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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-02-26

CAMPFIRE MEETS
The Okihi Camp Fire group
met at Mrs. Lea MaRnuson's on
Tuesday, February "a. 1a48: we
filled out our requirement sheets
for the coming Grand council ttre
on March 10. Some Of the girls are
going to pass their Trail seeker,
some Wood gathers. and some
Fire makers. ..-....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-02-26

Cubs And Scouts Hold
Joint Meet g Finjey
A Joint meeting Of the CUP
Scouts and Boy Scouts was held
at the Finley grade school Tues
day evening.
Walter johnson, district com
missioner Of the Boy Scouts lave
an interesting talk on Cuooens
and Scout work. He also pre-
scented the charters to the Guns
and Scouts. - III s-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-02-26
LIBRARY GUILD

The Library Guild meets a.
March ] at 1870 pm. with Mr.
A. c. Anon.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Arabs Control Large Strip In Palestine

DAMASCUS, Syria, (P)-Fawzi Bey Al Kakji has established headquarters of his Arab volun- teer army in the NabluS area of northern Palestine.
 An official source here said the Arabs now ''control all eastern Palestine from Salad to Hebron" (This would be strip 100 miles long extending from the far north to an area south of Jerusalem.
 Fawzi Bey and his headquarters company rode into Palestine dur ing the night. They joined Arab surrounding Tubas, in the mountains north of Nablus. Fawzi Bey reported to his Damas- GUS headquarters that his ''inva- sion" was completed without incl dent.
 Haganah said 30 Arabs were killed and many were wounded in a four-hour battle with Jews last night on the plains of Sharon be- tween TT Aviv and Haifa.
 The battle erupted when Arabs attacked a Jewish settlement at Magdiel on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway, said a communique of the Jewish militia issued in Tel Aviv.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Bridges Defies CIO TOOust Him

SAN FRANCISCO, (P)-Harry Bridges yesterday openly defied the CIO to oust him as northern California CIO director.
 The west coast longshore leader continued his Wallace for Presi- dent and anti-Marshall plan cam paigns despite the arrival of CIO official empowered to remove him from office for those activities.
 Allan s. Haywood, national di- rector of organization for the C1O, said he would delay any action until he learned Bridges "final po- sition." CIO president Philip Mur- ray "is very displeased with left wing refusals to follow national policy" Haywood said. "They're going to have to get into line"
 CIO national policy supports the Marshall plan and opposes z third party.
 Bridges office said Haywood who arrived Wednesday, hac made no attempt to reach him.
 Bridges meantime distributed tc a longshore meeting copies of ar article he wrote attacking the Marshall plan.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Must Now Give Military Aid TOChina

WASHINGTON (P-Lt. Albert C. Wedemeyer told Congress yes terday that the United States must back up economic aid abroad with military support if Communism is to be stopped in China and else where.
 Wedemeyer, who is director of plans and operations for the army, testified before the House foreign affairs committe. The committee is considering a proposed $570,- OOO,OOO economic aid program for China.
 Wedemeyer said $2O0,000,000 would have helped China inn measurably" two years ago.
 But today" he added, "I don't think I would recommend $500,- 100000 in aid for China unless there were military aid to protect that $5OO,OOO,OO0.
 "This vast movement that has been so successful in Czechoslo- vakia, and probably in Finland, is sweeping down from the north. If we in America intend to put stop to it, we can't do it by purely economic aid."
 The committee asked the gener- al's views because of his long ex- perience in China. During the war he commanded the China theater for time and was. chief of staff to Generalissimo Chinag Kai-Shek.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Russia Returning Lend-Lease Ships After Long Last

YOKOHAMA, (P) Two more lend-lease tankers have been re- turned to the United States by Russia, at a time of critical world shortage of such vessels.
 The tankerS are the former Swanee Rail and the Paul Dunbar. They were brought to Yokohama by Russian crews. American crews will be flown here to sail the ships to the Persian Gulf for oil to relieve the shortage along the U. s. east coast.
 The first lend-lease ship to be returned by the Russians was de- livered to an American crew last week in Hong Kong. Thus began the return of vessels the United States has sought to get back since the end of the war.
 Four other tankers are to be brought here, and a fifth is slated for delivery at Trieste.
 Capt. R. E. Norris, regional di- rector of the U. s. maritime com mission, said the two ships brought here "and in surprisingly excellent condition"
 Apparently the Russians took pride in returning them to us in good shape" he added. "They really did it.
 "The Russians had fine crews aboard the two ships"
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
"ReactiOnaries'' Fleeing Across Czech Border

PRAGUE, (P)-The Communist press hinted yesterday former health minister Adolf Prochazka, his wife and an anti-communist student leader have fled Czecho- slovakia, but mystery surrounded their whereabouts.
 Milada, 19, the minister's daugh- ter, is under arrest after an un- successful attempt to escape from the country.
 Mlada Fronta, communist newspaper, said the Prochazkas and student leader Emil Ransdorf escaped across the border. It was the first time the communist press reported that Czechs were fleeing across the frontiers.
 Rude Pravo, the official com munist newspaper, reported the the Prochazkas attempted" eS' cape, but gave no details.
 The ministry of information an nounced President Eduard BeneE is convalescing at his country home in Sezimovo Usti, southern Bohemia, and will not return tC Prague this week, as scheduled.
 Procrazka is one of the minis. ters singled out by Communist Premier Element Gottwald as "ar agent of foreign reaction"
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW YORK, tP)-Philip Stock, who contributed poetry to Walter Winchell's syndicated Broadway column under the pseudonym "Don Wahn," was killed yesterday in a History plunge from a mid Manhattan apartment building.
 Police, listing the death as ap- parent suicide, said Stack left a note saying he was 'incurably ill.," The 6O-year- writer plung- ed to his death from the studio office of greeting card manufac- turer, for whom he wrote verse.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Body Of Crash Victim

SEATTLE, (P)-The body of a naval chief petty officer was found in a small Olympic peninsula field last night some distance from his crashed single engine airplane.
 The coast guard said the victim, Charles K. Jones of Bremerton, apparently died while attempting to obtain medical aid for his in juries.
 The body was found by search CTS who followed a trail of blood from the wrecked plane. The coast guard said Jones had reached a lone house in the area, only to find it abandoned.
 A student pilot, the 29-year-old petty officer crashed Wednesday evening after taking off from Che halls for Bremerton.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

NEW YORK, (P)-Russian vod- ka and caviar, American manhat- tans and martinis, and interna- tional polite talk were blended last night as the Soviet Union opened an exhibit at Rockefeller center.
 Outside, pickets who said they were Lithuanian political refugees, marched with placards.
 "We protest the Soviet exhibit of lies," the pickets' signs pro- claimed as the U.S.S.R. opened its first large-scale exhibition in the U. s. since the war.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Seattle Transit Strike Delayed

SEATTLE, (P)-Wage negotia- tions between the Seattle Transit commission and its 1875 drivers remained in the critical stage to- day despite a union decision to withhold strike action 10 days.
 The drivers, members of local 587, street car mems union (AFL), rejected unanimously yesterday a commission offer of a three cent an hour general increase. The de- cision against an immediate strike vote also was nearly unanimous.
 The union is asking a 25 cent an hour boost.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

SEATTLE, (P) - The son of a pioneer Chinese family dropped dead here yesterday while plead ing for American understanding of China's problems.
 The victim, Lew G. Kay, died of a heart attack while addressing a meeting of trustees of the China club of Seattle. He helped to found the organization more than 30 years ago. He was 62. He was president of the Hirst-Chichagof Mining company, an Alaskan gold mining corporation.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Atomic Workers Defer Strike
(By Harold w. Ward)

WASHINGTON, (P)-AFL un- ions, lowing to a plea by Presi- dent Truman, today put off strike plans for at least two weeks at atomic bomb laboratories in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
 The President, before leaving Key West, Fla, to return to the capital, took the first step provid- ed in the Taft-Hartley act for dealing with a national emergency strike threat. He said he was nam ing a board of inquiry and would ask it to report by March 19.
 It was the first time Mir. Tru- man had made such a move under the act passed over his veto last June 23.
 After the board reports, the at torney general could ask for an in junction. If granted this court or der would postpone a strike for another 80 days.
 The AFL unions are reported to be asking for a wage boost of 18 cents an hour, plus 312 cents an hour in other benefits.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Entertainment At Biz Eskimo Show Saturday Night

The Big Eskimo Show, sched- uled for tomorrow evening prom ises to me one of the most interest ing events of the winter season to both old-timers and cheechakos The committee states that although the show starts promptly at eight o'clock the doors will open at 7:15.
 An interesting feature of the show, the skinning and preparing of a seal by Mrs. Robert Okpealuk demonstrates how the entire pro- cess is done with a single instru- ment, the oolu or "woman's knife" a sharp edged curved knife, ex- pertly used.
 The printed program will be a souvenir worth keeping, listing all the numbers in Eskimo names.
 An exhibition is planned of "Ok-ia-atoit" by the champion of high kicking who can kick, it is recorded, 8'6" with both feet.
 The Grand Bingo prize will be a carved ivory animal set worth $50.
 The drawing for the door prizes will be held at 12:3O am. The adult door prize will be a made to measure parka. At the same time also will be the drawing for the award of the other made to mea- sure parka to the holder of the lucky ticket.
 A very unique children's door prize will also be awarded.
 The Arctic Native Brotherhood, which was incorporated last year under the laws of the Territory has active members throughout Second Division and have pledged themselves to raise the standard of living and promote social ac- tivities for their people.
 They recently built club house on Fifth Avenue which they plan to equip and improve for their work.
 Som Mogg fur craftsman, is president of the organization.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
Five Mines Sighted In Three Days

SEATTLE, (P)-Sighting of five derelict mines off the Washington Oregon coast lines in three days brought a renewed warning to shipping today.
 The coast guard said four of the five mines have been exploded by gunfire. The fifth is believed still drifting off Coos Bay on the Ore gon coast.
 The Cutter McLane disposed of two mines off Grays Harbor We'd nesday and one off Umatilla Reef Monday. Another was exploded off Willapa Bay Tuesday by the cutter Balsam.
 The fifth mine, was r~1orted sighted off Coos Bay. ,/
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (P)-

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (P)- Eddie Dyer, manager of the St.. Louis Cardinals, was knocked un- conscious yesterday by line drive hit in batting practice.
 Dyer was standing in the vicin- ity of the shortstop position look ing into the outfield when the hard hit ball struck him in the rear of the head.
 He was felled and remained un- conscious for several minutes be- fore being rushed to a hospital.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

in North China, ,.reviewed regi- ment of armored cars.
 Tn the line he saw eight armored cars without their armor. He de- manded and got this explanation the governments own board of supplies had confiscated the ar mor plates as "enemy property"
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (P)- Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardin- als' slugging first baseman, ended his holdout yesterday and signed a contract.
 The signing came after a 15- minute conference with Robert E. Hannegan, president of the Cards.
 It is believed the contract figure was somewhere between $31,000 and $35,0O0.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

HAVANA, Cuba, (R - Gordon s. Rentschler, 62, chairman of the National City Bank of New York, died of a heart attack last night in the Nacional Hotel
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05
PEIPING, (H1 - Manchu-born

P n cess YOShlkO KaWaShlma sentenced to die for espionage, said today she would be greatly embarrassed" if executed in pub lie. She asked to be shot in pri- vate, and without fanfare.
 The princess was called the "Mata Hari of Asia" at her trial last fall.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

The Fire Department was called out to answer a call to the home of MT. and Mrs. Earl Coulthard. Very little damage was done.
The Nome nugget., 1948-03-05

PEIPING, (P)-Gen. Flu Tso-Yi, commander of government troops
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15
High Spots of the
Agricultural News

conservation council, organized to-
day at a meeting held at Montana
State university, as its first action
authorized a conservation caravan
for 1949.
The caravan will carry SO to so
champions of conservation on a
week or Today tour of the state
during which they will study con-
servation needs and methods, view
projects and carry the message of
safeguarding resources to those not
yet converted. No dates were set,
but it was indicated the tour would
be held at the end of the harvest
season so farmers, who hold a key
position in the conservation of nat
ural resources, might participate.
Ducks and Crops-A North Da-
kota farmer it seems never can re-
lax until his crops are in the bin.
Now that it's harvest time and
he's almost assured of a fairly good
crop he's probably casting a wary
eye skyward to see if his years eff
fort is going to become a tasty meal
for thousands of ducks.
Game officials recognize that duck
depreciation is a major problem in
North Dakota.
It'll probably be more so this year.
The state has one of its largest pop
ulations of native ducks. They have
to be fed and they like grain.
Maybe a single duck doesn't eat
much but when thousands swarm
into fields, as they sometimes do, it
doesn't take long for them to COB
BILE up all the grain.
Holding the Bag = Farmers and
dealers in three northwestern states
held approximately i $1,000, 900 BUSH
els of wheat in storage while the
price sagged nearly ST a bushel in
the sharp market break of last Feb
ruary.
A report released by the U. S.
department of agriculture lists
Washington as the big holder with
4,609, 900 bushels in storage July 1.
Oregon granaries held 2,411, 900
bushels and in Idaho 100000 bush
els were stored through the big price
drop.
Small Wool Crop-The agriculture
department said this years shorn
wool crop is expected to be the
smallest since 1928.
Production was indicated at 237,.
10000 pounds, compared with las
years 252, 798, 900 pounds and a 10.
year 1937-46 average of 353, 114,OOt
pounds.
Production of wool last year anc
this, included: Montana 1877, 00I
and 16,629, 900; Wyoming 1910, OO'
and 20,928, OOO.
Ranges Good-Ranges in Montan,
and Wyoming Taylor grazing dis
tricts vary from 'fair" to "excel
lent" grazing technicians said re
Gently in their monthly reports t
regional land management burea
headquarters.
Some Montana ranges were "neve
better" the report said.
Buyers Strikes - Buyers strike
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-08-15

~ HT2 tllllSS last ySdI D udIVSSI, de-
cording to William ]. Corrigan, man.
ager of the Townsend office of the
Montana state employment service.
Two hundred pickers will be needed
to harvest the crop, he said.
The harvest is scheduled to COM
memo Sept. Is and will continue
for five or six weeks.
Potato growing in the Townsend
area has m-ushroomed into big bust
ness since 1945 when only 300 acres
were harvested. This year more
than five times that acreage is
planted to potatoes.
REA Loan-The Big Horn County
Electric Cooperative Inc, of Lodge
Grass, has received approval of a
e loan of $250,000 from the rural
identification administration to fl
nance new line construction, system
Improvement, previously approved
construction, and a two-way radio
system, J. w. Holley, president of
the board of trustees, has an
nounced.
Pump Irrigation - A proposed
pump irrigation project to irrigate
approximately $4,000 acres of land
in the Sun Prairie and Content
communities, 40 miles southeast of
Malta, wa discussed by farmers and
ranchers from that vicinity in a
meeting with Harold Genger, for
mer superintendent of the Milk
river project, now chief of irrigation
operations. Charles Jarrett, Great
Northern agricultural development
agent, and H. M. Oefstos, county ex-
tension agent, were present.
Twenty-Five landowners attended
the meeting and it is estimated that
between 80 and 40 along the entire
valley will benefit from the pro-
posed project.
Crop Estimates Up-The agricul-
ture department recently boosted it's
estimate of this years record-smash-
ing corn crop to $685. 1863, 900
bushels.
This years wheat crop is the Sec
ond largest on record exceeded
only by the 1856, OO0, OO0- bushel
harvest last year.
The winter wheat crop, which has
been coming to market the last
few weeks, was set at 891 AIS, 900
bushels. The spring crop, which is
harvested in the fall, was estimated
at 800, 908 900 bushels.
Estimates in bushels of 1913 spring
wheat, compared with last months
estimate and last years crop, in
clude: Montana, 54,372, 900, 49,712,-
900, 41,426, 000; Idaho, 1908, 900, 15,-
$4,000, 15,575,OOO; Washington, 49,.
$4,000, 12,737,0 900, $4,000, 600.
Other indicated yields per acre
t and production in bushels of i'm.
| portant crops for Montana included
Winter wheat, &c, and 38, 1920 0
oats, $3.50 and 12,276,000; barley, 27.t
and 24,219,0O0, and sugar beets, H.
and 736, 900; Wyoming 1915 and 1854,
nm ond Colorado 10 n opd 1 Q66 mn
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Funeral Set Tomorrow
For Mrs. Charles TresSeIt

Funeral services will be held at
1:30 pm. tomorrow for Mrs. Kate
Seker Tresselt, 72, Washington resi-
dent since she came here from Ger
many in 1890. She died Saturday at
Providence Hospital after an illness
of more than month.
The services will be In the Lee
funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts, avenue NE. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Tresselt was the widow of
Charles Tresselt, an engineer for
the Corby Baking Co., who died in
1882. Mrs. Tresselt lived with a
daughter, Mrs. Annie T. Schuster,
at 1716 Thirty-first street Sc, and
also maintained a summer home
at North Beach, Md.
She was a member Of Concordia
Evangelical Lutheran Church; Miz-
pah Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, and the Concord Club of
Washington.
Mrs. Tresselt is also survived by
two other daughters, Mrs. Bertha
r. Mccall, 623 L street Sc, and
Mrs. Katherine T. Murphy, 106O6
Brunswick avenue, Silver Spring.
Md: two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Kraft,
403 K street NE, and Mrs. Anna
Stickel, 4419 Iowa avenue NV, and
four grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Michael Pomponio Dies;
Was Arlington Contractor

Michael Ralph Pomponio, 63,
Arlington building contractor, died
Of heart attack early today at his
home, 879 North Kensington street,
Arlington.
Born in Italy, Mr.. Pomponio came
to the United States as a child, lived
for time in New York, and was q
resident of South Plainfield, N. j.,
for 80 years. He was town coun-
Gilman there for IL years and alsa
was active In Rotary Club affairs.
He moved to Arlington four years
ago.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Amelia Disco Pomponio; six chill
dren, Arthur and Rocco Pomponio,
the Misses Mildred, Elvira and Lor-
raine Pomponio and Mrs. Angelina
Du Bois; two brothers, Louis Antonio
and James Pomponio, and five
grandchildren, all of Arlington.
Three sisters live in South Plain
field.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday, but arrangements have not
been completed. Mr.. Pomponio's
body Is at the Fitzgerald funeral
home. Arlington.
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Princess, Former Broadway Star,
Dies of Sleeping Pill Overdose
Owner of Hotel at
Miomi Beach Was
Married 5 Times
BY the Assoeiated Press

MIAMI. Fla. . Dec 13. Princess
Lucy Cotton Eristavi- Tchitcherine
five-times-ma former toast OF
Broadway and owner Of the Mac
Fadden Deauville Hotel, Miami
Beach, died last night from what
police said was an apparent over
dose of sleeping tablets.
A butler discovered the princess
in coma at her palatial Venetian
Way home. She died later in st.
Francis Hospital.
Detective Sergt. John Deas, chief
of the Miami homicide bureau, said
an empty sleeping pill bottle was
found on her bedroom dresser.
The princess obtained her title
from her NTH husband, exiled Rus
sian Prince Vladimer Eristavi-
Tchitcherine. She obtained q di-
vorce from him in 1914, but they
remained on what was described as
friendly terms.
It'll for q Week.
The prince arrived in Miami Fri
day from New York for a two
week visit and said he talked to
his former wife on the telephone
Saturday.
She was very sick at that time" {"
he said today. II can not under
stand why she did it. This is a
tragedy-a great tragedy"
The princess physician, DR.. Rob-
ert Neale Bowman, said she had
been suffering from nervous ex-
haustion" due to overwork. He said
she had been Ill about a week.
The princess, about 81 years old,
won control of the MacFadden-
Deauville Hotel after a four-year
court battle for the property valued
at about $4,000, 600.
Born In Houston.
Born In Houston, Tex, she went
to New York in her teens and joined
the chorus Of THE Quaker Girl"
A few years later she was starred
in the Broadway play up in
Mabel's Room"
Her first marriage in 1924 to Ed
ward Russell Thomas, publisher of
the New York Morning Telegraph,
ended two years later on his death.
He left an estimated $27, 900, 900 in a
trust fund.
In 1927 she married Col. Lytton
Ament, a close friend of former
President Herbert Hoover. Three
years later she married Charles
Ham and then in 1882 she married
William M. McGraw, a former
man. There three mar
riages all ended in divorce,
Her firth marriage, to Prince Err
istavi. was on the day divorce papers
Evening star., 1948-12-13
Carlton K. hatson, S..
Cleveland Editor, Dies
BY the Assoeiaied Press

....5 ~ NV ASSoesofeo FteSS
CLEVELAND, Dec. 13.-Carlton
K. Matson, So, chief editorial writer
Of the Cleveland Press and long
time executive with scfipps- How
ard newspapers, died today Of
cancer.
Mr.. Matson brought his own all
ment out into the open in column
a few months ago called strictly
personal but important to every
body" In 1t he decried the hush
hush surrounding cancer.
Readers Digest printed the COL
umn in its November issue.
Starting his newspaper career on
the Springfield (MassD Daily News
as a reporter, Mr.. Matson later
worked for the old New York
Evening Mail, the New York Journal
and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In 1880 he was named editor of
the Buffalo Times. Later he headed
the Scripps Howard bureau at
Columbus, Ohio, then became editor
of the old Toledo News-Bee, snother
scripps- Howard paper.
When the News-Bee was absorbed
by the Toledo Blade, Mr.. Matson
went to work for the Libbey Owens
Ford Glass Co. of Toledo as pub
licist.
The Cleveland Press made him a.
columnist in 1914. Subsequently he
was named associate editor and
chief editorial writer for that paper.