davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29
GETS rRAILERs

CHENEY GETS TRA1LERS
DIR. Walter Isle, president OF the
Eastern Washington College OF Ed.
ucation at Cheney has announced
that Is new trailers have been
added to the campus. These tran.
ers. coming from Pasco will rent
for SIS a month for married vet
Grams and their families.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-08-29

Read courier-Reporter Classified
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Prize Contribution
By Rose Gill, Is
Anoeostio High School
In the Creek

Many years ago, in the horse-and-
buggy age, even the ladies rode
horseback as a means of transpor-
tation. When my grandmother was
about 20 years old she and her
younger sister were going to spend
the day at the home of a friend.
They decided to ride horseback be-
cause it would be quicker than
taking the buggy. The roads were
rough and the distance was long,
but they rode side-saddle on their
horses.
After travelling for some time
they came to creek which they
had to ford because there was no
bridge. Grandmother started down
the small embankment, taking all
possible precaution not to let the
horse slip.
When they were in the stream
grandmother's horse was tickled on
the leg by bush. The frightened
animal suddenly raised in the air
on his hind legs, leaving grand
mother in the middle of the stream.
After recovering from her shock
she regained possession of the horse
and attempted to ride.
Being very wet from her fall she
proceeded to ride extremely fast to
her friends house on the farm. To
her amazement when she arrived
her clothes were frozen tn her body
Much time and care had to be
taken to get her free from the
clothing
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Anacostian Explains
Why He Wants to Be
A Civil Engineer
Prize fo1tribafio"
By Horny Thoyer, Is
Anasosfia Hioh Sehaol

Every child has his share Of ambi-
ton, and I, too, have had numerous
ideas for the future. These earliest
ones came from either things I
enjoyed doing or hero-worship. Now
the most promising career seems to
me to be that Of civil engineer.
This occupation is as old as the
ages. Many uses were found for
engineers In the olden days along
the Nile. The pyramids and Sphinx
are construction feats that may
never be equaled for durability.
Mathena ties and sciences are two
Of the most important subjects for
this work. ANY boy interested in this
career should strive to get all of
these he possibly can. After high
school, four-year college course
must be taken to study further into
these subjects and others.
The most distinct advantage is
that there will likely always be a
need for engineers. Thus, you will
be able always to earn a good living
without overworking or breaking
your health. The working conditions
for this occupation are generally
good. There are many large firms
in which one can work and advance.
The only possible drawback is that,
if you let it, out-of-town work may
keep you away from home.
Having weighed the good and the
bad. feel that I would like to be a
civil engineer and help do my little
bit to make this world a better place
for all.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
City Youths Urged
To Take Farm Jobs

Washington schoolboys who vols
unteer for farm jobs this summer
will receive higher wages than In
past seasons, Alvord Sherman, head
of the farm labor recruiting branch
of the United States Employment
Service, said yesterday.
Mr.. Sherman said that for gen.
eral farm work boys may expect to
receive this year $40 a month, plus
room and board, as compared to $50
month last year. For work that
is paid on an hourly basis, ne said.
boys will receive so cents an hour,
compared to IS cents paid last sea-
son.
Pointing out that. dairy, and other
farmers in the Washington area OF
Virginia and Maryland must de-
pend largely on city youth for sea-
sonal labor. Mr.. Sherman urged all
boys interested in farm work to
apply at his Office at Fifth and
K streets NV, or to contact Henry
M. Folmer, room 115, Central High
School. Mr. Folmer will be at the
school from 7 to pm. each Mon
day and Thursday, and may be con-
tacted on other. days by calling his
home, Trinidad 1892
High school boys who apply for
farm jobs this summer must be will.
ing to work for at least two weeks,
Mr.. Sherman said. They should bs
over feet 3 inches tall and should
weigh 125 pounds or more, he said.
Evening star., 1946-06-16

counties, Stafford has progressed
during the last Is years to a well
balanced agricultural econ
omy. Once deficient in hay pro-
Stafford now has an excess
each year, and it is hoped, If the
orchard grass experiments are sue
cessful, that farmers no longer will
have to depend on foreign markets
for this important grazing crop.
Hunter Greenlaw, one of Stafford S
promising young farmers, is prepar-
ing to harvest orchard grass seed
from a 12-acre tract on his Kappa
hammock River farm, and the meth
DDS he plans to use may be of in
terest to other farmers who will
sometime want to raise their own
grass seed.
Mr.. Greenlaw, while member of
the Future Farmers of America
about eight years ago, was voted a
master farmer by the national Or
ganiZation. Since then he has taken
over his home farm, and in addition
rents land on the George Washing
ton boyhood farm near Fredericks-
burg.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Tales Our Grandparents Tell
Prize Contribution
By Peggy Burgess, IS
Anoeosiio High School
he Haunted Lane

When Frank, my grandfather, was
a young man, there was much talk
about ghosts. Around blazing fire.
places in the winter, on summer
picnics; in fact, wherever country
people gathered, spooky stories were
told. Many of these yarns centered
around lonely road in Charles
County, Md, appropriately called
the Haunted Lane"
AS Frank travelled this road one
night, he recalled these tales. He
wasn't afraid, however. because he
didn't believe any of them.
Suddenly, his horse stopped short,
and pricked up its ears. 1t didn't
take Frank long to realize what was
wrong. Ahead of him, in the mid
die of the road, gracefully floating
q few feet off the ground, was a
woman whose white nebulous dress
Steamed in the moonlight.
Frank sat absolutely still on his
horse to give the matter thought. He
unused: That figure is the exact
image Of a woman, all right, yet it
must be q spirit. But whoever
heard of a woman floating?
Well, I don't believe in spirits, and
I'm not afraid OF any woman-so
I'm going down this road!"
The intrepid young man spurred
his horse forward. As he sped by
the cleaning lady, he reached out
to grab her. To his surprise, his
arm went right through her.
She was only a spider web cov-
cred with dew,
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Win a Cash Prize
flirting, D|rawing
For Junior Star

II you are not more than 18, or
have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw for
The Junior Star. AS many as five
cash prizes of 81 are. awarded for
the best contributions published
each week, and writers of stories
which in the opinion of the editor
are of sufficient merit are issued
cards identifying them as Junior
Star reporters. Here are the rules:
!. All contributions must be original.
>. Stories, articles, poems, etc, must be
written on one side of paper; If typewrit-
ings must be in black ink or crayon on
white paper and must be mailed fiat, not
rolled or folded.
8. Name and address, telephone num-
ber and school of the contributor. must be
in the upper left-hand corner of written
contributions and on the back of drawings.
4. The editors choice of winners is final
and he reserves the right to publish any
contribution in whatever form he thinks
best. REGARDLESS of whether it is awarded
prize. He may also withhold prizes
awarded for contributions found not to be
original.
Checks for contributions awarded
prizes today will be mailed this
week. Address your contributions to:
Junior Star Editor, 727 Star Build
ing, 1101 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
Washington 4. D. c.
Evening star., 1946-06-16

One of the main problems in
harvesting grass seed is to prevent
loss of the small seed. Since the
seed is small and lightweight, losses
are extremely heavy when the con-
ventional combine methods of
harvesting are used.
Mr. Greenlaw plans to overcome
this by cutting the grass. just below
the head, with a regular mower to
which a turnover has beel attached.
The grass will be cut before the seed
heads are completely ripe, and the
long stubble left in the field will act
as cushion. preventing the heads
from falling to the ground.
After the seed heads have been
allowed to dry, Mr.. Greenlaw plans
to bring his combine into the field
and pick up the furrowed heads for
threshing. He believes this method
will prevent the high loss of seed
experienced by many farmers
Some farmers harvest the grass
with a binder and let it stand in
shocks until it Is threshed. The
mower method, however, should
prove more effective and with less
labor. since the work will be done
almost entirely by machinery.
Orchard grass is an important
crop where livestock raising is a
part of the general farming prac-
tice. Seed, formerly imported from
Holland. was cut off during the war
and this country's small output
could not meet the demand. The
cost of seed rose to a point where
farmers could not afford to SOW as
heavy.
In addition to the development OF
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Safety Circus alks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Stars school safety program
and former chief of detectives, is
giving a Safety Circus" series, of
chalk talks to pupils of elementary
and junior and senior high schools
The program is sponsored by The
Junior Star in cooperation with
school authorities of the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
This weeks schedule: ss
Monday, 9:15 am, Stanton Mon
day, IL am, Brightwood. Tuesday,
Gas am, Stoddert. Tuesday, 2
pm, Shepherd. Wednesday, $50
am, Carver.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Cake Was Early
Settlers Name for
White Bread
Prize CosfribnhoN
By Joseph. W. Morton, IS
Washinston-lss High School

Now that there is such a shortage
of wheat. and famine is threaten
ing the world, 1t is good for us to
look back to the history of early
America and to note that the set
tiers managed to eat well and
healthfully without much use Of
flour as We know it today.
In fact, white bread was so seldom
used that 1t was called "cake" and
made for special occasions. The
daily fare consisted of corn bread
or dark bread, as most of the mills
were not equipped to bolt the wheat
and thus make it into the fine white
flour that We are accustomed to.
There were no large commercial
mills, as there are today, but nearly
every community had its own grist
mill, run by water power, where
the farmer could take his grain and
pay for the grinding by giving the
miller so much of the grain.
When the first settlers arrived on
these shores, they found that the
Indians cultivated corn. 1t did not
take the settlers long to learn how
to grow it and use it. In those days,
it was in more common use than
wheat and often known as Johnny
cake" )" really coming from Journey
cake" as it was taken by travellers
on long Journeys, being both nour-
ishing.and easily carried.
Going to the mill must have been
a thrilling break in the routine of
the country boys life in those days
After all, We are descended from
these very people whose hardihood
and courage made the country what
it is today. In those days, one had
to share with ones neighbor-in
new country, progress or even sur
vival is often dependent upon CO.
operation. Why can't We show that
same spirit today? We are pioneer
ing for a better world.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
l~L- Farmers Warned
-o' ''N'' '\1 To Scan Future
By Jones BirchfieId

members, boys and girls selected
as delegates to the camp because
of outstanding work in their home
communities, visited Government
departments to learn the functions
of their Government and attended
conferences designed to fit them to
return to a bigger and better job of
leadership at home.
The work of the All Clubs and
the Future Farmers of America or
ganizations is recognized as pro-
viding one of the most important
steps toward a strong. intelligent
rural America of tomorrow.
These organizations promote good
citizenship on the ground that a
well-informed citizenry is impera-
tive to the future welfare of this
country: they nourish leadership
and teach sound farming practices
because rural America needs lead
ers, and in order to keep them
opportunities in agriculture must
be as attractive as those offered by
business.
The farm is not the place it used
to be and the rural youth knows it
He no longer is looking for an
escape but is determined to have
a hand in shaping the future of
America so that he may continue
to live in dignity In a profession
that is as old as man himself.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Triumph Clear, by Lorraine Beim
Harcourt, Brace; $2)-Crippled by
infantile paralysis as she is about to
enter college, Marsh Evans goes, in
stead, to the Georgia Warm Springs
Foundation. What follows makes
an interesting and heart-warming
story of a girls courage and de-
termination.
Miss Emily, by Jean Gould
CHoughton, Mifdin; s2.5O-The
story of Emily Dickinson, beautifully
told for boys and girls who have
read, or will want to read, her
poetry.
The NIFTY Children Fix Things,
by Nura (American Studio; $2.50)-
Picture story of the nine NIFTY chill
dren, all of whom have names be-
ginning with j, because that letter
stands for Joy. But joy isn't so
easily come by, as the reader will
learn.
The Gift Of the Golden Cup, by
Isabelle Lawrence (Bobbs- Merrill: ::
$2)-Story of pirates in Roman
times. Exciting adventure against
authentic background.
Evening star., 1946-06-16

OF all the wonders of animal life,
the beaver dam probably Is the
greatest. The clever animals are
engineers, and they know their work
we'll.
Before we speak of how the dams
are made, let us answer the ques-
ton, why do beavers go to all the
trouble of blocking streams and
keeping their dams in good shape?"
In few words the reply is this:
They want good, safe homes. The
dam gives them deep enough water
to build the kind of homes they
need"
Just how these animals figured
out the plan is hard to say. 1t must
have taken their tribe a long time,
but the way was learned, and has
been followed through the centuries.
Far From Cities.
Beavers make their homes as far
as possible from cities or villages.
They go to little streams which
form the headwaters of rivers. In
summer, they eat tWigs, leaves and
tree bark, also the roots of water
lilies. Often, they dig holes in the
bank of stream, and use the holes
as summer homes.
A hole in the bank is all right for
a summer home, but not for winter.
1t would not be good place to store
the food which beavers need, and
would not be safe enough. A beaver
wants at all times to be able to leave
its home and swim in the water,
where most enemies cannot capture
1t. In winter, it needs a chance to
swim under the ice covering the
water.
How can small stream be made to
provide a large pond?, Beavers
know! They want good deal of
water, and they want it fairly deep,
so they make dam! =,
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Blair Variety Sbov' Soloist
Points to Career in Obera
Prize Contribution
BY Kothleen FouIeoner, II
Montgomery Blair High School


A "triple-threat" girl in the field
Of music is Marguerite Marginelli,
II, member of this months grad
uating class at Montgomery Blair
High School, Silver Spring, Md
She sings and also plays both the
piano and the violin.
Marguerite has never studied
voice but has sung with glee clubs
at both Blair and the junior high
school she previously attended
Altogether she has had six consecu-
tive years of glee club experience.
In recent months Marguerite has
been soloist in Blair's 10th annual
Variety Show" and has sung on
an amateur show conducted by a
local radio station.
A dramatic soprano, Marguerite
also has sung in the chorus of the
Columbia Light Opera Company-in
THE Eref1y," "The Merry Widow"
and Hit the Deck"
Marguerite has played the violin
about seven years. She soloed with
it in last years Variety Show"
Evening star., 1946-06-16

a well-rounded agriculture, STAFF
ford farmers also have followed q
sound policy of farm mechanization.
Almost all larger farms in the
county are fully mechanized, while
the smaller, farmers have been able
to take advantage of farm machin-
cry through cooperation.
Many small farmers with l0-acrs
crops now own combine, a corn
picker or some other piece of ex-
pensive machinery because of a CO.
operative arrangement with their
neighbors that makes the purchase
of the piece of machinery eco-
nomically sound.
Under this arrangement, even the
smaller farmers are independent OF
the varying farm labor supply.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Uncle Rays Corner

If the wind has blown down a
tree so it lies PARKWAY across
stream, it may give a good start to
the dam. If there isn't such tree,
a large boulder in the water may
serve almost as well. Otherwise, the
beavers may cut a tree and let it lie
where it falls, with limbs and leaves
in the water and the trunk lying
partly on the bank.
With something to give them a
start, the beavers go right ahead and
build their dam. Dozens of trees are
felled by the working of their strong
jaws and sharp teeth. The branches
are trimmed off, and taken to the
place where the dam is to be. The
trunks and large limbs are cut into
pieces, and rolled to the water so
they will float to where they are
needed.
The logs and branches are partly
covered and weighted down with
mud, sod and stones. In much of
this work, the animals use their
front legs as arms" for pushing,
pulling, carrying and plastering
They hold sticks and branches in
their mouths while swimming
through the water.
Dam May Rise High.
The dams built by beavers may be
only or feet high, but often they
rise from to feet. Now and then,
Dam is from 10 to IA feet high.
A colony of beavers can build a
dam feet high and 20 or 80
feet long in two or three weeks
August seems to be the month in
which most of the new dams are
started.
The extra large dams are the
work Of many beavers working over
q period of many years. Certain
dams are more than a quarter of q
mile longl
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Dairy Is Sold

The Birmingham Dairy pasteuriz-
ing plant at Manassas has been pur.
chased by the newly chartered Bir.
mingham Dairy Corp, headed by
Claude T. PARCEL, Fredericksburg.
j. Carl Kincheloe, former owner,
will retain an interest in the busi-
ness and will serve as vice president.
Mr.. PARCEL is president of Farmers
Creamery, 5FrederickSburg.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
GROUP to Meet

A Southern States Board and
Farm Home Advisory Committee
supper conference will be held at
the Prince William Hotel, Manassas,
at 7:30 pm. tomorrow. The pro-
gram will include a report by H. 3.
Manuel, district manager.
Evening star., 1946-06-16
Current Functions
OF Garden Clubs

Monday. June 1.-THE Arlington
Neighborhood Garden Club will hold
its regular meeting at o'clock at
the Mount Olivet Methodist Church
Sixteenth street and North Glebe
road. A talk on Color in the Per-
ennial Border" will be given by Mrs
H. L. Randall, and exhibits of per-
ennials with arrangements Of foliage
and vines in containers will be on
display. Hostesses at the meeting
will be Mrs. N. K. Kaufman, Mrs.
S. J. Hilliard, Mrs. Clarence Bland
ing and Mrs. Kenneth Pearson.
Neils J. Hansen gave an Illustrated
talk on roses at the second annual
meeting of the Mems Garden Club
of Montgomery County, opened by
the president, DR.. Fred Coe at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School,
Among plants displayed by men,
bers were the Red Boy rose and
Chevy Chase rambler, brought by
Arnold Burr Five new members
are: j. H. Sidebottom, Clark Hoge
Hilles, Charles Merryman, T. E.
Beall and George A. Smith.
Mrs. Tarleton Brooke entertained
the Little Garden Club of Sandy
Spring on Tuesday at her home,
the Willows. Mrs. Robert L. Barnes
and Mrs. Robert Turner, aides at
the clubs recent flower show, were
guests at the meeting, leading a
discussion on the arrangements dis
played at the show. =.
At the June meeting OF, the Chevy
Chase ID. c. Garden Club, held
Monday at the home of Mrs C. Wohl-
gemuth, 6308 Florida street, the an
nUal election of officers took place.
Mrs. Edward I. Mullins becomes the
clubs new president: Mrs. Samuel G
Keery, 1st vice president; Mrs. Paul
Christian, I'd vice president ano
historian, Mrs. Paul Everhardt, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Joseph H
Galliher. corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Mark Lansburgh. treasurer.
Annual reports were read by the
chairmen Of the standing commit
tees, and Mrs. Mullins reviewed the
clubs activities for the year, after
which members adjourned for the
summer.
Mrs. Wohlgemuth was assisted by
Mrs. Robert w. Chaffee and Mrs
Henry T. Wirgman as co-hostesses
Evening star., 1946-06-16
arm andCarden
Experiments in Orchard Grass
Stafford County Farmers Devise
New Methods of Harvesting Crop
By W. L. Browning
Stafford County Extension Agent

beginning this deternins
orchard seed for local
and
the seed the yield appears be good but
harvesting methods to be used
though the smallest OF Virginia
Evening star., 1946-06-16

Her plans for the future include
voice study and career in grand
opera.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-02
LAWYERS URGE PARTY HEADS
TO BACK fEpC BILL

CHICAGO, Feb. 2 (ANP)-
Party heads, from the President
down, were requested to rally to the
support Of the permanent FEPC
bill by the National Bar associa-
ton, while the National Council for
a Permanent FEPC was praised
for it's valiant fight in behalf of the
measure.
The position of the NBA was re-
vealed in kilograms, under the sig
nature of Atty. Earl B. Dickerson,
MIA president and former second
ward alderman, to President Harry
chairman of the Democratic party !;
Sen. C. Wayland Brooks, (R) Him
ois; and Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedge
ois; and Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedge
man, executive secretary of the
National Council for a Permanent
FEPC.
The NBA, representing nearly
1000 lawyers all over the country,
congratulated President Truman
for his continuing support of leg
islation to establish a permanent
Fair Employment Practices COM
mittee. We are greatly heartened
by the fact that you see eye to eye
with us that in our American de-
mocracy equal opportunities should
be accorded to all persons to earn
a living without regard to their
race, creed, color or national origin.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-02-02

We applaud your most recent plea
to congress for passage of said leg
islation and now in the face of ter
rifle opposition, mainly of southern
senators engaged in filibustering to
prevent action by the senate, we
call upon you to use the power of
your office as the leader of the
great Democratic party to rally the
progressive elements of the party
in the United States senate to fight
the filibuster, and vote for cloture
and for passage of the bill.
"The liberal people of America
would hail such action on your
part and would acclaim you as their
unquestioned leader in the struggle
to win democracy on the home
front for all our people" the NBA
telegram said.
eve are aware of the strong op-
position to the bill now being man.
ifested by filibuster tactics of GER
tain southern senator's" the NBA
told Hannegan, "but we have con-
fidence in you and feel that if you
publicly state your opposition to
such tactics, the battle for the bill
will be won. We applaud your every
act in this direction, urging you to
rally the progressive senators of
your party behind Sen. Chavez to
secure passage of the FEPC BILL"
Knowing you as hard fighter
for all causes in which you believe" "
the telegram to Sen. Brooks urged
him ito take an active part in the