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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
MONEY ALLOCATfD
FOR CLEARING JOB

A new WPA ALLEGATION to-~finanse
the Coulee dam reservoir clearing
project, largest of its kind in the
nation, for another twelve months
was announced Saturday by Carl w.
Smith, acting state Work Projects
administrator.
A WPA ALLEGATION Of so,393,O15 will
be made available Immediately for
use in clearing the upper Columbia
river in Grant, Okanogan, Lincoln,
Ferry and Stevens counties. These
funds are lnte.. LED principally for
the payment of wages Ct workers
which now number 1,6229. The USBR
which is sponsoring the nroiect, has
agreed to Fay S12e 253 to finance
materials. supervision, personnel and
rental of equipment, according to
Smith.
The acting state WPA administrat-
OF said that undet present operating
conditions and employment quotas the
clearing project :honid he completed
by the summer cf 1871 and that all
possible speed was being exercised
at this time to GEAR the debris from
the lake bed up to the 1850 contour
line and as far up stream as Kettle
Falls before the back water of the
rising lake reaches that height, June
LIST.
Already the lake has reached the
1865 contour line. which is 1905 feet
above sea level. The backwater has
reached the mouth of the Spokane
river and has covered Hell Gate rap
ids, and is now covering China Bar
rapids. During the peak Of the high
water season in late May. the lake
will rise at the rate Of four to five
feet per day.
The clearing work is being done
to prevent buoyant trash and debris
from further clogging racks i,ame-
diately above the dam and to elinl-
mate the danger Of this debris froas
entering Tie ponstocks or the suction
lines of the huge pumps OH the dam.
Moreover had the clearing not
been done, the ISL mile lake reser-
voir would be forever unsightly and
unfit for navigation said Smith.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
MAY IL TO USHER IN
BIG WATERFALL AT DAM

Engineers estimate the first annual
ant waterfall al Grand Coulcc dam
will be formed by May Is.
I,ic waterfall this year will he $50
feet wide and more than 200 feet
high. The date when the waterfall
will be formed depends upon the an
nual spring rise in tho stream, whicl,
IS expected to be early this year.
Back Of the dam the lake must rise
40 feet before it will reach the crest
Of the dam. The lake will then ex.
tend upstream to the foot of Kettle
falls.
At present the Columbia is flown =
through a series Of outlet tubes ct
two levels III the dam.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
DAILY AVERAGE OF VISITORS
HIGH AT DRY FALLS PARK

A daily average of over 500 pei
sons have signed the park register a,
Dry Falls for the first nine days Of
April, it was made known today by
Lecturer Giezentanner. All indications
point to another mountaineering yeal
in park attendance. During the mnnth
Of March 4,791 signatures were rec
orded, the lecturer said.
Over 1000 sightseers were on the
park grounds last Sunday. A bus
from Tacoma brought the "Choir of
the West a chorus of SO Voices.
from Lutheran college. The choir
entertained those on the grounds with
a song. "The Hallelujah Chorus. -
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
MOLD ACTIVITIES

Sim IS Corner Grange met Saturday
night in a special session called by
Master Ralph Mclean. -Four names.
were proposed for membership.
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Leander visited
Mrs. Glen Weir at Bridgeport Mon
day
Bob Henneigh spent Sunday at the
dam.
Russell Chappell is staying at
Franks Sims and attending high
school in Coulee City.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Burton took
in "Gone With the Wind" at the
dam Saturday.
Lee Pitts aud Rada visited at the
P. F! Henneigh home Sunday.
Dorothy Mclean, Ethel Giles ner,
Helen Rumboltz, Bob Bucknell and
Sunday at Del Mclean s.
Glenn jenkins Ct Osborne was Wis
iting his cousin, Melvin Burton, dur
ing vacation.
The baseball boys met Sunday for
a little practice and to choose officers
for the coming year. Claud Binns is
manager, Ralph Mclean. captain, and
Nathan Gander, treasurer. They have
made a great improvement on the
diamond and purchased new suits
this year,
Wayne Gander is back in school,
after an absence caused by d sprain-
ed ankle.
Mrs. James Edgemon visited her
mother, Mrs. Sam Malone, last week.
Claud Binns visited at the Ralph
Mclean home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Joe Hayes were
guests of Frank Hayes, Monday
Mrs. Del Mclean visited her SIS
ter, Mrs. Guy Moultcn, in Mansfield
on Monday.
The dance ut Crestcn Saturday
n'Fht attracted several from coulce
City.
Bill Kennedy visited at his home
at Stratford over the weekend.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
NEW MAIL CONTRACT

The government has called for bids
TO be opened at Washington April
10, for carrying mail FROM Spokane
to Reardan, Davenport, Crestun, VII
bur, Govan and Almira, covering 1913
miles. This service will leave Spokane
at l a. m. each day except Sunday
and return ut 10 d. M. Only frs
class mail, special delivery and special
handling of parcel post is requi g l.
A $4,000 bond must accompany the
bid.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
ACHIEVES HIGH HoNoRs

Miss Betty Mae Davis, Cculec City,
was one of the two students from
Grant county who won places on the
high scholarship roll Of Washington
State college for this first semester
of 1939-1940. A student must make
grade average Of 80 per cent while
carrying full college course to be
eligible for this honor,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
HONORS NATAL DAY

A birthday party was given in hon
or &C Bonnie Ewell's 18th birthday
ut her home Saturday. Games were
played, and refreshments, consisting
of beautiful cake, ice cream and
flavorade, were served. Each guest
received one of the II candles which
decorated the cake.
Present we're Ramona Bemis, BET
ty Pollin, Robert and Zelva 1ribbett
and Ronnic's sister, June.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
.ADo
e YOU
KNOW!
sy ws.hinaio" state prour... eomml..i.s


Every state in the Union except
Delaware makes GONE provision to
distribute information regarding its
attractions and peculiar advantages.
This is disclosed in report issued
March II by the Council of State
Governments, with headquarters in
Chicago.
Attitude CT The states, according to-
the Council of State Governments, Is
one of friendly rivalry. They recog-
nize that Americans are notorious for
itching feet and Susceptibility to adj
verifying. Recreatinnal advantages Of
tho various states are more varied
than truly eompe tive.
Washington State is meeting the
competition of 46 states in 1910 with
dominant advertising campaign In
seventeen magazines with national
and regional circulation, with bill
boards throughout the West, and will
| repeat the states exhibits with new
! features in the Golden Gate EXPOSE
ton opening May rs in San Fran
cisco and the New York Worlds
Fair, opening May II in New York
City. Last year Washington had j..
10000 visitors who spent 10000
900 within the state.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
EXPECT MANY TO
ATTEND BANQUET

Everything is in readiness for the
anniversary dinner, to be held in thc
gym, Wednesday, April II, common
Grating the 50th year since the town
of Conlce City was plated. SPEAKING
ard musical numbers will headline
the evenings entertainment.
The PIT A., which will serve the
supper, has announced the following
mem. which should please even the
moHt fastidious appetite:
Fruit cocktail
Celery Olives Cranberry sauce
Roast turkey with dressing
Giblet gravy
Mashed potatoes
Candied sweet POTATOES
Peas Cabbage salad
Rolls Butter
Ice cream Coffee Cake
Tickets may be purchased from
members of the Chamber of Commerce
who are in charge of the advance
sale.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
SCHOOL BUDGET TO BE
DISCUSSED BY Pr. GROUP

Regular mi nthly meeting OF the
Coulee City Parent Teachers associa-
ton will be held in the music room
at the school Monday evening, Ap.
ril %.
Features of the session will be mu.
sic by the third and fourth grades
under the direction of Mrs. Davis. The
annual budget for upkeep of the
schools will be discussed, and there
will be election of officers for the
coming year.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
PREPARE FOR CONCERT

The full school band is now hard
at work, practicing for the annual
concert, to be held May g. All pupils
who play instruments in school make
up this band.
An overture, waltzes, choralea and
solos will be played. The following
day the full band will go to Ephrata
for the county music festival.
Each band will play alone, and
then the bands will join together for
one mass musical group.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
RAIN FAILS 70 SLOW VISITORS

Two thousand visitors braved the
rain which fell in this area Sunday,
and crowded the government vista
houses at the dam. Several Of the
hourly lectures delivered in the grand
stand and model room at the west
vista house drew capacity audiences.
Guests from 80 states and every
canadian province were OH hand.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
CHOOSE DELEGATES

William Austin ami Robert Jones
have been chosen delegates to the an
nual High School Students conver-
ton to be held at Washington State
college next Friday and Saturday.
They will be accompanied to Pullman
by a member cf the faculty.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11
FARMERS MUST REPORT YIELDS

II il Imperative t at all farm r.,
even thcse not interested in The l91o
program and no probably won't b.
intere ted in tie 1871 program, senl
in their 1889 certified yields, rs
the county committee is going 10 set
up the 1871 yields next week.
ANY farmer who does not send in
his 1889 yield will have to be APP
praised, and tie appra sal in that
event will surely be low enough, az
the county COMMITTEES can NOT take
any chances on arpraising too high.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11

Mrs. John Hangen and daughter,
lola, were callers IL town from Ad-
rian Thursday.
Jimmy Christensen and Norman
Allen were visitors III Coulee City
from Wilbur las: Thursday.
Milton Hopkins, a student at the
Eastern Washington College Of Edu-
cation, visited his parents here last
week.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11

Evelyn Patterson visited at the
rete HIT home in Hartlinc last week.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11

The dance ut Crestcn Saturday
n'rht attracted several from Coulee
City.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-04-11

Bill Kennedy visited at his home
at Stratford over the weekend.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
Death Sentence OF
Clark Affirmed

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-(SNS)-
The Alabama Supreme Court last
Thursday affirmed the death sen
tence vi william Clark of Lime
stone county, charged and con-
victed of assaulting white wCln-
an, new execution date being set
for May 81.
CLARK denied guilt at trial anc
his lawyers pleaded for reversals
on the grounds the defendant be-
ing only l6 years of age, should
have been tried in juvenile court
and that Negroes were excluded
from the trial jury.
Clark on denying attack charges
claimed that he choked tine ac-
crlsing woman when she surprised
him in the acJ of burglalizin9 fler
home.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
Over 100000
BIT. Washington
Stamps Sold

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
More than 100000 Booker I =
Washington stamps were sold from.
the institutes postoffice Sunday t.
set new record on first days
sale of a special issue, it was dis
closed Sunday night by Richard
A. Harris, acting postmaster OF
the local post Office.
More than 175,O00 of the special
commemorative envelopes issued
by the institute were also sold, it
was revealed.
Largest single purchase of the
stamp was made by DR.. C. G.
Spaulding, president of the North
Carolina Mutual Insurance Com
pany, who carried $500 worth back
to Durham, N G..
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
Miss Mcdaniel
Is Visited On
Maryland Set

HOLLYWOOD-(ANP)-Dr. al
Mrs. w. Roderick Brown of Pitt
burgh, were guests on the set
Maryland" at Goth Century-F{
last week at the invitation of Hd
tie Mcdaniel who heads a larI
cast of sepia actors and actressei
DR.. Brown, who is a member
the staff of the Tuberculo}
League hospital and the City TI
berculosis hospital both of Pitt
burgh, has been on the coast 4
the past two weeks as guest Id
turer and clinican for the seco1
annual post grt duate symposiul
The post graduate course was Il
local physicians and lecturers j
cluded such prominent names
medical circles as DR.. c. Leon WI
son of Chicago, DR.. Nolan A. o.
ems, Washington, D. c., DR.. On
H. Price, New York and DR.. Brow
Dr. Brown stated that the pd
graduate course is a part of i
educational program of the N
tional tuberculosis Association wi
headquarters in New York
Included in the party visiting Il
studio were Mrs. H. H.. Towles al
Mrs Louise Lux. A studio gui,
took them all over the large stud
and then brought them to the hu
sound stage where Maryland"
being filmed. Studio photogr
piers took pictures of the par
with leading members of the ca
The Browns during their stay
Los Angeles were guests of DR.. a,
Mrs. Towles. They left at the el
OF the week to attend a simil
symposium in st! Louis.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
Through An
Open Window
BY DIR. w. C. HACKETT

Last Wednesday I mad the good
pleasure of hearing Rahie A. L..
Krohn review Richard Wright S
book. Native Som" in his intro
duction to the book ne saiA that
there were no superior races but
that every race had superior me-.
and women in it; That there is
but one race fundamentally and
that is the HUMAN RACE; that
The race problem could be solved
in an hour in America if the neads
Of the families desired 1t to be; at
least in a generation because no
one is born into the world witt,
the hate instinct against any peo-
pie
Children CT all races have been
observed playing and studying to-
getler in peace He referred to
race hatred as a conditioned re-
fleet as the Psychologists would
put it, He assured that the book
would Go as r4uch for the Negro
of the presert day as Harriet
Reecher Stoves book, Uncle
Toms Cabin. dio IN the COS
wish that every parent in
Phoenix could have heard that
book review, and certainly every
Child. No one could have heard 1t
without going away inspired to
make the best contribution to life
that is possible for him to make.
One left with the feeling that he
had a responsibility in life and
that no one but him can fill it;
That he was also man in a world
CT men I thought of the parents
of the girls in the Phoenix Union
Colored High School vino have
been invited to a mother and
daughter banquet at the high
school Thursday, April H. AS
sat listening to the book review I
hoped that every mother would be
present with her daughter Ter
presence with The daughter will be
inspiring to the child beyond the
ability of expression. Such in
spirational gathering will lead to
other Richard Wrignt's who will
be willing to 4orce ahead midst
great difficulties
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
TAPPING WIRES
ALONG ALRLANES

enlenates from the west coast ana
is calico California Melodies.
THE TAPER TATTLES
AS his spare-time diversion. Ed
die RochesteD Anderson reads
medical books The NBC- Jack
Benny show comic once wanted to
be doctor and claims that even
though he doesn't know What q
lot of the big words mea1, they
res; hIm .Huddie OedC Be.,vl
Ledbetter, race folk-singer, ap-
peared as himself in a program of
blues songs based On his personal
life on Alan LomaX's "Folk-Music
of America" program for "Colum-
bias American School of the Air..
Tuesday, April 9.
The CSS Wings Over Jordan
choir under Rev. Glenn T. Settles
direction, for the first time. make
an appearance in Chicago. They
will be featured in a concert Mon
day, April % at the city'S Coliseum.
They also are to be featured in a
concert in Evanston Ill, Sunday,
April 81.
Dorothy Maynor, sensational
concert singer, who likewise ap-
reared in a Chicago recital recent
ly was featured in a broadcast over
Station WIZ, New York, Monday.
April l The program was dedi-
Gated to the Greater New York
Fund and featured outstanding
personalities from all lines of ELI
deavCr
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
Retires After
.43 Years In
us. Library

WASHINGTON-(h N P)-
Rounding out 43 years of service
in the U. S. Library of Con-
greSS, Louis A. Alexander retired
from active service as private mes
Senger 70 the librarian on Monday
of this past week.
Working conSeCuti gely under
the late John Russell Young, Her
bert Putnam and the present
librarian, Archibald McLeish,
Alexander was familiar figure III
the spacious building.
Brought tC Washington from
PHILADELPHIA b. Mr. Young when
the library was housed in the
CapitCl, Mr. Alexander in his
work met such celebrities as
Joseph jefferson. the actor, Mark
Twain, Jonn Philip Sousa, Victor
Herbert, Edward Everett Hale, Su-
san B Anthony and Theodore
Roosevelt.
Seventy years old, Mr.. Alexan-
oer was known in the Putnam re-
gime at the library as the dean
of colored employees" and Was
mentioned in this connection sew
eral times In Ghe Congressional
Directory during an investigation
Of certain aspects Of Mr.. Put
MANS administration Upon re-
turing he was given a reception
and gold watch and chain and an
easy chair together with a scroll
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
IN THE SO C|AL REALM
Personal Mention

Rev. J. K. Williams, DID, LID,
Ph.D., was guest at the Friend
ship services Sunday morning.
and preached a wonderful Ser
mon, using for his subject, 81 am
the good shepherd" He was also
guest speaker at Emanuel Baptist
church Sunday night, 1880, sub
iect, "Lord, What Wilt Thou
Have Me to Do?"
Mr.. and Mrs. Bloodsau, of
South West Phoenix, will be
leaving Monday, April Is, for
Okla. City where they hope to
spend the summer. Accompany
ing them is their daughter, Mrs.
James McCalley of East Adams
Street.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
DEATHS

Mrs. Lottie Hall JChngon of WeSi
Buckeye Road, one time news
writer for The Arizona CLEAN, Ia
ter writing for the Phoenix IN
LEX, an old citizen of Phoenix,
passed last week after a long Ill
ness
Mrs Pear higgins, the wife Of
Mr.. John higgins passed Friday,
April S, and was buried the same
day.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
COlOred Deaths At
Head OF List

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-SNS--
Negro da3ths led the list OF
homicides during the upswing of
violence that tolled "a lives in
March of 194O in comparison with
13 in March 1899, according to a
report by County Investigator Clip
Evans.
Homicides claimed six Negroes
and one white person; suicides S,
all white; accidents 13, 6 Negroes
and 7 whites.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13

The initial recital of Miss Mo-
destine Young, dramatic soprano
soloist, who was formerly pre-
sented by her sorors Of Alpha
Psi Chapter Of Alpha Kappa AL
pha Sorority on Easter Sunday
evening in the auditorium of A.
and I. State College, Nashville,
Tennessee, was acclaimed among
the outstanding events sponsored
by any of the Greeks on the
campus during the entire school
year.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
tation the other day-and howl


Guess Dutch Huiswuud cal
close his basketball season In pead
how that his Collegiates defeate
Union by $3.50 score before th
largest crowd of the season Mon
day night. But he had to raj
Howard'S team to get man 3
help out his fading beauties
Catching Union on night whe
they played a lot of bad basket
ball he managed to exc out a VIII
But it counts in the records. S
Dutch is happy and contented
But being a Dutchman, he expect
ed the other fellows to TsREAl
HIM!
So ends the idiots delight fl
this week.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
LIBRARY SERVICE MRAGRE

WASHINGTON, d. C.-th N P
That library provisions for Me-
gro readers are startlingly made
uuate in southern states was one
Of the findings developed by the
Advisory Committee on Education
appointed by President Roosevelt
in their survey recently.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
DR.. ]. N. Baker Finds
Negro Death Rate Is
Still Lofty

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Although
much progress has been made in
recent years in improving health
conditions among Negroes, the
Negro death rate in Alabama is
still considerably higher than the
white death rate. according to DR.
j. N. Baker, State Health Officer
who called attention to this wide
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
ROLAND HAYES MAKES
RADIO DEBUT
WITH HAROLD JOVIEN
(ANP Radio EditOr)

Postmaster General James A.
Farley was featured speaker at
TuSkegee Institutes celebration of
the Booker T. Washington stamp
issue, heard SUNDAY, April 7, over
the NBC network. The special pro-
gram was in connection with meet
.ngs thr'.,.eilout the country in
honor OF the noted educator
Roland Hayes, world famous
tenor, singing from Boston. made
his radio debut during the broad
cast. Additional music was furn-
ished by the 100-voice Tuskegee
choir. Other speakers were Fred
erick Douglass Patterson, presi-
dent Of the institute, and William
Jay Schieffelin, chairman of the
board
CHS, in one of it's most ambi-
tious presentations via the "Pur-
suit of Happiness program, paid
tribute to Booker T. Washington,
founder Of Tuskegee, on the same
day Rex Ingram, noted race
actor, portrayed Washington in an
excerpt from the famous educa-
tors book up From Slavery.
Returning for a guest appear
ance on Major Bowes' CHS Anna
beur Hour, scene of his first radio
triumph. Clyde Barrie, famous
baritone, declared his success dated
from his appearance five years ago
as a Bowes amateur
Art Tatum, famous blind pi-
anist. headlines a new show over
the Mutual network broadcast
Thursday evenings. The program
| difference in urging AlabamianS to
devote particular attention to the
problems &C Negro health during
the annual observance Of National
Negro Health Week. March 81 to
April 7, inclusive.
Few people realize how great
the odds are against the members
of the colCred race in their effort
to live out normal span of life
and to escape invalidism and the
heavy economic burdens which it
imposes" he said. "The sad truth
is that the Negro death rate for
1923 in Alabama was 131 pei
1000 population, as compared with
The white death rate of only 8.5
per 1000 population-approXimate-
ly 35 per cent lower Whereas 535
white babies out of every 1000
born alive in 1888 died before
reaching their first birthday 72.5
out Of every 1000 cclored babies
lied within u months after birth
Although Negroes constitute onl[
slightly more than one third of the
States total population, stillhirths
among the Negroes exceeded those
among the white population by
935. Moreover, Alahama's 1893
maternal mortality rate was 82.9
Der 10000 total births among Ne
groes, as compared with rate of
only 5O8 per 10000 total births
nearly 40 per cent lower-amon9
the white people"
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-13
GA. MARRIAGES
HAMILTON. MARSHALL

EASTMAN. Ga.--Oliver Marshall
and Miss Ophelia Hamilton we're
quietly married at her home here
Friday night with the Rev s w
Crafford officiating.