture prospects of Kennewick, which
is a prosperous and substantial
community" said Andrew Price,
president of the Seattle concern.
This merger of the local bank with
the National Bank of Commerce will |
enable us to extend to the people of |
Kennewick and the surrounding |
territory the benefits of the larger |
resources and broader facilities of |
the National Bank of Commerce.
The officers and staff of the First /
National will be retained"
The Kennewick branch will be !
The eighteenth branch of the Ma
,ional Bank of Commerce, whose re-
sources are now running in excess
If $96,00O,000. The nearest branch
% Kennewick is at Wapato. Other
Eastern Washington branches in
he chain, are located at Yakima,
Wenatchee and Water
lille.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
U. 5. Pacific Fleet Ready

notwithstanding to the naval
aSe mere, nearly so ships of the
=. .. fleet are poised for possible
'elopmentS in the Far East. The
Ss absence of the fleet was des-
@tOeo as a war game" but naval
fIs make no secret of the gov
nentS deep concern over jap
~ pressure in the East Indies,
luce OF the nations principal sup
~ ol rubber and tin, important fac
'OrS In the event of war.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
High Line Survey
Included i'm Budget

Prospects for early action on the
Kennewick high line extension, en-
bracing 10000 acres Of additional
Land on the Highlands are bright
er at the moment than at any time
since the early days. Word has been
unofficially received by the direct
ors that the appropriation for the
reclamation department includes
money to provide for another soil
survey as well as surveys for the
laterals. 1t is presumed that the
work win be started shortly as the
engineers are anxious to clear I'D
this little" job before being moved
to complete the Basin project.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04

Mrs. Carl Elliott and two child
rem are planning to leave this
weekend for Baker, Oregon, &C
companied by Mrs. Elliottts sisters,
the Misses Anne and Mary Thoma-
son, who have been visiting at the
Elliott home. Mrs. Elliott and
children will make an extended Wis
it in the Oregon city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Pre-SchoOl Roundup
to Be Held July SO

The PARENT Teachers association
Is making final arrangements for
the annual summer Roundup
which they are sponsoring. The
committee in charge states that il
any of the parents Of children of
pre-school age from 4 to 6, who have
not been contacted, they are asked
TO get in touch with Mrs. v. w.
Bird or Mrs. M. lille. The Round
Up takes place July 8 and 9 and
the local doctors, nurses and den
lists are giving their time free for
this clinic.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
To Build SO Miles
Rural Electric Line

Further extension of the Rural
Electric lines is indicated by tele-
gram received today from Congress
man Knute Hill and Senator Louis
Swellenbach. The telegram is as
follows:
Have just been informed
REA has allotted $4,000 to
build 80 miles of line to serve
265 members in Benton county"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
p. o. Shows Increase

Along with every other business in
town, Postmaster F. H. Lincoln re-
ports a substantial increase in re-
ceiptS for the month of June. as
compared with the same month last
year, the figures show a II percent
increase. The first six months
period, however, show but five per
cent over the first half of last
year. This year, however, is run
ming right close to the peak rec
ords Of the office in 1897 and 80.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Parade at ten, Pioneers at
noon, Rodeo at two and
fun all day and night
lineup for day

This wednesday, evening the
final details for the big Fourth of
July celebration are being arrang-
ed and with prospects for fine
weather, the day should be anoth-
er great success.
The parade will start at ten o.
clock on the dot, according to How
ard McGkee, who has had charge
Of the arrangements in this depart
ment. 1t will form at the Baptist
church on Washington street and 60
up Kennewick Avenue to Fruitland
Street, south one block and down
First Avenue to Cascade Street.
Following the parade the water
sports will be held at the park, with
swimming races for the kids and a
bathing beauty contest. There will
be two classes, one for kids under
ten and the other free for all. Cash
prizes will be awarded for all the
races and the bathing beauty win
ners.
Pioneer Reunion
At noon the Pioneers will have
their big chicken dinner in the
school cafeteria. Many former res
idents are expected to return for
this occa$o on and a general reunion
will be staged. A feature of the
pioneer part OF the celebration will
again be the display of old time
pictures. Many new collections have
been promised and the display will
again become the center of inter-
est.
At one o'clock the foot races will
be held. This is always an inter-
eSting event and cash prizes have
been put up for these features also.
A race for fat men 1.-TWO tons or
over) will only net the winner one
buck, while the race for the pleas
ingly plump ladies will have $3.50
in cash for the winner.
RodeO at Two
At two o'clock the rodeo will be
the center of attraction with the
Richmond outfit in charge. Sever
al broncs from the Tony Vey string
have been added to the list to be
shown in the arena and Rock"
Richmond promises an exciting and
interesting time. The rodeo will
also be staged Saturday and Sun
day afternoons.
At six O'clock the women will
have chance to relieve their pent-
up emotions by flinging rolling pins
at dummy labeled Hubby" And,
judging from past years, there are
many married women who have had
nhibitions along this line, for near
~ every woman likes to heave those
clubs.
Dances i'm Evening
In addition to the carnival fea-
;ureS at the park and on the street,
dancing will be on tap at the High
and clubhouse and at Danceland in
own. The Highlands will have q
lance tonight, tomorrow and Sat-
lrday nights. AT Danceland they
viii dance Thursday, Friday, Satur-
lay and Sunday night with mid
light matinee at 1901.
All indications are for fine wea-
her, a big crowd and a successful
Celebration.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Freeburg-Mueller
Rites SOlemniZed
at Home Wedding

| AT a quiet wedding ceremony OF
Wednesday afternoon Miss Ethe
Freeburg became the bride of Franz
E. Mueller. The ceremony tool
place at l o'clock at the home O.
the groom's parents with the DR.
r. L. LaMott officiating, in the
presence of members of the two i'm.
mediate families.
Little Gail Mueller acted as flow
er. girl and Dicky Mueller as ring
bearer.
The bride was attractive in a
navy blue alpaca dress with match
ing redingote and white accessories.
She wore corsage of pink rose
buds and white sweet peas.
She chose as her bridesmaid her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Leonard Free
burg, who wore a white sharkskin
suit with navy blue accessories and
a corsage of rosebuds, and snap
dragons.
The groom's brother, Anon Muel-
Ter, acted as best man. .
The house was decorated in large
baskets of gladiolas and bouquets
of roses, carnations and forget-me-
nots.
Refreshments were served from a
beautifully appointed table with
white tapers centered with three
tier wedding cake topped by min
iature bride and groom.
The out-of-town guests present
included Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Free
burg, MIR. and Mrs. Lloyd Freeburg
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Free
burg, all of Lacrosse and Miss An
ma Marie Mueller of Spokane.
The bride is the only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Freeburg Of
Lacrosse. She is a graduate of
the Lacrosse high school with the
class of '35 and a graduate of the
Eastern Washington College of Ed
ucation in the class of '38. For
The past two years she has been a
grade teacher in the local schools. !
The groom is the son of a pio-
1eer family, MIR. and Mrs. I. N.
Mueller of this city. He is a grad
late of the local high school with
he class of "a, attended the Uni
'ersiry of Washington and is grad
late of California College of EN-
in Los Angeles last De-
ember. He now has the position of
professor at the college and is af-
Hated with the Edwards and Cum
nings Funeral Home in Pasadena.
The newlyweds left Immediately
or Pasadena, where they will make
heir home. They plan to attend the
an Francisco Exposition enroute. :;
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Peterson Picked Up
For Negligent Driving

Lewis Peterson was arrested and
cited in court by highway patrol
man Grimes for negligent driving.
He appeared before Judge Winken-
werder's court Monday afternoon.
He was found guilty, fined SIS and
court costs, together with a fifteen
day suspended Jail sentence. Peter
son paid his fine and was dis
charged.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04

Miss Helen Massey will attend
the wedding Sunday in Portland OF
Miss Margery Steele to Lieutenant
Leroy F. Boozer. Miss Steele was
a teacher in the Kennewick Junior
high school during the past year.
The newlyweds will make their
home at Fort Macarthur, where the
groom Is stationed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Car Sales Up

AS an evidence Of the prosperity
OF the community the car sales Of
Ter concrete figures. Kennewick
dealers, E. G. Smith Motor Co., Ken
neWick Auto Co., Stricken Motors
and Yedica Motor Co. report q to-
tai OF LIS new and used cars moved
during the month Of June.
Evening star., 1940-10-10

cuss ways and means Of putting on
q Halloween festival In the North
Washington area.
A large number of civic and
recreational organizations in the
northern section of the city were
invited to the meeting. r. T. Haugh,
vice president of the council, said
Evening star., 1940-10-10

work apparently was proceeding
normally, with the American FEEDER
alton of Labor in control.
Still unsettled, however, was the
matter of whether a brick and
metal fence. constructed by c. I. O.
labor, would be razed and rebuilt
by A. F. l.. Workmen.
Evening star., 1940-10-10

project, said A. F. L. workmen re-
turned to work yesterday. They had
been idle five days because c. I. o.
labor was being used.
Sam Merando, local builder
whose c. I. o. help had been en-
ployed to erect the fence, said his
company withdrew from the lob
Evening star., 1940-10-10

today q festival was being planned
because no city-wide celebration of
Halloween is scheduled for Con-
stitution avenue this year.
He said plans have not progressed
to a point where anything definite
as TO the festival could be an.
nounced.
Evening star., 1940-10-10

John Locher. secretary of the
Washington Building Trades Coun-
Gil, said this point was to be ironed
out at conference between A. F. L.
agents and representatives of the
A. M. HAZEL Co., general con-
tractors.
w. M. Hillson, in charge of the
Evening star., 1940-10-10

After an air raid in Wales, vii
layers gathered from marshland
many fish which had been blown
out Of the river.
Evening star., 1940-10-10
North Washington PIons
Halloween Festival

A special meeting, sponsored by
the North Washington Community
Council, was held last night in the
Petworth Branch Library to dis
Evening star., 1940-10-10
Channel Work Resumed
As Union Friction Ends

All traces of union friction at the
Washington Channel improvement
project had vanished today, and
Evening star., 1940-10-10

yesterday, being paid in full for
having done IS per cent of the work
contracted for.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-26
Close Cooperation
Continued from Page Onel

ternational cooperation in the dem
ocratic pathway" President Green
writes.
"In spite of differences in language
and culture, working people through
out the Americas can join hands in
the spirit of fellowship and for the
maintenance of freedom for all.'
Green also urges cooperation
among the nations of the New World
in spheres other than labor, but en-
phasized that all such cooperation
would have to be based upon a ere
alization of common need and mutual
advantage"
at must avoid domination by the
most powerful nation and prevent the
weak from blocking action by insist
ing upon special concessions" he de-
clared. "Such cooperation is born of
understanding and mutual confidence" !"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-26
America Modified
Continued from Pare Onel

that it is causing plant after plant
to go on two and three shift opera
ton; that it is Fastening the employ
ment of hundreds in good d-sized plants
down to the employment of one or
two in the very smallest establish
ments.
Job Indices Rising
"This increased employment is be-
ing forced not only in factories and
mines, but in wholesaling, transpor-
tation and commercial establish
ments."
Indices of employment are rising,
Col. Fleming pointed out. The index
Of factory employment in August
was 104; 10S in September, and 40
in October. Social Security Board
records of jobs in private industry
show an increase of 100000 over
last year.
Fleming said that current protests
about the 40-hour week were not
coming from manufacturers. He
termed them "literary rather than
industrial"
"When the 40-hour week pinches, |
hear about it," he said. Operators
IF canneries and wholesale establish
ments, he added, brought pressure to
be relieved of the penalty of time and
half for overtime, but manufacture
ers had not done so. His offer to
debate the 40-hour week on the radio,
he said, had been declined by more
than a score of public figures.
Overtime Penalty Championed
"The board assigned to the task of
mobilizing American industrial pow
ar," Col. Fleming said, considers the
overtime penalty one of it's most valu-
able implements in accomplishing it's
task. | am referring to the National
Defense Commission. When the ques-
ton Of continuing present labor
standards was brought before Stett-
inius, Knudsen, Budd, Hillman, Hen
derson, Davis and Elliott, they were
all Of the same mind-that the pres
ent legal standards should be con-
tinued."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-26
Citrine Appeals
(Continued from PAGE One)

nal delegate and who plans to return
to the scene of conflict after cross
country speaking tour in the United
States and Canada, gave this poignant
picture of the psychology of his coun-
trymen:
"We intend to 60 on as we have be-
gun, unflinching in our determination
to prosecute this struggle to con-
clusion
"We must expect, in the nature of
things, that the bombing of our coun-
try will become more intense. Well
we are going to try to endure it.
"Why de we endure it? Is it be-
cause we have become in some fatal
istic way accustomed to our environ
mcnt? Is it that we have lost the
sensbility of men and that we are no
longer sensible men but some sort OF
underground animals gradually de-
veloping? No. We go on because we
are animated by the sure conviction
that this country of ours is worth
maintaining; that the future for us
under Hitler would be blacker, more
vile, than any possible destruction car
be.
81 can say for the mass of British
people that, look among them where
you will, among the poorest people
people whose worldly belongings are
practically nothing--and you will fine
cheerfuness, YOU will find a calm
you will find a sort of quiet courage
which is animated by confidence.
"Now in whom does that confidence