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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29
Merry.OO-ROund

When the President makes a
speech he keeps his place on the
manuscript with two fingers on his
left hand. They move from line to
line as he reads down the page. He
uses his right hand to grasp the
rostrlm. h
Asked to allow her name to be
used as sponsor of a Negro concert
In Washington, Mrs. Burton K.
Wheeler, wife of the Montana sena-
tor, snapped, Don't you know bet
ter than to ask thing like that in
q presidential year?";; and hung up.
In preparation for the forthcom-
ing congressional primaries, the
Townsendites have set up a special
committee to pass on all candidates.
Head Of the body is DR.. Francis
Townsend. Other members are his
young son, Robert, and L. w. JEFF
fery, vice president of the move
ment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29
Republican Chaff

AN state delegations at the Re-
publican national committee meet
ing voted en- bloc during the ballot
ing Tor a convention city, except
South Carolina.
I1eless Joe" Tolbert of Ninety
SIX, s. O., most colorful figure at
tne meeting, voted for Chicago while
nus daughter, Julia Tolbert, a ma
uonal committeewoman, cast her
ballot for Philadelphia.
Joe Pew, Pennsylvania's oil mag
nate g. O. p. boss, was boasting
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29
Justice Stone Walks

Justice Stone Walks
supreme Court Justice Harlan F..
Stone is determined to get his walk
out every day. AT a reception in a
downtown hotel, a friend questioned
him about this.
YES" said Stone, I'm going to
get my exercise today by walking
home from this party"
Inc friend expressed surprise, in
view of the distance and the slim
perry condition of the streets.
But you see," replied the justice,
IN my job, I have to sit a good
deal, and need to walk for vari-
ety." -.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29
Freddy Hale

Congressman Brewster, who will
be elected to the senate almost by
default, will inherit the shoes of the
famous Sen. 'FreddW'' Hale of
Maine. Freddy is never heard
around the senate, and rarely seen.
Yet his departure from the senate
he plans to retire this year-will
make history. A.
It will end the longest senatorial
reign of one family in the annals of
congress. Hale's father and grand
father also were senators, their ca
reers dating back ~ vars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Simmelink at
tended a meeting OF the Burbank
grange at their hall Saturday eve
ming.
Locust Grove grange will meet
Saturday, March 2 at the hall for
the first regular meeting of the
month. Plans for entertaining the
Finley grange on March 16 will be
made. The Pomona officers will
also be guests Of the local grange on
that date.
The next meeting or the Locust
Grove Home Circle will be March
l9 at the home of Mrs. Roy Larkin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

Too often girl won't say yes"
believes Al Kissler until she looks
up his financial rating"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

The fellow who proposes on his
knees often has to have a woman
put him back on his feet.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

The average Kennewick girl does
MT look like she puts her makeup
on with putty knife.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

about the advantages the Republi-
can convention will bring to Phila-
delphia.
wed a thousand times rather
play host to the Republicans than
tne Democrats" he said. "Republi-
can convention delegates are better
heeled on the whole than the Demo-
Gratis and spend three times as much
money. Democratic delegates are
usually poor boys who have to watch
their pocketbooks."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

The coal drivers strike wasn't as
important as striking the bottom of
the coal bin with your shovel.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

There are some women who will
seek bargain, even when IL comes
to a husband.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29
New Electric Washers

The scientific action on new electric
washers swishes clothes through the
water, gently opening and closing the
threads to dislodge all dirt. Wash
wear is cut in half. Clothes look better
and wear longer. .
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29
Cecil Edwards Returns
After Winter in East

LOCUST GROvE-Cecil Edwards.
who has spent the winter in the
east, returned to his home Monday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-02-29

Electric lroners
so% of your ironing 10 done sitting
down If you have an electric ironer.
The huge ironing surface works twice
a. fast az 4 hand iron, and turns out
professional-looking work every time.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Early House Action Seen
On Stream Pollution Bill

By the Associated Press.
House members predicted today
early action on legislation for con-
troll of stream pollution. drawn to
meet suggestions of President Roose-
welt.
Representative Mansfield, Demo-
crat, of Texas, chairman Of the
House Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee, said Senate-approved bill
would be revised Immediately in
line with the Presidents recon-
mendations, made at conference
with Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley and others.
The revised bill, Mr.. Mansfield
said, will retain provisions for loans
and grants, but stipulate different
methods and lower interest rates.
1t will provide that loans be made
to industries, and both loans and
grants be made to States which CO.
operate in any Federal program to
purify streams, he added.
Mr.. Mansfield said that II the re-
vised bill becomes law, loans will be
made by the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, instead of being disbursed
directly through the Treasury, as
provided in the Senate bill.
Interest rates on loans will be
about 2la per cent instead of 5, the
rate fixed in the Senate bill
The Senate bill would set up a
new division in the Public Health
Service to direct voluntary pro-
gram between local interests and
the Federal Government.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Congress in Brief
TODAY.


Routine business in Senate and
House.
House committee investigating
Labor Board will hear N. L. r.. B.
attorneys.
House Ways and Means Commit
tee hears farm and industrial wit
nesses on reciprocal trade program.
10:30 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will take up deficiency
bill.
Appropriations Subcommittee will
resume consideration Of independ-
ent onices bill.
House:
Begins consideration Of agricul-
ture appropriation bill.
Smith Committee continues IN
vestigation Of National Labor Re-
lations Board. 10 am.
Naval Affairs Committee resumes
consideration Of fleet expansion pro-
gram. 10 am.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues consideration Of reciprocal
trade agreements.
Invalid Pensions Committee con-
siders veterans pension bills. 10:30
am.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Monopoly Committee
Cites Differences
In Bread Prices
Cost of Materials
ExpIonotion for
Rise Is Discounted
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PfeSS.
Finding that the price of bread
has gone up one cent loaf in some
parts Of the country, the Federal
Monopoly Committee commented
today:
l. although war in Europe and
the upward trend in wheat prices
were given as reasons for the higher
prices, the cost of materials used in
making bread increased less than
one-half cent between August and
January.
2. 1T is public knowledge that
bread prices during the depression
failed to come down commensurate
ly with flour prices. The argument
that both must rise together is,
therefore, far from present"
8. Certain large baking companies
raised prices at the same time"
4. "A rise in price of cent per
loaf represented different percent
age increases, for the same baking
company sells loaves of different
areas at prices which vary by more
than so per cent"
For example, the committee said
the General Baking Co. was selling
a 15-ounce loaf at cents wholesale
in New York, a 16-ounce loaf of the
same bread at 8 cents wholesale in
Washington, and 22-ounce loaf at
8 cents wholesale in Fredericksburg,
Va. The same company, the COM
mittee continued, sold one brand Of
bread at 8 cents pound wholesale
at Norfolk, Va, while selling it at
8 cents for 20-ounce loaf at neigh
boring Newport News.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Constance Bennett,
Robbed Of Gems, Will
Wear limitations
Stur and Anita Louise
Stripped Of So, ,095 in
Jewels Near Chicago Loop
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PresS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-The Middle
West has seen the last of Con-
stance Benentt's expensive jewelry.
The stage and screen star, who
with Anita Louise, movie actress,
were victims Of a holdup early yes
terday in which five masked gunner
stripped them Of jewelry valued at
s33,095, announced as she left Chi
cago:
Il shall never again wear any OF
my real jewels in the Midwest, but
shall only use limitations
Back to Hollywood went Miss Ben
nett's jewels-including diamond
earrings and brooch which the
robbers overlooked. They took from
her a diamond bracelet valued at
$28, 900 and an imitation diamond
ring worth $95. From Miss Louise,
the bandits took several rings and
bracelets valued at $4,000. The act
resses said all Of the stolen jewels
were insured.
The actresses and Richard Ainley,
Miss BENEFITS leading man in Noel
Cowards play, Easy Virtue" which
closed its run here Saturday night,
were held up near the Loop as they
returned to their hotel from the
Union Station where they had ap-
peared in a charity performance.
In st. Louis, where Miss Bennett
went for weeks stage engagement,
three policemen accompanied her to
a downtown hotel from the Union
Station, although she had not re-
quested police protection. She ad-
mitted she was little jittery," and
said her first thought during the
robbery was "I'm in Chicago"
In reporting the holdup to police
the actress said one of five men
riding in a small sedan leaped on
the running board of their car as it
stopped for a traffic light in Market
street. He commanded George
Bayne, the chauffeur, to drive half
block north before parking. Three
men jumped from the sedan and the
four robbers, all carrying pistols, en-
tered the car and told the actresses: !:
I'VE want your jewelry." They did
not moleSt Mr.. Ainley.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Labor Board Lawyer
Denies Saying He
Worked for T.. 10,
Admits, However, He
Visited Union Attorneys
In Their Offices
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Jack Davis, an attorney for the
National Labor Relations Board,
took the stand today before the
House committee investigating the
administration Of the Wagner Act
to defend himself against testi-
mony that he told employees at a
labor dispute hearing he was work
ing for the C. I. O."
Mr.. Davis denied he had shown
partiahty toward the G. I. O. in
complaints involving bargaining
rivalry with American Federation
of Labor Union.
The attorney admitted, however,
under a sharp examination by Com
mittee Counsel Edmund M. Toland
that he had visited G. I. O. attor-
neys at their offices and once made
. speech to members of the organi-
zation at Gibbsburg, N. j.
Mr.. Davis was shown a letter in
which John w. Edelman, regional
director for the Congress Of Indus
trial Organizations in Philadelphia,
recommended the N. L. r. B. at
torney to New York City council
man who was q member Of the
American Labor party. Mr.. Edel-
man wrote that Mr.. Davis "com-
pletely agrees with our point Of
view"
Mr.. Davis explained to the COM
mittee that it was a letter of in
PRODUCTION and not an application
for a position.
Union Was Independent.
Mr.. Davis said the union he ad-
dressed at Gibbsborough was inde-
pendent at the time, although most
Of its members had been afIiliated
with the C. I. o.
Mr.. Toland produced q letter in
which Robert B. Watts, associate
general counsel of the board, wrote
Stanley w. Root, then regional
director at Philadelphia, that Mr..
Davis was being transferred to that
city and asking that his work be
observed closely, since he had shown
indiscretion in prosecuting the
American Radiator case and had
embarrassed the board by telling
workers he was working for the
c. I. o.
do you know what became of the
original of that letter." Mr.. Toland
demanded, showing the witness a
copy.
Il never saw it before" said Mr..
Davis.
do you know anything about its
disappearance from the files OF the
Philadelphia ofiice?"
The witness said he did not. Mr..
Toland then showed from later cor
respondence that the regional direc-
tor. when prodded by Mr.. Watts to
make q report on Mr.. Davis, replied
that he never had received the letter,
but adding that he had formed a
higher opinion of the attorneys
ability.
Davis Denies Admonition.
Mr.. Davis denied he ever had been
admonished by board officers for his
alleged misconduct in the American
Radiator case. He said General
Counsel Faley did call him in after
he left the st. Louis ofilce and ques-
toned him closely. but did not men
ton the charge that he had cam
paigned among workers for the c.
10.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Cumberland Man Killed
As Car Goes OFF BRIDGE
" the Associated Press.


BERKELEY SPRINGS. w. Va.
Jan. 29-Elmer Barnhart, %, of
Cumberland. Md. was fatally in
jured near here last night when the
automobile in which he was return
ing home from visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Barnhart Of
this county, went of the bridge
over Fishers Creek between mere
and Pawpaw, and fell 40 feet to
the ice below.
The car overturned and pinned
Mr.. Barnhart and three companions
underneath. While the ice as a
whole held. some water seeped
through, and when finally found. his
body was frozen to the ice. Death
was laid primarily to injuries.
His companions included Glen
Miller. Robert Miller and Willard
Breakall, all Of Cumberland, Md.
They were not badly hurt.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Hidden Father Fires
200 Feet 10 XIII
Man Menacing Son
Ohio Former Shoots as
Alleged Extortionist
Levels Gun at Youth
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclateo Press.
PAULDING, Ohio, Jan. 29.-Oscar
Ball was summoned to q coroner's
inquest today to describe the slay-
ing, with a well-aimed rifle shot,
of a man holding a loaded pistol
near the head Of Mr.. Balls 19-year-
old son and threatening to pull the
trigger.
Mr.. Ball, a 48-year-old farmer.
told authorities Louis Strake, 33,
struck In the forehead with q .22-
ealiber rifle bullet fired 200 feet
menaced Mr.. Balls son, Richard,
in an effort to collect "blackmail"
money. Police Chief Frank Wallar
said.
Strake squeezed the trigger Of his
pistol as he slumped to the ground,
but the shot was ineffective.
Young Ball said Strake and an
unidentified man came to the Ball
farm home near Oakwood Satur.
day while his parents were on .
shopping trip, the two forcing him
to go to Defiance, Is miles north
Of Oakwood.
Strake left his companion in
Defiance and returned the boy to
his home, threatening en- route to
kill your father" Chief Wallar
quoted Richard Ball.
Standing beside the automobile in
barnyard near the house, Strake
called to Oscar Ball to come out"
The father stepped onto the porch,
but receiving a warning from his
son, dashed to an upstairs window,
from which he shot Strake while
the assailant pointed his gun at
the boy and threatened to shoot him
unless Mr.. Ball paid plenty Of
money"
Neither Strake nor the boy, stand
ing yard apart, saw the father
taking aim from the window, since
they were watching for him to
reappear on the porch.
Il kept pleading with him (Strake)
not to shoot" young Ball told Chief
Wallar. Suddenly heard the crack
of the rife and saw him fall, firing
his pistol at the same time"
Strake, a farm laborer of nearby
Ney, had attempted several times to
extort money from Mr.. Ball. the
police chief said.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Firemen Risk Necks
On False Alarm

F1remen risked their necks in
speeding over icy streets to answer
four false alarms sounded in half
an hour this morning.
The first alarm came in about
6 am. and was followed in short
order by the other three. The
alarms came from Third and r
Sixth and r, Third and K and
Fifth and I streets NV.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
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Evening star., 1940-01-29
Navy Committee Hints
F|eetProgram May Be
Held 10 Next Years
Would Mean 1919 Boost
Now, With Rest Ringing
On Later Conditions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Members of the House Naval At
fairs Committee indicated today
they would move to limit the Navy
high commands $1,000 ,0O0, 900 fleet
expansion program to those ships
which can be started during the next
two fiscal years.
Rear Admiral S. M. Robinson, the
Nays chief engineer, told the COM
mittee Thursday that 80 combatant
craft could be started during the
2-year period starting next July /.
Although Admiral Harold R. Stark,
chief of naval operations. told the
committee today that the Navy
still preferred Is per cent increase,
Committee Chairman Vinson said he
believed a modification Of the pro-
gram was preferable since world
conditions might change.
Could Be Increased Later.
"The sensible thing to do would
be to cut the program to 10 per cent
now and increase it later If condi-
tions justify" Mr.. Vinson said.
Admiral Robinson said the 82-ship
program would include three air.
plane carriers of an aggregate dis
placement of 1880 tons, $500 tons
Of cruisers and 1000 tons of sub
marines. The number of cruisers
and submarines to be built was kept
secret.
Il should like the original bill to
become law" Admiral Stark told the
committee. 1--WE could better plan
over the years Immediately ahead,
with resultant speed, economy and
better work load conditions, which
would be generally beneficial from
all standpoints."
After Mr.. Vinson had said the
sensible thing" would be to await
world developments during the
coming year before permitting the
full Is per cent expansion, Admiral
Stark said that 10 per cent ex-
pansion "is a fine STEP"
IFOSr1m MOI Cuft4lle0.
Mr.. Vinson said he wished to en-
phasize that the committee was not
curtailing the program, because all
the ships that could be built during
the coming two years would be
built. The rs per cent increase
would have covered a period of six
years.
He said there was nothing to pre-
vent the committee from authorizing
the additional Is per cent next year
or the year following.
Representative Bates, Republican,
Of Massachusetts,, raised the ques-
ton whether the ships would not
cost more under the proposed limi-
tatlon.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
200 Scour Wilderness
In Search for Boy
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EUREKA, Calf, Jan. 29.-Nearly
200 men today searched the deso-
late mountain wilderness IS miles
east Of here in the faint hope of
finding q 2-year-old boy alive after
two bitter-cold nights.
Robert McGaughey, jr., disap-
peared at 9 am. Saturday.
A search party tramped through
the rugged country in . fruitless
hunt yesterday.
The McGaugheys, ranchers, lost
another child about the same age in
a fire two years ago at their cabin
in the Bald Mountain country.
The area is part Of the Trinity
National Forest and one Of the
widest sections Of California.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

have had in excess of 100000 900
with which to buy the implements
of war from Norway, Sweden and
the other countries of the world, as
well as from us?
A Realistic World.
"Our people love justice. They
appreciate honor and integrity, and
while we are unwilling to take any
steps that will sacrifice our sons on
the field of battle, am confident
that satisfaction much higher than
the material gain comes to those
who yield a helping hand by the
means proposed to an honored
friend in his hour of trouble.
1--WE live in realistic world. We
may stand aside and refuse the
paltry aid suggested. That refusal
might result in the spread Of an
unholy doctrine that will plague us,
may possibly destroy us in the years
to come. If in our judgment loan
now to this brave people will stop
the spread, is it wiser in a material
way to grant or to withhold?"
Sympathy for Firms.
Senator Gillette, who argued
against the loan, expressed his SYM
pathy for the Firms, and pointed
out that Americans have always
come to the aid of the underdog in
international complications. But he
pointed out that we would be COM
mitting an unneutral act if we gave
Government aid to Finland.
"Is financial aid the first step to-
ward involvement in a European
war? Should the small nations OF
Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway,
Italy and the Balkans be invaded
by the more powerful Communistic
force, should we not also come to
their aid?
Should we not gradually drift
into a position where our sympa-
thies can be inflamed to wrath by all
the tricks of modern propaganda,
where it will be necessary to declare
war as the only way of justifying
our participation?
disregard my individual sympathies
and wishes and by no vote, word or
action of mind let that sympathy in
fuence any step which might well
be one of a series of incidents which
would draw us nearer and nearer to
the vortex of the whirlpool Of war
which is now revolving over halt
the civilized world"
Road to War, Tinkham Warns.
Meanwhile, Representative Tink-
ham, Republican, Of Massachusetts
in a statement attacking the ad-
ministration's foreign policy, said
the United States is slowly but
surely treading the road to war in
both Europe and Asia"
Mr.. Tinkham, member of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
accused President Roosevelt and the
State Department of "f1agrantly'
violating the Neutrality Act by au-
thorizing a loan to Finland.
mo matter how great are oul
sympathy and our admiration fol
Finland" he said, "the Congress
, should not oficially approve United
States Intervention on that wal
front in Europe or Asia. To do sc
would be to commit the United
States inescapably to war;"