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Evening star., 1948-09-03

visited yesterday by Netherlands
Ambassador E. H. van Kleffens, DR.
N. A. c. Slotemaker de Bruine
counselor of the embassy, and other
members of the embassy staff.
The Netherlands recognized the
independence of the United States
in 1882, almost a year before Great
Britain did. That first treaty of
amity and commerce" is the oldest
document in the display. The ORR
ginal signed by John Adams for the
United States, is in an excellent
state of preservation.
When Wilhelmina became 18 on
81, 1898, and was about to
be invested as Queen she wrote a
ceremonial letter to President Will
liam Mckinley. That letter, an
other one in 1907 announcing her
Evening star., 1948-09-03
Boy, Mother Ask $4,000
In Wall Collapse Injuries

An s-year -old boy and his mother
are seeking $4,000 damages for In
juries allegedly suffered by them
last March, when portion of q
brick wall abutting their residence
at 1890 H street NV. collapsed.
The boy is Ralph Mahoney, son
by former marriage of Mrs. Helen
Armstrong, colored.
The complaint, filed in District
Court yesterday, says the boy suf-
fered a leg fracture and head in
iuries when struck while on the
Evening star., 1948-09-03
u. ). Joins in Jubilee
For Queen WiIheImina

The United States has joined in
the golden jubilee celebration for
Queen Wilhelmina of The Neither
lands and in greetings to the new
Queen Juliana by displaying at the
National Archives Building historic
documents testifying to more than
a century and half of close friend
ship between the two nations.
The public exhibit, which will con-
tinue through next Thursday, was
Evening star., 1948-09-03

marriage to the Duke of Mecklen-
burg, and an announcement of the
birth of Princess Juliana in 1909
also are in the collection.
Several treaties signed by William
III, Queen Wilhelmina' father. are
on display. Later documents in
clude the first Netherlands United
States treaty signed by Queen Will
helmina in 1904, and the 1928
Netherlands ratification of the Kel-
logg-Briand Pact on the renuncia-
ton of war.
Evening star., 1948-09-03

sidewalk and asks 100000 in his be-
half. Mrs. Armstrong, the COM
plant charges. was injured when
struck in the eye by a piece of fall
ing plaster inside the house. The
plaster fell because of the vibration
set up by the falling wall, the suit
says. She asks $1,000 in her behalf
The suit names as one defendant
Evening star., 1948-09-03
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Evening star., 1948-09-03

Mrs. Sarah Edna Bowles, Of the
1900 block of Crittenden street NV,
described as owner of the H strees
residence, who caused" the wall
to be erected. It also names as de-
fendant the District for allegedly
consenting to erection of the wall.
Evening star., 1948-09-03
Building Hits Snuq

Shortages of iron and steel are
threatening the government con-
struction program in Fl Salvador.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01
The Ferry Story
By
BY
JACK GORKIE
Assistant to Governor Mon G. Wallgren
INSTALLMENT NO. ILL.,

with the company. Counties could
acquire and operate or condemn
the ferry boats and docking facil-
tiles through right of eminent
domain but real doubt existed
that the State had such power.
The Puget Sound Navigation
Company drove a hard bargain. In
early March, 1913, the King
County Commissioners reached an
agreement wi h the Company
through which the Company was
given a bare boat charter fee of
$500 a day or, for fixing rates,
a guarantee of $655,00O profit a
year. All profits were retained by
the Company. King County re-
ceived only the right to cancel
the agreement on 30 days notice.
Carte Blanche to raise rates
Once again fares were raised
5000. Ferry users now paid about
twice the wartime rates. By gain
ing King County sponsorship the
ferry company circumvented State
control of it's rates. The sky was
the limit on fares and once again
storm clouds were beginning to
gather.
The Attorney General having
ruled the State had the authority
to acquire and operate ferries, the
State Toll Bridge Authority en-
gagged the w. c. Gilman Company,
nationally known traffic engineers,
to survey the Puget Sound ferry
system. These engineers We're to
determine whether there was suf-
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01
Page Three

predecessor, by executive request,
presented bill IS B 34) calling for
a board of ten members, six ap-
pointed by the governor with con-
sent of the Senate; or if the Sem
ate were not in session land it
meets only every two years. when
the act takes effect or vacancies
occur, the governor shall make
temporary appointments.
What an opportunity for COM
plete control" Mrs. Kennedy de-
clared. Il can't conscientiously sit
by without asking you why these
two men, a former governor and
the present governor, are so anx-
ious to control the school and tim
berlands of our state
Mrs. Kennedy cited outstanding
school legislation, passed under
Martin as governor-the school
equalization act, most important
educational bill since the barefoot
schoolboy law" witch provided for
$40 million with a standard of 25
cents per pupil, rural or city alike.
Other major school legislation
under Martin included: special OPP
portunities and remedial schools
for underprivileged children; the
strengthening of juvenile court
laws; the first teachers retirement
bill which was actuarily sound;
prohibiting sale of intoxicating
liquor near a state educational in
stitution provision for better
transportation for school children,
for milk for needy youngsters, and
hot lunches; for doctors and
nurses in second and third class
districts; and for a state institute
of child development and research.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01
Clarence D. Martin
Friend of Schools

Why is Gov. Mon c. Wallgren
so anxious to control the school
and timber lands of the state ~
"Why did his predecessor arthur
B. Langlie), who also seeks re-
election, also present to the state
Legislature bill through which
the governor could control sale of
school lands and TIMBER"
Those questions were presented
squarely before the Washington
Women's Republican Club by Mrs.
Morris B. Kennedy, long a state
wide leader in non-political and
non-partisan educational legisla-
ton.
81 am supporting Clarence D.
Martin for governor because he
has proved he is a friend of edu-
cation. He has the most outstand-
ing record of the three guberna-
torial candidates. He was respon-
sible for many bills which have
benefited our schools and our
teachers" she declared.
"At the present time there is
$3.50, 100000 in school and timber
lands which belong to school child
rem of this state. Under our pres
ent system of handling state tim
Der sales, the land commissioners
office has the records of all state
lands and is trustworthy. But
what if less trustworthy person
is elected ?"
Gov. Wallgren offered a bill
IS. B. 2s9, placing control of
school and timber lands in the
hands of a board of seven mem
bers, three elective state officers
four appointed by the governor. His
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01

EDITORS NOTE: On the request
of weekly newspaper editors for
the facts behind the Puget Sound
ferry dispute, Mr.. Gorrie has pre-
pared articles covering the con-
troversy from the beginning to
the present time. This is the third
article of the series.)
King County to the Rescue!
The Puget Sound Navigation
Company had gone on strike
against the law and courts of the
state. $4,000 people of the Sound
islands and the Olympic PENN
sula were isolated There was no
legal means by which the State
could break or end the strike. The
Company had the only ferry boats
and docking facilities. The separ-
ate Sound communities tried to
operate temporary ferry service
with whatever boats of any type
they could gather. The service was
necessarily inadequate.
The Puget Sound Navigation
Company appealed the ferry case
to the State Supreme Court. 1t
has never returned fare over
charges to the ferry users.
King County stepped into the
breach and began negotiations
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01

DR.. Eduard Taborsky, Czechoslo-
vakian Minister in Stockholm, has
resigned, stating that since the
resignation of President Benes the
regime in his country does not
represent the true will of the peo-
pie.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01

pricing itself out of business and
causing hardship throughout the
Sound islands and the Olympic
Peninsula. For Sale signs now
dot the road sign before island
homes.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-08-01


terest investment houses in handl-
ing the revenue bonds of State
operated ferry system. The State
was rolling up it's sleeves.
Mass Meetings and the VashOn
Vigilantes
Meanwhile, Olympic Peninsula
and Island community organiza-
lions by the score held indignant
mass meetings, seeking relief from
astronomical ferry rates. By reso-
luton, by mailbags overlooking
with letters, by delegations to
Olympia the ferry users petitioned
the Governor for relief from in
tolerably high fares. -.
Serious trouble arose on Vashon
Island during the week of March
10, 1913. Since the strike the is
land has been. served. by an in
FAINT. ferry district. The Puget
Sound Navigation Company's boat,
Illahee, attempted to resume serv-
ice in competition with the dist
riot. The Illahee was met by a
dock massed with vigilantes, some
armed with clubs. Violence was
averted when the Illahee pulled
away and resumed it's run to the
mainland.
A Bear by the Tail
Alarmed by the situation con-
fronting them, besieged by ferry
users organizations, the King
County Commissioners ordered the
Puget Sound Navigation Company
to cut it's rates 1920 within 80
days.
Once again the ferry company
threatened to tie up its boats.
After a private meeting with the
ferry company officials, the King
County Commissioners announced
a possible modification of the rate
slash order within the thirty day
period before the rate cut was
to take effect. The Commissioner
were thereafter served by the
Company with a notice of cancel
lation of its contract. I'VE have
bear by the tall" Chairman
Green told Seattle newspapermen.
On June 81, 1913, the county
commissioners modified the rate
slash order. Fares of automobiles
and drivers were cut 1000. This
was reduction only of 800 on
the gross revenue of the naviga-
ton company, and it was only
effective for July.
Killing the Goose
The Commissioners might very
well have had a bear by the tail
but the Puget Sound Navigation
Company was certainly killing the
goose that laid the golden egg,
as stated by Vashon's Betty Mac
Donald, author of The Egg and
l." on a recent radio broadcast.
The ferry company reported to the
King County Commissioners that
during the period April 1, 1913 to
| April IS. 1913. it carried 6l.772
less passengers than in the same
period in 1947 under lower rates:
1921 less autos and 1403 less
trucks. During the same period
there was a rise in patronage on
the Company's Victoria run on
which fares had been raised only
5000 in two weeks the Company
lost total of S13,755 in gross
income over 1947.
From May l. 1913 to May Is,
194s, the ferry company carried
65,492 less passengers than in the
same two week period in 1947,
1910 less autos and 2,243 less
trucks.
The Victoria ferry run increased
patronage during both periods, The
gross income of the ferry COM
pany during the first two weeks
of Nav was sos. $50 less in l94S
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Seek 5000 homes

Construction of approximately
5000 or more housing units for
occupancy by families to be
moved in the clearing of slums
is major objective for 1913 of
Mayor Kennelly's land clearance
commission, Milton Mumford,
housing and development co-or-
dinator, said this week.
Sizeable amounts of slum land
to be acquired by the commission
and cleared, is another feature
of the commissions program for
1948.
Before the projects can be
started, test case now before the
Illinois Supreme Court to deter
mine the legality of $30,000,000
in bonds authorized by referen-
dunn at the November election,
must be decided.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Hike kids lunches

The Board of Education this
week juggled the hot potato,
school lunches, behind close d
doors-excluding even the press.
In a 15-minute m ock public
hearing, the board heard spokes-
man for the Joint Committee for
Low Cost School Lunches argue
against increasing prices of school
lunches, then called in reporters
and announced high school lunch
es would be raised from % to 80
cents. e
William Bachrach, board mem
Der, staged a one-man sitdown
strike against what he termed a
growing tendency on the part of
the board to return to closed ses-
sions. Bachrach sat it out with
reporters in the press room dur
ing the hearing.
Lloyd Davis, spokesman for the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Good soldier

Judge Robert Jerome Dunno
agreed this week to be a good
soldier" and accept assignment to
the Juvenile Court.
On Jan. 5, Judge Dunno will
replace Judge Frank H. Bicek,
who served Is years in the Ju-
venile Court, and who asked re-
assignment recently while a citi-
zen's committee was investigating
the conduct of the court.
Dunno is the son of the late
Edward F. Dunno, formerly
mayor of Chicago, and governor
of Illinois.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
This weeks comics
SteveCanyon swoes
come to a head

dead, was guilty of gun-run-
ming. Spray, who's trying to
clear her fathers name, started
to clear the Dragon Lady's head
in hair-pulling contest when
a sinister hood, who runs the
gambling casino where the DL
has been hanging out, walks in
with a gun in his fist.
Too bad he had to walk in
just then; it looked like the
girls were just about to let their
hair down-but good!
THE u. S. Atomic Energy
Commission, which dropped a
load of atomic rubbish on Dog
patch, now informs LII Abner
Yokum and his folks in the
Daily News that they may not
be able to leave the area for
1000 years. The Yokums may
be radioactive, but for a long
time that's the only kind of
activity they'll enjoy.
And speaking of people in
trouble, consider the case OF
poor old Bathless Groggins,
more formally known as J.
Pierpont Groggins.
Abbie, the sweet little old
mother of the town that sounds
sinprobab1eD, was about to
pounce on the wealthiest man
in town, Jasper Hagstone, as
the one responsible for poison
ing the local kids with I'M
wholesome cereal when Hag-
stone tried to pin the rap on
Bathless.
Bathless would never pull
er ~. Sinking trick
like that, but it looks like Abbie
is fooled for the moment.
BUT THE KING of them
must be Buck Rogers. Other
comic strip heroes demolish
crooks one at a time, but not
Rogers, me bucko. He has taken
on three separate, unallied bad
'uns all at once-Pounce, Midas,
and Modar of Saturn.
If that's what the 25th cen
tury is going to be like, I'll even
be satisfied with 1913!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Tax striker

While John Joseph Ryan, chair
man Of Chicago's Rent Advisory
Board CRASHED his teeth and
threatened a landlords tax strike
if blanket Is per cent rent in
crease is not granted here, the
Chicago Rent Control Commission
debated whether it should broad
en- and extend controls.
Ryan's threat came after the
second refusal of Housing Expe-
ditor Tighe E. Woods to grant a
general Chicago rent increase.
Ryan's rent board wrote Woods
Dec. II, asking for a blanket Is
per cent rent hike. Woods origin
ally refused to groups first re-
quest last October, and at the
same time asked Gov. Green to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03

koop?"
The woman, DR.. Alice Lindsay
Wynekoop, n, was asked the
question = probably for the last
time-as she was released last
week from the Women's Reforma-
tory at Dwight.
Although DR.. sWynekoop paid
for the murder of her daughter,
Rheta, %, with Is years and nine
months of her life, she has stead
tasty maintained her innocence.
Rheta's body had been found
on an operating table in the base
ment of the Wynekoop home at
3406 w. Monroe ST., on Nov. 81,
1888. She had been chloroformed
and shot in the back.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Lonnie examined

Howard Lang, IL, whose trial
for murder of his playmate, Lon
ME Fellick, z, was to begin this
week, was found free of mental
illness in a preliminary examina-
ton last week by DIR. v. G. Urse,
chief psychiatrist Of Psychopathic
Hospital.
Chief Justice Cornelius J. Har-
rington instructed Towards at
torney, Samuel Andalman, to
make arrangements for another
examination at the Illinois Neu-
ropsychiatric Institute.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Double take

Freed on one embezzlement
charge, Lawrence A. Barrett, At,
once prominent Democratic poll
tician, was arrested this week on
another.
Barrett was found not guilty
by Judge Daniel A. Roberts in
Criminal Court on a charge of
embezzling $117,167 while acting
as liquidating trustee for the
Madison-Kedzie Trust Bank.
AS he left the courtroom, how
ever, he was rearrested and a
new charge of embezzling $55, 621
during his trusteeship was en-
tered against him.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03

r Asst time we saw Steve
l. Canyon, he looked as
though he'd got into an argu-
ment with Jersey Joe Walcott.
He had lump on his noggin
and a head that shouldn't hap
pen to a head of beer.
All this was a result of try
ing-in vain-to stop those var
minis from blowing up the
plane bearing medical supplies
to the Far Eastern health depot
where he's protecting Deem
Wilderness, the pretty doctor
who really pardon the pun got
under his skin.
JULEp FROST. whose looks
belle her name, and Kerry
Drake, who doesn't know when
to duck, have turned over all
the evidence on DOT to Dis
trict Attorney Barr.
DOT, you'll remember, is
disc jockey who is murder
and we amt kidding! Julep
was last seen about to shoot
holes in the gimbo for killing
her brother in a jewel robbery
4 q
ANOTHER detective, Dick
Tracy, has finally found out
who stole the pointed top to
a park monument. It was
Shoulders, who was last seen
in Joly shooting holes in
little gamin by the name of
Themesong.
What Tracy doesn't know is
that Shoulders sawed off the
monument top to get the mil
lion-dollar fortune in gems that
an Indian prince had hidden
there years before.
THE TRIB'S Terry and the
Pirates has reached a new i'm
passe. Terry's old flame, whom
we mentioned last week, has
turned out to be the Dragon
Lady, who's breathing fire-ap-
propriately-at this stage of the
game.
The DL says that Spray
O'Hare's Navy father, now
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Local roundup
; parties here open 48
political campaigns
TT the first week of the New

IF the first week of the New
Year was any indication,
1948 will be the hottest political
year in many seasons.
The week saw four major DO
litical developments in Chicago
and Illinois: /.
Q Henry Wallace made his
long-awaited bid here for the
Presidency as the leader of the
third party movement. See Page
81 r
. The Progressive Party of
Cook County announced its slate
of candidates for Congressional,
county and local offices. See
Page 81
. Local Democrats agreed on
a tentative slate for state offices.
. Republicans again demon
strated the tight grip held on
their party by the Chicago Trib-
une, through its puppet, Gov.
Green.
IL dppSd1 GU llldl Lie OGlIlOCId dts
would offer Adlai Stevenson for
governor, Paul H. Douglas for
attorney general, Edward j. Bar
rett (the incumbenD for secretary
of state, Earl Merritt of Salem
for treasurer, Ben o. Cooper of
East st. Louis for auditor, and
B e n amin S. Adam >wski for
states attorney.
With less unanimity in their
ranks Hugh w. Cross and War
rem Wright have already an
nounced that they will try to take
the gubernatorial n min a i on
from Green, the COP state CEN
trail committeeman met at Spring
field, solemnly pledged their I'M
dying loyalty to Green and any
slate he might choose to head.
Speculation that interested OBJ
servers: how will Green justify
his running for third term, aft.
er denouncing Franklin d. Roose-
welt for doing just that in 1910?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03

appoint "a more representative
board"
Meanwhile, arguments wer e
heard in public hearings at City
Hall over whether Chicago's Rent
Control Commission should take
over control of $4,000 dwelling
units on which federal controls
expire Jan. 1.
Alex Elson, chairman of the
commission, said he would confer
with a corporation counsePs Of
flee to determine legal aspects of
the matter.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Milking time

The milk trusts were oiling up
the public this week-but gently
as they prepared to slap an in
crease on milk prices sufficient to
make up the one cent decrease
a few sWeeks ago.
Andrew w. Colebank, federal
milk market administrator, pre-
diets that milk prices will 60 up
one and one half to two cents per
quart in January.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Needs a tow

Harry Carson. 43. tow
truck driver. was served with
a suit this week asking $324.-
Sss.s2 in delinquent income
taxes.
Carson operated a handbook
at. 4085 BroadwaY-in 1886.
"Haw." grunted Cars n.
some joke. Maybe I can
scrape up the 81 cents though"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03

Joint Committee for Low Cost
School Lunches, which represents
some 20 organizations and indi-
viduals, including Congressman
Adolph SABBATH and DIR. Maud
Slye of the University of Chicago,
assailed the boards proposal to
increase lunch prices. He urged
that a minimum of $225, 900 be
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03

granted by the board for lunches
in 1913.
Davis pointed out that school
lunchroom sales have dropped
within the past year and one half,
which has seen five lunch price
increases = from 10 cents to 20
cents-and now the sixth in
crease, to 80 cents.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Not guilty

~ did not commit the murder.
/ do not know who did it."
Newsmen leaned close to the
tired, bitter, old woman, as she
answered the question ask e d
many times since her imprison-
ment: who killed Rheta Wyne-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-10-14
Anxious Ban End
On Reeord-Making

New York City (ILNS). = The
American Federation Of Musicians
and the record companies are anx-
ious to make a new agreement,
President James c. Petrillo Of the
union said as he met with officers
of 7 record companies. The union
has banned the manufacture Of new
records since last Jan. /.
Officials of the Columbia, Capitol,
Decca, King, Mercury, MGM and
RCA-Victor concerns, as well as an
observer for the Phonograph Re
cord Manufacturers Association,
attended the opening conference.
President Petrillo emphasized that
the discussions We're only in a pre-
liminary stage and that it still was
too early to predict their outcome.
Petrillo said that the purpose Of
the meeting was to explore means
by which the ban could be lifted
and the unions program of free
concerts continued without running
counter to the provisions of the
Taft-Hartley law. Previously, the
free concerts were financed by fees
that the companies paid on each
record they sold. The fees then
went directly to the unions head
quarters, a practice outlawed un-
der the Taft-Hartley statute.