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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-29
Minstrel Show
Swells Treasury

KenneWick KiWaniS club
found It's treasury swelled to the
amount Of $S21.28 to continue the
program Of youth work in the
community as 2 result OF the
Minstrel show held recently. The
final check on income and en-
|penditures as revealed at the
meeting Tuesday showed that
Kennewick had topped the 9TH
Ter two clubs.
Richland earned $4e0.40 and
Pasco received $36e.l1. The net
earning Of the show was divided
on the basis Of income from
each club from ticket and adj
|vertising sales. IN
Hank Wellsendt, state inter-
club director, described to Hi
|wanians the project Of develop
ing the Kappa Iota Phi fraternity
on the campus Of the State Col
lege of Washington as a me-
mortal to the late J. N. Emerson,
"a former Kiwanis international
president and member of the
Pullman club. e ~.
The fraternity is supported by
Kiwanis clubs to aid deserving
young men in college, with stress
on scholarship. A house was
provided for the group several
years ago by Emerson. This was
sold in 1888 when a larger house
was acquired which provides
room and board for 81 students
at reasonable rates. .-
With Wellsendt were several
members of his home club of
Dayton including Don Rogers,
president, and w. S. Hughes, Ken
meth House, Rev. Logan Perring-
er and George jackson.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-29
The Man Is Coming

THE Man. Who Came to Dim
,ner." the comedy made famous on
the New York stage and On the
screen ~ the be1rhisaered Monty
Woolley; win Be staged in Ken
newick May 2 and 8.
Planned as a benefit for the
cancer drive. the play will be
extra performances by the Rich
land Players who made a smash
ing success of three nights in
Richland recently.
So pleased were the audiences
with the play that additional per-
formances have been demanded
by numerous people. It will come
to the Kennewick high school
under the sponsor ship
of The Courier-Reporter with
assistance from the Rainbow Girls
and the DeMolay club.
The Richland Players, under the
direc.'on of Mrs. Michael Clark,
have cast of 80 people, each one
doing perfect job.
So enthusiastic were Richland
audiences that the play was fire.
quently interrupted by spontane-
Gus applause, in recognition Of
top performances by many men,
beers of the cast.
Richard Sargent lends many new
interpretations to the lead role Of
Sheridan Whiteside, delighting the
audiences with his acid humor.
Paul A. Clark had audiences in
Continued on Page 81
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aichiand Treble Clef
Gives Benefit Tonight

Inc Hchland Treble Cleft club
vocal group of 60 women's
So'ees-Will present a benefit con-
cert tonight at the Pasco Recrea-
ton Center.
Inc artistry of string ensembles
VIII also be featured.
Inc performance is given for
4e oeneht OF the Children's Or
'nopedlc hospital of Seattle, where
Shioren are given treatment for
Done diseases, infantile paralysis
ana other childhood maladies.
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thirty years to bring the
project to a reality. Word
of the action first came
i'm a telephone message
from Hal Holmes to
Frank Maupin, secretary Of the
Kennewick Irrigation Projects
committee.
The congressman reported that
he was "grilled" for more than
an hour in presenting arguments
for the bill TO the committee.
This is the second big hurdle
the bill has overcome this spring.
As the result of q trip OF WASH
ington by Jay Perry. Frank
Lampson and Forrest Gragg In
February the bill received unani-
nous approval from both the
subcommittee and the full COM
|mittee on public lands.
The action this week is con-
sdered TO be especially signifi-
cant becasue of the general op-
position of house leadership TO-
ward irrigation projects Rules
committee approved virtually as
sures passage in this congress.
When house approval is at
tanned it is expected that the bill
Win be rushed through the SEN
ate. where little, opposition Is
expected.
2 n speedy action can be at
tanned Il Is believed that sec
ond action for appropriation can
be pushed through in this ses-
sion. fa
The project will cost $4,000
kilowatts of critically needed
power.
The project, known officially
as the Kennewick division Of the
Yakima project, will provide
farm units for some 500 families
and win restore and enlarge the
local processing industry which
has been suffering because OF
the withdrawal of acreage for
the Hanford project
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"A sale of its water sys-
tenn, the city would have
the first chance to buy"
It appears certain, he pro-
ceeded, that the final cost of a
unified water system for the en-
tire community will cost in the
neighborhood Of a million dol
lars.
Dring his presentation, Skill
returned again and again to the
point that the city enjoys a
much more favorable position in
the matter Of dnancing the water
installation than does the PIP & L.
Speaking with marked candor
and sincerity. he explains that
the city can borrow money at
lower interest RATS than that
available to private enterprise,
that there IS chance that other
government financing may be
made available 10 the city to
meet the emergency, and that
the city can afford to take on :
larger load than 4 spxiNate comp
any ,,ss,as..ssss
Skill reviewed the course talk
en- BY the PIP 4 L to date. In
the early spring, the company
contemplated deepening the wells
from which its water supply is
pumped. Engineers, investigat-
ing the problem. even recon-
mended an additional well.
But the growth of the city
has been so fast that our en-
gineers finally concluded that fill
tered and chlorinated water from
the Columbia river must be
given consideration as supply"
he said.
Officials of the PIP & L have
given careful consideration, in
addition, he continued, to the
need to place the responsibility
for water distribution under one
Continued on Page 81
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Postal Receipts
Rise 81 Percent
In First Quarter

Reporting volume gain OF
more than "a percent in the frs,
three months of 1913 in excess o,
the same period in the previou:
year. Kennewick Postmaster Rec.
ords again today sought the CO.
operation and Indulgence Of post
office patrons. 81
Expressed in actual dollars and
cents, the percentage increase
amounted to $5,46l.49 for the
quarter. 80.
Work 70 increase space for post.
al personnel at the expense of pa.
irons lobby space viii start soon
Records said, revealing that q re.
cent letter from the fourth assist.
ant postmaster informed him OF
an impending visit from the de-
partshents travelling mechanic,
who win supervise the remodeline
opeeatioa.
Ccmmenting that the REVISED
space arrangement Is not consid.
cred satisfaetory by himself OF
other officials Of the postal de-
partment, Records described il as
the only course left open.
Partial relief from congestion
in the antequated quarters may
come soon from establishment OF
a sub post Office on Avenue c, he
said. His request for the added
facility has been acknowledged
and further developments are ex-
pected at an early date.
Patrons along the River Road,
now called Columbia Avenue by
post Office workers, can be of par
ticular aid, said Records, by post
ing their correct box numbers on
mail boxes for the guidance Of the
carriers.
Although we are working un-
der the greatest difiiulties," he
noted, 1--WE can show a definite i'm
in our service from
Kennewick TO the Richland Y, If
patrons win cooperate in this
matter"
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The Sidewalk
REP OR TER
souAWx CLUB
by The
KEC1(EWICK COURIER

The parallel Parkers and Meter
Beaters section Of the Amalga-
mated Groaners took possession
Of this weeks session with their
old complaint. Gaining the plat
form By unique maneuver OF
driving Jeep down the aisle
and right up onto the stage,
thirteen members poured out
while another stayed in the ma
chine to keep the horn blowing.
The squawk, of course, dealt
with parking space. Its getting
50 you can't park within blocks
Of where you wantSto Co." a
QckeGman shouted over the dir.
met only i il impossible to find
: place 70 park on Tie street.
even Il you are willing to feed
The machines, but now Johnny
Neumah's lot is getting 50 popu-
lar, Il Is even difficult to get in
there. We oughta tear down some
buildings, or somp'n.'
ANSWER
The complaint is obviously
justified. With a count Of 10000
cars day on Kennewick ave-
nue. and 10000 at Washington
and Avenue c it is plain that
parking space becomes an in
creasingly acute problem. The
only answer is the same as the
one other cities have found. That
IS more off-street parking. There
are plenty of lots not in use as
well as space to the rear of COM
mercial buildings that could be
utilized for parking. These areas
should be prepared for orderly
parking to gain maximum use.
BOUQUET
~ bunch Of night-blooming Ce-
reus to those fine citizens of Ken
newlck who continue to aid the
weary pedestrian by keeping
porch lights shining at night.
ontil materials are available to
extend lighting in the residential
areas the practice is to be highly
commended and other citizens
are urged to do likewise.
RECNEAflos1 nav
We know it isn't possible. but
u would be nice il we could all
taae the day off Friday to spend
with the kids in their big day
however. it should be possible
.or large number of people to
1ind time to spend a part of the
afternoon enjoying the festiyi-
nes. And from the announce
ments, 1t will be time well spent
APOLOGY 81
Our apologies to radio listeners
ana TO station KGA, Spokane
Oue to a misunderstanding on
our part we published last week
continued on Page 81
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AGA Deadline Nearing
A. III. Thomson Warns

May ! is the deadline for farm
ers to sign farm plan work sheets.
reminds A. J. Thompson, AGA
director. Unless sheets are signed
before that date, growers win
not be eligible for benefits under
the 1913 plan.
With only a few days Of grace
remaining. il is doubly important
for all growers to qualify now,
said Thompson.
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NAY QUEEN DERBY

MAY QUEEN DERBY
a late report Of voting for
May Queen candidates gives the
following standings: Camp Fire
Girls Joan Howard. $500:
Junior High councils Florence
Smith. $500: Catholic feen-ag-
sris Lorraine Schwartz. 5000:
Senior High chorus Jessie
Grimshaw. 5000: Junior High
Booster clubs June Higgins.
$500: Rainbow Girls Barbara
Babeoek. $500: Hi-Y clubs
Donna Brewer. l.loo: Future
Farmsss' Carolyn NcCalmanf.
600. ..Un1spostsd are Elizabeth
Beltx( sponsored b. High School
band: Pep clubs Janet Hiliisz.
Ids pEimarYs GsY3s Mes
sesvy: LsttsTmsn's clubs Don.
N. Jseolps and Hoaee seed
sfy's AudesY Ca1lton.
Kennewick color guard, fhe high
school band. the drum and bugle
corps, the Kennewiclk unit Of the
Washington National guard, kid
CONTINUED on Page 50
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Skill Suggests Plans
for Filtration Plant

AS soon as engineering data can be put in final
form, the city will be given opportunity to pur
chase the PIP & water distribution system in Ken
newck Roy Skill, district manager for the company
told the Kennewick City Council Tuesday night
when Mayor Pratt first took office" Skill
said II told him that if the company ever considered
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-29
BULLE TINS
POLICE IMPAssE

POLICE IMPASSE
With May IA getting nearer
by the day, no action yet has
been reported In the police force
crisis facing the city Of Kenne-
wick. After the 18th, only the
Chief of Police and one patrol
man win be left to protect the
population of more than 5000
people. II present designations
materialize. At the Tuesday night
meeting Of the city council,
councilmen indicated that they
look 70 Mayor J. c. Pratt for a
solution. Late Wednesday, the
Mayor announced that as vet
he had no progress 10 report
CHICKEN FOR WINNERS
The victorious Calf Ropers Of
the Ksnnswick chamber Of com.
msxcs win eat free fried chick
sn tonight ~ the Farm. The
dinner starts a eight o'clock.
with the low-scorino. bean-eaf-
ing Range Riders serving. The
second place Wrsnglsrs viii have
. plate dinner. The event is
the climax Of the Spring Round
up. . membership drive recent
IL conducted by the chamber of
commerce. Leader of the win
ming team is L. M. Cronin.
Glenn FELTON, captained the
runners-up. and II. c. Hicks
headed the losing. Calf Ropers.
The drive Melted So Dough-
siex" for the chamber. manager
Frank Ross said.
VICTORY WON
The Fourth congressional dis
trict organization, headed by Jul
Illus BAIL of Kennewick, was
credited as the best organized
district" in the state convention
Continued on Page 81
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Nay ny Opens Friday With Parade
Rams On Ihrouqh Fun-P Packed Day

Friday is May day and Recrea-
ton day in Kennewick-and the
parade line will begin TO- form at
the corner Of Washington street
and Third avenue at 1890 o'clock
in the morning.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-29
PROJECT APPROVAL LOOMS
Rules Committee
Gives Bill o K

Almost certain passage of the Kennewick High
lands irrigation BILL introduced by Congressman Hal
Holmes is seen in the action of the powerful rules
committee in agreeing unanimously to brine the bill
onto the floor of the house.
The announcement was received here with jubi-
lation by the many boosters who have worked for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-29

When the parade rolls at IL o.
clock it will mark the opening
Of a fun day of fun and froGc-
not only for the kids of the town
but for the parents as well. That
Is, il the wishes of the school and
recreational authorities are heed
ed.
The parade will feature the
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Light Carbon, Oxygen Output
Reported to Physical Society

development may be put, he said,
are movies Of the fastest moving
organs in human bodies. 1t also will
be possible to make picture studies
of the distortions flyers undergo
when catapulted from a speeding
plane or when they make crash
landings. There also is the prospect
of studying the internal action of
airplane and automobile engines.
First national yardsticks of radio
activity, comparable to any of the
other fixed standards of weight
and measures, now are being con-
structed at the Bureau of Standards,
DR.. L. F. Curtis told the society.
With increasing use of radio
active isotopes in medicine and for
delicate experiments, he pointed
out, 1t is essential that there be
some means of comparing one sam
pie with another. For this purpose.
the Bureau will prepare samples
the activity of which is known with
great precision and against which
all measuring equipment can be
checked.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
By Thomas R. Henry
Science Editor Of The Stor

Production Of especially light
forms OF carbon and oxygen, the
two basic chemicals of life on earth,
were announced to the American
Physical Society meeting here today.
Both carbon 10, a sixth lighter
than-ordinary carbon and oxygen
IA, seventh lighter than ordinary
oxygen, are radioactive. These new
forms never have existed before.
They were produced by proton
bombardment of other elements in
the Princeton University cyclotron.
They could not have been made
with the relatively low energies
available in a uranium pile, source
OF the majority of new isotopes.
There now are available three
radioactive and two stable forms
OF carbon. The most abundant of
the radioactive forms is carbon IA,
the atom Of which is about tenth
heavier than that of the nonexplod-
ing carbon which constitutes the
great bulk of all living things and
which is the fuel of life. Carbon IA
net only exists in considerable guam
titles In nature but can be made in
the atomic piles. Unfortunately it
cannot be used in biological expert
ments with human beings or for
treatment Of disease, since it has a
half life OF several thousand years
and radioactive poisoning would ac-
cumulate very rapidly. Carbon 10.
heavier than ordinary carbon, can
be used freely but is separated only
with great difficulty.
Significance Studied.
The new light carbon has been
produced only in infinitesimal uuan-
titles. but if it proves to have a
short life, it may be one of the most
significant additions to the list of
biologically available isotopes.
The same is true of the radioac-
tive oxygen, the stable form of which
is the "gas of life." necessary for
the burning of carbon. No efforts
have yet been made to determine
It's physiological reactions.
The chief interest in these two
isotopes at present, according to DR..
M. G. White of Princeton and his
colleagues who produced them in
the university's cyclotron by pro-
ton bombardment of other elements,
lies in their peculiar nuclear struc-
ture. The nucleus OF each contains
two more protons than neutrons,
whereas the most common pattern
OF isotopes is exactly the opposite.
Superspeed X-Ray Movies.
Development Of superspeed X-ray
movies was described to the society
by DR.. Charles M. Slack, director
of the Westinghouse Lamp Research
Laboratories of Bloomfield, N. j.
The method combines X-ray ex-
posures of ten-millionths of sec
ond and a shutterless camera
shooting movies at 100 frames
second.
with exposures Of such rapidity
1900 times faster than a person
blinks-we are able for the first
time to make X-ray movies of
speeding objectives without blur"
Dr. Slack said.
Among the uses to which the
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Mother Of WiIeyDue
To Testify Monday in
Girls S15O,000 Suit

Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley is expected
to testify Monday in District Court
as a defense witness in the breach
Of promise suit brought against her
son, Harvey w. Wiley, jr., by Miss
Camille Nowicki, who seeks $50, ,00O
damages.
Mr.. Wiley, whose father, the late
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, was largely
responsible for the pure food and
drug laws, yesterday refused either
to deny or affirm that he is the
father Of son born to Miss Nowicki
on August 13, 1916. He has denied
vigorously, however, that he ever
promised Miss Nowicki to marry her
The defense placed on the stand
yesterday Mrs. Alexander Porter OF
the 2100 block of H street NV.
who said she and her husband are
longtime friends of Mr.. Wiley and
Of Miss Gladys Laing, a friend OF
Mr.. Wiley. Miss Laing testified she
has known Mr.. Wiley for many
years and has had numerous dates
with him.
In answer to questions. asked
by Attorney Arthur J. Hilland
counsel for Mr.. Wiley, Mrs. Porter
denied that Miss NoWicki and Mr..
Wiley had told her in 1916 they were
engaged. Miss Nowicki had testified
she and Mr.. Wiley had told of plans
to be married.
The jury was excused while the
other wisness, Miss Laing, testified
she was a Catholic and asserted
prejudice against her religion. Jus
tice Jennings Bailey has not yet
permitted that part Of Miss Laing's
testimony to 60 before the jury as
evidence.
The defense sought to introduce
the testimony to show that Mrs.
Wiley does not hold any religious
prejudice.
Earlier in the trial, Miss Nowickie
declared Mr.. Wiley had said his
mother objected to his marrying the
plaintiff and said that among the
reasons was that Mrs. Wiley thought
she might be foreign or Jewish or
Catholic. Mr.. Wiley has denied
making the statements.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Engineer Held on Charges
Of Perjury in Divorce Suit

A 49-year-old Naval Gun Factory
engineer yesterday was held under
$500 bond for grand jury action on
charge that he perjured himself
during divorce proceedings in Dis
trict Court in 1916.
Edgar c. Mcfarland of Derwood,
Md, pleaded not guilty to the charge
in a preliminary hearing before
Judge Ellen K. .Raedy in Num-
cipal Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Mother Fined for Holding
Baby's Hand Over Gas JET
By the Associotsd Press

CHICAGO, May IA 26-year-old
mother was fined $100 and costs
yesterday for holding her 3-year-
old sons hand over a gas jet.
Il was only trying to scare him."
Mrs. Florence Manganiello told
Judge Mason S. Sullivan. She ap-
peared before him on a charge of
cruelty to child-her son Louis, jr.
She said she wanted to scare the
boy to break his habit of turning
on the gas. Il didn't realize the
flame was so hot" she said.
Mrs. Manganiello and her hus-
band, Louis, ST., are separated and
q divorce suit is pending.
Evening star., 1948-05-01
Knights TempIor Unit
Holds Banquet Tonioht

The annual banquet of the Com
manders' Association, Knights Tenn
plar, will be held at $50 o'clock
tonight in the Continental Hotel.
John j. Allen, commander of
Brightwood Commandery, will be
installed as president; Alfred L.
Largo OF Potomac Commandery
as vice president and John H. Else
man OF Washington Commandery
as secretary treasurer.
The principal speaker will be
Grand Commander Hugh l.. Murrell
Evening star., 1948-05-01

Stafford Grady charges Mcfarland
stated at the time Of the divorce
proceedings that he had been liv-
ing in the District for 10 years,
whereas he actually had lived in
Maryland during that period.
Investigators attached to the
United States Attorneys Office re-
ported Mcfarland won his divorce
from Mrs. Alta L. Mcfarland, now
OF Essex, Conn, on grounds of
five years voluntary separation.
Evening star., 1948-05-01

Fire has designed a snappy new
walking out" uniform for its SOL
diers, to encourage Army recruiting.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-31

B. Fink, s. J., and has said mass at the hospital. Friday evening he confirmed a class of 12, mostly adults.
 Thursday afternoon, the bishop visited the base, and Thursday evening was the guest of the parishioners at a dinner at the Montmartre Inn.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-31
Bishop Gleeson Makes Official Visit Here

The Most Rev. Francis D Gleeson, s. J.. recently couse- crated Vicar Apostolic of Alaska, visited St. Mary's Catholic Church parish here this week, arriving Tuesday. Bishop Glee- son plans to leave tomorrow.
 The visit Is his first official one since his conservation ? months ago, and is part ot a tour through the Territory His Headquarters are Tn Juneau.
 Bishop Gleeson has been dis- eussing plans for a new Catholic Church here with Father Louis
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-31
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 Arthur Makus, Mrs. Helea Dunn. Sam Applebaum, ). s. Jensen, Sam Citanovich, R. A. Madsen, I. M. Kirschner, M. R. Chapin, J, H. Crandell, John Kanick, L. E. Wood.
 OUTGOING:
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