The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-07
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WEEK
By
FOSTER GILRoY
berlin Badly Bombed

,ordon-A squadron of 200 Raj
,,nes gave Berlin its worst bomb
p ~ during the war, causing tires IN
H center of the city that could
ue .ssn 20 miles away. While the
Dc canital was being "strafed,"
s .sar souadrons swept the French
oc s. ports under Nazi control
-sd,,ced to ruins many points
anu ara preparations were being made
VIZ W. The often-postponed invasion
" england, listed as the next move
uifler's program and now ap-
aasrently impossible as long as the
p .;ss Rnssian resistance keeps the
SUI mart of the German army
a a,a, m the Eastern front. The
n-;sish are using new type OF
a~nlosive that creates terrific de-
.tr,ction in bombed areas.
russians Surprise Nazis
parne. switzerland Neutral re-
,orts reaching here, with an absence
= any definite communicates from
German sources, seem to bear out
Moscov,s claims that the Nazl push
Ito Rnssia has met with a resist
snce far beyond the calculations OF
the German High Command. Not
onlv has the Hitler drive come
= 4 standstill in most important
aiectiyes, but the Soviet army has
tasen the offensive at many points
where the Nazi have suffered ap-
Mailing losses of men and material.
Gas aCurfew" Hits East
New York City-While most gas
oline stations along the Atlantic
seaboard closed down from z pm.
h7am. in accordance with Sec
rptarv of the Interior Ickes' request,
few isolated cases, including one
large oil company, took issue with
the plea of necessity advanced by
the Petroleum Co-ordinator. Those
obiecting to the move based their
refusal on the fact that eff there
Is still enough oil to supply Japan,
even in limited quantities, there
must be enough for US" The de-
partment of the Interior explains
that it is not a shortage of supply
that makes the move necessary, but
lack of transportation, and that
a reduction in consumption IS
not made voluntarily, it will be
accomplished by law.
President Goes Fishing
New London, Conn., President
Roosevelt left the local Coast Guard
headquarters on the Presidential
yacht Potomac for a weeks cruise,
presumably off the New, England
Coast, but actually for a carefully
guarded destination. He is accom-
panied only by his personal ply
scian and military and naval aids,
With the object of enjoying a COM
pete relaxation from all but the
most urgent government business.
Seek Ban on Nazi Goods
Washington Alleging that all
manufactured goods made in Ger
many are the product of slave
Aoor," created by workers conscript-
e BY Hitler against their will, the
NATIONAL Committee on Prisons and
Prison Labor has petitioned the
commissioner of Customs to deny
entrance to this country to any
merchandise originating in Ger
many A law passed in 1880 pro-
aolts the general purchase and
ale OF articles made by prison la
German Internal Unrest
stockholm, Sweden-Hitler's Sc
oet terrorists, according to reports
.eacnlng here, have been forced
aet against strong organizations
Msnn the Reich which express dis
a9aaction with the Russian cam
sayn and are terrified at the re-
0nt oombings of Berlin. Another
aH a OF unrest is developing in the
SaSans where frequent local out
LEAKS are causing the Gestapo to
n.s ep a larger strong-arm force in
aanla and Bulgaria than Hitler
@isnally planned as a police mea-
s sS In Turkey it is freely reported
.s as Balkan peasants are burning
ssa crops and facing starvation
.a.ner than permit them to be
S1ea oy their German conquerors,
sno nave adopted an air of insolence
spaSslng their attitude even in
W. s early days of the First World
state Advertising Grows
.S.:caso-A national survey of adj
~. isng projects among the vari-
~ ~ states reveals a probable total
=, soooo'O0o already appropriated
T.. lnlS purpose. Florida leads the
n ~ WIN s824,OO0, most of which is
snss from the citrus fruit in
s .Say. Idaho will spend sos, ZOO
Wa Ssty IN promoting Idaho potatoes
! snnla lington plans to advertise it's
osbsss Iowa its butter, and many
ma. states without outstanding
= u .S will spend their money
ero astrsct tourists. California fruit
M, Will invest, as private and
Ssr state PROJECT, 100000, and
slNo o antonio, Texas, is laying out
''oo to lure the tourist trade
mystery Moves in Artic
sao. samo, Finland Rumors OF
San transport activity on the Rus
an Artlc Seacoast may indicate
Nm Evasion of the British through
ia. allsk and Archangel, two Rus
Nsn,Ipor Is comparatively ice-free
a bas which Britain might pour
dr. 1p her Soviet ally in a united