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Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-11-01
Sell When Finished

As a general rule, the time to sell
should be based on the finish of the
birds rather than on an expected
price change. Underfinished. pinny
turkeys are likely to be discounted,
making it profitable to carry them
longer even if prices are declining.
On the other hand, feed required
per pound of gain rises rapidly after
the birds are well finished, which
cuts down any advantage from hold
ing for a price advance.
Consumer preference will on
tinue to favor the lighter birds. In
the Thanksgiving and Christmas
trade, when buying by housewives
predominates, lighter weight toms
as well as hens probably will have
first call. In late December and JAN
uary, when much of the buying is
for storage, heavy toms may go to
premium again
1949 Outlook Favorable
Farm records show that about 5 to
5 1/3 pounds of feed are required on
the average to produce a pound of
turkey, live weight. Over the last
Is years, the farm price for a pound
of turkey on the average has equaled
the value of about 9.3 pounds of
poultry feed. In 1947, it equalled
III pounds. In September 1948, the
ratio was IL pounds. For the 1949
crop, it is likely to be at least as
profitable as the long-term average.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
U. n. Delegates Amazed
|Bv Election Results

Expressions of surprise at the
American election returns came to-
day from United Nations delegates
at the session in Paris and European
newspapers, most of which had con-
fidently predicted a Republican VIC
tory, played the results prominently.
Jacob Malik, second ranking Rus
sian U. N. delegate, said amazing
is the right word Andrei Vishin-
sky, too, said amazing" A A.
Arutiunian, another Russian dele
gate and a member of the Russian
Foreign Affairs Department, told
American newsmen the result really
makes little difference because Of
your bipartisan foreign policy"
Sir Alexander Cadogan. chief
British delegate, said II think every
body is surprised" Other British
delegates said they were "bowled
over"
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said
in Lyon, France, a Truman victory
would be a very good thing for the
United States and for the world"
She said she was very surprised at
the early returns"
Coristantin TSaldaris, Foreign
Minister of Greece, which has been
receiving American aid, asked docs
1t matter who wins?"
Evening star., 1948-11-03
Permit for Sale =.
OF Washington
| Letter Sought

Permission to sell a letter writ
ten in 1876 by George Washington
to John Marshall, first Chief Justice
of the United States, is being sought
in District Court in connection with
the estate of a Washington woman
who died a year ago.
The petition of the ,Girard Trust
Co., filed through Attorney Arthur
A. Lambert, said the letter was
owned by the late Mrs Virginia
Lippincott Jones, widow Of Admiral
Hilary P. Jones, one-time command
er of the United States Fleet. They
lived here at 2029 Connecticut ave-
nue. N. w.
The papers said Admiral Jones
was a descendant of John Marshall
Life beneficiaries under Mrs. Jones
will had requested that the letter
be sold, the petition stated .
The letter expresses regret that
Justice Marshall could not make a
trip to France at the time the let
ter was wfitten-July Is, 1895. 1t
also asks the eminent jurist for ad-
vice on the selection of some one to
fill the Office of surveyor general
It was written at Mount Vernon
The letter, Of which photostatic
copy was filed in court, is in Phila-
delphia.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
D. Area Adds
| 5000 TeIevision
Sets in Month

Washington area residents in
stalled nearly 5000 television sets
during the last month, bringing to
about ZOO the receivers in opera
ton here, an industry committee
estimated today.
The estimate came from the
Washington Teievision Circulation
Committee, formed last December
Its figures are obtained from sales,
cross-checked by polls to find the
percentage of residents owning sets
Committee members include James
Seller, WNBW; Sam Cooke Digges,
WMAL-TV, and Gordon William
son, WTTG.
Evening star., 1948-11-03

was removed to Marine Hospital =.
with stab wound. a
Capt. w. D. Brooks, master of the
Palmetto State, said there had been y
bad feeling among the crewmen
since the vessel left Panama to come
here. .
Thomas protested bitterly whent
he was taken off and transferred to
the hospital. He said he wanted to
stay aboard to get his pay. The Pal-
metto State Is owned by States Ma
rine Corp.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
Mrs. Stockton to Head
Seui Sole in Foirfox

Mrs. T. j, Stockton has been
appointed chairman of the l94S
Christmas Seal Sale in Fairfax
County, according to Thomas p.
Chapman, jr., president of the Coun-
ty tuberculosis Association. Mrs.
Stockton. who will appoint campaign
committees, requested that anyone
interested in serving get in touch
with her or with the association.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
Quake al Hoover Dam
Disturbs Power Output
By the Asseeiotsd Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Nov. 3.-An
earthquake momentarily interrupted
power at Hoover Dam yesterday
but caused no property damage.
Rocks fell into canyons above and
below the dam and Uttered high
ways. There we're landslides on
Fertilization Mountain, northeast of
the dam in Arizona.
Frank H. Werner. chief Of the
Lake Mead Seismological Survey,
said the tremor was the heaviest
in history in this area.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
D. 6. Heads Order Use
IOf Lowest Postal Rutes

The Commissioners late yesterday
ordered all department heads to
use the lowest possible postal rates
for outgoing official documents,
when such use will not interfere
with normal operations.
The move was ordered as an
of Rufus S. Lusk. chairman of the
Washington Taxpayers Association.
economy gesture on the suggestion
Evening star., 1948-11-03
Police and Coast Guard
QueII Riot on Ship
by the Associoted Pres.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3.-Police and
Coast Guardsmen were called out to
quell a two-hour knife and club riot
among crewmen of the steamer Pal
metto State In Baltimore harbor
yesterday.
Charlie w. Thomas, 33-year-old
deck engineer from Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1948-11-03

in Republican control. after the
Democrats had ruled for 13 years.
Troubles With Cabinet.
Mr.. Truman also had his troubles
with holdovers from the Roosevelt
administration, with differences
reaching such proportions that he
demanded the designations of Inte-
rior Secretary Ickes and Commerce
Secretary Wallace, last of the origi-
nal New Dealers in the Cabinet.
The great sorrow of the Presi-
dents years in the White House
came last July when his 94-year-
old mother. Mrs. Martha Truman,
died after being bedridden four
months with a broken hip. The
President, who had spent two weeks
at her bedside earlier when her life
was despaired of, was in Washington
when she began to sink and did not
reach her side until short while
after her death.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
Fastest F ire Loss Rate In History
Points Up Need F or Cleanup Week

broke out during the year. These
other losses include forests and
timber, watershed, production
losses, business failure, medical
expenses, wages, tax values wiped
out, and fire-fighting costs, which
are the result of fire.
Much of the fire destruction is
the result of deterioration of heat
ing systems and machinery. and
the overlooking of electrical cir
cults. In recent years, shortages
of repair parts and manpower have
caused this deterioration; hence it
is of extreme importance that ev-
cry householder and every pro-
perty owner keep close check ON
his heating quipment, and inspect
fuses regularly to be sure that
fuses are of the proper size.
An increasing number of fires
are due to Accommodations Of rub
bish and debris. This may be one
result of manpower shortage, due
to lack of janitorial help, but the
owners and tenants alike should
keep their buildings clear of waste
materials, and not neglect regu-
lar inspections.
A major factor in most large
fires is delay in notifying te fibre
department. Every citizen should
learn the fastest way of calling
the fire department from his home,
office, school or factory. Where
feasible. automatic detection and
alarm systems should be installed,
particularly in large value estab-
lishmentS.
Rural residents should organize
some method of simmoning fire
equipment quickly, such as sire
block" system, as has been done
i'm many counties.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
Housing Shortage
Complicated by
Fire, Says Chief

Through our careleSsneSs every
year we are depriving many young
couples of a home of their own,
Fire Chief Herb Malchow declar-
ed in a statement calling for sup
port of Kennewick citizens In rid
ding their homes of fire hazards Tor
Spring Cleanup Week.
The housing shortage is the worst
the United States has ever expert
enced. Still fire, generally causes
by negligence, damages 35O,OO0
homes and in addition destroys
enough timber and lumber every
year to build 100000 five-room
houses, the chief pointed out.
Think of those homeless couples
the chief urged, the next time you
are off on jaunt through the
woods and are lighting a cigarette
or leaving fire. Make sure the
match is completely dead before
throwing it away, he cautioned,
and the fires cold ashes smother
ed with dirt before leaving it.
He also warned householders
that all rubbish, papers and brio
a-brac from closets, halls, base
ments and attics should be clean
ed out. Throw out everything
you're not going to use, he said. =,
Also, check all fuses, stoves and
heaters to safeguard your home
against fire. Avoid forcing more
persons into the crushing compe-
tition for few available houses.
A guide to self-inspecton pre-
pared by The National Board OF
Ere Underwriters, may be had at
fire department headquarters.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
From The Past
THIRTY YEARS AGO

d" Do your duty. And your duty
is to buy Liberty Bonds.O This
brief message was brought to
the people by Lieut.. Gambler,
who saw many months of active
service on the fighting front, 1t.
gambler was reported TO be train
ing the American boys at Camp
Lewis in modern artillery warfare.
All business houses in town were
closed, as were the schools, grade
and high school alike, to enable
the French officers message to
be heard. --.-s..
The home of H. o. Meals. in
the Horse Heavens burned to the
ground. With the exception of a
few chairs and some bedding, the
house, built only year before was
totally destroyed. After starting
a fire in the kitchen range, Meals
went out to the fields to drive in
his horses. Later when Mrs. Meals
arose. the kitchen was in flames.
The loss was estimated between
$500 and $4,000, with no insurance.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
A dozen young fellows from
Kennewick were to attend the
Citizens Military Training Camp
at Fort George Wright this sum-
mer according to a report made
by 1t. John w. Sheehy, Of the
4th Infantry, who was recruiting
members for the camp. The fol-
men successfully passed the
physical examination Arthur Car
penter, Jim Beste, Karl Reese,
Herbert Crawford, Lambert Hess,
Bill Huntington, Ross Hill, Gerald
Siegfried, Elmer Faulds, and Cecil
Boyer.
The Liberty Theatre was show
ing "The Big City" with Lon
Cheney and Betty Compton, and Al
Jolson was due in Sunday and
Monday, in "The Jazz Singer.
You could get new Standard Six
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08

sometimes help illumine point.
And so I reflect that we can
probably get used to the water,
but I remember that this business
of adaptation is not accomplished
without unpleasant complications
for the species.
g - ~
remember an open ditch that
Claimed the life of a child. ! re-
member the ipadequately PRO-.
tected Port District area where
two babies persisted in a trailer
fire. I remember that there were
Thoughtful people saying in adj
vance of both these tragedies that
they were apt to happen.
+ 4 .-r.s
I remember that Thoughtful peo-
pie now are saying that an cpl
demic COULD happen here.
= Il >
It isn't a Job for the city and
water authorities. It's your JOB
and my job. Let's get excited
about it, and seek immediate and
ample correction. The sentiment
of a people governs the develop
ment of eny social subdivision.
Make your opinion known!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08

g Property and resources now are
being destroyed by fire In the
United States at the fastest rate IN
hisory, according to estimates OF
the National Board of Fire Under
writer's.
. During the past year $692, $685..
600 went up in smoke, most OF IL
in housing, buildings, food, raw
materials and manufactured goods
that are in short supply.
This loss figure does not negin
to include all the other indirect
losses caused by the hundreds OF
thousands of preventable fires that
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08

Dodge for $875 at the Columbia
garage. With Bill Smith pitching
a good game Kennewick triumph
ed over Richland to the tune OF
1863. Pasco was to hold its second
anniversary if airmail service
into Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
TEN YEARS AGO

Miss Lorene Belair w,,
from a nerve iniurv" S 10 Sufs
arm. The accident was - c, nerss
hitting the arm on a. eauSa
while working in the local irG o.
Monday. A'eal bab
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
WITH OTHER EDITORS

Washington commentator Roscoe
the Dales Opist charges that and more be-
difference between the third
the communist party line in Mos
the line taken by the Optmst
sympathy they felt for the home variety OF
perhaps doctrine shameful and degrading
themselves made by unHased The
thinking that aerents do not
wish TO claim publicly.
Monitor finds significant the formation
be strengthening
presidential candidate Gen.
that great number
disclosed both national and local polls
that Ike Of the hour He deem him
exalted office. but the this
changed the point Of view Of American leaders
Succinct, story going
Rchland published in the Yakima Herald Julius
of Grand View Herald for He writes f
tell big
The Cafeteria smaller
all everything else proportion $4,000
will make their home Richland to Hanford operations
Might during 5000
the temporary construction And the whole affair like
magic out of the sagebrush Northumberland
How long, oh, Lord, how long,? The editor asks.
The formation of hospital district is the
nancial problems of the Memorial Hospital
the Posser The maximum legal
valuation of the district. the yield
from $4,000 $4,000 Only half the would
enlarge the hospital and properly maintain he Aseosd
Bulletin saYx
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Virginia Council Ask,
Retirement Age Cut
For State Police
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 15.-The
Virginia Advisory Legislative Coun-
Gil recommended in a majority re-
port to the Governor yesterday that
members of the State Police De-
partment be permitted to retire at
so and required to retire at 55.
Five other recommendations were
made in a VALC report based or
a study of whether the retirement
system should be amended to per-
NIT State police to retire at a
younger age than now required
The present retirement age is S.
The matter was assigned to the
council by Gov. Tuck in Decem-
ber, 1916. Other recommendations
included:
In case of service retirement
compensation in excess of $4,000
not be considered; that is, maxi
mum service retirement allowance
not to exceed $1,000.
Members of the State police to
contribute not in excess of TX per
cent of compensation not exceed
ing $4,000, membership in the sys-
TEN to be optional and the State
to provide the amount beyond the
TX per cent contribution for an
actuarially sound plan.
Members who rejected the pres
ent plan would be required to con-
tribute the difference between their
contributions and 71a per cent from
the date of joining to the effective
date Of the amendment.
A sum sufficient for each veal
Of the biennium would be provided
TO carry out the councils recon-
mendation.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Students Begin to File Entries
To Star Calendar Art Contest

Entries for The Evening Stars
Second Annual Student Calendar
Art Contest are beginning to come
in at rate indicating at least as
good a competition as last year,
when more than 500 pictures were
submitted for the six 500 Savings
Bonds awarded the six students
whose work was adjudged best.
Among students who have sent in
their registration cards recently are
Jean l.. Hubbard of Alice Deal Jun
ior High School, Mary G. Grieves of
Bladensburg High School, Emile B.
Sherman of Montgomery Hills Jun
ior High School, Walter Hawthorne
of Cardoza High School, who was
one of last years winners and win
ner also of an honorable mention.
Also Jeanne Lois Heffner and
Sara Pryor of Montgomery Blair
High School, Joseph A. Fowler of
Roosevelt High School. Don Chap
man Of Leland Junior High School,
Tommy Baldwin of Thomas Jeffer-
son Junior High School, Billie r.
Brownell Of Fairfax High School,
Carlyn Beckman of Powell Junior
High School and Esther L. McCully
OF Dunbar High School.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
w. E. Bascom Named Head
Of Family Service Agency

William E. Basom has been re-
elected president Of the board Of
directors of the Alexandria Family
Service Society, Community Chest
agency.
Other officers chosen at the annual
meeting were DR.. Benjamin Frank,
vice president; Mrs. Dan Kerbel.
secretary, and Mrs. Dorothy Kuy-
kendall, treasurer.
Mr.. Basom made the following
appointments: Stanley A. King to
serve as Community Chest repre-
sentative and head of the Family
Service Bylaws Committee; Mrs.
Kerbel, representative to the well
fare council; Mrs. Irwin Shapiro,
representative for the Mental Hy-
giene Clinic Board to the welfare
council; Mrs. Kuykendall and Mrs.
Marion Moeller, Budget Committee
members, and Mrs. D. Tucker Brown
and Miss Helen Walmsley, Program
Committee members.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Driver Killed, ; Injured
In Princess Anne Crash
BY the Assoeioted Press

PRINCESS ANNE, Md, Jan. 15.-
Gerald Wayne Cannalis, 22-year-old
seaman, was pinned beneath the
steering wheel and killed yesterday
when the automobile he was driving
crashed into a bridge abutment on
State route 1863 near here.
Injured in the wreck were James
L. Hogan, another sailor from the
Chincoteague Naval Base, and
Miss Florence Taylor, 20, of Princess
Anne and Miss Ruth Travers. 10, of
Wenona, Md.
Mr.. Cannalis' home was in Null
drow, Okla. An examiner said he
died of q broken neck.
Mr.. Hogan, owner of the automo-
bile, said he helped the women, from
the smashed vehicle but was un-
able to extricate Mr.. Cannalis.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
!Fontostic' AHbi
Fails to Save
Watch Thief

Judge Almond w. Scott and 9
Municipal Court jury couldn't be-
lieve their ears yesterday when they
heard the alibi Of George F. Nelson
80, during his trial on a charge he
stole a wofnan's wrist watch from
her home.
"I didn't mean to take that
watch" protested Nelson, colored
of the first block of street NE
II was just leaning on the desk te
make a telephone call, and the
watch stuck to my sleeve when got
up to CO."
Reminded that the complaining
witness, Matilda Brewer, colored, OF
the 600 block of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, had testified he had left
in a hurry and never came back
Nelson explained he suddenly re-
membered he had to go to work at
the time. He said the reason he
kept the watch was that it needed
repairs.
It took the jury five minutes to
return a guilty verdict. Judge Scott
remarked it was the most fantastic
alibi he'd ever heard. He sentenced
Nelson go days In jail.
Evening star., 1948-01-15

Joseph Fowler accompanied his
registration card with three oil
paintings.
The contest is open to all Junior
and senior high school students in
public, parochial and private schools
in Washington and the Metropoli-
tan area. All entries must be in
by April /, when the contest closes.
All pictures deemed worthy will be
exhibited for two weeks starting
May in the lobby of the Commerce
Department Building, where last
years exhibit was held.
Six pictures again will be selected
as winners. The artist not only will
receive a 500 Savings Bond each
but will have their pictures repro
duced in The Evening Stars 1949
calendar.
One of the pictures to be chosen
will be the popular choice, an op-
portunity being given all visitors at
the exhibit to indicate their choice.
The other five will be selected by a
committee Of judges headed by Cliff
ford K. Bergman, The Stars IA
nous cartoonist.
Full information may be obtained
In Room 724, The Evening Star
Building.
Evening star., 1948-01-15
Wallace Drive Unho|y,
Senator Byrd Says
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 15.-Sen-
ator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia,
yesterday declared that America S
future depends on "A strong ma
tional defnese and branded Henry
A. Wallace's campaign for the presi-
dency as IAN unholy crusade"
Virginia's senior United States
Senator, in a speech before the
State Senate, asserted that the
former vice presidents philosophy
consists of about "59 per cent COM
munism, 40 per cent socialism and l
per cent Americanism."
Senator Byrd recalled that Vir-
ginia had instructed its delegates to
the Democratic National Conven-
ton in 1914 to oppose Mr.. Wallace's
denomination as Vice President and
said this State thus took the lead
in defeating him.
Senator Byrd attended the open
ing session of the State Senate on
the occasion of the qualifying of his
son, Harry F. Byrd, jr. He recalled
that he took the oath of Office him.
self 80 years ago and said Il shall
never forget the thrill of that mo-
ment."
II wish that my son may have the
same great pleasure that came to
me in my service with this body"
he added.
Virginia's other member of the
United States Senate-A. Willis
Robertson-also was present.
Senator Byrd also urged members
of the General Assembly to guard
against accepting grants" from the
Federal Government "for there is
no such thing as Federal grant"
He closed his address with a tri-
butte to Gov. Tuck's leadership. He
received a standing ovation when
he left the Senate rostrum,
Evening star., 1948-01-15

bear weighed 259 pounds, the other,
210 pounds. Both were about 4
years old and were shot several
months ago.
AS in the case of the other deli
cacies awaiting consumption by the
game eating connoisseurs, the bear
steaks had been stored in the res
taurant's deep-freeze locker.
Gordon Leech, proprietor Of the
restaurant and one of the founders
Of the 855-member group, said
nearly Is pounds of butter, 10 gal
Ions Of gravy, 2 gallons of Mr..
Deremeris special" sauce and
pounds of salt were used in prepar-
ing the dinner.
Among those on the guest hist
were Engineer Commissioner Cor
don r. Young, Representative Da-
Wis, Democrat of Tennessee and
DR.. William M. Mann, Zoo director
and one of the founders of the as
sociation.
Despite the fact that more people
wish to attend these luncheons than
can be accommodated, Chef Dere-
mer professed no interest in the
results of his work.
II don't know what bear tastes
like" he said. ''Ill take a good
beefsteak any day"