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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07

They're newcomers to the area
but Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Byers
of 403 Thayer drive, Richland
will tell you it doesn't take long
to get acquainted.
Take their wedding for ex.
ample. 81.
1t happened last Saturday. The
new Mrs. Byers who flew to Rich
land from Missouri. The Byers'
knew their wedding was going
to be shy quite few things =
a wedding supper, reception and
all the frills.
It also turned out that they
were shy a witness. But not for
long, the Washington Hardware
and Furniture store of Kenne-
wick fixed that up.
What! you say. How did a store
get into the act? I'D
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
Kennewick
ChomberWiI|
Hear MithUn
OMER I. MITHUN

Omer l.. Mlthun, University of
Washington Community Forum
speaker, will address a noon
meeting of the Kennewick
Chamber of Commerce, Thurs.
day. October 13. at Riviera cafe.
His topic will be planning
and Your Community" r. H.
Frank, manager, made the ar.
engagements for the program.
Mithun's experience in archi.
lecture ranges from residential
work to large public buildings.
His forum discussion will be a
challenging talk on architecture,
its contributions to good living,
and the problems of community
planning.
Mithun is a registered archi-
tect in Washington, and an as
sociate member of the American
Institute of Architecture. His
fields of study also include ma
val architecture, industrial de-
sign, and community planning.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
up Plans
Repairs On
Crossings

Some relief is in sight for Tri-
City residents who have been
humping over the railroad cross
ings on Benton, Washington and
Fruitland streets in Kennewick.
T. v. Megy, ennewick agent
for the Union Pacific, said that
a crew had already been work.
ing on his railroads crossings.
With the Northern Pacific,
however, it was a different story
as R. G.. Evans, the agent in
charge, reported that he knew of
no plans at present to repair the
crossings. He said that he would
contact the roadmaster at Yaki-
ma to see if a repair program
might be pending.
Long a headache to Tri City
residents, the crossings were
characterized by Kennewick
cab driver as being similar to "a
roller. coaster"
Leonard Robertson, Rt. 1, Ken
newick, also reported the cross
ing to the N. P. depot gave him
the same feeling as double dip
roller coaster would. ~
Some other residents expressed
the same opinion of the cross.
ings. ~. =
Councilman Fred Bunch, chaire
man of the city streets commit.
tee, called the crossings lousy"
He said he was not familiar with
terms of the railroads frans
chise, but felt that corrective &C.
ton should be taken. -n ..
A study Monday afternoon Of
cars crossing the tracks showed
an excessive spring action. Some
wheels bounced like a rubbes
ball on a concrete floor.
Evans reported that his offics
had received no complaints
about the crossings. :.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
p. OWENS WARNS OF BASE BALL FLOP
To Get More County, State Funds
apportionment

| Monthly apportionment OF
state and county funds to the
seven school districts in Benton
county was announced Saturday
by Lillian Wise, county superin.
tendent Of schools.
Largest amount went to the
Richland district, No. 400, which
drew a total of $S6,614.24:
The funds distributed came
from three sources: The state
current school fund, the county
tax levy and the state school
equalization fund. Totals are
listed first and then the amount
received from each of the three
funds follows in the same order:
District l6-Prosser: $1S,S95.S4
total, $16,517, $S7.2 and ST..
291.57.
District 17-Kennewick: $751;.
$3O2.85 total, SAG, 297.78, $4,000
and $5,7s4.77.
District 36-Whitstran: ST.
632.36 total, $2,377.23, $685. and
$245.77.
District 50-Paterson: $509.37
total, $489.63, $.72 and $19.O2.
District 52-Kiona Benton
City: $3,229.45 total, $7,327.92,
$33.07 and SS6S.46.
District 53-River View: ST.
172,.s9 total, $3,6S4.01, $17.94 and
S47O.94.
District 400-Richland: $780,
614.24 total, $75.414.9O, $41O.S5
and S10,788.49.
10 MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Miss Wise said the money was
paid to the districts around the
18th of each month. There are
only 10 monthly payments,
however.
The. county tax levy Is light,
but will increase when annual
taxes are paid after the first of
the next year. This fund is not
accumulative and is paid on the
balance in the county school
fund each month. "a -.
Both the state funds are sim
liar with the exception that the
current school fund disburse.
ment is based on more than at
tendance as is the equalization
fund. Other factors considered
are miles travelled in transpor-
itation of pupils and IAN allow,
ance for educational units such
as the library and visual aids.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
Rice Is Not
A Doc Catcher

KenneWick Police Officer Earl
Rice wants it definitely under.
stood that he's policeman and
not dog catcher. ~
What's more, he can prove it
after an episode Monday.
Rice answered a. call at 312
Third avenue East to pick up a
stray dog. His report noted that
the dog was not tied or confined
in any way.
After fully chasing the pooch,
Rice went back to the station
where he washed his hands of
CANNES in general and one stray
in particular.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
Car, 2 Cameras
Reported Stolen

Theft of a car and two cameras
was reported Thursday to Pasco
police.
The car was owned by George
H. Hazard, AIS North 4th, Pasco.
1t was a 1910 blue coupe, license
FN-1S9. The vehicle was taken
from a street in the business
district.
The cameras, one of which was
valued at sos, belonged to w. B.
Norris, East Side Tavern, Pasco.
He reported they were stolen
from the trunk of his car while
it stood in a Pasco filling sta
ton. The more valuable camera
was recovered in a Pasco pawn
shop.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
Budget Has
I'd Rea dina

The budget session at the
KenneWick city council meeting
Tuesday night was a tame af-
fair, compared to the meeting at
Pasco. ~*"~
After cheerily greeting each
other, the city fathers settled
down to business and gave the
1850 budget a quick first and
second reading which took less
than 10 minutes.
The budget of $33O,627.6t drew
tentative approval with current
expenses getting the lions
share" The total allotted here
was $500, 1851 with salaries get.
ting S111,S40 Maintenance $40.
.51S and capital outlay $46,577..
II.
A total of $4,000 went to the
city street fund. Salaries will be
300, maintenance S1O,SO0 and
capital outlay $4,000.
Sewers are slated for $4,000
with $4,000 interest being the
big figure. Salaries amount to
$500 while maintenance is
S4,10O. :
$4,000 IN WARRANTS
Bonds and interest will cost
81, 672.50, while emergency war.
rants for the city streets will
total $4,000.
The council also gave Ordin.
ance No. $50 its first and second
reading. This is the ordinance
which sets the tax rates and dis
tributes the monies collected.
Total rate will be ID mills with
the city street fund getting 9la
mills, current expenses 31s mills
and the library 2 mills.
After agreeing on how the city
should spend its money, the
council acted upon four other
matters.
City Attorney Kenneth Serier
was instructed to take the nee
essary steps to recover S1.25O
on an untitled contract with
Washington State college. The
contract, which was let more
than year ago. was to make
a survey of economic conditions
in the Pasco-Kennewick regions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
Rites Held For
Snider Infonf

Graveside services were held
Monday at 9 o'clock in Riverview
Heights cemetery for David
Wayne Snyder. infant son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Audrey 8. SNYDER Of
Route 1. The Rev. James T.. Corn.
we'll Of the ksccnt!:' Cf Cod.
cfficiated. Besides his r'7~Cr:' hH
is survived b. two brothers JIM
nie and Daircl Snyd2r.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07

ker, publicity chairman; Mrs.
Hugh Copeland, dinner chair
man; Miss Elsie Anderson, Mrs.
Ralph Augustavo, Mrs. Esther
Benson, Mrs. o. T.. Bongsto, Mrs.
r. S. Brown, Mrs. E. G. Camealy,
Mrs. Erie Churchman, Mrs. H. S.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07

Cook, G. K. Epley, Mrs. H. S. Eos
kett, Mrs. Winifred Hopkins, Mrs
Neil Lampson, c. S. Mitchell,
Mrs. Walter Oberst, Mrs. James
Pearce, Mrs. Jay Robinson, Jr.,
Mrs. E. M. White, Mrs. Vern Es-
singer, Mrs. William Susiene.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
WEEKEND
VIEWPOINTS
BY ] w. HANSON
Editor. The Couyier.Reporter

Did you ever know of a bust
ness failing because of prosperi
ty? That sounds like a question
fashioned out of double talk, but
that's what a sensible person
told this column has happened
in Kennewick's city bus business
And when you listen to the per.
son talk, you find a lot of rea.
son in his words.
There have been three at.
tempts to make a city bus serv.
ice pay, but each time the serv.
ice operated for d while, then
suspended. The explanation each
time wasn't that operating costs
we're too high, but that people
simply didn't ride the buses of.
ten enough. City BUSES have
wheeled about the streets for
hours some days with only a
very few passengers. Nickels
have dropped in where there
should have been dollars.
This person says most fdmi.
lies in Kennewick have quito.
mobiles. They use their cars
to drive one or only q few
blocks. Some members of q
few families rode the bus when
dad had the car. but this didn't
count up. So. he points out.
prosperity - q condition un-
der which everybody had
transportation Of his own -
knocked out the bus business.
In pduperized Germany the bus
would pay. And what would
the Russians think if they
should read this story?
Notes on Tri.City activities:
The new town of McNary is ris-
ing rapidly and may become "a
real city before all progress
stops. Two contracts have been
awarded there for constructing
curbs, sidewalks and driveways,
and for surfacng streets and
roadways .. Announcement
has been made that the North
Richland medical center will be
closed today friday. Personal
and dental services will
be relocated in the building for.
merly occupied by the beauty
shop in the North Richland bust.
ness district . The second
cycle of the army's organized
reserve corps augmentation pro.
gram will be open in the Tri.
City area at the armory on Oct.
10 "Chuck Warnock of the
Twin City Cramerey says Ameri-
cans consume five and one half
billion pints Of ice cream annu-
ally -. Columbia Valley Grange
Of franklin county won honor
able mention in the statewide
community service contest :.
State game officials stress the
of getting land
owners permission before hunt.
ing on his land and the point
that it is illegal to do otherwise
And In some hunting areas
dry conditions still exist, making
it advisable to be careful with
and cigarets.
EDITORIAL:-Charley Peter
son, player.manager of the We
Chiefs who are slated to
move to the Tri-City area next
spring, in a brief talk at a
chamber of commerce meeting
here yesterday, says ball play
ers are IS per cent good men.
himself is a clean.cut
intelligent fellow. Players up to
to his standard will be great as.
sets to the community.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-10-07
CLUB TO MEET

CLUB TO MEET
Highland Women's club will
meet Friday. Lunch will be serv-
ed at 2 p. M, only. There will
be a door prize as part of the
program.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Shriners Parade
Features Ex-Actor
Harold Lloyd
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 10
Richmond's Acca Temple Shrine
paraded Harold Lloyd down Broad
street between lanes of Christmas
shoppers today but only few citi-
zens waved recognition.
To several hundred befezzeo
marchers from some Is conlmu-
mites, the parade marked the
visit of the imperial potentate o1
the Shrine. .-..
And to 180 candidates for the
order, it meant an introduction
to the rigors of initiation.
Former Movie Actor Lloyd, the
imperial potentate. waved gra.
ciously from a convertible to al
occasional bail from the sidewalk
There was no hint of the zanJ
antics that once made him a boz
office attraction.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
|10Hurt, One Critically,
When Car Hits Bridge
Near Peace Cross

Ten persons were injured. one
critically when the car in which
all were riding crashed into a
bridge abutment on Bladensburg
road near the Peace Cross yester-
day.
The front of the five-passenger
sedan enveloped one end of the
concrete abutment of the bridge
which crosses the northwest
branch of the Anacostia River.
Rescue squads from Glenn Dale,
Branchville and Brentwood car
ried the injured, all of whom are
colored. to Leland Memorial Hos
pital. Riverdale, and to Freed
mans Hospital.
Prince Georges County police
listed the driver of the car as
Nathaniel Walker, 27, of Fair
mount Heights, Md. He was not
charged.
Mr.. Walker, who suffered head
cuts, was taken to Leland along
with the following, all of Fair
mount Heights:
Mrs. Lula Belle Walker, the
drivers wife, head injuries; their
three children, Phyllis, 3. critical
head injuries. and Geraldine, 4.
and Nathaniel, jr., S, minor in
juries; James Edward Smith, 20
months, minor injuries, and Miss
Lucille Ball, about 80, skull frac-
ture.
Taken to Freedman's were:
Theodore Thompkins. 43, Of the
1900 block of North Capitol street,
broken left arm and head injuries:
Mrs. Willie Mae Johnson, 81, head
injuries, and Audrey Johnson. II.
broken right leg. both of 1927
Wylie court NE.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

GEORGE GIRAGL. JOSEPH MALONEf.
Dame Communion to the two
fatally injured men. The special
mass will be followed by breakfast
at Holy Cross College, 40o1 Hare
wood road NE. 4
The Rev. John J. Cavanaugh,
president of Notre Dame, will at
tend the service and later will ex-
tend his condolences to the youths
families.
Car Jumped Curb.
DR.. Harding, assistant medical
director at the Veterans Admins
tration. said the young men had
been visiting in his home until
about 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
DR.. Harding's son was driving
them back to their residences
when the accident occurred.
Police reported that the sedan
was speeding when it struck a
traffic separation island in the in
terSection of Reno road and Tilden
street NV, jumped the curb and
rolled down an embankment into
-, section of park land near the
Bureau of Standards.
Mr.. Harding apparently was
killed instantly, while Mr.. Giragi
died at Emergency Hospital short
ly after he was brought there by
a rescue squad ambulance.
Mr.. Harding was secretary of
the senior class at Notre Dame
when he graduated last June. He
graduated from Wilson High
School in 1914, and during his
years in high school here played
tennis in several amateur tourna-
ments.
DR.. Harding said his son came
down from Philadelphia this week
end especially to see his closest
friend, Mr.. Giragi.
The "Y" intersection where the
fatal accident occurred has been
the subject of complaints from
motorists who say that the traffic
separation islands in the inter-
section are difficult to see. especi-
ally at night or in the fog.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Funeral Set tuesday
For J. {. Harding, Jr.,
Killed in Auto Crash

Funeral services for James C.
Harding, jr., one of two Notre
Dame graduates killed in an auto
mobile accident at Reno road and
Tilden street NV. yesterday, will
be held at 10 am. Tuesday at
the Shrine of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, Chevy Chase Circle.
Burial will be in Philadelphia.
The other victim was George
Terrell Giragi. 2l, of 1906 New
Hampshire avenue NV. A mem
Der of the Capitol police force, he
came to Washington only a month
ago from Holbrook, Ariz.. where
his family lives.
Mr.. Harding, %, lived at 5428
Forty-flrst street NV. and was
the son of Dr.. and Mrs. James c..
Harding. He was graduated with
Mr.. Giragi in last years Notre
Dame class and had been attend
ing the law school at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Two others were seriously in
jured in the accident. They are
Frank Finn. jr.. 81, who roomed
with Mr.. Giragi and is an employe
of the Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION, and Joseph T. Maloney, 81,
of 1912 Sixteenth street NV, a
student in a night law class at
Georgetown University.
Off Critical List.
Attendants at Emergency Hos
pital last night said the two men
had been taken off the critical
list. Mr.. Finn, who also gradu-
ated from Notre Dame last June,
suffered a fractured skull and cuts
about the head and left wrist.
Mr.. Maloney received undeter-
mined head injuries and possible
fractures of the shoulder and nose.
Mr.. Finn came to Washington
recently from his home at Denni-
son, Tex. while Mr.. Maloney came
here to attend school from his
home at Trenton, N. j.
At 8 am. today the Notre Dame
Club of Washington will dedicate
its 18th annual Universal Notre
Evening star., 1949-12-11
500 to Receive Bonuses
At GoIdenberq Store

Nearly 500 employees of the
Goldenberg Co., Inc, department
store will receive Christmas bonus
checks this year, Sol Greenburg.
vice president and general mer-
chandise manager, has announced.
In making the announcement.
Mr.. Greenberg spoke optimistically
of business conditions here, He
said all employees who have been
with his company three months
or more will receive the bonus in
amounts varying with length OF
service.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Indonesio Army Units
Move Into Butuviu
BY the Associofed Press

BATAVIA. Java, Dec. 10.-Ad-
vance units of the Indonesian
republics army moved into Batavia
today to take over maintenance
of law and order from the Dutch
when this city becomes the capital
of an independent Indonesia.
A headquarters detachment of
Indonesian military police flew in
from Republican capital of jog
jakarta. An advancing unit Of
about 200 troops of the Siliwangi
Division, the republics crack guer-
rilla outfit which will provide six
battalions for the occupation of
Batavia, arrived from West Java
by truck convoy.
Some 200 police are scheduled
to move out of Jogjakarta for
Batavia by train Monday.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Typhoon May Strike
Northeastern Luzon
BY the Associofed Press

MANILA, Sunday. Dec. IA
typhoon which has whipped itself
into a 95-mile- hour tempest
may blow clear of all but North
eastern Luzon, the Philippine
Weather Bureau reported today.
The storm was 800 miles due
east of Manila at am. but was
moving northwest at II miles an
hour.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Catholic Daughters
To Present Forum

The Catholic Daughters OF
America will present a christmas
Forum" at 8:15 pm. Tuesday at
their headquarters. 2 Scott Circle
NV.
Participating will be the Rev
Aloysius J. Buggraff, director OF
New York's Paulist Information
Center, and his nephew, the Rev
Alvin r. Burggraff, of the Paulist
Juniorate, Baltimore. Good It'd
ings of Great JOY" will be the
subject of the dialogue.
Also on the program will be
Christmas carols, illustrated BY
colored slides. The public Is in
vited.
The wolverine Is probably the
most powerful living creature, for
its size.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Policemen 10 Testify
Tomorrow as Trial
|0f AcaIotti Resumes

The trial of Attilio Acalotti
on charges that he sought to
intimidate a Federal witness will
enter it's final phase in District
Court tomorrow with five police
men under summons to testify for
the defense.
The officers were named in
testimony by the prosecutions
star informer, Miss Bernice Frank
lin, 35. who told the jury she lived
with Acalotti before she decided
to give authorities her version of
his alleged gambling activities.
Acalotti. AZ, operator of a news
stand near Thomas Circle, was
one of more than 80 men arrested
March Is in widespread gambling
raids ordered by District Attorney
George Morris Fay largely on the
basis of information furnished by
Miss Franklin.
Faces Three Indictments.
The defendant is under three
indictments charging violation of
the gaming laws in connection
with betting in numbers lotteries
and the horse races. The gam
bling trials have been set for next
month.
Currently, he is being tried on
charges of having threatened Miss
Franklin as a result of her testi-
mony before the grand jury.
Miss Franklin gave the Wash
ington Post a lengthy affidavit
last February to the effect that
Acalotti paid off five policemen
and met regularly with his asso-
ciates in the Office of circulation
official of the Times-Herald. This
information was transmitted to
Mr.. Fay's Office and Miss Frank
| lin testified before the special
grand jury on March /.
Last May, however, Miss Frank
lin and Acalotti went to the
Times s-Herald where she gave a
statement indicating her previous
story was "all politics" as far as
she was concerned.
Trial Opened Wednesday.
The trial opened Wednesday
with Miss Franklin, divorce
and the mother of six children,
as the principal witness.
She testified that Acalotti in
two telephone. conversations
threatened to bash" in her face
and to shut her mouth" per-
manently because he suspected
she had "squealed" on him.
Miss Franklin was a waitress
employed in a restaurant near
Thomas Circle when. she said
she went to live with Acalotti
early in 1948. She helped him
run his gambling business. she
said, and left his apartment last
November when it became ap-
parent that he would not change
his way of making living.
Defense Counsel Charles E
Ford has sought to show that
Miss Franklin told her story te
authorities because she was jeal-
GUS of another waitress, who hao
become Acalotti's girl friend.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

q Ill Ill Z II u W
Congress that
the present ap-
peal system be
scrapped.
A ny uc n
change will be
opposed vigor-
ously by en-
ploye gr ou p S
which feel that
an employees
full right to
appeal his ef-
fciency rating
is essential to
iOb security.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

ings are expected to be reduced
to only two - satisfactory anc
unsatisfactory" with exceptiona
employees receiving an "outstand.
ing" designation.
Agencies also may be given
greater latitude in perfectine
their own systems. Also. greater
amphasis probably will be given
to using the ratings for perfect
ing closer working relationship
between supervisor and employe.
HELD OVER-The Civil Service
Commissions Art and Hobby Show
has been so successful that it will.
be held again tomorrow night or
the second floor of the commits
sion building, Seventh and F
streets NV. Government en-
ployes and the general public are
invited. Admission is free.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Govern-
ment workers have been invited
to attend an address by DR.. Har-
old c. Urey, one of the American
scientists who helped develop the
atomic bomb, at 8 pm. Wednes-
day in the Department of In
terror Auditorium. The meeting
is sponsored by the Washington
Chapter of the Atlantic Unior
Committee The 1nteragency
Records Administration Confer.
ence will hold its annual Christ.
mas reception at 4 pm. Friday
in the Archives Conference Room
following its regular business meet
ing The Veterans Admins
tration is rapidly dismissing its
temporary employees who are
working on the veterans insur.
ance dividend program. More
than 800 of these employees re.
ceived lay-of notices during the
past few weeks and hundred:
more of them will be dismissed
during the next few months az
the program winds up HillorJ
A. Tolson, assistant director Of
the National Park Service, has
been awarded the 1949 silver
medal for distinguished work
awarded each year by the Amer
ican Scenic and Historic Preser-
vation Society Former Rep
resentative Robert Ramspeck Of
Georgia and James H. Rowe, jr.
an attorney and member of the
Hoover Commission, have beer
appointed to a special committee
of the State Department to study
the possibility of combining the
high-level department personne
with the foreign service career
group. AS proposed by the Hoover
Commission. the new combined
group would operate outside o.
Civil Service What abou
the Human in Human Relations
will be discussed by the Societ.
for Personnel Administration a
7:30 pm. Tuesday in the Archives
Auditorium.