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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Peninsula Drive Ron,.
Taken on Trim ~

HIGHLANDs-Mr. and J.,
Beinhart returned home "l Is On
night from a weeks vacat,o. Moadal
erdeen' where he attends a.
gion convention. They cam. e u.
by way Of the Peninsula ~, hoS
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A, Nav,o,.
ed home Friday from a vooS . te'la,
to Moscow, Idaho, up tbrou .oa y
norther part of the state c.l y
home via Grand Coulee Dan comb
Jane Nagley has returna1 :.
natchee, where she will hs :. : W.
ed for the remainder Of ~ ealpls
Glen and Dean Nagley wis.,. -
the home of their parents, n. Y
Mrs. G. A. Nagley this last ~ y. y
end. os week
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred sch.
were Sunday dinner guests !.
Paul Paschc home. ~ ae
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Camrh.D
companied by Miss Rosemsrr' I I, "
kins left Saturday mom,.. va
Drummond. Montana ~ -, W
their children. uVl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Kennewick and Seattle
Folks Picnic at Lake

KENNEWICK VALLEY-Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Rup1 and son Ward
went to Yakima Saturday and Sun
day accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Rupp they went to Tipso
Lake, where they met relatives
from Seattle for a picnic.
Mrs. C. E. LUm is spending this
week visiting at the home of her
daughter at Yakima.
Byron Lampson spent the week
end at the home of his mother. He
is now employed by the Asbury
Transportation company of Port
land, Oregon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
No Change in Staff
of Teachers at B. C..

. BENTON CITY-The Kiona- Ben
ton school will open Monday Mem
beers of the high school faculty are
the same as last year, Supt. M. w.
Roop, ]. Harold Stringer, Mrs. Mar
garet Chitwood and Miss Evelyn
Moore. George Kneeland of Shell
ton is the new member of the grade
school faculty. The others are
Gordon Rolph, Miss Vera Smith
and Mrs. Walter Hartman. Tommy
Stringer and Oscar Carver are the
school bus drivers and Carl Mont
gomery is janitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Wilson and
family and Wilson's mother, Mrs.
Alpha Wilson of Marshfield, Mo-,
left Wednesday, for South Bend to
visit relatives.
Election Board
County Auditor Harley E. Chap
man was a Benton City visitor on
Tuesday. Those selected to serve
on the election board in the Benton
City precinct are Roy Henson, Har-
~ Russell and Carl Howard. The
voting place is the high school
Those in the Kiona precinct will
vote at the Kiona-Benton Com
munity hall and on the election
board will be Cy Miller, Walter
Jacobs and Louis RoWley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Dorsey and
daughter of Maple Falls came Sum
day to visit this week with Dorsey's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Dorsey
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Health Council to
Meet at HanfOrd

The Benton County Health Coun-
Gil meeting will be held August %
in the evening at the Hanford Com
munity Club rorns and all those
interested in the health of the
county are asked to attend. Miss
Shoemake, county nurse, will give
reports for the past four months
activities. An educational paper on
the history Of Tuberculosis and a
film will also be shown, LET Me
Live" two musical numbers will
also be given by Hanford and White
Bluffs members. The same group
will be hoStesses at a late lunch.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Boat Races Again
Prove Enjoyable

WHITE BLUFFS - Several hum
dred cars lined up by the old ferry
landing Sunday to see the annual
White Bluffs Regatta, and in spite
of the intense heat, the crowd en-
joyed itself. A heavy run on the
cold drink stands continued from
noon until night. While the affair
was a decided success, the crowd was
not what it would have been had it
not been for condition of the road
between Yakima and White Bluffs.
Attendance from the southern part
of the county was good and several
cars were here from Walla Walla,
Spokane and other eastern Wash
ington cities. In fact, from al the
sections where there were good
roads, the attendance was heavy.
The White Bluffs Grange members
who handled the refreshment stands,
report a heavy sale in lunches, ice
cream and soft drinks.
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond Walker of
Seattle spent the weekend as guest
of MIR. Walkers sister, Mrs. Ralph
HoutrouW.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Murray and
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Shelledy of Yaki-
ma spent the weekend with rela-
tives in the valley.
Mrs. Ora Ralston and son, Nor
ris, of Malott, are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Villa Griffiths.
Confirm Election
At proceedings in Prosser last
Thursday, the recent election and
issue of the bonds was confirmed,
and calls for bids on installing a
new generator at Priest Rapids were
published. Mrs. E. M. Remlinger,
Mr.. r. S. Reierson and Mr.. G. G.
Adams of White Bluffs and Mr.. B.
Salvini and MIR. j. III. Evett of Han
ford drove to ProSser to attend the
hearing.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. S. Webber. sr.
and Mr.. ana Mrs. w. S. Weber, jr.,
returned Sunday evening from San
Francisco, where they had spent the
past ten days in attendance at the
exposition.
Housing Shortage
The housing problem IS again be-
coming acute in the valley as a
new contingent of skilled labor for
Midway sub-station h as arrived and
the members are looking for places
to house their families.
Two youngsters during. the week
have been taken hurriedly to hospi-
tails for an emergency appended
omy. On Saturday, Barbara Jones
was taken to the Pasco hospital and
operated on almost Immediately,
and on Tuesday evening, little Mary
Louise Schicka was taken to Yaki-
ma and the operation performed
that night, Both are recovering
nicely.
Lester Brooks, who had the mis-
fortune to lose one finger by having
it smashed in hammer mill, is re-
covering nicely. He lost the index
finger and broke the thumb on his
right hand.
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Pioneer Resident
Passes After Long
andPainfulI Illness
Came here IS years ago;
was active in many
civic activities; funeral
Friday morning

One of KenneWick's most beloved
pioneers, I. N. Mueller, passed away
at his home Monday morning, Aug
ust 10 following a seven months
confinement.
Irwin N. Mueller was born May
20, 1880 at Auburn, Iowa. He re-
ceived his early education in Iowa,
graduating from the Auburn high
school and was also graduated from
the Des Moines College of Embalm-
ing in 1908.
He came west settling in Kenne-
wick in the fall of 1905 and was
connected with Kennewick's first
Hardware company for number of
years. He first opened business for
himself in 1910 continuing the firm
now known as the Mueller Funeral
Home until his health failed him
four years ago.
On June 9, 1909 he was united in
marriage to Annie G. Anon in Ken
newick and to this union was born
five children.
He was a very devoted citizen,
giving much of his time willingly to
many projects toward the better
ment of the community. He was
chairman of the city park board for
number of years being responsible
for the many improvements and was
always cooperative in various school
number Of local organizations he
numbes of local organizations he
proved himself loyal member to
each. He was an active member of
the Methodist church, the Wash
ington State and National Funeral
Directors association, the Kiwanis
Club, Chamber of Commerce, Ma
sonic order, Shriners, Odd Fellows
and Modern Woodmen of America.
He is survived by his widow, An
ME c. Mueller, his five children,
Verdella, Ruth and Anon of Ken
newick; Frank of Pasadena, Cali
fornia; and Anna Marie of Spokane.
He also leaves two grand children,
Richard and Gail Mueller; four
brothers, John Mueller, Webb, Iowa;
DIR. Henry c. Mueller, Pasadena,
California; Edward and Walter II.
Mueller, Des Moines, Iowa; and two
sisters, Mrs. George Nielsen and
Mrs. Elmer Neal, both of Des
MoineS.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday morning from the Metho-
dist church at 1890 Members of
both the Yakima and Blue Noun
tain districts of the Washington
State Funeral Directors Association
will conduct the services with the
Rev. r. L. LaMott officiating.
Interment will be made in the
Riverview Heights cemetery.
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Fourth Friday Club
Will Picnic in Park

KENNEWICK VALLEY - The
Fourth Friday club is planning a
picnic for their families on Sum
day, September /. Picnic dinner at
l pm. at the city park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Campbell of
Pendleton, Oregon visited at the
G.. A. Rupp home Sunday. .
{ Russell Elliott returned from the
Pasco hospital last week although
he is still confined to his led.
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Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our many
friends for their kindnesses and
beautiful floral offerings during the
illness and death of Our beloved
husband and father, O. Richter.
Mrs. Q. Richter -, ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Richter
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ Richter
r MIR. and Mrs c. K. Haas, -zr.
= Augusta Oliver,
Rudy Richter.
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FOR REN1-Furnished apt for rent.
8O4. Ave. F.. Mrs. Akin.
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FOR SAI.E-Four five-month' S-old
lambs. Elmer Olson, phone 2103,
River Road. 2lc
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WANTED Girl to share modern
furnished apartment, phone 2341.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WPA CHALLENGES
WILKES CLAIM
CONTINUED From Page One)

be the lowest in the history of
WPA with the exception of 1887.
Because of floods, Hunter said.
it is safe to predict that a large
part of the 100, 900 national in
crease in October in WPA employ
ment will be placed in the south,
which anyone should hesitate to
label a political move"
The exchange between Willkie
and the WPA was brought to the
senate's attention by S a
Byrnes D-SC), who frequently has
acted as a White House spokes-
man.
Byrnes read extracts from the
Republican nominees charge OF
efforts to pack relief rolls and
then told the senate that state.
ment is definite proof that Mr..
Willkie has little regard for the
facts"
The South Carolina senator con-
tended that WPA rolls had actu-
ally decreased 100, 900 from June
to July.
Reckless Charges"
MIR. Wilkes c k e S S
charges" he said, will day by
day cause thoughtful republicans
and independent voters to regret
that the republican convention did
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
GERMANS RENEW
BALKAN DEMANDS
CONTINUED From Page One)

from King Carols palace in Blu
charest and some reports said that
it actually originated in Berlin.
The German radio in a dispatch
from Turnu SEVERN said that ne
gotiations probably would be re.
sumed Wednesday when Rumania
would offer a boundary line as en-.
visaged by King Carols pro-Nazi
government.
The German wireless said the
Rumanians still were of the opin'
ion that an exchange of population
ought to precede a settlement d
territory. However, the Hun
garians have insisted on at least
part of the province, perhaps, two
thirds.
While marshaling his forces this
summer for his battle with the
British, Adolf Hitler ordered Ru.
mania to settle by direct negoti.
atoms the territorial demands OF
Hungary and Bulgaria on pain OF
a settlement imposed by the
Rome-Berlin axis. It was said his
object was to maintain peace in
the Balkans so the flow of supplies
for his army and air force would
aot be hindered.
When it appeared the negotia-
tons might break down, Rumania
called up her reserves and Hun
gary followed suit yesterday.
Then came the reported new in.
structions from Bucharest and the
possibility of continuation of the
talks. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WILL PROBE
HARRY BRIDCERS
CONTINUED From Page One)

pie factual basis for the house
deportation bill.
His (Bridges') conduct has
been so notorious, his contempt
Haunted, and his destructive in
for the American way of life SO
fluence SO persuasive, that in my
opinion Gan opinion strengthened
by action of the house, there can
be no denying Bridges hostility
to our form of government nor the
fact that his continued presence il
this country will be harmful
King said.
Labor department expulsion pro-
ceedings against Bridges were
dropped last December as the re
suit of a supreme court ruling in
another case that an alien, to be
deported, must be found to have
been a member of an organizatino
advocating overthrow of the gov
eminent by force and violence at
the time proceedings were insti
tuted. The proceedings charged
Bridges was a member of h e
Communist party.
Last December, Dean James M.
Lands of the Harvard law school
reached a finding after a long
hearing at San Francisco that
while Bridges was Theoretically
radical" he was not a member Of
the communist party. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
MARRIAGE FIRST

NEW YORK, Aug. A.-R-
Extra police were called In 70
keep order today as more man
$500 altar-bound young couples
stormed the five marriage IL
cense bureaus of New YORK
City.
The current rush to marry
has kept pace with congress
sional action IN the selective
service bill, but prospective
bridegrooms questioned today
denied they were hurrying in
to wedlock to escape the draft.
Biggest rush was at the
Brooklyn Bureau W h e e ap-
proximately 1900 couples tried
to get licenses, some showing
up at $40 a. m. A sergeant
and two patrolmen were on du-
ty, but by 8 o'clock, the situa-
ton was out of hand, and the
sergeant called for help,
Another sergeant and 13 pa
trolmen arrived. After a half
hour struggle with the crowd,
they turned 800 couples away
telling them to come back an
other day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
TOBACCO PRICES
CONTINUE FIRM
CONTINUED From Page One)

in 1889. On Wednesday and Thurs.
day, prices took a slight decrease,
in some instances dropping to Is
cents, but climbed again on Friday.
The weeks offerings were prin.
cipally medium and poor grades of
weed, but the good grades were
sufficiently good to hold the prices
steady at 10 to 20 cents.
In South Carolina, the crop has
been held poorer than last year, and
the extremely hot weather of late
July was said to be responsible. In
North Carolina, the quality of the
crop was about the same.
Average prices of a limited num-
Der of U. S. tobacco grades for the
week ending August %, compared
with a corresponding week in 1899,
follow:
Leaf-Fair lemon, s21 and $3.50;
low lemon, SIS and SIS.
Cutters-Fair lemon, $28 and
s24.5o; low lemon, $26 and $3.50.
Lugs-Fine lemon, $26 and $3.50;
good lemon, $22 and 5000; fair
orange, s14.25 and s14.25; low or
ange, $3.50 and s10.75.
Primings-Choice lemon, sgt and
$24; fine lemon, $24 and $3.50: good
lemon, s22 and $40; fair orange,
s13.75 and $14.25; low grade, $s.75
and 1925.
Among the southeastern North
Carolina weed marts taking part in
the heavy sales Of last week we're
the following:
WHITEvILLE-The first four
days of the current season here saw
3,022, 646 pounds of tobacco put on
the block and s577,953.13 put in
farmers pockets. The average was
S19.12 per hundred pounds, accord.
ing to M. S. Smith, sales supervisor.
Both sales and prices took a
slight upswing on Saturday as COM
pared with the week before.
There have been fewer tags turn
ed this season than ever before,
Smith said.
LUMBERTON-The weeks sales
here, according to j. C. Fulton, sup
ervisor of sales, was "the most sue
cessful in the history Of the Lum-
berton market"
More than 5000, 900 pounds were
sold at the average of 1878 cents
per pound. Many farmers, however,
made much higher individual aver
ages, Fulton said.
Prices here advanced steadily to-
ward the end of the week, finishing
up at about 20 cents. Top prices
were $40 per hundred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WAR INTERPRETIVE
CONTINUED From Page One)

Allied blockade, yet they managed
to sink more than go vessels or
the high seas.
It is the necessity imposed on
Britain of diverting cruisers and
other warships into the chase and
of reinforcing convoy guards that
is the principal value of such war
fare in German eyes. Actual de,
struction of shipping is more in
viting near England itself, where
Berlin claims more than 100, 600
tons was sunk last week by tor
pedoes and bombs.
How quickly the British admir-
atty is to react to any challenge
by enemy surface ships is attested
by the destruction of the Admiral
Graf Spec off Montevideo last win
ter, the North Atlantic naval bat
tie in which the British armed
liner Rawalpindi was lost, and the
attempt of the merchant cruiser
Alcantra to sink a raider off Bra
iii last month.
The raider reported to have sunk
the 8,706-ton steamer Turakina in
New Zealand waters the past week
may be the same which the AL
cantra failed to put out of action
more than 5000 miles away on
July 81. If so, the Nazi craft
must have been stealthily refuelled
and given supplies in the mean.
time, in the manner of the World
war raiders.
The World war raiders managed
to cover immense distances with
out the shore bases which tn e
Nazis still lack. The small cruiser
Emden sank % ships in the Pacific
and Indian oceans in the fall of
1914 before being destroyed by the
Australian cruiser Sydney.
Count Felix Won Luckner's dis
guised schooner Seeadler cruised
from Germany far into the Pacific
before being lost in a hurricane.
Preoccupied as the British navy
is with the empires life-or-death
struggle. it remains able to chal-
lenge the prospective threat. While
destroyers are busy with conveys,
a number of patrolling cruisers
are known to have been kept free
to cope with raiders in the Allan
tic. In the airplane, the British
have a scouting weapon that was
barely experimental a quarter cen.
fury ago. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
PATROL SCOUT WINS

SALEM, N. H., Aug. 24.-R-
Mrs. C. c. Winters Patrol Scout
stayed in front all the way to beat
Forever Prince and the favored
Loveday today in the $4,000 Rock
ingham P'rk handicap. featured
mile an eighth event of the last
day Of the tracks summer meeting.
incapable Of prompt and wise &C.
ton in time Of emergency"
To the argument that conscrip-
ton was undemocratic, he had this
to say:
When I was a boy in school we
USED to have fire-drills. Let's abol.
ish this un-American and un.dem.
ocratlc institution. Did anyone ask
me II ! wanted to 60 to a fire.
drlu? No. | was sent down the
STAIRS with the other children. not
being fully aware of my constitu.
rights" 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

h hn' 0 s.tos more ,s.. time 10 tnr,,ti,,,.
Senator Taft R-o9o him.
ed na1 to observe that WpA Interrupt INTER
increased $4,000 from rolls had
to August and that t The early July
plant. '~AAle's CON-,
Senator Mcclellan D.r.on
the Republican nominee taa SAD
nolrect charges Of frsn LSo MADE
Roosevelt administrative on the
ADDED that it was his srr. and
Mat whenever a candjd sApe'lenc;
ed a campaign by 'charsipsu open.
or intended fraud. he x sa,s lraot
Senator Wiley R,W;q,
mat the "WPA smells er Ss,,asAst
PACK from 1885 in some con way
tiles of this Country and r WI
SMELL VI that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
ARMY DRAFT BILL
VOTE LIKELY SOON
Continued From Page One)

&IVOtAuANO f
age. making them subject to i'm
mediate call for military duty,
with some exceptions.
81 am Convinced"
81 am convinced" Barley told
his colleagues solemnly, that the
time has arrived when the senate
Of the United States, in its own be-
half and in behalf Of the country,
should bring this legislation to a
conclusion"
He called attention to President
Roosevelt's statement of yester-
day that congress had had the
compulsory service bill since June
20 and was still just talking and
that any further delay might be
dangerous to defense plans.
The senate, he said, was
spoiled because he had agreed
to Saturday recesses in the past,
but he warned that it would be
working not only on Saturdays but
at night if more progress was not
made on the defense program.
Mr.. Hitler does not rest on
Saturdays" he numbered. His
armies do not camp on Saturdays.
There is today a new aerial at
tack under way against England"
Barkley's plea brought Senator
Vandenberg (R Mich)n an oppo-
nent Of CONSUMPTION, to his feet to
complain that there had been "a
constant effort in some quarters
to make it appear that opponents
Of the bill were procrastinating"
on defense legislation. The days
debate, he said, had been carried
on almost exclusively by propo-
nents of the Burke Wadsworth
measure.
Nevertheless, he said he agreed
that the subject had been '.ex-
hausted' and that it was time to
limit debate.
Only 343 Planes i.
Byrd said in his statement that
only 343 combat planes-99 for the
army and 244 for the navy-had
been ordered in the last 100 days,
and that none would be delivered
in this calendar year.
These figures are official and
come directly from the secretary
Of the navy and secretary of war;"
he said.
He went on to say that an inves-
tigation "convinces me that the
alarming delay in placing con.
tracts for combat airplanes exists
in obtaining other military equip
ment of a vital nature"
II have no desire to criticize"
he added, "but l feel l would be
derelict in my duty if l did no
ask for an explanation from those
in authority of this apparent de-
lay in ordering mechanical mill
tary equipment. If such informa-
ton is not promptly forthcoming
and satisfactory, l will introduce
the necessary legislation providing
for a congressional investigation"
When Barley. complained in the
senate of the lengthy debate on
the CONSUMPTION bill, Senator Holt
(D-W Va) asserted that certain
newspapers" had made it appear
that opponents were attempting to
filibuster. Senator Wheeler ID
Mont Joined in to say that no
one who knew anything about past
debates would voice the
filibuster accusation.
mo Wonder"
Senator Gibson, making his first
formal speech since he was ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy created
by the death of his father, told
colleagues that the time had
come to legislate for immediate
conscription. The senate, he said,
already had taken as long to de-
bate the issue as it required for
Hitler to conquer France.
mo WONDER" he said, that Hit
Ter has the utmost contempt for
institutions which are
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
COMPLIANCE

RALEIGH, Aug. 24-Np-A drive
for compliance with the wage-hour
law by the furniture, wooden goods,
shoe and hosiery industries will be
launched in North and South Caro-
lima Monday, it was announced to-
day by Major, A. L. Fletcher, wage
hour regional director,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
WEATHER
CONTINUED From Page One)

WASHINGTON, August "a. Up
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending S
D. M, in tn %eprincipal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-19
Semi-Pro Grid
League Feuds
ny UNITED PRESS


A first-class feud popped into
the Northwest semi-Pro Football
leauge today with the leagues
"scoreless wonders" the Seattle
Aero Mechanics, still clinging to
their lead The Mechanics pro-
tected the lead yesterday with a
seoreless tie-their fourth-from
West Seattle.
They haven't lost game, but
have won only two.
Enumclaw. meanwhile. has four
wins. one loss, and only two ties.
but nevertheless is in second tier
On the point system, Enumclaw
would head the league. while per
centages give il to the Mechanics.
II was Indicated the league
clubs would demand a ruling
on the method Of determining
standings. II was expected
ruling would he forthcom-
Ing. holding no leaders would
he crowned unless they led in
both percentage and points,
with q plsyoff scheduled In
case of a split.
The Aeros tried only two Of
fensive plays in the first hsH.
punting on first down seven times,
and never threatened.
Enumclaw beat Renton 1870.
Bill Solway, Enumclaw halfhack
provided the thrill of the game
with a pass interception on his
own 3I-yard line, running II 50
yards for touchdown on the last
play OF the first half. Bill Hawke
got Enumclsw's first tally with 4
line plunge after II had been set
up on q pass. Nell Shaffer con-
verted.