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Evening star., 1940-06-17
Toxic Reported Concerned
Over French Colonies

TOXIC, June II (P.-The news
paper Nichi Nichi asserted today the
Japanese government was greatly
concerned" by the situation in
which Far Eastern colonies "are
almost without control from their
mainlands" as a result of Allied de-
feats in Europe.
Observers predicted Japan would
take an increased interest in the
French possessions of Indo- China
and New Caledonia.
Yakichiro Suma, Foreign Office
spokesman, said do-China had re-
ceived considerable governmental
attention although there have been
no special conferences concerning it.
He did state, however, that the
government supports "in principle"
a Canton military announcement
quoted here as saying that the "hos-
tile action of Indo-China" in supply
ing munitions to the Chinese ma
tional government Should be wiped
out"
Nichi Nichi said that in order to
maintain a voice in readjustments
after the European war Japan
should strictly watch" develop
ments. 1t said she would oppose
alleged efforts to place Indo-C China
under the joint provisional manage
ment of the United States, Great
Britain and France, a project of
which Suma said he had no report.
Suma disclosed that Japan had
protested against fight of Meth
erlands Indies plane over Japans
South Sea inundated territories last
month.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

the capital in a Furnishing resump-
ton of air sorties after a three-day
respite. While an estimated 500
bombs were dropped, 16 Chinese
pursuit ships attacked the raiders
and, a high air force official said,
shot down five Of them.
Casualties Total 100.
After the last bomber had wheeled
away toward the Hankow base Chi
nese counted these results:
About 100 casualties.
Ten thousand homeless from fires
whipping through wooden structures
in the poorer districts along the
river front.
Five hundred public buildings and
residences destroyed.
French Catholic missions primary
school demolished and nearby Bible
school building shattered
A direct hit on the Chuugking
hostel, where 20 foreigners lived.
There were no casualties as most of
the residents were on a Sunday out
ing on the south bank when the
alarm sounded. The hostel housed
the joint Office of the Chinese-Amer-
ican Cultural Institute and the New
York Times.
Chinese Still Defiant.
Almost every headstone in Chung
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Dutch Navy Continues
Fight Against Reich
From English Base
Worships Thot Escaped
After Invasion Work
With Allied Fleet
BY ]. H. HUIZINGA.

AT AN ENGLISH COAST PORT,
June II (N.A.NAD.-In blue bay
somewhere on England's coast
Dutch and British men -of-war are
lying side by side preparing to go
out and to do battle together against
the common enemy.
The red, white and blue and the
white ensign, straining in the fresh
breeze, dominate the scene.
Dutch and British sailors fight
side by side This is no empty
phase. Many units of the Royal
Dutch Navy have been actually en-
gagged in supporting the work of the
Allied navies ever since the end of
hostilities in Holland forced them
to continue the fight elsewhere.
Where and what they are doing can
not be disclosed, of course. But
the relative emptiness Of the blue
bay somewhere on the British coast
where the red, white and blue has
made its new home is sufficient proof
that Hollands seamen are not rest
ing on the laurels of their short but
furious combat in home waters.
Rest there is only for those of the
Royal Dutch Navy who have met
their end in the desperate struggle to
resist the overwhelmingly powerful
attacker. Thus it was with many
of the crew and officers of the de-
stroyer Van Galen, which was
ordered up the narrow, winding
River Mas to shell the German
troops in and around Rotterdam.
Freedom of maneuver to escape the
furious onslaught of the German
airforce there was none for this
brave ship. Yet up the river she
went, facing an almost certain fate.
Thirty-one times the German dive
bombers swept down on her, 81 times
officers and crew remained at their
stations, carrying on till at last the
inevitable had to come-a direct hit
by heavy bomb and the end Of
ship that had done its duty to the
last.
Perhaps even more thrilling than
the exploit of the destroyer was that
Of two newly built submarines. Only
just launched from a dockyard near
Rotterdam, and not yet protected
against magnetic mines, their COM
Evening star., 1940-06-17
War Communicates

One submarine, commanded by
1t. Capt. Frauenheim, reported
sinking 1900 tons of shipping,
among WHICH was the British
steamer Wellington Star of 11,4e0
tons.
A second submarine, commanded
by First 1t. Endrass, reported $1,000
tons destroyed, among which was
the British auxiliary cruiser Carin-
thia of 22,300 tons. Another sub
marine succeeded in sinking Brit
ish auxiliary cruiser of 5000 tons in
Moray Firth. Maj. Gantke of the
engineers battalion especially dis
tinguished himself by personal brav-
cry during the crossing of the Rhine.
Italian
LONDON, June II R.-Fol-
loWing is the tert OF the Italian
high com mand conmunique
heard here by radio:
Our aviation during yesterday
bombed naval bases and airdromes
in the Malta, Corsica and Tunisia
regions. In an aerial dogf1ght
British airplane was shot down.
The enemy air force restricted
themselves to raids, using almost en-
tirely isolated planes which dropped
bombs, especially during the night,
on towns and open country.
In Savona one civilian was killed
and several wounded, with small
material damage.
In Cagliari enemy raids caused
some damage to airdromes and air
drome equipment and six italian
soldiers of aviation were killed. In
Palermo enemy raiders were driven
off as our planes rose to meet them.
Our aviation carried out raids
over aerial bases in Sudan and Ken
va Gin Africa with remarkable sue
cess and various enemy airplanes
were destroyed or damaged on the
ground.
In Alpine regions our reconnais-
sance activity still is growing in in
tensity.
In North Africa land, sea and air
operations were successfully carried
out against British forces.
"One British raiding plane was
brought down.
Several enemy planes were de-
stroyed on the ground and air.
dromes were damaged. Enemy
planes did some damage to the
railway line at Diredawa."
Evening star., 1940-06-17

he pays for it by doing without things he wants.
But there is no security for sale at any price to
the people whom the Red Cross helps. Whatever
they have built up by careful planning, by long
sacrifice, has been swept away.
hope that people feel just little of the same
glow in paying their premiums that they feel in
contributing to great charity. They should.
And wish that everybody, in giving to the
Red Cross, could have something even more
than fine glow of generosity. A feeling that
this, too, is an investment-for the basis of all
true security is as much in the heart as in tho
pocketbOok of mankind.
NOTE In this regular Monday column, paid for ut adve
tsng rates. the Institute Of Life Insurance asked its
president discuss Questions of interest
pocyholders Inquiries may be addressed to % East 42ad
Street, New York City. Adyt
Evening star., 1940-06-17

the best proof that Holland has not
lost its confidence in the future. A
considerable number of youthful
midshipmen, who only a month ago
were carrying on their studies in
the Naval College at Den Helder,
have got to England and are now
continuing their studies on ship.
board.
Evening star., 1940-06-17
German

WI b0h
BERLIN, June II (P.-The
tert OF the German high CON-
mund's conlmuntQue tolloWs:
The major part of the collapsed
French armies, noticeably dissolving
and swiftly pursued by our troops,
are flowing south and southwest
ward At places where small forces
are still putting up orderly resist
ance, they are being pushed back
with heavy losses.
In an audacious drive of motorized
units, commanded by division COM
mander, we succeeded in taking
Orleans and in forcing one Loire
River crossing. The air force con-
tinued the Work of destruction
against retreating enemy columns.
Numerous Loire bridges were hit.
Fortified positions and bunkers
were attacked with the heaviest
caliber guns and bombs. The
enemy's air losses totaled eight
planes, of which five were shot down
in air fights, and three by anti-air-
craft. Three of our own planes are
missing. German U-boats in the
course of recent days sank over
100000 tons (of shipping).
Dense columns, jammed in front
of these bridges, were bombed and
machine-gunned. Fast troops push
ing forward in Burgundy and by
way of LangreS gained ground far
north. Two airports with 80 air.
planes loaded with bombs were
taken.
The Swiss border was reached
southeast of Besancon. Thus the
ring was closed around the French
forces retreating from Alsace and
Lorraine. In Northern Lorraine our
troops are approaching st. Mihiel
from thes northwest.
Utilizing break through in the
Maginot line south of Saarbrucken,
our divisions there, despite stout
local enemy resistance, are in swift
advance toward the Rhine-Marne
Canal. Chateau Salins, Dieuze and
Saarburg were taken.
On the western embankment of
the upper Rhine also, our attack
across the Rhine Rhone Canal
toward Vosges is victoriously pro-
crossing. In Alsace fighting and
dive-bombing units, as we'll as anti
aircraft, effectively supported the
ground army's fight.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

kings foreign cemetery demolished
by one tremendous explosion.
Gen. Chang Chun, secretary gen.
eral of the Supreme National De-
fense Council. surveyed the damage,
then said:
Japanese attempts to destroy
Chungking will not weaken the
Chinese spirit. The war of resist
ance against the aggressor will
go on"
Evening star., 1940-06-17

itated. Thanks to their skill and,
no doubt, much to their own sur
prise, they succeeded in lodging the
enemy mines and are now carving
on the struggle as part of the Allied
navies.
Meanwhile, the training of new
officers and men for Queen Wilhel-
mina's navy has already begun
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Disposition Of French Possessions Adds Tension in the Far East

manders decided they would rather
90 to the bottom with their shining
new ships than allow them to fall
into German hands. They knew
mat the 4O-odd miles of winding
river which separated them from the
open sea were infested with mines.
Inc chance Of getting through was
ln1lnitesimal. But they never hes
Evening star., 1940-06-17
u. 5. Ship Endangered
As japanese Planes
Bomb Chungking
100 Casualties in City;
1000 Left Homeless
As Fires Break Out
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, June 17.-Bombs
dumped from raiding japanese
planes endangered the United States
gunboat Tutuila yesterday, one
projectile falling so close that the
crew was ordered to take cover.
The Tutuila, a 370-ton craft built
in 1927, carries a complement of So
officers and men.
1t. Robert Germany, commander
Of the gunboat, on Yangtze River
patrol duty, said bomb fragments
pelted the boat. Smoke billowing
overthe river from shore fires almost
obscured the ship from view.
Three waves Of planes roared over
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Many Lawyers in Philippines

The Philippines have more law
yers than doctors and next in order
OF popularity among the profess
sions are pharmacy, civil engineer
ing, dentistry, surveying and &C
countancy.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

Only those public servants receiv-
ing more than $4,500 year in Eng
land are to be supplied with carpets
and pedestal desks in their offices.
Evening star., 1940-06-17

He lett me with the feeling
that I wanted to help sell the
Red Cross to my friends. This
particular charity should be
especially appealing to life in.
Surance men.
I think I know the reason-or
one of the reasons. 1t is our job
to help people find security for
themselves and their depend
Evening star., 1940-06-17

entS we PROVIDE cushion for
the family catastrophes caused by the deaths of
breadwinners- by helpless old age
The job of the Red Cross is to cushion the shock
of great catastrophes caused by the intemper.
ance of nature or the folly of man.
In life insurance man earns his family security:
Evening star., 1940-06-17
Hindsigght and Foresight
By HOLGAR J. JOHNSON
= President, institute Of Life Insurance

THE other day had caller-from the Ameri-
i can Red Cross.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Cows Prove to Be
Hazardous to Traffic

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
Joe Meyera, who visited last week
at the Guy Morgan home, had a
collision with a cow on the Pater-
son highway. He received bruised
knee and did some damage to his
motorcycle. Last week 2. Perrault
had a COW killed on the highway,
near Gibbon, doing considerable
damage to the car involved as well.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Fouch were
business visitors in KenneWick last
week.
Mrs. Hans Smith spent the week.
end visiting at the Henry and Ell
mer. Smith homes. Sunday after
noon Mrs. Smith and son, Elmer,
and Marie Stafford visited with the
Guy Travis family.
Mrs. Catherine Tyacke and house.
guests, Mrs. G.. E. Burgess and
children, Eileen and Wallace, Mr..
and Mrs. Laurence Burgess, all of
Pomeroy, visited Thursday at the
Louis and Edward Tyacke and Guy
Travis homes. They returned to
Pomeroy Sunday after visiting rel
atives in Yakima and Toppenish.
Van and Ray Borden of Richland
visited their brother, Vernon, Fri
day at the Herman Roberts place.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Months Vacation Spent
at Grandparents Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Dvorak,
daughter, Tamara, of Seattle and
Mrs. Dvorak's brother, Ike Allen of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22

There is a fellow in Kennewick
who takes a vacation in August and
who has been doing the same
thing the other months of the year!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Enjoyed Vacation at
RimrOck with Sister

HOVER-Mr. and Mrs. G. B.
Ashby left Wednesday to spend a
few days vacation with her sister,
Mrs. Scott Rife and family near
Rimrock. They came home Mon
day and returned to their work
for the Tidewater Transportation
company on Tuesday.
Miss Lois Birdwel is at Sea-
side, Oregon assisting with the
work at the Clarence Henry home.
Mrs. Amanda Mass of Portland,
Oregon is visiting her father, G..
j. Dahlin and sisters, Dorothy and
Emma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Stewart and
family of Snoqualmie came Satur-
day to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. B. Stewart. Mrs. Emily
Laudel and daughters, Louise and
Marilyn, accompanied them home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO-1O19

About fifteen cars of peaches,
prunes, pears and grapes were ship
ped out each week thru the Pro-
duce co. and Chas. H. Collins Co.
Miss Mae Sercombe spent the
week visiting Mrs. Effie Sheppard at
Granger.
Mrs. F.. F.. Beste and two child
rem left for Bingham Springs for
a vacation.
j. H. Gravenslund and F. F. Beste
made a tour of Horse Heaven,
taking pictures of the threshing
crews.
Neil Tompkins returned to Ken
newick after several months alb
sence.
Larkins sold their threshing out
fit to Anon Bros and Swanson.
Miss Ethel Tompkins visited with
friends in Pasco.
The M. E. Church held a lawn
social at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Ashbaugh.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Girls Serve Luncheon
Friday at Dye Home

HOVER Margery Dye and Betty
Ashby demonstrated preparation
and serving a luncheon at the Al
vim Dye home on Friday. Miss
Marguerite Berry, assistant county
agent, attended and judged these
demonstrations.
MIR. and Mrs. Everett Moss and
children were Walla Walla visitors
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Ashby and
Victor Mcclure attended the circus
in Walla Walla last Tuesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Evans spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Pearl
INLAY in Walla Walla.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Benton City Residents
Visit at COulee Dam

BENTON CITY-Mr. and Mrs. 7.
Smith, Roy Smith jr. and Miss NeVa
Peterson, all of Seattle, were week
end guests at the home of Smiths
brother, Herman F. Smith. Sunday
MIR. and Mrs. Herman F. Smith,
daughter, Phyllis, and their guests
went to Coulee Dam.
M. H. Miller of Haywood, Califor-
mia was a business visitor here on
Thursday tic look after his farming
interests. The Miller family are
former Benton City residents and
own the farm on which Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Grending reside. Miller
continued from here to Chewelah.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Nazis Boast New Terror

Brussels, Belgium-His air "blitz-
kreig" having begged down, Hitler
now threatens to use in his "inva-
sion" of Britain a new form of hui
man slaughter so terrible, so devas-
tating in it's effect on every living
thing that no defense can Withstand
its killing force. It is the boast of
the Nazi high command that the
entire 100000 people of the
British Isles will be wiped out al
most instantly by this new adj
junct to German terrorism. The Sc
cret of its mechanism or compost
ton is jealousy guarded by the
Feuhrer's most trusted accomplices.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Double Al Club Met
to Prepare for Fair

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
The Double Al cub met last We'd
nesday with Geneva and Norman
Travis. Two members of the Moth
ers' Auxiliary, Mrs H. S. Bell and
Mrs. I. T. Fouch, were present as
guests. Practice in Judging and
demonstration methods were the
project work of the afternoon in
preparation for the All county
fair. The next meeting will be at
the H. S. Bell home September 81.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Rally at Eng. Lutheran
Sunday School Sunday

The fall Sunday school rally at
the First English Lutheran church
will take place next Sunday, Aug
ust 18th at the regular hour OF 1918.
A special feature of the rally will be
the awarding of gold pins and num-
erals to those who have recently
earned them. The classes will meet
briefly for organization and assign
ment.
New materials will be available
this year in the Sunday school to
supplement the new graded series
which has won such acclaim thru
out the entire Lutheran church. The
Sunday scholo staff will see some
changes, too, and the number OF
teachers will be increased by two. A
Bible class will be organized, with
Mrs. Carl Lucky, for all, young and
old. who have been confirmed. Mrs.
Walter F. Hanson continues as sup
erintendent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
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TEN YEARS AGO-193O

The school census which was GIT
in 1929, was increased to 1925 at the
beginning of the school year.
Mrs. w. S. Walters entertained
for her mother, Mrs. Kilgore.
Kennewick enjoyed Bantam
golf course back of Hotel Kenne-
wick.
Mrs. v. w. Bird and Mrs. H. E.
Oliver and daughters spent a week
at Cliffsdele.
Mr.. and Mrs Mckinley Des-
oranges and children returned from
Sacramento, California, where Mr.
Desgranges was in charge Of a
fruit warehouse for two months.
The Horse Heaven wheat farm
ers finished harvesting and report
ed that every one had a good crop
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Dollar Dinner Served
By Al Cooking Club

HOVER-The All True Blue
Cooking club held demonstrations
last week. On Wednesday Virginia
Dye and Alice Ash demonstrated
the preparation and serving of the
dollar dinner at the Howard Ash
home in Finley.
Mrs. Minnie Asnby was dinner
guest at the c. L. Evans home Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Evans were
dinner guests of her daughter, Mrs.
Keith Lechelt in Kennewick on
Saturday evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO-192O

Thirteen Boy Scouts returned
from a weeks outing at Rimrock.
Miss Emma Tweedt spent her va
cation with a brother in Bend,
Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kit Clifford and son
Ted returned from a three months
consin and Minnesota.
George Tweedt sold his interest
in the firm of Trenbath and Tweedt
to w. H. Gascoigne. The new firm
will be known as Trenbath and
Gascoigne.
r. H. Anderson sold the grocer
terra to A. v. Peterson, an exper-
fenced groceryman of the west side.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Sleeping Sickness in
Horses Under Control

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
Frank Green, Vern Borden, Her
man Roberts and Chester Anderson
held round-ups the last part of last
week to vaccinate their horses for
sleeping sickness, four cases of the
disease having developed in the
community Monday. Frank Green
lost one horse and had two other
cases, Vern Borden had one horse
sick, but the animals seem to be
recovering.
Mrs. Ada Tyacke and Mrs. Louis
Tyacke and daughter spent Friday
afternoon with Mrs. Guy Travis.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
"Deadlier Than the Male"

Washington, D. C.-Federal Bur-
eau of Investigation statistics re-
port that compared with every 10
men arrested for murder Is women
are accused of the same crime. Ar
rests for assault were almost equal
ly divided, but out of every 1000
"pinches" for traffic attractions, 48
men were accused of driving while
intoxicated to only IA women.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Trip to Diamond Lake
Enjoyed by Mrs. Hughes

BENTON CITY - Mrs. Argus
Hughes returned Friday from two
weekse' vacation spent at Diamond
Lake with her sister, Mrs. c. j.
Hutchinson and daughter, Rose
mary, of Spokane. Miss Eta Rus
sell assisted in the Hughes store
while Mrs Hughes was away.
Eliza Cook of Kiona attended the
Consolidated Freight Lines picnic
Sunday at Sprague Lake.
Malcolm Kerr, employed at Wap-
alto, spent Thursday at his home
here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22

Coulee Dam were guests Friday OF
Dvorak's parents, Mr.. and MIS-.
Frank Dvorak. Donnie Dvorak,
who spent a month with his grand
parents, returned to Seattle with
his parents.
Miss Betty Mowery Of Richlano
came Thursday for a ten day visit
with het grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Morgan.
Mrs. T. B. Kendall, i'll at her
home for over a week, is reported
improving.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-08-22
Dirty MAGAZINES Under Fire

New York City-Mayor LaGuardia
has summoned neWsdealers and pub
fishers of filthy magazines to a
conference at which they will be
told to clean up their publications
or cease any attempt to circulate
them in this city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-06
CITY READY
FOR FLYERS

Continued from Page One)
Col. MacMullen announced sani-
tary and other facilities had been
provided at East Martello
Towers.
Among those attending last
nights meeting were Chairman
Carl Bervaldi and Commissioner
William Monsalvatge of the Mon
roe county commission; City
Councilmen John Carbonell, Jr.,
William Freeman and Ernest
Ramsey; Mrs. Stephen Douglass,
president of the Senior Woman's
club; Miss Susan LaKin, presi-
dent of the Junior Woman's club;
w. w. Demeritt. commander in
the Coast Guard service; Charles
Taylor, representing the Rotary
club; Mayor Albury and Secre-
tary Singleton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-06
HOBBY HORSE
FALLS DOWN
CBy Associated Pres.1

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,
Jan. Gust riding a hobby,
said a young fellow police ar
rested after he had tried the door
handle of parked car.
''You see, l go along the street
trying the door handles and
when l find one unlocked 1 jot
down the license number, Then I
go home and listen to the police
broadcast of stolen cars.
'It'ss1ny hobby keeping track
of how many of the unlocked
cars are stolen.
Police said they would have
placed more credence in the story
had it not been just before dawn
on a Sunday
Their prisoner was fined $40
for lettering.