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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10

headline name in, Of all unlikely
places, Fayetteville, N. G.
The Baltimore Orioles, which had
signed him as q 'teen-aged giant
were training there under one OF
the most famous Of all minor league
managers, Jack Dunn. One OF
Dunns soundest convictions as
maker of ball players was that they
should be caught young, and when
he turned up with his pitching
prospect from st. Mary's orphanage
in Baltimore, the veterans on his
team thought he was more extreme
than usual in snatching ball players
from cradles. Ruth was huge physi-
cally, but at the same time the
most baby-faced human ever to ap-
pear in an Oriole uniform.
The rest Of the club made due
note of this, but while 1t referred
to Ruth as baby faced, it did not
tag him with the name until later
in the training season.
1t came actually out of his fasci-
nation with q hotel elevator. The
Babe had never seen anything like
this device and he spent all his
non-training and non-eating hours
riding up and down in 1t. The day
came when he was convinced he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10
'Experts' Knew All About Babe
EXCEPT Where He Got the Name
By Joy Carmody

talk luncheon bound to turn eventually to the move
After ALL the pictures agent
was there and Of those
from bringing for his professional existence
Ruth 1t hard not to be an
expert on the male and the Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10
Hollywood:
Gineer's Happy
At Her Return
To Dancing
bv Bob Themes

Ginger Rogers still hnds 1t marc
to believe she's dancing again VIII
Fred Astaire.,
The strawberry blond from In
dependence. Mo-, Is currently re-
hearsing behind locked doors with
Fred for THE Barkleys Of Broad
way" When I found her lunchine
In her dressing room, she expressed
amazement over the whole business
Its one of those things yot
never expect to happen" she said
Fred and I have long wanted tt
do another picture together. We
got hot on the idea while he was
still In retirement. We thought we
should do it at our old alma mater
80 80 We had . conference at RKo
Fred. myself. Irving Berlin and
Dore Schary, who was head Of the
studio then. After two hours OF
talking. We came out enthused
Then we went home and thought
it over. Nobody could get an idea
for . picture"
Meanwhile, things began happen
ing. Gene Kelly broke his leg and
Fred came out Of retirement to re-
place him in Easter Parade" Then
Judy Garland came down with an
acute case of overwork and Ginger
was summoned for the spot oppo-
site Fred In "Barkleys."
II was up at my Rogue River
ranch when I heard about it,
Ginger said. My first worry was
how Judy would feel about my re-
placing her. But I was told the
picture had to 60 right away with
out her.
Then I thought about al the
rehearsing I'd have to do for .
musical and shuddered. But I
said to myself, Now, walt q minute
this might be fun"
I expected to hnd Ginger mass
Of bruises and charley horses, but
she said she has borne up under
the three weeks Of practice. Al
though she has done only one musi-
cal. Lady in the Dark" since her
split with Fred, she keeps in trim
with tennis (she's the kind that
leaps over the nett, fishing, ranch
ing, etc.
The Astaire-R Rogers team broke
up just 10 years ago after 1.-THE
Story Of Vernon and Irene Castle. u
They had done nine Aims together.
1T was by mutual agreement;
there were no differences" she said.
I'VE just decided it would be better
II we tried 1t alone"
Each had done all right alone.
Ginger copied an Academy award
for Kitty Foyle," and Fred has had
. string of memorable musicals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10

stopped the experts cold in their
chairs.
Where was 1t that Ruth got the
name Of the Babe'?" he asked.
A million baseball fans might be
able to reel of the answer to that
one, but not this collection OF lunch
eoners, some Of whom had been
sports writer's and all of whom had
lived large part of their lives
adjacent to sports writer's.
AS a matter of fact, at least two
Of the present-day sports columnists
who were called on the telephone
TO settle the point-did not know
either. All they knew was that
Ruth was called "the Babe" before
he arrived in the big leagues.
The press agent was sure 1t must
be somewhere in the press material
on THE Babe Ruth Story" but he
thumbed through column after
column of it without finding single
reference to the nickname.
Maybe we ought to 60 out and
ask the first 14-year-old boy We
meet" some suggested.
It turned out that no one wanted
that desperately to reveal hts igno-
rance.
+
Later research developed the fact
that Ruth picked up his lifetime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10

10 years. Whether you were there
to see him hit one, or 100, Of those
famous home runs. there Is no
escape from hearing, or reading,
about them.
The experts" covered lot OF
Ruth territory, avoiding the obvious
cliches Of the 90 homers In one
season, and the four in one game,
the called shot in the World Series
against the Cubs, etc. They wanted
it known that they knew the lesser
truths which melted into the Babes
greatness. his pride in the 20 innings
Of scoreless World Series pitching
and things like that.
1t was at this point that someone
came up with the question that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10
Cycling Star
By fhs AssSeIofed FTsss
HOLLYWOOD.


HOLLYWOOD.
Thomas Gomez, hefty Broadway
actor, says he will bicycle from his
home in Hollis, Long Island, to Cape
Cod when he finishes his screen role
in THE Numbers Racket"
Those around Enterprise Studio
who were inclined to doubt him after
surveying his girth didn't know
cycling has been Gomez'S hobby fol
wears. He estimates from past per-
formances he can make the 265- mile
trip in three days.
Gomez will stop the first night in
Greenpoint, Long Island, he said
and hopes to make New Bedford
Mass, by midnight of the second
day. He will stay in Cape Cod until
September Is, then return to New
York or Hollywood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-10

Later research developed the fact
that Ruth picked up his lifetime
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Ministers Meet Monday Morning

The next meeting of the Val ley Ministerial Association will be held next Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Matanuska Val ley Children's Home, it was an nounced this week.
 At the meeting, final plans will be made for union sum- rise service of Valley churches at Easter to be held in the newly completed auditorium of the Valley Chapel of the Church of God of which Rev. George Gel witz is pastor.
 A joint choir of participating churches will present the music for the union service, which is planned for 2 o'clock Easter morning. Rev. Sanford Davis will make the morning address.
 The union services will be fol- lowed by the serving of a light breakfast at the church.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Valley Scouts Plan Another Court of Honor

Since no further announce ment has been made of the date for a planned district Boy Scout rally, Scouts of Palmer are plan ming another board of review and court of honor here, Scout master Victor Alfsen announced this week.
 Tentative date for the board of review is March 5, with the court of honor to follow a week later on March 12. Should the district rally date be announced in the near future, plans of the Palmer troop will be postponed.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Shamrocks Rest Tiu After Fur Rendezvous

The Shamrock basketball team is planning no further court en- counters until after the Fur Ren- dezvous in Anchorage, manager Art Stacey announced this week. However he is now attempting to schedule games with both the Moose and NCO quintets of the Anchorage city league for early March dates.
 Tentative arrangements now book the NCO club in the Pal mer gym on March 6, with the Moose appearing there the fol- lowing week on March 13. Def mite announcement of game dates and playing time will be made within the next few days.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Huntley, Mau, Peters Head Hospital Board

The neWly-elected board of di- rectors convened in special ses- sion late Tuesday afternoon to name their officers and principal committees for the coming years work.
 w. E. Huntley was elected president of the board, w. C.. Mau was named vice-president,, and C. w. Peters was elected sec retary-treasurer.
 MT. Huntley appointed three standing committees-a finance committee, headed by Jack Maze who will be assisted by Chek Sandvik, building planning committee composed of Clyde King, Chek Sandvik and MT. Peters, and a site committee made up of Victor Johnson and MT. Mau.
 Preliminary plans and policies were discussed at the meeting, and is was agreed the group would meet again next Monday afternoon to hear committee re- ports and outline the Association work program for the year
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
$2O,OOO Is Needed For Hospital
Continued from page D

NoIlIAlueu ITOIn page lI had been spent for necessary equipment and supplies. The balance remains for further pur- chase of equipment and hospital materials.
 The meeting concluded with the selection of a new seven-man board of directors, and with the adoption of second amend ment to the bylaws, which stated that any member of the board of directors absent from more three consecutive meeting may be replaced.
 Stockholders elected these sev- en men as the board of directors of the Valley Hospital Associa< tion for the coming year:
 Jack Maze, C. w. Peters, w. c. Mau, Chek Sandvik, w. E. Huntley, Clyde King, ST., and Victor Johnson.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
VALLEY CHAPEL
 of the
Kilohs Move

WASILLA - MT. and Mrs. Alex Kiloh and family, Wasilla residents for the past several years, moved to Jonesville last weekend in order to be nearer MT. Kiloh's work. Their Wasilla friends and neighbors regret the loss of the Kilohs, but wish them happiness in their new home.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Projector On Order

A sound protector has been or dered for the Sunday school of the United Protestant church, it was announced this week. The projector will enable Sunday school teachers and leaders to make use of the latest visual aids in preparation of lessons and lectures for their students.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Many Students
 Are Participants In Lunch Program

Transactions in the lunchroom at Palmer school almost are large enough to enter the realm of big business, a glance at its balance sheet for the first six months of the current term will prove.
 Lunchroom figures, which are a part of the semi-annual report presented to the board of educa- tion at it's recent meeting show that already $11,251.15 has been paid out to keep the lunchroom kitchen in operation this term. Of that figure, $8,664.46 has been returned to the lunchroom fund through student and teach CT payments for the noontime meal.
 The lunchroom now is serving between 260 and 300 meals daily, the report shows. There are three paid workers in the kitchen, two of whom work six hours each day and the third putting in a three-hour shift at the peak of the mealtime rush.
 In addition, there are 16 stu dent employees who take care of mealtime chores in the dishpan, clearing up, and who sell ice cream. For these jobs the stu dents receive their lunch with out cost.
 This years outlay of money for the lunchroom was spent on much new equipment for the kitchen and dining room. To date, lunchroom purchases in- clude 80 cups, 300 dinner plates, 60 salad plates, and a service of stainless steel knives, forks and spoons which will take care of 50 diners.
 Still to be purchased for the lunchroom from this years funds are six refrigerator trays, five stainless steel pans and two 20-quart cookers to be used in handling and heating foods.
 Although the lunchroom fig ures showed that more money had been spent than had been returned in lunch money at the end of the first six months, there is still a balance of more than $500 in the lunchroom fund. The school budget each year sets aside figure to help carry the expense of the school lunch pro- gram. That figure, for this years operation, was fixed at $3,O27.4O
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Church Services This Week . i. .

| This Week | ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
 CHURCH
 w. L. Zeile, Pastor
 Sunday Sunday school, 10 am. Morning worship, II am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the last Sunday of every second month.
 UNITED PROTESTANT
 CHURCH Victor I. Alfsen, Pastor
 Sunday Sunday School, 10 a. m. Morning Worship, II a. m. Young Peoples Service, 2 p. m Evening Service. 8 p. m.
 Friday Prayer Meeting, 7:3O p. m. ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC
 CHURCH Rev. James A. Snead, Pastor
 Sunday Mass, 10 a. m. Confessions heard before Mass Sodality Communion held the first Sunday of each month. CHURCH OF GOD
 FULL GOSPEL George Savchenko, pastor
 Sunday Sunday School, 10 am. Morning Devotions, II am Services at Butte, 3 pm.
 VALLEY CHAPEL
 of the
 CHURCH OF GOD Rev. George w. Geiwitz, pastor
 Sunday Sunday School, 1915 am. Worship Service, II am.
 Wednesday Prayer meeting, 8 pm.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
CHURCH OF GOD FULL GOSPEL

George Savchenko, pastor
 Sunday Sunday School, 10 am. Morning Devotions, II am Services at Butte, 3 pm.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Missing Man

Anyone having information concerning the following person is asked to communicate with the governors office in Juneau:
 Leonard Ross-last address be- lieved to have been Petersburg, Alaska.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
FIRE AT HYLAND'S

The fire alarm which sounded early Thursday morning was occasioned by blaze which was smouldering between the walls at the Hyland residence. The fire was extinguished without dam age to the Hyland home.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
CAR oVERTURNS

MT. and Mrs. Glen Burnett of Palmer suffered bruises and abrasions last week, when their car overturned as they drove home. Neither was seriously in- iured. MT. Burnett blamed me chanical failure for the cause of the accident.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
MAKES QUICK TRIP

Carl Meters returned from a trucking trip to Fairbanks on Tuesday of this week. MT. Meters made the round-trip in just four days, going by way of Tok Junction. He found excel lent roads for the entire trip, he stated.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
A Few Words To The Wise :.
Sponsored by inc Valley Minis
 terial Association)
Lest We Forget

Lives of great men still remind
 us
 We can all be shining lamps, And departing leave behind us Other heads for postage stamps.
 Anon
 Among the many memories of my boyhood, one is outstanding. It is the little one-room school house (and it was red, tool where I began and finished my grammar school education. At the front of the room were two large pictures, one of George Washington and the other of Abraham Lincoln. Thus we were constantly reminded of the greatness of these two beloved heroes of American history and were encouraged by poem and story to initiate their lives.
 It also was generally under stood that they were not only men of courage and vision, but also men of faith and of high Christian character. I can still see the picture in our history books of Washington at Valley Forge with his little band of soldiers, cold, hungry and tat tered, kneeling in the snow with their hearts upraised to God in prayer.
 Was their faith in God and their recognition and apprecia- tion of spiritual realities the secret of their greatness? Or were they merely incidental? l think Lincoln himself answers this question in these words, ''Without God I cannot hope to succeed, but with God 1 cannot fail"
 They simply and sincerely be- lieved the Bible and the very authority of the book that they thus unquestionably accepted, gave authority to their own lives as they were guided by it's teach ings. They knew that any gov ernment, to be a good govern ment, must be based upon the laws of God and upon a full recognition of the equality and brotherhood of all men. Like Daniel Webster, they believed the Bible to be the 'bulWark of the Republic.'
 We should be thankful for our nation and for it's noble found CTS. We have been blessed be- yond all other people of the world, but privilege always car ries with it an increasing obliga- ton. If we are truly thankful for our heritage, let us show it bv constantly throwing the weight of our influence in favor of those principles for which our founders stood, and against the evil and oppression that they so courageously and successfully op- posed.
 REV. GEORGE w. GEIWITZ.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Students Attend Institute
WASILLA R,

WASILLA - Regular classes at Wasilla high school were dis missed on Friday of last week, in order that students might at tend the sessions of the Farm and Home Institute held at Com munity hall.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-02-28
Zeiles Are Back

Rev. and Mrs. w. L. Ziele and new baby daughter Mary Mar garet are now at home in the parsonage of St. Johns Lutheran church. They returned from An chorage on Tuesday of this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07

strong candidate, il would not be
anticipated that any one of the
three contenders would receive
half or more of the votes cast.
Thus, the two candidates receiv-
ing the most votes will be carried
into the general election, and
their fate decided there.
The same conclusion can be
drawn even more certainly in the
second ward, where four men are
candidates for councilman. Again
two of them WIN compete in the
finals.
Vernon E. Beall, newly appoint
ed councilman-at-large, is not OPP
posed, so his name will appear on
the December ballot and his VIC
tory seems assured.
The same majority vote princi-
pie applies to she city clerk con-
test, which, with the exception OF
the unopposed attorneys office,
is the only salaried post at stake,
There are four candidates; two OF
them will battle it out in the gen.
eral.
This years election is crucial
Crucial because of the many ma
jor decisions that must be reach
ed by our city officers in the next
several years.
May entreat you to take time
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07
AS Te,11b1ls F1lgits !.
BY HAL CLARK

The election laws were revised
by the last legislature. The prac-
tice in former years, / am told,
was to hold the city primary cleo
ton on the day of the November
general election. The city general
followed some weeks later.
The new law provides that city
elections be held at a given time
in December = this year 1t VIII
be December z. The primary must
antedate the general by thirty
days.
Thus our city primary this year
will be held on November 8.
It makes some difference in the
figuring. of city politicos, because
normally city elections are not
as heavily voted on as are the
county, state and nationals
AS result, some of the cam
didates, who had not planned to
carry on direct campaign activities,
now see a need for personal con-
facts.
Another interesting aspect of
the revised law explains why a
primary election is necessary. Its
necessity had been questioned by
many of us, who could not see
what purpose the general would
serve, if candidates are narrowed
down to one by the primary. We
could only deduce that the pri-
mary was provided to permit the
consideration of "write-in' cam
didates.
The Interpretation of the revis-
ed law clarifies the issue. First,
city elections have been made
non-partisan and subject to the
state non-partisan law.
So in order to gain the posi-
ton of an unopposed candidate In
the general election, the primary
contender must receive fifty per-
cent or more of the vote cast.
! In the case of the third ward,
where councilman Arthur w.
Campbell and Fred Bunch, Sr.
are the only candidates, one or
the other, must receive fifty per-
cent or more of the ward vote, de-
Gliding the contest in the primary,
save for the remaining possibility
of a "write-in."
The other races are not likely
to be settled in that fashion. We
have three candidates for mayor
and three candidates for council
man from the first ward. Unless
one proves to be an unusually
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07

Crops have been good again this
year. But in no instance has the
tabled yield been more abundantly
demonstrated than in the crop OF
candidates for city office.
It was particularly surprising
in view of the pre-harvest outlook,
when no stand at all was apparent
to the casual, or even the curious,
observer.
In fact, the field appeared to be
so barren that Tempus was dis
traught week after week about
the dearth of men, who wished to
offer themselves as public serv-
ants.
The bumper crop now on hand
has revealed again to the creator
of Tempus the truth Of the old
bromide that 1--WE worry too much
about a lot of things that never
happen"
stand repro we'd. In all honesty
however, I grant that when anoth-
er community need seems so evil
dent, and its satisfaction so nm
probable, Tempus will probably
be fighting" again.
I've been trying to get acquaint-
ed with the candidates for office
so that we may pass along to you
some knowledge of the men and
women you'll be asked to vote
for in the primary election, on
November 9, and the general
election, December z.
Without revealing facts in adj
vance, I can tell you now that
such survey gives much reason
to be treasured that our city at
fairs will reside in capable hands.
regardless of the elections out
come. The quality Of candidates
is high, as nearly as I can deter
mine, and there is a remarkable
uniformity of purpose among
those who will have the power to
make policy and progress for our
community.
You may be interested in some
of the information that has come
to light in regard to the contest.
Kenneth E. Serier, the present
city attorney, who is unopposed
for reelection, is my source in all
fairness to him, I should say that
he has not been asked to make an
exhaustive study of the election
laws, and he would probably like
to do SO before all the data that
follows is accepted as irrevocable
fact.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07
f ETA. and All Groups !,
TO BE Given NAVY Tor,

Future Farmers of America ava
4-h youngsters who exhibit thei,
poultry projects at the washinpto,
Junior Poultry Exposition in 8.
attic later this month will r..
turn home with a first ham,
knowledge of Navy life, accord
ing to John C. Wilson, expositio,
president.
The 18th Naval District, in co.
operation with the Naval and Ma
rine Reserve Units, has scheduled
a tour across Puget Sound aboard
the Destroyer Escort Rombach ana
a trip through the giant Nav
Yard at Bremerton for all exhibi.
tors at the Exposition, he revealed
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07
Candidates 10 Be
Chamber Guests

"Meet the Candidates" will be
the theme of todays' meeting of
the Kennewick Chamber Of Com
merce, Ross Frank, manager, has
announced.
All eighteen candidates for city
office will be invited to be pre-
sent as guests of the chamber and
each will be given chance to
speak on his candidacy for Of
flee, Frank said.
"1n this important election year,
it is particularly vital that we
know our candidates for local Of
fice," he continued, "and know
what ideas they have for the pro-
gress and Improvement of the city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07

reaton only to the youth of the community but to al
people of all ages.
Basketball leagues being formed pngp classes
in various crafts model and hobby games
in short, fun for all.
The success of the program will depend on two funoa
mental things One definite prerequisite will be funds SUI
ficient to do the job.
The other and perhaps of even more importance VIII
be the cooperation and enthusiasm of the community
Don't sell the program short Get in and help boost IT,
participate and enjoy The program is meant for YOU
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-10-07
JUNIOR ToAsTMIsTREssEs

Junior ToastmistresS club met
last Thursday with Barbara Ow.
ems. Table topic chairman was
Margaret Taylor, and toastmis.
tress was Marilyn Oliver. Five
minute talks were made by lie.
ona Simmelink on wildcat Lake
Red Cross Training Camp, and
by Mary Lou Larson on Mystery
of the Mummies Case"