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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-12
fBIoodmobiIe'
Next Call To
Be AUgUsf 80

The "blOodmobile" is making
its next call to Kennewick,
Tuesday, August 80. The hours
are $3.50 to 7:30 p. m.
The chairman for the blood
donor program, Mrs. Eunice
Parker Bell, is making a plea fol-
people willing to donate their
pint Of blood to call the Red
Cross office at once. Kennewick
k211, and signify their willing.
hess and a definite appointment
Will be arranged.
I According to Mrs. Bell, the
S6ota has never been met in
kennewick.
although this IS not unwill.
hgness on the part of our com.
hunity, 1t means that we are
Using more blood than we are
replacing and in case of disaster,
kould prove extremely disas.
Eous," Mrs. Bell said.
I'VE have been fortunate in
occurring these later hours be.
fause this arrangement makes it
more convenient for those work.
Ing" said Mrs. Bell.
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derstand why her father falls
asleep at the slightest opportuni.
ty, or why her mother is stock.
ing up on coffee. Alden has been
getting all the sleep he can for
the past three weeks in prepare.
ton for Installation. His wife,
Edna, expects to stay awake for
quite a. while herself, while
keeping Bud supplied with black
coffee.
Bud Alden says he will go into
the window and stay awake con.
stantly until the doctors tell us
he can no longer hold out. Dur.
ing this period we expect that
many of the musicians in the
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|HunsIey's
Bands To
Be Busy I F..

School will start early for the
members Of the Kennewick high
school band and junior high ma
jorettes. These two units svill
spend five rehearsal perao.ss, "a.
ginning today to brush up, for
their role in the Benton county
festival parades, band director
R. r. Hunsley announced. The
rehearsals are two hours in
length, from 10 to IL a. m. - ~
The complete schedule fol.
lows: Band only, Friday and
Saturday, August II and ID;
band and junior high majorettes,
Monday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of nexS week, August Is, II
and Is. Band majorettes are re-
quested to turn out, also new
band members who contemplate
playing in the group when
school opens.
Hunsley is also director of the
cowboy" band, comprised main
ly of music. minded Kennewick
adults, aided by some high
school band members, which
will represent the Kennewick
rodeo at the Richland Frontier
Days" celebration on August IL,
take part in the two Kennewick
festival parades, and provide
some lively music to entertain
patrons OF the Benton county 70.
dec on Saturday and Sunday af.
ternoons, August 20 and 81, at
the new rodeo grounds. Cowboy
attire will be worn by the band.
The Richland community band
directed by Ralph McAbee of
kennewick, will play during the
vaudeville entertainment at the
Benton county fair grounds Sun.
day evening, August 81.
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Fines In
Kangaroo
Court

The mills of Justice ground
exceedingly fine yesterday after.
noon under a gavel welded by
Kangaroo Kourt Judge Kit Gift.
ford at regular meeting of the
Kennewjck Chamber Of Com
merce. 49,
When the court session was
over, 35 defendants had been
fined and about $50 had been
taken in by the court.
+ The court session started when
members of the Benton County
Sheriff's Posse stormed the regu.
lar chamber meeting at the Riv.
iera club, took possession of the
microphone and Judge Clifford
called for order.
A warrant was read charging
members of the chamber with
failing to comply with a procla.
nation issued last week by May
or Urban Keolker requesting that
every person wear some sort Of
western makeup to advertise the
coming rodeo and fair, August
10, 20, and 81.
Every defendant pleaded gull.
ty. Some posse members were
fined too. President Gene Spauld-
ing of the chamber was fined for
dressing 'ftoo NICE" Dr.. S. S.
Selby had the double charge Of
failing to wear proper clothes
and being member of the pos.
sc.
Here are the ones who were
"socked:"
Frank Maupin, DR.. S. S. Sci.
by, Herb Owens, Hal Clark, Fun.
ice Bell, Joe Siegfried, Gene
Spaulding, r. c. Rector, Teresa
Campbell, Jean McClarey, Thorn.
as Thompson, willard Camp.
bell, Bob Mills, Dave Turnkey,
Charles Moves, Rex Patterson,
Fred Bunch, Aubrey Books, Lee
Leonard, Jim Grant, Sidney Lam
tor, Clint Silliman, Olav Otheim,
]. c. Pratt, Hugh Horton. Ross
Frank, AL Koeppe of Seattle,
ia Hanson, Grin Lande, Pat
Owens, Ralph McAbee, Phil
Grossman, John Hofrnaster, Leo
Shoemaker, Earl Magleson.
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400. Take
Field For
Hospital

Alfred c. Anon, chairman of
the KenneWick Hospital fund
drive, has announced that some
400 men and women volunteers
are now contracting the residents
OF Kennewick for donations to
the fund drive. These field work.
ers are members of the drives
field committee which is headed
by Mrs. Frank Beste.
For the purposes of the drive,
the city has been divided into
seven districts and in addition,
the area at the Richland. Y has
been designated as the eighth
district. Each district is the re-
sponsibility of a vice-chairman
who has five or more field work
sistant chairmen and the field
workers.
Each district has been broken
down into sections" Mrs. Beste
said. each section has been as.
signed to an assistant chairman
VIII has five or more field work
ers depending on the number of
residents in the section. In this
way we have limited the num-
Der of contacts to an average of
six per field worker"
District 1, including Parkview
and Arbor Homes, is under the
direction of Mrs. P. o. Stone as
vice chairman; District 2, Wash.
ington avenue east to Gum
street, and MP tracks to Seventh,
Mrs. Milton Libby; district 3, mp
tracks to Columbia river includ-
ing Avenue c, and the city limits
on the east to Fruitland street,
Mrs. Walt Woehler; district 4,
mp tracks to city limits on south
and Fruitland. west to Edith,
Mrs. Urban L. Keolker; district
5, MP tracks south to city limits
and city limits on east to Gum
street and (south of 7th) east to
Washington, Mrs. Don Becker;
district 6, Vista Homes, Mrs.
Clarence Eagin; district z, MP
/ tracks to Columbia river includ.
ing River road and Fruitland
west to city limits, Mrs. Gretta
Anon; district 8, Richland Y,
Mrs. Carl Nyborg.
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Soles Fee
Ordinance
Not Decd

While Kennewick city coun.
kilmen at a meeting. last week
tecided to shelve a proposed Ii.
fense ordinance for business
places In the city; a proposal
again crept into proceedings at
7 special session Tuesday night
ind occupied a 15.minute per-
lod Of discussion.
The proposed ordinance to levy
7 gross receipt tax of one.tenth
pr one per cent on all business
has met with stiff opposition
from numerous merchants of
kennewick.
The ordinance met resistance
last week and after a lengthy
council session, during which
merchants were emphatic in
making their opposition known,
councilmen decided to shelve the
proposal.
INFORMAL DISCUSSION
Discussion of the ordinance
tuesday night was of an infor.
NAL nature, with varied opinions
teing expressed by council mem.
bers.
Comment varied as to favor.
ing a flat So fee for all classifi.
fations of business, to a mini.
mum of SIS.
Fees charged at Pasco came
up for round.table discussion,
but when Mayor Keolker ad.
Sourned the special session, no
action on the proposal had been
taken.
It was indicated, however, that
the matter Of a license fee for
business has not been forgotten,
or that the matter has been
"shelved" permanently.
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they were DESTROYS Of having an
ordinance enforced i'm KenneWick
which is now upon the statute
books of the city of Denver.
The group told council mem.
bers that the Denver ordinance
had teeth" in it and that it pro-
vided protection for local resi-
dents against INSCRIPTIONS op-
orators.
The photographers were as
sured that the matter of curbing
the activities of itinerants would
be given consideration at that
time.
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Rodeo TroUpe's
Itinerary Given

A complete list of the various
cities which the Benton County
Rodeo troupe will visit to pub
licize the rodeo on Aug. 20 and
q in Kennewick was released
today by Earl Maggelson.
All shows in the different
cities will start about 1880 pm
Maggelson said.
Pasco, Aug. 10. On Aug. IL
Dayton, Waitsburg, Walla Walla
Milton Freewater. This trip wiz
be a swing through the differ
ent towns during the day.
Aug. II and -, Richland. Or
Aug. is a day trip visiting Rich
land, Surnyside. Grandview ant
Prosser. And a final big show tfu
evening of Aug. Is at Richland.
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Missionary Group
Plans Meeting

Plans for a joint meeting with
the Kennewick group were made
at the Friday afternoon meeting
of the Missionary Circle of the
Pasco Christian church.
. Mrs. A. R. Sharp led the de.
votionals and Mrs. w. F. Gillum,
as program leader, presided dur
ing the missionary study.
Mrs. Les Houchens and Mrs.
Reta Barnes were hostesses to
the meeting which was held in
the church parlorS.
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WEEKEND
| VIEWPOINTS
BY ] w. HANSON
Editor, The CouYieY.RepoYtex

It isn't always either advisable
or justified to get excited when
the city council passes an or.
dinance on first and second read.
lngs, it doesn't necessarily mean
that suddenly it is to become a
law.
Emil Behrman, chairman of
the merchants committee of the
chamber OF commerce, says the
newspapers have been negligent
In not pointing this out every
time first and second reading
Is given an ordinance. The sug.
gestion from the chairman is a
good one. Failure to point this
out may tend to mislead the
public. although technically the
newspapers are correct in stat
Ing only what has happened.
Behrman used to be MAYOR of
kennewick some years back. II
was simpler matter to run the
city then. He has watched the
community grow, has seen MANY
cnanges, measures all that goes
Dn and has a great many ideas
Wnlch other merchants and pub.
nc officials could hear with pro.
lt to them and to the commun.
NY. Councilmen often pass an
ordinance on first and second
feading merely to bring it sec.
Gon by section before the group.
men 1t Is torn to pieces and
lther .shelved altogether or a
pew ordinance is drawn to bet
yer meet the wishes of the
founcil and public. So, we are
forrect In warning not to feel
nat the ordinance is sure to be
fome a law merely because it
3 passed on first and second
eadings. 1T is democracy at its
iest. However, when people do
axe an interest, pick ordinances
o pieces and recommend chang.
Is. ~
In this respect no organize.
tien serves the community bet.
ter than the Avenue C. Mer.
chonts Association. Whether Il
- q strong or weak point or
not the Avenue G people gen.
esdlly stick together on what.
ever stand q ledder takes,
There Il better unity there
than any other place In the
community.
Now that the hospital drive
getting underway in earnest,
ne hard workers are coming to
he front again. We'd like to
lame them but the list is too
Ping for the time this column
lad today. Maybe after It is all
Wer, Page Carter will furnish a
complete list Of those who will
tave borne the brunt Of this ex.
ensive drive for funds for an
inquestionably worthy. cause.
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Police buttered Up

TACOMA, n. n. lUP)-ShOrt
Of cash, Gilmanton woman
charged with overtime parking
paid her 50.cent fine by mailing
police a pound of butter.
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Posse Schedules
|Weiner Roust

Members of the Benton County
Aerial Posse will hold a weiner
roast at the Twin City airport
Aug. Is, as a part of their regu-
lar meeting.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Truman Pledges Support
OF Rural EIectrification
BY the Assoeiated Press


NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-President
Truman has promised continued
support for expansion Of rural elec-
IRRIGATION.
In 4 message last night to the
annual meeting of the National
Rural Electric Cooperative Asso-
citation, the President said:
1T will continue to be the policy
Of this administration to provide
loans as rapidly as funds are re-
quired to extend electrification to
rural areas through the crea-
tion and extension of co-operatives
on a sound basis"
Mr.. Truman expressed confidence
that the Government would con-
tinue to have the associations CO.
operation Ito improve the standard
of living of farm families and thus
to extend the benefits of our demo-
cratic way of life"
The President noted that 13 years
ego only one out of every nine
farms had electricity. while now
seven out of every 10 have it.
The message was delivered to a
convention dinner by John r. Steel
man, presidential executive assistant
and acting chairman of the Ma
tional Security Resources Board.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Karen Rebels Attack
Burma Police Station
BY the Associoted Press

RANGOON, Burma, Feb. a.
Karen rebels today attacked Grim
inal investigation headquarters and
q police station at Insein, 10 miles
north of Rangoon.
Several truckloads of .reinfore-
ments were rushed to Insein. Of
fetal sources said heavy fighting
was taking place in the center of
the town. Refugees were reported
streaming southwark to Rangoon
across rice fields and down the rail-
road line.
Government sources said Karens,
estimated to be about 800 strong
had established themselves near
Thamaing on the Rangoon- -Insein
highway.
Fierce fighting was reported con-
tinuing, although the sources said
government troops had not yet
launched a full-scale offensive.
Residents Of Thamaing, 8 miles
north Of Rangoon, reported today
that heavy fighting ragged there all
day yesterday between Karen
tribesmen and the national militia
The Karens, who want their own
state, hid in treetops and fired on
the troops, the reports said. Black
smoke from fires spread over the
area,
Evening star., 1949-02-02
CI0 Backs Bill, but Asks
Minimum Wage Of 81
BY the Associated Press

The C1O yesterday indorsed the
administrations new wage-hour bill
but said the minimum wage ought
to be 81 an hour.
Solomon Barkin, chairman of the
CLOS Committee for Revising the
Federal Wage-Hour Law, told the
House Labor Committee a boost to
IS cents would be better than moth
ing.
The bill would raise the minimum
from the present 40 cents to rs cents.
But raises beyond rs cents could be
made on recommendations from
committees appointed to study con-
ditionS in each industry.
Mr.. Barkin was one of three CIO
witnesses at the committees hear
ings on the measure.
Irving j. Levy, general counsel for
the CIO United Automobile Work.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Labor Will Participate
In Sesqui Celebration

Organized labor will participate
in the Sesquicentennial celebration
here next year.
The National Capital Sesquicen-
tennial Commission said today it
has received. such assurances from
labor leaders. In speaking of labor's
participation, This is as it should
be-" said Edward Boykin, director
of the commission. For certainly
the history of the United States
and the rise of American industries
are the direct products of labor,
faith and enthusiasm"
In his statement to the COM
mission, H. w. Brown, president of
the International Association of
Machinists, pointed to the growth
and influence of labor and Of the
National Capital as parallel events
of i'm nportance.
In his letter, William Green, pres
ident of the AFL, mentioned his
groups desire to assist the COM
mission and the intention to partici-
pate "by developing suitable ma
terial in line with your plan"
Letters have been received from
the CIO, Alvaney johnson, grand
chief engineer of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers; D. B.
Robertson, president, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men; Jesse Clark, grand president
Brotherhood of Railroad Signal
men: A. F. Whitney, president
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen;
George H. Harrison. grand presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Rail-
wav and Steamship Clerks; Hugo
Ernst, general president of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees
and Bartenders' international
Union. and several others,
Evening star., 1949-02-02

listed as missing and presumed dead:
Lloyd Wasserbach. 81; Albert Bleich.
60. both of Madison, Wis; Robert
Wingler, 80, Iowa City. Iowa; Charles
Wendtland, 80; Alice Callan, 50.
and Clara Solverson, So, all of Ripon.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Truman Believes u. ).
Can Avert Any Crash;
Must Play World Role

President Truman, who knows
all about economic disasters, is
convinced that this country can
head off another one.
Further, it must follow through
with the job of world planning. .
The President expressed his view
point last night at dinner of the
National Planning Association in
the Hotel Statler.
II think that before any disaster
with which we may be faced comes
about, we will be in a position to
meet it," Mr.. Truman said.
The President talked against the
background of his own business
reverse in 1921 when the depression
killed off the Kansas City haber-
dashery in which he was a partner.
The busted merchant" he said,
got into politics and ran for county
judge; against "a very able and dis
tinguished banker-and won the
election"
Speaks of '29 Crash.
The President spoke of the dark
days from 1929 through 1882, of
earlier depressions, and said PLAN
ners, in and out of Government,
are working to prevent recurrence
of disaster.
But, when we talk about plan
ming the things we want to do
economically, we are charged with
being Communists and fellow trav-
elers," he said. He remarked there
is distinction between a planned
economy" and a controlled al
omy"
Mr.. Truman added that the world
looks to the United States for lead
ership in its quest for peace and the
welfare of the people, and said he
had tried to point out its RESPONSE
bilities in his inaugural address.
1t is absolutely essential" that
the American economic structure
remain sound and prosperous" Mr..
Truman said, so it can inset its
responsibilities the world over.
And that is the job that is ahead
of the United States of America, to
meet the responsibilities which God
gave us in 1918 and which we did
not assume. We have 1t now again.
given to us. We must assume it.
We must carry it out"
II we do not, he said, it will be a
question of going back to the ninth
century"
Praises Hoover Proposals.
Praising former President Herbert
Hoover's Government reorganization
proposals, he said they would re-
duce the number of boards and
bureaus reporting to the President.
He scoffed at talk of the powers of
a President.
THE President spends most Of his
time kissing people on the cheek
first on one cheek and then on the
other-trying to get them to do
what they ought to do without being
kissed" he said.
Mr.. Truman predicted that the
proposals 10 reduce this Government
bureau or that will bring "all sorts
of cries and walls from people who
are anxious to have certain special
pets of their own left in the same
position in which they are now"
Evening star., 1949-02-02

five persons believed to have died
In the fire which destroyed the
Grand View Hotel early yesterday.
One unidentified body was re-
covered from the ruins late yester-
day, but Police Chief Ira Dunham
said five other hotel guests still
were unaccounted for.
Equipment from the Fond du Lac
sConstruction Co. was to be used
this morning to clear the ice-cov-
cred debris and aid in . search for
other bodies.
Fire Chief William Burroughs
said the cause of the blaze in the
four-story brick veneer building had
not been determined. The hotel,
Evening star., 1949-02-02

India is trying to combat imitation
by absorbing surplus buying power.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Princess Seeks $102,143
For Death of Mother
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.-Princess
Stephanie Hohenlohe of Hungarian
royalty and her sister, Milla Bach,
asked $102,143 damages yesterday
for the traffic accident death of their
mother, Baroness Milla de Szepessy
of Beverly Hills.
Their suit stated that the S1-year-
old baroness was struck in Beverly
Hills last December 3. by a truck
containing the defendants, John
Austin Ayers and Ruth E. Ayers.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
January Storms Took
Al Least Lives
In 15-State Area
BY the Asseeioisd Press

Wintef storms over States from
Texas to California in Januar,
caused at least 112 deaths and mil
lions Of dollars damage to citru
and vegetable crops, relief Official
estimated today.
| But the final death toll, propert,
damage and livestock losses remain.
undetermined as the storm bat.
tered westVn section of the Natior
still reeled from the billiards..
A survey today unfolded to somt
extent the widespread damage ovel
the storm belt from the worst
weather in several years.
New Blizzard Forecast.
Meanwhile, the Nevada range
country was threatened today with
another storm of blizzard proper.
tions. The snow was reported movine
eastward across the State and thu
Weather Bureau said it would be
followed by abnormal cold ant
winds.
Planes used to drop feed to Nevada
livestock suspended operations aftel
yesterdays flights.
The death toll was estimated fol
Is States hit by blizzards, subzere
temperatures and ice and sleet
storms.
The damage to citrus and vege.
table crops runs into the millions
of dollars-$30, 100000 in California
alone.
The livestock loss still is unde-
termined and probably will not be
Known until spring. The job OF
saving the thousands of cattle and
sheep which were snowbound on the
Western rangelands by January
blizzards still is not finished. Mel
ther is the huge task of bringing
relief to the thousands of marooned
ranchers and Indians. The empha-
sis in the Western blizzard belt
still is on relief operations-not on
counting the losses.
Drifts Halted Travel.
Some communities In the West
ern blizzard area were isolated fol
days-some for weeks. Roads choked
with huge snowdrifts halted all
travel over hundreds of miles in the
Dakotas, Nebraska, Montana, Wy
oming, Colorado. Nevada, Utah and
Idaho.
Stockmen agreed the toll in live
stock is heavy. In wyoming out of
an estimated 775DO0 cattle and
100000 sheep the losses are be-
lieved to run from $4,000 to 10000
cattle and 10000 to 10000 sheep.
Stockmen said losses resulting from
he after effects of the prolonged
cold weather and storms may be
greater than the number lost in the
billiards.. n
In Nevada, livestock losses were
uneStimated. However, approx
mateiy $1,000 cattle and 100000
sheep mad been stranded 10 days
without food before the haylift op-
erations started. Indications are
that so per cent of the cattle will
be lost but losses of sheep may not
be determined until after warmer
weather and the lambing season.
In Nebraska, one of the States
hardest hit by the billiards., A. E.
Anderson, State-Federal crop sta
tistician, said in estimating the
livestock loss that the damage still
lies under several feet of snow"
The deaths attributed to storms
in the Is States included Texas,
81; Nebraska, 20: Wyoming, 10;
Colorado, IS; Washington, 8; Iowa,
s; Montana. S: California, 4; Utah,
North Dakota and Missouri, 3 each;
Kansas, 2, and Oklahoma, South
Dakota and Arizona, / each.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
New Orleans Committee
To Check Comic Books
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2.-The
New Orleans Commission Council
while frowning on direct censorship
has named citizens committee te
supervise comic magazines for sale
here.
The council acted yesterday after
survey by David Mcclure. city
public relations director, reported
that third of the books are "offen.
sive, Objectionable and undesirable.
He added:
The women of the comic books
generally stand out in two groups
1.-the, attractive. bosomy creatures
who wear m-fitting clothes. and
1.-the, attractive, hosomy creatures
who wear little or nothing"