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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
HEvacuees
Attend Picnic at
Prosser Park
Plan to make affair
an annual occasion;
officers chosen

Evacuated residents Of White
Bluffs and Hartford, now living
from Yakima to Walla Walla, held
a reunion in the Prosser park
Sunday with us attending. Mayor
E. w. r. Wells gave the address
Of welcome and Edmund Ander-
SON, still living at White Bluffs
told the former residents of condi-
tons in that area at the present
time. - .-'.,' 90
So that the former neighbors
could keep In touch and keep alive
their friendships Of long standing
it was decided to make the picnic
an annual affair. W.. J, Jenkins
Stanley Pemberton, Grandview
e. d. Hall, Mrs. Gene Baxter
Kennewick and ". c. Wilson will
make plans for next years affair
Among the old timers register.
ing at the picnic were Mrs. Peter
Saith and Mrs. Will Belden, sisters
who went to White Bluffs in 1898;
Sam Allard, 1908; r. r. Woods
1913, now of Koskia, Ida; Mr.
and Mrs. T. N. Hensley, 1909, now
living in Kennewick; John II. Nc
Connachie of Hartford, 1912, now
in Seattle; MIR. and Mrs. d. J.
Burch, 1903, now in Prosser; Mr..
and Mrs. J. b. Tromanhauser, 1910
Yakima; Thomas Williams, 1907,
now making his home with his
daughter, Mrs. James Shepherd
Prosser. -
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Codding
1910, Yakima; Lille c. Baxter,
1908, Kennewick; Mr.. and Mrs.
William S. Weber, Hanford set
tiers in 1908, now in Yakima; Mrs.
A. S. Evett, 1908, Kennewick; w.
F. Roberts, 1908, Yakima; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. OLarey, 1911, former
postmaster at Hanford; Mr.. and
Mrs. L. N. Fry, 1914, Yakima;
Segundo Carol, 1907, Kennewick;
Will Belden, 1902; MIR. and Mrs.
r. ]. Roberts, 1907, fruit rancher,
Kennewick. #
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IIn.River School
Districts Vote
IA Consolidate
Richland district to alb
sorb other three but
each keeps debts

following the school election on
.hs matter of the consolidation of
.he four school districts of Vernita,
White MI Bluffs, Hanford and Rich
Ind which carried by the narrow
,a of one vote, Mrs. Ethel
vansyckle, county superintendent,
;.s,,ed on order Thursday of last
week creating a single district of
.bis area to be known as Richland
school District No. 400. The clerks
a the four districts were directed
n turn over all papers, documents
and records belonging to their re-
suective districts to the clerk of
District No. 400.
II was further ordered that the
bonded indebtedness against the
Richland school district No.. 6 of
$4,000 and against Hanford dis
trict No. 29 for $4,000 and any
cash and unpaid taxes due the
? bond redemption fund of said dis
tricts shall remain the obligations
and assets of the respective dis
tricts. All other assets and iabil-
tiles of the component districts
shall become the assets and iabil-
tiles of the Richland district 400.
A total of IS votes was cast in
the election. -
Proposition No. 1 providing for
the consolidation carried 1921.
Proposition No. 2 lost by a vote
Of SO to rs, the White Bluffs school
patrons voting especially strongly
against the measure. This resolu-
ton provided that all property,
assets and liabilities of; the four
districts should become the pro-
perty, assets and liabilities of the
new district except the bonded in
debtedness of the Hanford and
Richland districts which shall be
retired from the proceeds of the
sale to the United States govern
mentof the school buildings and
sites located in said districts, the
remaining proceeds of such sale to
become the assets of the new dis
' trict.
Mrs. VanSyckle stated that the
new district will be divided into
five directors districts and di-
rector will be elected by the school
boards of each of the old districts.
Boundaries for these districts will
be based on population and can
not be done until later. The new
district will be under state control
with the high school located at
Richland-Prosser Record-Bulle-
tin.
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Gasoline
Rainbow Girls Take
Cruise on Columbia

49,
/ Around twenty Rainbow girls
with their mother and father adj
visor, Mr., and Mrs. H. S. Whit
beck, enjoyed a picnic last Fri
day evening at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Harry Linn on the River
Road. After a short discussion
concerning the first meeting and
installation, Mr.. and Mrs. Linn
took the girls and their guests for
a ride on their cabin cruiser,
"Spunky the Second" up the Col
umbia. A wonderful time was
enjoyed by all. The date of the
first meeting and of public in
stallation will be announced at a
later time. -. S.
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Food Production
Need Eases Wire
Curiailmenf !.
: Local farmers can now
get extensions for use
of farm power s.. J.. -. -. -.

Pacific Power & Light company
will supply a number of addi-
tional farms in the Kennewick-
Pasco area with electric service
as a result of the recent amend
ment to war production board re-
striction that permits construction
of certain rural extensions that
will either increase food produc-
ton or ease the farm labor situa-
ton in certain lines, according of
r. H. Skill, PP&L district man
ager.
Because of copper shortages and
the urgent need for the metal by
both the armed forces and by war
plants, government authorities
curtailed electric lines construc-
ton more than year ago. =.
Use of materials for farm lines is
now permitted in special cases
only because of the serious need
for increased food production. To
ease demand on stockpiles of crit
ical materials, PP&L wartime
electric extensions are being built
with steel wire and materials re-
claimed at the company's shops at
Kennewick where extension sal
wage operations have been under
way for more than a year.
Skill said that the number of
extensions that can qualify under
the iberalized war board order
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Miss Mitchell Marries
Service Man at PascO

Tuesday morning, Miss Jean
Mitchell and Lloyd Spencer were
married in Walla Walla at the M.
E. parsonage. They were attended
by Miss Lena Harding and War
rem Webster, both of Pasco.
The bride is lifelong resident
of Kennewick, employed as sec
rotary at the Columbia Irrigation
District office. The groom, whose
nome is in Baker, Oregon, is a
seaman &c stationed at the naval
base at Pasco.
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High Award Given to
KenneWick Man

Stf. Sergeant Norman E. Guyer,
Kennewick, Wash, radio operator
with the United States Army 10th
Air Force in India, has been
awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross fer having participated in
more than fifty combat missions
in that theatre, the war depart
ment revealed yesterday.
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Notify the Secretary

People with rooms to rent have,
quite frequently, listed them with
the secretary of the chamber OF
commerce, which is quite all right
Only kick MIR. Peters has is that
most of them fail to notify him
when they have rented the rooms.
Many unnecessary trips have been
made for this reason, only to dis
cover that the room was already
being occupied. So-if you list
your room, please notify the Sec
rotary when it is no longer on
the market.
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Residents Of
Garden TRACTS
Want Trailers
Seek cancellation of
newly passed zoning or
dinance, for emergency

Like Banquo's ghost, the mat
ter simply wouldn't stay down.
Comes now a petition to permit the
parking of trailer houses in the
Garden Tracts.
Tuesday nights meeting of the
city council again took up the SUBJ
ject for the umteenth time, after
having turned thumbs down time
and again. Occasion was the pres
entation of a petition from prop
erty owners in that area asking
that they be permitted to park
one or two trailers on each tract
providing facilities passed the
health officers OK.
A year or so ago these same
residents petitioned the council
to set their area apart from the
encroachment of commercial en-
terprises. Council therefore Gre
ated a zoning ordinance under the
operation of a city planning coun-
eli. One of the original arguments
for the creation of the restricted
zone was to prevent a threatened
cabin camp from coming in. Under
the ordinance other trailers were
forbidden and the banks big sign
board was taken down. p
Now the petition, signed by a
majority of the residents is asking
that they themselves be allowed
to park a couple of trailers in
their yards. So the planning coun-
Gil will hold a hearing as provided
in the. ordinance, then the city
council will pass another ordi-
nance cancelling the zoning ordi-
nance provisions during the
emergency" so the people in the
Garden Tracts can park some
trailers under their cherry trees.
Dates for the hearing have not
yet been set.
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MIR. and Mrs. Emil Albrecht
Sr. of Pasadena, Calf, are here
this week having been called by
the serious illness and death of
their son Edwin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albrecht were residents of East
Kennewick for many years before
going to California, and still own a
fine home in the East Kennewick
district.
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All Cars Must Bear
Federal Use Stamps

Internal Revenue field deputies
conducting a drive on motorists
who failed to purchase and prop
erly display federal auto use tax
stamps due July i, report less
delinquency than last year, ac-
cording to Clark Squire, collector.
Although stamp sales sharply
increased throughout the district
when the drive began, he said,
definite Improvement in the num-
Der of cars found with stamps
affixed has been noted in most
areas. a.n. sar
Nevertheless, he declared, sew
eral thousand cars already have
been tagged in a concerted drive,
and deputies will continue to tag
every car that does not visibIy
bear a stamp.
Many cars have been tagged
because the owners after having
purchased stamps, failed to affix
them to the vehicle or had put
them somewhere inside the cars
where they were not visible to the
investigators.
The law requires that stamps
be conspicuously posted and fail
ure to comply with this provision
is clearly violation, he explained.
The lower right-hand corner of
the windshield has been desig-
mated as the place for the stamp.
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Churches i Z Council !! /
Being B j ! or1 !
la This Area /.
Cooperation and unified
activities objective of e..
organization 5,s j. ..

Under the. sponsorship of a large
group of ministers. and laymen of
the various churches of this re-
gion a new inter-church group for
cooperative and unified activities
is now in. process Of formation. It
is to be known as the MIDI Column
bia Council of Churches and will
be open to church participation
covering Benton and Franklin
counties. E'% - 55t1j%l ~ l. a@Sy>
Two preliminary meetings of
ministers from various parts of
the valley have been held and
committees have been appointed
to outline. a plan of organization
and to specify the various fields
of work. Ministers have been pres
ent from Pasco, Kennewick, Pros
ser, Richland, Burbank, and other
communities. It is expected that
Cornell will be represented as
will as others. s.,.v, ,.,1.s5..
Rev. Charles Hatton is serving
as temporary chairman until the
organization is perfected and the
officers are selected. Ministers
and churches may affiliate with
this new enterprise by action Of
the local church group according
to its accustomed forms of action.
Each member church will be en-
titled to four lay members on the
council in addition to the minister,
the Sunday school superintendent,
a 1ay-man, 1ay-woman, and a
youth. Churches with a member
ship over 200 may have an addi-
tional member for each 100 men,
bers or major fraction.
A committee on constitution
composed of three ministers and
three 1aymen is working out the
new plan of organization, having
before, it the constitutions of the
State Council and the Seattle
Council. 1t is expected that the
new council will affiliate with the
state council after it is formed.
Three members of the public
relations commission have already
been appointed and charged with
all publicity for the council, and
authorized to proceed at once with
the publication of suitable invita-
tional and promotional material to-
be distributed in large quantities
among the thousands Of new
corners in the industrial region.
This commission is composed of
Rev. John B. Coan, editor, Rev.
Clark M. Adams, business man.
ager, and Rev. Leo r. Dyson, cir
,culation manager. A semi-monthly
four page folder will be published
and has been named the Christian
Challenge. It will contain, in adj
dition to other live current matter,
a complete directory of all rei-
gious organization of the region.
1t is expected that it will be ready
for distribution this week.
This new organization is in line
with unified and cooperative pro-
cedures of religious bodies over
the nation, and is intended to meet
the many and pressing religious,
moral and social problems which
confront every American COM
munity, it was stated by its spon-
sors. 1t was also stated that the
most of the religious groups in
the local communities are already
members of the State Council. An
organization meeting with all min
listers and representatives of men,
Der bodies is to be held later in
August or early in September, it
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Mrs. Guy Helm entertained with
bridge Wednesday night Mrs. May
Vibber held high schore.
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RATION CALENDAR
-...l. Processed Foods s.-q.s .
N. p: and q valid until Aug. 2
r. S, and T valid Aug. j Sept. 2

NJ p. and q valid until Aug. y
r, S, and T valid Aug. ! Sept. 2
-, Meats and Fats
T valid from July Is TO Aug. 81
U valid from Aug. ] TO Aug. 81
" valid from Aug. 8 to Aug. 81
w valid from Aug. Is to Aug. 81
coffee-No longer Rationed
s... Sugar
No. 10 Is lbs.) valid until Aug. Is
Nos. Is and Is Is lbs. eachI valid
until October 81.
Gasoline
Coupon No. 2 good until Sept. Il
Stamps in books B c D E and r
may be used after the date
marked on the book.
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electric
board and built by Pacific Power & Light the Byron
Baker ranch the Kennewick enabled N.
install
turkeys year. picture,
Bocus of the PPL organization inspecting
electric broodes that handling 400
turkey poults.
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Evening star., 1943-11-17

Jurist, Defense Clash
On Cross-Questionino
Hin War Fraud Trial
BY the Associated Press.

os lHe hSsoCidtcQ fTeSS.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. ia
lively interchange between Fedora
Judge Robert G. Baltzell and de.
fense counsel yesterday marked the
trial OF six persons charged with
conspiracy to defraud the Govern.
ment.
The defendants-Lt. Col. Wayne
o. Hauck, now stationed at Fort
Belvoir, Va; Charles N. (Sam)
Hikes of Pittsburgh; Ashby, Arthur
and Kyle Corum Of Madisonville
KY, and Roy L. Gorrell of Russell
vile, Ky.-are accused of defraud-
ing the Government through rental
of construction machinery used in
building the Hoosier Ordnance Plant
at Charlestown, Ind.
The rebuke by Judge Baltzell to
defense counsel came after a pro-
longed cross-eXamination of Will
liam J. Rohan, vice president of
Winston Brothers Co., one of the
four prime contractors on the
Hoosier ordnance project.
William A. Carter of Washington,
special prosecutor, had drawn
from Mr. Rohan the statement that
Winston Brothers Co. and asso-
ciated contractors had sought, from
the time the contract was granted,
to obtain the use of new construc-
ton machinery, such as bulldozers,
shovels, etc.
Mr.. Rohan said he favored using
new machinery Gnstead of second
hand equipment like that obtained
from the Corums) because it was
less likely to break down and less
time would be lost for repairs.
He said he was told, however, by
Col Hauck and Hikes that WASH
ington and zone Office Army authori-
ties would not consent to use of
new machinery because there was
plenty of secondhand machinery
close>at hand that could be obtained
cheaply"
Charles I. Dawson of Louisville,
attorney for the Corums, cross
examined Mr. Rohan for an hour
and. after some repetition on the
questioning, Judge Baltzell became
visioly impatient.
Finally he admonished Mr.. Daw-
son, who is a former Federal judge,
to get together" with six other
lawyers representing other defend
ants so too much time would not be
taken up with cross of
the same witness.
Il must insist on the right to rep
resent my clients properly, your
honor" Mr.. Dawson said. Il do not
intend to be disrespectful to the
court"
you're not going to be-" replied
Judge Baltzell, shaking an admon-
itory pencil.
Prentice Edrington of Washing
ton. attorney for Col. Hauck, inter-
jected that he had "a great deal of
matters not touched on by my COL
league" to take up in cross-exam-
ination.
Judge Baltzell ordered a recess,
again suggesting that defense coun-
sci get together" and avoid dupli-
eating cross-eXamination
Evening star., 1943-11-17
Constance Bennett
To Appear in Suit
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW LONDON, Conn, Nov. IL
Movie Star Constance Bennett was
expected in Superior Court today
for the second session of the action
designed to establish legally whether
14-year-old Peter Bennett Plant is
her adopted son or whether, as she
insists, he is her real son by the
late Philip Plant, her second hus-
band.
On the decision of Superior Court
Judge James E. Murphy depends the
distribution of more than S500,000
left by Commodore Morton Plant in
a trust fund to her former husband
If the judge upholds Miss Benefits
contention that Peter is Philips
son, then he will share in the estate.
Miss Bennett was not in court yes
terday as Attorney Hugh NJ Alcorn
opened the case by introducing for
the trustees four documents to indi-
cate that Peter was not Philips son.
They were: A separation agree
ment between Miss Bennett and Mr..
Plant in which she stated, Mr.. AL
corn asserted. that there was no
issue from their marriage; a divorce
decree granted at Nice, France, in
December, 1929; petition for adop-
ton filed by Miss Bennett in Cali
fornia in January, 1882. and an
adoption decree granted Miss Ben
nett that month.
Evening star., 1943-11-17
Hull Played Cards, but Doctors
Were Air Sick, Pilots Reveal

Ferrying Division, Air Transport
Command, Nashville. 1t. Dempsey
navigator, is from North Hollywood
Calf.
Mr.. Hull was an ideal passenger, ~
First 1t. Malcolm j. Rowe, co-pilot
from Marion, Pa, asserted. "Al-
though 1t was his first flight, he
stood 1t like a veteran"
Mr. Hulls plane, equipped with
three comfortable berths, a refrig-
orator and electric stove, was the
ship used by Ambassador Joseph E.
Davies for his mission to Moscow
There were two planes, both four
motored transports. with three
crews, two regulars and one auxil-
iary.
Secretary Hull spent the time
reading, studying documents and
mapping. Russian weather, which
shifted from sunshine to snow and
constant rains during the II days
the party was in Moscow, was the
Evening star., 1943-11-17
By the Associated Press,

BY the AsSoclAHd Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. II. "A
member Of the crew which flew Cor.
dell Hull to Moscow told last night
how the 72-year- Secretary Of
State sat playing cards one day "as
calmly as II he were riding in a
parlor car, while the two doctors
who hovered over him all during the
trip were in the rear Of the plane
violently ILL.,"
Mr.. Hull, continued First 1t. Will
liam A. Dempsey. was the only one
OF the group on the trip who main-
tanned his health all the time"
The flyers who took Mr.. Hulls
party to the Moscow tripartite con-
ference were allowed by the War
Department to make public their
impressions of the trip.
The airmen who few the Secre-
tary Of State were Tennessee-based
flyers of the 10th Ferrying Group,
Evening star., 1943-11-17

only problem OF the trip, Is far Is
the crew was concerned.
On the final lap Of the flight over,
a Russian operator and navigator
came aboard the ship, directing It
into Moscow.
THE trip over the Caucasus was
hazardous, and We had to fly by in
strument part Of the way" 1t. Rowe
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

MAN FOR PARTS DEPT. Ad-
vancement; permanent work to
right party. FAURE TRACTOR
Ss EQUIPT. CO., PHI. $40. 5-14
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Apt.
house No children. Apply 826
Commercial. 5-19
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

EXPERIENCED waitress wanted.
Good pay. Valley Drug Co. 5-17
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
LOST. FOUND, STRAYED

LOST-Gas ration book A belong
ing to Lester C. Hart. Also tire
inspection certificate. Fin d cr
please leave at Ration Board Of
flee. 5-l5
LOST-Gasoline A and B ration
books belonging to S. O. BalasicO.
Return to Ration Board office.
5-16
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

4 ROOM RANCH house, 81 miles
west of FL Centre Bath, hot water
heater, large yard with lots of
Shade-$25 mo. For particulars
call ID or after Z pm. call GAG. Sid
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

MATTRESSES and Fountain girls
wanted. Apply Clements Drug
Store. SIT
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
i7-Country Properly Lease
,8-Country Property Sale

FOR SALE, near Ell Centre. 3, acre
with trees and flowers, electric
pressure pump with good cistern,
large electric water heater; good
l bedroom house not quite fin
ished. Will finish and paint for
$500 or take as is for $3.50. ia
cash. See Starr Won FluSS, 664
Holt. 500
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
II-HOUSES For RENT

FOR RENT-Modern cabins, air
cooled, by week or month. Green
Lantern Auto Court, | mile east
on Holtville HiWay. 5-14
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
FOR SALE,
!2-WANTED TO RENT

PERM ANt,NT TENANTS want nice
~ furnished house. South side
of town. Reasonable. Call 1882.
b-1d
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

house. 1000 San Diego. PHI. 1507M
5-l9
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
I3-ROOMS FOR RENT

NICELY FURN. room, cooler, show
er, bath. Good location. Men pre-
ferrcd. Phone CaleXico 529. 5-19
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

STRONG, Healthy handyman SO
years old willing and able to work.
desires warehouse or similar work.
Local, permanent, reliable, sober.
References. Write Post-PreSs Box
As. Sis
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

HELP WANTED-Man for milk
house work. Sec Broadbeck, Quail
ity Dairy. Sis
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
4-TRANSPORTATlCN

LADY AND SMALL BOY want ride
to Abiline, Texas, around May 15
to %. Will share expenses. Call
1877 Commercial, Apt. g. std
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
6-HELP WANTED

WANTED ono arc Welder and one
truck driver. Must have aVaild-
bility certificate Apply FAURE
TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT co.
Phone 620 5-13
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WANTED Lady to take care of
elderly lady in San Diego for the
summer Call Holtvillc 8727J1. SIT
Arc and acetylene weld
er. Bowman and Oftelie, 1881
Main St, Phone 519. 5-20
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WANTED-EXperienced beauty op-
orator, $25 wk. guarantee and
commission. COS Olive, Tel. 1881.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WANTED-Bar girl. Apply Rice
Bowl, 452 Main. Sis
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WANTED AT Maintenance
man. Apply chief engineer, Bar
bara Worth Hotel SIT
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
B-SlTUATIONS WANTED

4 HOUSE MEN wanted at once.
Apply Barbara Worth Hotel 5-17
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WANTED-Beauty Operator, $50
week. Apply at Beauty Mart, Ph.
227 sis
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WANTED Experienced service sta
ton man. Good salary for right
man. Inquire I. V. Motors, 759
Main Street, Ell Centre. Sis
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

WAITRESS WANTED. Good pay.
Hotel California. Sis
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13
i3-ROOMS ron KsNI

FURNISHED ROOM with cooking
privileges in exchange for light
housekeeping for 2. Call 709W.
sid
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-13

EXPERIENCED Creamery neIpef
wanted. $3.50 month San Diego
Creamery, 1902 University Ave,
San Diego. SIT