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Evening star., 1948-07-24
Sex Convict Loses
Jail Freedom Plea
In Court Of Appeals

John s. r. Slaughter lost his
plea to the Municipal Court of
Appeals yesterday to get him out
of the 31-month Jail term he re-
ceived last January on various
charges, including indecent assault
on a 2-year-old girl.
Slaughter carried his appeal from
Municipal Court sentences imposed
by Judge George D. Nelson, after
jury had convicted the 39-year- -old
one-armed defendant in 80 minutes.
The judge at that time imposed
these penalties:
One year each for assaulting the
girl and her father in their home,
in the 300 block of Twenty-flr
street NV, the previous September; !;
1870 days and a $50 fine, or. another
so days, for Illegally entering the
home; 80 days and 500 fine, or
80 days, for intoxication, and $25 or
30 days for disorderly conduct
Slaughter, who formerly gave an
address in the 1000 block of Twenty
first street NV, sought to have
the upper court set aside the con-
yictions on grounds he was deprived
Of having the lawyer he wanted,
that he was refused trial postpone
ment to get defense witnesses and
that the lawyer appointed by the
court to defend him did not have
enough time to prepare the case.
The appellate decision, written by
Chief Judge Nathan Cayton, stated
that each point was without merit,
since in the period preceding the
Evening star., 1948-07-24

trial, Slaughter was free on bond
to select and confer with any lawyer
or witness available to him.
The court also rejected the mans
charge that his previous police
record was improperly introduced
at the trial. Judge Cayton noted
that Slaughter admitted he was
convicted Of attempted murder in
1898 and received two, other con-
victions on later dates.
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Col. Randolph Leigh Sues
To Divorce Second Wife

1t. Col. Randolph Leigh, author
and Fairfax County sportsman, filed
divorce proceedings yesterday in
Reno. New, against his second wife.
Mrs. Frida Tillman Leigh, of Nc
Lean, Va, well-known interior
decorator, according to dispatch
to The Star.
Col. Leigh, who has been in the
Army since before the war, is the
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Youth on Probation for Year
For Shot that Cost Girl Eve

Harry Carlson. 10, convicted Of
discharging an air rife, the pellet
from which put out the eye of a
15-year- girl, today Is on a years
probation imposed by Judge John P.
Mcmahon.
The Carlson youth, who lives in
the HOO block of Chicago street Sc,
had been awaiting sentence, pend
ing probation Office study, since last
May. The accident occurred in a
neighborhood back yard, when Carl
son, having target practice with
cigarettes stuck in fence, fired
pellet which struck Kathleen
King, of the 1900 block of Shan
non place Sc.
Her left eye had to be removed
Lecturing the youth, Judge Nc
Mahon commented on his fine rep
utation" among neighbors. but he
said that sending you to Jail won't
restore the girls eye"
Its unfortunate that in your en-
thusiasm you had to fool around
with a gun like that, and it's going
to be part of your probation that
you do not touch a gun for the next
year." the judge declared.
pavaria has exnorted 81 O00 0(l0
Evening star., 1948-07-24

author of "Conscript Europe" For
gotten Waters" and other works.
Mrs. Leigh Is q second cousin of
Col. Leigh's first wife, Mrs. Lucy
Tillman Leigh. The present Mrs.
Leigh was first married to Laurence
S. Frazer.
Col. and Mrs. Leigh we're married
Is years ago in Washington
Evening star., 1948-07-24
Cowboy Bond at Capitol

The cowboy band of Hardin Sim
mons University, Abilene. Tex, will
play a concert on the steps Of the
Capitol at 6 p,m, today,
Evening star., 1948-07-24

: Bavaria has exported $1,000, 600
worth of toys in the last year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
River Boiileneck
Delays Delivery
0f School Rooms

School space for about $50 Ken
newick pupils is still sitting on
barges somewhere on the Column
bia river, according to E. S. Black,
superintendent OF public schools.
The rooms, purchased from an
Army base near Portland, were
on their way upriver to Kerlne.
wick when the food hit. Now a
dispute has arisen as to who shall
pay the cost Of the buildings on
up the river.
1.-THE last we heard" Black said
1.-TWO of the buildings were some
where near Cello Falls. I hope
they get here by the time school
starts. Otherwise we're going to
have lot of extra students
The opening date of school still
has not been definitely set, Black
said, until several things, such as
the new school buildings, have
been settled.
Calls were still being made this
week in an effort to fill up the
teachers list. It is almost COM
plete, Black said, and should be
ready in a few days.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
Fear Of Old Age
Causes Resident
To Take Own Lift

Shot in the chest with a l6-
gauge shotgun, Albert Garfield
Terry, So, was found lying on the
ground near the Finley Hover
road Monday at 7:l5 pm. .'..
With the shotgun lying across
the legs, the body was found by
Happy" Pratt about so yards
from the Finley-Hover road, ly-
ing between two houses.
Bill Foraker and Chuck LAM
bertson, deputy sheriffs, and
Judge c. f. Winkenwerder, who
acted as coroner, responded to
the call put in by Pratt. They
termed the death suicide.
They reported that the body
had probably been lying there
since Saturday night. Terry had
not been seen since Saturday
when he had dinner with his
niece, Mrs. r. e. Livingstone,
who lives near the Hedges depot.
Mrs. Livingstone said that for
the last several days, Terry had
been respondent over old age.
She is the only known relative
near Kennewick.
Terry lived one-half mile east
Of Finley on the Finley-Hover
road. He had been in the area for
about five years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
SelbY Replaces Cheney as Headof
Kennewick Recreation Commission

instructed to write a letter to the
city council asking for adequate
representation at the commissions
meetings. It was pointed out tina,
the council member who was sup
posed to attend the recreation
meetings had not been present 10.
three months.
Also to be included in the let
ter was request that the council
instruct the street department to
clean of the tennis courts near the
high school as was promised some
time ago.
John Scott, recreation director,
a possibility that he would be call
told the commission that there was
ed back into the army in the near
future. Cheney reported that let
tiers had been sent to schools in
the northwest in an attempt to line
up a recreation director in case
Scott should 60. e-e
Mrs. Marjorie Wilson said that
a driver was needed for the bus
donated by the Kennewick schools
to transport children to the Pasco
pool for Red Cross swimming in
struction in August. She said a
salary of approximately 500 WOULD
be needed. The commission then
appropriated the money to hire
the driver.
The commission decide that JAM
itor work at the recreation hall
was being neglected by the hous-
ing authority because Of no funds
for the purpose. So the group
authorized Scott to hire a janitor
for 20 hours a week to do the
work.
The commission decided to 60
ahead and have the gym floor
sanded and resurfaced, and to have
the floors in the halls and club
room repaired.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
Plans Second
Annual All-Charity Day

The Disabled American Veter-
ans will hold their second annual
An-Charity Day at Longacres
race track, August IL, with the
first race starting at 4 pm.
Tickets are SIPS each, with
the entire proceeds being turned
over to the DAV for its hospital
program - a program designed
to give aid and comfort to the
many disabled veterans through
out the state of Washington. The
Washington Jockey club has do
mated the day for this purpose
and has urged all persons inter-
ested in helping disabled veterans
to purchase tickets.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29

Stepping down after leading the
Kennewick recreation commission
through two busy years, Alvin
Cheney, chairman, announced at
the meeting Monday night tina, h.
was retiring from the group.
He informed members that MS
successors as representative from
the Kiwanis will be DR.. S. S.
"Steve" Selby. A new chairman
viii be selected at the next meet
ing.
cheney's last meeting as chair
man was full Of action. Harvey
Keene. secretary treasurer, was
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
Swindlers Sill
Work king Raelkeis
Bulletin Warns

Ross Frank, secretary Of the
Kennewick Chamber OF Com
merce. this week released a spec
ial chamber Of commerce bulle-
tin warning persons against
swindlers who are operating on
an ever larger scale.
The bulletin said that store
keepers and small businessmen
who agree to take punchboarls
in their shops should know that
one racket is for the salesman
who delivers the device to insist
on taking two or three chances
Immediately. The punches made
by this man usually win the big
awards,
Many current instances have
been reported Of fraud "cures"
for cancer, the bulletin said. It
repeated the warning Of Dr.. John
F. Conlin of the Massachusetts,
Medical society: mo secret po-
ton. no magic charm, no home
remedy, no special diet and no
advertising quack ever cured can
Ger. Only surgery, X-ray or ra-
dunn can cure cancer.
The bulletin named three marks
that almost every dishonest
scheme bears. They were: II you
are approached by an unknown
person or firm who (a offers
something for nothing, or q lot Of
a little, Ob) insists that the offer
is hush-hush and is made to you
as a specially selected. individ-
ual, and (c) the offer must be
acted on in a hurry. These are
the danger signs, II said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
State 10 Conduct
Countrywide Test
OF Banqs Disease

DIR. j. c. Thompson and DR.. r.
Mitchell with the State Depart
ment pf Agriculture, Olympia,
have been assigned to Benton
county to conduct a county wide
Bang test, Benton county extern
sion agent said this week.
1t is planned to make a COM
plete test Of all herds in the coun-
ty and retest of herds which may
have reactors. Herds that have
been tested within the past six
months and were clean may not
need to be retested at this time,
but will be subject to a retest be-
fore the countrywide tests are COM
pleted.
Animals that have been vaccin-
ated against Bangs disease during
calfhood need not be submitted
for test until they are approxi-
mately three years old or two md
a half months after date OF vac
cination.
Vaccination of heifer calves is
recommended and this service will
be rendered without cost to the
owner, DR.. Thompson reminded
Benton county dairymen. Since
April /, 1913 vaccinated calves are
being identified with tattoo mark
on the right ear instead of a vac
cination tag previously used. This
tattoo mark shows the quarter OF
the year and year and " for vac
cination. Thus, tattoo "3-V-8"
would indicate that the calf was
vaccinated, the third quarter OF
l94S. It is recommended that
calves be vaccinated between six
and ten months of age, rather than
from four to eight months as was
previously recommended.
This week, DR.. Thompson moved
his headquarters to Kennewlck,
and will begin testing in this area
as soon as arrangements can be
completed. Those who wish 70
have their cattle tested may leave
their names at the county extern
sion Office upstairs in the Penney
building. AS soon as DR.. Thomp-
son Is located, he will pick up the
names and render the test as soon
as possible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29

in every role and is headed by
Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shir-
ley Temple, Pedro Armendariz.
Others are Ward Bond, Victor
MeLaglen, Dick Foran and Guy
Kibbee.
apache" is set in the era Of th<
wars between the whites and the
Apache Indians. Fonda portrays
the role Of an arrogant, ranking
officer who has come West to take
command Of an outpost. His re-
fusal to listen to the advice Of his
trained subordinates results in
some Of the most dramatic scenes
of the picture. Apache" has re-
ceived wide publicity throughout
the national magazines and Pasco
is extremely fortunate in being
one Of the first cities In the North
west to see this picture.
The picture as well as the the
aires are being donated by the
Mid-State Amusement corpora
ton, for the relief Of Northwest
victims Of the flood. All work,
time and equipment used In MAX
ing this project a success have
been donated, even to the printing
Of the tickets.
Tickets, which sell for 81 will
net 8Oc to the disaster relief COM
mittee which in turn will give the
funds to the Red Cross for distrt-
button. The balance Of zoe Is
taken up by federal amusement
taxes.
Plans to secure several Holly
wood luminaries are still In the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
Three Pre1rlieres
For Tn-Ciies

Release was made today Of the three motion
n;cres scheduled for August 10 in the Cities for
disaster victims Of the recent flood.
Kennewick theatres will show the lusty, tempes-
tons. s'Taproots", which stars Van Heflin Susan
HAYWARD with host Of supporting players.
"Taproots", acclaimed by the motion picture
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29

making, and every effort to secure
them to add to the other top civic
and government officials who have
been invited.
Two showings in each Of the
two theatres In the Tri-C Cities have
been scheduled. II necessary, a
third screening will be made to ac-
commodate all those who plan on
attending the premieres.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
MARRIAGE
LICENSES

Licenses to wed were issued last
week to Chester E. Hough and
Lillian Sheppard, Pasco; Robert
D. Norman and Delma c. HEM
ing, Toppenish; Harold w. Foley,
Grandview and Joyce G. Prince,
Wapato and to Eugene Race, OF
Grandview and Evelyn Williams,
Prosser.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
Three Divorce
Actions Started

Divorce actions have been filed
in the Benton county clerks Of
fee by Eli D. Brightman against
Margaret E. Brightman; Glen l..
Hasten, against Laverna Hasten;
Mandie Overall has instituted an
action for separate maintenance
from Lloyd G. Overall.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29

The 'Rough Riders" of Spanish
war fame were organ
led and commanded by Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29

With the Wind, deals
with South and it's prob
lens during the civil war
era. A strong personal
conflict revolves around
the background Of this
theme, and concerns the
efforts of one family to
hold their historical val
lev against all corners,
Rebs or Yankees. Helm
"a with Susan Hayward and
- family and eventually they
zee defeat together and a new
beginning Of their struggle to
stay together - an adult type
picture throughout.
.Give My Regards to Broad
way" a top smash technicolor mu-
steal production is to be premier
ed in Richland. Heading this cast
are Dan Daley, Charles Winnin-
ger, Charlie Ruggles and Nancy
Guild.
broadway" is the story OF a
never-say-die vaudeville family
who continue to rehearse while
they all secure jobs, which are
..iust between engagements" It
is an out Of the way story, IN
that Il is not filed with trite
scenes, but instead with story
that tells of the heartbreaks and
thrills Of the vaudeville. days.
Pasco theatres will offer the
first showing in the Northwest
area of the widely heralded Fort
Apache." This picture has a sta.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-29
FINAL DEGREES

FINAL DEGREES
Final DEGREES of divorce were
issued in Benton county superior
court Thursday to Norma M.
Burkhart from Ray e. Burkhart
and to Hazel Eileen Burnette
from Ray L. Brunette.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Air Attacks on Liquor Stills

That's how I tell the
proof" responded the moon
sinner. From the explosion.
If get a nice puff and a
blue flame I know it's about
100 proof"
Mountaineers being handy
folk with shooting irons, gun
play occasionally climaxes a
raid. The agents, no bump
kins with weapons, always go
in ready for trouble.
Often the bootleggers will
flee. but the plane observers
help run them down. Once
an air crew watched a fugi-
tive run into a church to
which they directed the ar
resting officers by radio.
Wild beasts seem to have a
fondness for whisky mash.
according to the agents.
Many a time they find hogs
and other animals weaving
drunkenly after a binge at
some untended still. One
agent tells of the strangest
sight he ever saw, a female
bear. surrounded by her cubs,
slumped against a mash box,
CLASSY eyed and paving
weakly at the air.
Although the effectiveness
of air spotting is attested by
the fact that agents located
% stills in one day over 100
square miles of North Caro-
lima, it is not infallible. One
agent was getting directions
from the air, somewhat as
follows: Walk SO yards
straight ahead. Now turn to
the left. Stop! Hold it!
There's a man behind a tree
800 yards away"
The agent crept up and
found the man doing nothing
more ominous than whiting
at a stick. He worked nearby.
The still" was only a saw
mills. B.
Evening star., 1948-03-21

states, the revenue agents
seized 1899 gallons of illicit
spirits and $107,505 worth of
property and arrested ATT per-
sons. Had those spirits gotten
on the market the Govern
ment would have been de-
prived of SOS, ISL in taxes, the
Federal tax being 50 per gal
lon.
The air-ground operation
goes something like this: A
rendezvous site is agreed
upon: the air crew is briefed
and takes off to scan a GER
tain area. The ground forces
go to- the same area in sew
eral cars. When a still is
sighted the air observers,
using code, might say to the
radio cars: "Bandbox to Red
Hot, have located beauty, just
north of Punksville on Route
TT. Go at once"
The groundlings pile into
one car and follow directions
from the. plane: Take the
dirt road to the left. Take it
easy. Now 500 yards to your
left"
The agents get out of the
car, hide it in the brush and
strike out afoot, carrying
handy-talkies - the portable
sending and receiving radio
sets of World War II. With
the plane still spotting for
them the raiders move in on
the still. Sometimes they get
so close they can hear what
the men are saying.
One such agent was amazed
by the actions of a moon
sinner who would take a swig
of hot" liquor and spit it
into the fire. He did this re-
peatedly. After the distiller
had been arrested the puzzled
agent asked for an explana-
tion of his strange perform
ance.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Pose 4

TOMBINED AIR GROUND
~ operations is the latest
measure of the "rev'nooers"
against backwoods moon
sinners.
When winter has stripped
the leaves from the trees,
agents of the Alcohol Tax
Unit of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue take to the
air. These observers, flying
in Coast Guard planes. find
it comparatively easy to spot
enemy activity. said activity
being primarily the operation
of whisky producing stills.
Spotting would be much more
difficult in the seasons when
foliage hides the mash boxes,
coils and furnace smoke.
These airborne troops, so
to speak, maintain constant
radio communication with
ground forces, directing the
latter to the site where they
deploy for the final raid.
Agents afoot use "handy-talk-
les" to converse with the air
observers and code names are
used.
Many of the moonshiners
are wise to this operation by
now. and try to camouf1age
their equipment, but the
agents say 1t is almost impos-
sible to disguise the plants in
winter time. Sometimes, of
course, the illicit distillers
flee when they see the OBJ
servation plane, and the
ground forces capture equip
ment but no men. These stills
are dynamited, so they can
be used no more.
Biggest air-ground opera
tions are in the south-States
such as North Carolina, Vir-
ginia, Maryland. West Vir-
ginia, Georgia and South
Carolina. Last December
alone, in eight southern
Evening star., 1948-05-03
Single D. .C.Committee
Bill 10 Be Referred
To Senate Rules Unit
Aiken Reports Measure
With Unanimous Buckino
Of Expenditures Group
By Harold B. Rooers

The bill to abolish House and
Senate District Committees and
substitute for them a Joint Con-
greSSional Committee on the Dis
trlct was reported favorably to
the Senate today by the Senate
Committee on Expenditures in
the Executive Departments.
Committee Chairman Aiken sale
he understood the measure woulC
be referred next to the Senate Rules
Committee.
We have no objections 10 the
measure going to the Rules Com
mittee,' said Senator Aiken, 1T is
our understanding that there is nc
opposition in the Rules Committee
to the bill"
Backed by All Committeeman.
Three members of the Expendi.
lures Committee also are member.
of the Rules Committee.
Should the rules group send the
measure to the Senate. it would bt
given a green light for Senate action
When action would be taken, how
ever, depends on the heavy business
on the calendar.
The bill was introduced under
the names of all members of the
Senate Expenditures Committee who
unanimously approved it. The
measure would amend the Legisla
tive Reorganization Act of 1916. I
would transfer legislative authorit,
now held by the House and Senat,
committees, with a total personne
(See D. C. COMMITTEES. Pg, AS
Evening star., 1948-05-03
Margarine Tax Repeal Strikes
Parliamentary Snog in Senate
Vondenbere Suggestion for Bringing
Vote on Procedure Meets Objections

his decision. But before he could
announce his decision. several Sen
ators objected even to making the
decision at this time.
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas, an oleo margarine sup
porter, wanted the bill placed on the
Senate calendar at once and a par
liamentary discussion on this pro-
cedure began.
! Senator Fulbright pointed out yes
terday that an identical bill which
he introduced in the Senate was
referred to the Finance Committa ae
by Senator Vandenberg. -
Parliamentarians, searching the
record books for precedents, di,cov-
cred that the same issue was fought
on the Senate floor in 1886, when
the first margarine taxes were
enacted. AT that time the Senate
itself voted, % to 81, to send the
bill to Agriculture.
| Senator Vandenberg has made it
tSee OLEOMARGARINE, Pg. A-65
Evening star., 1948-05-03
Hodge Expects Reds to Proclaim
New Regime for All of Korea

Gen. Hodges statement said the
recent north-south unity conference
in Pyongyang, North Korean capital.
ought to be called the all-Korean
Communist conference instead. He
called it a device to trick people
into thinking all Koreans approved
the constitution adopted in Pyong-
yang.
North Korea. Gen. Hodge said
was represented only by political
groups sponsored and fully ap-
proved by the Soviet command; !;
and South Korea by Communist
democratic front parties who have
been directing and operating ter
roristic violence, slaughter. arson and
sabotage in South Korea" Their
aim. he added, is to Illustrate the
May 10 elections.
The United States commander
declared that the propaganda
song and dance" by the Soyiets
and Korean stooges" that the
United States wants Korea as a
colony and for military bases lis
the most fantastic lie Of all"
Evening star., 1948-05-03
By the Associated eress

SEOUL, May Sit. Gen. John
R. Hodge declared today a Com
muniSt government for all Korea
will no doubt be announced soon
by North Korean stooges of
Soviet masters"
The United States Army COM
mander in South Korea in a press
statement predicted the announce
ment will be accompanied by a
propaganda statement that it has
the approval of all Koreans. Russia
occupies North Korea.
Army intelligence reported South
Korea observed the May Day week
end quietly. Cheju Island. off the
southern mainland, reported no de-
velopmentS since three-hour
guerrilla attack on the village of
Orari in which six Koreans were
Killed Saturday. They blamed the
violence on Communists seeking to
disrupt the May 10 elections in the
American zone to set up q Korean
government.