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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

It Is not at all surprising that the
splendidly equipped German army
should sweep the forces of Poland
before 1t. Poland does not compare
In the matter of resources in any
way with Germany. She is not q
Warlike nation. She is an agricul-
tural nation struggling to wiring
from a none too fertile soil a mea-
ger existence. The mass of her peo-
pie are desperately poor. In the
matter Of all resources that 20 to
equip q nation for war Germany is
seven times as strong as Poland.
Germany has four times the army
that Poland has. Poland has no
navy. Germany has ten times the
air force that Poland has. Germany
has ten times the industrial re-
sources that Poland has. For all
hts Dragging and clustering the in
vasion OF Poland by Hitler is equiv
alcnt to an overgrown bully attack
ing q small boy. The boosted vic
tories against Poland are not sur
prising. The surprising thing is
that 3 country so weak at all points
except courage should assume to at
tempt to stop the ruthless advance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

During the last World War Italy
changed sides after she found GU,
which way the war was going. There
IS some speculation if that is not he,
purpose again.
The erection of a huge billboard
at this end of the highway bridge
mas ruined one of the most attract.
ie views on the upper river. Until
tnls eyesore was put up, few of us
realized just how pretty this vista
was and now that it has been des-
troyed there is no small amount of
IMAGINATION expressed. It's this sort
OF commercialism which has made
some states pass strict regulations
regarding outdoor advertising. Per-
maps there are regulations which
might be brought into use In this
instance. <-----..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

new building 25x5O feet wo.
erected on the site soon, "' 70 Be
The football team was nr...,
evenings each week under t Shaactlcins
vision Of Mr.. Groom. The ta. super.
erage around lao pounds, r ham az.
was composed Of Merrill sQuad
Lyle johnson, Arthur E,s lawson,
Charles CARRIER, Archie con ,csscn,
Jack Folsom, Marvin cas Niand,
Warren Leard, Clifford sto,-, ''a ana
ton and Harold Oliver " n Yin.
Richardson and wilmot cr SeOrse
lund. Lyle johnson ana ",els.
watson were expected IN a. srec
school soon and help the te.n @ u
A schedule Of games had been gu. Out
TALLY arranged which Sna,,psar .
Walla Walla's first and sa
teams. Outlook. Sunnyside cs .0nd
view, North Yakima and prosso anu'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

The grange fair at Richland was
an outstanding success from every
standpoint and the people in that
section are to be heartily congrat-
ulated on their efforts. We had thot
that fairs were becoming passe, but
judging from the interest shown in
this one perhaps we have been mis-
taken. The displays certainly show
that the farming possibilities in this
section of the state are not exag-
gerated in the least. The stuff, of
high class, can be grown here in
abundance, and if a profit could be
realized this would be the grandest
section Of the entire country. These
fairs are well worth while. They
help in many ways. We'd like to see
it tried again on somewhat larg-
er scale. Wonder if we couldn't
make it county wide next year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

The completion Of the lights on
tne school athletic field is anoth-
er score for the service clubs. Keep
ing our town modern is q Job which
requires continuously the united eff
1orts OF every citizen in the COM
munity, and In this instance united
support was in evidence almost
from the very beginning. The light
cd field will help provide another
community gathering place, as well
as place for the local youth to be
entertained.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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TEN YEARS AGO-ls2s

The first trench silo to be b,,ilt
IN this state was installed by Lee
Lampson and J. v. Osborne on q
piece of land close to the Finley
road. The capacity when completed
would be $50 tons and would cost
less than half as much as the above
ground Silo.
A new subject, that Of junior bus
mess training course, in the local
nigh school was announced. The
kennewick school was the first one
east OF the mountains In the state
to try this new course.
The sand blow between the city
park and the high school was being
seeded and the road adjoining was
to be graveled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

EeVry man should have the ex.
perlence at least once a year of 20
ing out and doing something TO,
MS town and his community from
a purely unselfish motive. If every
citizen OF the community would try
enls Tor one year it would not only
make completely different COM
munlty, but it would make over a
lot OF citizens of the community.
Not only that. having tried it once
most folks would like it so well that
tney would want to try it again
next year. Give any town fifty
such citizens and nothing can ston
II from getting anything within rea-
son that it wants.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

Maybe not everyone in the COM
munity IS aware of the fact that
the Woman's Club and the Kiwanis
Club support in a large way the
milk and soup funds for the school
children. This activity has been
continuing for so long that per-
maps there are many in the dis
trict who are not even familiar with
the work Of these two civic organ
1zat1ons. The Kiwanis Club Is
sponsoring a show early next month,
the proceeds to go into the soup
fund for the school. This effort
should be generally patronized by
patrons of the school district.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

Inc purpose of the German sub.
marine attempting to shoot ava,
the wireless apparatus on the Ath-
enla after the ship had been struck
Dy the submarine torpedo was to
prevent the Athena calling for help.
IN this way there would have been
no survivors. When the shots at the
aerlal mast missed, and the Athena
nao Time to call for help and give
her position, the submarine then be-
came afraid to destroy the crew and
skunk away.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
NEUTRALITY

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Now that Europe is again at war
the question in the minds of every
American is, can America stay out
of war? Or must she join in the
chaotic debacle as she did in 1917?
Some feel that this country should
enter Fundamentally in united eff
fort to maintain tolerance and
freedom the world over, even if such
course leads to war. They believe
that saving the world for Democ-
racy on foreign shores will forestall
possible attack in the Western
Hemisphere. But actually we have
reached the point where American
neutrality is a practical as well as
an idealistic necessity.
If this nation goes to war, free
dom and representative government
will automatically end, perhaps
permanently. Brief study of m"
Day mobilization day. recently
drawn up by military officials, en-
composing the entire economic life
of the nation, is sufficient proof of
this fact. We will have one-man
government in this country from the
instant war is declared, just as COM
pletely as Germany has been sub
jugated to the will of one man.
Likewise, in view of the present
federal debt, war would mean ulti-
mate financial chaos-which alone |
is sufficient to destroy freedom.
The greatest service that this
country can render the world today |
Is through maintenance of repre-
sentative government, tolerance and
Individual liberty within its own
borders. Only by doing that can
the arts of peace be preserved and
. toehold saved for the rebuilding of
world civilization after chaos has
had It day abroad.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
QUIETING DOWN

we expected to SEE . slIzht wa,
panic among householders as there
seemed evident an increase in com.
modify prices Goods would be af-
fected at higher than normal prices
but after the first rush to prevent
family shortage, the buyer realized
tnls nation is equipped to care for
its own with a surplus in commod-
!tles. We feel We will be protected
from the war profiteer who causes
an increase in prices. A legitimate
and reasonable profit is not unrea-
sonable and is expected when war
prices create a certain rise But
save us from the extensive profiteer-
Ing of 1914. The sensible purchase
OF everyday produce, the wise buy-
ing OF staples, will help business to
Keep its head, if the purchaser
keeps his.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
POTATOES IN GERMANY

SAiiee Necessity Is the mother OF
invention, German scientists have
produced newsprint made from DO
tato plant fiber. An edition Of a
certain newspaper of 100000 copies
was on this potato paper. Since
Germany is the largest producer of
potatoes in the world, they can
make a quantity of paper! The DO
tato crop is five times that of the
q. S. and since it is a major food
item, the people of Germany are
careful to tend the crop and rid it
OF potato bugs which have been in
vadlng the farms. Potatoes are fed
10 livestock for food. Germany has
q shortage of many materials and
must avail herself of all chances to
turn synthetic and substitute ma
terials to her use.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
Am | Too
Doctor?"

1t is true that there many more overweight womsr
than overweight Being too heavy is an obnorm.,
condition; it can and should be corrected.
An individual who is too heavy certainly does MT
look as attractive as who is normal Neither can
ne engage in as much work or play.
Yet more important than either of these consider
atlons is the effect the heart The more fat ono
has, the more resistance there is to the blood flow
With this increased resistance the harder the heart
must work in order to pump the blood An overwoked
and incompetent heart is the result.
Only two essential types of overweight are known.
FIRST the kind due to excessive food intake Second
that due to under-actvity of one or more important
glands the glands involved being the thyroid pituitary
and gonads.
Medical doctors have isolated the active parts of
these glands and treat these deficiencies and get
results. Your weight should surely be watched and
taken care Of by your doctor.
Most people know the Importance of eliminating
foci of infection Very few people think of their weight
before serious damage has been DONE Keeping your
weight normal will prolong your life.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
THEY SHOULD KNOW

| The question of what to do with
their life is the major problem Of
youth in Kennewick who are start
ing on a college course this fall, O,
who completed one this spring
Many graduates stepped into en-
ployment conditions discouraging
for them. Many have not secured
work to apply recently acquired
training. This inability to become
located leaves its mark on that STU
dent, who is embarking upon years
Of preparation-for what! This is q
real problem and often is answered
ny refusing college since business
seems unable to employ new hands.
II they do attend college they are
often puzzled over what type train
Ing to study. The practical courses
offered in any college gives am
bilious youth seeking an oppor-
tunity. This training should con-
sist of knowledge of how to get a
job, where to seek a job, as well as
eapending effort on fitness for the
job! There will always be oppor-
,unlties for Kennewick students. but
VIII college show them the needed
effort and time to secure a position?
1t would be wise to teach the STU
dent that If he seeks position in
one line and must accept work be-
low this level, he is not disgraced.
Many an oldster says college gives
The young the idea that every DO |
'l5lon OF worth must be a white.
,cllared one. This is debatable. But
college should inform that honest
oil, sweat of brow, is not to be
'corned or considered inferior to
raining. Often these jobs require
Kill and dexterity. Perhaps thew
re stepping stones to bigger things.
reach approach to all labor as some !.
hing to learn, a chance to develop
snlus perhaps, business prepare
ION OF value to each individual. /,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28
TWENTY YEARS AGo-1e,s

The charter for the local American
Legion had been received and the
organization would be perfected at
a meeting to be held the following
week.
Manager F. II. Krug of the Kenne-
wick-Richland Marketing union was
soliciting subscriptions for the FL
nancing of a warehouse and cold
storage plant In Kennewick.
A. S. Murray of Richland had
leased the old pool hall and was fig
ing 1t up for a garage. He had some
fine new bort cars on hand.
E. G. Tweet had purchased the
Boyd residence on First avenue and
was to move his family there soon.
Ellis Dorothy had left for Sunny-
side to take up his duties as station
agent for the o. w. r. & N. rail-
road.
The senior-sophomore and Junior.
freshman classes were to play foot
ball the following Friday. From
these two teams the high school
team would be selected for regular
practice the next Monday.
The former high school students
attending the U. of w. were RAN
aolph and William Sly, Tom Soth.
james Reed and Earl Anderson. /
Barton Sherk left for his fourth
year at the Oregon state college.
The Washington branch Of the
Literary society organized with the
GLOWING officers being elected:
russell Elliott; vice president, Char
otte Lincoln OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
eslie Bass; and sergeant-at-arms,
Gordon Taylor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

in the final analysis few things
are worth more to an individual
than a good nights sleep.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

THIRTY YEARS AGO-I909
The new Twin City Laundry plant
had been completed and ready for
business. The building was of con-
crete blocks and cost $45O0. All
new equipment had been installed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-28

Spread before these pages advertisements Take
lew moments and let their words pictures reveal what life
can hold for you, if you but choose
Longer days of lighter tasks appointments for vour homo
OF more deeply satisfying comfort beauty usefulness devices
methods that save anxiety effort time others that
offer new economies things delight you from far corners
OF the world and tabled objects that are now within
reach all these are in that treasure house To
which advertisements give you the KEY
NO magic formula "open profit you SO well
as this certain knowledge of new what can rino vou
pleasure leisure security what is possess
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04

When the laugh is on you, laugh
with the rest or some passing stu
dent of science will put you down
as being of no intelligence; that
is if he belongs to the same
school of thought as Professor
1aum, Of Rutgers College.
According to this school, the
ability to laugh at oneself is nroof
If intelligence. Not all who laugh
at themselves are intelligent, mark
you, but none who can't are.
Here is test which pretty def
initely fixes the mental caliber of
the politicians. No politician can
laugh at himself, although all.
when they do not have the taxpay-
ers gnashing their teeth. have the
populace doubled up with laugh
ter. There is nothing SO funny as
a man possessed of an exaggerated
sense of his own Importance, in
fallibility and indispensa bility.
1t is the intelligent thing to
laugh if you slip on a banana peel
or push your eye inc a door and
survive. unless perchance your
friends can get a good laugh out
of your embarrassment and agony.
OF course, slipping on a banana
peel and dunning into doors are
not very intelligent things to do.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04

least there is not likely to be so
propitious an occasion in the COM
ing years.
With summer sales in full
swing, merchandise may be an
nexed today for far less than the
prices that will prevail this Fall
and Winter. Retail prices are con-
tinuing to advance which makes
anything offered at a reduction
from the current prices a real bar
gain.
Retail display advertising for the
week ended July % showed it's
largest weekly gain of 1889. These
figures cover all newspapers in
the largest cities of the land.
Newspaper advertising is profit
able today for both advertiser
and reader as it seldom has
been. and both advertiser and
reader are taking advantage of
this medium to advantage.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04

bank.
Theoretically, then, 80 per cent
of the wealth is owned by men.
Theoretically is used advisedly for
if paw checks issued to husbands
and bank accounts in their names
were credited to the wives who
really control them, the percent
ages would be reversed.
Poor man! He is in a sorrier
condition than the figures indicate
discerning though they are. How
far off is the time when husbands
will be arguing Indignantly with
their wives for generous allow
ance, instead of doing money out
o their wives in grudging spirit?
Uxorial reaction to this POSSIBLE
ity is that it would serve the "old
tightwad" good. The housewives
chronic complaint is that man will
never learn that it takes more
than cigar money to operate the
house
No doubt modern conditions
have created new causes for do
nestle strife and divorce, but the
good old reliable home-wrecker is
the inadequate domestic budget
and the "provider'' who demands
choice cuts on pin money.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04
cultured SRCc@cS

Nobody win begrude hay fever
sufferers the consolation given
them 0y Dr. Berno Pau, European
aAer5iat. VINO says that in general
On.y cultured people nave hay fe-
Yer.
Yet it goes against our feeling
FIR scientific truth that anything
So variable and indefinable in con
tent as culture should produce
Susceptibility to a disease. This
is serious question, because if
only certain kinds of culture pro-
ddce hay fever a fOrebearing edu-
c-,tiOnal system will want to deal
warily with these branches in its
efforts to drill culture into youth
ful skulls. The resistance of the
young hopefuls to learning is suf-
ficiently painful as it is without
giving them hay fever with it.
Very possibly we should say the
particular branch of culture con-
ducive to hay fever would be none
ether than our old friend. botany.
This theory would gain added
plausibility if the students spec
ialty were the study of ragweed,
say, or goldenrod.
Can that-acheW!- it, doc
tor?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04
Foolish DictdtOrs

1t is difficult to see any wisdom
in the policies of Hitler and Mus
sOlini, so far as contributing to the
happiness and well-being of their
0nw peoples is concerned, either
in the near or distant future. Sure
lv the populations of Germany and
Italy have little for which to
thank the dictators so far.
MussOlini's conquest of Ethio-
pia does not appear to have i'm
proved the condition of the Italian
people while Hitler's seizure of
Austria and the annexation Of the
Sudeten area have been of no
ec00cmic benefit to Germany.
Both Italy and Germany cry
"h Ut lack of raw materials. yet
thev squander the raw materials
the already have ON ornaments
and preparations for war. This at
. time when both nations are vir-
tlally bankrupt and no other ma
Tn has any thought of attacking
them.
BY their arrogance and their
treats to the peace of the world.
T't'er and Mussolini have incur
ed the enmity of peace-loving ma
ions, which are forced to incur
enormous debts to provide means
&C defense against the menace of
q goression. This enmity is heigh-
tened by the prosecutions and the
general ruthlessness which mark
the dictators' policies toward GER
tain racial and religious groups of
their own citizens.
Even such powerful rulers as
these can not afford, in the long
run, to be hated by lovers of lib
erty and justice throughout the
world The policies which pro-
woke such hatred are utterly fool
ish, and may eventually lead to
disaster for all nations, including
Germany and Italy.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04
Garden PrOrendcr

This is the season of the year
when the home gardener is living
like a king. if his efforts turned
out even fairly successful There
IS nothing that can compare to
fresh garden vegetables, transfer
red from the soil to the table in
IN hour or two. Beside these gas
ronOmic delights the most compli-
r"tod cOncOctionS Of world-famOue
hofs in the great hostelries must
take second place.
There is something lacking in 9
vegetable that has been plucked
one or two days before it reposes
on the dining table. Refrigeration
cannot save its fresh SAVIOR and
for all the difference it might as
we'll have been canned twelve
month ago.
But what can rival peas, radish-
es, onions, corn on the cob, let
tuce. beans, tomatoes and a dozen
other garden delicacies placed be-
fore an expectant family in less
time than it would take to cart
the commercial article home?
Here is where the home gardeners
revel in the keen satisfaction of
a job we'll done. A man who can
provide food like this for his own
table, with his own hands, is not
wholly dependent upon a paternal-
istic government for his future. In
him fingers the spirit of the pio-
neer American, who was sufficient
unto himself and would have help
ed to cut down any cunning politi-
clan who offered him security" at
the price of his liberty.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04

Manufacturers, farmers and work
ers are being told that they are
producing too much. In recent
years world production of raw ma
terials and foodstuffs has increas-
ed more than twice as fast as the
population.
There seems to be a surplus OF
most worldly goods, but in the
final analysis it is an inaccuracy
to say that the world is producing
more than it needs. The fact is
that it isn't consuming as much
as it should. Consumption should
be increased rather than produc-
ton diminished.
Today the real economic prob
lem Of the United States is to
increase the purchasing power of
the consumer. Factories and also
farms are producing more than
the people can buy, not more than
they can consume. The common
est phrase is, 81 would buy if l had
the money"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04
Good NelCs

Advertising news is good news.
both to the readers of advertisers
and to the readers of advertising
statistics. Those who read the
newspaper advertisements these
days have discovered that there
never was a time like the present
to make needed purchases. At
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04

where the public is supposed to
have no opinion of its own, in the
last analysis the reigning power
cannot long disregard a settled
adverse public opinion.
Public opinion is the result Of
two forces. One is the accuracy
of knowledge and the other is
character, and when you know
how much character he has, you
can predict the result of those
two things and forecast mis-
course of action. And so it seems
to be with nations.
Therefore the hope Of mankind
is a continuous process of educa-
ton, that the public may possess
both character and knowledge.
Otherwise public opinion will mis-
rule the world.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04

Charles Baker and Kent Baker,
Shepherdstown, Pa, are visiting
their uncle, Rev. c. M. Sparrow.
Keedysville. Charles Baker grad.
uated from a school at Port Ar.
thur, Texas.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04
UnderconsunaptiOm

For twenty years every business
hull, every increase in unemploy-
ment, has been attributed to over
production. 1t has become popu-
lar to diagnose every economic
reimbursement as overproduction
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-04
Family Cash

Forty-one per cent of the wealth
of the u. S.. is in the hands
of women, financial statisticians
estimate. This includes real es.
tate. stocks, bonds and cash in