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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Mayor Cooper Proclaims Today
As Great Britain Sunday

Mayor Thomas E. Cooper joined
governors of many of the 48 state.
and mayors of many of the nation
cities yesterday in issuing a pro
clamation setting aside today as 8
day of prayer to be known as
"Grat Britain Sunday"
The mayors proclamation:
BY His Excellency, The Mayor
Of Wilmington, N. c., Settine
Aside Sunday, September Goth, as
a Day of Prayer to Be Known as
Great Britain Sunday"
Whereas, the governors of many
of our 48 states and the mayors Of
many of u leading cities are
joining in proclaiming Sunday, Sep
TENDER 10Th. as a Day of Prayer
to Be Known as Great Britain
Sunday; and %
Whereas, the people of Great
Britain are suffering daily the hor.
rors Of a total war in which thei1
cities r bombed and laid waste
without mercy; and
Whereas, Great Britain, the last
great democracy remaining in the
Old World, appears in imminent
danger of invasion by the armed
forces of totalitarianism; and
Whereas, the sympathies of the
people of the United States are al
ways with a free people defending
their freedom and their homeland;
and
Whereas, the democratic institu.
tons for which our ancestors fought
and died on many a battlefield,
and which we Americans hold so
sacred today, may be endangered
if Great Britain falls before the
armed might of the forces Of to-
talitarianism; and
Whereas, Great Britain is de-
Tending the ideals and the way of
living which we Americans also
hold most dear; and
Where as, the people Of the Unit
ed States are anxious to extend to
the Old Worlds last great delnoc-
racy all the aid we a without
violating our neutrality or involv-
ing our own country in war; ana
Whereas, from its beginnings
America has been a religious ma
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
New Canning Plant Law
POSTPONED Until NoV' l

WASHINGTON, Sept. 49, a.
The Wage-Hour Administration an,
nounced today that the enes"sS
date of new "area Of produe'on
regulations for plants canning la,'
types Of vegetables had oeen p0''
poned until Nov. !.
Under the new regulations was'
hour officials said, plants empg ~
ing less than 10 persons Woulu N N
exempt from regulations during "
peak canning periods.
The ruling would be appllcsudd
to canning of tomatoes, olseA l;ms
peas, pimentos, snap beans D snd
cans, carrots, cabbage okfa O."
beets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
James Cation Held 49,,
In Staying OF wf'

HENpERsONvILLE, Sept. a ~
HHA coroner's jury today ornec.
James Cation, Is, held III his
ton with the blude oning %,
wife, Dorothy Starnes oa esnt. q,
at the home Of her father oep th a
Mrs. Cation was killed
12-inch crow bar. tod By
Cation was not represents. '',;,nes
council and questioned the WIZ"
ses at the inquest himself rorss
Solicitor c. O. Riddings Oh : ron
City announced he would sec. a.srs
viction of cotton on a hrs' wv
murder count.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
The Editors
BOX

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any text that for any reason Is CD,
;actionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Brooke E. Allen Gets -,
Commission As Captain

Brooke E. Allen, son OF MI
Mrs. w. r. Allen, of Willnin
a member of the U. 5. All al
18th Wing and now statloneu NOON
Hickman field, Hawai-, lis' ,;.nte.
promoted from the rank OIL ~.
nant to that of captain
learned here yesterday
Allen is well known in Nari
ton, having lived here as a IVY ,Ince
having visited here frequently ""'
Joining the Air Corps.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
TOP o. THE MORNING

Dear Christ, this ddUn I ask of Thee
To Wak this coming day With me!
That every life that touches mine
Thine unseen presence Win divine.
GLYNN JOHNSON.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Ships, Planes Rescue
British. Bomber Crew

LONDON, Sept. 28:-RAThe
crew of a British bomber who drift
ed Tor "a hours in a rubber dinghy
on the North Sea were reported
by the air ministry today to have
been saved by planes and war
ships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
NAVY CONTRACT

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. "a
The award of a $50, 1872 contract
to the Southern Weaving company,
Greenville, S. c., for linen webbing,
was announced by the Navy de-
partment. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-0ounty Government
under 0onncilM Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck me Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside High1ay from Wri0htsvi1e
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, tDid-
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, pta
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produo-
Mon through sustatned-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY n
countrywide tar.
~Shipyards n Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Cdrolina, developed around the
Community Hospital
adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School. \
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF nativs grape grosetng
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatortum.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
School Enrolment
About the Same
as Last Year
Senior high to offer adj
vanced mathematics
administration feels
teaching staff is strong

The opening of the Kennewick
Public scnolS this week found the
enrolment in grade school, Junior
high and senior high about equal to
that of last year. BY Thursday reg
istrations in the grade school num-
bered 1888. in the Junior high lit,
and the senior high 203.
Several former residents have re-
turned, anG their children are in
school. while many families which
came to The district for asparagus
and strawberry seasons have left.
In keeping with the policy of the
school district the schedule of stu
dies has not been basically changed
from previous years. Exceptions
are the including of advanced math-
ematics n this years schedule for
the senior high school and instruc-
ton in the use of the library for
the seventh and eigth grades in the
junior high.
The administration feels that we
have an unusually strong teaching
staff in all departments and a good
year of instruction and school ac-
Invites is anticipated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Registration Sees
Increased Interest
in National Setup
Largest number ever in
county prepares to cast
ballot in elections; in
crease interest

Nearly two hundred citizens,
mostly from the valley, rushed in
to the printing office the past two
weeks to register for voting. BY
actual count 1874 new registrations
have been put on the books the
past couple of weeks. The figure
makes a total of l 143 for the six
precincts Immediately adjacent to
the city p roper.
These figures, which closely fol-
low those in other parts of Eastern
washington, indicate that this
years election will poll the largest
vote of any election ever held in
the state. Most of the registrants,
we find, have already decided on
their candidates, particularly as re-
CARDS the national candidates. Also
a similar reaction is found among
the candidates for governor, altho
it is difficult to get an expression
ON local candidates.
Registration has closed until aft
er the primaries, when they will
again be opened until fifteen days
before the genral lection.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
WNU Servicc)
Football Coach
Optimistic Over
Lions Prospects
Half Of new squad have
had field experience;
nine from first string
back in lineup

After looking over the lads who
have turned out for football prac-
tice this week, Coach Don Coates is
beginning to see little specks before
his eyes which closely resemble in
shape the football pennant for the
local conference. In other words,
the coach is optimistic regarding
his chances on the football field
when he turns his pack of Lions
loose this fall.
The reason for all this optimism
is that half of the "a turning out
for early practice had seen action
last year. OF this number nine
were on the first string.
Not only does the coach think
the Lions will make a showing on
the score board, but he thinks his
crew will be the best dressed gang
in the conference, too, for the new
black and orange pants and socks
have been added to the orange
Jerseys which were new last year.
, make 'em tough is evidently the
coach's plan this year, for the Lions
will have their first workout of the
season with Lind-an undefeated
team in that conference last year.
The game will be played here on
the 9Th, and the following week We
will join the Others in the confer
ence in a jamboree on the Pasco
field. ~. .<
The first conference game will be
September 20 at Prosser. The first
home game will be with Toppenish
on October 4. Nine of the seasons
games will be played under lights
this wear, - -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
BOckius Gives Report
on Kiwanis Convention

A report on the Kiwanis district
convention held in Spokane last
week was given by J. K. Bock!us at
the regular meeting Tuesday noon.
He reported that the attendance
was the largest the organization had
ever had and enthusiasm was at
high point.
DR.. VIM. Stevens reported that
check for $3.50 had been received
as the community's share in the
March of Dimes held earlier IN the
season. The money will be forward
ed to the crthopedic hospital in Sc
atle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Double Holiday

While Kennewick is not strong
from union labor standpoint,
nevertheless Labor Day has al
ways been one of the community's
full holidays. This year it will be
no exception and all business
houses will be closed ali day. 1t is
one of the six regular full time
closing days, and househOlders
are warned to make preparations
for the double holiday. It's the
last time for a summer holiday
fling and many citizens are MAX
ing preparations for trips to var
ious sections of the state, includ-
ing the Prosser States Day cele-
bratiOn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Bermuda Base Proposed

Washington, D. CAS- a prelim-
mary step toward the acquisition of
valuable United States naval and
airplane bases among British is
lands in the caribbean Sea and 9TH
ers as far north as Newfoundland, it
has been agreed by the Bermuda
authorities to grant such rights in
Great Sound, a large body of almost
hndlocked water off Hamilton, cap
ftal of the islands. Senator Barley,
majority leader of the senate, will
urge the establishment of a chain
Of such bases as necessary to the
defense of the Panama canal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Valley Club Receives
Food Exhibit Prizes

The Willing Workers Cooking
Club placed very well at the Ben
ton County Fair. Each of the six
girls exhibited from one to three
articles ara each article placed.
3 Mrs. S. @. Foraker is leader OF
this club. The Willing Workers
Club entertained the Lockstitch
Club of Pasco at the home of Mrs.
S. q. Foraker last Friday evening
with a buffet supper. There were
twenty at the meeting and a good
time was had by all.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Grange Fair

Preparations are gradually being
made for the county fair, sponsor
ed by Vale grange of Richland.
Workers in the several committees
report that splendid cooperation is
being received on every hand and
the premium list will be bigger n
better than ever. There will be q
program of entertainment and
sports, including horse racing. Gov.
Martin has been invited TO make
the principal address Of the day,
but he may be unable to attend, on
account Of his political campaign.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
GOspel-Aires Quartet
to Appear Here Sept. 1

The Gospel Aires quartet will
sing at the local Nazarene church
on Sunday evening, September l at
8 o'clock. Each member of the
quartet is a, student at the North
west Nazarene College at Nampa,
Idaho and these young men well
known by their well-tralned voices.
The personnel of the quartet in
cludes Paul Yeend, Marlvn Ander-
son, Fred Parker and Parker Maxey.
The public is invited to attend
this hour of music, entertainment
and inspiration, and there is no
admission charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Muldrow Says
Beans Are Not
Hurt by Blight
Thinks crop a profitable
one on land suitable to
crop; growers should
investigate

Now is the time for those who
wish to consider growing lima beans
next year to find out about this
crop. At least two concerns will
want acreage in this section and
both have decided to contract early
peas here. This makes the deal
much more attractive, as the peas
are harvested in plenty of time to
plant the same land to beans. Early
peas for freezing were tried at
Benton City this spring. Seventy
acres average 2400 pounds, or SIS.
The best grower, Ed jacobson, av-
eraged also pounds, or 500 per
acre, on 15-acre field.
They are easy to grow on good
soil. The green pea straw, a fine
heterogeneous fertilizer, was put back
into the lsnd. A fine crop of lima
beans is now growing on the same
ground, GOOD for about 500 an acre
more. -"
About 40 acres or beans are new
growing on Kennewick Highlands,
many paintings on many kinds Of
soil. Harvest will start early in
September and last a month. Yields
will then be known. One viner set
up will be on the corner a mile west
of the cemetery, another on the
East Highlands.
They are interesting machines to
watch, as they thresh these green
beans out of the pods. Where the
crop was planted on clean, properly
irrigated soil, good stand was Sc
cured IN every case. Not so where
it was old orchard land. The crop
is very sensitive to the poisons of
spray residue, and seven different
trials on such lands all failed to
make a stand. It was these cases,
which were mistaken for curley top,
or blight.
In no case has blight been OBJ
served on land that has not been
in apples. In a few cases wire
worms spoiled a stand, and other
insects did little damage. No in
sect pests or diseases have appeared
since the stands were established.
Weather during August was a little
too hot but the present prospect is
for yields from good to excellent. A
by-product is about. 10 tons per
acre of vines, which are excellent
feed for stock, make fine silage, or
rich, green fertilizer on the land,
adding humus and nitrogen.
We have learned much about this
crop from our work this season, and
feel that we can do much better
next year. There is enough suitable
land in the district to make a good
deal. The green pea-lima bean
combination makes a very promis-
ing crop program. I believe our
farmers are justified in giving it
very serious study.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Hopkins Resigns Cabinet Job

Washington, DIETARY Hop
kins, closest confidant to President
Roosevelt, has resigned from the
cabinet as Secretary of Commerce
because Of i'll health. He has for
months made his home at the White
House with the Roosevelt family.
His post has been offered to Jesse
Jones of Texas, chairman of the
reconstruction Finance Corpora
uon. His resignation is the third
CABINET portfolio given up in a
month, with a fourth, that of Post
master General Farley, due this
week. Two Cabinet jobs have been
gwen to Republicans, Stinson as
secretary of War and Knox as Sec
fetary of the Navy. Secretary of Ag-
nculture Wallace resigned to cam
palgn actively as the Democratic
nominee for the vice-presidency.
EDWARD j. Nable, Undersecretary of
commerce, left to campaign actively
.of Willkie, leaving a Cabinet en-
'lely changed in its political phil
0sopnlss within a few weeks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Ladies Send Other
Red Cross Clothing

The last of the midsummer ship
ment OF Red Cross work left to-
day for Yakima from the Kenne-
wick auxiliary Of the Yakima
chapter.
This shipment included six sweat
ers and four dresses and the ladies
have been working hard to COM
plete the articles for this ship
ment. These ladies include Mrs. M.
Simmelink and Mrs. Herman Camp
bell Of the American Legion Aux
iliary, Mrs. N. E. Robbins, Miss Lois
Shumake, Mrs. r. M. debit, Mrs.
w. j. Barnes, Mrs. John Vibber and
Mrs. Ella Linn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Mayor Langlie of
Seattle Given Big
Greeting in City
Overflow crowd at break
fast in his honor; big
crowd hears speech on

street
The Arrow Grill had to set up
extra tables this morning to take
care of the overflow breakfast
given in honor of Arthur Langlie,
mayor of Seattle. Mayor Langlie
addressed the group gathered in his
honor before making an address to
a good sized crowd on the j. c.
Penney corner at nine o'clock.
Those who heard the address
were impressed with the speakers
evident sincerity and belived the
figures he quoted regarding the
operation of the business Of Sc
attic, where he was one of two
men ever to be reelected as mayor
of that village.
Langlie had only to quote sta
tistics regarding the Seattle Sit
uation when he took office and
those Of the present day to con-
vince his hearers of his ability and
absolute sincerity. Among republic
cans, at least, he made a decidedly
favorable impression.
He continued his campaign into
Walla Walla later in the day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
SOftbail Season
to End with Two
Leaders Battling
Friday to see champion
ship playoff for season
expect substantial pay
ment on field lights

The final night of softball in
Kennewick in 1910, Friday of this
week at O'Clock, has promise OF
being a great event. Two special
rivalries will be watched with great
interest. The fans are not sure
vet which is the best team, the
Cougars or the Cubs, but Fridays
game will answer this question, and
both teams are willing to let the
score at the end of this game pro-
vide the complete answer.
The other rivalry is between the
Highlands and the Lutherans.
There is nothing bitter about the
rivalry, only this that each team
thinks it is better than the other.
Here too, the score will tell the tale.
In their first encounter the Luth-
Grams proved the better team but in
winning still allowed the Highlands
eight runs
Of the -our games played thus far
in the Kennewick play-offs the
closest was that on Monday between
the Cougars and the Lutherarls.
GLASGOW, pitching for the Lutherans
allowed only four hits, but errors let
in four runs and the Cougars walk
ed off with the best end OF a 5-3
score. On the same evening the
Cubs disposed of the Highlands by
a score of 1875.
Wednesday nights game resulted
in a ons-sided 1915 win for the
Cougars over the Highlands, while
the Cubs in the second game put
away the Lutherans by a score OF
1877.
In the series thus far the Cou-
CARS lead in hits with 20 and the
Cubs follow with II. The Lutherans
have garnered II and the Highlands
9. Virgins, pitching for the Cubs,
leads in strikeouts with 9, while
GLASGOW Of the Lutherans has four
and Fries of the Cougars four. Wig
gins also has the best record for
control, having issued but TOUR
passes while the other pitchers have
each issued six. Virgins and Fries
have each allowed ten hits, While
GLASGOW has yielded IA and Shields
%.
In individual hitting Fries OF the
Cougars. H. Parker of the Cubs and
Lucky of the Lutherans are TIED
with four each. A number OF others
have three, including Stafford and
B. Shields of the Highlands, Otte OF
the Cubs, Hawn of the Lutnerans,
and G.. Tramel, Guyer and Smith OF
the Cougars. The fans will be IN
terested on Friday night to see VINO
can steal the hitting show for the
series. Bergee Bergesen of Pasco
is acting as official scorekeeper.
A special attraction fol Friday
night will be a brief ceremony be-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29

tween the two games in which will
be in charge of the Kiwanis Club
which has sponsored softball in
Kennewick under the lights. A
check in an amount, yet unknown,
will, be turred over by the Kiwanis
Club to the President of the Asso-
ciated Student Body of the high
school to be used in helping to de-
fray the cost of the lighting equip
ment. This check will represent the
profit realized by the Kiwanis Club
in operating the softball program
during the summer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-29
Former Teacher WEEDS

Friends here have received the
news of the marriage Of Miss Hazel
Belle Poynter, a former Kenn-
wick teacher to John Gordon Pet
erson of Pacific Grove. The cere-
mony took place at the First Christ
ian church at Pacific Grove, Cali
Eornia on July 20.
The bride is the daughter of DR..
and Mrs. John Frank Poynter Of
Davenport, Washington. She is a
graduate Of the Eastern Washing
ton College of Education and the
groom graduated from the Univers-
ity of Washington.
They are at home at 152 Tenth
ST., Pacific Grove.