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Evening star., 1948-06-13

well, okay You're entitled to your opinion.
This is a free country
who's next?" - This is free country"
You have heard the words thousand times
So have /. So has every person in this country.
Heard them without thinking. Without realizing
that this and these phrases that we take for
granted are part of the deep concepts of demo-
cratic nation You would never hear them said in
lands ruled by Fascist leaders The Fascist boss is
always right; he can't be questioned Nor would
you hear many other statements we use in our dav
life:
First come, first served"
Hes got his rights
May the best man win"
Give the guy break"
Fair and square,
These expressions are verbal symbols. They mean
something to every American In fact they register
to every human being no matter where he lives
They sum up the everyday life of democracy
Evening star., 1948-06-13

SERMON. A Chattanooga (Tenn.)
reader writes that his favorite local
bus driver is one that yells, "All right,
folks, fill up the back - act like
you're in church,
Evening star., 1948-06-13

This Week Mssssin.
FOR A BETTER AMERICA
WILLIAM t. NICHOLS, Editor
HOW THEY GET YOUR VOTE. ....... 4
by Joek Hosrisen Pollock
KID SISTER. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8
THE SUSPECT HUSBAND. D..............~s
by Hssbssf Doiaas
"AkD IF livE". 10
BY Freness Whiting 3
DON'T DROWN THIS SUMMER. .....G
BY PeuI o. "a
"PLEAsE. MR. MORGAN -... II
o-'0oo'~~ NO. ''': ''
"My HATS IN R,co". o".................2 n
BY Bob Dsindosfss
Cover by Oxzis Sweet
Evening star., 1948-06-13

Names and descriptions of all characters In
hction stories and semidction articles In this
magazine are wholly imaginary. Any name
which happens to be tho same as that Of any
person. living or dead, Is entirely coincidental.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Records Disclose
Cupid Still Busy

Marriage licenses issued by
County Auditor r. E. Wise include
Richard E. Higgins, Grandview,
and Lorena Henne of Outlook;
Edwin M. Blumer, Bellevue, and
Helen Conahan, Renton; Chester
Monroe, Sunnyside, and Betty
Jean Reitz, Mabton; Paul w. Gree
", Mabton, and Marveen E. Pies
sas, Byron; James w. Leonard
and Mary Anderson, of Yakima;
and to Edward T. Schuchart and
Phyllis Geree Walker, of Rich
land.
Applications for licenses were
filed by Floyd Hazard, Jr. and
Carolina R.. Worms, Of Sunny.
side; Wayne E. McGuffin, Jr. and
Melba Ruth Young Of Mt. Yer
non; and Jesse K. Derrick and
Alberta Boyer, Of Prosser.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Portable Fresh Air Device
A portable electric ventilator
has been devised to provide fresh
air for workers in confined places.

miscellaneous equipment; Is era
mes, IS tractors with bulldozers,
Is sandbag filling machines, IA
scoopmobiles, $50 light plants, AZ
power pumps, 9 power shovels,
2 automobiles, and an estimated
100000 sandbags were used by
the army of flood fighters in this
sector.
The effectiveness of this mo-
bilized defense against the flood,
obscured for time by rumor and
confusion, is now APPARENT, not on
ly in the great value of property
saved-far greater than that which
was lost-but also in lives saved.
In such areas as Okanogan,
Methow river and Entiat, Wash
ington, there were no dikes, and
lowlands were at the mercy Of
the river until residents, aided
by Army Engineers and troops,
threw up temporary bikes. These
hurriedly constructed barriers.
Colonel Weaver pointed out, saved
thousands Of acres from inunda-
ton.
On May 81 the first troops from
Fort Lewis were sent into the
flood fight to aid northern Idaho
residents. They were on the job
there or elsewhere until the last
patrol, in the lower Columbia
area, was relieved on June %.
When troops m we'd in they
brought their own supplies and
kitchens along. Volunteer and hir-
ed labor posed the problem of
housing and food, met in many
sectors by the generosity of the
residents.
Corps of Engineer field surveys
are now under way in the wake
of receding flood waters. Engin-
GERS are taking soundings and
checking damage points in the va
rious districts, but more than 30
days will elapse before the re-
cession of the high water will per-
NIT rehabilitation Of damaged or
weakened levees, Colonel Weaver
said. The emergency construction
work on the bikes will be handled
by the usual contract method
through the taking of bids after
plans have been prepared.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08

Extensive flood damages Weie
suffered at such widely separated
localities as the Clarks FORK aoo-
We Missoula, Montana, the Mckay
area on the Snake river in south
eastern Idaho, and the Whlteolro
creek area, also in Idaho.
Additional lands, including 3d.
600 acres along the Kootenai river
in the Boomers Ferry region OF
Idaho, protected by privately con-
structed bikes received aid from
federal troops called for the en-
ergency by the Corps of Engi-
neers, Colonel Weaver said. AL
though $5,OO0,000 flood damaged
resulted from the overlapping OF
these dikes by flood crests ex-
ceeding those of the 1894 flood
on the Kootenai, much property
and human lives were saved in
the fight at this point which was
the first to feel the onrush of the
torrent, he pointed out.
Army DUKW's were used to
save stranded livestock and res
cue people from their flooded
homes. Mobile publication plants
furnished the only drinking water
in the Boomers Ferry area during
the flood. Three Bailey bridges
were erected by engineer troops,
establishing outlets for farming
communities isolated by swollen
streams.
Only approximately 10000 ac-
res of the 100000 total acreage
in the Yakima area suffered flood
damages. First estimates Of the
damage placed the loss at $780,
600. Through the efforts of Army
Engineers and volunteer workers,
damage in the city Of Yakima
was light due to the fact that the
Engineers had recently completed
a system of levees tied in with
previously constructed dikes
built with wPA labor.
For the Columbia basin as a
whole, the value Of property
which levees saved from damages
is estimated at upwards Of $780,
100000, Colonel Weaver said. A
large portion Of the area pro-
tected from inundation was that
along the lower Columbia, from
the mouth Of the Sandy river,
near Troutdale, to the Columbia's
mouth. Included in this is the
Longview-Kelso area with saw
mills and many other industrial
plants. Out Of $500 acres pro-
tected by levees in this area, a.
985 acres were unchanged by
flood waters.
In the flood fight in the lower
Columbia area alone, with its
A diking and drainage districts
and 200 miles Of dikes, many Of,
which had been improved by the
Engineers, two and half mil
lion dollars were spent by the,
Corps Of Engineers. In terms Of
strength Of $500 under
lowing figures help tell the story
Of the assistance rendered to To-
cal diking districts:
Regular. troops 1865, National
Guard troops 800, Navy and Naval
Reserve $50, volunteer workers
and others 1000. making a total
.A.>-.IA - q NNn - = II
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Engineers Save Large Areas From
Floods; Damaqe Heavy IN Valley

Crop lands and highly indust-
rallied urban areas valued at
hundreds Of millions Of dollars
were saved from Columbia river
flood waters, despite heavy losses
In me localities, preliminary
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08

survey Of the Corps OF Engineers
reveal.
Colonel Theron D. Weaver,
North Pacific division engineer.
said today more than 150, 900 acres,
including both urban and crop
lands in the flood plain extend
ing from northern Idaho to the
lower Columbia valley, were saw
ed from inundation by levees
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
PINK AND GREEN PICNIC

The Pink and Green club will
sponsor a picnic in the city park
at / pm. Sunday. The Rebekahs
and their families and the Odd
Fellows and their families are in
vited. Ice cream and coffee will
be served by the Pink and Green
club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Illuminated six.Foot Ruler

Among novelties in tools is an
illuminated six-foot ruler thu t
snaps back into a case no larger
than cigaret pack. The unit,
including the flashlight battery,
weighs but five ounces.
The Valley settler., 1948-04-09
n OT ICES

The AMERICAN LEGIo27 ,t,d AxLIARY WILL meet in tho Grange Hall, Thursday, April 18th at 800 n.m.
 The DA1aYET ill hold their regular meet ing on Iondoy, April 18th.
 in the loose Hall on Tuesday, E1ril 18th. The HEALTH Cou7CIL. is to meet In the Hoal tn Center on Thursday, Anril 18th, at 500 9.m. The AcaTcuTUaLL COT 1TT-G is to nc ct in the Extension ,office on -odnosday, A,ril IA. The zzLTH CoU7cIL ill have their Basket Social and BinGo Game in the cornnunit Hall Saturday evening, April 10th
 The Butte -iomonalor's Club will hold their Food Sale and Runlago Sale in the Trading Post and Rec Hall on Saturday, April 10th. The sourdough Club is to meet on Thursday, April 18th.
 he la:3o GLUE will meet at the hone of Hrs. Gilman Lindsey on rodnesday ls2ril IA. The R1EaBz CLUB is to meet on Thursday, April 18th, at the home Of Hrs. James Berry.
 SKI. TCW FKC<O SD Forty persons attanded a meeting Of the Sport saer on r-edne sday evening of th is week, at which several wort hUhile projects were dis cucsed and acted upon.
 4 Ski Tow is being planned near Independence and Trap Shooting is to be established on the Fair Grounds.
 Foleer Larsen, ri1d life agent for his area was present and gave a short talk stre ssing the import ance Of the local organization in aiding in the enfor cement of came laws. Pic lures of ~ildl fife in the territory and one from I-ontana were shown. The offering Of }27. .6O which vas taken at the Easter Sunrise Service, vas given to the Valley Hospital.
 Plan to attend the Rec ita1 Tuesday,
The Valley settler., 1948-04-09
BCNO DRIVE CPfNfn APRiL 5.

The Selling of bonds for the Valley Hospi- tai opened ill earnest on Nonday, April 5, wi tn twenty solic ttors in tine field. The Bonds are being sold on cash basis or on pledges. Tne LotanusIa Valley Bcnk has agreed to handle the payments on the pledg basis free Of charge.
 Interest on all bonds will not begin until January l, l949 according to C. Y. Peters. By that time it is exnecte that the Eos- pital will be pract ically corpleted and some revenue will be realized. Interest on the bonds is payable annually and does not accuIu1 ate.
 The twenty Solicitors are: 'lIr. and Mrs.. Clyde King sr:,, Maud Hcsler, l3cs. Neil Miller, Nrs. Virgil Zc!ert, Francis Henry, r. s=ad7zi, aP s0gaT ioHgdo5, ieddon 4a1#er t IH Gsor land, Rev. George Geivitz, Victor, Johnson, Vernon r idley, frs. Louis Ungaro, frs. Charles schaefer, Rev. Victor Afsen, Arlo o Martin. and Y. c. Mau.
The Valley settler., 1948-04-09
HOSPITAL SFE SELECTED

The A.7.R.C. las granted two acres of land in the northwest subdivision to the Val ley E7sDital Associat ion for the erection of the new Eosnitol. This location is just beyond the new Church of Cod 7uilding. It is within 190 feet of water and sever lines
The Valley settler., 1948-04-09
VEGE7AGlE GROWERS fLECT sOARO

A Board of seven directors was elected at a recent meeting Of the Vegetable Growers newly formed organ izat ion. On the Board are Mads Johansen, F. A. Blom, Luc jus Ross Al Brooks, Irving l7euvtlle, Glen Woods and Ray Rebarchek. The officers elected by the Direc tors are: Glen Woods, Chairman; Mads Johansen, Vice Chairman; and Al Brook Sec retary-Tre asurer.
 The organ nization boasts a membership Of :13 re1nhers. a1r. and rrs. -1er1ea St 1neoh17. aud two children of Bakersfield, California, ar rived this week via the Alaska Highway in their truck and trailer. Ir. St ineburg will ~ork at the Experimental Forz.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Dr.. Warren Coleman Dies;
Noted for Typhoid Research
By the Assoeio,ed Press

AUGUSTA, Ca, Feb. 14.-Dr.
Warren Coleman. 70. professor
emeritus Of the University OF
Georgia School Of Medicine and
nationally known for his typhoid
fever research, died here last night.
He was born at Augusta.
DR.. Coleman had been professor
of clinical medicine at University
and Bellevue Hospital Medical COL
lege. in New York and professor
Of clinical medicine and applied
pharmacology at Cornell University
Medical College. DR.. Coleman did
graduate work at Johns Hopkins
University in 1888-89 and received
his medical degree from New York
University Medical College in 1891.
He was q member of the New York
Pathological Society, Society of
American Bacteriologists, American
Gastroenterological Society, Ameri-
can Association for the Advance
ment of Science, Association of Mill
tary Surgeons. American Genetic
Association, Society for Experiment
tai Biology and Medicine, Asso-
citation for the Study of Internal
SecretionS and the Harvey Society,
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Il. D. Wooten, Bookbinder
|Io Be Buried Today

Funeral services for Harry D
Wooten, n, hookhinder for the Judd
q Detweiler Printing Co., here for
the last eight years, were TO he held
at ! pm. today In the q. II. Hines
funeral home. 1901 Fourteenth street
NV.
Mr.. Wooten died Unexpectedly
Thursday In his home, 25le Thir-
teenth street NV. Burial viii be u.
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
A native Of Chattanooga. Tenn.
Mr.. Wooten naanaged several anna
teur baseball teamS while working
for q paper company there. He lived
In Columbia, 8. g, for five years be-
fore coming to Washington in 1899.
He was a member OF the Book
binders Union.
Surviving are his widow, frankie
=. Wooten: q daughter. Virginia @.
Wooten of the Thirteenth street ad-
dress, and q sister, Mrs. Gertrude
Kirby of Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Louisiunu Hondiwork
Marks Exhibit Here

Handicraft work of Acadian
craftsmen of Louisiana was displayed
in exhibits of the home economics
section of the Southern Agriculture,
Workers Association which con.
cluded a three-day meeting today
at the Raleigh Hotel:
Blankets, rugs, slippers and hand.
bags made by the Louisiana worker.
were shown, as well as dolls, mats
baskets and jewelry made by crafts.
men of 10 other Southern States
Other exhibits included one spon.
sored by the American Library Asso.
citation showing the progress of rura
library service in the South.
Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of tht
School of Home Economics of Ala.
bama polytechnic Institute, wa.
chairman for the conference.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Red Star Warns Russians
To Beware Of U. 5. Spies
BY the Associoted Press

MOSCOW. Feb. l4.-Red Star,
Soviet Army newspaper, warned
Russian soldiers today to be on the
watch for American spies.
"The Bolshevik Party warns the
Soviet people it has enemies striv-
ing to deprive 1t of freedom and
independence" Col. v. Miskovski
wrote in the army publication.
The article warned against Rus
slams infected with a feeling of
slavelike imitation of bourgeois cul-
ture." Col. Miskovski said Ameri-
can and British agents make use
of such citizens.
The article urged a more intensive
political education for Russian
soldiers.
Politically backward persons fire.
quently are not able to see through
the evil, sly plots of foreign intelli-
gence operators" Col. Miskovski
said, "and, even worse, can even be-
come victims of spies themselves"
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Johnston Due 10 Testify
Al Probe Of Movie Strike

HoIywood's labor troubles will get
another congressional airing Tues
day before the House Labor Com
mittee. ~.
Heads of most major studios and
union officials have been asked to
appear. Eric Johnston, president
of the Motion Picture Producers
of America, will be the first wit
ness.
The strike with which the COM
mittee is concerning itself involves
carpenters, painters, electricians
and machinists. 1t started Sep
tember 90, 1916, after two unions
disputed which had rights over
certain jobs.
Chairman Hartley of the Labor
Committee said such controversies
are banned under the Taft Hartley
labor law.
Evening star., 1948-02-14

Maryland researchers In an ex-
haustive wartime. survey which
tested about $1,000 natural and syn
thetic compounds.
The prize, established in 1925 In
honor of William Francis Hille-
brand, chief chemist Of the National
Bureau of Standards from 1908 to
1926, will be given to Prof. Drake on
March II at the annual dinner OF
the washington society, a section OF
the American Chemical Society.
Prof. Drake is a native OF Water
town, Mass, and a graduate OF Har-
ward University. He was appointed
professor Of industrial chemistry ct
the University of Maryland IN 1876
and became head of the department
in 1910,
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Miss Bessie Warren Dies;
Officer Of Maryland Society

Miss Bessie B. Warren, 62, secre.
tary of the Maryland Society ir
Washington, died yesterday ir
Providence Hospital after an illness
of eight months.
She is survived by her S1-year-ole
mother, Mrs. Mary A. Linton. with
whom she lived at 16 Atlantic
street Sc.
Miss Warren retired 18 months
ago after 80 years in the Govern.
ment service. She was in the fl.
nance Office of St. Elizabeth's hos.
pital for many years.
She was born at Pomonkey ir
Southern Maryland and was gradu-
ated from the State Normal Schoo
in Baltimore. She taught school ir
Oxon Hill before before entering
Government service.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm
Monday in the Esther Memoria
Protestant Episcopal Church, Mich.
OILS avenue and Esther place Sc
The Rev. Waldo Manley will Off.
ciate.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Laurel May Oppose
Roxus in '4o Election

MANILA, Feb. 14.-Dr. Jose P
Laurel, puppet president Of thu
Philippines under the japanese
said today he was considering op'
posing President Manuel A. Roxa!
in the 1949 elections.
DR.. Laurel made his statement a!
friends congratulated him on the
general amnesty granted by the
Philippines congress, which swept
away 1872 counts of treason lodged
against him.
DR.. Laurel, in high spirits, sale
he was weighing the question Of
running for the presidency anc
would reach a decision within few
months "or perhaps earlier"
Evening star., 1948-02-14
|czechs to Debate Use
OF Police by Reds
ky the Assoslated Press

PRAGUE, Feb. l4,-A debate In
Parliament was toreseen today On
charges that the Communist Party
is attempting to use the Czecho-
slovak state police force for politi-
cal purposes.
A parliamentary security commit
tee has summoned Vaclav Nosek,
Communist Interior Minister. 10
answer the charges. Most Of them
have been brought by members OF
the Anti-C Communist National So
cialist Party.
Parliament reporters predict that
whether or not Nosek heeds the
committee invitation, the issue will
be thrown open to discussion on the
floor of Parliament.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Maryland Shipyord Sues
U. S. for Bomb Damage
BY the ASsoeiofsd Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14.-The own
ers Of a Talbot County shipyard
which was hit by two bombs last
July are suing the Government for
$35, 900 damage.
J. Walter Jones and his two sons,
Orval and Edwin, contended the
bombs dropped from Navy patrol
bomber while on test flight. They
said one of the bombs virtually
demolished plant building at
Wittman, Md, and the other drop
ped $50 feet away. Mr.. Jones
claimed the explosion knocked him
unconscious and his two sons to
the ground.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Funeral Held Today
For John P. Christie,
Expert in Baking

Funeral services for John P
Christie, on, pioneer In mass pro.
duction bread baking. were to be
held this morning at the Wheatley
funeral home, 900 King street
Alexandra, with private burial ir
Westerly, r. /.
Mr.. Christie died Thursday ir
the Circle Terrace Hospital, Alex
andria, after . long illness. He
had lived at 3424 Gunston road
Parkfairfax. for i've years. eut re-
Gently had made his home at 1910
Wyoming avenue NV.
Mr.. Christie was born In Edin-
burgh, Scotland and went to sea
when he was Is. During more than
10 years at sea he had sailed on YES
sells around the world several times
His grandfather owned fleet OF
whaling vessels in Scotland.
In 1885 Mr.. Christie came to the
United States. He worked for large
caterers in Boston and Providence
before he went into the baking and
catering business for himself in
Westerly. A master bread baker,
he went to Toledo, Ohio, in 1910,
where he pioneered in mass-prodtc-
ton methods. He effected improve
ments in machinery to weigh and
wrap bread and later came east
where he did advisory work with
various manufacturers.
For more than 60 years Mr..
Christie had been an active Mason
He had been the oldest living past
master of Palmer Lodge and high
priest Of Palmer Chapter, 20, in
Rhode Island. He had been master
Of Connecticut lodge and had re-
ceived his 50-year button from the
old Alexandria Masonic Lodge sew
eral years ago. He was a Sind de-
gree Mason, a Shriner and lifetime
member in both Scottish Rite and
Commandery.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs.
Edmund Northrup Of the Wyoming
avenue address, Mrs w. H. Gould,
Toledo, and seven grandchildren and
nine great grandchildren. His wife,
the late Mrs. Agnes Campbell
Christie, died about Is months ago.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Hugh F. Spittal Dies
OF Heart Attack After
Bowling Two Strikes

After bowling two consecutive
strikes, Hugh e. spittal. 80, of STA
Valley drive. Parkfairfax, Va. last
night fell dead Of Q heart attack
at the Bethesda Bowling Center,
1851 Old Georgetown road. Bethesda
Police said Mr.. Spittai. q libFar-
ian-geographer at the Army Map
Building, Bethesda, had just scored
his second strike when he COM
planned of feeling III.
He took one step toward his
friends and collapsed, police said.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase rescue
squad administered artificial respira-
ton for 20 minutes in an attempt
to revive him. He was pronounced
dead by DR.. De Witt De Lawter, who
was summoned from Suburban Hos
pital.
According to Pat Troiano. ss0e
Huntington street NV, manager Of
the center, Mr.. Spittal was anchor
man on a five-man team competing
in the Army Map Service Bowling
League.
The tragedy cut short the nights
competition for about 80 Of the 80
other bowlers In the league who
witnessed the incident. Mr.. Spit
tails body was taken to the William
Reuben Humphrey funeral home.
A native of Pittsburgh, Mr.. Spit
tai came to Parkfairfax two years
ago to take a job with the Army
Map Service. Previously he had
taught geography for four years at
Pennsylvania State College.
Besides his widow, Gladys, and a
16-month-old daughter, Pamela, he
is survived by his father, James
spittal, Dravosburg, Pa, and . sis
ter, MRS. Raymond Drummer, Ship
pensburg, Pa. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed.