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Evening star., 1948-11-04
Northrop Predicts New
Concept Of Air War
With Guided Missiles
BY w. n. shippen. Jr.
Avirtien Edttar az The StnF

A revolution within the next dec
sde in the whole concept of air
warfare was predicted here last
night by John X. Northrop, Cali
fornia aircraft manufacturer and
president Of the Institute of Aero
nautical Sciences.
The engineer scholar and pioneer
In the development Of the flying
wing told an audience at the Library
of Congress there is sound reason to
believe guided missiles will become
the chief weapon Of the Air Force by
1860.
Supersonic, pilotless missiles of
extended range and accuracy, Mr..
Northrop said. eventually may move
the focus of military hazard from the
cockpit of a bomber to industrial
areas in the heart Of combatant
nations"
know How" Available.
Delivering the third of a series of
lectures sponsored by the Library OF
Congress and the National Air Coun-
&l, Mr.. Northrop said "the first Of
these missiles will be long-ranged
and propelled by suitable power
plants now in existence and capable
of carrying large loads Of INT OF
any other destructive war head.
"The know-how for this missile
operating at speeds approximating
600 miles an hour is presently avail
able and is capable of extension tic
over 1000 miles per hour before
1860" he said. 1T will have sufficient
range for launching from con-
tinental United States against any
desired target in the Northern Hemi-
sphere and will be navigated by
entirely automatic means"
Mr.. Northrop, whose company is
producing giant, eight-jet flying wing
bombers and other weapons, pre-
dicted further that I'VE can probably
have large airplanes driven by
nuclear energy in service well before
1960," II development of atomic
power plants is vigorously pushed.
Enormously Costly.
'"They will have unlimited range
and very high speeds" he added
"Such ships will be enormously ex-
pensive and therefore very few In
number. Except for specialized serv-
Ice they viii be inferior to the guided
missile In their ability to deliver q
warhead to enemy territory at lowest
cost to our countrys economy"
In conclusion, Mr.. Northrop said
~Our summary must leave the very
survival of American civilization
pretty much in the hands OF. the
diplomats. Science has far out
reached our ability to control tts
destructive potential. The sneak
attack can be all powerful and COM
pletely devastating in effect.
Our great cities with their mar
velous industrial powers for good OF
evil may become our first line
trenches long before 1850"
Evening star., 1948-11-04
Home Agent Resigns

BERRYvIILIE, Va, Nov. ( (Spe-
ciaD Miss Jean Bowers, home
demonstration agent for Clarke
County for the past year, has re-
signed to accept a position as State
home management supervisor for
the Farm Security Administration
in West Virginia, with headquar-
ters in Charleston. Miss Bowers
was FSA supervisor in Grant, Har-
dy and Pendleton counties, West
Virginia, before coming to Clarke
County.
Evening star., 1948-11-04
Calendar Art Nudes
Score OFF Burglar
BY fire Assoeiafsd Press

HOLLYWOOD.-A burglar en-
tered q calendar art store through q
skylight, looked over the stock oi
nudes thoroughly. and left this note
Il didn't have the nerve to take
anything: I will try the gas station. ~
He tried" the gas station, oil
right. He got $50.
I No note. this time.
Evening star., 1948-03-11

problem to the attention of the
clergy and laity,s It teaches q lesson
Of health and morals to make better
soldiers and good citizenship. All
of us are interested in that and are
working for It."
The Rev. Robert J. Plumb, rector
Of st. Marks Episcopal Church,
said: That's an excellent picture.
1t uses far superior approach to
the problem of venereal diseases
that ever has been used previously" "
Others who shared similar views
were the Rev. Robert Evans Brown
ing, pastor of the Chapel of the
Redeemer, Episcopalian; Mrs. Jose
phine H. Kyles, assistant executive
Evening star., 1948-03-11

secretary Of the Washington FEEDER
alton Of Churches; the Rev. J
Adrian Pfeiffer, chairman of the
visual education section of the
federation, and Frank s. Stafford
specialist in health instruction
physical education and athletics
United States Office Of Education.
Addresses were delivered by Army
Secretary Kenneth c. Royal, Maj,
Gen. Raymond w. Bliss, Army Sur
geon General: Col. Martin c. Pooh
of the Army Chief of Chaplains
Office; 1t. Gen. Willard S. Paul,
director of personnel and admins
tration, Army Department and
Maj. ingalls, H. Simmons of the
Army Medical Corps.
Evening star., 1948-03-11
Washington CIereymen Appear
Satisfied With Army's VD Film

phasis on right living, correct FAM
lily life and patriotism, rather than
fear.
While Supt. of Schools Hobart M.
Corning said the film is well done,
he declared it should not be shown
generally in the schools here. He
believes it should be exhibited only
to selected groups Of children, he
declared.
The Rev. A. A. Birch, rector of st.
Georges Chapel, Episcopalian, at
Second and U streets NV, said:
II admired the method and purpose
of the Army in bringing this vital
Evening star., 1948-03-11

Washington clergymen appear
satisfied with the Army's new film,
"The Miracle Of Living" dealing
with venereal disease.
Representative churchmen saw
the film in the Departmental Audi
torium yesterday. Most Of them
believe the film places proper en-
Evening star., 1948-03-11

~. q machinist stationed at ths
Naval Gun Factory, was freed Of
blame in the death Of Carl E. Bav-
liss, 4S, of 1854 Eleventh street Sc.
Mr.. Bayliss was killed in the 1900
block OF Eleventh street Sc.
District Coroner A. Magruder Nc
Donald presided at the inquests, held
yesterday in the Morgue.
Evening star., 1948-03-11
Two Drivers Exoneraied
In Traffic Deaths Here

A coroner's jury has exonerated
the drivers involved in two traffic
deaths last Friday. The jury held
both deaths were accidental.
Charles T. Nestor, %, of 3306 Ian
Ger drive, Hyattsville, Md, a Capital
Transit Co. bus driver, was cleared
IN the death Of John Peter Roahl
81, Of 2106 Taylor street NE. Mr.
Roahl, retired craftsman, was
struck as he crossed Bunker Hill
road NE, near his home.
The other driver, Lewis E. Pritten,
Evening star., 1948-03-11
ColesyiIIe PTA to Meet

DR.. Fern Schneider, Montgomery
High School supervisor, will speak
on Child Development" at a meet
ing of the ColesviIe PTA at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Colesville school
auditorium.
Evening star., 1948-12-03

Lonsburoh's will sIodIy oift-wrep
your purchases in gay Christmas
boxes! Just toke them 70 our desk
on the Street, Third Or Sixth Floor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Ike Selected In KenneWick Voters
Pol, But Truman Running Close Race

The George Gallup of The Cour-
ier-Reporter polled the voters of
Kennewick this week and came
up with cross section guess that
the man who led our boys in
battle in Europe in the last war
would be first in the voting in
Philadelphia when democrats of
the nation select their candidate
for president.
During the republican conven-
ton, held in the same city, voters
were polled and Kennewick shot
wild of the mark. Voters of the To-
cal community picked Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan to get the
COP nod. The next morning they
awoke to fired that Governor
Thomas E. Dewey of New York
had been selected and also that the
favored Michigan senator hadn't
had a look-in.
The guessing on the democratic
convention gave the General only
a slight advantage over President
Harry S. Truman, who has pre-
dicted that he would be nominated
on the first ballot.
Forty eight Of those polled said
they believed, "Ike" would get 1t.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Crop Insurance Applications Are
Being Accepted Now. Says Thompson

protection of their crop invest
ment to a higher coverage at the
increased rate which is neces-
sary as the coverage increases.
cit is strictly business pro-
position with the producer buying
protection that they will want
to have every year so that when
the bad crops come his investment
will be protected. However, the
money that we pay for this pro-
lection can be used only to pay
losses suffered by insured wheat
producers and to build reserves
to cover our losses in years when
they exceed premiums paid.
sThis also means that over a
period of years our experience
here in the county will determine
any needed adjustment in prem
ium rate for this protection. Fa-
vorable experience that builds a
reserve to cover crop catastro-
PIXIES in the county will result in
lowering Of our rate. OF course,
we should also expect some in
crease If our loss experience
proves that the present rate is
too low for the risk involved in
producing wheat in the county.
Continued on Page I'D
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Rainfall Does No
Lasting Damage
10 Grape Yields

Heavy rains Monday night da-
mayed local vineyards to some
extent by washing soil, but did
no lasting damage to the crop,
j. E. Campbell, field man. for
Church Grape Juice Co., said this
week. #a# ----.
The near cloudburst was re-
ported to have amounted to near
an inch of rainfall in some spots.
Deep gulleys were washed out
in the grapes on the sidehills.
''The grape crop this year looks
good-very good" Campbell said.
eff the weather is favorable the
yield should be as good as last
years crop. But it was about this
time last summer that the big
wind hit us and did lot Of dam
age"
Grape growers are hoping for
the good prices that were paid
last year, but many expressed
doubt that the price twill be able
to hold up" this year. Last year
a ton Of grapes brought $40.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08

AL per cent felt President Tru-
man could not be by-passed be-
cause he is president and is en-
titled to try for another term, Ten
per cent picked Justice William
Douglas, while one per cent pick
ed Justice Hugo Black to be the
dark horse that the nomination
would finally fall to.
Republicans as well as demo-
Gratis were included in this weeks
poll, and persons of both parties
were questioned when the COP
poll was taken.
Only two figured that the Cen
eral would get it on the first bal
lot, while those who picked Tru-
man, nine had the president Stat
ed to win on the first ballot. Nine
Of those polled guessed that Els
enhower would be nominated on
the third.
Most Of those who picked some
other candidate than Eisenhower
accompanied their guesses with the
statement that the General ''would
not accept and therefore win not
be nominated" Nobody was found
who would say that he couldn't
have the nomination if he wanted
il.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08

Application for Federal crop
insurance protection under the
new low-cost plan of insurance
which goes into effect on the l949
wheat crop are now beng accepted
by the County Agricultural Con-
servation office, A. j. Thompson
announced today.
Most wheat producers in the
county-owner-operators, tenants
and landlords-are eligible to sign
up for this protection OF their
investment in producing a wheat
crop. Projection under the new
insurance plan is restricted by
legislation to the general level OF
the investments in the crop in an
area. This level Of coverage re-
quires a lower premium rate than
the past crop insurance programs
and enables the wheat producer
to protect his crop investment
with only small addition to his
operating costs.
ssReaction Of wheat producers
in the major wheat producing
areas to this new insurance plan
has been very favorable" Thomp-
son says. ''Since they intend to
produce a bumper wheat crop
every year, they prefer low-cost
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Health District
Protects 1890
During Disaster

Over $4,000 was spent by the
Benton-Franklin county health
department for typhoid shots dur
ing the recent flood emergency,
DR.. Charles Tudor, district health
director said yesterday.
This included almost 1900 in
jections in Kennewick to 1900 peo-
pie from the start Of the high wa
ter to the end of the flood emer-
gency. Benton City, Plymouth and
Paterson accounted for 1410 in
jections to 40 people.
In Pasco 4348 citizens received
a total of 10,947 shots. Some are
still finishing up on their last two
injections, DR.. Tudor reported.
The money spent on the injec-
tons breaks down into $500 for
added personnel, $500 for vaccine
$225 for telephones, $40 for need
les, cotton and alcohol, and Sos
for miscellaneous costs.
Eve are extremely fortunate In
having 50 far avoided any seri-
Gus complications due to the
flood" DR.. Tudor said.
In Kennewick 876 people took
the first shot, 529 received the
first two shots, and 2972 took the
entire series Of three shots.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Wheat TO Yield
Bumper Crop i
Weather is Good

The golden wheat fields high
above Kennewick will produce a
bumper yield this season if the
weather man will call off his
thunder showers, local predicters
agreed this week.
The rain has knocked down
some of the wheat, but the dam
age is not extensive, they said.
..sMost of the farmers say that
the wheat looks as good or better
than in 1942," Chef Durdle, man.
aeer of the Grange supply, said.
"The average ran 35 bushels to
the acre in that year."
One farmer reported that a
strip of his wheat had been laid
flat by water that came rushing
out of gulley after the rain
Monday night. Damage in the
Horse Heaven area seemed spot
- however. @ ~
some of the ranchers feared
that even if the rain did not knock
the wheat down, such late mois-
ture might lower the quality of
CONTINUED on Page 10
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Apartment House
Damaged by Fire

Firemen answered a call TO
an apartment house at 331 Co
lumbia at 2:28 pm. Monday. The
apartment house, owned by Glen
Tramel, suffered considerable da-
mage by the fire which burned
clothing and furniture in three
upstairs apartments.
The fire was not discovered
until smoke poured from the win
dows, Herb Malchow, fire chief,
said.
The department also answered a
call to a car fire on July 8. The
fire, at Kennewick Avenue and
Kent street, burned the interior
Of the car. A grass fire Sunday
afternoon on Third avenue east
called the firemen, but no da-
mage resulted.
The rural calls for the week
were: grass fire Saturday at 3:43
pm. in Hover; haystack and shed
on fire at 10th and Washington
streets, caused by firecrackers.
and 2:55 pm. Sunday grass fire
at 10th and Garfield.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Kennewick LOOT. to
Install New Officers

The Kennewick LOOT. will
hold their installation of officers
Monday evening, July IL, at the
Legion hall.
Bruce Lucke will be installed
as Noble Grand and Henry Smith
as Vice-Grand. The other officers
are as follows:
Warden, Erling Lande; /. c.,
Hugh Lucke; o. c.. A. L. Erick-
son; Ch., Frank Brown; Cond.,
Howard Ash; L. S. S., Ray Drury:
r. S. s., Earle Edwards; r. S. N. G.
Ernest Johnson; and L. S. N. c.,
Donald Hummel.
The Vice-Grand's supports are
Gilbert Edwards and jim Dicken-
son.
George Taylor is the Past Grand.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Council Consulis
On Bonding Plan

The Portland Bonding firm of
Trip and Fordyce opened a SER
les of consultations with the Ken
newick city council Tuseday
night on ways and mesnr Of fl
nancing the impending MAJOR ex-
tension Of the city's sewer system.
No actual agreements on the
amount of money to be raised to
finance the construction or on
other details Of the project will
be reached until later meetings
OF the council, said Mayor J. c.
Pratt today.
Commenting on their analysis
Of the expansion program, both
Fordyce and Trip advised coun-
cilmen to authorize bonds in an
amount sufficient to cover i'm
provements planned at present
and provide a safety factor for
the future.
If the authorization is large
enough in the beginning, the
citys position to market bonds
will be improved, they said, and
bonds need only be sold as
needed to finance the work as it
develops. The step, they pointed
out, would obviate the possible
necessity in the future for ad-
ditional bond issues.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Might Save Year
By Appropriaiing
or Project Now

"A small appropriation from
congress can save at 1east'a year
in the construction time for the
Kennewick Irrigation project, was
the opinion expressed this week
by officials of the Bureau of
Reclamation. While it is general
ly conceded that the project
authorization passed by the 80th
congress is tantamount to early
appropriation, "a large amount
of preliminary work can be ac-
complished with a small approp-
ration.
Project supporters are planning
to push for early consideration
of such measure when Con-
gresham Hal Holmes visits Ken
newick this month. The congress
man, who is now in the state,
has accepted an invitation to
visit Kennewick especially to dis
|cuss project features, sometime
this month. y
Members OF the board Of di-
rectors of the Kennewick Irriga-
ton district and members OF the
Projects committee met Tuesday
right with bureau men to dis
cuss steps toward the construc-
ton of the project.
Howard Stinson, attorney for
the bureau, outlined legal fea-
lures of the contract which will
be drawn between the bureau
and the local district.
DRAFTING of the contract will
be complicated by a number OF
things" he said. .'It will probably
take until October to complete a
draft"
He pointed out that an APP
preparation for funds will be
required before money can be
snent on the. project. A small
amount now could be utilized Tor
surveys and designing OF syphons
and bitches.
Present at the session also were
Harold Nelson, assistant director
for district one, o. H. Lindgren,
manager of the Yakima projects,
and Boyd Austin, manager OF
the Walla Walla office OF the
bureau.
The bureau, Stinson said, will
study all former contracts for
land ownership and other phases
of the project to complete draft
contract. He pointed out chat To-
cal people will be given every
opportunity to discuss and sug-
gest amendments before final
signing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08

eau of Governmental Re-
and Service of the
University Of Washing
ton. .~...
Donald II. Webster, director of
the University Research Bureau,
is in charge of the survey, which
was undertaken June 16 at the
invitation of Atomic Energy Of
ficials, and DR.. II. K. Hossom is
in charge of the field work.
Field data will be complete in
another week or ten days, it is
estimated, and the final report
will be written as soon as the
findings can be studied and ana
Used. .,u,s.s.-. ,..-
Informed observers surmise
that the study is an outgrowth
of the several requests for aid
in financing community facilities
that. have been made to the Acc
by citizens committees of the
towns bordering the Atomic city.
Regulations governing the Acc
permit payment i'm lieu of taxes
to alleviate dislocations occa-
stoned by atomic activities in
the vicinity of established COM
munities. They point out. How
ever, the payment is limited to
the amount that was paid by the
land in the condition in which
it was acquired, which reduces
the possible aid to neglible fig
Iure in most instances.
Acc officials are charged, in
addition, to weigh the benefits
brought to communities in re-
lation to the burdens that are
created.
It is believed that the study
was requested by the Richland
Acc management in order to
give them definite information
upon which TO base their de-
cisions on requests for aid 70
neighboring cities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
Garbage System
To Be Studied

Appearing before the city coun-
Gil Tuesday evening in behalf of
John Dietrich, Ralph B. McAbee,
Kennewick attorney, stated the
desire of his client to continue
the garbage collection service he
has operated in the city for the
past eight years.
McAbee also discussed the gar
bage collection ordinance of
neighboring Washington cities and
expressed the willingness of his
client to meet with councilmen
at length to work out a satisfac-
tory system of collection and dis
posal for the community.
One shortening Of the present
system, he indicated, is that resi-
dents may or may not subscribe
to the service. Under the cir
cumstances, he indicated, the OPP
Grafton has not been profitable
for the owner.
The matter was referred by
Mayor j. c. Pratt to councilmen
w. F. Neel, Paul Richmond, r. b.
Holden and Richard Rector for
action.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
S2,lS2.52 in Fines
And T ees Paid TO
Police In June

Fines and license fees paid to
the Kennewick police department
amounted to $2,182.52 in June,
Police Chief Ward Rupp announ-
ced this week.
Traffic and drunk and disor-
derby fines amounted to $1,119
Of the total and parking meter
payments came to $959.52, Rupp
said. Meter violation fines netted
the city 500.
Five stolen cars were recovered
by the police and Is persons were
arrested on drunk and disorderly
charges. Six dog licenses were
issued at a dollar apiece.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08
William Pratt Named
On CWCE Honor Roll

William d. Pratt, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph c. Pratt, ST., was
named on the honor roll released
from Central Washington Col
lege of Education this week.
An engineering student, Bill be-
gan school in March and is now
attending summer school. Stu
dents whose names appear on the
honor roll have averaged "B''
grade or better for their quarters
work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-07-08

Black and Oscar A. Carl
son. Gerald D. Robinson,
assistant manager Of the
Spokane agency assisted
in establishing the office.
1.-THE area Of the Columbia and
its tributaries has been declared
a disaster area" Robinson said.
Anyone who haA suffered Hood
damage is eligible Tor loans"
Loans up to $4,000 can be APP
proved by the Spokane agency,
Robinson continued, but appli-
cations for more than that sum
must be cleared through Wash
ington. The RFC fills in the hole
between bank loans and Red
Cross aid, he said. It takes care
of people who cannot get bank
loan, but who are not in need
of an outright gift.
Congress added $40 million
to the RIG revolving fund just
before it adjourned" Robinson
explained, "and the money for
these loans will come from that
fund.-"
Robinson said it was hard to
tell how long the office would
need to stay open, but that it
would stay as long as the job
demanded. The office will be
open from $3.50 am. until S pm.
five days a week.