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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
Bat Man" RecOllntS
Thrilling Experiences

A 14-year-old machinist's help
er stood on a flying field at Pue-
bio, Colorado back in 1925 and lis
tened to the guying of his pals,
who were trying to needle him
into making parachute jump.
Minutes afterward he stood,
feet planted on earth again, shak-
lily spilling the air out of a para
chute, but a veteran of his first
airplane ride and first parachute
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16


a new career.
A thousand close calls and abou,
% years later, he arrived in Ken.
newick to start a business in the
merchandise he knows best -
the 'chutes he's floated earthwarG
under for more years than he
cares to count.
He's Charles E. Tommy
Thompson, famed as the daring
batman, whose leaps from air.
planes have started thousands OF
hearts into thousands of throats
all over the country. And he's the
managing owner of a lusty, prom.
Using infant industry-the Vista
Parachute and Distributing Com.
pany of Vista Field.
He hast been doing many bat
man jumps lately, because the
CAA has taken a very dim view
of the stunt that has flattened a
number Of enterprising stunt men
all over the landscape.
But he's planning one more
jump-for the next Kennewick
Grape Festival. There's an idea
that has been lurking in the back
Of his mind -.
The early batmen, Thompson re-
calls, glided through the air with
the aid of a webbed continuance
that spread out from each arm,
and between the legs. Air resist
ance alone supported them, until
the moment they were ready to
yank the rip cord on the chute
they wore and land.
In 1896, Thompson began work
on metal wings. They were con-
structed with ailerons built into
them, had a full wing curve, and
provided lift from their upper
surface, just like airplane wings.
They were much more maneuver-
able and spectacular than the web
bed outfit.
Thompson jumped with them
for years, until the CAA grew un-
easy about them.
To get back to that new idea of
his, though. A dream forms full
fledged in each Of his eyes, as he
starts to think it out.
Lets see," he says, eff we could
just build jet propulsion units into
each wing
That's the stunt Thompson is
saving for 1947 Grape Festival.
A flying batman, scorching thru
the blue of Washington skies on
jet-propelled metal wings.
There's still a little matter of
getting permission from CAA,
but he's willing to give that a
try.
Thompson spoke to the Kenne-
wick Chamber of Commerce at
their noon meeting today.
Il had been looking for a place
to locate all over this area" he
said, "but there didn't seem to be
any space available. Then / got
in touch with Mayor Pratt of
Kennewick, and things started to
happen"
He remembers particularly how
Rolfe Tuve, Dick Rector and Paul
president, secretary and
leading member respectively of
the Chamber of Commerce, turned
out on Sunday to put glass into
the broken windows of his new
parachute loft at Vista Field.
''I've never seen that kind of
help given to business man in
my life" he says wonderingly.
He hasn't forgotten either how
he called Mayor Pratt from Pros
ser to inform him that he was
starting out with a truck load of
can hour and a half
later" he recounts, 81 was settled
in my new place of business"
Thompson considers Kennewick
an ideal site for his parachute
business. Ip addition to his regu-l
lar work Of maintenance and re-
pair, he will open a distribution
point here for a new chute of
revolutionary design.
He holds rating of senior rig
ger now, and win receive his mas
ter rigger's license as soon as his
tower and equipment have been
at Vista Field.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
PLANNING

kenneWick's Chamber of Com
merce is attempting to realistically
lace the many problems involved
N a rapidly growing community.
committee chairmen are pushing
plans for an overall program for
me organization and plans are
oeng formulated for a full time
secretary manager. Cooperation
3I businessmen and citizens will
De appreciated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
FAILURE

Benton county contributed its
snare toward the failure of Initia-
i've Il, which deals with the ques-
uon OF legislative reapportion-
ment. Only ~ percent of regis
ssred voters signed the petitions.
franklin did much better with
100. klickitat hit 1873 and Ska
mama reached IT'S For district
-nat suffers more than any other
ttsslsiatlve division in the state
; ir,at IS definitely not a good show
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
BABY TENDER

oAbY TENDER
u,he or the convenience of mothers
evr o may be attending the ladies
T,a Tn class at the Recreation hall
a. oSGsoay and Thursday mornings
nr.S O'CLOCK an attendant will be
h,,;S s!lt 70 care for children. The
ie.ans IS warm, recreational
Acc. say, and children of all
r;n i've are welcome. They may ar
>ev.s IN y. ouggies, strollers, or how
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16
STORY OF THE WEEK

Kennewick school teacher
Mil ment INTO Penney's shoe depart
h, elis the other day. AL Kissler
'usleo forward to wait on her.
CHI want pair of alligator Shoes"
s;, ies, maam," said AL, "and what
'i-e ooes your alligator wear?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

The March of Dimes officially
began in Kennewick on Wednes-
day.
And this year the shiny little
coins are marching out to meet an
ancient and implacable foe, who
in 1916 struck a cruel and punish
ing blow-hardest since 1884.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

GUEST

Another guest writer comes up
with some food for thought in pre-
senting the story Of soil conser-
walton. (See page twoo James Wal
ker is, to quote his official title
in full, a conservation Aid, Soil
Conservation Service Now if you
want to know what SOS stands
for it means: "Save Our Soil"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-01-16

possibly broke record along with
pictured above in the wheel chair none
initiated into the Odd Fellows rsmpa Club
inc on sporting the regala their
eY and H. Stairs newly Noble
C.rands Of Hebekahs Odd Fslows tHandal Phofo)
Evening star., 1947-03-16

and Judge Edgar J. Goodrich, tax
expert, will speak.
The business sessions open at the
Statler tomorrow morning with an
array of exceptional speakers, in
cluding Edwin G. Morse, chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Washington; Emerson P. Schmidt.
United States Chamber of Com
merce; Theodore r. McKeldin.
Mayor of Baltimore; Robert J. Watt,
international representative, Amer
lean Federation of Labor; Ralph
West Rebey, chief economist, Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers;
Josh Lee, member, Civil Aeronautics
Board; Representative Robert w.
Keen, Undersecretary Of War Ken
meth G. Royal and others.
In addition to Chairman Ritenour,
Washington members arranging
the convention include Charles L.
Carr, Harold G. Hayden, j. Edward
Heberle, Henry w. HerZog, William
r. Little, Humphrey Lloyd, Ray
mond G. Lochiel, Raymond G.
Marx, H. Randolph Barbee and
F. Charles Brown.
Lincoln Promotes Officers.
Directors of the Lincoln National
Bank have just made two important
promotions, Richard A. Norris, ex-
ecutive vice president, announced
yesterday.
Louis C. Paladini, who has been
the banks controller, was elected
cashier, relieving Mr.. Norris of these
duties. Mr.. Paladini has been with
Evening star., 1947-03-16
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D.
SUNDAY, MARCH Is, l947,

lower: bulls. steady: weeks bulky top soed
and low choice steers. 22.75-24. 90; odd
prime $50 pounds, 27.00; most medium
and average good steers, 19,00-22.50; few
medium down to 1880; medium to average
good heifers,. Is, ,00-1 1880: a few good up
sse eao % m nu%Ssr aas hsS ssSd iss
most common and medium cows Of dairy
breeding, II .50-fS.50; few medium up to
1880; bulk Gamers and cutters. 900
11.00; fairly active and steady to strong
trade on small supply Stocker and feeder
steers; scattered lots medium and good
native stockers and feeders, 15.50-1S.50,
with some choice early Up to 20 90.
Calves, none: compared with week ago.
late yealers trade very uneven, 2.00-7. 90
below . week ago with most decline on
medium and lower grades closing trade
good and choice, 2,0o-2o 90. strictly
s.90-1 90; culls down TO 800.
weights 160 pounds and over, mostly 90
lower; lighter weights, 1.50-2.00 lower;
sows, / 90 lower; Fridays bulk good and
choice l60-1S0 pounds. 26.75-27 90: 1S0-
220 pounds, 27.75-2S. 90: 220-250 pounds.
27.25-50; 25O-300 pounds. 26.25-50; 800
$50 pounds, 25.25-5o; $50 pounds up.
120-140 pounds, 24.75-25.o0; good sows,
22.25-5o.
Sheep, none: compared with week ago,
slaughter. lambs in very meager supply all
week and trade about steady: good and
choice grades so-ll0 pounds 23,5o-25; so;
common common and medium: l650;l9.50; sulls
ewes 8,00-9.0o; common and medium.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Mar. Is R.-;Apgles-
MARI Market about bout steady 1Maryland Penn
West Virginia. bushel baskets and Eastern
up, ,3.00.3 80; few 3.75.4 90; some a.75:
3.75; Romes 2h and up. .. 0O-3.6O: Alber-
marie Pippin 2h-inch, $50; rest un-
Potatoes-Market dull; 100 pound sacks
U. s. No. | PENNSYLVANIA Katahdins very
few sales, 2.7o; New York h0-pound paper
SACKS katahdins: l4o s,,,. ,,.uu,,,s
Virginia. bushel baskets Goldens U. S,
No. l White Yams. fair to good, 1.oo-2.oO;
Poultry Quotations.
many carried: demand light roasters,
ducks turkeys, Leshorns, too few to quote;
mostly mostly 81: fowl, eolored' S - 36sss; mostly
tlour-Rsessi1ss.'.n s5s'n ho.ts.; fo.iss 1oo-Dound
oS6 obefRseeDtt BUSHES Stock n0pe shBmsni Bnsse
$50: No. 3 red winter. March, s.So.
Corn-Receipts, 295, 1888 bushels, Ship
ments. $4,000 bushels. Stock, 4,7S7,o00
oats-Receipts, 1,741 bushels. Ship
Rents Ne nSss osss Stocks 5314s6 bushels;
bushels. stock, 13i. .s94 bushels.
ments, hone. Stock, 253,212 bushels.
Millfeed-63 tons
Hay-General hay market Is steady.
to S24 per ton For all grades of hay be-
low No. the prices are irregular.
Straw-Market steady. Wheat straw,
No. 2, per ton, Stills.
Euttar and Eggs.
Eggs, market barely steady, with easier
undertone; receipts liberal; demand slow;
large, 50-52 cents: few So; grade A, large,
1880; mostly 474s: few high as So: me
diums, 40-45: few As; grade B, large, 3S-
graded. 1914.
Receipts. butter, 25.eso pounds: eggs,
2,414 cases.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, none; compared with week ago,
weeks supply mostly slaughter cattle: gen.
eral trade, rather slow and weak to so
cents lower on steers: cows, mostly so cents
Evening star., 1947-03-16
CURB SUMMARY

Furnished ~ the Associated Pressy
A rejected list q active stecks On the
New Yofk Steck Exchange. showing the
high. low and closing price for the week
and the. net change from the previous
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Western UnionR nReporfsLoss
Of $500, 1853 for 1916
BY the A,soeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 15.-Western
Union Telegraph Co. said today in
its annual report that labor costs
and employe benefits took IA cents
out of each dollar of gross revenues
in 1916. tl
Reporting deficit for the year
of $11,000, 500. which was reduced
to $8,904,36 by recoverable taxes
and other adjustments, the COM
pany said "labor unrest and large
retroactive and continuing wage
increases constituted the chief
problems affecting financial re-
suits"
The INFLAMMATION and plant i'm
provement program Of the COM
pany attained rapid strides in 1916,
the company said, adding that COM
pletion of the program would make
available a vast increase in the num-
ber of circuits for telegraphic traf-
fic and other communications pur-
poses.
Nineteen radio towers have been
erected in a New York-Philadel-
phia- -Washington-Pittsbu radio
beam system, the report said and
other installations as far West as
Chicago are scheduled.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Plus extra or extras. Paid in 1s4e.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

Gated in the Washington schools and
is graduate Of the American Insti-
tute of Banking. He Joined the
banks staff in 1929 as a runner and
has worked his way through nearly
all departments. Both men have
made exceptional records in banking.
Pre-Easter buying helped Wash
ington department stores lift sales
in the week ended Saturday, March
8, per cent above the corresponding
week a year ago, the best advance
in several weeks, the Richmond Re-
serve Bank reported yesterday. Sales
were 13 per cent better in the pre-
vious week this year. Cumulative
sales in the four weeks ending on
March were off per cent from
the like 1916 period.
Sales in the fifth district were
up 8 per cent in the week under re-
view while the other percentage
changes were the same as for Wash
ington. From January l through
March 8 sales were per cent ahead
Of last year.
League Dinner to Draw 600.
About 600 members of the District
Building and Loan League and
guests will attend the annual dinner
at the Mayfower Hotel on March
%, Rudolph w. Santelmann, presi-
dent, said yesterday.
Special guests who have accepted
invitations include Representative
Jesse p. Wolcott, Representative
Everett M. Dirksen, o. x. La Rogue.
president Federal Home Loan Bank
of Winston Salem; Lansdale Sasscer,
Edward Carr, newly elected head of
the National Home Builders Asso-
citation; Charles E. Hillegeist of the
Washington Real Estate Board; S.
William Miller, president of the Dis
trict Bankers Association and the
Union Trust Co., and Frank Miller,
director of the Federal Home Loan
Bank.
Julian Berla, active in architec-
tural and building circles, will ad-
dress Washington Chapter, Society
of Residential Appraisers, at din
ner meeting Tuesday at $50 at the
Burlington Hotel. He will consider
1.-The Relation of Architecture Serv-
ices to Value"
Members of the Executive Council,
District Building and Loan League,
will hold a luncheon meeting Tues
day noon at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Latest building and loan problems
will be discussed.
New Savings Trend Seen.
Carl H. Ellingson, president of the
First Federal Savings & Loan Asso-
citation, sees a swing back toward
thrift. Savings placed in building
and loan associations of the Nation
in January were 26 per cent above
January, 1916, and 54 per cent above
December, 1916.
These comparisons indicate that
people are coming to see the neces-
sity of a sound thrift program for
every family, he said.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Rail Bonds Sfeadier
After Declining 10
New 1947 Low
By the A..oeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 15.-Railroad
obligations steadied in the bond
market today after falling to a new
average low for the year on Friday.
A number of the lower-priced
carriers slipped fractions to as much
as a point, but on the whole gains
and losses were evenly balanced. IN
dustrials tended upward while utili-
ties showed only minor yariations.a
Sales of $1,1s0,O00 compared with
81 1854 900 a week earlier.
Marked down were Baltimore s.
Ohio convertibles at 48A, st. Paul
convertibles at 81, North Western
AIS at TITS, Rock Island refunding
Is at 49,, Missouri Pacific con-
vertibles at 25A, and Southern Pa
cifics AIS of '69 at 96. A notch
higher were Central of Georgia 51as
ct 14A, Chicago g. Eastern Illinois
incomes at 331a, Morris & Essex 31ss
at SO, and Frisco As at 86A.
United States Governments moved
narrowly in the over-the- counter
il16tl hCV. TOl ClSll SO11o1 4OdIlo (Oo0Ctl
no changes of Importance.
Rails leaned to the downside most
of the week, settling into new low
ground for the year on three days.
Sales were small, which indicated
to brokers that. there was no wide
spread selling, but demand was
equally slim even at the lower
levels.
Only a few small offerings ruff1ed
the surface of the new money mar
ket although they were well re-
ceiyed Investment dealers sharp
ened their pencils, however, in an
ticipation of the $100,000,0 900 Con-
solidated Edison Co. bond issue
scheduled for bidding next Tuesday.
A few days later American Tele-
phone will bring to market $780,
00O, 900 bond issue.
United States Governments inched
ahead during the week, the Victory
Loan December 21as of '67-'72 clos
ing 6/32 of a point higher at 103 1882
hid
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Woshinqton Stock Exchange

(Report Compiled BY Exchange Ohcdls0
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE FOR YEAR 1947 UP Te
AND INCLUDING FRIDAY, MARCH IA.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

dt Illt oId dt1CA
Hotel at 3 o'clock
tn Is afternoon.
Directed by Dis
trict Of Colum-
bia Control, the
meeting is spon-
sored by the
Controllers In
stitute of Amer
lea, the general
chairman being
O. H. Ritenour
of the Washing
ton Gas Light
Co.
Following reg
Evening star., 1947-03-16

1Stratlon, about o. II. hltenour'
200 members and guests will have
a reception and entertainment at
the Carlton Hotel at S pm. and at
pm. at the same hotel the inau-
gural dinner will take place. Dean
Elmer L. Kayser of George Wash
ington University will be POSTMASTER
Evening star., 1947-03-16
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Mar Is R-Cotton
futures were irregular in a quiet session
today
Nearby positions were firm as textile
mills bought May and July cotton futures,
covering cotton cloth sales. Houses, with
Mid-Western connections sold deferred
positions with some hedging indicated
Futures closed S110 bale lower to IS
cents higher than the previous close.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

are annual Endorsements based on the last
quarterly or semiannual declaration. Un-
less otherwise noted. special or extra divi-
extras. Plus stock dividend. d Cash orI
stock Paid last year. PAYABLE II
sssT. % hPsysbie In Canadian funds:
K kAccumulated dividends paid or declared
this year. d New issue. w with wAS.
rAnta. xw without WAfrAntA
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Controllers 10 Open
Regional Conference
AT Dinner Tonight
By Edward c. Stone

Controllers from as far North as
Boston and Buffalo and South to
Atlanta will open the 18th Eastern
Regional Conference of Controllers
&La Cfof1ar
Evening star., 1947-03-16
Market AVERAGES
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Mar. Is H1.-Closing for
eign exchange rates follow (Great Britain
in dollars, others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket 63s per cent discount or 93.62h U. 8.
cents, of iSS of a cent;
Europe: Great Britain S4 02A, of / /16
of a cent: France franc) .841s, of hs OF
a cent: Sweden (krona) 27.S5, unchanged
Switzerland (franc) Comb 2340' un-
Latin America: Argentina free "a A. up
O1 of cent; Brazil free 5.51, unchanged;
Mexico 20 80, unchanged.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

the Lincoln since 1910 and was for
merly auditor of the Floyd E. Davis
&c. He was educated in Washing
ton schools and is member of the
American Institute of Banking.
Walter r. Fry was elevated from
assistant cashier to assistant vice
Mr.. Fry also was edu-
Evening star., 1947-03-16
BOND SUMMARY

tFurnishedsby the Associated Press.)
:. A seiected list Of acrive Bends On Ne
high. law and closing price for the week,
and the net change from the previous
Evening star., 1947-08-03
By Thomas R. Henry

A HIGH adventure In secret places unique
~ experience Percy Powell specialist American
historical manuscripts at the Library Of Congress- during
four years he engaged atalogung the White
papers of Abraham
When ne given the assignment to through these
Ito be kept secret to the
Robert Todd Lincoln the Civil Presden-he
make notes, either paper
That he understood 1t, q
Of the forgotten
had catalogled
read them Powell tried conscienouy those psychological
gymnastics.
He to tell anybody that working
keep
complete secret from fellow members the
embarrassing moments efforts information
fronh lin
Evening star., 1947-08-03

torians maintaining that the Presi-
dent deferred too much to his ap-
pointees and that the cabinet really
ran the Government.
Was Keen Politician.
Next came the picture of Lincoln
as one of the keenest politicians"
in American history. 1t Is easy to
confuse politician" and states
man." Zone Of my own college pro-
fessors used to say" Powell recalls,
that a statesman was dead poll
tician, but I think we may draw a
clearer distinction than that"
His picture of Lincoln, the politi-
cian,, emerging from the papers is
that of a consummate master of the
art of bringing two apparently ir-
reconcilable factions together by
creating an entirely new issue in
which they could merge their inter-
ests. 1t might be described as
starting q fight to stop a fight. It
was to his skill in this respect that
Lincoln owed his elections and his
success in driving a team Of such
self-willed and often contemptuous
Evening star., 1947-08-03
Continued From Page C-1)

ton of protecting the honest busi-
nessman from the unfair practices
of those who would gain competitive
advantage by false and misleading
means. Respondents beer and ale
are not Of Canadian origin and are
not even of Canadian type, and we
have seen no reasonable excuse for
the adoption of the misleading name
except the competitive advantages
which it offers. That the use Of the
word Canadian in connection with
these products is of value to respon-
dent cannot be doubted, and the
Commission found that substantial
trade has been diverted unfairly to
respondent from its competitors.
Many of the basic rules Of fair
competition, and particularly those
which apply, developed before the
Federal Trade Commission was Gre
ated and did not grow out of a
feast of authority which my COL
league fears has at times been bad
for the Commissions digestion.
Interesting View
Commissioner Mason's sugges-
ton that citations are cryptic Is
truly amazing. When they are un-
favorable, they are annoying, but
certainly not cryptic. They serve
as the guides, the signposts in the
gradual development OF an under
standable syste moi law. Judicial
and quasi judicial bodies recognize
that decisions in the courts must be
accepted as an indication OF the
manner in which subsequent cases
involving similar issues will be de-
cided. The businessman who
has been guided by a clear line of
decisions must grope again in un-
certainty. = May businessmen
now use Scotch to designate domes-
tic whisky, British to describe
American shoes, 'Sheffield' for Amer
lean silver and multitude of similar
false representations as to origin
provided only that they satisfy the
commission by adding Made in
U. 8. A.?
This case presents no 'unbridled,
intemperate welding Of power. It