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Evening star., 1949-05-08

GtA uEstAG ihsG AkC ukAp&8Y
rooms and tests the air.
There are q heating plant.
pumps OF various kinds. ma
chine shops TO handle repairs
to plumbing and elevators,
and massive and intricate
electrical equipment. includ-
Ing transformers. high-ten-
sion switch gears. motor
starters. switches and parts
Of the lighting system. In this
subterranean labyrinth are
about 800 motors Of various
kinds and 81 engineers and
electrical workers keep the
whole works going.
Lighting Is . special prob
lem. The focal point Of the
system Is the attic, where
skylights let In natural light
which Is difIused through q
specially treated attic floor Of
glass to exhibition rooms be-
low.
Ofttimes. iioodlights. similar
TO those at q stadium or ball
mark are turned m In the
attic space to heighten the
natural light coming through.
Naturally. the attic gets hot
and air-conditioning Is needed
constantly to keep the area
reasonably comfortable for
maintenance workers.
Other types Of lights, cove
and spot. are used where nat
pral lighting u not possible.
Lighting experts say the spot
lights give punch" to sculp-
ture especially. When the
David" of Donatello was to
be displayed they used a spe-
cial technique to make the
spotlight fit the statues out
line. A photo was taken Of
the statue from the spotlight
aperture In the ceiling. Then
the picture was reduced to
miniature and used as q pat
tern to shape o metal shade.
That shade placed over the
spotlight directed the rays
upon the full outline Of the
statue. no more. no less.
Another thing few visitors
to the National Gallery know
Is that there Is q gallery
within Q gallery-a pistol
range high up near the dome
of the building. This range
Ii where the building guards
practice to qualify as pistol
o1nok~
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
MEETING NOTICES

Benton County Pomona will
meet at 2 pm. Jan. Ia in the Ken
newick Valley Grange hall.
Marytha Circle of the Woman's
Society of the Methodist church
will meet Jan. IL at 2 pm. at
the home of Mrs. Lee Boutelle
with Mrs. John Wallace assisting.
Mrs. Lucke will have. the devo-
tons and Mrs. Bert Miller the
program.
Alma Chapter of Eastern Star
will meet in the Masonic hall on
Washington street at 8 pm. Jan.
3 at which time the Past Matrons
and Past Patrons will be honored.
The Finley Grange auxiliary
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Fred Brodbeck, 22S East Fourth
ave., Kennewick, at 10 am, Jan.
for an all day quilting. There
will be a pot luck luncheon at
noon. Please bring table serv-
ice.
Phoebe Circle of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service of
the Methodist church will meet
with Mrs. H. A. Settler at her
home Jan. 4.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Finley Gets
Citation
I'm Contest

FINLEY, Dec. 80 - Finln,
Grange received a blue ribhos
for competing in the Nations.
Achievement program. Ladies'
Auxiliary will hold an all d.,
meeting Jan. 4 and will quill
There will be pot luck dinnpr
| at noon.
The new master. Hugh Lucke
has appointed the following com.
mittee chairmen for the wear
1850:
George Taylor, finance; Jake
Adams, roads; Mrs. Gladys Ash
ways and means; Marjorie Tay.
lor, agriculture; ]. r. Ayers, leg.
islature; Gladys Lucke, Ladies,
auxiliary. Jettie Wilcox, reporter:
Nellie Sherry, relief; Alice Ayers,
funeral aid.
Erling Lande, fair; Marjorie
Taylor initiatory work; Helen Nc.
Lean, pianist; Mary Louise Gil.
more, refreShment; Harmon Viii.
cox, hall committee; Fried Brod.
beck, Credit union; Chris Puler.
baugh, power; A. A. Lucke, reso.
lutions.
PRACTICE SCHEDULED
The new officers will hold a
practice at s o'clock Jan. 4 at the
hall.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Schultz
and son Walter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bill Num- and daughter Eva,
Mrs. Eva Arnold were dinner
guests Christmas Day at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Taylor.
Pfc. Darrell Butterfield and his
buddy, Glen Bagshaw, of Benin
Harrison Air Base, arrived home
Monday to spend their furlough
at the Orval Butterfield home.
They expect to be sent overseas
at the end of their furlough and
will report to San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Wilcox
and family vowed this week to
their home in Finley.
JUDDS MOVE
Mr.. and Mrs. Desmond Judd
and family moved this week to
to the railroad house at Hover.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. r. Ayers spent
Christmas at the home of Mrs.
Henry Nagel and Mrs. Marion
and family in Chewelah. They
returned home Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Orval Butterfield,
MIR. and Mrs. Harmon Wilcox and
family We're dinner guests Christ
mas Day at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Jones in Pasco.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
sv FRANCES OLIVER

Guests of Mrs. E. S. Mcdonald
for Christmas were her brother
and wife, MIR. and Mrs. Barton
Sherk from Aberdeen; Mrs. w.
S. Nicholson from Coos Bay; and
Dr.. and Mrs. Guy York from Wal
la Walla. The visitors left for
their homes Monday evening.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Paddock and
daughter Jackie, who is home on
vacation from CWCE, spent the
Christmas week end with rela-
tives in Bremerton.
Enjoying dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Gard Dec. Is were
the Jerry Giard, Ken Giard and
James Giard families and Mrs.
Jerry Cards father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Colville OF
Yakima.
DIR BRUNN DIES
Kennewick friends of DR.. c.
Brunn have learned of his death
last week at his home at 1411
Summitview ave-, Yakima. DR..
Brunn, retired osteopathic ply
stefan, practiced for many years
| in Kennewick, leaving about two
years ago to live in Yakima. He
was born in Switzerland and
came to the United States when
he was "a years old and lived to
be past 80 years. He is sur
vived by his wife. Lillian, two
sons and four daughters. Funeral
services and cremation were In
Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Angel re-
turned Monday evening from
lKahlotus where they had gone
Saturday to enjoy Christmas with
their daughter and family, the
Bill Richmonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. @. MacMahon
visited in College Place Sunday
and Monday enjoying holiday
festivities in the home of hel
sister and family, the Carl Def
lfenbaughs
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Clark, Mrs
Annie Sutton and children and
Moulton Clark motored to Walla
|Walla Thursday where they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Evans
Feathers at dinner, which was
lin celebration OF both Christmas
and New Years.
UNISON FAMILY GATHERS
Members of the VinSon family
Ipathered for Christmas eve fes
fiyities at the Jess VinSon home
and on Christmas day had din
liner together at the home OF thu
ALVIN Wilson's. The group IN
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Vim
son, Billy and Janice from Port
LAND: MI. and Mrs. Jim Halvor'
son, Jerry and Tommy from Wal
LA Walla; Mr.. and Mrs. Alvlr
Vinson, Bob and Jimmy and the
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Vim
son.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. McCamisf
left Tuesday morning for Bur
bank. Calf, where they will Wis
| it their daughter and Son-ln-laW
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ainswortf
| and the new grandchild. They
plan to be gone until the las
of January. -,
Ann Scott went to Umatills
Tuesday to visit until Saturda!
with her friend, Charmaine Reid
MI. and Mrs. Harvey Keene
who recently bought the E. A
lLynn place in East Kennewick
entertained at dinner in thei
new home on Christmas Day
Their guests were Mr.. and Mrs
| Herbert O'Hearn, Mr.. and Mrs
tPaul OHearn and the twins, MI
| and Mrs. L. M. Keene, Mr.. AM
Mrs. w. ]. Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs
HAL Keene from Seattle, Mis-
Lou Keene, Walter Keene and Il
IL. Shoemaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lincoln
of Toppenish were holiday guest
of MI. and Mrs. Bob Kelso an
Miss Margaret Hawkins. The
three ladies are sisters.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Reod By, Please

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. (UP) - A
young man in a convertible
swept up to the pretty woman
on the corner and asked if he
could drive her any place. "Have
you got enough gas??" she
asked. "Why, sure" he replied
eagerly. Then step on it," she
said.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Rubbing II In

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - (UP)
- Protesting his arrest in Sea-
shore State Park on charges of
taking mistletoe unlawfully, En-
sign L. B. Stephens of the Nor
folk Naval Air Station complain
ed bitterly that Officer R. R.
Gallup: "Stood right there and
watched me climb that 35.foot
tree and come all the way down
before he said a word to me-"
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
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Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Little Stories Of The Week
From Kennewick And Vicinity
LIND PEOPLE VISIT

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Perkins and
their three little girls were here
from Lind Saturday and Sunday
to visit in Kennewick with the
Wesley Perkins and in Richland
with Mr.. anC Mrs. Ray Deran-
leau and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie
Perkins.
Tuesday evening dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Perry were
Mr.. Perry's sister and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Simmons
from Wenatchee and his nephew
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. H. p.
Simmons of Richland.
Miss Shirley Smith and friend,
Quinton Edison, both students
at Washington university, after
spending a week of vacation with
Shirley's mother, Mrs. B. B.
Smith, returned to Seattle We'd
nesday morning. Also, home on
Christmas day were Mrs. Smiths
son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. John
D. Smith and little daughter
Kathleen, from Richland.
Monday evening MIR. and Mrs.
Roy Garner were hosts at Yule-
tide dinner for Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan
Azeltine and their four children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Garner and
their three children, Mrs. Charles
Mills, Lynn and Harlan Mills and
Mr.. and Mrs. Maylan Mills. La
ter they were Joined by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward Graves and daughters
Marjorie and Marlene, and Mr..
and Mrs. Emery Aman for So
cial evening.
Otto Cimmers who has been
quite ill at his home in Lamp
son Homes district, is reported to
be much improved.
Dinner guests entertained al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Scott Dec. % were Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryson Brown, of East Ken
newick, Jake Brown and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Lampson
returned Tuesday from Boise,
where they had spent the holi'
day week end with their daugh'
ter, Mrs. Don Peter and family
They made the trip by motor anG
say they. found the roads not al
all bad.
DAY FAMILY UNITED
MI. and Mrs. D. c. Day had the
pleasure of having most of theil
family with them for Christina.
celebrating. There from Vancou
yer, Wash, were Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Day, Edward, la Ma.
and Shirley, and Mr.. and Mrs
Everett Hylan, Wesley, Lyle ant
John. Their daughter Mrs. Charlie.
Fox, (Irene) and family who livs
in Stockton, Mo-, were unable
to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Altrogg,
were home Tuesday after spend
ing the holiday week end in Ia
coma with their daughter ant
husband, the Bob Rupps ant
grandchildren Christine and Bill
! " and where they made the &C
qua intance of their new grand
son, Roger Boyd, born Dec. Is.
| An over night guest of Mr.. an,
Mrs. Ralph Niche Wednesda,
was Mrs. Kenneth Wild of Lewis
ton.
| Relatives coming from out o
town to attend funeral service
held Tuesday for Mrs. w. F
Sonderman were her sister an
husband, MIR. and Mrs. Orle,
Swager from Patterson, Ida.; he
son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Sonderman from Bremen
ton; her granddaughter, Mrs
Vernon Schuster and her son-in
law, Sherman Whiting both fror
Portland.
Mrs. John Bottomley's sistel
Mrs. Gladys Graham came Tues
day from Moscow, Ida, for a Wis
it in the BottomIev homo
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-12-31
Fair Worning

ATLANTA (UP) = The Roberts
Marble Co., a tombstone firm.
has posted sign on its office
building here, visible to motor
lists approaching a dangerous
corner. 1t reads: "Drive carefully,
we can wait"
Evening star., 1949-12-03

(see BUILDERS, Page Bed
Evening star., 1949-12-03

(See LEWIS, Page BAD
Evening star., 1949-12-03
Home Builders Here
Have Fourth Largest
Association in u. ).

The Washington Home Builders
Association is now the fourth
largest home builders group in
the Nation affiliated with the Ma
tional Association Of Home Build
ers, James w. Pearson, association
executive director. said today.
The District area association
now is in the midst Of a mem
bership campaign by which 1t
hopes to raise its national stand
ing among the 128 affiliated groups
Ito third in the cou-.Cry.
tetc 448 Members. ST.. -,
District area membership stands
now at 448, Of which 206 are ac-
tive builders and the remainder
are building supply dealers, SUBJ
contractors. building and loan
|omcials, insurance representatives,
(see BUILDERS, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1949-12-03
$4,000 Units Started
In First 10 Months,
Agency Reports
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estots Editor Of The Stor

Production of housing in the
District area this year will be
almost double" last years out
put and will set an au-time rec
ord for this area.
This became evident today on
the basis of information gathered
by the Labor Departments Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics in con-
nection with it's continuing study
of housing activities in the Wash
tngton area. ...,,t
Today BIS reported that, in
the first 10 months of this year,
dwellings were started which al-s
ready represent 167 per cent OF
last years number for that 10
month period. Indications are,
too, that In November and De-
cember the number started will
substantially exceed the number
started In the corresponding end
of-the-year months last year.
I1,74O Gain in Area.
Already, $4,000 new dwellings
have been started in the first
10 months of this year in the
Washington area, BIS said. And
this represents a gain OF 11,740
units over the number of dwellings
started in the corresponding
period last year-a gain of 81
per cent over 1948's January
October total.
The number of rental units
started this year was more than
double last years total for the
first 10 months. More than 1000.
or 73 per cent, Of the units begun
In the Metropolitan Area during
the January October period this
year were in apartment buildings.
This years July total Of 6.180
units started makes July the all
time record month. August and
September figures declined. but
October saw a jump In home
building to a total of $3.50 new
dwelling units put under way.
This was % per cent increase
over the number started in Sep
tember and a more than three
fold Jump from the October figure
last year. Rental housing added
(see LEWIS, Page BAD
Evening star., 1949-12-03

Photograph above shows
quick progress being made on
849-unit Quebec House, FHA-
aided elevator type rental
apartment between Porter and
Quebec streets NV, just east
of Connecticut avenue. This
project will be in two build
ing, one OF 200 units and the
other having $50 units.
Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1949-12-03

RENTAL UNITS-The Bureau
Of Labor Statistics today re-
ported 73 per cent OF all dwell
lings started in this area dur
ing the first 10 months OF this
year were rental units. On
this page are shown four of
hundreds OF District area ele-
vator-type FILA rental prof.
ects. Above is 206-unit Idaho
terrace, Cathedral and Idaho
avenues NV.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-14
THE ADVENT OF SPRING

On March 20, at five forty-nine D. M
Eastern Standard Time, occurs the vernal
equinox. which ushers in Spring and gives
us the equinox, when day and night will be
equal throughout the world.
The four seasons of the year occur be-
calise the earth's axis is tilted away from
a perpendicular to the orbit to the earth's
orbit
Only on the day of the vernal equinox
and the autumnal equinox does the axis
of the earth stand at right angles to the
direction of the sun. In June, it is tilted
more than twenty-three degrees toward
the sun and in December, it tits the same
way from the sun. This variation from
the perpendicular accounts for the diff
ferent lenght of time the sun shines on
the hemispheres.
In Summer, the sun gives the hemis-
phere more heat than can be radiated
during the night. In Winter the process
is reversed.
While the Spring equinox marks the
astronomical beginning of Spring, it would
not be safe for the people of the North to
presume that cold weather is over. In some
sections of the country the latter part of
March brings some of the harshest features
of Winter, but at other times and places,
the weather is genial and Spring-like, as
| in Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-14
THE - DEGREES

Out-of-town papers are reporting that
President Truman has been pepped-up by
his stay Of week in Key West, and The
Citizen asks. why shouldn't he be. with the
Truman weather. he has been enjoying?
AS the local Weather Bureau will tell
you. the temperatures during last week
were somewhat low for this. time of year
in Key West The Citizen maintains that it
was - good weather as one may wish.
Had the temperatures ranged as high as
they did during the greater part of Febru-.
AIRY, they might have been enervating. But
that mere suggestion of chill in the air
produced that pep that the President was
reported 10 be feeling,
Here the temperature was pleasing
but it was little too low on the mainland
of Florida. Up north in Miami, which has
spent hundreds of thousands of dollars
throughout the year in advertising its
climate. the temperature at 7:30 o'clock
Saturday morning registered 81 degrees
above zero. Up in Minnesota or in the Da-i
kotas, that would have been a welcomed
temperature for mid-March, but it was too
low for winter resort.
At the same time, the temperature in
Key West was 81. That Is degrees differ
ence Is what made it chilly in Miami and
pleasant in Key West. Over Tampa way,
the temperature at 7:30 Saturday was AT.
The President may or may not prefer
the temperature he has had this March to
the warmer temperature that he expert
enced here in March of last year. But, as
for Key Westers, who have been longing
for cooler weather, following winter that
was really summer, so far as warmth was
concerned, they rejoiced over the cooling
breezes, such as those during Saturday,
that came ont of the north or northeast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-14
Chapter s

Chapter ) 81.
u IvEaS was silent. reforming
- ms estimate Of the willy Don
Fernando.
Here was an old romance of
Spain--and since Don Fernando
had been in New Orleans . year
ago. this must date farther back.
1t must have been ! brief. whirl-
wind courtship. and having won
her. Don Fernando had sailed
away TO adventures IN this West
err world. probably with the best
intentions.
But time had cooled the butter
fly Fernando. Probably he had
been slow TO confess that to her.
And again. If his guess was cor
rect. Donna Dolores. hot blooded
and adventurous herself. had de-
cided to surprise him, TO sail to
Florida and there to marry her
tardy lover.
Apparently her arrival had
proved embarrassing to Don Fer
nando. She was but a child
eighteen or so at most, yet D
mature and gracious woman And
Don Fernando had chosen this
way out of dilemma-the two OF
them on board the L0uely MGTia,
New Orleans bound. Himself
playing the part of Don Fernando,
entrusted with the woman whom
Gonzales was supposed to Lowell
That was the awkward part Of
ii, which put q climax to his
mounting suspicious of the man.
He cursed the man under his
breath. even while one part oi
him rejoiced that he was here
and playing the part. Seldom had
he been so mixed in his own
mind.
They moved TO the rain as the
sails began to fill. The ripple OF
moonlight on the water was like
spilled quicksilver. the outlines Cd
the shore fading. The Gay Coun-
tess was low down to the hori-
Zon.
Here comes my duenna-deas
SOUL" Donna Dolores whispered,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-14
ARCHIE JoscErYfl,

and her fingers touched hts own
on the rail. as II by accident, ano
remained there, her Little nnssI
curling about his own bigger one
These years Of ak5sence helpea
10 account for her not KNOWING
that he was not the real Don kef.
uando. The duennz. q lady OF
ample eirth and uncertain years
with q good -nafured. perspfrinE
face. did not approach too closely.
-Just think. Fernando Donna
Dolores went on 1T Is nearly
three years since ] have been a.
your arms---Hntil tonieht. You
have been aklventurinE. while !
waited al kcnae. They were long
years for me. Fernando"
They've been long for me.
too Rivers murmured. Which
was only the truth. though before
he had not suspected IL
Were they, Fernandez Then
you aren't angry, that surprised
you by coming to Florida the way
/ didz / could wait no longer
without my heart breaking"
angry" Rivers repeated IF
I'm angry its not at you Donna. |"
Rivers hand clencbed the rail
tighter. Three years. Here was q
devils broth II was staggering.
but understandable. And far
worse than he had guessed this
adventure could be. when he had
agreed to play the part Of Don
Fernando. He had counted the
danger and risk. but that would
be physical Where the affections
Of q woman were concerned. IL
was different
Yet his hands were lied. Hav-
ing accepted her caresses, he
could not tell her the truth now.
That would be adding unspeak-
able cruelty 20 what she had suf-
fered already. Yet where would
be the end Of thisz How could II
build up to anything but disas-
teri
-Just Think In a few days." she
whispered, well be in New
Orleans-and be married thereI
Just as soon as your business af-
fairs are out Of the way! On. Fer
nando-I hope you won't think
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-14
NEW ELECTORAL SYSTEM PROPOSED

There isra movement on foot to ditch
the oid-tine method known as the "Elec-
toral College" and to let the voters choose
the President by the popular vote.
We all remember when Senators of
the United States were elected by the
Legislatures of their States.
A newspaper poll that has just been
completed shows that majority in the
new Congress. are in favor of scrapping the
Electoral College. And so, it seems quite
certain that Congress will agree on an
amendment to the Constitution to cut out
the college" Hasten the day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-14
ITALY AND SPAIN OUT

b. Apparently. most of the details of the
80 proposed North Atlantic Defense Pact
have been agreed upon by the nations d.
rectly affected, but some discussion con-
tinues on the question of inviting Italy
iuto the security association.
To include Italy would extend the
operation ofthe pact into the Mediter-
Fanean area. Besides. IL is extremely diff
rui, 20 discover any possible strengthening
~ the pact through the association of the
'-ltaiiana. Under the treaty Of peace. the
italians are prohibited from maintaining
more than skeleton force of arms and the
Inclusion Of italy would merely add to the
responsibilities Of the Atlantic group
Much the same question arises in con-
nection with recent discussions as to
spain. While the Spaniards come within
ths scope Of an Atlantic power, one doubts
that inclusion Of Spain would add to the
overall strength Of the North Atlantic
group. The present regime in Spain is
20 definitely ahti-demOeratic, according to
American stanards, and there is nothing
IN recent history 10 indicate that the mill
thEy power Of Spain is of consequence.
The argument advanced by some mill
tary experts for the inclusion of Spain and
Italy relates almost exclusively to the
FEASIBILITY Of acquiring valuable bases for
military operations. The argument is that
Hve do not acquire the bases, the next
vusniy - the nation might use them. OBJ
l. vionsly. this II true, but. until the Span
iards and Italians are strong enough to
protect their own soil and thus assure the
. safety Of the bases. they will be open to
the first belligerent which has the power
10 take them. Moreover. in the case of
both countries. there is little likelihood
that they win join hands with the Com
mguiNts unless revolution overtakes the
[. Fegimes now In power.