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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-06-19
HOVER NOTES
q. Mrs. Harmon Wilcox
news to Kennewick 12x9
rhoA before Wednesday
.nd Mrs. Orval Butterfield

Mr. and Mrs. Orval Butter1lelo
). wednesday morning for Col
lei. 10 attend the wedding OF
iax CON Lester to Miss Betty
tnen onoale of that city. Mr..
MasseMa rs Orval Butterfield went
ana Occur d'Alene, Idaho to
on " with their daughter and
WIS.,; Sill, Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Dert-
lam isa They will return home Fri
day S.ve ..Buck" Pate is in the
Da hospital at Portland for
,nadical treatment.
me s,;slav Grange met Thursday,
10Th with Highlands Grange
'suI Finley. The first and second
a. 5rrae initiation was given to a
,ee ag,ber of candidates: Buddy
nu d the Melody Girls" furnish
anu music for the program with
60 sa..u whitney giving a poem
. DsrH Pa is Sick" June 10th
Finley will go to the Hlghlandss
Grange to put on the third and
r ta,,rfh degree initiation and hold
I ru meeting jointly with High
lands. ~ Don.,d yeaoer
"a daughter Billie, MIR. and Mrs.
Glon Yeager, Wade and Darrell
v vnaaar were called to Steven
~. ls's washington, Thursday night
s Su The death of their grandfather.
T n returned home Sunday
evening. .,,.,,,, ,,.,.;1,od
thursday evening for Fort An
coles to visit the William Nunn
family. -. ;, ,,d d.,,sb
Tor Patty visited with Mrs. Guy
Nelson Saturday.
Mrs Emily Laudel OF kenne-
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NOTICE

NOTICE 49, ..''S =. S+
Teen-age girls who are interest
ed in softbal are welcome to the
practices which will start June II
at the Recreation Building in the
Housing Project under the volun-
tary leadership of Mrs. Clemens.
Practice will be held at o'clock
every Tuesdays Wednesday and
Thursday. ..
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Thank You
KENNEWICK AND COMMUNITY

The Grand Opening Of the Diamond Sc
to $1.OO Store, Inc, was huge success
very steady orderly crowd shopped
with us for the tW0-day opening.
- generous supply of the most beautiful
flowers were received
We believe this new addition to the Ken
newick shopping center was very well &C
cepted by the community as whole.
-. We received numerous comments on the
modern store front and the assortment OF
merchandise on display
-. We had the pleasure of having Mr.. II. s.
Robinson our president, with us on opening
day.
=. We also had the following buyers with us
during the laying out and opening OF this
store: -.
Mr.. Davison-buyer of notions jewelry, toilet art-
ces. art goods, candy and hardware.
Mr.. W. w. Watters-buyer of wooden ware, glassware,
hnWare inoleum, crockery and horticulture. :,
MIR. I. Rggs-buyer of stationery, novelties ana all
easonable merchandise. s5s-z BIZ vs ta4sa3
Mr.. Ed Johnson-buyer of hosiery, ribbon, lace tow
els handkerchefs, mems and ladies ready-to-Wear anu
baby department.
Again thanks to the people of Kennewick and Com
muniY for cooperation in making this opening Dig
-
H. S. ROBINSON. President.
r. F. JEIDE. Manager. y%E s%
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gram and an estimated Grove
of 5000 people, all bent on en-
joying themselves.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

The SUBURBS 80 precincts will
be thoroughly canvassed by pre-
cinct workers from the labor group
before the elections next Tuesday,
Nov. 4.
Council members will be as
signed to particularly intensive
work in the Grant Works, Park
holme, Hawthorne, and Boulevard
Manor districts of Cicero, it was
announced.
Edward Cepak, president of the
council, and Sam Mariani, its sec
rotary, declared in a joint state
ment that the labor leaders had
endorsed the Progressive slate "be-
cause the candidates are friends
of labor and of the people as
whole" Their election will "irn-
prove tthe people's) economic
conditions and living Standards.
they added.
Cepak is prominent in the AFL
Building Service Employees Union.
Mariani is leader in local 453
of the United Auto Workers tCIO).
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

pear on the ballot under the head
ing Democrats"
Among other persons slated to
speak for the Progressives were
Herbert March, district director
for the United clearinghouse
Workers of America (CIO); Nelson
T. Willis, president of the Cook
County Bar Association; Thomas
M. Clarke, co-chairman with Mrs.
Edmonia Swanson of the South
Side judicial campaign; and Jan
ice Kingslow, star of the all-Negro
radio serial, Here Comes Tomor-
row."
The mass meeting, at which ap-
peals were made for at least 1000
poll watchers to serve in FREEDOM
inantly Negro precincts on the
South Side, was preceded by
luncheon earlier in the day in
honor of Robson.
Nearly 100 prominent South
Side business, labor, and civic
leaders attended the tribute at 412
r d7tb CT
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

BUSINESS men opposed to the machine ticket.
So is labor. So are the Negro people. So other
minority groups Together smash it,
Westbrooks has been smashing at obstacles democ-
racy for many years.
Born in Waco, Texas, 81 years ago. he entered his,
first bate-for better educational IT, he taught
school at Moody, Texas. He later organized Negro
school SYSTEM"
1T WAS about that time, too, that he challenged
lynch terror by casting his first ballot in Waco.
He the only Negro student at the John Mar
shall Law School, from which he graduated 1872 He
had financed his legal education by working for tailor
and later for railroad.
After graduation, he opened his practice in one
office at 5000 S. State He's there 35 years
later-but he the building and occupies is
rooms, all of floor!
WHEN. after passing his bar examinations he found
that the Chicago Bar Association Disseminated against
Negroes, he organized the Cook County Bar Associa
ton, which has grown to membership now of about
400 lawyers, Negro and white.
His fight against the Illinois Central and Rock Is
land railroads resulted in Supreme Court ruling out
laWing Jim crow railroad cars.
More than 1000 war veterans who drive taxi cabs
fought the monopoly of the Yellow and Checker cab
companies here.
And labor has benefited from his battles against
ant-abor inunctons Among his clients been the
ALL railroad porters and the bartenders and walters
People get tired of the bosses running THINGS" he
explains. ITO beat the bosses. they must fight Them
Sometimes that fight is in the Now il is al the
polls This time victory for the people will come with
victory for the Progressive Party" ,,e
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

KARGMAN has been working for democracy since
AS law student, working part-time in the City
Hall, he helped organize local 49, Chicago Municipal
Office Employees Union (AFI0 of which he is still
member. The local has endorsed him for election
AS lawyer, he fought against the trusts who were
trying to defraud thousands of bondhoders during
the Depression when bonds default 1t has been
estimated that millions dollars were saved for the
little people" through his suits.
AS CHIEF legal officer at the Philadelphia port of
embarkation during the war, he initiated systems which
protected large amounts of public money profteer
the government At the time, ne took part in the
successful defense of several GI in courts-maral His
work here and with the Army has earned him
the endorsement of more than 100 leaders the
Grams OF Foreign Wars including Roeder assist
ant chief of state for the Illinois VFW and Michael
Prosser, commander of Robbins Post No. 1852.
His fight for democracy also explains his candidacy
PETITIONS and appeals for clean courts low prices
and fair treatment of labor enough" KargmanE
contends
Without active political work. machine deals like
the behind the slate are able
to crush the people under Taft Hartley laws high rents
and wide evcfions. and Wild prices
Corrupt politicians depend on the people stayinsT
away from the polls The people must fight them there
at the polling places. The people have the strength
and now they have ticket which represents the people
the Progressive Party"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

A huge turnout was expected
for the affair. A capacity crowd
of 1900 was expected to fill the
auditorium of DISABLE hig h
school, and loud speakers were set
up to carry the speeches to an
overflow throng which was ex-
pected to gather outside the build
ing at 49th and State SITS.
oscar DePriest, Republican
committeeman of the Bird ward,
and Rexford Guy Tugwell, for
mer aide to the late President
Roosevelt, one-time governor of
the Virgin Islands, and present
professor of political science at
the University Of Chicago, were
to be among the featured speak
ers.
THE THREE Negro candidates
on the Progressive Party ticket
Sidney A. Jones Jr., Earl B. Dick
erson, and Richard E. Westbrooks
were scheduled to present the
case against jim crow bench.
There are no Negro candidates on
the machine ticket which will APP
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
THE LEAGUE. has since gi,


ants and Housing Council, but the man behind the
ieague-the who paid its heavy expenses out of
his pockets still active.
He is Homer F. Carey, Northwestern University law
professor and nationally known authority rent law,
Estates and trusts. He is of the 81 Progressive
Party candidates for Superior Court judge.
Carey, his background indicates, recognizes the
need for lawyers to the public interest
the practice of law in the office Harlan Fisk Stone
Republican leader who later became chief justice of
the U. S. Supreme Court.
WHEN HE arrived the Evanston campus in 1882,
he already had record of work behalf of labor
behind him. He knew the problems of labor, having
worked for some time in drop forge shop.
The argument he presented against yellow dog"
York LATER in the U. Senate to block the
confirmation of anh-labor judge John Parker North
Carolina TO the Supreme Court.
Many cases involving civil rights and the advance
ment of the labor movement have come his way but
he regrets that he has had fight racial
covenants in the courts.
THE COURTS should not uphold Them" he SAYS
1.-THE court must be bound by the Constitution as well
the legislature, and restrictive covenants clearly
I'm Unconstitutional"
His opinions about the machine ticket which he is
opposing equally firm
IT'S dumping ground for politicians who must
be put out of the The proof is that in
the ~ during which has operated 10 rob the
people Of their choice has failed TO produce one legal
scholar"
With men like Carey, endorsed by the Chicago Bar
Association their ticket the Progressves know that
will be able to level similar charge against
them.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Robson at porty

Paul Robson. noted bari
tone. Buff Cobb. star of the
stage play Private Lives" and
Bill EYthe. movie actor. will
appear at prediction party
TO be given jointly by the Prog
ressive Citizens of America and
the Progressive Party Satur-
day. Nov. l. at 8 pm. in the
Midland Hotel. l72 w. Adams
st.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Poll watchers meet

All South Side volunteer poll
watchers have been invited bv
Mrs. Edmonia Swanson TO at
tend a meeting next Monday.
Nov. 3. at 7 pm. in the DuSable
Community Center. So E. 4sth
ST.
One thousand poll watchers
are urgently needed in the LIST.
End. 3rd. and part of the 5th
wards in next Tuesdays cleo
ton of Superior Court judges.
the Progressive Party warned
this week.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

were true. The important thing was
that the courts had sunk to dangerous
level in the public's esteem when such
bitter comments could be heard.
That's what impelled Kargman, an
Independent aldernaanic candidate in
1946, to run for Superior Court judge
on the Progressive Party slate.
Politics is not a thing apart" he
points out. IFS an integral part of
democracy
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
These three candidates show the co|ibr
Of the Progressive Porty judicial slate
Homer F. Carey

When the high rent and eviction crisis first hit
Chicago sharply, it seemed though tenants
pletey sfriendless- that wasn't true.
Newspaper stories Immediately began to appear in
the press telling of the assistance were receiving
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

Retail prices of consumer goods
and services in June were SO per
cent above the August, 1899, level,
according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

He is Richard E. Westbrooks, 61-
year-old attorney, nationally famous for
his battles on behalf of civil rights, labor
unions, and minority groups.
That's why I'm running for Su-
perior Court judge" Westbrooks ex-
plains. I'VE have jim crow Superior
Court bench here in Cook County. with
both major parties ignoring petitions by
the Negro people for representation on
the bench.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Cicero AL and Clio leaders
endorse Progressive ticket

The Cicero Joint Labor Council labor leaders
from ALL and Go locals having total membership more than
workers living endorsed the entire Pro
gressive Party slate for Superior ourtj judge
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Wallace |. Kargman

Cook County has some OF the best judges that
money buy ass-ssa..4.
Those cynical words, spoken by friend, kept run
ming through the mind of Wallace l. Kargaan.
It didn't matter whether the idea expressed in them
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Richard E. Westbrooks

Jim crow will face a tough enemy at the polls
Nov 4.
One of Chieago's oldest fighters against race hate
and discrimination will Progressive Party candidate
for Superior Court judge.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01

from the Tenants League of America.
In short time, more than 10000
queries on tenants rights had been
answered by the league. Hundreds of
renters daily visited the leagues offices
at l N. LaSalle st.-so many, in fact,
that the management of the building
threatened to evict the league!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-01
Robson spurs drive to
crack Jim crow in courts

roared to climax this week following meeting
which Paul Robeson baritone
speaker.
Evening star., 1947-07-20
Pose IS

more, New York and three Texas cities. In
one typical test, non-oscillating fan, used
to blow air into the room reduced the room
temperature degrees, from "a to rs, in
two hours. But when the same fan, a l6-
inch model, was turned to face the window,
and set back from it feet, the temperature
dropped from SO to 72 in the same period of
time-a rs per cent increase
This method of cooling is only successful
when the outside air is cooler than that
inside the rocm-hence it is used to best
effect at night. The windows through which
the hot air Is to be expelled, and those
through which cool air is to flow in, must
be carefully selected according to the pre-
vailing breeze.
Evening star., 1947-07-20

nONT LOOK NOW-but maybe you're
not putting your electric fan to maxi
mum use these hot nights
If you've been trying to catch a bit of
shut-eye in between bouts with smothering
pillows and clinging sheets, with the fan
turned directly on you, you've been missing
trick. That trick is to set the fan, not os-
cillattng, about feet back from an open
window-and let it blow air out of the win
dow instead of on you. Open up other win
dows. and the current of air swept from the
room by the fan will. in turn, drag in fresh,
cool air. through the other openings
This simple formula which was stumbled
upon by chance. has been the subject of ex-
tensive scientific tests conducted in Balti-
Evening star., 1947-04-06
HOLD BACK THE CLOCK!
Continued from page eleren

SOSHbHte~ J'o1" P1Se
Finally, an overalled figure climbed up ladder in
side the belfry of the Town Hall.
well, I'll be - Boids!'
The overalls clambered down, mounted again
armed with long broom The broom handle gyrated
around behind the clocks mechanism. "Whoosh,
there! Out with you Get!''
Came shr orchestration of sharp cries, beating
of wings around the figure the ladder within the
dark tower and swift passage of small black shapes
out of the tiny windows.
On the air outside, the swallows took up their
formation again.
FRANK GIPIN sighted the birds in the sky as he
walked along the avenue again. This time he went
with light step, for he was going away from the
office, toward home. Crane had made up his mind for
him, made the decision he onged to make but dared
not.
Think you can get here any time you want?' the
gruff voice had demanded Think because you been
here few years, you can do what you like on this
job? WE'LL you've got another think coming" Yes,
he had, and he had chance coming too - chance
at last to do what he had always wanted His tele-
gram was already whizzing through the air to New
York
He looked up at the fight of BIRDS and - not
knowing quite why he waved
. Helen Glass watched the formation too as she
stepped outside the PRISONS bulky stone gates What
she were black spangles against sunt blue, and
she sighed.
Soon her husband would be standing arm and arm
with her beneath the freedom of that sky miracu-
lous dividend of minutes, then the ringing of the
phone hurried voices and the reprieve had come as
she knew it would
She threw her black veil back over the top of her
hat, and lifted her face skyward
lovers, too, saw the swallows. Dorothy Watkins
who earlier that morning had been Dorothy Porter
them when she tossed her head to dodge the fly
ing grains of rice as she and Herbert down the
corridor from the church to the waiting car :. Alice
Bergen sat snuggled against Philip resting her head
in the hollow of his shoulder that seemed to have been
designed for that use she lifted her contented eyes
and looked out the train window and there above,
she them.
Soon the church. the prison, the tower, the train,
all were left behind in the far distance Flying on an
even keel, the swallows continued South. Quietly,
except for occasional furry of bird chatter that
edded through the group What short stay! They'd
come, and gone again, almost before they'd had time
to cast a shadow =. before thered been time for
anything at all to happen. The End
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-08
TIE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE

You know, kinda like to gas
about ''free enterprise" like to
gas, TOO, about other things that
are reasons and causes for my
faith in the future of this U. S. A.
Aso ] like to boost and review
Aesop-and thereby keep re-
freshed and alerted on how not
to be O sucker.
Just since vi day there has
been added around 100000 to
Samho's payroll. That is not less
THAT is 100000 more, than be-
fore VI day. It is no compli-
ment to US citizens-these add
ed 800 thousand "1ocker-after-
ers." We must be slipping. AT
this clip, "free enterprise" is be-
inn elbowed out fast.
Over in Virginia this Honor
able Soreback there, Mr.. Byrd,
il delving into the dark corners
and b unearthing plenty OF ter
mites at work, on our founda'
ton. The Senator needs help
The u. S. A. is still big ane
strong-but so was the old Ro
man Empire, until it grew carR,
less.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
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Plumbing, contracting, repair
work. Free estimates. Service
guaranteed. 825 Elizabeth st.
A. H. Williams, formerly Will
liams and Roberts. may6-6tx
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PLUMBING

PLUMBING
Is a Public Trust
Good Material is Now Available
Have Your Plumbing
Done the Right Way
For over Is years Master Plumb
err and Heating Engineer-10
years in Key West
Estimate Gladly Given-Call liz
F. A. Duffy, Master Plumber
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Furnished two-room cabin and
one house trailer. Ready TO
move in. On IL lots 50 X 100.
Few chickens and ducks, coops
and outside shack. Three row.
boats, near water. Price $1,000.
Turn right on road going north
by Big Pine Inn on Big Pine
Key to property. If not inter
ested do not apply. may8-3tx
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Solar water heaters. Large heat
ing units, loo-gal. hsaHy.daaty
insulated tank. Can be had for
small monthly payments. No
money down. Guafanteed. Or
der now for immediate delivery.
Lee Bros. Neon Co. 6t4 Greone
ST., Phone 4 Key West, Ella.
may1-6
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Professional Movies made, in COLI
or or black and white, at your
party, wedding, banquet or any
special occasion. A lifetime
treasure. At your service any
where, any time, night or day.
Very reasonable. Evans Camera
Store, sos Southland st.
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There is q perfect ideal-says
Ruskin-to be wrought out OF
every human face around US.
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|Spiglcr s,ldP allner
BECOMES A Habit

= HAGERSTOykN, Md.{APA
~ % IN. the family, Frank T.
6s1Sier and Albert Palmer
: agyesd today.
~ hive Palmer sons have mar
rice five SpieGler daughters in
the 1ast - years. This was the
wedding record:
1lisabelh Spigler and Donald
: .Pahnss n 1854
nslella Spieler and Bernard
'*.Ps1unar in 1888.
- Lula Nay Spigler. Estella's
--twiA. snA Paul Palmer, 1898.
Nosine Spigler and Harry Pal
me-, lo42.
Ks1hlsen Spigler and Albert
Palmer. r., lo47.
n Spielers have two un-
msBsied daughters, but all the
Palner hro1hers have already
magsied their sisters.
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Rooming house business for sale.
IL rooms of furniture, complete.
Address 933 Fleming Street.
may6- 6tx
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Courtesy, plus efficiency, equals
reliable plumbing service. Phi.
$50, 1929 Whitehead. A. G.
Roberts. may5-10t
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Fine home, near Rest Beach on
beautifully handicapped, large lot
with front, side and back street
exposures. Price $4,000, terms,
half cash. johnson & johnson,
419 Duval Street. may6-tf
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Furnished apartment, no pets, no
children. Apply 1914 GrinnAn
st. may5-Dtx
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Luggage trailer, two wheels, good
condition. Tony's Auto Body
Shop, 603 Greene Street.
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eoR HEisT

Large store in best location. che
half block from La Concha ION
Fleming. Highly suitable for
grocery, meat market. Success
full business of this kind in 10
cation for 80 years. Fine ipr
any other business. Inquirelat
Peppers Plumbing Supplies, 312
Fleming st. rnay1sH
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For sale, "35" Straight 8 La Sale.
Good condition. Call after 600
p. m. My apologies to those
who came to look at it before.
GIL Division ST., Ross Trailer
Camp. may8-3tx
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1884 Studebaker sedan, good tires,
new paint, $1,000. Tony's Auto
Body Shop, SOB Greene Street.
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LOST

Mans brown pocketboOk, con-
tanning Identification and sum
of money. E. H. Solomon &c
Porter Place. Reward ..
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3-Burner, deep well Electric
Stove. 95-I, Poinciana.
maya tx
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Royal Artist B-flat clarinet.
Grenidilla wood. Straight from
Selmer Factory. $110. Inquire
los Whitehead, next to Dukes.
may8-1t
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Books for every age. Books Tor
every hobby. Paul Smith,
Bookseller, corner Simonten AID
Eaton SITS. illay5-6t
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Homes of the better kind, imme-
diate delivery. Business prop
erty on Duval St. Filling sta
ton, apartments and hotels, and
choice lots near Casa Marina.
Paul Boysen, 626 Fleming ST.,
yard. 350l Flagler. Phone
153. may6-5tx