davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18
E3s99@g>@9)@9 az
S1OA2OB30E
TEN YEARS AGO-I930
.40af,Na&,Na

TEN YEARS AGO-1930
The Kennewick Neon sign had
been ordered to be erected at the
triangle OF Columbia Avenue and
Benton streets. It was being donat-
ed by the Kennewick B. & p. w.
club and Robert Ely post of the
i, American Legion. The committee
in charge included, Dayle Miller,
Lillian Crowley, Mrs. Harry Linn,
H. L. Blake and E. H. Behrman.
The M. M. Moulton residence roof
caught fire from flying piece Of
burning paper. There was a slight
damage to the roof, walls and CELL
ing.
Sunday, July 10, showed the high
mark of the government thermo-
meter registering 103 with other
thermometers registering several
degrees higher.
B. B. Plowman was going to Sell
his cafe but was planning to open
a radio store soon.
NAlSllCI WdS
with his parents in Yellowstone
park.
A. F.. Brown, Joe Martin, Cy
Smith and Bill Stricken were
spending a ten-day camping and
fishing trip on Clearwater river in
Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane K. Larson
spent the Fourth visiting their son, |
Lester, vino was attending the G. !
M. T. c. at Fort George Wright |
near Spokane.
Vance Holcomb and Elmer Faulds
we're in Bickleton working for the
Oregon Wooden Mills.
Mrs. Lou Miller and son Jimmy
If Richland and Jean Lille left
,or Kelso. Mrs. Miller and son took
he boat from there to Los Angeles
or an extended visit.
Mansel Tewalt Of Finley escaped !
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18
With near 100 degrees tempera-

With near 100 degrees tempera-
ture the rule for the past two weeks,
the Kiwanis Beach on the Pasco
side of the Columbia River natur-
ally becomes one of the most popu-
lar recreational spots in this part of
the state. Like many other of our
best liked advantages, we possibly
underrate it's real value. To the best
Of our knowledge, there is no other
swimming beach closer than $50
miles that has the services of well
trained life guard, and it is some
thing that our sister city can well
boast about. During the 1899 SWIM
ming season, the sponsors of the
beach project can point definitely
to several near drownings that were
averted by having the prompt as
sistance Of a trained guard. The
greatest benefit comes, of course,
from the swimming instruction given
as a part of his work, which train
ing is overwhelmingly on the side
Of safety. The Pasco Kiwanis Club
IS doing a great work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18
THURSDAY, July H. Ia,

pected to join a party at Mt -.
after visiting here. '' Adams
Seventy two car loads Of ~.
s1eelS were shipped from the he "a and
North Coast supply varaS S'e local
scene OF the busiest operation Tie
Benton City during the weSS lS near
MR.; Mrs. F: F. Beste left for W.,
waila' where she was to tr. maaa
business and visit with Mrs aSaI 1sc
In the hospital there. a. Aob
Mrs, NJ. NJ. Moulton was .,..
tanning her mother. Mrs 5 'S !.
Carson and sister, Miss Helen =, -! N
son both of oskaloosa, Iowa 0a''
The Richland Land comn.,
opened a large office in Psscc y mad
Jas. A. Van NorsdaI, P1v
H. E. Mundy and E. c. Trim Jung so
ed a new musical organization YIN WINS
was to be known as the Twin ", I,1.
orchestra. VIII City
Washington street had been s.....
10 clover and the play ground = ;,
falfa. The Garden Tracts SON. - =,
was to undergo kalsominino - !,
inside in preparation for the s.. .ue
year. SN''OO
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

The greatest disappointment is
to run across pretty face and dis
cover that it has back of it only
gross ignorance. The disappoint-
mellt is all the more keene because
one naturally expects to find a
pretty face and radiant personality
backed by intelligence and brains.
Worry Of many kinds causes the
Worrier to grow thin, but a local
woman says that worrying about
ones increasing weight doesn't
cause one to grow thin. She says
she has worried about her weight
for years and in spite OF it gains a
little every year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18


We have reached point where
we give advice sparingly. Time was
when we handed out advice to any
one and everyone. We thought
nothing Of tossing off glibly, with
little thought, advice on the life
program and vocation OF, a young
person. We even advised other peo-
pie freely on how to invest their
money. We don't do that so much
now. As we look back over the adj
vice we have given in the past we
think it most fortunate that a lot
of it was not taken. We have come
to feel that the responsibility for
plotting our own career and manag-
ing our own finances is about all we
ought to tackle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

A war veteran in commenting on
the fact that Germany has not re-
sorted to the use of poison gas in
the present war gives lit as his op-
inion that the reason Hitler has not
resorted to its use is that he has not
been hard pressed. He predicts
that once his army becomes hard
pressed he will use gas both poison
and lethal gas. He does not credit
its nonuse up to the present time
to any humanitarian impulse on the
part of Hitler. He believes England
would do well to be prepared against
gas attack. It is point England
should not over look. The respite
from attack by Hitler following the
defeat of the French, is, in his op-
Union, being devoted by Germany to
a complete preparation for the at
tack on England.
The exodus of English and
French children to this country is
going to leave its mark in the Unit |
ed States for a hundred years to
come. It will make for a new un-
derstanding of these people by Am
erimans, and if it is carried out ex-
tensiyely enough will serve to bind |
these nations in closer unity than
they have ever known before. Some
times we think the hand of Provi-
dence is in such things. In what
other way could the same under
of these nations be brought
to the people of the United States
than through children of these
countries who will live in American
homes for a time and then return
10 their home land to take back with
them to the people of their land a
new understanding of America and
the American way of life? l.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

M. L. Annenberg, who began life
as a newsboy and came to be one
of the country's wealtl1iest men,
was found guilty of a large income
tax evasion by the court. Strange
that such man who was able to
build such a great fortune out of
nothing would not have more of an
appreciation of the opportunities of
life under this government and suf-
ficient good citizenship appreciation
and gratitude to pay his just tax
dues.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

A local farmer believes that Henry
Ford should have continued to
make the Model T car. The Model
T, IN his opinion, furnished the
cheapest form of transportation for
the farm. It would travel on most
any kind of road and when it got
out OF order any farmer boy could
repair it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

The war in Europe is not a war
against Hitler as a man or Germany
as a nation. It is war against Hit
ler's way of life and for the right
of nations to live and conduct their
own affairs in their own way. It is a
war against Hitler slavery.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

Those of the nation who have been
paying an income tax for years un-
der the old law desire to extend a
warm welcome and hearty greet
ing to the over two million new in
come taxpayers. They have been
carrying the load for years and will
appreciate some help.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

Anyway, we think Thomas Dewey
can render this country every bit as
big a service sending the big gang
sters and grafters to prison as he
could serving as its president. Dewey
Is a young man. If he keeps on the
way he has been going his time will
come in American politics and
when it comes he will be ready for
it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18
v ACCOMPLISHMENT,

Any accomplishment appears
easy after it has been done. The
dfficult thing about most projects
Is to visualize them, to create the
plan and form in the mind and then
proceed to do the job according to
the plan. After it is done many
who could not have created the
vision in their mind will look at the
completed whole and say: How easy,
how simple that was, why didn't I
or someone else think of that before.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

We realize that not everyone will
agree with us but we can't help it.
We would rather take our chance
furnishing England all the material
aid which this country is capable
than we would handling Hitler
alone if he defeats England.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

We believe the appointment of
the commission to handle the de-
tails of the nations defense a wise
one. The business of preparing ad-
equate defense for this country is
too big for any single man to handle.
1t requires the best thought of many
men.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

Wendell Wilkie, Republican NOM
mess for the presidency, has ap-
pointed twelve men to help him
manage his campaign, a sort of a
campaign brain trust, so to speak.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

There is enough work about even
a town lot to keep a man in perfect
physical trim-if he would only do
it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18

a serious accident when his pants
leg caugh: in the engine on their
motor boat.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-18
s2ss-atl beh2eE
GUIDE :. COUNSELOR u! / lei | J
sri st2s9e OsO%
:. FRIEND

what is the best soap for Dishes wooens for the toilet?
How much rib roast today? How for the new shoes iv
needs? Where can suits for Mary? Can
afford new noeum for the kitchen now? What about new chair
or TWO Tor the porch? An electric would be nice but how
much does it cost?
In this very newspaper will probably find the answers
to these and other Questions Won must
hyou are to be of getting value for your the
most out of your weekly budget
Advertising is friendly thing, ready to hep vou nlan
to tit to needs your purse As vou st
nome reading the newspaper study advertisements and
your decisions at leisure the hustle and COM
fusion of the market-place
CONSULT THE ADVERTISEMENTS BEFORE YOU RIJY
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31

interest to you, Then fight to protect
them. Don't forget that we are both
mind and matter No, God doesn't
stamp his approval on war IF the
world was Christian no Bloody war
would prevail But since # is not,
hen its no surprise to witness such
activity.
In the midst of all difficulties we
should continue to say my country.
True greatness comes through service.
am reminded of a story of two men
limiting deer. One a white and the
other colored They were very much
surprised to find that their first capture
by piercing of a bullet sent from the
white mans high powered rifle was
1ot the desired preydeer Finding that
It was a mule the Negro said see here
what you done done Cap?" you,
hell cried the white man, I'VE done
IT," Now, if we do think that he (the
white MANI should bear the RESPONSE
bility alone, when we tell him so, he
says You hell, We Do we feel like
we should share the responsibility?
When the question was asked by
Thomas MONTGOMERY Gregory to Secre.
ta Y Baker mo bedding. Mr.. Secretary?
TIE younp Harvard graduate replied,
'thcn we sleep on the floor, on the
ground, anywhere, give us a place."
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31
HBA Boards
To Meet Tn
June
JUNE BOARDS
JUNE BOARDS

Dear Presidents:
We are calling upon each of you to
do your best to meet US in the board
and on the date and at the place as
signed to you. The secretary has in
formed me that some of you do not
want to go to the place assigned you
AS general president, want TO re-
spectfully ask each Of you to please
90 to the board assigned for you to
go. No changes are expected to be
made by any of you unless an agree
nent is made in the office.
1t is embarrassing to local presidents
to make preparations for your enter
tainment and you fail 10 be present
We want to ask you to do onto others
as you would that they should do
unto you. Please do your best TO
meet at $50 am, since we are to ex-
anime all local lodge records. If YOU
10 not come and bring your record
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31

But this resulted to 10000 American
Negroes marching up for battle against
the German foes. Yes, under their
(our) own officers The old Illinois Sth
Regiment is very well remembered TO
this day. The Black Devils" the
Negro soldiers of the world war Of
1918 They meant it when they said
my country"
Do we see that we will have to do
the same? Greater love hath no man
than he who will lay down his life for
his friend Bible The expression is
two fold Think of it seriously.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31

'Contiuuer from last week.
am thinking of the World War
Then my country did practically nothing
until we had been called in to help
the struggle against the German power
Not until We arr ed were arms thrown
up by the Germans. Not until we arri
we'd did the enemies dread America
No, we only helped our white brother
save our country, we didn't save it
void of him. He knows it and h S
considered me in compensation and
bonus Then, live, fight and talk for
My Country" My heart is here be
cause my treasure is here. Does A.
merica hold in its bounds any treasure
Of ours? If not, then mothers, fathers
sisters, brotno rs, relatives, friends
(white i blacl,, TAGS, fra7do,a.
opportunities and many other th'n-s
we hold in store have become invalils
We sometimes ask, "for what
shouts We fight" Answer your cwo
question by. thinking of what your
country has in sore fer you. Are
your wife crildren, frienls, etc. of any
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31
PAGE THREE

presidents ard some of his members
70 make application for persons who
were not present. AS General Presi-
dent, I wish to state that no applica.
ton will be accepted in the boards IN
less the person making application is
present in the board meeting at the
time the application is made
Reverend E. F. Young. Pres.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31

as general president, I viii se-d an
agent to your lodge in order that your
books may be Inspected. and earH
lodge must detray the agents expense
and time for his visit. Please govern
yourselves accordingly We hope for
each of you the best Of success for
round report in the board
E F. YOUNG. Cen. Pes.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31

TO Il. 3. 4. PRESIDENT
AS you know, we always lower the
spensation in the quarterly boards.
We have heretofore permitted the
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-05-31
Financial Department.
CINE. Church
1910
Seventh Episcopal District

Seventh Episcopal District
South Missi ppi Conference
Meridian-Roy L. Young ..... S8lS16
jackson T p Balckman - STILES
Gloster- U. l.. Washington .- 1000
North Eyississi ri Confer nee
Olive Branch J 4. Abram S1O1.oC
Tunica- w. o. Brown -- $500
Sardis- E. H. Carmen ......... 1929 90
Holly Springs-B. T. Tolbert .... s145.so
East NJ ssissippi
Water Valley j. H. Walton $4,000
Aberdeen-M. s McClovna $4,000
Tupelo-J. D. Mur6oc., $1,000
New Albany-W. #. Foster $1,000
Mississippi Conference
~-~- .-,s.,,s,.- Ia. - 2
Durant-W. w. Wall S126 70
Colunbus-C. Thomas - $2758 80
Brooksvil'e T. J. johnson $4,000
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-29
South Pasadena Mad Principal Pleads
Guilty TO Schools Mass Murders

LOS ANGELES, July 29-UP)-
Verlin Spencer, 81, principal of
the fashionable South Pasadena
junior high school, appeared in
superior court here today and plead
ed guilty to charges that he mur-
dered five school officials last may,
and permanently crippled a sixth.
Previously, Spencer had entered
pleas of not guilty and not guilty
by reason of insanity. His change
of plea came when he was called
for trial before Judge Thomas L.
Ambrose.
The be-spectacled x-principal
answered yes sir when Judge
Ambrose inquired if the change of
plea had been his own desire.
You are making no reservations
in changing your plea, are you Mr..
Spencer" Judge Ambrose asked,
mo sir" Spencer replied.
Supposedly in a berserk rage over
fear of losing his position at the
junior high school, Spencer sought
out on last May the co-workers
he held to blame.
The slim, hawk faced school,
master made a hobby of target
shooting and was a crack shot.
With his % calibre target pistol
in his pocket, he walked into the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-29

school board building where he
had previously summoned three of
his supposed enemies" for a con-
ference.
He shot down DR.. George Bush,
school superintendent; John E. AL
man, high school principal; and
Will r. Speer, city schools business
manager. While fleeing from the
room he sent one bullet at Miss
Dorothea Talbert, the Superinten-
dents secretary, and this was the
only shot that was off aim; the
young woman lived but will be
crippled for life.
Then Spencer drove to his jun
ior high school. He cornered Miss
Ruth Sturgeon, art teacher, in her
room and shot her down. Then he
walked across the school grounds
casually as though nothing had
happened. He encountered V. v.
Vanderlip, manual arts teacher,
and asked him into the printing
building for a conference. Police,
rushing to the school from the
school board building, found VAN
derlip dead under a work bench.
Searching further, they found Spen-
Ger in the cafeteria. He had fired
a bullet into his chest; but his
last shot was the poorest aimed of
all and he recovered quickly
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-29
lam Cu|tist Dies
In Swimming Pool

LOS ANGELES, July 20 UP)-
The death of Miss Frances w. Gill
lette, 55. wealthy artist reported by
cent devotee of the Il am cult
her parents to have become a re-
was listed by the coroner today as
a possible suicide or accidental
drowning"
Her nightgown clad body was
found lying face down in a SWIM
ming pool on the Laurelette ranch
near La Verne, Calf.
The artists mother said that two
months ago Miss Gillette joined
the Il am" cult, whose leaders are
under mail fraud indictment. Early
in July she spent two weeks sup
posedly at cult camp and upon
returning gave he clothes and Jew
els away to neighborS, explaining
she no longer needed them.
Only the day before her death
according to her mother, Mrs. Eta
Gillette Curtis, 80, she remarked
that people never die, but are
transformed"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-29
Anti-Third Term
Drive in Congress
OPENS This Week

WASHINGTON, July 29-UP)-
President Roosevelt today is plan
ming a business as usual" front
porch campaign for reelection.
Wendell L. Willkie, his Republican
opponent, is mapping a campaign
on wheels and wings which will
take him into almost every state.
But rioht here in the capital
this week there is scheduled to
deve]/p a phase of the anti-Roose-
vel, drive which some anti-third
.rmers believe may prod the Presi-
I dent off his porch and outweigh
Wilkes efforts in his own behalf
Sen. Edward r. Burke, D., Neb.,
intends this week to convene his
judiciary SUBJ committee to conduct
hearings on a resolution he intro
duced three weeks ago to limit
presidential service to one six year
term. 1t will provide an anti-third
term forum. Burke is lame duck
senator, Nebraska voters having
wounded him in this years pri-
mary, and on that score New Deal
ers are inclined to scott at mis-
current bolt and anti-third term
efforts. Six years ago Burke's
thumb-nail statement of New Deal
abjectives was borrowed by Mr..
Roosevelt for his own speeches.
But Burke and the President
split in 1897 on the issue of reor-
ganization of the supreme court
Burke and other Democrats went
to work on the court i'll on the day
it was proposed and in July it wa:
dead after protracted senate com
mittee hearings.
Substantially the same strategy
is to be used now to develop effec'
tive opposition to a third term, {
steady barrage of witnesses before
Burke's subcommittee and persis.
tent Democratic protests on th'
senate and house floor, as some
what fearful anti-third termers ma!
persuaded to make.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-29
Bogus Movie Scout
Pays Penalty for
Murder of Girl
STATE PRISON FARM, Raiford,

STATE PRISON FARM, Raiford,
Fla, July 90 -(UP)-Thomas Nc
Bride Cochran. 80, went to his
death in Florida's electric chair to-
clay for the murder of pretty II
year old Frances Ruth Dunn, Miami
school girl, with a smile and praise
for the honesty of the girl he
killed.
He was pronounced dead eight
minutes after the. current was sent
through his body by Sheriff w. H.
Lawrence of Palm Beach county
Cochran. who for IA years had
preyed upon pretty women, per-
Suaded Miss Dunn and Jean Bolton,
II, another school girl, to leave Mi
ami with him last August. He
posed as a movie talent scout, prom
Using to obtain stage contracts for
them
On a lonely road near Boca Ra-
ton, he forced them to submit to
his attacks. Miss Dunn was killed
August 8. Two days later Miss Boil
ton escaped from Cochran, her
escape leading to his arrest.
Cochran made a final statement
to the 20 persons in the execution
chamber after he was seated in the
big oak chair.
ITO the newspapermen and peo-
pie who might be interested, I want
to say one or two things.
"I feel morally responsible for
this punishment.
II wish Mrs. Dunn (MrS. Hardy
M. Dunn of Miami, mother of the
murdered girD to know that 1 have
lost my daughter. have lost her
love and respect.
81 have been asked to say some
thing about Jean Bolton. l wish
could explain the discrepancies
I told the truth.
1.-The saddest thing about this
thing-of Ruth Dunn-She kept her
honesty through the whole business
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn just did not
have knowledge of this. They can
be mighty proud of her"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-29

LOS ANGELES, uly %. (UP)-
Two somewhat baffled deputy She
riffs came into Superior Judge
Clement Nye's court today to re-
port that over the weekend they
had positively no luck in serving
formally issued subpoena upon
Shelend Shaimond, alias Sho-Sha,
identified as a romantic ghost.
The ghost is the one DR.. William
A. Boyce has named correspondent
in his contested divorce suit with
Mrs. Lillian Boyce. The wealthy
eye specialist claims that his mid
dle-aged attractive wife attey.ded
seances and had so many AfystS
with her Spiritual soulmate# that
her love for her earthly husband
cooled
His lawyers insisted that Judge
Nye subpoena the ghost, SO the
legally Worded document was hand
ed down from the bench to a pair
of grumbling deputies to serve upon
a spirit of Mrs. Boyce's description,
as relayed by her husband
Mrs. Boyce denies Sho-Sha is
her soulmate. She says he is a
teacher" who contacted her during
what DR.. Boyce calls "seances" but
which she refers to as "concentra-
tionS."
During the concentrations, she
testified. these spirits made their
voices audible over trumpets which
were placed on the table"
The correspondents full name
is Shetland Shaimond, she said. But
she calls him Sho-Sha for short
because the other is so hard to
spell and pronounce.
DR.. Boyce'S lawyers, S. S. Hahn
and w. o. Graf, said that if the
subpoena failed to be served upon
Sho-Sha, they would request per-