The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-11-06
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Of the
WEEK
By
FOSTER GILRoY
roast Guard Navy Unit

Coast Guard Navy Unit
,,,.,inoton-By executive order
m Roosevelt has transferred
rs's Coast Guard to the Navy
1oss,a r a procedure that was
p .',la,ved during the last World War.
i .ls;,arv the Coast Guard operates
: INIT under the Treasury De-
ss.rtr,ent and in some official
p,.-ters it's transfer is taken to in
ssate that increased action is ex-
s sse.ed in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Another Bomber Crash
sacramento, California although
.,botape is not openly charged,
raj concern is. felt in army circles
svsr the fifth bomber crash in less
han month, the latest near here
alsing two deaths in a crew OF
nine Added to the two disastrous
crashes of passenger planes last
rack causing twenty deaths, Off
,iaJs responsible for the safety of
transport and military planes are
unducting a searching investigation
nfo possible causes of recent acct
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Nazis i'm Crimea II
Berlirl-The German High Com
maud announces the occupation of
Smferopol, capital of the Crimea
md d serious threat to the great
susian fortress of Sevastopol, long
hown as the Gibraltar of the
Back Sea- The fall OF the latter
uort would greatly endanger neu-
bal Turkeys command of the Dard-
,neIles and this the eastern end of
be Mediterranean.
Japs May Set Limit
Tokyo-Econonnic pressure by the
US. has become so great upon Ja-
pans domestic life that lit Is openly
PREDICTED that in his forth coming
pech before the Diet next week,
Premier General TOTO may set a
Init to his country,s "forbearance"
WITH q. 8. domination in the Pacific.
World Debts Sky Rocket
] Chicago According to the FEEDER
/ san of Tax Administrators, Ger
nsny,s national debt has increased
90 percent in the 1930-40 decade.
During the same period Japan's
debt mounted 500 percent, United
States les percent, Canada SO per-
cent and Great Britain 20 percent.
The latter nation was already carry
h heavy debt due to rear1nament
sFen before the beginning Of the
n-year period.
New Belligerants Probable
London-It is believed certain
nat as move to increase assistance
Russia, Great Britain will declare
r on Rumania, Finland and Hun
ny, three nations already actively
awar with Britain's ally. Rumanla
ns suffered enormous losses fight
l Hitler's battles in the Ukraine.
Willkie Under Party Fire
Washington Because of his ac-
epance of President Roosevelt's
@eln policy, even to his active as
sance in crucial tests, Wendell
sMkie, Mr.. Roosvlt's republican OPP
|. maent in the last election, will be
e Target of a move by isolationists
tAe COP. to "read him out OF
!. sae party" -. -.
Windsors Depart for Home Il.
New York City-After a final
1nd OF entertainment by local
ety leaders, the Duke and
HaeSs Of Windsor left for Miami,
efda, from which point they will
70 the Bahama Islands, over
Gaeral.
Nazi Sinkings WaIle
oeflin--Hitler's own official fig
~ so lar as they can be taken as
y. ~ approximating the truth, re-
q drop of one-third in the
m tonnage sunk in October as
Jared with the September losses.
- widely believed that the in
va activity in u. S. Naval units
convoy lines has contributed
safety Of merchantmen car
iooo and munitions to Britain.
uefmany Cuts Smoke Ration
1n-In order that the Nazi
S may continue his present to-
s. - ration of S cigarettes and one
] ~ q DAY, Or a can of smoking to-
sss per week, the stay home
an must cut down his consump-
provided by new regulations.
s must stand in line for
Irs@ get even the small supply
@0kes now allowed them.
A Mothers Answer
oeen, Scotland-After losing
Guns IN the Raj. in action
lance and third in training,
AacRobert contributed $780,
tne purchase of a Stirling
S1 which was accepted by the |
aT Force and promptly
neo "MacRobert's Reply"
huge Production Loss
York City-During last week,
S In which U. S. sailors lost
ives on duty in the present
eho strikes cost industry 8,
80 Man hours in production of |
y. materials. So far this year,
Ils - IN man-days due to strikes
70 an greater than any other |