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Ffiws \ll of the DWEEK | #4 Market Mons Unexplained New York City—Despite a. steady flow of optimistic industrial reports from every section of the country, revealing corporation earnings ap proaching the peak of ’29 shares continued to show violent price fluc nations on the New York Stock Ex change. Cammimon houses releas ed scam of employes one day only ”to We them the following day, Alter staging substantial gains, rail rand stocks immediately lost ground m an Interstate Commerce Com mission decision granting a $47,000,- 'OOO increase in freight rates, exactly an reverse of the expected move ment in quotations; Although un . unarmed. a report persists that the ,nesident will issue a statement en waging to tinaDcial circles with in the week. warm Park! _ wmgton, D. (13.—Small hope is held out for a peaceable settle ment of the Me between the Am m Federation of Labor and the canth for Industrial Organiza flaminthehnndsofsmalloom- W or both groups in session h... wunam Green. president of “haunted.“‘rhedooris open end has been for two years. matheflMmove onthepnrt or those who left us to come back." He referred to the fact that some un an no! man with 0.1.0. have never formally abandoned their or mcbnrtersmdertheA.F.of L. Woman m: Record London, Wmeletmg a. MMMAustraua, 111-5 mummdlsMuMJean nattenofNeVZedandbetteredthe m night record set in May by Wt by 14 hours 10 minutes. The latter immediately started to nytonrdAuatrwamanattempt torenlnhlslosthonors, but was tawddonbyhadweatheratnas dud. - Blue New Yuk Camp-kn New York City—This city’s most‘ hotly contested political campaign; chaeewithstnrumschargesofw‘ iiticnlniliancewith crime. Thomas 8. Dewey. special prosecutor ap pointed by the Governor of the Stuetomperscdethelocoldistrict nttorney in breaking up gangs of runners, astounded the city by umsmumwnmmpick pockeumurderenandgtmmenreg- merly associated with one of, the undersotTmmanyHnleiththeir tulipolicerecords. Deweyhassent topdsonrorlongterms'll onto! flmmdictedinhiscrusade monedtheremainingtwoasui- Jul-n Plans Bomb Civilians Shanghai, China-A group of for dcn horseback riders near the In ternational Settlement, including five Americans, were showered by machine gun fire from a raiding Japanese plane. The Americans es caped but a British soldier and two hm were killed, for which Japan expressed official regret. U. 8. Con sul General Clarence E. Gauss reg istered a formal protest over the un necessary bombing of civilians. The Week in Business Last week’s automobiles output It the U. S. and Canada reached a total of 91905 units, as against 64,- 31°8yearego...lntheyearend-l “‘8 June 30th. 2.823.000 school child- 1 ten in the country deposited sl4: 358.790 in school savings banks. an} increase 0: 9 percent over last year. - - - Surprise was felt throughout the Steel ldllStry at the drop in ingot Medan to 66 percent of capacity. md7pointsinaweekand2B under the August average. 3‘!!! “tidal: believe the recession 3mm . . .Average weekly pay 0‘ muons in 48 Detroit automotive comm Plants was 33009, as com- Md With $2466 a year ago. Fm" Counsel; “Salesman” “mm Conn—At a private home “mettle Of Republican lead “ Eh'Presklent. Hoover urged the Muse:- recrmts or the party to be me "Wen" of its achievements as ‘ nanOil-l'lmlder. He said that the my! record had not been “sold” to the Wblic: had not even been mm by Governor Landon, Re mum presidential candidate in the “St atlonal election. Work for Me; of 40 m. -L . wmston, D. C.—The problem of finding employment for men over 40 is one of the questions scheduled; 10’ discusston at a. three-day con-‘ hence on State labor legislation now in sasmn under the auspicies of the Departmet of Labor. Represent ‘mVP-S Of 45 states are present, only “mum. Oregon and New Mexico being unrepresented. Kennvmitk @nu’rivr- Evnnrtvr SET—ET? Last-Minute Prep arations Speed Cooking School _ Convention of Neigh borly Homemakers to be Welcomed by C-R “The best things in life are free!” And so is The Courier-Reporter’s fascinating and different cooking school that is just around the corr ner, opening November 1 at 2 o’clock in the Liberty theatre. Last-minute‘ plans are being completed, even as this paper goes to press. ‘ No opening bells will be needed} for the eagerly—awaited, three-day; school, brimming with novelty, ro-‘ mance and practical appeal, for ad vance indications point to a capac ity convention of homemakers. ‘ Men have their annual conven tions where they listen to lectures from specialists experts who have devoted years to studying and ex perimenting along constructive lines. There the crowds of business men get a fresh viewpoint on their ‘job new ideas and enthusiasm to carry back to work. Now comes this practical rally of homemakers to contribute fresh per spective for the “same old Job" the monotonous day-in-and-day-out job yet the most important business in the world. The feminine convention dele- (Continued on page 81:) Townsenders Ask Congress for 2 Amendment vHard times seem about to amend upon us again._ Evidence the re- newed activity of the Ttownsendltes. Petitions are being circulated ask ing the governor to call a special session or the legislature to petition congress to authorise a constitu tional amendmmt legalizing the operation of the Townsend plan. All of the petitions circulated in Ken newick, the circulators say, have been filled with no difficulty. The petitions recite that the pas-i sageottheplanwilldecreaseun—l employment. will provide a higher standard of living ,will increase bus-‘ iness and general prosperity by re storing the purchasing power of the people. Theyasktoratransactiontaxto be divided pro rata among those above sixty years of age with a pro vision that all such allotments he spent within a thirty-day period. Locally the Townsend club meets regularly. The next meeting will be held at the club rooms Monday ‘night at 7:30 when A. R. Garner of Everett and John Lane of Zillah ;will be the speakers. "I Speeial fizmauon is extended to the business men or Kennewick to attend this meeting. Egg Coop to 'GiveMovie Show O The annual fall educational pro gram for the Kennewick District members of the Washington Coop erative Egg and Poultry Association will be held at Valley grange hall next Monday evening, November 1 at eight o'clock. The talking moving picture pro gram will be presented by G. H. An derson, director of Public Relations and Research department of the Association. Three different pictures, one of the various industries of the state called: “Presenting the Northwest.” one good comedy and the main fea ture win he called “Poultry from Farm to Table." This picture will show in detail the operation of the poultry, turkey and all cannery de-{ \partments. other special features ‘andnumberswillabobeshown. : Refreshments will be served by local growers at the close of the meeting. The whole program is very educational and entertaining. The general public is cordially in vited and welcome. Yakima Valley League Basketball Schedule The Yakima valley league games during the basketball season are scheduled as follows: Dec. lo—Toppenish at Kennewick. Dec. 17—Kennewlck at Prosser. Jan. 7—Sunnyside at Kennewick. Jan. 14—Kennewick at mm. Jan. 21—Kennewick at Wapato. Jan. 28—Kennewick at Toppenish. Feb. 4—Prosser at Kennewick. 1 Feb. ll—Kennewick at Sunnyslde. Feb. lZ—Wapato at Kennewick. Feb. ls—Pasco at Kennewick. ‘ Coach T. A. Brim states that the local team will play scheduled games other than the league games listed [above KHS. Stock Judging Team with Prime Trophies Kennewick Lions Are Beaten by Ellensburg, 6-0 frhe football game last Friday afternoon was an Interesting one to watch, even though the Euensburg ers succeeded in crossing the goal line for the only score in the game. The 6-0 final proved tremendously disappointing to Coach Slatter, who had his month all fixed for a nice little win over the normal school town. Thelonescorecamelntheflrst quarter after a couple of nicely exe cutedpasseshyEllensburg. Thetry for point failed to clear the bar. The upper valley players came desper atelycloaetosoorlncmlnlnthe eecondquarteronaslmllarserleeof plays. A couple of passes worked and the bostn the white shirts were downed on the one-yard line. HerethetoughKennewickllneheld, however,andthethreatwuavert ed. . The thirdqu devoidot thrlllersonthepartoteltherteam andtheballwashandledlntheop— ponent’s half of the field through outthepefloiTheKennewlckboys looked a. little betterut thlsstage andhopesbegantorlselnthemot ers’sectlon. Inthetmirthqunrterthehoysbe gantogototownineernest.twice threatening to score, but they lack ed the punch to shove it'over. Tomorrow thestrongteamfmm thecountyaeatlseomingdownto givetheldomalessonintheartot toting a pigskin. It promises to beaninterestinggametowatch. The following week there is no scheduled game the boys being giv enaresttortheAi-mistleettmlo withPueo. The Weather The past week was marked with seven days of beautiful fall weather. Maximum temperatures for the week were almost uniform each day and there was no frost at night. The full moon added to the delightful week of weather. On the whole It wasatrlflewarmerthantheoorres pending week of last year, dally rec ords for the two weeks being as fol lows: 1936 1937 Oct. 21—58-29 72-40 Oct. 22—60-31 70-47 Oct. 23—71-40 ' 70-39 Oct. 24—70-39 77-57 Oct. 25—66-38 70-43 Oct. 26—65-34 77-36 Oct. 27—62-29 76-57 _._-... . '- Wthe Best Defense *KENLEfiWWWAsfififi—‘GTQNTTHTJFEQYZOCTEEER-28? 1937; Official Paper for Benton County Russel Reymore Returns From Eastern F.F.A. Trip By Russell Reymore On Thursday, October 14, I leftl Kennewick to represent the local! chapter of Future Farmers of Am erica at the tenth annual conven tion held at Kansas City, Missouri. My trip was made possible by the following contributing organiza tions: Highland Improvement Club, Highland grange, Valley grunge. Highlands Woman’s Club, Kenne wick. Woman's Club, Kiwanis Club. Commercial Club and the Associat ed student Body of the local high school. I would like to take this op portunity in behalf of the F. F.- A. to thank each of these groups for sponsoring the trip. The trip covered ten days. five of which were spent at the convention. There were 22 boys representing the 66 chapters in the state of Wash ington, besides our agricultural in structor, W. W. Pearson of Cheney and Henry Porter of Chehalis. Upon our arrival at Kansas City wemadeatourofthecityinza stream-lined buses and had police escorts. Among the interesting places I saw was the Liberty Me morial which is often called the Kansas City 8110. It towers two hundred feet above the hill upon which it stands. By taking an ele vatortothetopwegotagoodview ofthecity. Wealsostoppedat Swope Park, the third largest mu nicipalparkintheU.B..theßwope Park Zoo and the Nelson Art Gal lery. After returning to the mu nicipal Auditorium we were taken ‘through the different parts of the >building. The main auditorium will ism 15,000. the banquet hall asoo. thelittletheatrelpoo andheex ‘hibithallisalmostaslargeasthe lbanquet hall. The auditorium cov ers one large city block. is as tall as a ten-story office building and cost six and a half million dollars. The convention was held in the auditorium with meeting susions beingfrom9ani.toil:3oa.m.and 1:30 to 4:00 pram/A broadcast was staged from 11:30 to 12:30 each day. Monday evening the National 1". F. A. public speaking contest was pre cededbytheUtahStateF.F.A. band concert. John Vernard of Chehalis, Washington. represented eleven western states and placed fourth in the contest. He received slooandabronaeF.F.A.medal. His topic was “War and Its Effect on Agriculture.” All of the talk were very interesting and educa tional. Tuesday. October 19 was voca tional agriculture and I". 1". A. day. In the morning the dairy and live stock Judging contests were held in the arena of the American Royal building. In the afternoon a pa rade of I". F. A. delegates and the awarding of the Star Farmer Degree —-the highest farm award given. One youth is awarded the degree _and SSOO each year. MorethanlOpOOboysoftheF.; F. A. registered for the convention‘ and all states except Rhode Is-‘ land were represented. There were three from the Hawaii chapter. During the special Tenth conven tion celebration program Tuesday evening telegram were received from President Roosevelt, T. L. Ta bor. master of the National Grange andfromtheF.F.A.ofßulgaria. Among the 75 boys receiving the American Farmer degree. Ernest Hamilton of Chehalis was the only Washington boy to receive this de gree. Washington's livestock Judg ing team placed swond in hogs and horses. Frank Roach, Cheney. had the highest individual score in the entire contest. For first place he received a. S3OO secholarship. sl7 in cash and an encyclopedia set of 15 books. We arrived in Spokane Saturday evening. October 23. Former Postmaster G. H. Shanafelt Dies This Evening Prominent in Masonic Circles; Resident in District Since 1909 G. 8. summit. ebpostmustem diedthlsevenlnxatmsresldenee‘ on'l‘hlrdAvenueattcrslxyeu-sot mffeflnctromParkinson'sdlaeueJ George Herbert Shanafelt was mumm.mrbb.a.‘ 1886. Hemdtmtedhumthe’huh schoolatStmnysideJuu-wtcnded thestateoolleseatnmman. He mwKennewlckwlthhispu entainle.enMD¢lntheclotho mgbudneu. ‘ Rememmoyedmthepostot-f nutmmmmmmm: mmmm Duflnz‘ histamupostmasterthedtyM‘ nveryaervlcemmmgumdand hehelpedtohavethenuumm waded. HemamemberottheCona-e --nfionflchumhandmemdflly activelnMctrcleghnvimle odvedtheaanddeaeemthatorder. Hemmeottheflrstotfloeum the lon! hutch ot the Scottish mummdmmmenm mtheomflmotthelocune- Mohychupter. During his native years he was prommaxtmmmlsandchmbu otoommeteeclrclelahdhldauut mmmwdmmm OnSeptemberZSJthemamed] Mae Sarcombe. They celebrated! theirsflverannlmrylastmonth. neleavestomoumhlspudngl hiswife.mEume;mothernx-s.l E. E. Shannen. Wenatchee; sister; mommwmmd W,L.D.otunn¢mo3nror uh. ‘ hummus" notl yet been m m the Masonic bodmmnmuchamdthem‘ monies. i Seek Gold from Columbia River Bar Threemenwlthahorseandsome‘ powermochlneryhnvebeenwumng gravel on a bar lo the Golumbio‘ rlverneartomthepostweek. The! 'gold recovered 13 giving them better thon'commonloborwogeooocordlng toreports. Thlsbarhasbeenwork eddoaensotttmeslnthepost.but always some gold ls found. other places along the river have also beentheseeneot such oetlvltyln tlmespast. “-_.—muzmxuwamu 3mm. mu: Delegate to EPA. NM Convention County tn Help Residents to Get Winter Work O Withthereneteetupomndenbly WMm.themtterotee curing employment for but rest dennhubeenreodm consider ableeflenflonhythemm Since the m n to the over memmmhlndledbythe NMWW theflutottheyar.thoreoordsi keptbythutomoehgvebeenm‘ turedwtotnmtonmnty. The: mmmmmum behnndbdthrwxhthonmorr mmmmmm mama-alimony. memos uwmmmmbuud mum. TheNßßotnce Imm umedmthuootmtywlthJßJm- mammmmm mmm.Julfloauccn unnmgthe'utunderthom ottheco‘mtycommm fir. Jumoewinbemxennewtckwm mmammnotmm Mthheodqumutthedtyhnl. Awwuwtupntthe 'cltyhnlehemumcunhemnde tortbejohs. Winn-god muaethuudmytornnjobsthey mayhave. Computenlflnutoran kinds of work mun-o he on me intheotflce. Thecwntynhacunzthumm thatumuchloulemploymmtu possibleberetunedtonentonootm tymddmu. Libraran Reports New Books Arrive O Aeooreotnewboonhnvebeen putmtheshelvelatthecityiibrary thisweeheccordinstoubrarnn. Mrs.‘McKn.in. Thefoiiowinzwene provided by the Library Guild: “Smoke Tree Rance." “Border Breed," ‘Trouble Rides the Wind.” “The Tale House Murder." “The thmmCmqueekEndWest of Apache Pass Into the Sunset, TheSantaDoloresStage.Thesnow Patrol andAPietm-ialfiistoryot theStateotWashinswn. Thislauerbookisjust ottthe pmandwuoompiledbyfialph E. Downie. Mrs. Ewd. Sheppard. former residentotKennewick. re commends the book very highly. muckinseystheubnryu taking the Junior um Boon thisyearandnowhufioneycmle. mrmmmmmmcnm HansChristianotmsinmchim Quest. Treasure Trails in Art. Child's Story of the World and Ju amine.astoryotPa-sia. - Antheseboobu'enowmdytor lending. 1? Honor Shldents in Junior High School 'rhenlnthmheldtheust of ham students for the Junior mshochoolwlthnmelortheflut slxwéeksottheachoolyesr.J.J. summmmhmamm muchestudents mulmmentstor honor ml! is no and: below 1 B and tar honorable mention the stu dentmusthwemamsen'rhae Wonthehonormnm: Ninth grade—Ruth Wagoner. Betty maley. Donald Latin, Quen tin Miser. Billy Banger. Ruth 81m hennk. Joyce Multey. Jean Dam, Albert Gull: eizhth nude—Eunice Cunpbell. Sidney smell, Rab erthmm;|eventh grade—ma cesPerry.Bettmengu.Pstly mm Vadlne m.m Bird. Students receiving hononhie mention include: ninth grade—Jund ior Belair. Nonmn moment-tl. Ber tha nearer. louiee Yoshino; eighth grade—David Johns. Arthur Evett. Irma. Pratt; eqventh node—Anne Bentield Victor Youhino. Marjorie OldS. Nadine Shields. Freddie Thoma-on. Suicide Found Hanging in City Park Building Long - Time Resident Takes Life in Fit of . Despondency James B. Howand was found stunned to death la the local park Sundayuttemoon. Uponlnvestln tlon It was (11-coveted that Howard had committed oulclde. He bod beeneeentrequentlylnthepuk mdhedmedemmurhutohu Wduunchuownlltemd ellolertenobe. Homrdputewlm emundhuueckendthentauened thewu'etouratterotoneotthe buildings. He was tound about thxeehounhter. Hembommxentuckymdtb benevedwbesroundsaymot use. Hemmenmlervlcetnthe may for a. numfier or years. now meeuknownlntheoom- munity havmgbeenemployedu mmmmmmm ammmwazahoe- Wheel-paler. mummwmtmwuo 1n mm. Wu and nu tumor-In hw.H.N.WeldyothndOouloe. mummmmemnenl. mmmumm mammal-names: 10 o'clockmmmwnlncwuhtho mmmm In mmummmm m. Schubert Club LIB Invited to IJuin State Club machMWchonldnm traumwuhonmdthumm an 111le to W with thewmmmmmu nude Clubgthemtemupbdn‘ “mm-.mnnumua lmmmmomam ‘otthelocuclubmdthomm ’atmmmmu. hut-. 1. The Federation iroommd at Webmamuutmmm thestste.undismimponmtuctor inthepmmitionotcoodmmicthm Wotmmuflc tel tivals and similar activities. It. locul Schwartz club w by special invitation at the late toll mtionconventioninwuls Win. inthem'incorlosomdnoeivodan exceptionally high rating {or its performance a wall a: beta: the Wmmwmtho ’oonvention. . www.mmt edworkonOhrlumumuucfortho annuslomoerttobezlventhewoek before that hollday and the club wlll offer the public the lune ex oellentquulltymuflcthathuboen armamepasttwoyeau. Anna muslchubeenordemdsndwlllho ln mactherdwul nutm dayevenlnz. ' Legion Auxiliary Holds Initiation for Three The American Legion Auxiliary initiated three candidates at their meeting Wedneeeday night. The candidateswereMrs.AMnPex-lin¢- er, Mrs. Charles Pei-singer and Mn. Wmßhaughneasy.Raeportltromthe district convention in numbing weregivenbyMre.BenVanPatten. mannatchanduranarvey White. The auxiliary plane to make five bed Jacket: for the Veterans hoepitaiinWaiiaWauainthevex-y neartuture. Mre.Bimmeiinkand Mrs. Van Patten also announced thattheyarezivinzaJnnicrAnxil— iarycoetumepartyatthehcmeot maul-latchsatwdaytmz tospm.AnottheVetu-anadaugh teuareinvitedtoattendthiapar- tyandtheyaaetomeetattheu. chtnrchatzpni. _ Artertheeeparatebuline-meet inuoitheiecicnandauidliaryth'e! Imitedtoraeocialgatherincand refreshments atwhichtimethere mtii’tymemberapreeent. New Trial, Denied Donald Tanned Puoo was de med 3 new trial In Judge M. L. WhooutntPl-ouertodaymd “untamed to ten you! in the “gamma. Punk 8. sun wenormmxdwuuvensmu- Wmmmtmtym.m mmwmmwwmwm 'thlsevenmsbysheruummand Cochran. HALLOWEEN The country's ulna-l window muywmumum whthocndommm.’l‘lw Mammalian-pulpit!» übbthehllowwhlchmm mmmayflbflnon ”autumnal!” cancel an any be tip-avenue Whmm—«fieflb' llnl'lltltn! 4 NO. 31