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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-06-05

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A return date has been set for
June 18th in the Recreation
Building, Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-06-05

University Extension work in
the United States was started in
1888, when it was introduced by
DR.. Melville Doxey, then librarian
of Columbia university,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-06-05
DeMoLEY

DeMOLEY =. ~
Kennewick chapter Of DeMolay
will meet Monday, June 8 at 7:30
in the Masonic hall. All Masons
and DeMolay are invited. Elec-
ton of officers will be held.
The frontiersman., 1947-03-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL
TINE SET UP

with the return Of
longer hours Of day
light and better wea-
Their, the Sunday
School hour Of the
Methodist church has
been changed from
2 pm. to 10 a..m.,
Mrs. j. W. Thompson,
Sunday School primo L
pal, announced this
week.
The change bee ONES
effect this Sum
day.
The frontiersman., 1947-03-05
COUNCIL OPPOSES
HEALTH Pl AN

The city, Ycounc il
last Friday evening
went on record in OPP
position to the plan
proposed by the De-
par tment Of Publ &c
Heal tn to add commun-
titles Of Upper Cook
Inlet to the duties
Of the heal tn nur Sc
headquar ter ed here,
tt was ayr eed that
q written prOtes t
would be sent to the
proper author / lie s.
The frontiersman., 1947-03-05
Ouf Vo1f K,tts j :,
Blu To AsousH >,
ALASKA BoARO

Rep. Robert Hopes
Of Fail banks switched
his vote in the ter
ritor ial House in q
ast-minute dec is ION
last week, to Kill
the bill pas sed by
the Sena te to abo1is
the Ala ska Develop
'ment Board.
Mr.. Hopes vote
resulted in g Is to
III count in favor Of
the Boards continue
ance.
HoWev er the Board
yet may be IS effect
ively quashed as
though abolished BY
the legi lature.
There is $50, 900 re-
manning Of the sum
appr opriated for
Boar use two years
ago. It is pr edic ted
that there will be no
fur Their funds gr an ted
to the Board by this
legislator ..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
RED PROPAGANDA
ATTACKED BY U.S..
State Department Officials
Lash Out Against Rus
sian Agencies

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. - (P-
State Department officials charged
tonight that Russian propaganda
agencies are trying to turn the peo-
pie Of eastern Europe against the
United States.
Similarly, they alleged propa-
ganda campaigns against the Unit
ed States in China specifically IN
the communist-controlled areas.
William T. Stone, director of the
State Departments office Of inter
national information and cultural
affairs, reported that "some ma
tons are carefully disappearing
us to further their own ends
while others are telling their
story and at the same time telling
ours"
Speaking Of the departments
program for international broad
casting. maintenance of libraries
abroad and other means OF spread
ing ideas throughout the world,
Stone declared that I'VE have to be
in there telling our own story to
courteract the mass Of information
and misinformation that is being
spread all over the world today
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
Assembly Faces Game,
Inland Fisheries Row

RALEIGH, Jan. 25.-(PeHaving
disposed of n legislative dispute
temporarily by compromising on
the question Of an emergency
salary bonus for teachers and state
employees, the General Assembly
made ready today for another bit
ter row-over the proposal to di-
vorce the Division Of Game and In
land Fisheries from the Depart
ment Of Conservation and Develop
ment.
The proposal to place admins
tration Of the States game laws
under and independent commission
of hunters and fishermen has been
given intensive propaganda build
up by the State Wildlife Federation
in the two years since it met de-
feat in the 1915 General Assembly.
The Wildlife Federation is hold
ing its annual convention here
Monday and Tuesday, and follow
ing the session, legislation to split
the division from the Conservation
Department is expected to be in
troduced in both the Senate and the
House.
Bills to effect the change already
have been drafted and have been
circulated extensively among the
legislators. A proposed HOUSE
measure repeatedly already has
more than so sponsors, and those
directing the campaign are hoping
to have more than go names - a
majority Of the House - on the bill
before they send it forward.
Although the salary dispute ane
the looming row over admiaistra
ton of the game laws held TIL
nontinued An pare Three Col. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
U. S. WELCOMES
ARGENTINE MOVE
South American Nation Is
sues Decrse Takiny0 Over
Axis Firms

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-(PEIn
an unusual statement apparently
fo1eshadowing improved relations
with Argentina, the United States
today officially welcomed an Ar
gentine decree for taking over Axis
firms.
At the same time. this govern
ment made plain that it still is
looking to President Juan D. Peror
to rid Argentina of all Axis agents
there.
The statement was issued a short
time after Ambassador George S.
Messersmith, a storm center Of
American. diplomacy for severa.
months. conferred with Secretary
of State Marshall and told news
men he will return to his post a
Bue.los Aires as soon as travel ar
rangements can be made.
Messersmith also saw Assistan1
Secretary Of State Spruille Braden
whose handling Of Argentine at
fairs he has criticized. Indications
are that in returning to Argentina:
Messersmith's main task is to ne
gotiate further with the Peron ad
ministration for deportation Of the
enemy agents still in the country
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
RELIEF FROM PAY
SUITS IS URGED
Senator O'Daniel Says Por-
tai Action Almost Stag.
mating Industry

WASHINGTON, JAM. 25-PE
Senator O'Daniel (D-Tex) declared
today that the portal pay suits have
created "a state Of uncertainty
that is almost stagnating industry"
and urged Congress to outlaw
them.
He testified before a Senate
judiciary subcommittee as it near
ed the end of hearings started
Jan. Is. Chairman Donnen (R-Mo)
scheduled another session Monday
but said "the end is in sight" and
a report to the full committee will
be expedited with the utmost care
and thought"
O'Daniel said the suits ARE just
plain legaIized hijacking' and the
CLIO is using them as a club over
industry in contract negotiations.
But O'Daniel warned that Con-
gress might add to the uncertainty
by a protcacted court fight If it
attempted to outlaw the claims by
retroactive legislation which has
been urged by industry witnesses.
Noting a disagreement among
attorneys over constitutionality OF
such 4 step, O'Daniel urged instead
his W bills which would bar al
present suits, and restore the
money to the employer.
Workers never expected to re-
ceive the money anyway, O'Daniel
said OF. they would have been de-
manding it all these years. It is
entirely pennies from heaven, just
dumped into their laps"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
AIR SPECTACLE
SET FOR TODAY
Same Line-Up Back; Event
Postponed Last Week
By Inclement Weather

With fair weather tomorrow the
Wilmington Air Show, stymied
last Sunday by rain, will get I'M
derway this afternoon at ! o'clock
at Bluethenthal airport, with the
same lineup Of sky artists as ORR
ginally planned.
Featuring the show will be Bev-
erly Howard, Number l aerial
stunt man, and Russ Sorrell, dare
devil parachute jumper.
Spectacle will be served up in
large dishes by 26 United States
Naval Hellcats and Corsairs, from
the Oceana Naval base in Vir-
ginia, which will put on a war
fare maneuver display.
Carl Dunn, Of Air Progress, Inc,
will provide the shows humor,
and Burke Render, Carolina Sky
ways, will put on a display with
his autogyro. Other local pilots
are scheduled to participate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26

DIXON, ILL.,, Jan. 25.-(PeA
profitless kidnapping which he
abandoned after five hours sent a
dishonorably discharged soldier to
he penitentiary for the duration OF
lis life expectancy today and
brought his confession to an un-
solved criminal assault in another
city.
The defendant, Frank Sickles, 27,
of Wyoming, H., was sentenced
to prison for $50 years and four
life terms on three charges Of kid
mapping, one of armed robbery and
one of burglary.
The sentences make parole i'm
ossible until Sickles is 81 years
old.
The sentences followed his plea
of guilty to kidnapping Mrs. Della
Istackhouse, 40, wife Of a. Dixor
physician last Dec. 20. He locket
her two children in a closet, TICK
and gagged Mrs. Stackhouse ant
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
DRIVERS BOND
SET AT $4,000
Police Allege He Struck
Negress With Car On
Fourth Street

A. C. eileen, of 246 Lake Forest
Parkway, was arrested last nlght
on a charge of hit and run driving
while under the influence OF IN
|toxicants, and Jailed under default
of So, 900 bond, according to ponce
reports.
eileen was driving down Fourth
street between Bladen and Bruins
wick, at T:45 p. m. when ne al
legedly struck Casarine Durant'
Negroes, throwing her to the pave
ment and inflicting head injuries,
said.
Police reports show that eileen
fled from the scene of the accident.
He was apprehended and arrested
at $3.50 p. m. at Third and Mars
ltellar streets, according to the ar
resting officers.
The victim was admitted to
James Walker Memorial Hospital
after receiving emergency treat
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
COP SEEKS HIKE
ON RENT CEILING
Government Shifts Housing
Responsibility To Private
Industry

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-(P)-
-Four Republican Senators Joined
tonight in a proposal to boost rcat
ceilings Is per cent, on the heels
of OPA action that relaxed controls
but apparently ruled out such an
across-the-board boost by that
agency,
simultaneously the government
gave notice that it has sSifted to
private industry the main response;
bility for meeting the housing
shortage, with federal controls and
aid to be applied only where they
twill result in more housing
The Republican proposal ON rents
drew sharp opposition from the
.CIO which called on all its unions
tc fight the plan.
The governments housing state
ment ELECTED sarcastic criticism
from Herbert U. Nelson, vice presi-
dent of the National Association
Of Real Estate Boards, who emu
merated remaining restaurants
and commented drily to a reporter
that with those exceptions private
industry is practically on its own
again"
Principal developments of a day
of swift policy development on the
housing front:
1. Senator Hawkes. (NJ), Nc
Carthy Wis), Cain Wash) and
Malone New joined in the rent
ceiling increase plan in a bill
probably to be introduced Monday.
The measure would extend the
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
KEENAN, WYNN'S
DIVORCE WEBS
VAN JOHNSON

FL PASO. Tex. Jan. 25.-(P}-
Van Joanson, popular film star,
was married this afternoon to
EVE Wynn, I'll aJ4asrez~zMexieol
ceremony performed by Civil
Judge Raul Orozco.
Johnson's bride was divorced a
few hours earlier in JuareZ from
Actor keenan, Wynn. The couple
left Ell Paso by plane Oh their
honeymoon Immediately after the
ceremony, slipping out of the
city incognito.
By the terms of the divorce
Mrs. johnson was awarded the
custody of her two children, Ed
mond, five, and Tracy, two. All
property was disposed Of under a
written agreement submitted to
the Juarez court by Ell Paso At
torney W. c. Roche. The agree
ment had been signed by Keen
an Wynn.
Both parties arrived in Ell PasC
under assumed names, Mrs. Wynn
flying in Friday while Johnson ar
rived Saturday morning.
The Johnson-Wynn marriage
Was the third ceremony in which
hollywood personalities figured
In the border community within
recent weeks. Kathleen Winsor
divorced her husband to marry
Artle Shaw in Juarez; Laraine
Day obtained her Juarez divorce
and married Leo 1.-The Lip" Duro-
cher Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
Austin Reaffirms
u. N. Atomic Policy

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.- Up =
Warren R. Austin, chief American
delegate to the United Nations, to-
night reaffirmed the United States
!ull support of the Baruch plan
LOT international atomic control
and Of the U. N. General Assem-
o!ys recommendation for world
vide arms reductions.
Inc statement in a prepared
speech to the annual dinner of
me New York State Bar Associa-
uon was looked upon as assur-
1ace that changes in the State
department and the U. S. delega-
uon to the U. N. would reflect
no change in U. S. atomic poll
cies
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
British-Red
Pact Opens
Wide Vista
Revision And Extension OF
Collaboration Seen In
New Treaty
MORE COOPERATION
Fortunate Results Believed
To Have Been Reached
In Exchanges

LONDON. Jan. 25.-(PeA wide.
new vista for Soviet-British cola.
boration appeared to be opening
tonight in the wake of the reaf-
firmation of the 20-year British
Russian alliance.
Observers in both Moscow and
London declared that revision and
extension Of the treaty may form
al. entirely new basis for coopera-
ton between the two powers.
Officially it was understood that
Britain was awaiting application
Of the clause Of Prime Minister
Stains note to Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin calling for freeing the
treaty from weakening reserva-
tons.
Competent authorities on interna-
tional subjects took the view that
the exchange Of notes between
Stain and Bevin brought fortunate
results from misunderstanding
dating back to Dec. %. when Bevin
declared that Britain "does not tie
herself to anybody, except in re
gard to her obligations under the
Omitted Nations) charter"
Stalin& said Bevin's assertion
made the Kremlin extremely I'M
comfortable about the entire basis
of the alliance. Stain expressed
his anxiety to Field Marshal Lord
Montgomery when the chief OF the
Imperial general staff visited him
on Jan. 10.
Five days after the Stalin-Mont'
gomery talk the Communist Party
Continued on Uage Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
CARRYING
5,OOO,OOO FALLS
NEAR MANILA PORT

MANILA, Sunday, Jan. 26-P)
"A Philippine Airlines plane with
four persons and S., 1000. 600 in gold
aboard crashed on a Hong Kong
mountain yesterday and local Of
ficials said all four were believed
dead.
The company listed those aboard
as Capt. o. T. Weymouth, an Amer
lean pilot, and a crew of three
Filipinos, M. A. Linn, co-pilot, B.
Merza, radio operator, and Miss
Lourdes Chuidian, flight attend
ant.
The gold, in coins and bars, was
destined for Hong Kong banks.
A dispatch from Hong Kong said
the plane crashed almost within
sight Of the air port after the con-
troll tower had lost contact at :
p. m. The airlines sent it's opera
tons manager to Hong Kong to in.
yestieate the r sh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
BRITISH PLANE
CRASH KILLS II
Entire Family OF Four And
Three Nuns Included In
Victims

LONDON, Jan. 25-P-A pas
senger airliner crashed and burn
ed at Croydon airport today in a
mist-shrouded takeoff for East
Africa, killing II of its % occu-
pants. The dead included an entire
family of four and three nuns, one
of whom chose TO perish in the
flames rather than imperll a res
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Cond, their
2 1-2-year-old son Peter, and five
months old daughter died in the
crash, as did the family's young
governess. Capt. Edward CTed)
Spencer, pilot and veteran OF the
Royal South African Air force,
was the only member of the five
man crew to be killed.
Spencer had received delivery OF
the plane, an American-made Da-
kota, only three days ago. 1t had
been flown from New Jersey. Spen-
CONTINUED on PAGE Five; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
Port Group
Plans Farley
With Solonls
p,oDosed Purchase OF Will
mington Shipyard Will
Be Outlined
GILLETTE INVITED
rorference With President
Truman Thursday In
Guided On Agenda

NIL. State Ports Authority is
completing plans for a meeting
nth members of the North Caro-
w. General Assembly in Raleigh
lri~ Jan. so, it was an
linnced last night by w. o. Huske,
~ Fayetteville, secretary-treasur'
A. Of the agency.
uuske said the place OF meeting
Ill he determined by former
cnrernor J.. NJ. Broughton who is
oarnleting arrangements for the
.oss;on with the lawmakers.
B. Page, chairman, said last
.iaht that the meeting was being
nsIled for the purpose of acquaint-
s.a members of the state law-mak-
inc body with matters surround
Inc the proposed purchase OF the
Wilmington VI shipyard.
page, with Broughton and mem
,srs Of a Tar Heel Congressional
aslepation, discussed the proposed
,urrbase with President Truman
IN Washington, D. c., Thursday.
vuske was comforting with Col.
W, Gillette, South Atlantic engi-
Moor last night to invite him to
,tend the meeting and explain
matters surrounding the proposed
despening of the Cape Fear River
channel.
Serving as members of the Au-
thority with Page and Huske are
A, G, Meyers, vice president OF
Gsstonia; H. S. Gibbs, OF More
head City; S. B. Frink, of South
mort: J.. H. White, of Winston
Salem and Henry T. Wilson OF
Morganton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
Drops
Are Noticed
Over Nation
Decreases In Wholesale
Lines Have Outstripped
Retail Declines
MORE PREDICTED
Prominent Economist Fore
sees Further Drop OF Is
Per Cent On Food

NEW YORK, Jan. %. - tP) -
The thud of many falling prices
was heard across the country this
week and promises of more TO come
today sounded like good news for
consumers in 1947.
Decreases in Wholesale lines for
the most part have outstripped re-
tail drops. Once these are translat-
ed at the retail l>-el the value
Ct the housewives dollars auto
Eiatically will rise.
The Associated Press index of
q wholesale commodities showed
the greatest aggregate drop in the
last two weeks Of any like period
since before 1926, with one ex-
ception. This came in a single i've
week S p a last summer when
prices we're fiuctuating widely dur
ing OPA's off-again-on-again act.
Behind these figures stood the
promises. One prominent economist
predicted this week a further drop
OF Is per cent in food prices during
the next IL months. Another fore
saw $50 cent butter" The Nation.
al Retail Dry Goods Association
held out hope Of at least partial
progress toward what it called
consumer demands for $3.50 broad
cloth shirts, So housedresses and
1888 sheets. The president of one
OF the biggest Fifth Avenue depart
ment stores called OF the textile
trade to reduce its profits "un-
til we find the point where the
public will play ball with u.s."
Significantly. a drop in rational
retail sales for the first time since
early last October was reported for
the week ended last Wednesday by
one business research group.
Even more convincing evidence
OF coming price decreases in some
food lines came from the futures
markets, where traders grow fat
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26

Superior (circuit) Judge Bond
Armand immediately signed 4
temporary restraining order pre-
venting either Herman Talmadge
his gubernatorial rival, Lieut.
Gov. NJ. E. Thompson, from draw
ing on $50, 682 which was left in
the State Executive department
fund by retiring GOV. Ellis Arnall.
Both Thompson and Talmadge
were summoned 10 appear al Nc
Donough. Ga. Feb. THE same
day Talnladge must answer 4
parallel challenge by Thompson in
the same court.
The earlier suit, originally
brough. by Arnall and later amend
ed in the name CT Thompson.
seeks to enjoin Talmadge from ex.
ercising authority of governor.
Both cases are aimed at speedy
review by Georgia's Supreme
court.
The banks litigation conceded
with demands for d grand jury
inve stigation into allegations that
legislators were offered brides to
influence their votes on the night
the General Assembly elected
Talmadge as governor.
Devereaux F, McClatchey, coun-
sci for the bank, said Thompson
and six members of his executive
S.aff had presented checks totallinz
more than 1000 today. None was
paid. The banks petition cited
that there was "a bona tide con-
troversy as to the persons entitled
10 withdraw funds. and pleaded
it could determine only at its
peril the claims of the rival
governors"
The petition continued: 1.-THE
ends Of justice require that the
rights and legal relations Of the
defendants to the funds be declared
by the court
Armand, a judge Of the Fulton
circuit, accepted the petition when
Judge Ogden Persons Of the Flint
circuit Disqualified himself. The
previous suit was accepted by the
Fulton Circuits Judge Walter C..
Hendrix, also on Persons dis
qualification.
Earlier in the day, Judge Boyd
Sloan had refused to accept the
suit at Gainesville, Ga, ruling he
had nc jurisdiction.
Mayor Harvey Kennedy Of
GAINESVILLE, Ga, leader of the
aroused Citizens Of Georgia \
group formed to potest Tai
madge's election, said a statewide
meeting here Monday would make
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
COMMISSION BILL
CITED BY L'CRAND
Attorney General Makes
Ruling Based On 1941
Legislature Action

A bill introduced in the 1941
North Carolina legislature by j. @.
LeGrand, Wilmington attorney, to-
day is the basis for IN opinion OF
Attorney General Harry MCMILLAN,
that the Civil Service Commission
should be responsible for the
screening Of all men named to city
police and fire departments.
The bill, effective March 10, 1871,
was drawn up by LeGrand to elm
mate political influence in the nam
ing of men in the fire and police
departments, he said last night.
LeGrand said the Civil Service
Commission, a non-political group.
should be responsible for the city's
police officers. John Morris, form
er county sheriff, was serving on
the General Assembly when the bill
was passed.
Before the bill became effective,
a city's mayor. then Commissioner
of Public Safety, could name any
person he desired to either depart
ment.
McMullan's opinion was voiced
after William B.. Campbell, Viii
mington city attorney, sought out
side advice in future operations Of
the city governments appointment
to the two departments.
After careful study of the letter
and proper reference had beer
made by City Manager j. r. Ben
son and Campbell, Benson yester-
day declared that until there are
appropriate changes in the present
laws, no powers rest in the city
4 1---A--- 49, 49, r. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
Proftless Kidnapping
Nets 15O- Year Sentence

forced her to accompany him or
an aimless five hour hike across
neighboring farms, When her gag
worked loose, she talked him into
releasing her unframed and giving
himself UP.
Siciles, who pleaded guilty te+
all charges, said he intended to
loot the Stackhouse home but
changed his mind when he was
frightened by the ringing Of a,
telephone.
In addition to the sentences-l50
years for the abduction Of Mrs.
Stackhouse and concurrent life
terms for the others, including
charges of kidnapping the two chill.
dren-Circuit Judge George c..
Dixon decreed that Sickles should
pass in solitary confinement every
third Friday Of each month for the.
next 10 years and each Dec. 10.
Confined or Pare Three; Csts. :,