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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14

Auto license plates for 1850
have arrived at the office of the
Franklin county auditor Louise
Lewis.
Sale of the 5000 passenger,
1000 truck and 1000 trailer
plates, which are painted white
with green lettering, will start
November Is.
They are made of aluminium,
as were this years, and are per-
forated so they can be used a
second year by boiling a small
1851 plate over the 1880" Sew
eral other states have used this
plan for sometime.
Pauline Morath, license dep.
uty to Miss Lewis, has one great
worry. Last year she was
plagued by people who came in
and wanted to buy a license,
but who lacked the proper pa
pers.
So she emphasiZeS-and uses
several "pleaSes"-that the cur
rent registration certificate must
be presented.
Many, many vehicle owners
last year came in bearing the
yellow receipt given them when
they apply.
But that won't do, declares
Mrs. Morath. They must have
the current registration certifi-
cate, which is white.
Mrs. Morath will be glad to
help anyone obtain the correct
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
ke'!'nInewick
.PIosn1u TO
Douglas
-

Three Kennewick blood donors
provided the margin that might
have saved the life of u. S. jus.
tice William o. Douglas when
he was injured by fall from a
horse high in the Cascades Sun
day.
Tests of the injured man show
ed that he had an extremely
rare type of blood. A quick check
at the Yakima blood bank re-
vealed that only three pints Of
that type were available.
On a recent visit of the Blood.
mobile to Kennewick, three
pints Of that type blood were
collected, according to w. C.
Sommers, executive secretary of
the American Red Cross in Rich.
land. ~-.s>> .."-
Those three pints avilable in
the Yakima blood bank were
probably those collected in Ken
newick, Sommers said.
AS 1t turned out, Douglas
didn't need TRANSMISSION and
the blood will be saved for the
next person in need. FL
The blood is collected regular.
~ by the Bloodmobile operated
out OF Yakima. The mobile unit
is due in Pasco next on Oct. Is.
The two dollar days are the
first of a series of special events
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Guy Story Figures
He Lost $4,000

Guy ]. Story, Kennewick high
lands farmer, has pulled up his
nine acres of Concord grapes, on
which he figures he lost at least
$4,000 in four years.
He quit the grape-growing
business because of the price.
Last year-one of the most pros
porous in this nations history
he harvested his first crop. The
price was $40 a ton. This year,
when the vines were mature but
the yield badly cut by a severe
winter, he doesn't expect to get
much more than $25 a ton.
twenty-five dollars for grapes
that cost $50 to produce" he
SnortS.
Story, who came to this area
Sept. 1, 1904, plowed under mint
to plant the grapes four years
ago. His other mint fields, which
he says were no better than the
one he turned to grapes, have
crossed better than $500 an acre
since then.
Last year he harvested SO tons
of grapes, this year ID tons.
That returned less than $1,000,
even if this years crop brings
$40, which Story-and many 9th.
er Tri-City area growers-doubt,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Kennewick Man
Seriously Injured

A Kennewick man was in.
jured Wednesday when he
caught his arm in a machine
belt at Plymouth.
RoyGibson, 46, of FOG South
Yelm, was hospitaliZed at Our
Lady of Lourdes in Pasco. He suf.
fered a broken arm and ankle
Attendants Thursday reported his
condition as good"
Gibson was employed by ]. G,
Shotwell.
Also admitted to the hospital
Wednesday was Mrs. Myrtle Will.
liams, I'll 10th Ave. East, Ken.
newick. She fell and broke her
elbow. Mrs. Williams was EN-.
ployed by Kennewick restaur.
ant.
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MEETING SOON TO DISCUSS BRIDGES
To Discuss
Locations
OF 7 Spans

Word has been received from
Col. Whipple of the army engine
ers in Walla Walla that a meet.
ing will be held soon here to dis
cuss the location of a new bridge
over the Columbia river between
PaSco and Kennewick.
Also to be discussed at the
meeting, which is to be open to
the public, is the location of a
new bridge over the Snake river
to replace one burned down re-
Gently.
Kennewick residents who re-
ceived word of the meeting, said
no date has been set.
The brides will be a part of
the state road and bridge system
but the army engineers are in
tereSted in the location and type
of construction from the stand.
point of national defense.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Hunford To Study
Radioactive
Effect on Stock

Atomic energy today is work.
ing hand-in-hand with the
American farmer. Already scien-
lists are using radioactive iso-
TOPICS - by-product of nuclear
fission - in crop fertilizer stu.
dies and in other fields, DR.. H.
A. Kornberg, atomic energy sci
enlist, told a WSC feeders day
audience at Pullman yesterday.
Zone of our major projects
now" DR.. Kornberg said, "is the
establishment of an extensive
animal farm. On it sheep will be
exposed to internal irradiation
in comparatively large amounts.
AS our purpose in the experiment
we are establishing definitely
what quantity of internal radia-
ton is necessary to cause dam
age of some sort. We shall look
for variations in quantity and
quality of wool, milk produc-
ton, lambing, health of animals,
as we'll as measuring a host of
other effects. The amounts OF ra-
diation administered to the
sheep exceeds by several tens
of thousands of times the maxi
mum quantity that would be
permitted in the environs of the
Hanford works. And in even
these comparatively excessive
quantities that we shall use, it
is only with continued diligence
in observations that we expect to
note damage" II
DR.. Kornberg made a brief
summary of the scope of the
atomic energy commission, not
ing that operations are carried
on over a range of Is states; that
it has a larger investment in
real estate, industrial plants, and
equipment than the General Mo-
tors Corporations; and that the
inventory at Hanford alone, lists
about the same number of items
as the Montgomery Ward cata-
log. 49,
DR.. Kornberg, dwelt only mo.
mentarily on the military phase
of atomic energy and concen-
ltrass.sssi iefly- or its utilization
ito the fullest extent for the
good of humanity" He outlined
several steps already taken, in
Guiding the use of radioactive
iodine in the treatment of over.
active and cancerouS glands;
the use of isotopes in diagnosis
and treatment of other diseases;
the tracing - through minute
particles of radioactive elements
of various nutritive factors
from the soil, into the plant, and
from there into the body of an
animal.
Radio therapy, now used in
human treatment, may someday
be applicable as well in the
treatment of certain diseases in
valuable breeding livestock" he
said. o. - .-.
whether favorable mutation
hereditary change) may be uti-
lized for the improvement of
breed in livestock industry is
always an interesting question
to those concerned with radio.
biology. The irradiation of Pen.
icillium mold increased the pro.
duction of this drug tremendous.
ly. If it can be done with PENCIL
lium notatum perhaps it can be
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14

A silver dollar will mean
more than just 100 cents to shop
pers in Kennewick Friday and
Saturday.
.Kennewick m e c h an is are
launching the first of q series of
bargain events to promote a
trade at.home" campaign that
will continue through October
and November.
All day Friday Kennewick
merchants will give silver dol
lars wherever possible in making
change. Friday night, beginning
at 9 o'clock when Kennewick
avenue will be roped off between
Benton and Auburn, the Apprec-
iation Day committee has plan
ned a veritable rain" of silver
dollars.
The rain" of dollars will be a
part of a big street show, with
the public invited. Silver dollars
will be given away to people in
the audience, singly and in pairs
many times without rhyme or
reason.
Saturday, most Kennewick
merchants participating in the
Dollar Days event will give extra
values for all silver dollars spent
in their place of business.
Dave Turnkey, chairman of
the Kennewick Retail Merchants
RI1rnan said window cards. her.
aids and badges would be dis
tributed to all participating
stores starting at noon Wednes-
day.
Turnkey also pointed out that
Kennewick merchants were par
ticipating in the Dollar Days
event almost 100 percent and
that for the first time in many
months most business houses
would remain open until 9 Fri
day evening. ~. :
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Over 100
Attend Church
Zone Meeting

Fellowship and recreation,
combined with a devotional per-
iod and a business session, made
full Sunday for more than 100
Walther League members who
were attending the Intervalley
Zone meeting at the Bethlehem
Lutheran church in Kennewick
Representatives from six com.
munities attended. '.s.-
Wapato took the attendance
plaque for the fourth consecutive
time with 100 percent attendance
at the rally. The other groups,
Walla Walla, Kennewick, Rich
land, Sunnyside and Yakima,
followed closely behind.
Visitors came from Snohomish,
Dishman, Spokane and Portland.
The rally started at IL am.
with regular service in the
church. The Rev. M. c. Kauth,
pastor of the Bethlehem Luth.
eran church, delivered the topic
sermon, Gall Things Thru
Christ" Special mvc:s was pro.
vided by the Kennewick choir.
A picnic lunch which was
slated for the park, but was
driven indoors by the wind, was
held at 1890.
After lunch, the youngsters adj
journed to the park where they
played volleyball, softball and
other sports. h
The business session at 2:45
was lead by Jim Hinrichs, youth
leader from Yakima. It was fol.
lowed by a topic study under the
direction of M. S. Pohl, superin-
tendent of the Kennewick
Church's school.
When the topic study was fin.
1shed, there was another recre.
ational period in the park.
Highlight of the day-long af-
fair was the evening banquet
which had an Indian theme.
Art Albrecht, East Kennewick,
was the POSTMASTER. He was
wrapped in an Indian blanket
and had on feathered head
dress. Dick Beck from Walla
Walla lead the group in singing
western songs. -.
f The meeting came to a close
with vesper services in the
church lead by the Rev. Ed
Imme, pastor of the Redeemer
Lutheran Church in Richland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14

He estimates it costs SIS. $50 a
ton to produce grapes, so his loss
on the crop-forgetting the mint
he might have raised had he not
converted to grapes-was not in
considerable.
Even SO, Story might have con-
tinued to gamble on grapes had
there been any hope of a 'fail
shake" on the price.
But he's satisfied that Is a
vain hope so long as the presen,
situation prevails.
Church Grape Juice Co. is tn
principal professor in the ares
Story feels certain that unit
growers organize to negotiat,
prices, the producers will con
tinue to receive prices which h
considers less than one-half til
national average.
The way it is now, he says.
''they Just play with us anu
we have to take what they fee
like giving u.s."
So he's going to plant those
nine acres to mint again. Many
other Tri-City area growers re-
port they too are seriously con-
sidering destroying their vine
yards and planting something
else,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
LdngIie Will Speak
Al Church S Second
Annual $40 Dinner

Governor Arthur B. Langlie
will be the speaker for the Sec
ond annual $40 dinner given by
the Kennewick Christian church,
Friday evening, Nov. 18th at
pm. This years. dinner will be
held at the church, Third and
Washington.
Although Gov. Langlie did not
state a definite topic in his
phone call of acceptance, later
confirmed by letter to the Rev. E,
c. Hawkins, pastor of the church,
it was indicated that his general
theme would center on Chris.
tianity and state government.
Members of the church feel
highly nonored in being able to
present the governor Of the state
to the people of the Tri-City area.
In order to give all who attend
the dinner an opportunity to
meet the governor, a reception
will be held in the chapel i'm
mediately following the turkey
dinner and program.
Patricia Wood Brown, local
contralto and elementary school
music supervisor of the Kenne.
wick schools, will be another
feature of the program. She will
sing a group of solos.
The full! course turkey dinner
will be cooked and served by the
two ladies circles of the church.
Mrs. Richard Riegel has charge
of publicity and ticket sales.
The Christian church had the
original ten dollar dinner for this
area last year in the grade
school cafeteria with Judge Will
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Statement
Gives Side
00fCooEIllllpan|'y

Church Grape Juice Co., has
denied ''emphatically" price
fixing charges on which it and
three other Yakima valley pro.
cessors We're indicted by a fed.
eral grand jury in Yakima We'd
nesday.
The formal statement accused
government antitrust attorneys
of denying the accused the
right to present their side of the
case.
However, U. S. District Attor-
rley Harvey Erickson in Spokane
told The Tri-City Herald that it
was normal procedure" for a
grand jury not to hear "the
other side" He explained that
a grand jury is an "accusatory
body" and does not "try cases.
SO it is normal procedure" for
the accused not to be permitted
to testify. 5--
OTHERS VERIFY 80
This was verified by several
Pasco attorneys. One of them
said if the grand jury did hear
the stother side" there always
was a danger that when the
case came to trial defense at
torneyS would move for dismiss
sal on grounds it already had
been tried. ..... ...-..
The jury, which began hear
ing testimony of grape growers
and others Monday, also indict-
ed six individuals, including
Donald S. Sherwood, Walla
Walla. vice president of Church's
and F. M. Ludlow, Kennewick,
secretary-treasurer of the firm
and manager of the Kennewick
processing plant.
Neither had anything to add
to the formal statement released
to the press by the company.
John G. Kelly, Church's presi-
dent and publisher of the Walla
Walla Union Bulletin, was va
cationing in New York and was
not expected back in Walla Wal
la until Nov. I, his office report
ed.
STATEMENT FOLLOWS
The statement:
'The officers of the Church
Grape Juice company emphatic
ally deny that they have ever,
in the company's A2 years of op-
Grafton, fixed or attempted to
fix the price of grapes to grow.
ers by agreement direct or in
direct with any other purchaser
Of grapes.
The highest prices paid for
concord grapes in the Yakima
valley prior to World War II was
$50 per ton.
"In 1913, 1914 and 1915 ceiling
prices for Concord grapes. were
established by the federal gov.
eminent at S45. $50 and S54 per
ton, respectively.
with the removal of price
ceiling in 1916, grapes in COM
mon with all commodities in a
sellers market, jumped to $50
per ton.
Competition for grapes in the
Yakima valley was keen.
"By 1947 grape juice at the
consumer level became very
competitive and price-cutting was
inevitable.
Continued on Page %
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Strike Wuter
I'm Test Well

Water has been struck in Ken.
newick's test well on Clover
Island. 49,. ---- -. + ~ Z
AS yet, tests have not been run
to determine whether or not the
supply will be sufficient. How
ever, City Superintendent Dick
Rector said a "swab test" would
be, used. ~--.n~,-....:ss,~-...>~ ..c~.. T..
In this method, a column of
water is forced to the top of the
shaft. The time it takes for the
water to fall to the bottom de.
termines the water flow. A fast
time means a good flow. !
If the first well fails to produce
water in the quality and quaint.
ity wanted, more wells will be
drilled on the Island.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
kangaroo
Charges
Are Denied

An emphatic denial that he is
running a Kangaroo court
which is jeopardizing the rights
of juveniles was leveled Thurs
day by Judge c. F. Winken-
werder, police judge and justice
of police for Kennewick.
Winkenwerder was replying to
charges made against his court
last week by Walt Woehler, Ken
newick postmaster. Woehler told
the city council his son had been
fined on a traffic charge by Win
kenwerder. - 80. is..,..r-.
A car driven by Woehler's son
was involved in a collision with
another machine. The driver of
the other car signed a complaint
against young Woehler.
II have presided over my court
for IL years." Winkenwerder de-
clared. "Sure, I've made some
errors. / would be foolish to say
1 haven't. Every mans bound to
make some mistakes"
However, Winkenwerder re-
ported he was not in error where
Woehler's son was concerned.
''Mr. Woehler was i'm court the
night his SON appeared before
me. Remember now, this COM
plant wasn't signed by arrest
ing officers, but rather by pri-
vate citizen.
'The boy is tall, husky chap.
1t never occurred to me he was
a juvenile. Why didn't his father
speak up? Instead, Mr.. Woehler
sat silent in the court when !
asked the boy if he was prepared
to have his case heard. Later
when / fined the boy his father
came forward, paid the fine and
told me he would have the boy
work the money out.
"My question is this: Why
didn't MIR. Woehler tell me his
son was not of legal age?" ID.
Winkenwerder also clarified a
story carried in The Herald say
ing he had tried is juveniles
since the middle of July. He re-
ported that on minor traffic in
fractions the parents oftimes
appear with their children and
ask that the matter be handled
i'm his court rather than goinr
through juvenile authorities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Court Denies
ReceiversI1ip

The petition of L. S. Bradley
asking that a receiver be ap-
pointed for the Butane Engineer
ing Co. of Kennewick was de-
MED by Superior Court Judge
Orris Hamilton at Prosser Thurs
day.
Bradley charged the company
failed to live. up to a manage
ment contract. His lawyer,
Charles Powell, said his client
regarded the contract as term
mated and that the defendant
had failed to vacate the prem
Uses.
However, the court ordered
that the disbursement of money
received from the sale of fuel
and appliance be spent by court
order only.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Class Meets Al
CumpbelI Home

Last Friday evening the Sam
aritan class of the Methodist
Sunday school met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Camp
bell, for their class party and a
pot luck dinner, which was fol-
lowed by a discussion of how the
elias scould do more effective
work. led by Mr.. Sarry, teacher,
Mr.. Peter, class president, and
the pastor, Rev. Wischmeir.. The
pleasant evening closed with the
singing of favorite hymns with
Mrs. Schuster at the organ.
The class adjourned to meet
Dec. %.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-14
Miss Luvuus SINGS
In College Chorus

Miss Leona Luvaas, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. P. ] Luvaas,
was recently selected 70 become
a member of this years Manitou
Singers at st. Olaf college,
Northfield, MINI. Miss Helen
Luvaas, director of the freshman
girls choir, announced the Off
cial 63 member roster last week.
Approximately 500 girls tried out
for positions with the singers.
Leona will sing in the alto
section of the group. She is a
freshman at st. Olaf this year
and plans to major in Home Ec-
onomicS.
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Fire Department
Answers 5 Alarms

Herb Malchow, Kennewick
Fire chief, reported that his de-
partment Answered five calls
during the month of September.
Damage at the five alarms to-
tailed $3,735. The largest fire. was
at Stones Drive Inn where the
damage was estimated at $500.
Malchow also reported that
building permits totaling $73, 100
were issued during the month.
Largest permit was for 10 new
houses on Fruitland street, val
ued at $55,OO0.
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Pledged At College
|Womun's Club

Panhellenic of Oregon State
College has announced tn e
pledging of Miss Barbara Owens,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
Owens, to Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Miss Owens entered O.S.C. this
fall as freshman and is major.
ing in home economics. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Brown left Wednesday
for two weeks vacation. They
will visit the Burns Brown fam.
lily in Santa Barbara and plan
to also travel into Mexico.
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done with livestock.
"The future looks bright in
deed. Never before have we had
in our hands a tool so powerful
as this, and its contributions, de-.
spite its threats, toward a bet.
ter life for all are already be-.
ing felt"
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VIII Meet In RichIand

Esther Circle will meet at the
home of Mrs. Warren Aldrich, in
Richland, Friday afternoon. Pot
luck will be served. Those
needing transportation are asked
to meet at the church at 1880
am. Hostesses for the event will
be Mrs. A. F. Lance, Mrs. Walter
OberSt and Mrs. Fred Hockey.
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liam ]. wilkins as speaker. AS
before, all proceeds will go into
the building fund. Since the
seating capacity of the church
parlors is limited to $50, reserva-
lions may be made early by call
ing Rev. Hawkins, 5452.
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Is Polio Victim

o,> WALLA WALLA, Oct. 10 R)-
The county's first polio death
was recorded here yesterday.
The victim was Raymond H.
Bacon, IL, of Kennewick. He
was born in Yakima.
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Silver Dollars To Mean
More Than 100 Gents
10 kennewick SIloDDers

to be promoted by Kennewick
merchants in an effort to aid
customers to form the habit of
shopping in Kennewick.
Evening star., 1949-11-06
Higher Costs Reduce
{. &P. Telephone Net
Sharply Below 1948
By Edword G. Stone

Net income of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. for
September amounted to 1922, ,410,
a decrease Of $105,135 from the
same month year ago. according
to report filed with the Public
Utilities Commission yesterday.
September operating expenses,
including taxes, reached $780,
606. compared with $2.511,292 in
September, 1948, an increase Of
$159,314. Operating revenues to-
tailed $2,896,857 against $2,850,357
year ago.
In the first nine months Of
1948 net income totaled $4,000, ,503
as compared with $2,546,487 so
far this year, decline of $685.
016, the report showed. sxo
At the end of September there
were .459, 1922 telephones in service
in Washington, gain Of 20, ,199
over September, 1948.
Auditors to Hear Gunther.
Frank A. Gunther, jr., vice
president of the Security Savings
& Commercial Bank and for
Evening star., 1949-11-06
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER s,

monetary expansion which In turn
might lead to inflated prices.
The markets action this week
gave some substance to the idea
a stalling period has been reached.
Tuesday prices advanced smart
ly and on Wednesday again
stepped ahead to a 12-month high.
Strength appeared due mainly to
the fact that Bethlehem Steel's
agreement with the CIO United
Steelworkers. announced late
Monday, could be applied to the
industry generally.
On Thursday. Friday and Sat-
urday. however. the market didn't
do much of anything despite fire.
quent active periods. Up to the
time the market closed at noon
Saturday no agreement had been
reached by another major steel
producer.
A highlight of Saturdays mar
ket was furry Of buying interest
in several utility preferred stocks.
The balance of the market
moved in a fractional groove. The
Associated Press average of so
stocks remained at 68.6. Sales of
100000 shares compared with
100000 a week ago.
A total of 785 issues traded, Of
which 327 advanced and 226 de-
clined. New highs for the year
were established by 80 issues,
while none hit bottom,