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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Crofts Escape Injury
as Car Turns Over

Rev. and Mrs. Charles Croft es-
capped serious injuries when their
car turned completely over Friday
evening on their way home from q
church meeting at Connell. The ac-
cident occurred twelve miles this
side OF Connen on the detour and
as the car was making q turn it
skidded on the wet road, turning
over once. The other two occu-
pants OF the car, Miss Ronald Lang.
nese OF Pasco received q deep cash
on her leg. Mrs. Croft received
several bad bruises.
There was but slight damage to
the Croft car, which consisted of
dented top and side where IL
struck q fence post.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Double Wedding

A double wedding ceremony was
performed by DR.. r. L. LaMott at
the Methodist parsonage Sunday
at 1890. The ceremony united in
marriage Miss zelma Werner of
Payette, Idaho and Earl Lewis of
Yakima and Miss Dorothy Oliver of
Payette and William Payden of
Yakima.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Golf Benefit Parties

The first of a series of benefit
card parties for the Twin City golf
club will be held in Kennewick on
Monday, February 26. Tables will
be in play in the homes of Mes
danes Paul Spreen, A. T. Belair
and H. A. Linn. Anyone interested
should contact one of the committee
members for reservations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Big Game Meat Must Be
Gone by Mar. 1-or Else

1t will be illegal to have big bame
In possession after March 1. This
statement was made by game pro-
bector, Dennis Huntley. He states
that all big game meat must be
taken out Of cold storage lockers by
that time. However mounted
heads or trophies that have been
taken lawfully in open season pro-
viding they are properly taken care
Of will be permissible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Roosevelt's 'Mystery. Cruise

MySScSy CEUISc
Balboa, Canal Zone-Instead of
nesding Eastward into his usual
ilsning grounds in the Caribbean,
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, after an In
spection OF Panama Canal defenses,
steamed westward into the Pacific
On board the cruiser Tuscaloosa.
Earlier rumors that he was to hold
mysterious mid-ocean confab with
suopean statesmen Is scoffed at by
!. leaders, who point out
sns most European statesmen are
:! tne moment preoccupied with af-
nirs IN their own capitols, and that
oae OF them is available for con-
the Pacific. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Special ENJOYS Sail

seW YORK City-Two US. "ambas-
s ~ without portfolio" will ar
= i've N Europe this week. One, Myron
n tayior, former chairman of the
49, =. :. Steel Corporation, is Presi-
~ -. nooseVelt's personal envoy"
ss. sne vatican. The other, Under
!. e. ar OF State, Sumner Welles,
r "a special mission to visit the
- nopean capitols in an endeavor
tsn eaplore the possibilities of in
enrn aslOnal peace. Both unofficial
Wh;tsS Why's VIII report direct to the
M ~ House and State Department
On tneir findings abroad.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22

~ SSAS sSAAA az CoSll CllO dIe "
Last Saturday. February IL, the
Kennewick Cubs journeyed to Yaki-
ma to play Wapato Junior High for
the, Yakima Valley Title. The Cubs
won the encounter 80 to %. The
final outcome was in doubt all the
way, the scores by quarters were:
end Of first quarter, Wapato z, Cubs
6; half, Wapato is, Cubs IL; third
quarter, tied, % all. The score see
sawed back and forth in the fourth
quarter until the last two minutes
when the Cubs finally took COM
mand
Hays. Cub forward, was high with
Is. closely followed by CARRIER with
IL. Aman and Kirk played their US
ual fine game, the former also
shone under, both backboards. An.
derson, regular guard, fouled out in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22

nm oSCsNnmston, d. C.-With s27O.-
Nav g nan already pared off of original
hsd..D eal estimates, Congressional
anv a., oeiieve that they can avoid
the p ,evy OF additional taxes with
IN pS; p!uDican National Convention
the nauelphla on June oath and
eae e ousmocratic Convention in Chi
part,a Ui July 18th, leaders of both
emit car, are striving to end the pres
ont .ulgress by June LIST and with
burssSnna.n the taxpayers for heavier
year III a presidential election
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
nlta1n Takes U. S. Stocks

demoraD9an, England-To prevent any
Sterilization oa of prices through the
can OF British-owned Ameri-
has securities, the British Treasury
sixty sneo;. over British holdings in
CLOSING s s q. S. stocks as of the
These sS Quotations on February IL.
udated ' "a will ultimately be lio-
IN an o 40 conditions demand and
market orderly orderly manner to preserve
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Schools Closed

Due to the great number OF abb
sentees from the local schools ac-
count Of flu and colds, DR.. Il. q.
Spaulding, city health physician
deemed 1t advisable TO close schools
this week. School will reopen on
Monday, February 20, and It hoped
that after a weeks closing the alb
sentees will be much less next
week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22

The record for the l93s-4o sea-
son Is as follows:
kennewick 16, Finley Hover Sec
onds 3.
Kennewick IL, Grandview IL.
Kennewick "a, Grandview IS.
kennewick 10, Wapato IL.
Akennewick 10, Toppenish 5.
kennewick II, Prosser 8.
kennewick %, Sunnyside II.
Kennewick %, Toppenish IL.
Kennewick 35, Pasco IL.
Kennewick IS, Walla walla Frosh
20. =
Kennewick %, Prosser Is.
Kennewick 20, Walla walla
Frosh 81.
Kennewick 20, Sunnyside "a.
Kennewick 80. wapato 20 (Yaki-
ma Title Game.)
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22

st Paul's Guild will meet Thurs
day, March at 2 o'clock with Mrs.
M. G. Helm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
Lions Defeat Bulldogs
In Final Game FRIDAY

Kennewick Lions were victorious
over the Pasco bulldogs in fast
moving game Friday night in the
local gym. The first half was close
ending IN two-point margin by q
score Of 10 to 81. In the last half
the Lions continued on a scoring
spree, running the score up to 81.
while holding Pasco to two baskets.
In the last quarter the second
string took over the game with the
final score resulting in Kennewick's
victory Al to %.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-22
.-up was as follows:

W UAHC AAV1hS "CIC. 0Qc6lS,
Keller. Thrasher, 2. Quasi, Hoppy
2, Smith l. Taylor; Pasco, Norman,
Wise 2, Rogers, Lee, Rogers 2.
In the second team game played
with the second string bulldogs, it
was a one sided affair with the
Lions winning by score of 1913.
Smith and Thrasher led the scoring
with IS points each.
Friday nights game was the final
game of the season. The final
standings of the Yakima Valley
Glass A schools Is as follows with
KenneWick in fourth rlooo.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
Commissioner Scott
Asks Few Favors
(Continued From Page One@

flour Sl5.OOG. bottlng plants ST.
500. ice cream $3.50, fertilizer reg
istration $500, insecticides $4,000,
branding cattle So, test farms $37 800,
bakeries $500, chicken tests ST.
500. chick labels $500, seed tags S.
600. seed tests s., inspection en-
tomology S2,250. dyn0mometcr 500,
olcomargm'ine $3.50, land plaster
S2.50U, rabies $3.50, agricultural
lime $4,000, iced registrations 3d.
coo. canned dog food registration
$3.50. dog food stamps $4,000, soil
containers $275. miscellaneous $3.50.
These items total the S533,338 the
Department estimates it will have as
receipts Tor each of the years 1912
and 1928.
Against these anticipated receipts
IRE listed The following expenditures
for the indicated purposes:
Administration S5O,092, inspection
S32 $50, markets $4,000, credit union
$4,000, dairy S4,868, entomology S2l,-
O73, seed laboratory $22,290, analytii-
cal S57.O96. crop statistics S23,O98'
museum S10,O28. serum Sl4,lOO
veterinary S64,865, test farms SILL
$50 miscellaneous $3.50, reserve
$4,000. rabies $500, Japanese beetle
work S15,750, blister rust control
$4,000, soil testing S20,37O.
These requirements total S55l ,44O
for the year 1912, while estimat-
ed requirements for the next year OF
the biennium are about $4,000 less by
reason of small reductions here and
there over almost the entire list.
Should the department get bud
getary approval of its request to re-
tain the money now turned over to
State College, here is what the com
mission proposes to do with the ao,
ditional funds:
Cd Spend $1,000 more annually on
the Agricultural Review, on account
of the increased demand for 1t; on
the fertilizer ANALYSIS and on the 1eeo
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
ANSWERS

|. Hiram Rhodes RevclS, born in
Fayetteville in 1927, and elected to
the United States Senate from Mis-
sissippi in 1870. The radical element
in the Senate tridc to seat ReVels in
seat No. 50. which had been occupied
by Senator Jefferson Davis before he
Withdrew on January q, 1851. This
seat had been assigned to Senator
Edmund Gibson Ross, Of Kansas, who
refused to give it up. The former
North Carolina Negro then was as
signed another seat. RcVelS remained
in the senate only one term.
%. The MoravianS Of Salem Offer
ed to accept corn and other farm pro-
ducts in payment for board and lodg-
ineS fer the members. The session
was planned TO meet late in January
iof 1882. A number Of members ar
rived. but not enough for a quoren.
After several days a Quorem not ha|-
ing arrived the session was poStpOn-
Cd to meet later at HillSborO.
3. General Lawrence OBryan
who retired from congress in 1851 n
enter the service OF the Confederate
States army. The former congress-
imam had served three terms IN con-
gress. He was killed in the fighting
at SharpsbTg September II, 1862
while in command Of the Fourth Brl-
gade North Carolina troops.
4. President Buchanan in 1860 had
so much confidence in the ability and
! integrity of Chief Justice Thoma:
Ruffin, Of the North Carolina Sit
preme Court, that he claimed he
could work out plans to avert the
war if the people would listen to him
5. North Carolina election laws
provide q penalty Of $500 forfeit fol
failure to meet in Raleigh and cas-
bis vote (CNCcpt in case nf sickness:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

analysis report, cost Of publication
having risen on both these.
~ Perhaps the most pressing need
of all is S2,lOO with which TO employ
market master for the market IN
Ralcigh now under construction and
which should be in operation by July
|. 1871. This market will furnish an
organized outlet for miscellaneous
farm products. At present there are
no funds for the purpose Of employ
ing a market master.
CD An additional $1,000 for field
travel Of entomology specialists.
(4) Addition of a senior agronOm-
isl. salary $1,000. and two part time
clerical and laboratory assistants,
combined salaries $3.50 in the soil
testing division.
60 The balance spread over in
creaseS for purchase Of equipment,
repairs to buildings and stepped up
activities in various divisions.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
EE w -
aGto<Ezazz

|. Where in the United State;
are piucappleS grown commercially?
>. What Is the approximate dis
lance around the earth ii the cquu-
tor
>. When and where WAS the first
United States Negro school lur free
,unI located?
/. Vino is considered the ancestor
ol the domcStcatcd pig?
>. What is white coal?
&. What United States govern
Iurut bureaus arc interested in stop
ping fraudulent advertising?
:. Are there any active volcanoes
N the United States?
s. Who WAS the first Englishman
Ia 20 round the world?
. Are bees attracted to some
flowers by their color!
10. What does the word khaki
plrln'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
NOTICE

Default having been made in the
payment of the bond secured by
that deed of trust dated the 22nd day
of November 1884, executed by H.
S. Fleming ct al, recorded in Vance
County Registry in Book No. l66 at
Page 423, and at the request Of the
holder thereof, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale and sell
to the highest bidder for cash. at
the Court House door in Henderson,
N. c., at twelve o'clock midday on
Monday, December %. 1919. the lol-
lowing described real estate:
That certain tract Of land lying
and being in Middleburg Township,
County of Vance, and more parti-
cularly described and defined rs
follows:
Containing 81 acres as decided to
us by Charles NJ. Fleming ct ais
january 20, 1913 and bounded on
the north by the lands of r. l.. Elem
ing: on the south by the lands Of
r. A. PaschalI; on the ives; by the
lands Of the said r. a. PaSchaIl:
and on ;hc east by the lands Of p.
p. Jackson. said tract Of land being
mora fully described by mctcS and
boulGS according TO the deed from
Charles NJ. Fleming. Trustee. ct al
- toward S. Fleming Ct al recorded
in I'll" Vance County Registry in
BnnN s.. at page 33. reference 10
which is hereby made for Il more ac-
.ClwHlC description.
This the 25th day of November.
1910.
WILLIAM +. ROWLAND. JR..
n5-c-9-lG
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
Ry FRED II. MAY

/. Who was the former North
Carolina Negro who came oc"r 'e.ng
gwen the seat occupied by Jsiier-
II Davis in the U. s. Senate?
,. What offer did Salem make in
1852 to members OF the state assem-
bly, to hold Il session there:
8. Who was the former North Car
olina congressman who was Killed ii
SharpsbWg. Maryland, in 1862?
t. Who was the North Caro!ini@n
who President Buchanan said could
aver the War between the States?
). What is the penalty fer fixture
Ct presidential elcctor TO attend
and vote for 4 President?
6. Was North Carolina'S last GovcE-
nor elected by the assembly rcclcct-
ed by popular election TO succeed
himself?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
FACTOQUIL ANSWERS

/. Florida.
>. Twcnty-rour thousand miles.
3. At Fortress Monroe, Virginia,
in 1861.
!. The wild boar OF western Asia.
; The term is used in Iigura-
tive way for water power.
s. Thtc poStollicc department, de-
parmcnt of Justice and Federal
Trade commission.
:. Mount LaSScn, in northern
california. is the only one.
s. Sir Francis Drake.
9 Bees are attracted primarily
bv the flowers odor, but color also
attracts them, blue being the bees
luyurite.
10. 1t is HiIdustani and means
dust. earth OF ashes.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
" other unavoidable accident).

or other unavoidable accidenD.'
6. Richard Dobbs Speight Jr., Of
New Bern. was the last governor
elected by the assembly before the
constitutional convention of 1888
changed the election Of governor to
a popular election. He ran for re-
election in tic first state wide cleo
ton and was defeated by Edward B.
Dudley. Of Wilmington.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

Shape Of the nose indicates menta
ability. Sure-a shapcly unbrOken
bcak proves you've been smart
enough to keep it out of other folks
business.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

The word liberal" as 4 political
term, strangely enough comes from
Spain. A hundred years ago when
Spain was the scene Of great social
oppression, the term meant a more
generous spirit and feeling Of SYM
pathy for the oppressed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
5.,..c Is The Sense,

| Times CITES Tie inconsistency Oh H''
.,,r,,nt policy III the matter al
,.,,,.,.. ..,d ho,n.s 4. between private
$500! =. AVN d,fousn rrn.
lnoU>"H ,"." ''. 49, I,.. '',,,.,i,r
gram. IN" '''''H ''.'>N '''', F'''.'''''
"Whrrc j. the sense and the only
.,nSihlr answer is. There is none.
,r c.,u~, il i heresv to question
..,:,. ,,,.o d,r. r.b,,L,,
f'''' '''' ''''> ..i,..
il u" &".H ~ ~" VI "'''''',' 1t ~ -.
or uudrrS any one except those WIN
,x,S tn grind. Yet this editorial
,..;.... ,rt thn r,IIacv Of government
'''''''' " ,..,.r,. We, o.,,,r.. r,.i.t
processes 80 ''>>'' > W ''''''H 49,,
the temptation 10 reproduce IL. li'''
II is:
!, i strange 10 lis that tho Defense
C.nn.,,,,.,;,n, whrn il GENES to =
n,.r,.r 81 building counuu. air planes
.5 ,..:,,. material find there is Moth
-, ..,,,.Inrt about the forty hour
v.,,,, for ruyv nave u>crrtaincd that
q. n,I,.n cannot dn 4 days work in
-. and ryp-thjrd> hours. for about
fine time one sets started on Il days
v.,,r. and laws il out he finds the
div j. over. and the rest Of his time
fur the day must be lost except i'll
play and relaxation.
I'm, what uhuUt the man who IS
paving off. trying to meet c"mpr-
,.t.ul. and figuring his product on
r.,t o.. production plus Ill tire s.
,rnttv CO.. Wnjch is tor the benefit
ct his employees. for them to lay
something aside for Il rainy day. ana
is al right il il could possibly be
rnudr.
We have Frequently said that the
only uuy We learn is by experience.
IT, ire books. bU' YOU must get II
NstGN
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

|. Both.
.. Nervous disease.
3. Sebastian del Cano.
7. James Buchanan preceded ano
'.ndreW Johnson followed.
5. Finland
6. North America.
7. Caesars Commentaries.
8. Princess Margaret Rose.
8. House Of Representatives.
10. ST. Paul.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

The 1910 prize fer wishful think
inc must go to that Tokyo newspaper
which yoIcmnly announces Japan
must end the "Whit" empire
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

You remember way back when
Martinique was known chiefly as
Just the home grounds of one Of the
worlds toughest volcanoes?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

Future historians probably will re-
fer to Russia as the bear that acts
like woman unable to make up her
mind.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

Wonder if lit Hungary J',hlus
,ho Avis team. is -"tuatly gong l"
play ball-or just d., rs m'Sco''
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

PHONE BAKERS. Il2-j. %0.A-
ing new in invisible hall ..."-.
We have been rcpairiu- '..' .E
for ten years. Can't tel they Weep,
half sOlCd. -.'
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

GET PRICES ON OUR USED CARS
before you buy. I & Z ..'m Co.,
Dodge and Plymouth a....s. III
Chestnut street. =ea-ll
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

WE SPECIALIZE J. All
kinds Of body aau ..
pair work. Motor -.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER -''
bargains in furniture na .''.,.,'
Come and buy these ...-...... II"
Z. SattcrWhitc & Son. .,.. ..|
station.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-25

WANTED-CLEAN scr. ".'''
2 - cents pound at a...... ~. w.
flee.
Evening star., 1940-10-07
Nv the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated Press.
LONDON. Oct. Lambeth Palace,
residential seat of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, has been made un-
inhabitab BILE by German bombs which
fell some time ago, it was disclosed
today.
The bombs forced the archbishop
and his staff to move TO residence
in Canterbury.
The entire central and newer sec
ton of the palace. which was erected
in 1928. were struck on the river
side by Nazi bombs.
The archbishop disclosed the
bombing at diocesan conference
He voiced sympathy for persons who
had lost their homes in air raids
and said he spoke lin some measure
as a fellow sufferer" since he had
been bombed out at Lambeth.
Palace Crypt Is Shelter.
Remarking that each night some
200 persons of the poorest folk uf
Lambeth had taken shelter in an
old crypt beneath the chapel Of
Lambeth Palace" the primate said:
Il only wish Hitler and Goering
could see the astonishing patience.
good humor and even cheerfulness
Evening star., 1940-10-07

the contest will be for those moro
than 2 and under 5. From the win,
ners on the three days, the grand
baby of the show" is to be selected
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Energy" to Go to Chicago.
Preliminaries in the Miss Energy"
contest are to be held Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons, with the
winner to be chosen on Thursday
night. The contest is sponsored
locally by the Employing Bakers
Association. The winner is to be
outfitted with clothing and sent to
Chicago to compete for the title
of Miss Energy of the United
States" at the annual convention OF
the American Bakers Association.
to begin next Saturday. Miss Fran
ces Marie Burke, Miss America OF
l940," who will be at the show both
in the afternoon and evening
through Saturday, will help judge
the local winner.
Evening star., 1940-10-07

Balla Round Tower, one OF the
few remaining ancient round towers
in Fire, has been designated a ma
tional monument.
Evening star., 1940-10-07
Contests Sir Interest
In Food Show Opening
Al Stadium Tonight
Queen, Miss Energy
Champion MiIk-Drinker
Are to Be Chosen

Keen competition in the many
contests at the food show under aus
pices of the Independent Food Dis
tributors of the District of Colum-
bla. Inc, was predicted today by the
show management. Final prepara-
tions were made for the shows for
NAL opening at 7:30 o'clock tonight
in Riverside Stadium.
In addition to the representatives
Of each large store group who are
to compete for the title of queen of
the show" a number of young wom-
en- already have signified their in
tention of entering the Miss Ener-
gy" contest. In addition, it is said,
considerable interest has been shown
in the baby contests. the first of
which is to be held at the matinee
tomorrow afternoon.
At tonight's opening a milk-drink-
ing contest, open to all, is to be
staged The show management also
announced today that milk drink
ing contest and a pie-eating contest
will be held at tomorrow evenings
show for children.
Flag to Be Raised.
A flag-raising ceremony in the
huge stadium will signalize the for
NAL opening of the show tonight.
Huge searchlights will be played be-
side the building by a detachment
of an anti-aircraft unit of the 260th
Coast Artillery, District National
Guard, and inside a band from the
Guard will provide music.
The baby contest at tomorrow S
matinee is scheduled TO start at
3:15 o'clock and will be for babies
under one year of age. On Wednes-
day babies more than one. but un-
der 2. will compete, while on Friday