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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Richlander Dies After
Being Hit by Truck

RICHLAND - j. R. Maxwell of
Richland, succumbed to injuries re-
ceived Tuesday evening when he
was struck by an auto driven by A.
D. Duke of Kennewick. MIR. Max
we'll was walking toward Richland
and witnesses reported that he was
walking on the wrong side of the
road.
Harry Ehrenburg and wife were
visitors in Pendleton Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Pete Rameriz of
Denver, Colorado are the parents
of son born September IA. Mrs
Dameriz will be remembered as the
former Veva Nelson of Richland.
Leone Skeen is i'll at her home
this week.
Mrs. Frank Lewis is i'll in the
Pasco hospital.
r. B. Dighton and c. S. Ellington
left Monday for Boomers Ferry.
They expect to be gone two weeks.
A. S. Murray drove to Pullman
taking his son, Austin, Charles Nc
Intosh and Dan Barnett. Austin will
enter w. S. C. as a freshman and
Charles and Dan will enter as sophie
moreS. -.--
He is survived by three sons, Ches-
ter and Bob of Richland and Jim of
Fort George Wright, Spokane.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Dickinson
of Walla Walla spent the weekend
visiting at the Hugh Vandine home.
Morley Kerr drove down from
Yakima Saturday evening for his
wife and children.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Highland Grange to
Observe Booster Night

HIGHLANDS = The Kennewick
Highland grange will observe Boost
er night at its next regular meet
ing Thursday, September 26. All
grangers are asked to bring a
granger who has not been attending
or a new prospective granger. There
is to be potluck dinner at $50.
All grangers please bring sandwiches
Ia dish to pass, and pie enough
for yourself and guests. The pro-
gram will consist of a speaker, a
song and flag drill by the junior
children and songs by the male
quartet. The play which was to
be given has been postponed until
a later date because of the fall work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
City Dray Line Moves

The City Dray Line moved its Of
ficeS and terminal this week a few
doors from the former location on
Front Street. The new location Is
in the Bradshaw building, former
ly occupied by the Farmers Ex-
change office. Quite extensive re-
modelling has been done during the
past week for the auto freight ter
minal and they are now ready for
business in the new location.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Many Local Students
Enter Studies at W.S.C.

Among the dozen or more stu
dents who are entering the fall term
OF studies at the state college at
Pullman this week are: VIM. KRAFT
ger, Monford Fyfe, Wayne Smalley,
Jim ThraSher, Viola and Philip
Foraker, Bob Washburn, Frank Ma
son, who enters as a Junior, David
Tweet, senior, Philip Talbot, Irene
Olson, Burke Hauschild and Lester
Liebel.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Fosrga GnRoT
Nazis Lose Many Planes


1ondon. England-A change OF de-
tense tactics by the British brought
. ITS Nazi planes out of a week.
and raid by an estimated force of
am attackers. Ground emplace-
nsnts are now reserved for close
r :. while swarms of fighter planes
srcape the invaders miles high over
london, While scores of dog-fights
-aged over Southeastern England, a
saayv R. A. F. bombardment added
= the destruction of German con-
centrations in Holland, Belgium and
france from which the momentum
ily expected invasion OF Britain is
expected to start.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
HARVEST FESTIVAL

The ladies of Hover want to fix
up their church. To get the money,
they are giving a Harvest Festival
on Friday of next week. Main fea-
ture of the occasion will be a fried
chicken dinner-and these ladies
claim to take no back seat when it
comes to serving fried chicken.
In addition OF the dinner there
will be a livestock display, various
booths with displays of needlework,
ETC., and cooked food.
The affair will be held in the gym
at the high school and the dinner
will be served starting at $50.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Jones Now i'm Cabinet

washington, DJC.-Jesse H. Jones
VI Iexas was confirmed as Secretary
" commerce, succeeding Harry l..
nopklns, by the Senate. He had
pieVlously obtained Congressional
efmlSslon to continue as Federal
Ivan Administrator, but will draw
oly his cabinet salary of $4,000.
oly three members of the original
roosevelt cabinet now remain !:
nenry Morgenthau at the Treasury,
nUfoel Hull, Secretary of State and
'auam Perkins, Secretary of Labor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Draft Bill Becomes Law

Washington, d. G. - President
Roosevelt signed the Burke-Wad
worth Bill establishing the first
military draft in the U. S. peace
time history. He Immediately asked
Congress for 81 $780, 100000 to defray
the expenses of years training
for the first 100000 men between 81
and IS to be called beginning No
Vember 18th. About $500 local
boards serving without pay will SUI
pervise the draft, with local cleo
ton officials handling the actual
conscription machinery. The Am
erican Legion has offered its 1000
posts to assist in the work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Italy Inyades Egypt

Carlo, Egyptian Italian army es-
timated at 100000 crossed the
Egyptian border along the Medi-
terranean shore. British forces, re-
Gently heavily reinforced from Aus
tralia and New Zealand, await the
invaders in strong prepared po-
Sltions. The British fleet threatens
momentarily to cut III Duce's supply
INES from Italy, in which case Mar
snail Graziani's African legions may
md itself forced to ''live off the
country in a barren, waterless des-
sert waste. 49,,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Knox Lauds Fleet

i, honolulu, HLWaii-Secretary of
e. Navy Knox returned here after
ave oayS Observation of the manoeu-
.-S OF the U. S. Fleet based in the
aclflc. Sal he: The United
no a'eS has n" greatest, the most
a ~ ard ne most effective fleet
~ the h.gl seas anywhere in the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Steel Arrives for
Barge Construction

Work on Kennewick's shipbuild-
ing plant is moving on apace, the
second building having been COM
pleted, footings in for the barge
forms, steel being received for the
construction and plans worked out
for the roadway.
BY the first of next week machin-
cry will be on hand and the actual
commencement of the welding job
undertaken. .- a..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19

Those who saw the donkey base
ball game here a year or so ago will
not want to miss the show this
year, when it comes next Tuesday
evening. The donkeys are better
trained now and are even harder to
manage than before. Besides, they
will stage a race on the street at
five o'clock and give Especial per-
Torrance for the kids at 3:15 in the
afternoon.
Five local businessmen nave
agreed to participate in the race.
The donkey trainer says the animals
have been trained to do all sorts
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Writers for Willkie

view York City-A query sent to
= nSt OF ASP OF the foremost Amer
van writer's selected at random
=, oin Who's Who" revealed that of
Tue answers 50 far received 81 per-
o oent are for W'.llkie and only 9 per-
cent for Roosevelt
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19

Lynn Brown left Sunday for Walla
Walla, where he Joined Company B
of the National Guard. Myron Mick
Lesson also left last weekend for
Walla Walla. The outfit left today
for Camp Murray, where they will
receive a years training.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Glenn Frank Killed

Green Bay, WiSc-Dr. Glenn
Frank, former president of the Uni
yersity of wisconsin and later CO.
author of the Republican program,
was killed in an automobile accident
while campaigning for the Repub-
lican nomination for U. S. Senator
from Wisconsin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Sneaker Bankhead Buried

washington, D. CATER impress
ive ceremonies at the Capitol, the
remains of Representative William
a Bankhead, Speaker of the House,
we're taken to his Alabama home for
-76terment. President Roosevelt &C
<Dmpanied the funeral cortege to
the South, while the House recessed
until Thursday. Representative
Sam Rayburn of Texas, majority
leader, succeeds to the Speakership.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19

Miss Mary Margaret Brown, Will
lis Taylor and Dean Yedica left on
Sunday for Walla Walla, where they
will enter Whitman. Dean is en-
tering his second year at the col
lege, te
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Notorious Union CANISTER Guilty

new York City-George Scalise,
an Italian-born labor terrorist and
sacketeer, was found guilty of en-
Oezzlement and forgery and faces
long term when arraigned for SEN
tence later. In spite of a term in
Aaanta as a White-slaver, Scalise
was powerful in the councils of the
american Federation of Labor, and
JUS present conviction arose from
S.ealing money from underpaid
eliamoermaids and other hotel en-
ployees of whose union he was the
President.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19

of tricks to keep from running away
from the truck, but once away they
fairly fly to get back. The business
men, as jockeys, are also planning
to outwit the little burros and make
'em come in first.
At eight o'clock the following team
will mount their long-eared steeds in
the Lions Den and proceed with the
so-called ball game: DR.. Stevens,
Emil Behrman, Howard Beste,
Frank Maupin, Milt Libby, Walt
Knowles, Ernest Dickinson, Brick
Oliver and Lawrence Scott.
The stunt is a benefit perform
ance for the playfield lights.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Ridley re-
turned Tuesday evening from a two
weeks vacation trip to Lopez, Is
land. Mr.. Ridley states that he
certainly enjoyed the hauls of big
salmon" during their stay on the
island.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-09-19
Highlanders Ask
Bond, License of
Produce Buyers
First fall meeting of Po-
mona has interesting
melting at Buena Vista !;
picnic success

After a vacation through July
and August, the first fall meeting of
the Benton County Pomona grange
was held at Buena Vista September
IA.
We were 11onored by having two
state grange officers, Sister Lillian
Swayze, state chaplain, and Bro
ther Carl Williams, state deputy,
who were introduced. Brother Spen-
Ger Gilbert of Sunny Valley and
his mother Sister Simmons of Mob
Hill, were guests of the afternoon
session.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29
BALDERsTON COW LEADS

In the Cecil Cow Testing Asso-
citation the registered Guernsey
Grace, belonging to Lloyd Balder-
ston, of Colora, led in the first
ten COWS for the month of October
with 1890 pounds of milk, Sc percent
butter fat and 74.S pounds butter
fat.
S. w. Blakeslee, Earleville, Sec
ond with 1916 pounds of milk, As
per cent fat and TAI pounds but
terfat.
D. G. Fonda, Earleville, third
with 1125 pounds of milk, go per-
cent fat and 67.5 pounds butterfat.
S. w. Blakeslee was fourth, fifth
and sixth and Mrs. H. B. Crowgey
was seventh with 1888 pounds milk
81 per cent butterfat and els
pounds butterfat. s. w. Blakeslee
was eighth and Peter zeithler stood
tenth on the list.
In the five herd highest in butter
fat production, Glenn McGrady stood
first with FL COWS, 76O average
pounds milk and $50 average lbs.
butterfat. J. w. Scott was second;
s. w. Blakeslee, third; Ennis Nc
Grady, fourth and Eugene England.
fifth. The test was conducted by
Harry Hedrick.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29
A Gay Deceiver!
First a man takes a drink;
Then the drink takes a drink;
Then the drink takes man!

SOMETIMES the educators, the
y writer's, and all the top-notchers
will use thousands of words trying
to describe something which the
people already have wrapped UP
and delivered with the punch of an
idiom or of a rhymelet.
The alcohol problem is covered in
those three lines. Its solution also
seems simple if you will study them.
AL that needs to be done is to wipe
out the first 1ine-or first step. If a
man, a woman, or teen age
youngster can't take a drink or
doesn't take one because he knows
better, the next two lines are pre-
vented.
Bertha Rachel Palmer, director Of
alcohol education for the National
w. C. T. u, sums it up in her own
words:
1.-THE man who has become an adj
dict to drink is almost as powerless
to help himself as is a man who
has lost his hands and feet-for the
drinker has lost the faculties of self
control and will.
''There are other substances which
are like alcohol in one or more
ways, but it stands alone in three
particulars as the greatest enemy
of the human race.
''They are: Alcohol is easy to
make, easy to take, and deceives
the drinker in its effects upon him."
Forty-seven of the 48 states have
laws requiring the teaching in all
public schools of scientific facts
about what alcohol is and what it
does. Temperance leaders revealed
just recently that the liquor traffic
plans strong campaign in the win
ter of 1940-41 to do away with these
laws or to put their supervision in
the more friendly hands of liquor
control boards instead of with clear
thinking educators.)
Miss Palmer adds:
"Alcohol does not kill living things
directly. II it did there would be
no temperance problem"
It does absorb water from moist
substances and dissolve fatty sub
stances, gums, resins, color, and
scent materials which water will not
dissolve. It is both solvent and
dehydrant, to be technical.
These two actions, outside the
body, make it invaluable in science
and industry because alcohol
changes or destroys inanimate SUBJ
stances.
But, when taken inside the body,
alcohol does the same things, ex-
cept that now it is acting on living
matter. It dissolves fatty substances,
like the coating on your nerves Gre
suit: A hangover headache) and
dries out moist body tissues (Result:
That morning-after thirst.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29
TRAFFIC DEATHS RISE DURING
WINTER MONTHS, SAFETY
GROUP WARNS

Annapolis, November 25--With
traffic showing a decided increase in
traffic deaths throughout the country
during the winter months, some in
creases ranging as high as 1870,
Governor O'Conor's Maryland Traffic
Safety Committee today issued an
appeal to the motorists of the State
to be particularly watchful during
the winter months just ahead.
A new set of safe winter driving
rules, based on exhaustive research,
is presented by Chairman Isaac s.
George, of the State Committee, that,
IL observed, should do much towards
reducing Maryland's accident rate
in the months to come.
The following ''Seven Tips for
Safe Driving" are recommended as
vital precautions in bad weather:
/. Check brake Innings for stimuli
taneous ripping. Unqualified brakes,
start skids.
2. Tire chains are vital equipment
during the bad SHOWS or icy wealth
er. Good tire treads are very helpful
on wet pavements, but cannot pro-
vide adequate traction on packed
snow or ice. Chains, that. bite in,
should be put on when needed.
8. Make sure that windshield wiper
and defrosters are working, and that
lighting equipment is adequate for
longer hours of darkness, snow, fog,
and sleet. Sealed-beam headlights,
now standard on all new cars, help
greatly--but remember to use traffic
beam" when passing other cars.
4. Travel at reduced speeds on
snow or ice, even when protected by
chains, and watch out for children
on sleds. Tire chains provide need
ed traction for safe stop-and-go
travel on snow or Ice. They are not a
license for high speed however.
| 5. Leave more room between you
and the car ahead and don't try to
pass cars on hills or curves. Approach
icy curves slowly, even with sand on
ice, or chains on tires. If neither are
present--"Crawl'. Necessity for sud.
den stops should be avoided on snow
or ice. 1t takes, on an average, to
u 10 times the normal distance to stoI
, on snow or ice without tire chains.
u 6. Slow down in gear and pump
: brakes on-off-and-on to keep wheels
, from locking completely, particular!
, if not safeguarded by tire chains
Traction afforded by chains does no
: duplicate dry pavement stopping
) ability, but on snow or ice they Gu
t stopping distance 40 to so per cen
. and add appreciably to control o
!. cars.
!. z. Exercise more caution general
0 and open cowl ventilator to fore
: out carbon monoxide gas, especial
: in old cars. Remember--"An ounc
t of prevention is worth pound O
: cure"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Ancient and Modern Necromancy,
Alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism,
Denounced will be the subject of
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, ON Sunday, Decem-
Der LIST.
The Golden Text will be from
lisa. 45:22, Look unto me, and be
We saved, all the ends of the earth;
for am God, and there is none
else"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible; Eph. $40:
Finally, my brothern, be strong in
the Lord, and in the power of his
might"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 404, "The
Weapons of bigotry, ignorance, envy,
fall before an honest heart"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29
FUNDS TO FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS

The Annual Christmas Seal Sale
to raise funds to fight tuberculosis
in Maryland opened Monday, Nov
ember 25th.
In Mondays mail many thousand
homes received the 1910 Christmas
Seal, which is picture OF children
singing, voicing their thanks for
good health. The citizens OF Mary
land will have an opportunity 10
aid in the fight against the White
Plague" by using these tokens OF
good health and happiness.
Christmas Seals enable the Mary
land tuberculosis Association to
maintain a modern program OF tu-
berculosis control. The program in
cludes clinics, x-rays, tuberculin
testing, the Miracle House, health
education, medical research and
Negro program.
The Maryland Association was
founded in 1904 as direct result
of the great tuberculosis Exhibit
held in Baltimore the same year.
Since it has been in operation, the
death rate from tuberculosis in
MARYLAND has been reduced 800
However, it is still above the nation
ell average.
Commenting on the 1910 Christ
mas Seal Sale william B. Matthews
Managing Director of the Maryland
tuberculosis Association said, y
first want to thank the various
groups that have aided us in the stu
pendous task of preparing for tn
Seal Sale and who will carry OF
throughout the Sale. Their enthu
siasm indicates that Maryland's anti
tuberculosis program for next yea
should be insured"
Great gains have been mad
against our common enemy, he said
"but we must never relax. Tubel
culosis is a killer and public enem
and IL we advance on all fronts, W
shall be able to bring the diseas
under control.
Tuberculosis can be prevente
and cured" Mr.. Matthews contir
ued, "but as 1t is a contagious d
sease, no home is safe till al lhome
are safe. Place a Christmas Seal o
every letter and package from no.
until Christmas and let the worl
know you are helping protect you
COMMUNITY"
The Christmas Seal Sale will clos
on Christmas Day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29
STRIKES ARE NOT NECESSARY

Everyone hears about the strikes
that happen. But little attention is
given to those that didn't happen.
Those are the strikes that are set
tied by conciliation--by a meeting of
minds. of the various interests in
volved. During the past year, for in
stance, the United States govern
ment Cancellation service handled
more than 1900 situations involving
over 1,450,000 people. In the ma
jority of cases, settlement was
reached and the strike avoided.
John T. Daily, Commissioner Of
Cancellation, recently observed that
every strike Is an economic loss to
somebody, management or labor"
And in these days, the element Of
loss goes farther still--to the whole
country. A major strike taking place
now might slow the defense drive
to a standstill. The decision of few.
willful men, possibly taken in contra
vention of the desires of the work
ers, might imperil Americas safety.
The public is sick of unnecessary
strikes. 1t is sick Of racketeering
elements in both labor and industry
which make such strikes. There
never was strike which couldn't
have been prevented, and an equi-
table agreement reached, IL those on.
both sides had honestly faced the
facts and met around the arbitration
table in sincere spirit.
If both labor and industry refuse
to arbitrate If they permit strikes
to be called, only one thing can hap
pen--the establishment Of some die
tatorial government authority which
will make and enforce decisions
whether labor and industry like it
or not. In the interest Of self-pre-
servation alone, it is vital now for
labor and management to get to-
gether and settle all disputes before
the strike stage is reached.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-29

We've grown so used to war and
politics holding the headlines that
we've forgotten many other activities
which come a great deal nearer to
home to most Of US.
The work of organized American
retailing in behalf of American ag-
riculture falls into that classifica-
ton. The special promotional cam
paigns for distressed" crops We're
a chain store innovation of few
years back. The chains have kept up
the good work, and independent
store groups have Joined it. The re-
suit is that several times each year
this country's progressive stores
feature, advertise, and promote the
consumption of some basic farm
products--nuts, milk, butter, fowl,
beef, fruit, and so on down the line.
That Is the kind of work that
keeps this country going--the kind
of work that makes jobs and pur-
chasing power and helps maintain q
sounder economic balance.
While you're reading about war
and politics. don't forget it's activ-
tiles Of this kind. going on quietly
and peacefully, that play Q part In