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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
By Thomas L. Stokes

The jittery state Of the world
and Of us here in this country-is
illustrated again sadly in the melo-
dramatic performance that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17
By Doris FIeeson

The Democratic leadership of the
House feels no pain whatever these
days: in fact, to put 1t candidly, 1t
Is acting downright SNUG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-17

this year. Representative Hebert
used to be a newspaperman him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20

tower, racing on an unnamed
street, is almost completed. A
start win be made on setting sip
equipment this week, and the
station Is slated te start operating
about February I. The building
covers about 1000 feet Of floor
space. This floor space will be
occupied by the studio, control
room, business offices. and news
room. An Associated Press print
er is being installed.
Hal and associates now have a
new idea in mind which they did
not have Monday morning. A
Courier-Reporter reporter went
down, looked over the place and
was most impressed by a big win
dow facing the unnamed street.
Continued on Page 3
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
City Approves
Light Pro ect

That lighting project for south
Washington street and parts of
adjoining streets in the south part
Of the city received an official
stamp of approval from the city
council Tuesday night.
/ Yesterday officials of the Pub
lie Utility District here said they
expected to start construction
within month. They estimated
that some of the system could be
in operation in about two weeks
after work is begun. Owen w.
Hurd, PUD manager, said they
were short some materials but
all had been ordered.
The project will light the resi-
dental section on south Washing
ton from Fourth to Tenth street,
to the canal eastward, beyond
Sixth and north of the canal on
Fourth and Fifth to Date street.
The project is trial project
which. will incorporate the use of
the new mercury-vapor lights as
well as incandescents. An idea of
the contracting parties is to ex-
tend the same system of lighting to
other areas if it satisfies the
council and the public
The new city council received
a report on the project on January
4 and at that time took it under
advisement for study.
Conferences with p. U. D. Of
ficials since the January session
had established that the cost of
the project would be $3.50 per
year for a period Of 20 years.
The motion passed by the coun-
Gil Tuesday night authorized the
project and asked the p. u. D.
ito proceed Immediately" II
The council heard Mrs. Neva
Bequette, Bi-County Librarian,
in a plea to use the local city Ii
brary to exploit the advantages of
the bi-county system. A bi-coun-
ty district library was authorized
in the general eleetions last fall.
Cost would be borne BY q tag
Continued on Page 8
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Taxis Will Park
On Cascade 81.

Taxi cabs which have been us
ing Kennewick avenue near the
post office as their parking area
have moved to a new headquar-
tiers and the city council Tuesday
gave them permission to park
around the corner on Cascade st.
Action was taken after a petit
ton was read from members of
the Nennewick Valley Grange ask
ing that cabs be parked elsewhere
and that no other part Of that ave-
nue. be used for restricted parking.
A cab company had been making
their headquarters In a corner Of
the Arrow Grill.
Councilmen said the parking
permission had been granted the
company temporarily when the
Kennewick hotel burned down
last July. The council also discus
sed proposal to allow more room
for driving in to deposit mail In q
mail box In front Of the post Of
flee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Syndicate
On Water

Kennewick city council last
night. in an adjourned session,
retained a syndicate to make a
financial study Of the city to
establish what the city can pay
for the Pacific Power & Light
company water system.
The survey is to establish also
the city's borrowing capacity.
In the syndicate are Charles N.
Tip company of Portland; Pa
cific National Bank of Seattle;
Fordyce g. Company, Inc, Port
land; William p Harper & Son,
Seattle; Richards g. Blum, Spo-
kane. All are prospective bond
buyers. .-.-r
The city also retained Pres
ton, Thorgrimson & Horwitz uf
Seattle as legal advisors on the
water deal. CDR.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
New Radio Station Gets a New Idea
But They'll Take Only Half Of Il

Hal Clark likes to talk and a
lot of people like to listen to him.
He was q newspaper reporter
and columnist, but that didn't
give him any particular opportun-
ity to talk; 50 he went out and
organized radio broadcasting
company.
First the thing was merely an
idea in q mans brain. Now the
radio tower is up-208 feet in the
air, standing in what is known as
the Garden Tracts of Kennewick.
Interested with Hal are Don
Seeley, commercial manager;
Marvin "Rusty" Johnston, pro-
gram director; and c. J. "Mack"
McCredie, chief engineer. Hal is
station manager.
The building, standing near the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Enough Or
We Will Quit
Says Selby

Members Of the city recreation
committee laid before the city
council Tuevday night a program
that had been outlined for the
year, then told council members
and Mayor Keolker that 1--WE want
enough for an adequate program
or we don't want to run it,
Main speaker was DR.. S. S.
Selby, chairman of the recreation
committee. He called the councils
attention to the fact that an esti-
mate of $4,000 had been submit
ted but that the council had
knocked that amount down to
$500 which was $1,000 less than
the department had last year.
But council members, indicat-
ing that more funds might be
forthcoming later in the year. said
they had not made up the budget;
that it was made up by the out
going council. Councilman Law
renee Scott said no program had
been outlined to them and Seiby
said they had not had time to pre-
pare one. The result was that
councilmen and recreation COM
mittee members ended up not
blaming anybody and agreeing
thet it was "just one of those
things"
It was pointed out at the meet
ing that an emergency could be
declared when the funds appfo-
priated play out and additional
Continued on Page 8
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Community Chest Report Reveals
F und Still Short Of l949 Goal

min and her co-chairman Mrs.
Bert Wilson, for the time and ef-
fort devoted by them to the CAM
oaign. The report carried forward
s21.81 from last year.
Because the drive fell short Of
the set quota, some reductions
had to be made in the amounts
budgeted to the beneficiary or
ganizaions, but payments have
been made as follows:
Camp Fire Girls $1,000
City Recreation 1000
Boy Scouts 1000
Washington Children's 500
YMCA for Hi-Y and Tri
..........--. .. Hi-D 400
The YMCA figure included 5000
for the 1947-48 season.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Children Clinic
IS Held Today

A crippled children's clinic was
TO be held today at the Benton.
Franklin County Health Center
In Pasco with specialists from the
state health department In charge.
Dr.. Charles Tudor, director Of
the health district, said the clinic
would be m all-day activity and
that II was under the auspices Of
the crippled children's division
Of the health department. It Is be-
ing held in the newly completed
health center In Pasco.
The state Is paying for this
service which Is held every three
months. II 10 open to all children
In the two counties and children
may come anytime today. Some
children come by being referred
by local physicians, said Dr.. Tu-
dor. The health district keeps Its
own list Of children and notifies
these to appear when the clinic Is
held.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20

Community chest funds now
stand at $4,389 collected for the
year, but the fund is still short,
a report by Carl Ludwig, board
chairman, in the absence Of the
treasurer. said.
The = port was presenter to the
community chest board of trus-
tees o. January IL. Some solicit
tors have not yet turned in re-
ports. The board said contributions
still are being received and asked
that they be sent or made to
George Jones. IL First Avenue
East. He is treasurer Of the board
for the newly organized eastern
county community chest.
The board gave unanimous
vote of thanks to Mrs. L. M. Gro
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Ready II
BRIDGE Goes Out

Inland Anyways is prepared to
meet the emergency IL a quick
thaw should release an avalanche
of ice that takes out the Yakima
river bridge above the Richland
Y. r ~
In a telephone message to the
Courier-Reporter today Inland's
operations manager Russ Swartz
said that Inland will utilize al
possible equipment 10 land at
Richards CAP field to handle
passengers and freight If the
bridge goes out. He said that his
company had made such assur-
ance to Acc officials.
An ice jam recently snapped
some of the piling underneath
he new bridge. The center pari
Of the bridge has been removed
md Acc engineers have taken
steps to install Bailey bridge
center. .....-. 49,. .. .
During the flood last June, In
land Anyways made stops al
lichland and at pssco when high
ray traffic was virtually cut off.
Swartz reported that Inland's
business from Vista Field reach
ID new high for the month of
december. He stated that the
ompany had received 100 per
ent cooperation" from Kenne-
lick city and airport officials In
bringing Vista Field up to re-
.uirements.
The system is now using two
Lockheed Lodestar IA passenger
planes on regular runs with two
round trips a day from walla
Walla to Seattle with stops at
Kennewick, Yakima and Ellens-
burg.
Inland's plans for expansion as
outlined in its application now
pending with the Civil Aeronaut-
les board would add service from
Spokane to Portland with stops
at Ephrata and Moses Lake.
The application also stssra the
Continued on Page
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Toastmasters in Favor
Raise for President

A majority Of Kennewick Toast
masters argued in favor Of q
raise In salary for the president
In the table topics panel wednes-
day night. Strong and varied sr.
guments were utilized on both
sides Of the question. Odes Sloan
was chairman Of that discussion.
Under the guidance Of Toast.
master Walter Woehler. four
speakers were presented. They
were H. Wardell, guest speaker
from Richland, Ernest Crutcher.
Clifford Flaten and al Kissler.
Don Kirk and DR.. Clark Durham
were critics.
To offer complete advice 70
President Kissler and his recent
bride, next Wednesdays meeting
will be ladies night. The table
topics section Of the program will
be devoted to that purpose. Or.
vile Baird win be toastmaster.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Two Arrested BY
Police, Deputies
Ill ~. Safe Job

With three police organizations
generating, the safe cracking .o'
pulled at the Phillips sc station
at the Richland "Y" last Thurs
day morning was called cleared i.
today.
In the custody of Benton count,
Sheriff Harry B. Cochran wer,
Virgil Dillon, %, and James LIE
roy Peter, ID, both of Kennewick
charged with breaking and enter
ing and grand larceny.
Also held in completely with
charges Of possession of stolen
property are Robert Halligan, 20
and Mark Williams, 10, also bott
of Kennekick.
Dillon was picked up by CITY
notice and sheriff's deputies In {
local restaurant last Saturday sf.
ternoon. Later the officers picked
up Peter who, officers said; admit,
ted participation in the crime and
implicated Dillon.
A completed check Of fund.
missing from the safe at the serv.
ice station revealed that $9e0 had
been stolen in cash and tha'
checks amounting to $604 had beer
taken also in a cash box from the
floor safe.
Police Chief Ward Rupp, VINO
personally worked on the case
said the cash box and checks were
found in the hills above Kions
where they had been thrown
away.
Here, police said, is how Halli.
gan and Williams fitted into the
picture:
Halligan was brought In and
locked up when Dillon was in the
local jail. When Halligan was re-
leased, Williams met him. The
two bought tickets to Toppenish
Chief Rupp, who suspected them
telephoned Sunnyside and Topper.
ish, asking police there to take
them off the bus. Sunnyside Off.
Continued on Page 3
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
What Does
This Mean?

Kennewfck this week got q
new yardstick to measure the
growing population.
City Superintendent r. c.
Rector came up with q family
count report which indicated
that Supt. Black of the schools
and postmaster Walter Woehlers'
figures are not far off. He re-
ported a survey made by the po-
lice fire departments with him
had revealed there are ,2897
family units in the city, but he
added that doesn't take into
consideration persons rooming.
That figure multiplied by five,
said to be about the average
family, totals 1895, leaving
3,O65 who would have to be
rooming to bring the total pop
ulation to $4,000. Question: How
many roomers does Kennewlck
have?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Three-DaY Fire
Losses $4,000

Fire losses in Kennewick and
vicinity three dsys the past week
totaled about $3.50
Biggest loss Of the period was
a home back Of the Dutch Mill
on the road to Richland. riren,en
estimated that the owner, Barbara
Bitz, had suffered loss Of about
$4,000 there and losses else
where brought the total 70 the
quarter century mark.
First call was at 1905 pm. Sat-
urday at the Krick Trailer court
an oil stove flared up, q trailer
was destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
Other calls:
Saturday. GAS am, old Collins
place south OF Kennewick, fire
in stove pipe. loss $500.
Sunday, l:l0 PM, Earl Pence
house south OF Kennewick. Fire
started from q trash burner while
the family was away. Loss esti-
mated by observers 1t $4,000 or
more.
Monday, January ~, 2:46 pm,
Keith Trailer court On Cohmbla
avenue, owned BY Earl Kase. loss
81. 400.
Sunday, january 10, SIS Kenne-
wick avenue, Lou N. Keene, own
er, started In chimney h attic,
loss Of roof and other damage,
81, 500.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Kennewick Area
Spreads Aqain

The area that Is Kennewick
reached out farther towards The
west this week as the city cos,n-
Gil approved petitions asking I'M
corporation into the city Of Vista
Homes number three and the a.
ard additions. vrr ~ 20,
Several hundred people who had
been living In the country became
city residents, eligible 70 vote In
city elections, subject to taxation
but equal beneficiaries In. all the
improvements and present facili-
ties the city has to offer.
Two residents Of the Giard addi.
ton present said they had no OBJ
3ections to offer to the approved The
new area takes IN the Giard Lum-
Der yard and Neuman's Riverside
market and runs west along the
River road to Faulk's Trailer
court.
Vista Homes number three exc
tends farther to the south and
west from the first parts Of the
Vista Homes housing projects here.
City attorney Kenneth E. Serier
reported the signatures had been
checked and that he was salts
fled that IS percent of the asses
sed valuation Of the Giard addi-
ton was represented In the petit
ton. The Modern Homes area is
owned almost wholly by the
housing firm represented by Fyfe
& Spaulding.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Hannah Erickson
Dies IN Hospiial

Hannah e. Erickson, resident for
80 years Of Kennewick, died last
Saturday In the hospital 1t Che
welah, Wash, after m illness Of
several weeks.
Funeral service was held yes
terday In the chapel Of Bryan's
Funeral Home in Chewelah with
the Rev. w. A. Foege Officiating.
Burial was In the Chewe3ah city
cemetery.
Mrs. Erickson had been living
in Valley, WASH, with her hus-
band, Peter who with her son
Bruce p. and three grandchildren
survive.
She was married In Caleary,
Canada, In 1910, lived In Spokane
four years then moved 70 Kenne-
wick where she lived 30 years.
They moved to Valley in l947.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Asks Cooperation
OF Parents on
Acc School Fund

Supt. e. S. Black of Kennewick
schools said this week that funds
to be received from the atomic
energy commission to cover cost
of schooling for students of par
ents working at Richland and
Hanford would 60 a long way to-
wards making II possible for the
schools here to operate up to
standard. -....s.-..g-
He said some residents of the
district who have children in the
local schools apparently do cot
fully understand the necessity of
cooperating with the school sys-
tenn in securing Acc funds.
I'VE have a contract with the
Acc unded which the commission
turns over to the district an
amount equal TO the cost Of q
years schooling for each pupil Of
narents who are connected with
the Hanford operation" said
Black" This amount covers the
cost of the first year. For this first
year the state has allocated noth-
ing TO cover the cost Of the pu-
oil and therefore we have no
funds to cover his schooling. Af-
ter the first year the state win
allocate to cover each new stu.
dents schooling"
Under terms Of the agreement
said Black, the district must have
the names Of the parents, the
identification number and other
data. II wo do not have this data
% present to the Acc, we can
not collect on the pupil, he said.
The cooperation of the parents
Is necessary In securing this data"
Black said the funds provided
by the Acc help not only the pu-
Pill but also the taxpayers in the
Continued on Page 8
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Grapejjuiice
HOPPER

HOPPER
Down at the Church Grape
Juice plant come the fall Of the
wear q large number Of tons Of
Concord grapes, complete with
stems and leaves are dumped in
70 . hopper. Going through sew
eral cleaning, stemming and con-
centrating processes, all the ex-
cess is discarded and the final
product Is a clear, palatable IN,
MIGRATING food product In which
its producers can make q justif-
able pride. Over In the state cap
itol In Olympia these days a hop
Der IS being loaded with q SIM
liar quantity Of legislative bills.
When they are cleaned. stemmed
and processed, let us hope that
the resulting product will be as
palatable as the tangy grape
juice.
IMPORTANT .-.,s.
To date the bills introduced APP
pear TO be of an exceptionally
high caliber. I have been reading
the titles as they are introduced
each day and I have noted that
a very few seem to be foolish or
inept. There was only one that
appeared to stand out like a be-
erimed printer in an art gallery.
That one called for putting mani
curists under the same legal re-
straints as hairdressers. II the
law will include provision to
protect the unwary male from
the bland Establishments OF the
Continued on Page
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Power Ample as
Students Here
Return 10 School

There was ample power, and
heating systems in the Kennewick
public schools functioned amply
Monday morning as about $500
pupils, from the primary to the
senior high, went back TO their
studies. 49,
The school system had been
shut down a week earlier when
Supt. E. c. Black announced that
power was insufficient to operate
the heating. systems.
Owen w. Hurd. manager Of the
Benton County Public Utility Dis
trict, told the Chamber Of Com
merce on Wednesday Of last week
that the schools would not have
to close because Of low voltage.
Monday he had men check the
school heating systems and later
told the Courier-Reporter that
the check revealed that the volt
are was ample to keep the sys-
TENS functioning normally. "Of
course. the outside temperature
was considerably higher Monday
than Il was when the schools
were closed and that made q dif-
ference" Black said.
Black said attendance Monday
morning was every good" after
checking reports.
Time lost by the schools dur
ine the week win not have to be
made up under the school law.
Black said il would not be made
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Push Efforts TO
Raise Highlands
Irrigaiion I und

The Kennewick projects COM
mittee in a meeting last Thurs
day night discussed strategy to
find ways and means of raising
the ALLEGATION of budget appropri-
atoms for the Kennewick High
lands project.
The committee saw one ray Of
hope in a telegram to the Cour-
ier-R Reporter from Senator Warren
G. Magnuson in which the sena-
tor stated that he was "explorins
possibilities of raising the amount
when 1t comes before the senate.
In the present budget, only $780,
600 is allowed for the project.
Bureau officials had estimated
that 100000 would be required
in order to prepare the project for
start of construction.
The committee acted to send its
chairman, Jay Perry. and one 9th
er member, to confer on possible
action with Art Carton, demo-
cratic party Sfate CHAIRMAN Gar
ton was formerly director Of the
state conservation and Develop
ment department and has been an
active supporter Of the Kennewick
project.
Unable to make meeting SEIZED
uled for yesterday, Carton said
in a telephone message Perry
that he would meet with the
Kennewick delegation as soon q
a meeting could be arranged.
The Kennewick committee In.
tends to send at least two men to
the nations capital where hearings
on the Bureau Of Reclamation
budget will be held.
Congressman Hal Holmes has
been in close touch with the local
committee on developments In the
house Of representatives.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
Another Bicycle
Meefinq Fridav

That Scotchlitc Safety School
1t the City Recreation Hall last
Saturday turned out to be q
'sbang-up affair"
That was the report that came
from teen age club members and
Mrs. Dick Saunders Of the rec
reation department.
There were 81 bicycles at the
meeting. three wagons and one
tricycle..
The event was so much Of q
success that Mrs. Saunders de-
cided Immediately after it was
over that another school ses-
sion should be held.
So. you kids, bring your bikes
Friday, at 4 o'clock, and Scotch
lite tape will be passed out, In
structions on how to use It will
be given, along with instructions
on how to attach Il 50 the bike
will loom up In the darkest night.
Mrs. Saunders, with the help Of
teen age club members, will
throw in q batch Of ideas on how
youngsters can ride more safely.
"There are q rot Of little things
that kids can learn very easily
that make the difference between
safety and accident" one teen
age club member said.
The kids were thrilled Satur-
day with the affair and we want
many others 70 come Friday"
said Mrs. SaundeTs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
ELEVEN DAYS. LEFr

Only eleven days remained
today before the special sub.
scription offer Of $3.50 a year
expires. The subscription pdics
applies to both renewals and
new subscriptions. After Janu.
ary I. the annual subscription
rate will b $500.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
MAupIlG SPEAKER

Speaking at q meeting Of the
Richland club, Frank Maupin Of
Kennewick, Kiwanis lieutenant
Governor Of this district, outlined
,oals Of Kiwanis for 1949. The
talk highlighted the Observance
Of the 34th birthday anniversary
for KiwaniS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-01-20
SEAL SALES GOOD

Sale Of Chritmas seals "a Ben.
ton county have been up 70 espec-
tations. contributions frsm the
county to date being $6,S66. OF
this amount, $3.704 came from
the Richland area, $7N, frvm
Prosser, Benton city $ieS, Nod
Kennewic3I, 81 SIS. 81