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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-11-21

Mrs. Louis Walker, Baird, Neb.;
Mrs. Phillip Schultz, Dalton, Neb.;
Mrs. Roy Bartholomew, Hover; Mrs.
E. r. Walden, San Bernardino, Cal;
Mrs. J. H. Birdwell, Kennewick; Mrs.
H. G. FatcheIl, Dalton, Neb. Last
Row: r. e. Num-, Hover; B. r.
Num-, Bridgeport, Neb.; G. j. Num-,
Hover; w. A. Num-, Aurora, Me-
braska; J. w. Num-, Kennewick; j.
L. Num-, Kremmerling, Colorado.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-11-21

This contest ends the work In
tato grading for this year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Mrs. Nettie Benson

Mrs. Nettie Benson, rs, wife Of
William H. Benson, died December
20 at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Ricketts,, after long illness.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m. Sunday, December % at
the Methodist Church at Potomac,
the services were conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. Elgar G. S0per.
Burial was in Monocacy Cemetery,
Beallsville.
Mrs. Benson, lifelong resident
Of Montgomery county, is survived
by four daughters and four sons,
Mrs. Joseph F. Burroughs, Poto-
mac; Mrs. George Webster, Balti-
more; Mrs. Howard Poole, Wash
ington, and Mrs. Ricketts,, and
Arthur C. Benson, Bethesda; Bruce
Benson, Jacksonville; Walter Ben
son, Potomac, and James Benson,
Travillah. She also leaves a
brother, Jahue Grimes, Travillah.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
rs More State
Police Wanted
Expansion Recommended
To Governor O'Conor BY
Assembly Council
Photo courtesy Washington Post

Immediate expansion Of the
State police force by at least sew
enty-five troopers was recon-
mended to Governor O'Conor last
week by the Legislative Council.
The council passed a resolution
suggesting that the Governor pro-
vide for that many men in the
budget he will submit to the Leg.
islature converting next month
Councilmen emphasized the reso-
luton did not affect expansion
proposals made by the State Pol
ice Department.
Col. Beverly ODER, superintend-
ent of the department, has pre-
scented a program to the council
calling for addition of some 24s
officers and troopers to bring the
force to a strength Of $50 men
which ODER said represented nor
NAL peacetime requirements.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Indemnities Of 1861
Bushels Paid On Md.
Wheat During 1910

Crop Insurance Offset loss to the
extent of 1867 bushels of wheat
for 157 Maryland farmers in 1910
according to Paul E. Nystrom, who
is supervisor of the Federal Crop
Insurance program in this State.
Mr.. Nystrom says that 1,25e
farmers protected their 1910 crop
by insurance. By means of this
insurance, the grower can be as
sured of three-fourths of an aver
age crop, so far as damage or loss
from any natural cause beyond his
control is concerned.
Because of heavy abandonment
of wheat acreage in four of the
largest wheat-producing states =
Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and Okla
homa-the total claim for indemni
ties this year was unusually large
amounting to about 22,0O0,0OC
bushels of wheat. Despite the fact
that large indemnities were paid in
these four states, the country as a
whole produced a crop above aver
age.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26

Officers for the ensuing year will
be elected when the new board of
directors meet the second Tuesday
of January it was announced.
Memoirs of the county farm or
ganization moved to protest the
high wage scale for labor at Camp
Meade as ''far beyond the prevail
ing price being paid labor.
3 Directors elected were: 1st dis
trict, Edwin D. Fry; End district
r. L. Hickerson; 3rd district, A. c.
White; 4th district, w. Lawson
King; 9Th district, G. R. Candy; 9th
district, Thomas C. Darby; 7th dis
trict, Eugene Casey; 9th district
William ]. Hines; 9th district,
Douglas B. Diamond; 10th district
c. F. Clagett; 18th district, W. W.
Hodges; 18th district, Eugene S
Walker, and 18th district, D. w
Simpson.
The six directors at large elect.
ed were Josiah w. Jones, James d
King, w. C. Poole, L. A. Darby
William H. Ward and Ulysses S
! Griffith, 4th.
Delegates elected to the State
convention to be held in Baltimore
in January are: Josiah w. Jones
Wilson Poole, U. S. Griffith, 4th
and Mrs. G.. M. Hostetler; alter
mates, L. C. Burns, Ward Fulton
John Stiles and Mrs. Ward Fulton
The meeting heard reports from
President James D. King, Count.
| Agent o. w. Anderson, Assistant
County Agent Rufus King, anC
Mrs. Edwin Fry, of the Asso
ciated Women. Mrs. Hostetler, who
was a delegate to the national con.
vention of Farm Bureau members
i recently held in Baltimore, report.
! ed on the activities Of that conven.
ton, and Miss Edith Turner, home
demonstration agent, reported or
the activities of her department.
Resolutions adopted by the blu
reau proposed:
1. An amendment to the boiler
inspection law exempting from in
spection all boilers of five-hors'
power or less used on county dairy
farms.
2. Consolidation of "as man!
voting precincts as possible" t.
save on election costs by reducing
the number of voting machines ant
clerical help.
8. Legislation to make it unlaw
full for motor vehicle operators tc
leave the scene Of an accident
where farm fences are damaged
without notifying the owner of the
farm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Maryland Fruit Judging
Team Wins Second
Place At Amherst

u 49, y b
The University Of Maryland fruit
judging team was awarded second
place in the Eastern Inter- ollegi-
ate Fruit Judging Contest, held at
Amherst, Mass. Members of the
team were j. L. Guide, Hyattsville;
]. M. Beattie, Beltsville; George
Duguid, Riverdale, and Cecil KEEL
Ter, Middletown, alternate. The
team was coached by Chester w
Hitz, of the department of horti.
culture.
Seven teams took part in the
contest and first place went tc
Tennessee. Guide and Beattie were
fourth and fifth in individual pudg-
ing in the contest. This is the
third consecutive year that Mary.
land has won first or second place
in the contest.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
County Farm
Women Elect
Mrs. w. IA. Fulton
Also Name Delegates At
Annual Meeting. Ask
Equal Rights For All Girls

At the annual meeting of the
Associated Women of the Mont
gomery County Farm Bureau, in
Rockville, Mrs. Ward A. Fulton,
Dickerson, was named chairman,
succeeding Mrs. Miner Hostetler,
who was acting chairman until the
election.
Voting delegates to the State
convention were named as follows
Mrs. Hostetler, Mrs. John Stiles,
Mrs. William Ward and Mrs. Full
ton, while alternates will include
Mrs. Malcolm F. White, Mrs.
James Broome, Mrs. Henry Allnutt
and Mrs. James D. King.
A report of the resolutions COM
mittee was later presented at the
annual Farm Bureau meeting by
Mrs. Edwin D. Fry, chairman. In
a statement preceding the report
Mrs. Fry said, Because member
ship in the Farm Bureau and par
ticipation in Farm Bureau affairs
or program is on such a family
basis and because of their willing
ness to cooperate in carrying out
its program we recommend that
the following resolutions of the
Associated Women of Montgomery
County Farm Bureaub e approved
and incorporated in the records of
the Montgomery County Farm Bu-
reau."
1. The Associated Women ask
that Montgomery County Farm
Bureau take suitable action and
communicate with T. B. Symons,
director of extension in an effort
to retain Rufus King as assistant
county agent in Montgomery coun-
ty.
2. The Associated Women ask
that a committee of men and wom-
en- be appointed to study and bring
in recommendations in regard to
the recent health report and sug-
gested increase in the county
health budget.
8. We earnestly ask that a COM
mittee composed equally of men
and women, be appointed to con-
slider the increased membership of
women on the board of directors of
the Montgomery County Farm Blu
reau.
4. The Associated Women ask
that committee of Farm Bureau
members consult with State Offices
of Farm Bureau and Extension
Service, to find out why out Of
State trips offered to al girls are
not made available to Maryland
girls. This group approves such
trips for girls.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE HEARS
INCINERATOR PLAN AT FETE
E. Brooke Lee Presents Program.
Irving Leroy McCathran Presides

An incinerator and collection
service without direct tax in
crease plan was presented at the
annual meeting of the Municipal
League of Montgomery County, in
Rockville, by Maj. E. Brooke Lee,
newly appointed member of the
Maryland House of Delegates.
Presided over by Mayor Irving
Leroy McCathran Of Washington
Grove, the meeting was preceded
by banquet whose guests included
State Senator Robert Peter, men,
bers of the House of Delegates,
members of the Board of County
Commissioners and Mayors of the
different towns.
A list Of those present follows:
Members of the House Of Dele
gates Ruth E Shoemaker, James
w. Gill, Charles C Jones, Stanton
Peelle, Jr., E. Brooke Lee;
County Commissioners r. Watt
Farmer, o. w. Roby, John E.
Oxley; Clerk to the Board Of
County Commissioners Richard H.
Lansdale; Attorneys to the Board
of County Commissioners Vivian
v. Simpson and Joseph B. Simp-
son, Jr.; Treasurer John B. Dia-
mond; County Auditor A. X. Han
cock;
Mrs. Beulah H McCuen, Mayor
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26

of Glen Echo; Henry T McCuen
former Mayor Of Glen Echo; D. B
Canada, member of the Glen Echo
Town Council; Mayor William Nc
Balm of Gaithersburg; Ohio G.
Trundle, Harold w Ward and
Walter Reinhart, members of the
Gaithersburg Town Council;
d. M. Blandford, Mayor of Rock
vile; J. G. Mcdonald, o. H. Per-
ry and Edgar Reed, members of the
Rockville Town Council; F. B.
Albert, Rockville town clerk and
treasurer; Judge C. C. Heffner and
Joseph Martin, members Of the Ia
koma Park Town Council; Robert
l. Lewis, Mayor of Kensington;
Holland Heron, member Of the
Kensington Town Council;
Colonel w. G. MacNulty, Mayor
Of Garrett Park; Roy P. Moore,
former Mayor Of Garrett Park;
Sheldon B. Akers, Alton Wells,
Major L. L. Dye and ]. L. Thomas,
members Of the Garertt Park Town
Council; w. Scott Macgill, former
member of the Town Council OF
Garrett Park; Mayor Irving L. Nc
Cathran Of Washington Grove;
Alfred Christie, David Bradley and
DR.. Jan Micuda, member Of the
Washington Grove Town Council.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Vivian Simpson
Named To State
Accident Post
Joseph A. Cantrel APP
pointed Counsel To Board
OF County Commissioners

With the distinction of being
the first woman to hold a major
judicial post in Maryland history
Miss Vivian v. Simpson was ap-
pointed member of the State
Industrial Accident Commission
this week by Governor Herbert
R. O'Conor.
Miss Simpson, of 'Takoma Park
who has held the position along
with her brother Joseph B. Simp-
son, Jr., as counsel to the Board
Of County Commissioners, resigned
that position this week.
She and her brother will con-
tinue to practice under the law
firm of Simpson and Simpson
with offices at Rockville as Mr.,
Simpson has also resigned and
will devote his full time to private
practice. Miss Simpson has
pointed out that she will devote
at least five days a week to her
new post.
Joseph A. Cantrel, attorney
was appointed to succeed the
Simpsons as counsel to the Com
missioners. Mr.. Cantrel had been
Legislative counsel prior to this
appointment but win continue in
this capacity without pay while
acting as counsel to the Board
Mr.. Cantrel lives in Chevy Chase
and practices law there and in
Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Citizens To Meet

A nominating committee will be
appointed at the final 1910 meeting
of the Upper Montgomery County
Citizens Association, Poolesville
High School, December 80, 8 p. m.
Public matters will be discussed
and entertainment will feature the
evening. Col. c. F. Won dem
Bussche is president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Committees Are
Appointed By
I. Earle Hampton
Legislative Matters Will Be
Taken Up By County Con-
gress

Proposed legislation will be dis
cussed and considered by various
committees appointed this week by
7. Earle Hampton, chairman of the
caucus committee, United Demo-
cratic organization of Montgomery
County.
To meet at an early date, the
committees will plan proposed
county legislation and submit a re-
port at the caucus meeting January
3, Mr.. Hampton stated.
Scheduled to meet January 8 at
the Kensington Armory the United
Democratic County Congress, COM
posed Of some HOO prominent
county citizens, will discuss the
proposed legislation and will vote
on the calendared items January
10.
Prominent among the matters to
be discussed is the program for
paying off $1,0O0,OOO in maturing
bonds by the present county adj
ministration; a 100 per cent in
crease in the county health budget
and the proposed erection of an in
cinerator and garbage collection
system.
Committees appointed are as
follows:
Bonds E. Brooke Lee, Robert
W. Farmer, Eugene Casey, Stanton
W. Peelle, ]. w. Jones, Samuel E.
Stonebraker, DR.. Benjamin G.
Perry, Albert A. Ady, Thomas
Lewis, Mrs. Charles e. Roach, AL
bert E. Brault, Frederick A. Genau,
Emory H. Bogley, j. Blaine Fitz-
gerald, Mrs. Alfred j. Steffen, Mrs.
John C. Livingston, Mrs. Curtis
Walker, David l. Tuohey, A. A.
Monkey, Everett Beall, J. Bond
Smith, Leslie Carlin, Robert d.
Gray and Richard F. Green.
Schools Julius P. Stadler, o. w.
Roby, Lawson King, James w. Gill,
Miss Laura Gilliland, Einar B.
Christensen, Snowden Athey,
Ralph G.. Shure, Frederick Stahl-
man, Mrs. Ralph G. Wells, Ulysses
Griffith, Robert Maddox, B. Peyton
Whalen, Robert D. Hagner, F.
Byrne Austin, Joseph w. Buscher,
Fred w. Heine, Royal H. Carlock,
Thomas w. Perry and G. Edding-
ton Bell.
Incinerator and refuse disposal
Thomas Earle Hampton, Frank J.
Felker, Sheldon d. Akers, John X.
Williams, Ralph S. Morrison, Jas.
U. christopher, Benjamin b. Walden,
Thomas P. Bones, Willard E.
Peake, E. Brooke Lee, Edward
Northrup, Carey E. Quinn, Albert
Walker, Edwin Fry, James H.
Pugh, Oliver F. Busby, w. Gary
Bell, Arthur Elgin and J. Donald
Clagett.
Laws JosephlB. Simpson, Jr.,
John B. Diamond, Joseph A. Can
trell, Ben G. Wilkinson, David
Belts and Richard H. Lansdale.
Whites Ferry Road Frank I.
Davis, Lacy Shaw, Charles Jami-
son, Clagett Jones and Mrs. Irene
y. Christopher.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Farmers Name
Directors At
Annual Meeting
Hear Reports And ResOlu-
tons. James d. King Pre-
sides

Election of directors and passage
of number of resolutions high
lighted the annual Farm Bureau
meeting, presided over by James D..
King, at Rockville.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Far East Now Involved

Hong Kong, China-A quick sue
cession Of moves prompted the U.
O. consul General to order the lin
president Coolidge to return to
evaeuate hundreds of Americans
Stul left in this British Crown Col
ony, only a few hours after she had
seared for Manila on a similar
MISSION. Beginning with a demand
aor Wide commercial advantages in
we Dutch East Indies, nominally
pyal to the Netherlands govern
liens' out actually under Nazi threat
through Hitler's control on Hol-
.ana' the Japanese extended their
ueiaanos to British-influenced zones
y &c Far East. The immediate re-
ouit was the evacuation of women
a''u enlldren from this sector and a
usaVy concentration of British fleet
~ singapore, most strongly forti-
..ea naval base in the Orient. If a
ssano Is to be made in the East it
sll be at Singapore, from which the
. 'a netherlands East Indies might
&c projected from japanese inva-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
FOSTER GfIRoy
War Looms in Balkans

Bucharest, Rumania - Although
Rumanian King Carol agreed i'm
mediately to meet Moscow's demand
for the peaceful restoration of Bess-
arabia and Bukovina Red soldiers
promptly invaded these two prov
inces awarded to Rumania after
the first World War; with the re-
suit that border clashes between
Russian and Rumanian troops caus-
ed considerable loss of life on both
sides. Coupled with Russia,s de-
mands, upon Turkey, that she be
permitted to share in the defense
of the Dardenneles, the Soviet in
yasion of the Balkans threatens to
draw into the European war the
few remaining nations still at
peace. Most important of all pos
sible developments is the chance
that the Red plans for control of
the Lower Danube and her only
outlet from the Black Sea would in
Yolve the Soviets in a war with
Hitler sufficiently serious to divert
the latter's threatened attack on the
British Isles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Exp. Station Has
Grown to Be an
Important Item
Every farmer can find
problems worked out in
experiments; field day,
July Is

The goth Annual Field Dav will
be held at the Irrigation Branch
| Experiment Station near Prosser on
Thursday, July ID.
One warm day in May, twenty
one years ago, a group of men in
terested IN the development of an
experimental program for irrigated
lands gathered at the station and
spent the day in grubbing sage
brush and clearing the land. The
only shade was that furnished by
the large sagebrush plants.
Two years later, in 1921, the
first field day was held. A few
alfalfa plots, some cereal plots and a
few miscellaneous field crops were
the only evidence of the expert
mental program with crops which
were started that year. The main
purpose of that field day was to
show developments in the reclan1a-
ton of the land. The year 1921
saw all the land of the station I'M
der irrigation.
From the limited attendance and
desolate setting of the first Field
Day there has been steady growth.
Attendance has passed the 1000
mark and the investigational work
has expanded to all parts of the
200 acres. Large trees and expanse
of lawn furnished the setting for
the station buildings.
The experimental program has
been increased to include so many
types of work that any one con-
nected with irrigation agriculture is
certain to find something of in
terest at the station. Irrigation
studies, grain crops, forage crops,
tree fruits, small fruits, truck crops,
freezing and canning of fruits and |
vegetables, crop rotations, fertili- |
gers for various crops, alkali recla- |
weed control, wireworm con-
troll, studies of of other insect pests, |
plant disease investigations and
livestock feeding are all receiving /
attention.
The station grounds furnish an
ideal spot for picnic lunch and the
Prosser Commercial Club, as usual,
will furnish free coffee and ice tea.
The station staff invites you to
spend the entire day at the station.
Field trips will start at am. and
will continue throughout the day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Britain Discredits Peace

London, England-Stung by per-
sistent rumors that the followers of
former Prime-Minister Chamber
lain were prepared to follow his
policy on "appeasement" to the ex-
tent of secretly treating with Hit
Ter for a peace proposal, Mr.. Cham
berlaln over a worldwide broadcast
branded such runors as playing
the Nazi game" He re-stated the
Churchill cabinets policy of "war
to the bitter end" and, for the mo-
ment at least, may have quoted the
strong sentiment in Parliament de-
handing that the former Premier.
now Lord President of the Council,
and all of his adherents, resign
rom the present war cabinet. Men,
bers of the present government most
" consistently under fire are Cham
berlain, Foreign Minister, Lord
halifax, and former Air Secretary,
Sir Samuel Hoare, who has shunted
OH TO Spain in an effort to block
General Franco from an alliance
with Hitler and Mussolini. English
men are slow to forget that in the
early days Of the war British planes
unmarried Germany with booklets
instead of bombs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Want Bike Riders
Off 3 Blocks in
Center of Town
Permission to use walks
on north side thought to
lessen danger; to oil
several streets

In order to keep kids on bikes out
OF the main street hereafter, the
council has, agreed to change the
ordinance prohibiting riding on the
sidewalks, to permit them on the
walk on the north side of Kenne-
wick Avenue between Washington
street and Cascade streets. Bike
riders will please take notice and
ride on the sidewalks hereafter, tax
ing precautions, of course about
humping INTO anyone.
A considerable program of street
oillng is to be undertaken right
after the Fourth. The street by the
warehouses will be given an oiled
surface from Benton to Fruitland
street. The block from Benton to
Cascade, III front of the creamery
will also be treated as well as Ave
A from Cascade to the ditch, and
the cross streets from Kennewick
Avenue to Avenue A. F,ruitland St.
the new connection with the state
highway, will also be finished.
Seal coats will be given Kenne-
wick Avenue from the bridge across
the canal to the city limits and
Third Avenue East from Washing
ton street to the city limits east
of the S. P. & S. depot.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Antiques of Norway on
Display at Auto Store

A very interesting window display
is in the window of the Western
Auto Company store for the bene-
fit of local residents and the Ken
newick visitors interested in pioneer
antiques and treasures. The arti-
cles displayed are the property of
Olaf and Inga Otheim, being treas
ures of their family from Norway.
The largest article is a $50 year
old hope chest which belongs to
their grandmother, with her name,
Ingri Loftsgaard inscribed on the
outside. Other articles include a
milk dipper, 800 years old; the fam
lily Bible, dated 1882; copper tea
and smoking set of hammered cop
per; a porridge "spand"; silver
ware and modern dishes of antique
patterns and hand woven tapestries
with old patterns. There is also a
painting of the front yard and
buildings of the old family farm in
Gudbrands: dalen, Norway. One of
the most interesting articles on dis
play is a two-piece, Magic Tree"
This article was hand carved by
the Otteim's grandfather and is
over 100 years old. The two pieces
used together served the purpose of
4 flat iron.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-07-04
Kiwanis Entertains
Royal .ROdeO Party

Queen Jean I, with her retinue OF
attendant PrinceSses were guests OF
honor at the Kiwanis luncheon on
Tuesday noon. Following their in
PRODUCTION by Mrs. Howard Beste,
who has charge of the button sell
ing campaign, the program was
furnished by a report on the Boys
State, given by Glenn Nicer.
Glenn was the Kiwanis repre-
sentative to the American Legion
sponsored week at Tacoma, where
the youth leaders were given a prac-
tical demonstration in the opera
ton of democracy. Cities, coun-
ties, states and the several courts
were organized, elections held and
all functions of government illus
trated in practical fashion.