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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Ninety Seattle Men
TO Come Here on
Good Will Tour
Will be shown high line
area, berry patches,
cherry orchards and
packing plants

Making a Good Will Tour which
will take them throughout Eastern
Washington. ninety Seattle business
leaders will stop in Kennewick Oh
Tuesday afternoon, May IL, Tor
short visit with Rennewick busi-
ness men.
This is the first time since 1897
that the Seattle Chamber group has
visited Eastern Washington on q
good will trip.
The party left Seattle Sunday by
special train and Travelled TO Ell
lensburg, Yakima, Wapato and
Prosser before coming 70 Kenne-
wick. From here they will go TO
Pasco, Walla Walla, Spokane, We
natchee and Cashmere before re-
turning 70 Seattle Thursday night.
I'VE are coming TO Kennewick TO
pay a short visit to our old friends
here and to make new ones" d. K.
Macdonald, tour chairman said.
This is Just a little friendly visit
that will give us a chance TO talk
over our mutual problems.
This stop at Kennewick will in
effect be almost q return visit" he
said. "for il was less than month
ago that a number OF men from
your irrigation district were guests
of our State Development Commit
tee and told about your plans" 49,.
President Cebert Baillargeon,
President of the Seattle Chamber,
who will make the trip, expressed
the hope that every Kennewick bus
inessman would be able TO meet
with the Seattle men during the
time the train will stop there.
The Kennewick chamber OF COM
merce today made arrangements TO
entertain the visiting Seattle BUSH
ness men. Cars will be at the sta
ton to meet the guests and those
who care to will be taken over the
Highlands to see the proposed high
line extension. They will also be
shown some OF Kennewick's famous
berry patches, cherry orchards and
the largest Concord vineyard In the
world.
Others will be taken to the Church
Grape Juice plant, through the
canneries and packing houses down
on fruit row, while others will be
taken to the business houses which
the representatives may care TO call
upon. The group will only stop here
half an hour, after which they will
make a similar stop at Pasco ana
then on TO Walla Walla, where they
are to have dinner.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Brown and McGhee
Appointed to Fill
Vacancy on Council
Cost of new sewer under
estimates; city again to
look into garbage haul
ing plans ..-a

Burns Brown and Howard Nc
Chez were elected members of the
city council Tuesday evening
Brown is filling the term as coun-
Gilman at large, vacancy caused by
the resignation of Milton Libby.
McGhee is from the second ward,
filling the unexpired term of DR..
Stone, who has resigned on account
of illness.
Both. councilmen were sworn in
Tuesday evening and both smashed
a long standing custom of COM
planning about the dog nuisance.
Neither new city father made a
speech about dogs. but both were
put on the spot right off the bat.
Following their oath-taking cere-
monies the council Immediately
granted a franchise to a carnival
competition for Mr.. McGhee) and
took up the very serious matter Of
levying an income tax on utilities.
with Mr.. Brown being put on the
defensive in his first session.
Application was made by a Pasco
firm for garbage collection fran
chise. A schedule of prices for bus
mess houses and residences was
submitted and the matter was re-
ferred to the street and alley
committee. The city. already has
an ordinance covering this matter.
Mr.. Libby reported that the new
sewer line for the cannery was COM
pleted at a cost of S2250-S750 less
than the estimates made for the job.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Variety Show Program
Announced for Fri. Eve

Friday night at 8 o'clock sharp,
the curtains will rise on the high
school variety show of 1910. De-
signed to benefit the high school
music department, varied and
highly entertaining program is
promised. A complete program
follows:
First on the program is Lilli-
putian Wedding put on by young
sters from the grade school, follow
ed by several numbers by the band.
Then the high school chorus, as
sisted by the Schubert club, will
offer several numbers. The band
will again play, followed by hi
larious and highly melodramatic
comedy entitled 'Rudolph's Re-
venge,". which is presented by the
senior dramtics class. Later in the
program, a girls trio will perform.
The climax of the show will be the
Parade of Fashion" style show,
presenting costumes both new and
old.
The members of the band are
taking care of the advance sale OF
tickets.
Don't forget the cafeteria sup
per at six o'clock at the high school
lunchroom. Following the dinner,
school patrons will have an oppor-
tunity to see a number of interest
ing and educational exhibits in the
classrooms on the first floor of the
building.
A parade was held this noon, with
grade, Junior and senior high school
students participating. The differ
ent divisions of the parade repre-
sented the various students who will
perform in the show.
Let's turn out and help our high
school band and music department.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
India Missionary to
Lecture Monday Eve

The public is invited to attend a
missionary lecture at the Bethlehem
Lutheran church on Monday eve
ming, May l3 at 8 o'clock. The lee
ture is being sponsored by the local
walther League. Missionary Mem
zen is home on leave from his
work in India. He has quite a coll
lection OF curios, which he will dis
play. including the native dress.
household utensils and trinkets in
GLIDING a native vanity case used
by the men of India. He Is said
to be very interesting talker and
will give some interesting facts con-
corning India.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Business Upturn
Shown i'm Boost
in Electric Sales
P. p. & L. shows IS per-
cent increase in appli-
ance sales; current con-
sumption also up

Steady improvement in business
conditions throughout the territory
served by Pacific Power & Light
Company is reflected in first quar-
ter sales of electrical appliances re-
ported by all dealers in the area, ac-
cording to r. H. Skill, district man
ager.
Sales of all appliances for the first
three months of the year were IS
percent ahead of the same period in
1899, with major appliances such as
ranges, refrigerators and water
heaters outstripping the general
average.
Dollar volume of sales made by all
electrical appliance dealers in Pa
cific Power & Light territory for the
first quarter also showed a 35 per-
cent increase over the same period
of 1899.
This meant gross merchandise
sales by all dealers of $766, 1892 for
the first quarter, gain of S198. ga
over sales made in the first three
months of 1899.
Another index of condition close
~ corresponding to first quarter
sales is the continuing increase in
domestic use of electric power thru
out the Pacific system. The month
of March saw average residential
use increase IL kilowatt hours. This
brought the system average residen-
tial consumption for the year ended
March 81 up to a new high Of 1888
kilowatt hours as compared with
the 1899 national average of 1877. In
several Pacific company districts.
average annual use stood above 200
kilowatt hours, ranging as high at
2439.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
MORE WAR

Radio announcements this eve
ming tell Of the long-expected in
vasion Of Holland and Belgium, and
even the approach of bombers near
London. Strategic points, air.
dromes, etc. in Holland have been
bombed and forces of infantry
dropped by parachute near key
points. The Germans were report
ed to have been CARRIED in Holland
army uniforms. The invasion has
taken on identical tactics as dis
PLAYED in the attacks on Norway
and Poland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Mothers Day Program
Observed at O.E.S. Meet

KenneWick chapter OE.S. held
its regular business meeting Tues
day followed by a mothers day pro-
gram, which was composed of "Ori-
gin of Mothers Day." Cora Reed;
solo, Marjorie LaMott; duet, Jennie
Chellis and Lillian SWayze; reading,
Clarabelle Stafford; piano solo, Mar
jorie Passage; reading, Irma Pratt;
closing song in unison, God Bless
America The Eastern star MEM
bers were assisted by the Rainbow
girls in the program. Out-of-town
guests present included Mrs.
Blanche Curtin of GLASGOW, Mon
tana and Mrs. Kathryn Bolton OF
Portland.
The next meeting will be me-
mortal service on May 81.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Hirh Court Reverses Self

Washington, D. C.-Although the
nr,1le of reason laid down by the
d s. Supreme Court in 1911 has for
1 generation governed antitrust de-
cisions, the present court, with JUS
tices Roberts and McReynolds dis
senting and Chief Justice Hughes
and Justice Murphy not participant
tne, handed down a 5 to 2 decision
holding twelve Midwest oil corpora
tons and five individuals guilty of
conspiracy to violate the Sherman
Act. The decision reverses the
Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeals
and holds all price-fixing agree
ments illegal, even when they re-
duce prices and eliminate compete
tive abuses.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
NYA Officials to be
Here Friday, May 10

Officials of the NYA will be in
Kennewick on Friday, May 10 to in
terview applicants for positions and
to inspect progress on the local pro-
jects.
Mr.. Davis. area supervisor and
Sterling Throssell, employment SUI
pervisor, will be at the Kennewick
Welfare office between ten and
twelve o'clock to interview all
youths wishing assignments on NYA
and also those who have made APP
plication and have not yet been as
signed and those who are working
at the present time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
MoULToN NOT APPOINTED

Many local citizens were disap-
pointed to learn today that Gov.
Martin failed to appoint M. NJ
Moulton of this city to fill the va
cancy on the supreme court bench,
caused by the death OF Judge Ger
agility. Mr.. Moulton received en-
dorsements from the county bar as
ISOLATION and from many promin-
ent people all over the state and he
was one Of the three considered
most likely to receive the appoint
ment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
May Enlarge Port Dist.

At joint meeting with the
transportation committee OF the
chamber of commerce last evening,
the port district officials decided to
submit the proposition Of enlarging
the district to the voters. It is
planned to include all of road dis
,trict No. 8 within the port district
boundaries. The district boundar-
les then would include all the area
in the east end of the county from
the river north of Richland on a
straight line to the junction OF the
river again near Plymouth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Increasing Numbers on
New Golf Course

Kennewick's new nine-hole all
grass golf course was opened for
play last Sunday. In spite Of the
dismal, windy day, more than half
a hundred golf enthusiasts turned
out to try the new links, although
it is still in course of construction.
During the past week a number
of Improvements have been made at
the course and the fairways and
greens are in much better playing
shape than they were last Sunday.
Every day sees an increasing num-
Der of players.
Plans are being made for intercity
tournaments to begin in the near
future.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Drunkenness Cases Are
Tried in Police Court

Three cases were held in the local
police court during the past week.
Hershell Yates, who was arrested
Saturday night for disturbing the
peace forfeited his bail and did not
appear in court Monday night.
The cases of two Indians, Jim
Horn of Dasco and Alexis Chapman
of Toppenish, were tried in police
court Tuesday morning. Horn was
arrested for drunkenness and fined
$40 and costs while Chapman was
charged with drunken driving and
fined $50 and costs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
New Cannery Has
New Process for
For Sealing Tins
Plant begins operations
on asparagus this week;
about ninety employed
this week.

The Walla Walla Cannery gOr
underway this week, although on
short hours so far, due to mechani-
cal difficulties which are being
rapidly overcome. The plant is
modern in every respect and is even
ahead of older plants in some OF
their equipment.
The plant has no exhaust boxes
-preheating equipment designed 10
boil the air out of the cans before
the sealing process takes place. The
latest method of accomplishing this
is by mechanically sucking the air
out of the can. The new machines
exhaust the air by a vacuum pro-
cess, after which the lids are
crimped on and the cooking is done
afterward.
This equipment is the very latest
development in processing in tin
containers and effects big saving
in the costs of operation.
The plant plans to operate for
about thirty days on asparagus aft
er which the equipment will be
changed over to handle the toma-
toes and other products which are
under contract.
About sixty women and thirty
men are being employed in the new
plant.
The Kennewick cannery has not
yet started on the asparagus run,
but it is understood that it will open
soon, going on into the tomatoes as
soon as they are ready.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Discuss No. 139

A group of fifteen or so Kenne-
wick business men were called to-
gether this morning to hear an ex-
PLANTATION of the proposed initiative
No. 1879. This proposed law is an
amendment to the original Bone
Power bill which was passed by in
itiative several years ago. The
amendment would permit all citi-
zens within a PUD district to vote
on bond issues. z
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Camera Club

The Kennewick-Pasco Camera
club will hold its regular monthly
meeting in the Arrow Grill, Mon
day, May Is. The program will be
composed of a discussion on EXPOS
ure Meters led by Gene Spaulding
and discussion on Dark Room" led
by Ralph Smith of Pasco. Camera
fans interested are invited to at
tend. ....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Leaders See Bright Outlook

New York City-Industrial giants
conducting a symposium in the
General Motors Building at the
Worlds Fair, which opens Satur-
day, told 400 college men assembled
at the invitation of GIN Chairman
Alfred P. Sloan, jr., that technolog-
icd science. far from decreasing en-
Payment, was daily creating new
fields for the present generation.
Among those who answered puzzling
questions proposed by college men
we're GIN President VIM. S. Knud-
sen, DR.. Karl T. Compton, President
OF the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology; DR.. Ernest M; Hop
ms, President of Dartmouth Col
lege, and General Hugh S. Johnson,
columnist.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
w. e. Boise Losses Life
From Bee Sting Today

w. E. Boise, resident near Fin
ley died enroute to the doctor tnls
morning, as the result OF a bee
sting. He was rushed to KenneWlck
after visiting neighbors and telling
of his illness. He leaves one son,
Erwin Boise of Myrtle, Idaho and
funeral arrangements are pending
his arrival, ~. .-.. .t@,7 5@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Local Poet Wins
Literary Recognition

Mrs. Everett Dague has submitted
a poem in a prize contest with New
York publishers and it will be
printed in the 1910 edition of the
Worlds Fair Anthology of verse.
The poem is entitled %, Ye Of Little
Faith" and has qualified in the
contest. Mrs. Dague has also had
three other poems published.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Pulitzer winners Announced

New York City-Trustees Of Col
umbia University announce the fol-
lowing Pulitzer Awards for 1889:
Book, "The Grapes of Wrath" by
John steinbeck; play, Time Of Your
Life" by William Saroyan; bio
gaphy, Life and Letters of Wood
row Wilson," by Ray Stannard
Baker; history, Abraham Lincoln"
by Carl Sandberg; poetry, Col
lected Poems" by Mark Van Doren.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
The Weather

While the past week has been a
little too chilly for comfort, the
berry growers think it was fine, for
it let the berries get to big size
without rIpening too quickly. Twice
frost was predicted but neither
time did il get cold enough to en-
danger anything. The records for
the week as compared with a year
aQo uyere. .. a..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Carnation Sale

The Pasco and Kennewick units
of the Spanish American War Vet
Grams auxiliary will conduct their
annual carnation sale this Saturday,
May II. These carnations are made
by disabled war veterans and the
proceeds will be used for the or
ganization's child welfare and re-
lief work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
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Crow Shoot Will Be
Held Sunday Near Pasc0

The wing and fin club is sponsor
ing a crow shoot which will be held
Sunday, May II. Anyone interested
is invited to be in front OF the Ace
in Pasco at 7:30 an, where instruc-
tons and directions will be given by
the local state game protector.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
School Election May "a

Registration books are closed I'M
til after the school election on the
gath.
The school election is to deter
mine whether or not the money for
the purchase of the six new busses
shall be by bond issue or on the
lease purchase plan from current
expense. The election will be held
from l to 8 at the city hall and all
registered voters in the school dis
trict are privileged to vote.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Peace Rumors Persist

Rome. Italy-Visits of Crown
prince Humbert to the Pope and
Mnssolini and the continued pres
snce here of Myron G. Taylor, Pres
ident Roosevelt's personal emissary
n the Vatican, are advanced in sup
mort of a persistent rumor that the
Ttalian House of Savoy will join
pone Plus XII and President ROose-
Welt in a determined effort to keep
Italy out of war, even tho the con-
cenfration of the British fleet in the
East Mediterranean continues to
inflame Italian opinion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Finley Church

There will be special mothers day
observance at the Finley church on
Sunday morning at the IL o'clock
service. Special music, presenta-
ton of flowers and message to
mothers will be features of the SER
vice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Approve Bond Issue

The men's Highland Improvement
club endorsed plans in favor of the
bond issue for new school buses at
their regular meeting Wednesday
night.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09

tio minneapolis, Minn.-The isola-
inn n Of a component part of uran-
seo,,.S SHOWN as U-235, may, if sub
,ers usnt experiments at the Uni
ticisa .y Of Minnesota produce suf-
chanas commercial quantities.
n ns the entire modern scheme
be,issU UNer production. So far. it is
Of ~ aao 70 have an explosive force
and Io . that of deadly INT,
poun = lump of it weighing about a
when b suulo create enough energy
an ooa aarnessed to turbines. to run
sincs ia. :. liner almost indefinitely.
phvs,oattc constantly renews its power.
New Y both at Minnesota and at
ghers iofks Columbia University.
reaIsd a giant atom-smasher re-,
subst a .he tremendous power of the
ressas ace. hailed it as the worlds
and ~ potential source of energy
co6erssdte nearest approach vet dis
eu 70 perpetual motion. -<
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Cotton Insurance Vetoed

p"aSnngton, D. G. - President
tsoS SeVelt vetoed a measure to ex-
,Sa u 70 the nations cotton growers
on e same insurance system now, in
resss alon for wheat production. His
nsr;s is stated that the wheat ex-
s,,.aa lent nas not reached a stage of
tsns;s tnat would justify its ex-
eis'on to other crops.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09
Allies Lose Three Ships
Roern GilAoT

rnndon, England-The Admiralty
sdnits the loss of three destroyers
IN the fighting accompanying the
nIthdraWal of British forces from
lover Norway. One was British, one
polish and the other French.
uritain Immediately offered the
nrovisional Polish government a
new destroyer to replace the loss,
mich was accepted. -... e.. .- ..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-05-09

Twenty-Five ministers and their
wives met Monday at the t1nIey
parsonage for the parsonage CLUB
district meeting.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
BY BURTON HAWKINS,

Perched upon one of the loftiest
rungs in the leagues batting ladder
is this Early bird, Washington's Jake
Early, the noisy catcher whose SEN
sational swatting has provided one
Of the more amazing items concern
ing the Mats this season. He's the
most improved hitter in the industry.
Early's gaudy .404 average may be
misleading. but most fans by now
aren't inclined to view it that way.
Jake has travelled to the plate about
one-fourth as many times as the
Mats who have seen service every
day, but, by the same token, he
hasn't indicated he'll slump below
the accepted elite circle of 300 hit
tiers if employed more frequently.
Jake hasn't been bearing the
faintest resemblance to the crude
catcher who batted a mild 1862 last
year. He already has scored more
runs than he produced all last sea-
son and when he obtains three more
hits. he will have equaled his hit
total of 1899.
Will Play Against Right Handlers.
There is nothing inspiring con-
cerning Jake's labor behind the
plate, but in his plodding manner.
the pride of the metropolis of King
Mountain. N. c., has made progress
in becoming more acceptable
receiver.
At least he's improved enough to
warrant the move made by Manager
Bucky Harris in capitalizing on his
hitting any time right-hander
pitches for the opposition. He won't
catch Dutch Leonard, of course, be-
cause Rick Ferrell is the only
catcher on the roster who can spear
his fluttery speciality.
Chunky Jake never can be accused
of not working for whatever future
distinction he will enjoy. Coach
Benny Bengough has hit pop flies
to him until both of them have been
on the verge of collapse in an
effort to curb Early's swaying spells.
Jake still is no gilt-edged guarantee
to snare 'em, but neither is he stag
gering under them in his tangle-
foot fashion Of previous seasons.
Possessor of strong, accurate
arm, Jake nevertheless was sorry
specimen in tagging base stealers
last year. He could flick the dust
off a gnat's eyebrow in fielding prac-
tice, but when he strapped on
chest protector, shin guards and
mask, he seemingly was lost. Base
runners apparently could travel to
second IN a wheelchair and still be
certain of an inaccurate peg by
Early.
Practice Remedies Wild Throwing.
But Jake's improved there, too,
chiefly because Harris ordered him
to the park early for two weeks
Bucky instructed him to throw.
throw and throw some more while
in harness and Jake seems to have
conquered the complex that had
plagued him.
His improvement hasn't come
overnight When he was with the
club last year and seeing scant use
Jake wasn't complaining. II don't
mind sitting on the bench" Jake
said in midseason. II just hope I