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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24
Witt Attends WSTC
Session on Education

Carl Witt, principal of the jun
ior high school, will leave for
Washington State Teachers Col
lege next week, where he will
take part in the program of the
Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development of the
National Education Association.
Mr.. Witt was counselor in the
Minnesota State Department of
Education before coming to Ken
neWick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24
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By Hal Clark

We came back from our vaca-
ton to find ample proof that bus
mess prognosticators, who say
that Kennewick is "the hottest
town in the Pacific Northwest
are Individually right. Even the
thermometer agreed with them.
Is - 3 {.
But the experience did supply
me with a fine formula for a va
cation:
\ .
Get in the car with the wife
and kids, drive away, and leave
yourself at home.
Paradoxical as that may sound,
it's the thing to do. Find a place
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24

Know" urged the construction of
a playground, with dance floor,
in Kennewick, similar to one re-
Gently established in Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24
THIRTY YEARS AGO

THIRTY YEARS AGO
July rs ! -,..
The name of Lawrence Erick-
son headed the list of Benton
county draftees facing military
service. Seventy-nine were to re-
port from Benton county on the
first call.
City Attorney F. r. Jeffrey was
commissioned first lieutenant in
the field artillery of the National
Guard.
L. M. Keene of the Highlands
killed coyote infected with ra-
bies. He urged all farmers to not
let any coyotes escape.
Billed at the Princess was Fatty
Arbuckle in "The Butchers Boy
On the same program, Clara Will
liams appeared in Three OF
Many" play of serious pur-
pose, redolent of conflict and the
battle of souls in distress"
A letter signed 1--WE Who
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24

Grover Lincoln, Dutch Lincoln,
Harry Copeland, Joe Brown, H.
Shanafelt and Les White were
signed up to play kittyball for
Kennewick at the Prosser States
Day celebration. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24

make The Chine, Chinese We're the -
usefulness of the fI RbrOiit BY d,
by the silk worm producss
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24
From The Past
TEN YEARS AGO


July %
Figures just released showed a
gain of. AZ percent in Benton coun-
tvs retail sales from 1888 to 1895
with a total retail sale of $2,576-
900 for 1886.
The Courier-Reporter this week
carried four headlines which read:
''No News Today Concerning the
Pillsbury MILL" No News Today
About Work on Washington St,
"No News Today Concerning Oil
Barges," and ''No News Today
About the eWather." ii
However, the Courier sttoutly
proclaimed there is 'sNews Today
About the r. G. Swimming Pool.
The Kennewick-Pasco controver-
sy over the use of the beach had
been amicably settled and Kenne-
wickers were welcomed.
Thieves broke into the A. M.
Luth home, disconnected lights
and refrigerator and took some
small change.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-07-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO
INV %

July 20 -
Data concerning the Kennewick
Highline canal had been prepared
and was in the hands of the u. S.
Bureau of Reclamation in Wash
ington, D. c.
Threshing was under way in
the Rattlesnake and Horse Hea-
ven districts. Roy Kratzer was
furthest along and reported 20
to Is bushel yield.
Arrangements were BEING
made to purchase a ten acre tract
on the river bank, east of the high
way bridge, for fair grounds
and athletic field. .,..S pa.
Frederick Mercy purchased the
Liberty theatre. The show house
was closed for a week for remod-
cling. Decorations would follow
an Egyptian motif and would
make the theatre one of the most
attractive in the valley.
Harry Higley. Wesley Monroe,
Evening star., 1947-10-29
Restrictive Covenants
Held Un-Democratic
AT Jewish Meeting

| Restrictive covenants were brand
ed as un-democratic by a group OF
citizens meeting last night in Pierce
Hall, after a panel of speakers had
presented their views onthe subject.
! The meeting, sponsored by the
National Capital Chapter of the
American Jewish Congress, heard
these speakers:
, Frank Gervasi, associate editor of
/ Golfers Magazine and foreign cor
respondent; Aaron Goldman. chair
man of the real estate discrimination
committee of the Jewish Community
Council of Washington; Sydney R.
Rubin, attorney, and Will Maslow,
national director of the American
Jewish Congress commission on laws
and social action.
Fight on Covenants Urged.
After hearing these speakers talk
about various aspects of covenants,
the group of more than 100 passed
resolution expressing their senti-
ments. 1t said:
Restrictive covenants and all
other forms of discrimination in the
sale, occupancy, or use of real estate
on the basis of race, creed or color
are repugnant to democratic way
of life to the spirit of the Consti-
tuition of the United States. :. They
should be condemned by all fair
minded citizens. 49,. They should
be fought by every appropriate
means. The President and the
Attorney General should be request
ed to intervene in the pending cases
before the Supreme Court to express
the interest of the Government in
opposition to such covenants as un-
constitutional and as contrary to the
public policy of the United States"
Mr.. Goldman traced the histo-
rical background of covenants
from the days when property own
ers made informal agreements
among themselves because they
did not want glue factory next
door-to the present day. 1t is an
easy thing to charge the real estate
dealers with guilt, he said, but even
more vicious is the "gentleman's
agreement" practiced in many
neighborhoods to keep out all but
so-called Aryan races.
II am intimately acquainted with
Evening star., 1947-10-29

hate Mr.. Gervasi stated. TT was
a peculiar kind of hate called
fascism."
Cites Indirect Aid.
Mr.. Maslow pointed out number
of instances in which discrimination
was helped by so-called responsible
agents. He said that in Washington
some newspapers will not accept
ads which purport to sell white
property to colored people. He said
the Federal Housing Agency anc
banks indirectly approved covenants
by their loan policies.
Mr.. Rubin cited statistics to show
that covenants force colored persons
into slum areas and result in higher
crime rates, higher disease rates anc
shorter life expectancy.
Albert E. Aren't was the moderator
I
Evening star., 1947-10-29
Faces Grand Jury Action
In Toy Pistol Robbery

William r. Oden, 80, accused Of
being the toy pistol bandit who took
5000 from a grocery store in hold
up two weeks ago, today was await
ing grand jury action under $4,000
bond.
,Oden, colored. of the 100 block of
Wiley street NE. appeared before
Judge Walter J. Casey and pleaded
not guilty to the robbery charge.
Police said he was picked out of a
Evening star., 1947-10-29

lineup of suspects at No. Precinct
by Nicholas Ferrante, proprietor Of
the store in the 300 block Of Tenth
street NE. Police added a toy pistol
was found on the man when he was
arrested.
Evening star., 1947-10-29
Dunburton Retreat Opens

The Rev. Charles F. Connor of the
Eastern Province of the Society OF
Jesus will conduct a retreat at
Dunbarton College beginning today
and continuing through Saturday,
1t will close with a high mass in
the college at am.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

Principal speaker will be Circuit
Court Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr.,
who will talk on the subject,
"Thc Modern Aim Of Education. :
willard M. Albury. superinten-
dent Of public instruction Of
Monroe county. will present the
diplomas to the graduates. The
high school band will supply the
music. After the exercises the
graduates are planning to hold a
dance.
The High School Alumni As
sociation will hold q banquet
and dance the night Of June 7 at
the Casa Cayo Hueso House.. Du-
val street, beginning at 8p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

play are Ave Maria" Schu-
bert; sThe Lost Chord" Sulli-
van: the adaeio movement from
Moonlight Sonata. : Beethoven,
and aThe Minute Waltz" Chop
in. He also win play request
numbers. -
He will be assisted by Earl
Dillon, harp. soloist, and other
members Of the choir of the
CHURCH.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22
Blind Musician
To Gre Concert

Orian Osborn. the blind music
ian who entcrtains at La Concha
Hotel, will appear in an organ
recital in the First Methodist
Church on Friday. May 23, at
$40 p. m.
Some of the numbers he will
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

Visit Wing Lsys Food Center
stroll through our market and
see for yourself.
We handle only the best Of
selected. nationally known
brands Of Staple and Fancy
Groceries. Garden-Fresh vege-
tables and Fruits. and Choice
Cuts Of Meats. @ 81.
We are vitality interested in
every customer enjoying COM
plete food satisfaction!
Won't you. let us help you
select your table supplies this
weekend?
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Nurse Shortage Realism

The Nurses Examining Board of
the District is being properly real
istic in deciding that the time has
come to consider modification of its
long standing restrictions on train
ing of practical nurses. Under pre-
vailing policy, training of registered
and practical or auxiliary" nurses
in the same hospital is not ap-
proved. The original purpose of the
policy was to maintain training
school standards at the highest pos
sible level.
Although the restriction on
parallel training courses may have
been justified when there was no
dearth of applicants for graduate
nurse training, it Is a serious handi-
cap now, when hospitals are faced
with severe shortage of nurses.
To make matters worse, alarmingly
few students have been recruited
for existing registered-nurse classes.
Doctors Hospital is meeting this
emergency successfully by training
auxiliary nurses to assist the regular
nursing STAFF. This hospital can do
this because it has no training
course for registered nurses. Most
Of the other local institutions have
regular training courses, and they
Evening star., 1947-02-28
1t Should Be Tried

Certainly something better can be
done about alcoholics than commit
ting them to jail and the work
house.
The Hebert bill gives Washington
the opportunity to take the lead
in making a systematic attack on
our fourth most serious public
health problenl-alcoholism.
The bill would tax the liquor trade
to support a program for the re-
habilitation of drunkards in the Dis
trict. No one should be sanguine
about results. Alcoholism probably
will be more stubborn in resistance
than tuberculosis. But the attack
should be made.
The money for a system of out
patient clinics for alcoholics COM
mitted by the courts and those who
come in voluntarily would be easy
to obtain. A 1-cent stamp on each
fifth of liquor sold here would real
ize more than $250,O00 a year-as
much as could be wisely spent in the
first years of the program.
The special tax may encounter
some resistance. The District gov
ernment's financial straitjacket is
uncomfortable enough for the occu-
pant to fear special taxes as an
other Tightening of the bonds.
But this special tax is the nub
OF the program. 1t takes no seer
into the future to realize that the
District government is going to be
hard up for funds for years to
come. If the money went into the
general fund the tendency to cut
appropriations for the clinics-like
other appropriations - would be
irresistible.
And 1t is as direct a tax as water
usage and the gasoline tax for street
maintenance - the two principal
earmarked funds in the Districts
accounts.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Dear Is for Lovers

The Wall Street Journal is au-
thority for the report that a Chi
cagoan named E. Willis Jones has
dedicated himself to doing away
with the greeting dear" in business
letters. He feels that he is pioneer
ing worthy cause. He thinks that
all of us ought to stop using such
an affectionate word in addressing
ourselves to people working for
laundries, plumbing stores, tool fac
tories and the like. In his opinion,
1t Is enough to say Sir" or
Madam" or something reserved of
that sort.
Mr.. Jones feels so deeply about
this that he has founded a crusad-
ing organization called the Society
for Abolishing Dear in Business
Letters" The sFADIBL has just
begun to feel its way, but almost 100
frms already have become mem
bers. These firms make a special
point of saluting their addresses as
plain "Mr. So-and-So," or if they
happen to know the addressee per-
sonally, they say something like
Hello, Joe," or Hi, There, Sally"
In any event, they Just refuse to say
Dear" The word gags them.
This viewpoint is not entirely
without justification. After all, as
Roget's Thesaurus makes clear,
"dear" belongs to the family of
words having to do with the world
of toujours lamour. Thus, depend
ing on the degree of ones ardor, it
is more or less interchangeable with
such terms of endearment as dar-
ling, pet, precious, sweet, ducky,
adorable, etc. It may be argued,
therefore, that a man or woman is
quite silly to start off a business
letter to a Mr.. Such-and-S Such with
a salutation that might better be
preserved inviolate for the lovelorn
It is true enough, to be sure, that
Mr.. Jones and his SFADIBL are
following a course that could rot
business of a measure of much
needed sentiment Nevertheless
they have a good deal of logic or
Evening star., 1947-02-28

have refrained from starting prac-
tical-nurse courses because of the
Examining Boards opposition to
the plan.
Adding to the dilemma of the local
hospitals is the recent action of the
American College of Surgeons urg-
ing all hospitals to inaugurate prac-
tical-nurse training programs imme-
diately. It was indicated that those
which do not comply may risk their
accredited standing with the or
ganization. In these circumstances
the Nurses Examining Board should
remove-for the duration of the
emergency at least-any obstacles
in the way of recruiting and train
ing practical nurses to supplement
inadequate stats. And while the
board is considering this question,
it well might weigh the advisability
also as an emergency measure
Of making it easier for high school
graduates and others to qualify for
training as registered nurses.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
On the Record
BY Dorothy THOMPSON

The reasons attributed to Gen, Nc.
Narney for the Allied Control Commits
sions decision to dissolve the Prussian
state are hardly. I think, the correct
ones. Gen. McNarney said the law
would confirm what had already taken
place. through the breaking up of
Prussia into Russian and British zones.
The assumption implicit in this state
ment is that part of Prussia will be
Russian forever and part British for
ever. Correspondents also referred to
Prussia as "the heart Of German mill
tarism" as though that were one of the
basic considerations.
Actually, Prussia has already been
radically mutilated by the unilateral
award to Poland of those parts of
Prussia which were her birthlands. If
new federal Germany is predicated-
and especially If one is allowed to en-
vision for the future federal Europe
self-created and free of external DOM
ination-Prussia could well be reduced
in size. Before the war it comprised
tnree-fifths of Germany. It was orig
inally thus favored by Bismarck, who
hoped to check the Reichstag through
the Prussian Landtag. It was, however,
the Prussian Landtag-having a liberal
majority-which voted against his war
with Austria, and the Reichstag which
gave him the green light.
The economic consideration which
kept Prussia tied to the industrial
Rhinelands was simply that the eastern
agricultural areas, being poor, re-
quired the support OF the industrial
western. But these eastern areas are
largely gone.
For any one accustomed to think In
historical perspective, the sloganizing
Of our times is distressing. If Prussia
became the military leader Of Germany,
it is important to inquire why.
Prussia is geographical area. Before
the present truncation, the largest part
of it belonged to the great North
European plain which stretches through
Poland and the Ukraine. Historically,
it was always separated from Bohemia
by the Sudeten Mountains and origi-
nally from the other German states,
south and west, by chains Of mountains
or hills.
Z The military nature Of Prussia grew
out Of social system which, for its
time, demonstrated efficiency for defense
Evening star., 1947-02-28
No More Acceptable
From the Toronto Globe and Mall.

From the Toronto Globe and Mall.
Canada, like so other nations not
among the Big Four, is committed by
the U. N. Charter to taking military ac-
ton against an aggreSsor when so in
structed by the Security Council. In
realistic terms, an "aggressor" in future
will be a nation which undertakes to
change by violence the status quo as
fixed by the peace treaties. Can the
world expect the small nations to be
loyal to this obligation if they have had
nothing to do with fixing the status
quo? That is the question raised by
Mr.. King and it would be foolish to
answer that the small powers are mill
tarily negligible, anyway. Conceivably.
it might be Of the highest Importance
whether a Security Council decision
were supported or ignored by Canada,
Australia, the Netherlands or India-to
name only four of the small powers.
Basically as Mr.. King noted, the ques-
ton is whether democratic methods
shall be adopted in running the busi-
ness Of the zone world" the United Ma
TOMS fought for. Canada, for one, was
in the war to prevent the domination
of one or two powers over all the others
The domination Of four powers Is not
more accepted.
Evening star., 1947-02-28

in peculiarly vulnerable geographic
position. Prussia (and Europe) In the
east had no easily defensible frontiers.
The vast Slavonic world pushed upon
it through the wide-open plains as it,
in turn, pushed upon the Slavonic world.
The military leadership in the east,
however, protected Germany for CEN
turtles during time when no military
leadership elsewhere in Germany was
able to prevent Europe's wars being
fought on her soil. Germany was over
run by foreign invaders during the
Thirty Years War and later by Napo-
leon-whom only Prussia among the
German states effectively resisted. 1t
was this capacity which gave Prussia
military leadership, origin&ey the capac-
ity for defense-not aggression.
Now, no DEGREES of military command
ers and no rearrangement of German
states can dissolve history or geogra-
ply. What is left of Prussia may be
distributed among other German states
with other names. But the land, pop-
ulation and problems will still be there.
And unless presently nonexisting
system OF collective security is devised
the long-range problem OF defending
Germany and Europe In the east will
still be there, as 1t has been for CEN
turies. The fact that Germany has
been an aggressor in two wars does not
eliminate the problem of how she
can be defended against aggression
The incapacity of states to defend
themselves, or the lack Of any system Of
collective defense, has always been,
historically, an invitation to new ag-
gressions.
The problem Of Germany is dual.
First, 1t Is how to prevent her from
again trying to dominate the other
European states. Second, it is how to
protect those states from possible fu-
ture aggression from the presently
strongest power on the European con-
tinent-either in union with Germany
or through the power vacuum left In
Germany.
The fact that there is, so far, no
answer to both these questions is the
reason why there is very little Hkeli-
hood that the Forthcoming Moscow
Conference will produce a German peace
treaty.
Released By the Bell Syndicate. InsS
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Chopin's S Berceuse

A little picture fashioned of sUeet sound
Brings to the listening mind bright
cascade
Deep in a Dood ,ohere moss and ferns
abound
And situer birches cast q fln1y shade.
The melody portrays tDith ripping bells
The Dotces OF the waterfall, the tones
And undertones as the strong current
sDells
And ouerlaps its barrier OF stones.
Noa1 sunset comes on softly fingered
notes
Like golden beams that paint the tres
trunks bright,
Transform, the misty spray to 5eaoeled
notes
And bridge the stream NTH Ievel
shafts OF light.
Then dusk-n dreamy pdanissirno
When shadoDs d1rken, tche, the dim
stars peep.
When the faint, treble tuinds arise and
bIoD
Among the pine trees, n,urmurous IN
sleep.
INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1947-02-28

their side. The more one thinks
about 1t, the more one is inclined
to feel that the word "dear" be-
longs too much to lovers to be
banded about indiscriminately in
the market place. The issue Is adj
mittedly knotty in some respects,
but If they can find the time for 1t,
the American people-particularly
the commercial letter writer's
ought to be able to settle 1t salts
factorily, one way or the other.
Certainly, as a Nation, we have
solved larger problems.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Our Lords and Masters

Washingtonians will not miss the
ronical coincidence of two news
developments on Wednesday.
On one side of the Capitol eight
of our lords and masters, members
of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
were voting to pigeonhole the Cap
per resolution. BY constitutional
amendment it would empower Con-
gress to grant Washingtonians vot-
ing representation in Congress and
in the choice of a President and
Vice President.
On the other side of the Capitol
fistful of bills designed to boost
local taxes by new or higher rates
to the tune of about .$18,0OO,0OO a
year was dumped in the House hop
per. The people who will pay these
taxes have nothing to say about how
the money is to be raised or how it
is to be spent. Such matters will be
decided by the representatives of
all the people except the people who
must foot the bills.
The condition is not new. But it
grows no better with age. This
system of taxation without repre-
sentation is as indefensible an evil
now as it ever was. It accounts for
most of the ailments in local gov
ernment which some OF the breast
beaters would like to cure by super
ficial reform. But it will dog
equitable and efficient government
In Washington as long as it con-
tinues.
1t should have a sobering effect
on the members of Congress
charged with perfecting new reve-
nue. legislation for the people of
Washington. Nobody, with the pos
sible exception of those on the tax
collecting end, is in favor of these
new taxes-any of them. But more
money is required to meet the bills
for this expanding Capital and
some increase in local taxes is in
evitable. .
We have every right to expect Of
Congress two things in connection
with this revenue-raising program.
One is to measure, while assidu-
ously measuring the obligation of
the voteless local taxpayer, the re-
ciprocal obligation of the Nation to
its Capital City. In private con-
versation most of the members of
Congress who have given any study
to this subject-a pitifully small
number-will admit the obligation
is not being met now. It should be
measured as a matter of right, and
It should be met as a matter of
principle.
The other is that these local tax
bills should be considered in the
light of their effect on the people
who live here, not for their effect
on the people who live everywhere
else in the United States. The role
of Congress in legislating for the
District is the role of a local legis-
lature. If it lives up to that role,
its cardinal concern will be the in
terests of the people for whom it is
legiSlating.
Evening star., 1947-02-28
Things Are Looking Up

TO lIe EuItUr OF the Stat.
1t takes so little these days to make
us less unhappy. Unk Joe Stain says
we needn't get out of the Pacific, and
Grandpap Willie Green gives his con-
sent to the restoration of free speech
to employers. As Congressman Hoff-
man says, Now we're getting some
where" Maybe in few years the
District of Columbia won't have to set
its clocks by the whim of Missouri
mule or Virginia cow-but so far I'm
not quite so sure. OPTIMISTIC.