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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Navy Mother
Fete Patients

Mrs. B. H. Shields, Red Cross
representative from Kennewic.,
to the Blue Mountain Camp and
Hospital council, announced yes
terday that the Navy Mothers OF
Pasco and Kennewick are spon-
soring a picnic for anbulent pa
tients of the Veterans hospital i'm
Walla Walla today Thursday
at Sacajawea park. FIR IN 40 to Sc
boys will be brought up to the
park by bus.
The Navy Mothers plan to
serve fried chicken, home grown
string beans, club AID potato
salads, pickles, celery, hcme
made jelly, hot rolls, potato
chips, home made apple pie, cake
and milk and coffee.
The Kennewick American le-
gion boys are putting on a free
Bingo game for the picnickers
after lunch and Jack Oliver
states they plan prizes i'll sur
prise packages SO that the win.
ner won't know what he won
till he unwraps his gift.
The Red Cross Gray Ladies of
Kennewick will assist the Navy
Mothers as additional hostesses
at the picnic.
Mrs. Shields said the Navy
Mothers wanted particularly to
thank Paul Spreen of the Twin
City Creamery. for donating the
milk and butter needed. Also
Mrs. Donahue of the Pollyanna
Cafe who is furnishing the cof-
fee free. Other merchants have
assisted by allowing discounts,
all of which is greatly appreciat-
ed and should provide real
treat for the fellows who are
Still paying the price of war and
find these outings the bright
spot in a not to bright daily rou-
tine that dates back months and
many more times years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Ten! Bushel
Wheat Crop
Predicted

Inc .Bateman brOtherS -
Charles and Wallace-arec count
ing on a wheat yield of about 10
bushels per acre in the Horse
Heaven country this year.
With the beginning of harvest
about two weeks away, Charles
Bateman told the Courier
Reporter that the yield probably
would be from five to eight
bushels per acres less than last
year and that some of the crop
won't be cut. M
The winter wheat crop is bet
ter than spring planted grain,
Bateman said. Some had to be
reseeded to spring wheat when
frost struck the Horse Heaven
country and killed off many of
the winter wheat plants.
Weeds are thicker in wheat
this year than in a. erage years
but cool weather the last several
weeks has been a Godsend to
the crop, said Bateman. Had the
weather been very hot, the crop
would have dried up, he said.
But the straw is short and
slender It bends over easily and
combining will be difficult be-
cause the heads which will
break over will go clear to the
ground on account of the slen-
der straw, Bateman said
Combines will probably start
operating about July IL, Bate.
man estimated.
The Bateman brothers have a
large acreage in the Horse Heav-
en-. They say wheat growers will
make some profit this year but
the margin will be simmer than
last year. They expect the crop
to sell for about So a bushel-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30

Persons who try to take advan-
tage of the law and obtain pub
lie assistance when not deServ.
ing, are to find it hard going in
the future.
John Rusk, Benton and Frank
lin welfare administrator, said
this week, a statewide campaign
against fraud would reach into
this district.
The campaign is an outgrowth
of a flood of new welfare cases
since adoption of Initiative 172
at the last general election.
Until now, possibility of 10.
cal criminal prosecution has
been confused by various inter.
pretations of the federal and
state laws dealing with disclos.
ure of confidential information
to prosecuting attorneys" Rod.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
HOSPITAL Fund Drive SfurfS
Church Grape Juice Company To
Double Its Output In Five Years

Church Grapejdice company
which this year expects to pro.
cess 1000 IONS Of Concord
grapes. has set almost double
that amount Tor It's 1856 goal.
Speakin at meet;~r. of the
Avenue Z. Merchants association
Monday, DR.. R. E. Jones, director
of sea-ch of the company
those processing la t is here,
said the total of vineyards in this
area from which this amount
will come s a. .eted D expand
to 1000 acres in 1e--t.. The com.
pan. NV gets IT'S fruit from
1000 acres, nest of which is
6 ned ~ company. e.. -.
DR.. Jones made these state.
ments a talk which traced the
dcvelL .-ment Of e company
from the tine 1T M. l. Church
started experimenting wit h
grapajuice hich he made on the
back of, Ii :itr er stove. DR..
Jf ,e id their record indicnt.
ed that this was. startc in 1906
when Kennewick was city Of
a bout BID population. Mr..
Continued on Page y
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Reports On
Red Cross; @
Meet

Mrs. B. M. Shields, Kennewick
representative for Red Cross at
the Blue Mountain Camp and
Hospital council, and Mrs. Wal.
ter Wiegand of the Navy Moth
ers. drove to Dayton June %
with Marjorie Wilson, branch
executive, to attend the monthly
council meeting.
This council hears the requests
and needs of the men in the
hospital as well as the requests
OF the special service depart
ment who plan and arrange re-
creation and occupational needs
for the veteran as prescribed by
the doctors. Through the mem.
bers Of this council commit.
ments are accepted to supply
item by item every request pre-.
sented. This is financed in part
directly by the ten Red Cross
chapters who belong to the coun-
Gil, by other groups and organi-
cations contacted by the coun.
ell who wish to fill a specific re-
quest as that organizations own
project. The gift is then merely
channel through the Red Cross
and becomes a direct gift from
the club or even individuals.
This meeting was held at the
lovely home of Mrs. John Won
Cadow, 10 miles north of Day.
ton in the wheat lands. Special
talks were given by Mary Nc
Gahey, recreation director, and
Margaret Swain, social worker,
both with the veterans. admin
stration. They both attempted to
make the council better acquain-
ted with their respective depart.
ments as well as thank the
council for the very helpful aid
received in the past.
OF unusual interest to the
council members were the pre-.
sence of two of the boys from
the hospital, ]. E. Larsen and
Donald Hulburt. Each have been
hospitalized about four years
and cath hope for discharge
sometime this fall. They were
two of the first patients to re-
ceive the now famed and highly
successful Streptomycin treat
ments and both are in effect
cured. They each spoke to the
council members urging a con.
tinuation of. the councils work
and particularly applauding
the services of the Red Cross
Grey Ladies. Their relating Of
personal experiences and their
lives since hospitalized as well
as plans for their future were
found extremely interesting. The
ladies of the local grange serv-
ed luncheon at the Grange hall
to the council and guests after
the meeting through arrange
ments made by the hostesses,
Columbia county members.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Attend Meet
At Seattle

Mrs. ]. c. Pratt and Mrs. M.
Simmelink, representing the
Benton Franklin tuberculosis
association, were In Everett last
week to attend the annual con.
ference of the Washington Tu.
berculosis association which was
in session June 21-22-23.
An address given was by Dr..
Julius L. Wilson, medical di.
rector for Ochsner clinic of New
Orleans, on the subject "The
Place of Antibiotics in the treat
ment of tuberculosis" Also a
talk was given by c. E. Morris
field representative4of w. T. A.
on 'Mobilizing the Seal Sale"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30

The urgency of the situation
brought about by fear of war
was named here Tuesday by
H. r. Prout, general manager Of
the Nucleonics department at
Hanford, as the primary cause of
errors in estimates on projects
in Richland and Hanford.
Prout, speaking at meeting
of the Kennewick Kiwanis club
Tuesday, admitted that est.
mates made by the company on
public buildings had been
lousy" in some cases, but con.
tended that on the whole "AEC
has done good job under diff.
ficult circumstances and that
since General Electric has been
operating at Hanford. ''it has
done a good job" ~. i.
Prout pointed out that the In.
ternational situation became
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30

critical shortly after General
Electric took over at Hanford,
that his company took the job
without expectations of profit or
loss, that soon the question of
whether there would be war be.
came the question of the day
and that plans had to be altered.
He said the facilities at Hanford
had not been designed for a
continuous operation, that they
took over facilities which had
been deteriorating, and that ga
big construction job fell on U.S."
He added that "and we are not
construction people"
But Prout said they were not
the only ones who had made
mistakes in estimates. He said
the Senate recently approved an
appropriation for school build.
Ing In WaShingtoA. d. C.. more
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Repairs To
Be Made On
w. Kenn

A state highway crew which
has been repairing roads in the
Tri-City area, will devote part of
their time this or next week to
repairs for Kennewick avenue
west of the old city limits.
The section of that state road
from the city limits to where it
rises into the highlands has been
in a bad state of repair for more
than a year. The city left it out
of its repair program because of
new law which gives mainten-
ence responsibilities on state
roads through incorporated
towns and cities to the state.
Arthur M. Rhodes, road super.
visor of division three of the
Yakima district, comprising
Benton and Franklin counties,
said patching work, filling of
holes, smoothing out of bumps,
and improvement of drainage
would be included. Widening of
the road along the Vista Homes
addition is being considered but
is not definite.
A crew had completed work on
state highway 40 coinciding
with Columbia avenue from
Kennewick to the Richland "Y."
Another crew was finishing and
resealing a section Of the Ply
mouth road which connects with
state road 40 about half way
between Kennewick and the "Y."
The third crew is working on
the bridge over the Snake river
near Burbank. That surface also
will be patched up and resealed.
Rhodes said that winter DAM
age has thrown the department
behind schedule, but that he ex-
pected to "get around" lot of
work this summer.
He said that a job, let to
private contractor, of widening
the road from the Y to Prosser
was well under way. Heavy bal
last is being put on the edges to
prevent soft shoulders.
Even the hot weather has been
Dord erlIner weather for opera
lions under way at the Y.
Rhodes explained that oil ex-
pected to stand up in the high
temperatures experienced in this
area must be applied in ex-
tremely hot weather.
Other jobs in the offing this
summer include re-sealing and
patching of the road from Con-
nell to Kahlotus, Rhodes said.
Eight miles of road south from
Haydens corner, above Prosser,
toward Paterson are also slated
for improvement.
Pasco is the division. head
quarters for 325 miles of high
way.
Rhodes, who took over the
present job following the resig-
nation of Young Smith on May
10, has been with the highway
department since 1929. He started
in his home town of Walla
Walla. From there he was pro.
NOTED to Olympia.
After a four-year vacation"
from the department under the
Democratic a d m in ira t / n
starting in 1915, Rhodes got back
on the job under Governor Ar
thur Lariglie. His first job was
PaScO.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30

The Benton county fair board
Tuesday night elected Kenneth
E. .Serier secretary to succeed
c.. c. Miller, named President
A. c. Anon overall manager,
and voted to build a new exhibit.
ton building on the fair grounds
south of Twin City airport.
The board also voted to buy a
small building to be used as an
office and headquarters and to
move the building erected by
the city last year to the grounds.
Miller resigned recently as sec.
rotary because of other duties
which took him, away from the
city for some time.
It was announced following
the meeting that E. c. Smith
Continued on Page y
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Grange Party,
For Clarks

t..
AT the regular meeting of the
Highland Grange on Friday eve
ming Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Clark
were honored, as the date was
their fortieth wedding anniver-
sary. A special program included
a mock wedding and an original
story relating to the occasion
was read by Mrs. Guy Story.
The Bride and Groom" were
presented a piece of sterling
silver to match their set, and
later in the evening the Clarks
served wedding refreshments"
The next meeting will be A
picnic on the lawn at the c. E.
Ridley home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Presents Pin
To Dorothy

Kennewick Kiwanis club Tues
day presented a past presidents
pin to Ellis Dorothy, who, with
his family, is moving to Walla
Walla to live temporarily. Presi.
dent of the club until he decided
to move away, he resigned and
DR.. r. +. Jones was elected to
succeed him. The presentation
was made by F. p. Meverden,
chairman of the program COM
mittee and vice president of the
club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Mrs. Arthur Dies @
AtDaughter's Home

Viola May Arthur of Route .
kennewick, was born May 1.
1877, at Spencer, Ind, and died
at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. 0. F. Painter, on June 25,
1949. =, -
Mrs. Arthur had made her
home here for the past 31s years.
She is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. Olena Painter in Kenne:
wick and six grandchildren in
Indiana.
Y Funeral services and burial
will be in BicknelL Ind. e--
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Plan Pipeline From
Salt Lake To Pasco

The Desert News of Salt Lake
City said Saturday a survey had
been completed by the Standard
Oil company of California for an
oil pipeline from Salt Lake City
to Pasco. 1t was said that Pasco
would become the distributing
point for q large northwest area.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
lr's wIscHME1ER

Correct spelling of the name
OF the new pastor of the Metho.
dist church in Kennewick is
W.i-s.c-h-m-e-i-e-r, not Wisch.
meyer, as reported last week.
Referring to his predecessor,
Rev. Wishmeier said: 81 had
tried to straighten Rev. Coan out
on my name but l had a time
of it."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
Woeh1er Gets His
Commission As P. M.

Post Master Walter Woehler
carly this week received his COM
mission from the post office de.
nartment. The certificate was
signed by President Truman. He
was acting post master until his
appoirtment recently
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30
NO SERVICES

st. Paul's Episcopal church is
disseminating all services
through the month of July. Reg.
ular services will be resumed
the first Sunday in August. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-06-30

SSS1SAt1N0S8A4o S--'-r- as--ss
Three Washington extension
service workers have received
500 scholarships for advanced
study this summer. ,.,,... -. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
100000 Spent
On Greek Transport

Modernization and reconstruc-
ton of the Greek transportation
system has been completed at an
expenditure of $29, 000. 900 out Of
the $500 ,000, 900 Greek interim aid
program established by Congress
two years ago.
The first report on the work by
American civilian contractors
under supervision Of Army engi-
neers was released last night as
the 7 military engineers and about
SIS civilians involved prepared to
sail for home.
The report stated that 1000
miles of first-rate, hard-surface
highways have been constructed
linking important cities and
mountainous regions.
The ports Of Piraeus, which
serves Athens: Salonika in Mace
donna and veles in Thessaly were
rebuilt. requiring the construct
ton of more than 2 miles Of per-
manent quays. two large drydocks.
breakwaters and installation OF
permanent equipment.
More than Q miles Of bridges
and railroad tunnels have been
built. The 4-mile Corinth Canal.
across the Isthmus OF Corinth,
closed by German demolition in
ll944, has been reopened. Seven
modern airfields have been con-
structed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
Dionne QuintupIets, IS Today,
Plan Celebration With Family

Although the school Is on the
Dionnes' property and they pay
the bills. 10 other neighborhood
girls of similar age also attend 1t.
The quints are in the first year
of high school now and study from
$50 am. to pm. under the
supervision Of nuns. Instruction
is In French-their parents ma
tive tongue. The girls understand
English. but speak it with din
Guilty.
After school they rush home to
the big house and help their
mother with the cooking. cleaning
and caring for baby brother
Claude, just 2 years old.
In the basement they have .
rumpus room. which Is the center
OF neighborhood play.
One end OF the room can be
turned into q stage by drawing
curtains. There the youngsters
put on plays and amateur con-
certS.
None OF the girls has Jet chosen
q career. Their parents insist
they win choose for themselves.
There have been reports that one
or more Of them may enter . Ro-
man Catholic convent. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
Phone Union S Status
Studied by Examiner

A National Labor Relations
Board examiner In Baltimore to-
day studied arguments on which
he will decide whether TO recon-
mend an election for determining
the bargaining status Of Com
munications Workers OF America
locals with the Chesapeake a. po-
tomac Telephone Co. In the Dis
trict. Maryland and Virginia.
The union contended at an
hearing yesterday that
1t shuold continue TO be recognized
as bargaining agent for CONNER
cial, accounting and engineering
employees. The company has de-
manded proof that a majority oil
the members OF the union diyi-
sions voted for afiiliation with the
CIO in a recent countrywide ref
erendum.
Division 50 is the CWA group
affected In Washington. Yester~
days hearing by the NLRB exam
liner was for fact finding purposes.
He took the arguments under ad-
visement and viii make recon-
mendations TO the regional board.
Either party has the right OF
appeal 10 the NLRB here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
Farm Hands Unload
Ship in Hawaii Strike
BY me Asse<iossd Press

HONOLULU. May 2s.-Dairy
farm hands under United States
court protection yesterday began
unloading feed from the strike
bound freighter Hawaiian Citizen
after passing through picket
line without incident.
However. IS members of the
CLIO Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union and the independent Ma
rine Firemen quit the ship i'm
mediately in protest They were
supporting the dock workers
strike of the Clio International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
mems Union. 2
Forty dairy workers wen,
through the picket line. led by
United States Marshal Otto r
Heine.
The marshal seized the ship
Thursday under q Federal Court
order. obtained by the dairymen
directing them TO unload the feed
using such men. manner and
means as necessary"
The striking longshoremens I'M
ion offered to unload the feed for
wages Of sta an hour per man
The marshal refused. saying the
court order directed him to pay
the prevailing wage" which was
$1.40 an hour.
The unions 1000 stevedores
have been on strike since May TO
enforce their demands for a 81
cent raise to sta in all Hawaiian
ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
Prices Of Farm Products
| Decline 14% in Month
BY the Associated Press

Farm product prices dropped
is per cent between mid-April
and mid May. the Agriculture De-
partment reported yesterday.
This decline largely reflected
lower prices for most meat ami
mails. dairy products and truck
crops.
The level of prices paid by
farmers for items used in rural
living also declined. the amount
being o. per cent.
The general level OF prices re-
ceived by farmers in mid-May was
256 per cent of the 1909-14 aver
age. This compared with ESQ per
cent in mid-April. with 2S9 per
cent in mid-May last year. and
with the record Of GOT set In mid
January. 1948..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
John |. Lewis 10 Testify
tuesday on Safety Bill

Senator Nicely. Democrat. Of
West Virginia. announced today
that John l.. Lewis will testify
Tuesday morning before a Senate
Labor Subcommittee considering q
mine safety bill.
Mr.. Lewis. president OF the
United Mine Workers. la expected
TO support the bill. sponsored by
Senator Nicely. II would give Fed
eral mine inspectors authority 10
shout down mines II they found
them unsafe. This authority nov
is held by State ofYlcials with Fed
eraI inspectors limited 10 making
reports TO the mine operators,
State officials and unions,
Senator Nicely. who Is chairman
OF the Labor subcommittee. ssid
Mr.. Lewis testimony viii end
public hearings on the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
New York Court 10 Hear
Plea in Lonely Hearts Case
Nv the Associated Press

ALBANY, N. Y. May 28.-The
Court of Appeals will hear q plea
Tuesday by a lonely hearts
couple to avoid trial on a first
degree murder charge in New York
State, where the sentence could
be death.
RAYMOND Fernandez, "a. and
Mrs. Martha Beck. 20. are sched-
uled to 60 on trial June 6 in Bronx
County on charges of f1rst-degree
murder In the Staying OF Mrs.
Janet Fay, 60-year-old Albany
widow.
The accused claim their consti-
tutional rights were violated when
they were brought to New York
from Michigan, where the maxi
mum sentence for murder Is life
Imprisonment. They were arrested
In Michigan on charges OF killing
Mrs. Delphine Downing. 20. OF
Byron City and her daughter,
Rainelle, 81 months.
The Court of Appeals agreed
yesterday to hear an appeal from
lower court dismissal of their petit
tons for writs of habeas corpus.
The high court also will consider
a motion to stay the trial pending
a decision on the appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
Admiral McCrea 10 Head
Military Personnel Board

Vice Admiral John l.. McCrea
former aide to President Roose-
welt. has been appointed stan d.
rector OF the Military Establish
ment's Personnel Policy Board.
He succeeds Brig. Gen. c. I
L.anham. who will leave this sum
mer for an overseas assignment
Defense Secretary johnson. who
announced the change. released
a letter commencing Gen. Lanham
for his work In organizing the
board.
Admiral Mccrea served as dep
uty commander In chief OF the
Pacific Fleet from January. 1919
until his appointment with the
board was announced recently BY
President Truman. He Is nov on
leave and will assume his new
duties June %.