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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-29

Der as hostess at her home on
Kennewick avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Hanlon from
Arlington, Ore, were visitors last
week end of Mrs. Hanlon's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. Serrier. Mrs.
Hanlon is the former Beatrice
Serrier.
Mrs. T. B. Hauschild left Tues
day to 60 to Renton where she
will visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Leonard Howe and family until
next Monday.
The family of Mrs. Winnifred
Campbell, city clerk, all phoned
her last Sunday to wish her a
Happy Birthday" The calls
came from Enumclaw, Belling-
ham, Milton, Ore, and Kenne-
wick, but the most exciting was
the one which came from her
son Robert in Rome, Italy, where
he is in civil service. This call
came through on Saturday here
but was Sunday in Rome.
Mrs. Norman Robbins plans to
attend the Woman's Club con-
ference to be held in Yakima next
Friday.
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before the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bradbeck
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Wei
gand motored to Palouse Falls
Sunday. They report seeing a
profusion of wild flowers.
Mrs. Jim Reed, Mrs. Joe Os-
borne and Mrs. Emerson Ely were
co-hostesses Friday evening at the
Reed home complimenting Mrs.
Jack Oliver with Pink and Blue
shower. After the presentation of
the dainty gifts, pinochle was in
order with first prize going to
Mrs. r. E. Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Pratt. stu
dents at c. w. c. E. at Ellensburg,
spent Sunday with relatives in
Kennewick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland Burger
and Mrs. A. S. Murray made a
business trip to Walla Walla Tues
day.
Mrs. Arthur Wiegand returned
to her home Sunday from Seattle
where she was subject to optical
surgery at the Virginia Mason
hospital, and is reported to be
making a very satisfactory recov-
cry.
The Needle club meets Friday,
April 80 with Mrs. Macleod in
Richland. Those wishing trans
portation please contact Mrs. r.
B. Elledge.
Mrs. Ronald Chitwood nee Ruth
Peterson, was the incentive for a
post-nuptial shower last Friday
evening. Ruth Ann Stevlingson
was the hostess at her home at so
Parkview Homes, entertaining Is
guests.
Leaving Sunday Mrs. J. c. Pratt
and Mrs. Frank Pease of Kenne-
wick, and Mrs. DeGood of Bent
on City motored to Bellingham
to attend the tuberculosis league
convention. They plan to be back
Thursday.
Rueben Gest is now convalesc-
ing at his home after 10 days as
a patient in the Deaconess hos
pital in Spokane.
Mrs. ]. B. Slaugenhaupt was
honor guest at a birthday dinner
last Sunday with Mrs. H. R. Vib-
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LITTLE STORIES Of The WEEK
Phone news to Ksnnswiek 2l42 before Tuesday
By FLORENCE OLIVER
By FLORENCE OLIVER

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald West and
family from Wenatchee visited
over the week end with Mrs.
Vests parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. S. Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Ludlow re-
turned Saturday evening from a
four-day trip to Boise, Idaho. Mrs.
Roy Garner accompanied them as
far as Nampa. Mr.. Ludlow's IA
Their and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Ludlow came with them from
Boise to visit at the Ludlow home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Shaw and
daughter Reana motored to The
Dalles Saturday to visit friends.
Mr.. Shaw returned Sunday, Mrs.
Shaw and Reana remaining until
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ed Moran returned Satur-
day after week spent In Spok-
ane. a
AT the meeting of Eastern Star
held Tuesday, April Il, Mrs. Flor
ence Pravitz was initiated into
the order. All officers were pres
ent except the Worthy Matron,
Mrs. Eunice Washburn who was
i'll, Mrs. Mabel Black, associate
matron, presided in her absence.
Eight new chairs for the officers
stations were presented the chap
ter by the Scottish Rite bodies.
The Worthy Grand Matron will
make her official visit May IL and
plans were made for banquet
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD

ASSEMBLY OF GOD
102 Kennewick Avenue. Rev.
e. Judson Cornwall. Sun. School
9:45. Services II a. m, and 7:0O
p. m. Youth, Tuesdays 7:45 p. m.
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN N. s.
3rd at Benton. Rev. N. c.
Kauth. Sunday School 10 a. m.
Lenten Services p. NJ. Walther
League, Fridays 8 p. M.
CHURCH OF GOD
7th and Gum. Rev. c. D. Hook
er. Sunday School 10 A. n. Serv-
ices IL A. NJ. and 1880 p. n. n.
A. Tomlison, General OverSeer.
CHURCH OF THE NAzARElGE
LIST and Everett. Rev. J. N. Tin.
sley Sunday School. Gas. Services
l0:4S A. NJ. and 7:3O p. N.
Youth $50 p. NJ Mid-week,
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The Royal Neighbors club will
meet with Mrs. Harley Neel on
the South Highlands on May 6 at
8 o'clock instead of April % as
previously scheduled, due to the
date conflicting with that of the
senior play.
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FINLEY-HovER COMMUNITY

Rev. Pierce Roberts. Finley:
Sun. Sch. 10 a. m. Services IL a.
m. Youth, $50 p. m. Services
1880 p. m. Wed. Scouts 7:l5 at
School, Choir 1880 and Prayer
meet 8 p. m. HOVER: Sun. Sch.
IL a. m. Service 1000 a. m.
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Thursiay at 7:30 p. N.
rrnsr BAPTIST

First and Washington. Rev. John
w. Kopp. Sunday School GAS
A. M. Services IL "A. NJ. and 1880
p. M. Young peoples at $3.50 p.
M. Midweek Prayer and Bible
Hour, Wednesday 1880 p. M.
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81. PAUI,8 EPiSc0PAi

GIT, Ave. A. Rev. Nelson H. At
kinson. Services. Sunday 1000 q.
m. and Thursdays 1880 p. m. Sun.
Sch. ll:l5 a. m. Confirmation
Glasses, Fri. Jr. 4:30, ST.. 7:30.
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PILGRIN HOLINESS

2l2 e 3rd. Rev. Fred L. Shoe
maker. Sun. Sch. Gas q. m. Ser
vice, IL a. m, and 7:45 p. m.
Youth 6:45. Midweek Services
Wed. 7:45. ...
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End and Auburn. Rev. p. j.
Luvaas. Sunday School Gas a. m.
Services IL a. m. Luther League
TOO p. m. Conformation Glasses
Saturday mornings. ...
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GOOD NEWS CHAPEL

Fountain Park, West Kennewick.
John Finkbeiner, Jr., minister.
Services: Sunday morning 10 o.
clock, Bible hour; 1900, sermon.
Sunday evening by announcement,
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FIRST cflnISrlAN

3rd and Washington. Rev. e.
C. Hawkins. Sunday School GAS
a. m. Services IL a. m. and 1880
Ip. m. Youth, intermediate and
Senior G. =. $50 p. m.
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FIRST METHODIST

Kenn. Ave-, at Dayton. Rev.
John B. Coan. S. S. 9:45 a. m.
Services, 1880 a. m. Youth Fell
lowship, Jr. Hi $50, Seniors $50.
, 1948-03-01

about his promotion and even
his family was not present
when he took the oath of Of
flee. The only witness present
was Mrs. P. L. Byrd Larsen,
widow of the former Post
master.
In words of experience, Pos
tai Inspector Stolberg pointed
out to Mr.. Armstrong that this
is a wonderful opportunity to
serve his community. "You
must expect some criticisms"
he cautioned, "but everyone
who holds public position will
at some time be criticized. You
can't please everyone, but you
should try.
,o,0ne hollo friends little
, 1948-03-01
P UBLIc N

Il is hereby brought to pub
lie notice that the Trademark
shown below which was re-
gistered in the United States
Patent Office, Washington, D.
c., on July II, 1914, in the
name of A. SAGNER'S son
Of Frederick, Maryland, and
Trademark certificate No.
4O7 ,98l issued therefor, has
this date been registered in
the Office Of the Government
Secretary of the Virgin Is
, 1948-03-01
THANKS.

gave to the President of the
United States on Monday Feb
ruary %, 1913, was a most eff
fective one. All arrangements
made by the Reception Com
mittee, under your leadership,
including til decorations,
were excellent. Please accept
my appreciation, and the APP
probation of the Government
the Virgin Islands. I shall
appreciate it also if you would
extend these expressions of
gratitude to all members Of
the Recution Committee and
volunteer workers who assist
ed in making this location a
unique and memorable one"
, 1948-03-01
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

the Daily News who hates the
ashes of the late Franklin D.
Roosevelt, is anti-Negro, anti
everything that represents de-
cency and intelligent reason
ing. It is also quite natural
that the South would stage a
childish revolt because they
believe in lynching segrega-
ton and other practices of the
darker ages, he said.
In connection with the Pres
idents recent visit Mr.. Totten
said that it has sent Virgin Is
lands stock high.
The AVICA, through a vol
untary organization, is never
theless kept busy working ov-
vertime answering the num-
erous telephone calls and SER
wing as the only authentic in
formation bureau the native
people have on the mainland.
II natives stick together, be
true to each other, cooperate
with their kin on the main
land unselfishly and respect
leadership, there is little doubt
that many of their just griev-
ances will be satisfactorily adj
lusted, he continued.
Finally Totten suggests that
natives residing in these is
lands could be most helpful
in the coming Presidential
campaign by writing to their.
kin on the mainland and urge.
them to register in October
and vote in November.
, 1948-03-01

lands of the United States at
St. Thomas, in accordance
with the provisions in the re-
g~ulations governing the regis
itration Of Patents and Trade
marks in the Virgin Islands,
approved April /, 1916.
Government Of the Virgin
Islands Of the United States.
St. Thomas.
October II, l947
Morris F. de Castro.
Government Secretary
, 1948-03-01
U.N. ASKS.

U.N. ASKS.
bers Of Commerce and SER
vice clubs. are putting on in
tensive drives for contribu-
tions.
The money collected by UN
&C will be turned over to the
international Ch ldren's
F und QCEF),
which will procure and dis
tribute supplies. The ICEF
program is already in opera
ton in several European coun-
tries.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

In "Scarface," Andre Norton tells
a thoroughly alive yarn. This is Of
buccaneering out Of that pirates
den, Tortuga Of the West Indies.
Inc young hero. cabin boy and
captive, Is aboard the Naughty Lass
at the time Of surprise attack
upon Barbados and all but ends his
days with a rope about his throat.
wild Animals of the World" by
Mary Baker and William Bridges.
with an introduction by Roy Chap
man Andrews, Is a beautiful book of
252 animals, well illustrated and
documented.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

a green bay in the far Alaskan
north. There it is "Monroes against
the wilderness"
Judith, of Margaret Leighton's
Judith Of France" is a girl of yes
terday, but spirited. young. She
sweeps into the story at the head of
a hunt, with more of the old Char
lemagne in her little finger than in
Prince Louise and Prince Charles
rolled together"
A Bible Story
Of Special Appeal
Confident with unshakable faith
and sense Of destiny Marian King
pictures David, in her young King
David" This is the Bible story
woven into a continuous narrative
against q background of history.
David's personality is sensitively
felt; the line drawings by Steele
Savage and open formal make adj
ditional appeal.
In Robert Bruce" Nina Baker
writes warmly, colorfully of the
"Beggar Kings" struggles to win his
AAA6NoAA. 4hC IClllIlS lS awe WIGu
guerrilla raids, clever stratagems,
desperate ventures, but also with the
spirit Of those defiant Scots who
would not let Edward I of England
calmly appropriate the Scottish
realm-history which has become
legend.
With Christmas around the corner.
here Is at least handful of gift
suggestions. One choice has been
saved to the end-the exciting new
edition Of Walter De La Mares
"The Three Royal Monkeys" known
this side of the Atlantic as '"The
Three Mulla- -Mulgars." Such an eii-
tion with Mildred Eldridge's imagi-
native, interpretative ink sketches,
dramatically heightened here and
there with the use Of red, has
been coveted by book lovers who
have known the English edition.
The fantasy of The Three Royal
Monkeys" mystic, strange, is not for
every child, but every child whose
imagination is kindled by it win be
the richer for life. Walter De La
Mare is Of those who perform the
miracle of springtime,"
Evening star., 1948-12-05
By IA. Ethel Bubb
Assistant Directus, Chadren's Department.

weather, lighted windows as dusk
comes down, skating on outdoor
rinks, escalator riding.
Ellis Credle's MY Pet Peeuelo.-
recounts understandingly young
T1vo's experiences in the market
place where he has carried his net
turkey to sell and then can't bear
to part with it. The setting is Mex
leo. Another small book for the
beginner is Robbie Trent's First
Christmas" in which Marc Simont
pictures the nativity story with
freshness of vision and color.
An engagingly humorous book with
the flavor Of Maine has been done
by Robert McCloskey in 'Blueberries
for Sal" The unpretentious line
and wash sketches in blueberry-
color ink tell, with the aid of a brief
text, how little. Sal and her mother
climb Blueberry Hill for berries. On
the opposite side of the hill Little
Bear and q Mother Bear start climb
ing for berries. Somewhere along
the way the children get attached
to the wrong mothers.
The American Scene
For Young Readers
1.-The Wild, Wild West" by James
Daugherty, is picture book in formal.
Slim. vivid, colorful, it captures the
robust spirit of the frontier pushing
ever farther West from pioneer to
gold-rush days. "Trapper and
plainsman and wrangler, rustlers
and mountain men,"
Clancy Holling gives comparable
American pageant in his brightly
colored "Seabird." This time the
theme Is ships. The Seabird, made
Of ivory, is a talisman. It was
carved by Ezra, ships boy and look
out for q whaler, in memory of q
sea gulps warning which saved his
ship in binding snow storm in
1918. -Four generations of Ezra's
family treasure the bird as we watch
shipping pass from the age of sail
to steamships, those smoking mon
sters," to oil-burner's and on to
the airships of today.
American, too. but set in another
key Is Lois Lenski's Boom Town
Boy. This Is fiction. Ten-year
Orvie, the hero, is living on a farm
In Oklahoma when prospectors
strike oil. Strange men arrive.
fences are broken down, orchard
trees destroyed. insistent men beg
board and lodging. There are tu-
multuous times in the family.
In Great Northern" by Arthur
Ransome, the scene shifts to the
Hebrides. Here the Walkers,
Blacketts and CallumS, crew of the
Sea Bear, run their sloop into .
hidden harbor to scrub before re-
turn to her owner. Donald, ships
naturalist Gall Ransome fans are
friends of these children, spots q
huge bird nesting. Can it be that
o Great Northern is nesting SO far
south7 Excitement begins. The
plot Is worked out with tensions and
surprises which grip even those with
no naturalist inclinations.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Books to Interest
Older Boys and Girls

From the coast of British Colum-
ola comes Roderick Haig Browns
Saltwater Summer" Any fisher
man. let alone a boy not yet II.
might well have been proud to own
the Mallard. She had been Don's
three short months but was no
longer free when an off-season in
fishing forced him to take chances
up the wind-torn northern coast.
FISHING lore, salmon runs, storms.
back-breaking work and friendships
cemented through the bonds of ex-
per1ence are elements in the story.
For the same age boy, M. I. Ross. in
Green Treasure" sends her hero,
Burr Mcclure, into the tropics with
plant-gathering expedition. Burr
would certainly not have been signed
ON II the Commodore had recog-
nlzed him as that boy with the
monkey. A contagious scientific at
moSphere prevails over amusing
pranks and dilemmas.
That Girl of Pierre's," by Robert
Davis, a postwar tale Of France.
tells OF Danielle, who liked the
neighbors to call her that girl of
P1erre's," because it meant that they
believed her father to be still alive.
Returning to her native village after
the German occupation, Danielle
needs all Of her courage, industry
and wit, for there is Grandmere to
provide for and small Jeannot, her
brother. German collaborationists
are still working in underhand ways.
Well written with excellent cf1arac-
terizatiOn.
Another young girl faces maturing
experiences in Margaret Bells
Watch for q Tall White Sail"
Florence Monroe has led sheltered
city life before her family moves to
Evening star., 1948-12-05

ten Of his experiences ON ths Ask.
with MIR. Noah.
Richard Chase, In his "Grandfather
Tales" retells for children q group
Of traditional stories from the cabins
OF North Carolina, Virginia and
Kentucky. Young and old will en-
joy these, as they appear within the
framework Of storytelling gather
ing to keep "Old Christmas Eve"
Twelfth Night" How Bobtail Beat
the Devil" "Old Roaney," Chunk
O. Meat" suggest the collection which
opens with a mummers' play and
closes with THE Babe of Bethlehem"
sung out Of the old Southern Har-
mony" hymn book. They are a.
native as the Bre'r Rabbit stories.
Brer Rabbit and Bre'r Fox are
back again with their tricks and
laughter. 'The Favorite Uncle
Remus" is q compilation from the
various Joel Chandler Harris books.
The choice of stories is happy, the
formal lively, the A. B. Frost illus
trations retained are sharply repro
duced. Most of the plantation inter-
ludes have been omitted but the dia-
lect Is kept, "the dialect of the cotton
plantation of Middle Georgia before
emancipation" I'VE must use our
ears not our eyes to SAVIOR the melody
OF the talk"
E. Nesbit's Bastables, those active
self if-reliant boys and girls of whom
Oswald is eldest and leader, are
introduced to a new generation with
the reissue of "The Treasure Seek
ers." THE Would-Be-G Goods" More
Treasure Seekers" The formal ID
open. Walter Hodges new, lively line
sketches manage to retain the flavor
Of the earlier editions dear to Nesbit
devotees.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

A CHRISTMAS comes again
~ with showers of children's
~ books we look about happily.
- - recalling Paul Hazards Let
us think gratefully of those
who through children and for chill
dren perform the miracle Of spring.
time" Under which covers are
tucked those springtime qualities Of
freshness, vividness, charm?
Yes, the spell il there, under the
simple covers of Runner Godden,s
The Dolls House." . tale about
dolls that has the drama Of real
life. Two little girls. Emily and
Charlotte Dane, pass in and out Of
the story, but Tottie, made long ago
OF wood from stanch tree, IL the
real heroine. With the Plantagenet
family and the disagreeable March,
pane she lives through joys and
tragedies to know that things come
and pass but the good things come
back again. The dolls excitement
at the exhibition, their removal TO
the big dolls house, Tottie's old
home, will not be soon forgotten,
Again, in that nonsensical NY
= ~s~A~A = NAoSVAs xSutk1
rings the bell. She tells of my
fathers" journey to Wild Island and
Of his ingenuity in outwitting .
tiger, q rhinoceros, a Lion, two mon
keys, a gorilla and many crocodiles.
I'm quite sure,' the cat had told
him, that if you were able to rescue
the dragon. which wouldn't be the
least bit easy, he'd let you ride him
most anywhere, provided you were
nice to him, Of course.
DIR. Dolittle and His
Surprising Household
Most families who read together
know DR.. Dolittle and the animals
Of his surprising household as init
mates. In the new story, ''Dr. Do
little and the Secret Lake" which
Hugh Lofting left complete, the good
doctor makes another journey to
Africa. This time it Is to rescue the
turtle Old Mudface reported buried
under q landslide. Enterprising
crocodiles are of greatest assistance.
While recuperating, Mudface, so
ancient as to have been alive in the
days Of the deluge, is encouraged to
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Books Designed for
Little Children

Elaborately colored picture books
are little in evidence this year. Pub
Usher emphasis seems to have
shifted to the younger chld's own
reading. Phyllis McGinley's IAN
Around the Town" is a happy COM
bination Of picture book with text
which the 7 and 8-year -old can
manage for himself. The pictures,
rich, animated, loosely handled, are
by Helen Stone. Together author
and illustrator catch the spirit of
city life. gay with organ-grinders
with umbrellas that bloom in rainy
Evening star., 1948-12-05
ChiIdren's Books Cast Merry Christmas Spe

. CHRISTMAS comes again
with showers Of children's
books we look about happily,
recalling Paul Hazards Let
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17

In the June 1916 elections
Communists and Socialists to-
gether polled 1919 of the votes.
The Christian D m ocratic
party: While it calls itself
party, this is actually a bloc of
differing economic groups held
together by religious considera-
tons and under vigilant Vatican
tutelage. Many of its progress
sive leaders have deserted the
party to form the Christian
Peace Movement, part of the
Democratic Popular Front.
The Christian Democrats poll
ed 1920 of the vote in the June
1916 elections but have lost
steadily in subsequent admins
trative elections.
Socialist Unity: This list rep
resents a coalition of rightwing
Socialists with the main base
supplied by Giuseppe Saragat's
Socialist Workers party. Three
other Socialist grouplets are part
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17
ITALY GOES 70 the

groups, including fascists, and the
leftist Popular Democratic Front,
a federation of eight progressive
organizations led by the Com
munists and the Socialists.
Here's why the Front, which
would favor honest aid to Italy,
opposes ERP:
A u. S. official, under ERP,
will supervise all the economic
affairs of Italy, while the coun-
try's foreign assets probably will
have to be sold to the u. S. to
repay the "aid."
Italy will be forbidden under
ERP to continue her vital trade
with the new democracies of
eastern Europe, which means, for
example, she will have to buy
U. S. coal for $22 ton, where
she has been buying Polish coal
for only $12 a ton.
But the feature that strikes
most closely 10 home is this:
ERP specifically forbids the do
mestic reforms TO which even
De Casper gives lip service and
for which the Front is pressing.
What are these reforms?
To help the peasants, the Front
proposes to take over large estates
and split the land up among the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17

rectors as a result of a d al
through which a substantial part
of the capital and reserves were
supplied by private United States
banking interests.
To those who have been advo-
eating public power, I say, -"Do
you know what has happened to
public power in Italy?" It is be-
ing taken over. 1t is being taken
over by General Electric in CO.
operation with certain financial
groups in Turin. General Elec-
trio is now developing water
power in the Osta Valley in
Italy.
The Southern Railroad is TAX
ing over traffic and passenger
elevator business in Italy. and
so is the Otis Elevator Co. Amer
lean Interests have acquired
holdings in Italian chemicals,
such as Montecatini. Italy's larg-
est chemical combine.
Now. as to textiles: This mat
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17
BY BILL sENNETT

d ECAUSE of American in
I'D tervention in democratic
election in Italy, that country
may be the Spain of 1913.
The glib talk that the Left
will resort to civil war If they
are defeated in the election puts
the shoe on the wrong foot.
There is real danger of war
in Italy. II arises from inter-
vention by American Big Bust
ness-acting through a bi-par-
tisan Administrators behalf
of the italian Right. Political and
economic intervention now. that
threatens TO become armed in
fervenfion later. regardless of
how the April l8 elections turn