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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-02-19
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Phoebe Haight Sherk whose
home was at It's Ave "A, was
born July 20, 1887 at New Dur
ham, Ontario, Canada, and passed
away at her home on February is,
1913, at the age of 80 years. She
was married to George w. Sherlk
at the age of "a and to them
were born three sons and a
daughter.
Mrs. Sherk and her husband
moved to Kennewick from Port
land in September, 1913. She was
a member of the Order of Eastern
Star for over so years, a member
of the Methodist church, the Flor
aculture club and w. S. G. S., the
First Circle of which was named
the Phoebe Circle in her honor,
as she had been an officer for
many years.
She is survived by her son G.
Barton Sherk of Aberdeen and
her daughter Mrs. Beatrice Nc.
Donald of Kennewick, three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
: Funeral services were held
Tuesday, February II at 9 a. m.
at the Mueller chapel with Rev,
j. B. Coan and Alma Chapter
O. E. S., officiating. The body
was taken to Portland where
graveside services were held and
interment made beside her bus.
band and a son.
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.,,ont TO remind you OF
.ns Mint Growers m G1.'h House at
newick hi Tuesday, February 24th .
1870 pm .rcaveye and DR.. st. Jonn
D l,,;;, be- present with the ne i ,int. "
WIN so,rnmation they have OH l.t t,,,;+
f0l raad news for the soft ! 17th
srow owe da y meeting will be h esas AZ
an an p Tos Courthouse anne st
the .;na room for the growers Oh
sol. la. Iohn Snyder, DR.. r. M:
N: Jnavid Brannon, and frank
Harris, Da Iii be speakers from
W., Me0IE: extension Service, ana I;ao. %.s'
t the information on diseases Isl s,ess
plessss;cides. fertilization, ana spf-
ln 11sarnation particularly OF int
milne - the new Rosa farmers ' ON
.sr5eess s ii hin young orchards Will
0e rs;s meeting will be held under
nus a,,snices Of the West Benton
t,1nse.. cultural Association: A COM
mittee from this organlz aaa the n ;nts
sas no the program to meet ..,;1, III 10
ses sew ~ of the farmers and Will oe
eres ase ~ Of the meeting. A de,
, IN ei1 program Of the meeting Will
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Medical Officer
Bid as Speaker
To Reserve Corps

Tentative plans for the next
regular meeting of the Organized
Reserved Corps are for Major
j. T. Brennan, medical officer
with special weapons project in
Washington, D. c., to speak be-
fore the Tri-City group. The
meeting will be held February Is,
at 8 D m, in the American Leg
ion hall in Richland.
In the event that Major Bren-
nan. presently on special assign
ment at Hanford Works, can be
obtained as guest speaker at the
meeting, he will discuss military
medicine and research as it ap-
plies to atomic warfare. He will
cover subjects of contamination,
physical protection Of the individ-
ual. and will describe problems
which will exist for the ground
forces and what military medicine
can do to help. From his own
experiences in the last war, Ma
ior Brennan will describe the part
fhe medicS played.
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Molays, presented Florence Mae
Smith with the traditional Sweet
Heart pin. The Rainbow Girls
presented Max Brewer with . a
gift in a coronation ceremony with
Mary Lou Larson isnging Sweet
Heart of All My Dreams" Bar
bara Jones was chairman of the
decorations committee, Lloyd
MeSserschmidt of the refreshment
committee, and Herbie Foraker Of
the music committee. Shirley
Bateman, June Higgins and Flor
ence Mae Smith were the pro-
gram committee.
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Price TO include:

Five wheels and five four-ply
tires of proper size, with life
guard tubes. Car heater and de-
frosters installed, Oil and full
tank of gasoline, Oil filter, OIL
bath type air cleaner, Front
bumpers and rear bumpers, Plas-
tic seat covers, Bendix Hydro
vac" Brake Boosters, Heavy duty
battery, 81 plates per cell, Heavy
duty police generator, 100 II. p.
or more rating for motor.
Each bid shall be accompanied
by a certified check OF $4,000
with a statement that the same
is to be forfeited in case the bid
is accepted and delivery not
made within thirty 600 days
from date bid is accepted, and
written notice thereof mailed 70
bidder. Bidder may submit bids
agreeing to accept a 194l Ford
Tudor Sedan as part OF pur-
chase price, but must state the
amount to be allowed as trade
in price for same, which is now
used by Kennewick Police De-
partment and may be inspected
at any time, the same TO be used
by the City until delivery OF
new car, il such bid is accepted
by the City of Kennewick.'
The City of Kennewick re-
serves the right to reject any or
all bids and TO waive all for
malities and TO cancel any award
Of bid made IL the vehicle is not
delivered within thirty 600 days
after the date award is made.
BY order Of the City Council
of the City of Kennewick, Wash
ington.
Winifred Campbell, City Clerk.
2:l9 1926
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NOTICE OF SALE OF
COUNTY PROPERTY

The Board of County Commits
sionerS of Benton County, WASH
ington, proposing to sell certain
real property owned by Benton
County, described as follows:
Beginning at the center of Sec
4. ton One Cd Township Eight CD
North, Range Twenty-nine (29)
East VIM: thence running
South Al" 2l' West 1915 feet
to the true point of beginning;
thence running South Al u.
West 1888 feet; thence South
So So 4O'' East $1,000 feet;
thence North o. 23' ~" East
447.94 feet to the true point OF
beginning, containing z acres,
and having held a hearing on said
proposal to sell on Monday, Feb
End, 1913, at 10 o'clock AM, after
due and legal notice, as provided
for in Chapter 254 of the Laws OF
1945, and having determined that
it is to the best interest of Benton
County that above described land
be sold at public auction,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the above described real Is
tate will be offered for sale at
public auction by the County
Treasurer of Benton County,
Washington, at the front door Of
the Court House in Prosser, Wash
ington, on Tuesday, February
oath, 1913, at 1000 o'clock, AM,
and that the same will be sold to
the highest bidder for cash, pro-
vided however that the property
shall not be sold for less than the
sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars
($1500.0O.
Dated at Prosser, Washington,
this End day of February, 1913.
r. E. WISE,
County Auditor Of Benton
County and Ex-officio Clerk OF
the Board of County Commits
SionerS.
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first publication of this notice,
to-wit: Within six months. after
the 10Th day Of February, 1913,
or said claims shall be forever
barred.
Dated at Kennewick, Washing
ton this 18th day of February,
1913.
CARL ROBERT NORRIS,
Administrator of the Estate of
May Norris, Deceased, Route /,
Kennewick, Washington.
KENNETH E. SERIER,
Attorney for Administrators,
p. @. Box AT, Kennewick,
Benton County, Washington.
2:19-3:4
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All CLUB

All CLUB
There. were Is delegates, Wis.
itors, and leaders present at the
meeting February 10, at the High.
land clubhouse, to nominate of.
ficers for the community All club
The Highlands S.B.S. and
Homemakers club and the Al
club in the valley were the only
three clubs represented. There
were four other clubs that didn't
attend.
The six nominated delegates
will be voted into office at the
next meeting, February %, al
200 o'clock Sunday at the High.
lands clubhouse.
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Carbon monoxide poison kills
hundreds Of person every winter
says the National Conservation
Bureau in a warning against the
increased hazard Of this type Of
accidental death during the win
ter. Never warm up your car in
a closed garage and have your
exhaust system and floor boards
checked for leaks the Bureau ad.
viseS. 70
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Rainbow Girls and DeMolaY
Sweet Heart Dance

The Rainbow Girls and the De
Molays gave their Sweet Heart
dance on Saturday evening, Feb
ruary ii at the Recreational hall
Florence Mae Smith was chosen
the, Sweet Heart of the DeMolays
and Max Brewer was the choice
of the Rainbow Girls. The hall
was beautiful in Valentine dec
orations and the Valentine motif
was also used in the refresh
ments.
Carroll Hughes, for the De-
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received
by Winifred Campbell, City
Clerk, of the City of Kennewick,
Washington, until 300 O'Clock
p. NJ, Pacific Standard Time, on
the 18th day of March, 1913, al
the City Hall of said City for
the purchase by the City Of the
following described Motor We.
hicle. The City Council will op.
en- the bids at said Time anc
Place and the same will be pub.
licily read and awarded.
The description of the auto.
mobile is as follows:
One four-door sedan type auto.
mobile, 1913 model, to be used
by the City of Kennewick Pc.
lice Department, all standard
equipment to be part thereof;
Price f. o. B., Kennewick, Wash
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS II
& FILE CLAIMS ~

--- NO. x66z
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHING
TON IN AND FOR BENTON
COUNTY QN PROBATE).
In the matter of the Estate of
MAY NORRIS, deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned, Carl Rob-
ert Norris, has been appointed
and has qualified as adminsitra-
tor of the estate of May Norris,
Deceased; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
required to serve the same with
the necessary vouchers upon the
undersigned administrator or his
attorney of record, Kenneth E.
Serier, at his office in Kenne-
wick, Benton County, State of
Washington, and file the said
claims with the Clerk of the
above entitled Court, together
with proof of said service, within
six months after the date of the
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The KiIkare club had their
monthly dinner party Monday
evening at the A. G. Anon home
with MIR. and Mrs. w. w. Goode
as the hosts. MIR. and Mrs. Frank
Lampson Were guests.
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LOCUST GROVE s...- -.
Locust Grove Home Circle will
meet on February Is, with Mrs.
Harry Owens.
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HoNoRs MOTHER

Mrs. John Neuman entertained
at her home Friday afternoon at
a luncheon in honor of her mother,
Mrs. Frank Pasche. Guests in
cluded Mrs. Laura johnson, Mrs.
j. M. johnson, Mrs. Roland Pas
che, Mrs. Walter Otte, and Mrs.
Pauline Holbrook.
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LEGION AUXILIARY
A regular meeting of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary will be
held February 10 at the Legion
hall.
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19

to control the high cost Of living and
provide some solution to the housing
problem. Mansfield said. II failed to
even consider the basic cause OF infla-
ton and did very little about housing
with respect to Stun clearance and sim
liar conditions, he said.
Congress refused to consider the high
cost OF food and it would not even hold
hearings on the only joint bill intro
duccd. the O'Mahone Mansfield bill.
10 hal, initiation. he added. This bill
called Tor a O-day cooling Off per-
iod Tor giant corporations. during which
time they would be required to appear
before the federal trade commission
and justify any contemplated price in
erea,cs. Mansfield explained.
Il do not see how it is possible for
an ordinary family to get by at present
day prices. According to the 1917 study
OF tho bureau OF labor statistics, il re-
quircs a minimum OF $500 for a family
OF four to ike for one year. Since that
time, the price spiral has continued up
ward. and there is no end in sight.
III legislation is not adopted to take
are OF the needs OF the people as a
whole. initiation will result and we will
be in the throes Of another depression
such as the early 1906.
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19
Workmen's Compensation Laws
Enacted by All States
Provide Varying Security

WASHINGTON Workmen's COM
p~ensation laws, designed to assure
prompt payment Of benefits to injured
employees or to dependents Of those
killed in industry, re CARELESS Of fault,
are now on the statute books in all
states.
In most states, according to the de-
partment of labor, the weekly bene-
fit payable is between one-half and two
thirds of the regular weekly wage,
except in those states which have I'M
posed a maximum on the amount Of
weekly benefits.
Before these laws were passed, if a
worker wa injured and sued his en-
ployer for damages, he had to prove
that the employer was negligent. Under
a compensation law the question is not
raised, as the cost Of work injuries is
considered to be a part of the expense
of production.
Two types Of laws have been enacted
compulsory and elective. If the law
is compulsory, employers covered by
it are bound by the act and must pay
the compensation specified. Under an
elective law the employer may accept
or reject the act. If he rejects tie law,
the employer, for example, cannot de-
fend a suit because of negligence Of the
injured employee or a fellow worker.
Coverage under workmen's compensa-
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19
DEER LODGE MAN IS
REELECTED HEAD OF
HOTEL EMPLOYEES

GREAT FALLS-Re-election Of all
officers and passage Of resolutions com
pleted business OF the seventh annual
conference Of the Montana Council of
Hotel and Restaurant Employees and
Bartenders held here Monday.
Officers reelected included w. w.
Hobartzn. Deer Lodge, president; Gay
Stewart, Butte. vice. president, and Rena
Walterskirchcn, Missoula, secretary
treasurer.
Members chosen for the executive
board include Lena Mattausch, Butte:
Nick Sladich, Anaconda George Lind
vile. Billings: F. II. Hartwig, Great
Falls; all reelected and Bill Bertram.
Helena. Meeting place for 1919 will
be the same place chosen BY the Mon
tana Federation Of Labor.
Resolutions adopted condemned wild
cat" jurisdictional strikes; asked cor-
~rection of a practice under which some
employers ~disqualify employees for re-
ceiving benefits under the unemploy-
ment compensation act. because of per-
sonal differences; asked that benefits
under the act be raised and that inabil-
ity to work because Of sickness be COM
pensable under the act; favored pas
sage Of a federal retirement act to cover
all citizens.
The resolution also condemned a sales
tax and condemned a "nefarious" and
vicious sales tax propaganda and urged
men and women Of labor to refuse to
vote for any candidate for any public
office . who proposed such : tax"
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19
NLRB JURISDICTION
EXTENDED TO RETAILERS

WASHINGTON Further evidence
of the expanding jurisdiction of the Ma
tional Labor Relations board appeared
in a trial examiners determination that
a retail Photographic store was subject
to the Taft-Hartley law. He also found
that a local union Of the AFL retail
clerks had violated the act by insisting
on a closed-shop contract in that store.
The examiner, Isadore Grecnberg,
held that the purchase Of a. per cent
of its merchandise outside California
brought the Al Photo Service, San
Pedro, under the terms of the act.
The union, in demanding continual
ton of a closed-shop clause which had
been in contracts with the firm since
1914, took the position that the firm:
business, being entirely retail, did MOI
"%affect commerce" within the meaning
| of the act.
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19
FREE BAND c
NEAR COUNTY HOSPITAL
N AFTERNOON

The Montana State Band, under the
direction of Martin Cesare, will be
featured in next Sundays band concert
to take place at the Silver Bow County
Hospital starting at 2 p. m. This is
the fourth sponsored this summer by
the American Federation Of Musicians,
James c. Petrillo, president, through
funds provided by the recording and
transcription fund.
Dan Sullivan, director of the hospital,
and the county commissioners have CO.
operated in making it possible for the
patients to hear this performance at
the hospital grounds.
The program will be as follows:
March Mother of Democracy" Ov-
erture King Mydas," Novelty "Raggy
Trombone" Selection from the Merry
Widow, Carnival of Roses" March
Washington Post" Overture AIDA
National Anthem
Arthur Green will be feaured ir
popular songs.
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19

contract all highway construction and
maintenance jobs costing more than
81 900.
Asking an amendment to the state
industrial accident law removing the
$500 ceiling on medical fees and hos
pital costs in industrial accident cases.
Branding wildcat jurisdictional dis
pute strikes as against the best inter-
csts Of organized labor.
Urging affiliation with the federation
of all eligible unions not now affiliated.
Requestion passage by the next state
legislature Of a satisfactory teachers
tenure law.
Urging that officers Of the fedora
ton be elected at state conventions on
each odd calendar year, instead Of by
mail referendum as at present.
The federation's annual banquet was
held at Hotel Rainbow Wednesday eve
ming with Larry Price of Great Falls
as postmaster.
John w. Bonner, Democratic candi-
date for governor, said What we need
now in Montana is vigorous action in
order to solve the immediate problems
that face our state government. Among
these problems are those pertaining to
our public schools. highways and fish
and game.
"One OF the most pressing Of these
problems is that OF our public schools
he continued. In discussing the school
situation Mr.. Bonner recalled that one
OF his official opinions as attorney gen.
eral had stated Education is a para
mount molding force in a democracy
whose unwavering object is that Of en-
riching this nations life with minds of
maturity. integrity of character, and
social sympathy.
my feelings about the public schools
are the same now as they were when
was your attorney general he said.
To-day, more than ever, education is
our chief insurance for democracy.
IF elected governor. l will carry out
to the letter Of the law, as it did when
| was attorney general. each and every
provision of the Montana constitution
as it pertains to our public schools.
Our school problem should be solved
now. not delayed from year to year as
has been done in the past"
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19

ton legislation is not complete. 1t has
been estimated that only about 50 per
cent of American workers are protected
by these laws. Certain %occupatioEal
groups are excluded from the statutes,
particularly farm and domestic work.
ers. Some of the acts also exempt en-
ployers with fewer than a specified
number Of workers or apply only to
listed hazardous employments. Many
! workers are not covered under elective
acts if the employer decades not to &C
| cept its provisions.
To make certain that benefit pay
ments will be made when due, the state
laws require that the covered employer
shall obtain insurance or give proof
of his qualifications to carry his own
risk. In most states the employer is
permitted to insure with private insur-
ance companies. State insurance sys-
tens have been set up in 10 states, and
in six Of these the employer is required
to insure in the state fund. In all but
six states the laws are administered
by boards or commissions or by the
labor department. The agency hears
disputed cases, investigates and passes
on facts, and makes awards. In the
six states where there is nc such adj
ministrative body, the whole job rests
/ with the courts.
In 80 states, workers receive COM
pensation for injuries arising out OF en-
ployment, whether the injury is caused
by a sudden happening ian accident
or by gradual onset of an occupational
| disease. In about half of the states
where occupational diseases are COW
cred, the laws apply to all diseases
general covcragc), while in the other
states compensation is limited to dis
eases enumerated in the law (schedule
coverage).
Under the workmen's compensation
laws the injured worker is entitled &c
money payments during his disability as
we'll as to medical care, and in some
states rehabilitation or aid in retaining
is provided il the worker has become
untitled for his accustomed job. Com.
pensation is paid to the workers de-
pendents in case OF death.
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19
B RISE;
SET NEW RECORD HIGH

CHICAGO-Civil Service assembly
reports disclose that government pay
rolls in the United States have reached
an all-time high, the public administra-
ton clearing house said.
The April payroll of federal, state
and local governments totaled $l,228,-
500,000, the clearing house said, as
compared with the wartime peak of
81, 1873 900 three years ago. 1t does
not include federal military personnel.
At present 5,948,000 persons were on
the public payrolls, the clearing house
said, about IL per cent below the. war
time high, but an increase Of l6 per cent
above the postwar low Of July, 1947.
Local governments-cities, counties
school districts and special jurisdic-
tions-account for sos per cent of all
public employment and 1.5 per cen
Of the country's public payroll.
Montana labor news., 1948-08-19
DEMOS ASK REPEAL OF
STATUTE

WASHINGTON-Carrying out the
pledge in the Democratic platform, four
Democratic congressman called for re-
peal Of the Taft-Hartiey labor law at
the extra session Of Congress. Sena-
tors James E. Murray of Montana and
Claude E. Pepper Of Florida and Rep
r%esentatives Augustine B. Killey Of
Pennsylvania and John Lesinsky Of
Michigan maintained in a statement
that the law had increased strikes, re-
established the Jungle law" of labor
dispute injunctions, created "disrespect"
for government akin to that prevailing
in prohibition days, and threatened
small business with governmental in
reference.