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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06
Miss Marsh Becomes
Bride of PaScO Man

KENNEWICK VALLEY - Miss
Helen Marsh and James p. Stroufe
were quietly united in marriage on
Wednesday, May % at the Metho-
dist parsonage, DIR. r. L. La Mott
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Marsh of Longview We're the only
attendants. The happy couple left
Immediately on a short honey
moon trip to the coast. Mrs. Stroufe
is the youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Marsh, is a graduate of
the Richland high school and at
tended Eastern College of Educa-
ton at Cheney. Mr.. Stroufe's
home is in Seattle, but he is en-
ployed in the reclamation service
and is at present stationed Pasco,
where they have taken an apart
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Marsh of
Longview are spending a months
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Marsh.
Mrs. w. T. Elliott and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Leger spent Tuesday
at the Milton Libby home.
Mr. and Mrs. d. II. Trayer of Te-
koa visited at the O. w. Engels
home last week. Mr.. Trayer is a
brother of Mrs. Engels.
Mr.. and Mrs Gordon Leger and
small daughter of Hillsboro, Ore
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06
THIRTY YEARS AGO-l9lO

S. D. Lynch, prominent Kenne.
wick merchant had returned from
Spokane where he had made ar
rangements to have his winter stock
of goods shipped direct from New
York to Kennewick by boat.
Attorney C.. L Holcomb had re-
turned from business trip to Sc
attic.
M. N. Hudnall had sold his resi-
dence in Beach's addition to H. E.
Huntington. The Hudnall's had
gone to Seattle to. spend the sum-
mer. They had purchased a lot in
Olmsted addition and intended to
erect~a home their during the fall.
Miss Effie Oliver went to Spo-
kane to visit her sister, Mrs. Eunice
Washburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Johnton left
for Portland, where they were plan
ming to attend the rose carnival.
Their sons had gone to Walla Wal
La to spend a vacation visiting with
their grand parents.
The city was laying water main
from the canal to the new city hall
site on Tacoma street.
The Fruit Growers association had
added a new one to their working
force at the warehouse. A. A Ed
wards had found a coyote pup near
his home in Horse Heaven and had
captured it. The three-weeks-old
pup was presented to Mr.. Sly and
it became the mascot serving as a
watch dog.
Richard Mounsey was helping in
the North Yakima office of the
Cascade Lumber company during
the annual inventory.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

This paper, along with dozen
or so growers, etc. has received a
communication which carries a
whale of lot of truth concerning
the berry marketing situation here
in Kennewick. We cannot print
the letter, even tho we'd like to, for
it is not signed.
It brings out the point that berry
prices were so low this year, in spite
of the exceptional quality, that
thousands of crates were left in the
fields to rot. The writer's solution
seems to be the proper one, too, and
one that has long been advocated
by the thoughtful grower. It does
seem shame that the growers can
not receive even production costs
from the crops they raise. And it's
not only the berry crop which suf-
fers from this condition-othe crops
are affected the same way.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

Ever stop to think that in twenty
years nearly every known type of
war equipment in use today will be
obsolete? There will still be wars,
but they will be more mechanical
than ever. The human element will
be less and less in evidence and the
machine more in evidence. The best
type of preparation in which this
nation could indulge would be to
have a department of engineering
genuses to begin studying now in an
effort to discover what war equip
ment twenty years from now will
consist of.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

The individual is the expression
of his mind. If he is petty and
narrow he has petty and narrow
mind. If lie is ruthless and greedy
and selfish he has a selfish and a
ruthless and a greedy mind. Taken
as whole the conduct and actions
of a man reveal his mind. They
are its visible expression. The in
dividual lives his mind. His work,
whether it is excellent, good, poor,
shiftless, sloppy or careless is the
product and the expression of his
mind. It is not necessary to be a
mind reader to know individuals.
Their work, the manner in which it
is done, their conduct, is a visible
record of their mind, that anyone
who cares to, may read.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

which was received at Seattle. This
Was considered the highest priced
car of cherries or any other fruit
shipment received in the Seattle
market.
The Misses Kate and Esther Lar
sen left for Cheney where they were
to take a summer school course at
the normal
Bus Muncey had the misfortune
to break one of his fingers while
cranking one of the Richland Trans
fer company's trucks.
Gilbert Clodfelter was able to be
up and around after being i'll with
the scarlet fever.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06
Bob Soth Honorea

Bob soth, says the O..
Chronicle was chosen we spolaa'
to represent North Centre, esdas
American Legion state con, 'a
at Tacoma June 1922. Ros sn y
member Of the junior c,as,
ant manager Of the tracS aSSS's.
secretary of the lettermans IAN ~
and a consistent honor .,,,. VlH
Basis Of selection was scho,s uet
executive ability, speaking osS'l
popularity and general impres.,'
Bob is the son of Mr. oas
Perry Soth, former resida u NM
kennewick' now living in sposapws
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

A considerable portion Of the en-
thusiasm for the formation of a
national guard unit in Kennewick
seems to have died down, with the
war headlines screaming in the
dailies and over the air. Two hun
dred fifty new national guard units
are to be authorized, according to
the latest news from the national
capitol, but local sponsors have kept
strangely quiet the past couple Of
weeks. OF course the fact that these
laddieS would have first call should
this country get into the mess might
have something to do with it,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06
VITAL TO NATIONAL DEFENSE

This nation must embark upon
the greatest defense program in its
history. All countries of the world
face unpredictable futures, and Cd
the major nations we seem to be the
most poorly prepared to meet pos
sible invasion. Both the political
parties have made an expanded ma
tional defense part of their objec-
tives, and the public is in over
whelming agreement.
Any national defense program
which is TO be at all adequate is 60
ing to cost money-incredible sums
of money. And, in the present
tangled state of our tax and fis-
cal structure, raising that money
will demand intelligent thought and
planning. It cannot he raised by
heavy increases in taxation without
driving us into new and severe
economic depression. It cannot be
raised by lifting the debt limit and
passing the buck to the taxpayers Of
the future without bringing closer
the Specter of national financial de-
moraliZation. It must be raised, in
part at least, by governmental econ
omy and applying the savings to the
national defense. On this point the
New York Times said editorially,
May 10:
I'VE must drastically cut down the
scandalously over-generouS u b.
sides, and Implications, that we
have been scattering in all direc-
tiOnS If in addition, we revise
or repeal some of the well-inten-
toned legislation and bureaucratic
rules that stand in the way of in
dustrial expansionand private en-
ployment, we can still further re-
duce unemployment and relief ex-
penditures at the same time as we
increase the yield from existing
taxes :. We must recast our think
ing, in fact, our whole economy
As nation we will leave more for
defense as we spend less in other
directions" In other words, would
you rather have 200, 900 600 for some
ones pet political" project or for
a defense project such as 1000
bombers or 5000 pursuit planes?
It should be remembered that an
orderly fiscal policy is in itself
a vital defense factor. Putting our
financial house in order is GER
tainly an essential part of any work.
able national defense program
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

Modern war tactics make obsolete
the one time truth that a million
men can spring to the defense OF a
country over night. A million men
may spring to the defense Of an un-
prepared country, but without prop
er equipment and thorough train
ing they would be no match for even
a small modern trained mechanical
army. With the coming of mechan-
lied equipment, fighting technique
has completely changed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06
THE AMERICAN WAY

I'VE must have not only change
in the technic Of government, but
change in its spirit. We must have
a government which regards itself
as the servant of the people, not its
master; a government without pref
udice, a government under which
we can move forward again as a
united nation-men of confidence,
men of hope, men of goodwill"
Wendell l.. Willkie.
That statement is a timely warn
ing to use as a nation to return to
the fundamental principles of our
constitutional form of government
if we wish to retain liberty and op-
portunity as we have known them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

AS We see it, it will be easier for
this country to prepare the neces-
sary physical equipment of war than
it will be to provide the men with
the requisite training to man the
equipment. This country with her
ability to institute mass production
on short notice can turn out equip
ment as fast as it can be carted
away, but when it comes to training
men it requires weeks and months
and years of time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

We agree with President Roose-
welt in the matter of a force of So
600 airplanes for the army and
navy. We would go farther. We
would back up this physical equip
ment with at least two million train
ed men. Modern equipment unless
it is manned by skilled and trained
men is useless.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

In the story about the school bus
election in last weeks edition the
statement was made that 1.-THE
school law clearly states that child
rem living within the two mile limit
must not be carried in the BUSES"
This was a misstatement. The law
states that children living within
the two mile limit need not be car
ried on the buses It is not a vio-
lation of the law to transport them,
but the district is not compelled to.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

We always used to think that the
poor children of Holland wore wood
en- shoes because they had no other
kind and were forced to, but that
was before American women began
wearing clumsy WOODEN blocks be-
cause some moron said they were
smart.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

The price cutter who gives away
a Just margin of profit not only
Injuries himself but every other bus
mess man in the same business IN
which he is engaged. He gives the
buyer mistaken idea of honest
values.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

If the average group of county
commissioners, state purchasing
boards or city council, exercised the
same stringent and drastic economy
in their other purchases that they
do in their purchases of printing,
the tax rate could be cut at least in
two
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

Ward Rupp spent the weekend
at Spokane and Medical Lake.
Mrs. j. Bryson Brown accompan-
led MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence Scott
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Brown to
Pullman Monday to attend the
graduation exercises at w S. c.,
where her son Lester Brown grad
uated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

= WANNA UNAVES I"
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eide her place and prize in the
ourier-Reporter's campaign. She
is working hard to make the prize
a bicycle and you can help her do
it if you pay her your subscription
before 9 o'clock Saturday night
You will save money, too.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

gon came last week for an indefi-
nate visit at the home OF Mrs.
leger's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T..
Elliott.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

Edmond is a business-llke man
with a good head on his shoulders
and these are going to be great as
sets to him in these exciting and
final hours of the Courier-Report-
er,s campaign. If you are one OF
Edmond's many friends and would
like to see him finish among the
high winners, pay him your sub
scription before 9 o'clock Saturday
night. You will get in on a big
money-saving subscription rate, too.
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TEN YEARS AGO-1930
The first car of cherries rolled
out of Kennewick filled with Colo
Brand bings from the Williams Or
chard on the Highlands.
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce had taken action towards the
state purchasing the Kennewick-
Pasco toll bridge.
The Identification of the triangle
formed by the junction of the state
highway and Benton street was to
be taken over by the business girls
and the American Legion. A large
neon Kennewick sign was to be
erected by the two organizations
with grass to be planted around it.
With Is children registered the
Kenewick playfield was started un-
der the direction of Miss Elsa Brog-
unier.
Ellrie and Ralph Stafford had gone
to Spokane on bushes and were
planning to attend the state grange
convention in Wenatchee.
MIR. and Mrs j. H. Siegfried and
son Bob had gone to Palo Alto, CAL
ifornia, where Mr.. Siegfried would
attend an electrical convention.
Their son Joe, who was attending
Stanford was to return with them.
Miss Dorothy Morford, who had
been working in the local p. p. e. L.
office left to work in the White
Bluffs office.
Helen Gowing, Margaret Schaff-
ner, Virgil Masters, Hugh Russell
left for Wenatchee, where they
would work in the apples.
Miss Helen Ashbaugh of Yakima
and Miller B. Stewart of Hover were
united in marriage in Walla Walla.
Lauren Tweedt broke his thumb
while playing kitty ball
TWENTY YEARS AGO-1920
The manager for the Portland
Navigation company spent several
days in Kennewick making arrange
ments for the beginning of steamer
service on the Columbia between
Portland and Kennewick.
The bridge crew had returned to
Richland and work was to be re-
sumed on the bridge across the Yak
ina between Richland and Kenne-
wick.
Miss Alice Corfman won in the
Liberty theatre contest and would
have the honor of officially dedicat-
ing the new theatre building.
E. E. Toothaker was having some
improvements and an addition built
onto his house at Hover.
The public library had 900 pa
irons, who were making use Of the
library. Some 20 magazines were
on the regular subscription list.
A car load of Kennewick straw
berries consisting of 1000 crates
valued at 5000 fob. shipping point
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-06-06

at P O. at Kennewick, WASH under 1879
Evening star., 1940-03-17

attack there, Russia would most Ger
tainly be involved, as German in
terests are identical with hers.
This is why all the real pressure
behind the scenes for peace with
Finland came from Berlin. OF
course, it has been given an elabo-
rate Suggesting in which Sweden
apparently took the initiative, but
Berlin knows-and London and
Paris guess-that Nazi pressure on
Stockholm and Moscow has made
this peace possible.
Swedes' Resistance Collapses.
Swedish diplomatic resistance
seems to have collapsed. A Swedish
foreign Office spokesman recently
announced his country was con-
vinced that Germany will march
into southern Sweden and bomb
Swedish strategic cities the moment
a British expeditionary force sets
foot in Sweden and British aid
would, for technical reasons. be sew
eral months too late and Germany
could overrun our southern prov
inces in a few days"
This is an over statement but
that it can frighten the Swedish
foreign Office does not augur that
these things would have happened
if Sweden herself had come actively
to the aid of the Firms. In either
case, however, Sweden could ad-
mittedly run some risk of becom-
ing, as the foreign Office candidly
says, "the world powers battle
ground" And this Sweden is un-
derstandably anxious to avoid, par
ticularly If it can be avoided,
through territorial concessions made
by the Finns-not by the Swedes.
But again it is clear that Sweden
is only the instrument and Ger
many the original sources of the
pressure which was brought to bear
in the north to end this dangerous
Finnish war.
So peace is German victory,
leaving the Nazis free to strike hard
this spring under more auspicious
threats. But the scope of this dip
lomatic victory should not be exag-
gerated, for although it knocks the
shadow of war from Scandinavia it
will recover only q small part of
that prestige and confidence which
Germany lost when, by signing a
pact which gave Russia free hand in
the Baltic she made the Russian at
tack on Finland possible.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

S155 Sofa, 18th Century Eng.
lish; with curved arms and
back; exposed frame solid ma.
hogany; down filled cushions.
Tailored in blue
tapestry try------------S11O
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Peace Rally Called
On Eve Of World
War Anniversary
Local Gathering
Planned as Part Of
National Demonstration

A call for "all organizations de-
string to stay out of war; to partici-
pate in a peace rally on April S, the
eve of the anniversary of Americas
entry into the World War. was made
yesterday by joint committee rep
resenting trade unions, youth or
ganizations, colored groups and va
rious welfare organizations.
The committee has planned the
rally in conjunction with Nation
wide "Keep-America -Out-of-War"
demonstrations centering around
April 6. The rally will be held in
the National Press Club auditorium.
The call, issued by the Joint COM
mittee, said:
1--WE, the undersigned, believe that
if the people of Washington, to-
gether with the people throughout
the Nation. publicly foregather and
voice a firm and vigorous demand
for peace and for concentration on
the serious problems which face us
at home, such a demand cannot fail
to be heard throughout the world.
1--WE therefore propose that the
people of Washington meet on April
S, 1910, at the National Press Club
auditorium-that on the eve of the
anniversary of declaration of war,
we may make a declaration of
peace"
Signers of the appeal included
representatives of the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees, Local 675:
United Construction Workers, Local
30; New Negro Alliance, National
Negro Congress, American Com
munications Association; Descend
ants of the American Revolution,
Washington Youth Council. Wash
ington Branch of the National
Negro Congress. Washington Hous-
ing Association. Labor's Non-Par-
tisan League. Women's Trade Union
League, United Federal Workers,
Local s; National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, United Cafeteria Workers, Local
All: Washington Industrial Union
Council, Women's Auxiliary of the
United Transportation Service EN-
ployes. United Office and Profess
sional Workers, Local 27 and United
Shoe Workers, Local 1876.
Civil defense services in the
County of London from the begin
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Charles A. Stewart PIT. A.

Miss Margaret Seaver, director of
religious education in the Arlington
County schools, will speak at a
meeting of the Charles A. Stewart
School Parent-Teacher Association
at 8 pm. Tuesday at the school in
East Falls Church, Va.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Citizens to Elect

Of1cers will be elected at a meet
ing of the Leeway Citizens Associa-
ton at 8 pm. Wednesday in the
Robert E. Lee School on Lee high
way, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Cleaning House

Ii. the wake Of every big selling event such
as the February Sale, there are always numer-
Gus odds and ends left-ones and twos
Of kind. 1t has always been our custom to
Immediately follow with CLEARANCE
REDUCING PRICES RADICALLY.
Scan the list carefully-and then come
promptly for what interests you.
1#
Evening star., 1940-03-17

0Sd11 u1c uSl ~dT c1 ully-dnQ II1en come
promptly for what interests you.
Y
Bedroom Groups
SOS American Colonial Hepplewhe Group; tenune Hon.
duras mahogany Eight pieces with 4oster Twin Beds $235
S05 Early American Groups cherry finished in the deep
rich cherry color Twin Beds, Bureau and Mirror Chest
>'sn' liable and Chair --------------s137.5O
625 French Provincial Groups French cherry beech twin
beds have upholstered head and footboards s---.S31s
SOS Sheraton Group genuine Honduras mahosany inlad
with boxwood Eight pieces, including twin beds--$235
$3.50 American Colonial Group following the Goddard block
front design genuine Honduras mahogany Eight pieces
Guiding twin $3.50
S25 American Chppendale Groups genuine Honduras ma.
hosany beautifully carved 4poster twin beds $3.50
s4ls American Queen Anne Group solid Honduras, mahoe
Upholstered Bedroom Chairs
$3.50 Barrel Chair solid rock maple frame covered in
cypress twill with box pleated skirt r-------------s22
s35 Barrel Chair; maple frame covered in coloul
cretonne, with box pleated skirt krt------------- S72
$50 Slipper Chair tub back design; in green moe
damask, piped in of.whte Box peated skirt-----$15
Damask upholsterns and box peated skirt----S22 81
SIS Slipper Chair designs tailored in peach MORE damask
wa p " ----------------------Sl9
s295O Wing Chair solid maple Frame Covered in color.
full creonne. Box pleated skirt ---s0o
II Dining Room Groups
s3l5 Sheraton Group genuine Honduras mahogany
''peu0n len
s25 Heppehte Group genuine Honduras mahogany con.
sructon len
s35 Colonial Heppewhe Groups genuine mahos-
construction with chairs of the Drectoire
Broadloom Carpets
A most extraordinary offering because these colors
will not be replaced and therefore the reductions are
drastic.
Widths g. II and IS feet but not all colors are avail.
able in the 15.foot widths.
With these widths floors can be covered from wall
to wall, and are available for conversion into rugs
of any size you order. We suggest you bring room
measurements with you.
Doesn't show footprints The available coors n ~
w Rs:*S: e5*ss s,i Hem: Re'; Adam Bss luz $495
Chippendale. Regularly $3.50 Sq Yd --------
Plain Broadloom
An outstanding quality from of Ameri.
J. ;, z ~
widths. Coors Adam Blue, Chippendale, p4.)U
Henna Rose, Walnut and Antique Mahogany
Regularly $500 Sq Yd.---------------------
All this Carpet is in stock, but these prices will nat
urally bring active buying and delivery will be made
as quickly as possible.
Genuine Orientals
Quoted Sizes Are Approximate
Only Tabriz size 12x93 Regularly $3.50 --------$1Q8
Only Gorsvans REGULARLY s2's
Only Mihrban; size 123x8l1 Regularly s35O---$17Q
Only Chinese; light peach Size 9xl2 Regularly s32s s165
Only Chinese light peach Size l3xlo Regularly $3.50 1865
Only Chinese; light peach and lacquer red Size Sxl0
Regularly $3.50
Domestic Rugs Floral and Oriental
Designs
Only s Hindustan Only 3 Plain COL Only Twist
patterns Reeslay. Broadlooms. Weave Russ Ree.
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Evening star., 1940-03-17

Civil defense services In the
County of London from the begin
ming of the war until March 81 next
will lcost $50 900, 900.